Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded

Actually, for Lin Feng, who had already embarked on the Rockhorn Horse evolution path, understanding different evolution types was no longer that important.

Because the facts could no longer be changed.

However, Bai Ye saw his sincere tone, upright posture, and strong desire for knowledge. Moreover, even if his future evolution limit wasn't high, he would still be a Tier 2 gun-wielding ability evolver, capable of unleashing the firepower of an entire battalion…

His combat power belonged to the strongest existences among evolvers!

Enough to lead and maintain a second-rate force!

Therefore, even if he couldn't embark on the Immaculate evolution path, Lin Feng's descendants, or disciples and friends, would definitely receive key training, thus becoming the Salvation Army's target customers.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye composed himself and slowly began to speak:

"During the evolution frenzy of the Old Earth era, everyone was exploring evolution on their own, without any rules to follow. There was pure self-evolution, as well as absorption of others, or the parasitic evolution of mutated beasts…"

"In short, during that turbulent era, no one knew the future of humanity, or the direction of evolution."

"It wasn't until the six thousand years of wasteland evolution, and various studies on evolution…"

"That three major evolution paths have been developed today, referring to the three types of paths with hope of advancing to Tier 3, and also normally retaining the evolver's sanity."

As he spoke, Bai Ye turned his head to look at the entrance of the shelter. Under the scorching sunlight, billowing white smoke scattered out, along with the painful roars of the mutated beings.

"As for the mutated beings formed by the genetic radiation of Tier 3 Kings, although they also form an orderly evolutionary path, strictly speaking, they rarely have self-awareness before advancing to Tier 3 mutated beings, and can only operate within the ruins, so they are excluded."

After glancing at them, Bai Ye turned back to look at the man in front of him:

"Among the three feasible paths, the most restricted in evolution, but with the fastest evolution speed and power increase, is the path you are currently on."

"By directly absorbing the life essence of mutated wild beasts, merging their evolutionary genes with your own, forming a special mutated species."

"In the future, as long as you absorb the essence of the same wild beast, you can achieve a second leapfrog qualitative evolution, advancing to become a powerful Tier 2 evolver."

"So this evolution path is very fast. For example, when you found the Rockhorn Horse migration gathering point, you directly rose from a Level 9 enhanced human to a Level 6 or 7, becoming a late-stage Tier 1 evolver."

"Besides the very fast process of Tier 1 evolution, when advancing to Tier 2 and condensing the Tier 2 body, the mutated wild beast genes absorbed in the body will also bring a certain degree of alienation…"

"Not only will it enhance your own awakened superpower, but also the characteristics derived from the absorbed wild beast, such as the Rockhorn Horse's sturdy outer armor, and amazing stamina for continuous combat."

"It's equivalent to obtaining dual abilities."

"And you can also control a biological battle armor cultivated from the flesh and blood of a Tier 2 Chieftain-level Rockhorn Horse, a type of biological exoskeleton similar to a power armor, and with self-repairing functions."

"Taking the Li family, who control the Farm Village, as an example, their patriarch Li Hao was able to dominate near Holy City back then, relying not only on his own dual ability enhancements, but also on a set of Rockhorse armor he cultivated using Rockhorn Horse Tier 2 cells."

"This armor not only has performance improvements comparable to power armor, but its continuous combat time and wear resistance are far stronger than power armor."

"The only limitation is that only evolvers who have absorbed Rockhorn Horse life essence and embarked on the Rockhorn Horse path can control it."

"This type of evolution path is also called Heterogeneous Evolution, which is the fastest growing, but also the most restricted type among the three major paths."

"Besides Rockhorn Horses, there are also some in Holy City who use other mutated wild beasts as evolution paths."

"Including carnivorous mutated wild beasts that have a more obvious increase in combat power, such as the Wasteland Wolf."

"But they have a big problem, which is that carnivorous wild beasts are not only scarce in number, but also more difficult to capture, unlike Rockhorn Horses, which can be artificially cultivated."

