Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded

"Captain, are you really going to promise that guy the second-tier source material of the Rockhorn Horse?"

On the way back, Marie said in a low voice:

"But haven't we already used it as a reward for Wang Chen to infiltrate the Li family as a traitor? Without the information Wang Chen provided, this raid wouldn't have been so smooth."

"Now that we're giving the second-tier source material to Lin Feng, then…"

In fact, the Savior Army led by Bai Ye had been planning for many years for this Rockhorn Horse industry seizure plan.

Of course, it all boils down to the fact that years ago, after the leader Bai Ye understood the situation of Oasis Town, he keenly realized that there would inevitably be a fierce battle between the Oasis Church and the local powerful families to determine the ownership of the oasis.

The reason is that the Holy Spring Church's development has stagnated in recent years, and it has been unable to send more power to the oasis, and its control over the local area has declined year by year.

Therefore, the upper limit of the oasis's development will be locked by the Li family's Rockhorn Horse breeding output and quality.

This is easy to understand.

Because evolution is like sailing against the current; if you don't advance, you retreat.

A peak first-tier late-stage evolver is definitely more combat-effective than a second-tier early-stage evolver who hasn't eaten for many days.

Second-tier evolution is not as difficult to advance as third-tier kings. On the contrary, for those top-tier forces that have mastered the third-tier evolution path, as long as they have enough resources, second-tier evolvers can even be mass-produced.

And second-tier evolution, as a mid-to-high-end force on the wasteland, is the strongest existence walking the world in the era when third-tier kings do not appear.

That's why those top forces can firmly control all the resources of the wasteland and curb the development of other second-rate or wandering forces.

It's just that for top forces, although it's not difficult to cultivate second-tier evolution subordinates, it's quite an expensive expense to support them.

The reason for this, in addition to the consumption required by the second-tier evolver's immortal body itself, is also their long lifespan of thousands of years.

An existence in a high position, whether it is an individual or an organization, if it lives too long, it will inevitably lead to a serious consequence, that is, the solidification of the class and the excessive concentration of resources.

And placed in the wasteland background of limited resources, it is the organization's bloated staff and the continuous decline of individual average strength after the continuous differentiation of resources.

This is also why the church's deacons and priests are weaker than the same-tier wasteland hunters, wanderers, and even the relatives cultivated by local powerful families.

It was precisely for this reason that the church decided to take a risk and choose to absorb the life source material of the Wasteland Wolf to temporarily enhance its combat power in order to solve the crisis of the Li family's rebellion.

Moreover, as things have evolved to this point, both sides only have one chance. Once the second-tier evolver cannot replenish nutritional energy in time after the battle, their state will only continue to decline, and may even fall to the level of the late first-tier.

Therefore, Bai Ye is not worried that Lin Feng will pose much of a threat after advancing to the second tier.

Before solving the problem of second-tier food reserves, forcibly advancing to the second tier will only make oneself exhausted in running around for survival.

Becoming a slave to evolution.

And Marie's worries and concerns will not affect the Savior Army's next Rockhorn Horse industry seizure operation.

After all, Wang Chen has no value after being used up. Besides, whether he can survive the war is still unknown.

"That guy? An evolved dog wearing shackles and being raised by the Li family. We have already paid the life source material of a first-tier late-stage leader-level Rockhorn Horse as a reward."

"Even if the promised conditions are valid, it depends on whether he has the life to get it."

As he said, Bai Ye looked at his subordinates, who were enthusiastically using solar concentrators to melt equipment, and then continued:

"Among the Li family's goods, in addition to that second-tier physique, there are two portions of leader-level Rockhorn Horse source material, and they are still at the limit of the late first-tier, level nineteen. After giving one portion of level seventeen to Wang Chen, there are exactly one portion each of level eighteen and level nineteen…"

"When the refraction plan is implemented, for every level Lin Feng helps us solve starting from the negative first floor, we will give him one portion, ensuring that he can advance to level nineteen before the negative fourth floor."

