Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded

“Zzz… Zzz…”

After a burst of static, the walkie-talkie in the hands of the Salvation Army squad leader quickly echoed:

“Copy, what’s the situation?”

The leader then used the most concise language to inform the main force engaged in underground exploration about the appearance of Lin Feng and the battle priest of the Holy Spring Church, as well as their mission.

Because the strong energy fluctuations within the ruins can interfere with any radio waves, wired communication is the only way to contact the main force underground.

Data cable transmission is the most resistant to interference.

It’s just that laying the cable all the way down several floors requires dozens of kilometers of communication lines.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the line, at the Feicheng Shelter ruins, on the sixth underground floor,

a group of more than ten people was stationed outside a large iron gate, establishing a temporary camp.

The surrounding ruins were pitch black and filled with thick fog. Powerful mutated creatures would occasionally emerge from the black fog, making defense impossible.

This caused the guard members near the camp to be on high alert.

Fortunately, they carried heavy fuel tanks on their backs, and the flamethrowers in their hands were, apart from Holy Spring Water, a powerful weapon against biological mutations.

The raging flames of thousands of degrees Celsius could burn even a Tier 2 mutated creature into charcoal.

With ten team members armed with flamethrowers responsible for guarding the camp's safety, the remaining members behind them could safely use laser thermal lances to cut through the tightly closed iron gate behind them.

Behind the iron gate was the entrance to the seventh underground floor of the ruins, the abyss.

Since the last time this iron gate, separating the inside and outside, was opened by a special-class hunter, the internal mechanism had been completely locked. Now, it can only be opened from the inside.

If they wanted to enter the last four floors of the underground ruins again, they had to manually force the door open.

At this moment, after receiving the notification, the communications technician immediately reported the situation to the leader of the Salvation Army.

“Team White, news from above.”

Next to the iron gate, a young woman wearing light armor with short silver hair was constantly instructing the men cutting the iron gate.

Unlike the other team members, the woman did not wear a mask to isolate herself from the bacteria and genetic pollution in the air.

On the contrary, large areas of her snow-white skin were exposed to the old, decaying air, as if the terrible pollution and radiation in the ruins could not harm her in the slightest.

In addition, on the leather equipment belt around the waist of her light armor, hung a dozen jars of various sizes, looking like old Earth thermos cups, which was out of place with her leader status.

After hearing the news of Lin Feng and the others, the seemingly young female leader of the Salvation Army slightly raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a hint of a smile:

She was the team's mechanic, with bronze muscles all over her body, and was also the only Tier 2 evolver in this Salvation Army team besides the leader, the team's second-in-command.

Her name was Marie, completely different in style from the leader.

The woman stopped the laser gun in her hand, her voice rough:

“Really a gun-type ability user?”

“I don’t know how strong this guy is. Maybe he can help with this operation. We are too short on heavy firepower, especially in the bottom few floors of the ruins, there may still be Tier 3 mutated creatures.”

“Fire is of limited lethality to them.”

“Bai Ye, if we can cooperate with him, or recruit him into the team, we can solve our lack of firepower.”

Under the Church's orders and the Guild's tacit approval, although firearms and ammunition are extremely rampant in the wasteland, the transfer and sale of artillery has always been very strict.

Even if there are guild partnerships and transactions, the artillery that can flow into the hands of wanderer forces is extremely limited.

Without strong firepower, many things are difficult to do, such as ruins exploration, such as plundering official settlements, and seizing resources…

Hearing the other party's suggestion, Bai Ye pondered, her short silver hair shining brightly under the laser light:

“You are right. This is also why Duncan and Lisa wanted to recommend him to join the Salvation Army. It's a pity that he has already used the evolution origin of the Rockhorn Horse. His evolution limit for this life is just that.”

“Otherwise, recruiting him would have been a great help to us.”

“Let's talk about whether we can break in later. Now, let's hurry up. After the military factory operation is over, we still need to go to Lang Ao to discuss the plan in detail.”

Marie, who was responsible for welding, nodded, recalling the experience of accompanying Team Leader Bai to Meteor Wolf Valley before, to discuss cooperation with the chieftain-level wasteland wolf stationed there.

That Tier 2 late-stage, level 29 wasteland wolf was as big as a heavy truck, lying in front of the ruins entrance, able to block the entire cave.

This giant wolf was not only powerful, but also possessed a high degree of intelligence no less than that of humans. He named himself Lang Ao, and his ancestors were one of the five wolf generals under the Wolf King, with noble blood.

But today, the once high-spirited chieftain-level giant wolf has also reached his twilight years, but his descendants have a gap in their evolution levels for various reasons.

There are only three Tier 2 mid-stage wasteland wolves.