"If you can't quickly achieve an increase in evolution level, then Heterogeneous Evolution will lose its greatest advantage."

"So evolvers who absorb the essence of carnivorous wild beasts are very rare, and even if there are, their evolution level is very low."

"But once they advance to Tier 2 evolvers, their strength is also quite terrifying."

"Cross-level challenges are commonplace for them."

Hearing this, a trace of a different color appeared on Lin Feng's face, and he roughly understood why the Church had to mobilize so many people to deal with the rebellion of the Li family in the Farm Village.

The Li family patriarch, Li Hao, under full force, was not inferior to any ordinary late-stage Tier 2 evolver.

Even the Bishop was not very confident in taking down Li Hao, who was piloting the Rockhorse armor.

That's why Father Su An wanted to use the Wasteland Wolf's life essence, using the antagonistic relationship between the Wasteland Wolf and the Rockhorn Horse, to suppress the Li family's attack.

But could the Church's evolvers still change course halfway and absorb the genes of the Wasteland Wolf, embarking on the Heterogeneous Evolution path?

Thinking of this, Lin Feng immediately raised this question:

"If you choose other evolution paths, can you still absorb the essence of wild beasts halfway?"

"The Church wants to use the Wasteland Wolf's identity and genes to target the Li family's rebellion, but I said that there were once Heterogeneous Evolvers who faced their own evolution limitations and wanted to seek breakthroughs by changing their evolution paths later, but they exploded and died…"

"Because leapfrog evolution is a qualitative evolution, it requires absorbing life essence to change the genetic sequence in the body, optimize cell strength, and increase the level of life."

"So this stage is to qualitatively define the cumulative evolution in the future stage, equivalent to branding the evolution path."

"As for small-level evolution within the stage, as long as you don't directly use essence with a lot of impurities, and filter it slightly, it won't have much impact."

"The evolution cells in your body can immunize and decompose impurities genes of the same level."

"And what you said about changing the evolution path midway, for those who chose Heterogeneous Evolution during the first leapfrog evolution, they have already used the opportunity to change their path in advance."

As he spoke, Bai Ye glanced at Lisa beside him:

"This is also why Lisa advised you not to use Rockhorn Horse essence for leapfrog evolution at the beginning, although it is very convenient at first, it will be exceptionally difficult to advance to Tier 2 and improve within Tier 2 evolution afterwards."

"And the Church's response to the Li family this time actually involves the second major evolution path, which is also the largest in scale in today's world besides the first major Heterogeneous Evolution."

"Actually, speaking of this, you probably guessed it…"

Lin Feng took a deep breath, and following Bai Ye's words, added:

"I know, like the Holy Spring Church, they are following the verified evolution path of human high-level life forms, relying on absorbing high-level cells and life essence of Tier 3 Kings to achieve evolution."

"But the monks of the Church say that their Holy Spring Lord is actually an existence above the Third Order, a veritable god in the human world..."

Bai Ye smiled, nodded, and continued to introduce:

"What I said before is correct, but as for the latter, the so-called transcendence of the Third Order, I cannot agree with..."

"Because in recorded history, including Old Earth and the Wasteland Era, there has never appeared a truly omnipotent god. If there were, wouldn't He be able to change the current predicament of three suns in the sky, as well as the curse of the blazing sun behind us?"

"Compared to that, the power of the Blazing Sun Curse can still suppress the divine power of these Churches, which precisely illustrates that their so-called evolutionary path has deviated or gone astray."

"Even if they are immortal and possess overwhelming power, they are only gods to ordinary people, not the correct path of evolution..."

"Calling them false gods is more like it!"

Hearing Bai Ye's shocking words, Lin Feng not only didn't feel shocked but rather agreed with her view.

The meaning of evolution is to continue existence.

If one cannot change the three suns in the sky, as well as the curse that overrides all higher life forms...