Marie was a little surprised.

The conditions and treatment given by the leader next to her were too generous. Moreover, this was the first time in so many years that she had encountered Bai Ye being so generous.

The corners of Bai Ye's mouth raised slightly:

"Don't be too surprised. This is just the most efficient way to ensure his progress. Don't forget that every time an evolver completes a level of evolution, after absorbing the life source material, their state will instantly return to its peak…"

"This way, Lin Feng can complete the cleanup of the upper three floors of the ruins at the fastest speed. Then, when challenging the third-tier mutated body on the negative fourth floor, he, who has already advanced to the second tier, will also have sufficient energy and strength to suppress that group of monsters."

Hearing Bai Ye say this, Marie thought about it carefully and it seemed to be the case.

"Since he said that advance payment can get the full assistance of a gun-wielding ability evolver, how can we not squeeze him to the fullest to be worthy of our advance investment."

After entering the cave, Bai Ye added with a smile.

Then, he began to guide his subordinates' convoy to set up various instruments outside the cave, preparing to create a super-sized solar concentrator.

After Lin Feng walked in, a Savior Army squad leader mustered up his courage and stepped forward to ask the man his intention.

Hearing that the other party was looking for their leader to inquire about the specific battle plan, the squad leader, who was a mid-tier first-tier evolver, turned around and hurried into the cave to report.

It can be seen that there is still a certain discipline and organization within the Savior Army, and it is not the bandit that Zheng Yanying described as doing all kinds of evil.

Each side's position is somewhat opposed, and it is inevitable that the other party's situation will be exaggerated and described as heinous villains, so if you want to understand the real situation, you can only come and check it yourself.

In fact, there is one point that can corroborate Zheng Yanying's point of view, and a flaw appears, that is, the other wandering forces gathered outside the cave. If the Savior Army is really the kind of organization that burns, kills, loots, and does all kinds of evil, then how could there be so many convoys staying outside the cave?

As a combat priest, Zheng Yanying must face villains on the wasteland.

Over time, she will naturally form a fixed impression and have a natural hostility towards all wandering forces.

But in Lin Feng's view, although the wasteland wilderness, where the strong prey on the weak, respects strength, it also has its unique advantages, such as unrestricted freedom and the warmth of mutual support in harsh conditions.

Because from his perspective, the interpersonal relationships and atmosphere within the Savior Army belong to that kind of relaxed and easy-going environment.

Instead of being full of villains.

As for what they are doing now, Lin Feng can also roughly guess the rapid cleanup plan that Bai Ye said.

That is to use sunlight, or more precisely, the radiant energy of the blazing sun, sunlight containing the power of curses, and then use the concave mirror of the solar concentrator to gather the light outside the cave to the entrance of the shelter inside the cave.

Then, using the principle of mirror reflection, the outside sunlight will be continuously sprinkled and irradiated inside the ruins.

At that time, even the third-tier mutated king will have to retreat and hide in the deeper negative fourth floor and below.

Lin Feng had also thought about this idea, but it is actually very limited to implement.

If you want to solve the problem of light refraction, you have to find a mirror that can withstand high temperatures of thousands of degrees.

However, the main material of the mirror, glass, has a melting point of only six hundred degrees. Even if you replace it with a smooth metal material, most metals will melt into a liquid state at high temperatures of thousands of degrees.

Reducing the temperature for refraction will inevitably weaken the light source and reduce the energy of the blazing sun. At most, it can only illuminate the negative first floor or the negative second floor.

Starting from the negative third floor, after three refractions, the blazing sunlight will definitely attenuate to below one hundred degrees, and the lethality to the mutated body will also be greatly reduced.

So, at most, it can only be used to clean up the upper three floors.

After reaching the negative fourth floor, you still have to rely on individual strength to solve those mutated monsters, especially the third-tier mutated king.