He has been unable to find a guardian of the Meteor Wolf Valley Holy Land to come and take over, so the leader of the Salvation Army, Bai Ye, came up with a win-win solution.

It can help Lang Ao's descendants evolve to Tier 2 late-stage, inherit his bloodline responsibilities, and continue to guard the wasteland wolf clan…

It can also find an opportunity for the Salvation Army to obtain the complete breeding industry of the Rockhorn Horse.

Combined with the Feicheng Shelter ruins military factory, it can directly solve the two major problems of food and weapons.

The specific plan is to attack the Farm Village that is about to pass through the Mount Tai ruins.

Otherwise, how could they, a small team, challenge an entire Oasis Town?

“That guy is helping the Holy Spring Church to find the wasteland wolf's life origin in the Mount Tai ruins. It seems that the information provided by Duncan and the Guild is correct…”

The silver-haired female leader's face was full of smiles, and she continued:

“The inside of Oasis Town has become a powder keg. The success rate of this operation can be increased by at least 30%.”

“Our recovery of strength is just around the corner!”

After the leader finished speaking, the group of more than ten people instantly became full of energy, and worked harder to burn and kill the mutated creatures that attacked from the darkness.

Second-in-command Marie also began to speed up the cutting speed.

As long as they broke through the gate, everyone would be able to enter the seventh underground floor of the shelter and find the military factory that a few special-class hunters accidentally stumbled into a few days ago.

And having a weapon production line can gain a foothold in the wasteland.

While the main force of the Salvation Army was working hard, Lin Feng and his group of six had just set foot in this dangerous place on the fourth underground floor above the sixth underground floor.

Fortunately, with the guidance of the experienced Zheng Yanying, the team, maintaining a three-three formation in front and back, walked down the thirty steps of stairs and came to the fourth underground floor space with a temperature below twenty degrees Celsius, and had not been attacked by mutated creatures for the time being.

Starting from the fourth floor, the darkness of the entire floor reached a new level, and from time to time they would encounter a mass of condensed mist, which settled in the aisle due to the low temperature.

The tiny water droplets in the mist are actually composed of mutated bacterial clusters, full of terrible pollution.

Just one breath of this concentration of poisonous gas will cause severe infection, mild respiratory failure, and inflammation throughout the body, while those with low evolution levels and poor resistance will be directly polluted into corrupters.

Becoming the same existence as mutated creatures.

Fortunately, Lin Feng and the others were all wearing sealed battle armor and had the protection of the Lord of the Holy Spring, which could dispel the occasional poisonous mist.

After entering the fourth basement level, not only did the temperature drop, but the ground also became extremely slippery due to the mist. It was just like the 'Returning South Day' in southern Old Earth, where the humid air felt like it could be wrung out.

At the same time, along with the deteriorating environment, the mental pollution within the entire fourth level became even more severe.

The murmuring whispers in everyone's ears changed from rustling and hushed tones to a noisy and chaotic marketplace, like thousands of movies and videos playing simultaneously.

Only by concentrating could they alleviate this continuous mental pollution.

At the same time, they had to carefully observe their surroundings, immediately locking onto and investigating any slight movement.

In addition to being on edge, they also had to multitask.

Such a high-pressure state consumed more mental energy than physical exhaustion, making people feel even more tired.

But it was precisely because of these dangers that the Mount Tai Ruins were listed as a forbidden zone.

"Be careful, try not to fire your guns," Zheng Yanying whispered, after entering the fourth level and choosing to go right first.

Although firearms were convenient and easy to use, the sound of gunfire was too loud, easily attracting all the mutated creatures within a hundred meters.

Then the team would fall into a vicious cycle of being repeatedly surrounded.

Therefore, unless they had already completed their mission and were retreating, or had completely exposed their tracks and were being chased by a large number of mutated creatures, could they recklessly use guns and cannons to break free from the encirclement.

Of course, if they were confident in their weapons, possessed exceptionally strong firepower, and could kill hundreds or thousands of mutated creatures, then all of the above restrictions would not be a problem.

But even if they could carry so many weapons and ammunition, it would be very unwise to waste them in the ruins.

The same firepower was enough to wipe out a small second-tier wolf pack, or even blow up a second-tier early-stage Chieftain-level Wasteland Wolf.

Why bother risking their lives to enter the ruins, clear out the mutated creatures, and not even be sure if there were any remains of the second-tier Wasteland Wolf from back then?

Wasting precious artillery here would not be worth the cost.

However, everyone had prepared silencers. If they encountered a small group of a dozen mutated creatures, they could provide some fire support and share Zheng Yanying's burden.

They proceeded cautiously, trying not to make any noise with each step.

Although the mutated creatures did not have eyes, ears, or even noses, they could not hear, see, or smell anything outside.