Then this kind of evolution has no meaning, and one still has to escape the attack of the blazing sun behind.

In comparison, the Blazing Sun, worshiped by the Blazing Sun Church, is more in line with the existence and definition of a god.

"So, is it possible that the Blazing Sun is a god?"

Thinking of this, Lin Feng slowly asked the question in his mind:

"After all, the existence of the Blazing Sun Church means that the Sun Fiends are a product of another evolutionary path, just like Heterogeneous Evolution."

Hearing Lin Feng's speculation, Bai Ye frowned slightly:

"This question involves a consensus that has not been clearly concluded to this day, and it is also the truth that our Salvation Army wants to verify in our lifetime..."

Bai Ye's expression gradually became serious, and she continued in a deep voice:

"Actually, since the first survivors walked out of the ruins, for thousands of years, a mystery that plagued the astronomical history of Earth in the past has continued."

"That is the century-long debate between geocentrism and heliocentrism, which has evolved into a battle of eras today."

"If the problem of the Earth's movement can be solved, then the mystery that plagues everyone will also be solved easily."

"Supporting geocentrism is supporting the existence of gods, which is also the consensus of major churches, believing that we live under the shroud of gods."

"And supporting heliocentrism is naturally us, the descendants of Old Earth who have received scientific literacy education. We do not believe in the so-called gods above the Third Order, nor the Church's rhetoric of redemption in this world."

"Of course, the Blazing Sun Church also supports heliocentrism, only because the god they believe in is the blazing sun overhead. As for the Earth, in their view, it is an existence attached to the god."

"To this day, the Wasteland situation is controlled by the major churches, and geocentrism naturally prevails. However, there are also countless martyrs who, at the cost of their own lives, attempt to prove the correctness of heliocentrism, thereby tearing apart the hypocritical masks of those gods..."

Lin Feng frowned. Having received modern education, he naturally firmly believed in the viewpoint of heliocentrism.

Unless the Wandering Earth directly crosses over to another world and becomes the center of a certain plane.

But that's impossible to imagine. After all, the migrating human settlements have already achieved global escape.

So the Earth is still round, but there are three suns of different sizes overhead. Is it the Earth revolving around them, or are they revolving around the Earth...?

Thinking of this, Lin Feng sighed softly:

"So, these people who believe in heliocentrism have also been expelled and become wanderers on the Wasteland?"

Bai Ye nodded, with a hint of pride:

"To this day, geocentrism has become the consensus. When the two sides competed in the past, the losing side was exiled outside the settlements and became the first wanderers."

"And our Salvation Army is one of the few forces that openly supports heliocentrism in thousands of years, which is also one of the reasons why we were targeted back then."

"If Team Leader Lin is not interested in this matter, and will go to Holy City to develop in the future, just go along with the crowd and agree with geocentrism. Don't easily express this kind of view."

Lin Feng nodded solemnly:

"Thank you."

"Then the third major evolutionary path is the Immaculate Evolution that Lisa mentioned?"

Hearing Lin Feng mention this matter again, Bai Ye changed her previous solemn attitude, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly:

"That's right, it's the most orthodox Immaculate Evolution!"

"It was also the path of individual evolution that truly belonged to the Old Earth era!"

"If the opening of evolution means that genes no longer need to rely on reproduction to continue, pursuing individual strength and eternal existence, then the above Heterogeneous Evolution, and the Fusion Evolution that the Church regards as orthodox, are actually taking the old path."

"Because of becoming an appendage of the evolutionary pioneers..."

"In a sense, Heterogeneous Evolution is the descendants of the mutated wild beast ancestors, and absorbing the Source Matter of the Holy Spring Lord is also the continuation of His existence."

"In fact, it's not difficult to understand, just like how terrestrial creatures once needed to reproduce to continue their genes, but after evolution opened, it continues to exist in another way."