While observing the Savior Army at the entrance of the cave, Lin Feng was thinking about the feasibility of the other party's plan…

Soon, the squad leader who had entered the cave earlier to report the situation hurried back again, inviting Lin Feng to enter.

As soon as you enter the cave, you can clearly feel that the temperature inside has risen a lot compared to before.

From the original thirty degrees, it is approaching forty degrees.

At this time, some small-faced concentrating mirrors have already been trial-adjusted outside, forming a strand of hot light source thin line, aiming at the entrance of the shelter inside the cave.

And at the entrance, a large iron pot has already been set up, like a searchlight, controlled by someone standing behind, aiming the gathered beam at the negative first floor of the shelter below.

In an instant, high-temperature light rays of several hundred degrees descended on the dim ruins that had not seen sunlight all day long. The mutated bacteria and viruses floating in the space turned into a wisp of sublimated white gas.

The mutated bodies staying on the negative first floor were also tragically hit by high-energy light beams, dissolving into a pool of blood solution at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this scene from afar made Lin Feng think of the sci-fi weapons in the game he used to play, the Prism Tower and the Prism Tank, which used high-energy lasers for defense and attack.

Now, using the curse energy of the blazing sun to attack the mutated bodies born from the radiation of the third-tier king's genes, there are similarities between the two.

Moreover, the cave is more than ten meters high, and the entrance of the shelter is also nearly ten meters high, so there is no need to worry that the gathered light will hurt the explorers below.

In order to move a large number of heavy building materials and heavy engineering equipment into the shelter, the entrance doors of almost every large shelter are designed to be very large.

Now it has also become a feasible condition for the concentrating action.

Otherwise, playing like this can easily accidentally injure teammates, leading to accidental infection with the blazing sun curse, which is counterproductive.

After Lin Feng continued to approach and entered the cave, he saw the busy crowd.

That second-tier evolver, the muscular female mechanical engineer Marie, who was holding an umbrella for the leader, was directing her subordinates to unload equipment from the vehicles.

Within the convoy, Lin Feng also spotted a familiar scene.

Lisa was standing in front of a trailer, feeding some fodder to the Rockhorn Horses confined within iron cages.

Compared to the Rockhorn Horses in Oasis Town, which could eat fresh plant tubers and fibers, these Rockhorn Horses captured by the Salvation Army were mainly fed dry grass.

Not only was the nutritional value low, but whether they could even eat their fill was a question.

After all, even wild Rockhorn Horse herds needed to rely on long-distance migrations, constantly changing locations, eating while moving across the vast wasteland, to accumulate the energy needed for growth.

If the captive Rockhorn Horses were unable to obtain sufficient food for a long time, their own evolution level might even decline.

Unless the Salvation Army specifically sent people to collect dead branches, rotten leaves, and dry grass from different areas every day, or like Farm Village and Lin Feng's team, established their own planting industry.

Based on planting, converting the ubiquitous light energy into biomass energy, providing it to the Rockhorn Horses above, forming a cycle, and thereby continuously obtaining clean and stable evolved meat.

Therefore, Lin Feng couldn't help but speculate that the Salvation Army might one day attack Farm Village in Oasis Town to seize the planting industry in their hands.

Mainly the related seedling cultivation, as well as agricultural technicians who knew how to farm.

These people were more sought after than engineers.

In the resource-scarce wasteland, even old farmers who had been farming for a lifetime in the Old Earth era were more valuable and useful than Lin Feng and others who had adapted to modern life during urbanization.

Otherwise, the Liu family siblings wouldn't have fallen to this point.

Lin Feng was also someone who couldn't distinguish between the five grains; his only planting experience was probably sprouting beans and planting watermelon seedlings out of curiosity when he was a child.

Therefore, to establish a stable planting industry, without related supporting facilities, personnel, and technology, it would be difficult to expand the scale to supply team members and Rockhorn Horses.