However, their tactile senses were exceptionally developed.

Every inch of skin and every tissue cell could sense the slightest vibration.

As long as they were close enough, even the airflow generated by their breathing would be detected.

Therefore, the explosion inside the bullet casing when a firearm was fired, as well as the vibration of the entire gun, could spread for a hundred meters, like a signal flare.

Only by remaining quiet could they sneak in safely.

Soon, as they followed the right edge of the fourth-level shelter for a kilometer, they arrived at the place where the hibernation pods were stored.

This was also where the most intense battles of the Kings' War had broken out!

Outside the low-temperature hibernation warehouse, they saw many claw marks that had damaged the concrete walls, as well as dried bloodstains and wolf fur scattered on the ground…

At the same time, the temperature here suddenly dropped several degrees.

It was even below ten degrees!

Even breathing inside the sealed battle armor would produce water vapor, but fortunately, the mask design had a separate breathing cover for the mouth and nose.

Therefore, the exhaled liquefied water vapor did not condense into water mist inside the Level 3 helmet's mask.

Only a layer of fine water droplets adhered to the outside.

Everyone reached out to wipe it clean and began searching.

Soon after, as Zheng Yanying, who was at the head of the team, stopped, the others behind her saw a five-meter-long large wolf carcass lying on the ground not far away.

For a moment, everyone's breathing became heavy, and their excited hearts even caused their formation to become somewhat chaotic.

Zheng Yanying promptly reached out her hand to tell everyone to remain calm, so as not to lose their composure.

Emotional excitement was often the most dangerous time.

The whispers in their minds would amplify, and carelessness would allow the lurking mutated creatures to find an opportunity.

Holding their breath, and reminded by Zheng Yanying, everyone quickly regained their composure and continued to maintain a state of vigilance.

Until they approached this large wolf carcass with thousands of years of history, Zheng Yanying and Lin Feng then squatted down to check the condition of the body.

The remaining four people stood in four directions, responsible for guarding.

Zheng Yanying pulled out a sharp dagger from the side of her thigh and cut open the wolf carcass's flank.

The seemingly thick fur and wolf hide were now as thin as cicada wings, and fell apart with a light touch.

Lin Feng frowned slightly, watching Zheng Yanying tear open the wolf carcass's chest cavity, which was already empty, with no internal organs or flesh…

Actually, thinking about it, that made sense. Thousands of years had passed, and this mutated Wasteland Wolf, only six meters in size, had only been in the early stage of the first tier at best.

The first-tier cells in its flesh and blood could not possibly have survived without eating or drinking, hibernating until now.

After all, the hibernation pods had all been destroyed, and the shelter could not have resumed operation from back then.

Therefore, these corpses had either decayed and disappeared, or had been affected by gene radiation and become the raw material for the formation of mutated creatures in the underground ruins.

And most likely, it was the latter.

But Zheng Yanying did not stop her movements.

After tearing open the shattered wolf ribs, after some searching, she successfully found a blood-colored crystal, like a red crystal.

The size of a fingernail, completely translucent, refracting a strange red light under the light.

Zheng Yanying carefully put it away in a small pouch on her outer armor's belt.

Lin Feng watched the whole process, his eyes narrowed slightly.

He roughly guessed that this might be the crystal condensed from the life essence within the Wasteland Wolf's corpse.

Because the ruins were full of dangers, it was not easy to explain. Zheng Yanying made a shushing sound, indicating that they could talk about it when they returned above ground.

Lin Feng nodded slightly, and the two of them then got up and continued to lead the team forward.

Along the way, they saw hundreds or thousands of hibernation pods in the hibernation warehouse being wantonly destroyed.

In addition to the remaining dried bloodstains, there were also white bones all over the ground, and shattered, incomplete skulls.

Seeing this scene, Lin Feng could imagine the scene back then. Thousands upon thousands of hungry Wasteland Wolves rushed into the shelter and carried out a wanton hunt and frantic devouring of the newly awakened survivors, as well as a large number of those who had not yet awakened.

In this hibernation warehouse alone, thousands of hibernation pods had been violently destroyed. Too many survivors had been buried in the wolves' bellies before they could even wake up…

The tragedy of the scene, even now, thousands of years later, could be glimpsed through the chaotic wreckage and the remaining traces.

But just then, as everyone left the wolf carcass and had not taken a few steps, the murmuring whispers in their ears suddenly deepened again as the team entered the hibernation warehouse area!

Strong mental pollution, wrapped in the tragic battles of the past, exploded in everyone's minds!

Caught off guard, various phantoms even appeared in their minds.

"Come over here!" Zheng Yanying immediately shouted in a low voice, while waving the two-meter-long iron hammer in her hand, spinning it in the air.