"Using humans and evolved beings as containers to continue their genes, using evolutionary methods to breed offspring."

"This fundamentally violates the underlying logic of opening evolution. It's ridiculous that the Church still regards itself as orthodox, constantly turning human descendants and the entire civilization into slaves under the feet of those false gods..."

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"And Immaculate Evolution is to walk out of a path of evolution that belongs to oneself, without relying on any known evolutionary path."

"Although it is not easy to walk, it allows you to be free from any constraints and limitations, representing a future of unlimited possibilities."

"Besides, even if it doesn't work, there are still two chances to change. One is to take the Fusion Evolution of the Church and other large forces, and the other is to absorb the Source Matter of mutated wild beasts for Heterogeneous Evolution."

"It's just that after using the second one, the evolutionary path in this life is basically at its peak, and it will be difficult to make any further progress in this life."

"For example, the coping strategy formulated by the Oasis Church, this batch of people who directly integrate the bloodline of Wasteland Wolves through surgery, because of genetic mixing and pollution, if the rejection reaction is very serious, the rest of their lives will be spent in the torment of schizophrenia and physical畸变..."

"The price is extremely high."

"As for those who adopted Heterogeneous Evolution from the beginning, if they integrate other wild beast Source Matter, they will either become monsters without self, like the mutated bodies in the ruins, or disintegrate on the spot, starting to collapse from the cellular level."

"So, Immaculate Evolution, as an evolutionary path with two more chances, is highly sought after in the Wasteland, it's just that it is forbidden to promote it within the Church's sphere of influence."

"And the Wasteland Explorers and Hunters under large guilds dream of obtaining a pure evolution serum."

After speaking, Bai Ye immediately began to promote it:

"In fact, it is very simple to obtain pure life Source Matter. Just use ready-made life Source Matter, use a molecular sieve to absorb the impurities, and then use a nano-scale sieve to filter out the genetic information factors and chromosomes inside."

"However, before that, the evolutionary cells containing life Source Matter must be broken by a centrifuge, and then the cell fluid rich in Source Matter is extracted."

"In fact, forces such as the Holy Spring Church and other large forces that have existed for thousands of years have long found a complete set of Source Matter extractors, including large centrifuges and filter nets, in the ruins of the shelters back then."

"It can completely extract a continuous stream of pure source essence, helping future generations achieve flawless evolution..."

As she spoke, Bai Ye changed the subject, her tone turning icy as she began to enumerate the crimes of the major factions:

"But in order to maintain their own interests and the ruling order of their forces, they directly destroyed the extraction machines, including the related filtration technology data, completely cutting off humanity's future of evolution."

"The reason the Salvation Army was besieged by all sides back then was because they discovered a set of related filter equipment and data."

Hearing this, Lin Feng thought of his upgraded source essence filter, the level nine purification extraction filter, which could obtain pure life source essence and achieve flawless evolution with just manual squeezing.

How did Lisa do it?

Didn't the Duncan squad do so much for the Salvation Army just to obtain pure source essence from Bai Ye?

Seeing Lin Feng looking at Lisa beside him, Bai Ye maintained her smile and continued:

"Although the things were destroyed, don't worry. Before the data and filters were destroyed, I had already mastered the related filtration technology. Now I can create nanoscale sieves that perfectly intercept the genetic impurities in the cell fluid."

As she spoke, fearing that Lin Feng wouldn't understand, Bai Ye deliberately waved her hands, displaying her powerful abilities.

He saw that on her equipment belt around her waist, among the bottles and jars, one thermos cup suddenly pulled itself out and floated above her palm.

It was like low-temperature superconducting magnetic levitation.

If Lin Feng hadn't sensed the energy fluctuations, he might have even thought it was telekinesis with a strong science fiction feel.

Seeing Lin Feng's expression change slightly, his pupils constricting...

Bai Ye nodded slightly:

"This is the meaning of flawless evolution. You can infinitely develop your own abilities without being affected by other ability genes."