Just as Lin Feng was observing the Salvation Army and speculating that they would also attack the Li family in Farm Village, suddenly a figure,

silently appeared behind him.

“How is it? Are you interested in Rockhorn Horse breeding, or are you interested in the people who raise them?”

Bai Ye, with her silver-white hair, approached Lin Feng with light steps and said faintly.

Lin Feng was immediately shocked. He should be able to sense the presence of a second-tier late-stage evolver.

Even if the other party concealed their aura, within a distance of less than a meter, even an ordinary person without any presence would be instinctively noticed by Lin Feng.

The inability to sense the other party's approach was definitely not Lin Feng's own reason.

Then the problem stemmed from Bai Ye herself.

Her spatial ability could actually isolate all her own aura, approaching the target silently and imperceptibly!

A professional skill comparable to stealth and assassination!

If Bai Ye wanted to make a move, she could completely kill someone invisibly without him noticing.

Seeing that Lin Feng's expression was a little unnatural…

Bai Ye chuckled and then said:

“Don't be so nervous, it's just a little trick. Spatial isolation isn't the same as becoming an invisible person. You can see me as soon as you turn your head, and I don't need to risk my own life for fun.”

Lin Feng nodded, the other party was right.

He was only startled by Bai Ye's sudden appearance when he was in a relaxed state.

And under alert, her isolation of her own aura was obviously not as good as Chen Shanshan's blinding effect. The latter's ability, when developed to the extreme, could even create large blind spots in space.

It's just that it's a bit of a waste in the underground ruins at the moment.

“Haven't eaten yet? I'm here to bring Lisa something to eat, want to join us?”

Lin Feng opened the lid of the pot in his hand. There was half a pot of yam stewed horse meat left in the pressure cooker, and the aroma spread out as the lid was lifted.

The corners of Bai Ye's mouth turned up slightly:

“We usually eat together after finishing work, but since Mr. Lin is so enthusiastic, let's eat first.”

Saying that, Bai Ye called Lisa over and set up a table and chair frame next to an RV, and the three of them sat down.

Lisa was very happy about Lin Feng's arrival, and now that she had the opportunity to talk freely, she asked about his gains after they left Wild Rift Valley a few days ago.

Lin Feng then slowly told about his last big score.

In the last Rockhorn Horse hunt, they killed a total of five first-tier early-stage female horses and two mid-stage leaders.

The price was that Lin Feng was chased all the way from the Rift Valley to Laoshan Scenic Area by a second-tier Chieftain-level Rockhorn Horse.

Hearing that Lin Feng ran wildly at the end of the road, was chased all the way, ran thirty or forty kilometers, and was finally forced to climb cliffs to avoid the Chieftain-level Rockhorn Horse's pursuit…

Lisa's face was slightly pale:

“I didn't expect you guys to play so big…”

“I should have reminded you that if you make too much noise at once and kill too many first-tier Rockhorn Horses, it will attract the Chieftain-level Rockhorn Horse's pursuit.”

“As the guardian of the group, the Rockhorn Horse herd is its offspring and the carrier of its own bloodline.”

Lin Feng shrugged:

“It's okay, it's all in the past. Next time I encounter a Chieftain-level Rockhorn Horse, it's hard to say who will chase who.”

Bai Ye, who was sitting opposite Lin Feng, only tasted a little and put down her chopsticks:

“It seems that Captain Lin's experience is very rich and colorful, and he has reached his current position step by step, so I want to ask, how does Captain Lin view Oasis Town and the Church?”

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't expect the other party to mention this matter directly, perhaps because the upcoming cooperation between the two sides required them to know each other well.

Just like Zheng Yanying was worried that the Salvation Army would go back on their word, Bai Ye was also worried that Lin Feng, who held heavy firepower, would be detrimental to the Salvation Army from behind.

And from the consequences, it was clear that Lin Feng's betrayal at a critical moment would have more serious consequences.

After Bai Ye finished asking, the entire area around the dining table fell into a dead silence. Lisa, who was sitting in the middle of the two, wanted to say something…

But she knew her identity, and if she spoke for Lin Feng at this time, it would only harm him.

After a moment of silence, Lin Feng slowly spoke:

“The Church is the authority, I am a guild hunter pursuing freedom, and the Wanderers are ambitious people who want to achieve something, just like the Li family in Oasis Town today, who want to get rid of the Holy Spring Church's control and exploitation and establish their own rule.”

“So I'm actually not very interested in the changes in the situation in Oasis Town. I came to collect Wasteland Wolf Source Crystals only because the Church promised to give me a second-tier source crystal of a Chieftain-level Rockhorn Horse.”

Saying that, Lin Feng also revealed the Church's conditions:

“The Bishop even promised to hand over Farm Village to me for management after the Li family is destroyed, taking over the Li family's position and providing Rockhorn Horse meat for the stability of the oasis.”

“But…I refused.”

“Because staying is not my goal. I haven't awakened for long, and I still want to see the distant big cities, travel the world, and witness this world six thousand years later.”

“By the way, I'll also study what happened back then that led to the despair of the three suns in the sky today.”

“As for my views on Oasis Town and the Church, I can only say that I have no views at all. Whoever offers a higher price and whoever is more beneficial to my future development, I will help.”

“This is just a simple transaction, not a position, just like I am now promising to help you kill Abberants and ensure your arrival at the military factory.”

After listening to Lin Feng's frankness, Bai Ye smiled and nodded in satisfaction, and then sighed softly:

“It's a pity that Captain Lin has already embarked on the Rockhorn Horse's evolutionary path. The end of his life's evolution has stopped at the second-tier late stage…”

“Otherwise, we would have more common ground, or even join hands to complete these life aspirations.”

Lin Feng nodded slightly regretfully:

“It's a pity, but there are so many evolvers in the wasteland, and probably not even one in ten thousand second-tier powerhouses can be promoted to the third-tier King…”

“Being able to be promoted to the second-tier late stage and become an existence like Chief Bai is already a leader in the wasteland.”

“It's a blessing to be able to get to this point in my lifetime.”

A trace of regret appeared in Bai Ye's eyes:

“That's true, but without a path to advance to the third tier, every level of improvement after evolving to the second tier becomes extremely difficult.”

“Because the number of Chieftain-level Rockhorn Horses is extremely limited, especially the second-tier late stage, the number in the entire wasteland world does not exceed two hands…”

“So almost all evolvers who embark on this path stop at the second-tier mid-stage, and even the mid-stage is rare.”

After listening to what Bai Ye said, Lin Feng frowned slightly:

“Then the head of the Li family in Farm Village, is his evolution level only at the second-tier mid-stage?”

“The Li family's strength doesn't seem to be that great.”

If the Li family's strongest is only at the second-tier mid-stage, then at least the Bishop is much stronger than them.

The twenty-ninth level High Priest, even if he is not good at fighting, can definitely suppress the twenty-sixth level existence.

Bai Ye smiled after hearing this:

“That's right, Li Hao, the head of the Li family, was also a figure who stirred up the situation near the Holy Land hundreds of years ago. Later, he failed to seek evolution in the second-tier late stage and retired here.”

“But don't underestimate him just because he is only at the second-tier mid-stage. Ordinary second-tier late stages are not his opponents at all.”

Lin Feng was slightly stunned, somewhat puzzled:

“Is it because they took the Rockhorn Horse path?”

Bai Ye nodded and then asked:

“You haven't been awake in the wasteland for long, so you probably don't know the three major evolutionary paths that have evolved in this world today, right?”

“I guess so, after all, this is quite a taboo topic in the Church…”

“As for the Li family, they will not publicize this matter even more.”

Lin Feng's expression gradually became serious, and he thought to himself that this trip was indeed not in vain.

Then he replied seriously:

“Please enlighten me.”