"Especially after advancing to the third-tier king, superpowers will be developed to the extreme, becoming the master of this ability."

"Currently, I can use spatial abilities to create a nanoscale sieve every day, which is a nano-carbon film, the former graphene material."

"Within a week, I can perform secondary screening and filtration on source essence evolution agents or extracted evolution fluid."

"Obtaining extremely precious pure life source essence."

Lin Feng's eyes lit up instantly.

It wasn't because of the stainless steel thermos cup suspended by Bai Ye's spatial power, nor was it because of her self-praising introduction, but because of a reminder that appeared in the corner of Lin Feng's eye:

「Acquired related pure source essence filtration technology」

「Updated data reserves: The size of chromosomes containing genetic information in the cell nucleus is at the micron level, the smallest being one-thousandth of a millimeter. A 100-nanometer filter sieve can be used to perform secondary purification of first-tier source essence. A 10-nanometer sieve can be used to screen and purify second-tier source essence.」

「Note: 1mm = 1000 μm, 1 μm = 1000nm」

「Note: Currently, the smallest sieve aperture of the LV9 purification extraction filter is 100 nanometers, and 5 life points can be consumed to upgrade the quality」

After reading the reminder, Lin Feng realized the power of the upgrade system, which could directly transform known knowledge and technology into reality.

So Lin Feng immediately asked:

"How much is a first-tier pure life source essence worth, roughly? Let's use the guild's price. One kilogram of ordinary horse jerky is one point, level nine enhanced meat is five points, early evolution meat, level ten is twenty points, level eleven is thirty, and so on."

"So, using the guild's points to measure, ordinary Rockhorn Horse evolution agents are of equal value to one hundred kilograms of evolution meat. One dose is about one thousand to one thousand five hundred points."

"I wonder what the price of Chief Bai is?"

The smile on Bai Ye's lips was already overflowing.

Her long introduction was for this moment, for Lin Feng to take the initiative to mention it.

If Lin Feng grows up in the future and develops his own power, he can become her stable customer and partner.

Over the years, Bai Ye has used this method to win over a large number of wanderer forces, even including many first-class regular forces with third-tier kings.

Under the pressure and coercion of top forces, they cannot stably obtain a path to flawless evolution, and the upper limit of their power's development is locked, forever only having one third-tier king.

So they secretly obtain filtered pure life source essence through Bai Ye.

Now seeing that Lin Feng is interested, in the future she can use this to obtain the help of a second-tier firearm ability user. This is comparable to a company's firepower, and even first-class forces rarely have such powerful firepower projection.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye immediately said:

"Even for me, the output of pure evolution source essence is extremely limited each week. Currently, most of the source comes from the output inside the ruins."

"Back then, all the major shelters basically had reserves of pure life source essence, but each time the ruins appear, and the source essence output is random, it's not as stable as my side."

"Currently, the market price on my side for a tenth-level standard pure life source essence is about five thousand points. As for the second-tier standard pure source essence, you need to make an appointment one year in advance."

"Now, a portion of ordinary second-tier life source essence is roughly priced at around two hundred thousand points, while the price on my side is one million!"

After hearing Bai Ye's words, Lin Feng gasped.

Isn't this freaking robbery?

Five times the price is simply terrifying.

Seeing Lin Feng being frightened by the price, the triumphant Bai Ye immediately added:

"Of course, five times the price is actually the official price, which is the transaction price between wasteland hunters, the standard that the guild provides for hunters."

"But on my side, you can also exchange it for other things. The lowest price is only twice the price. Tenth-level pure source essence is only two thousand points, and twentieth-level second-tier source essence is only four hundred to five hundred thousand..."

What a 'only'!

Lin Feng only felt his mouth was dry and he felt that staying in Oasis Town, staying here, was simply a waste of money and a waste of life.

With the filter, he could completely become rich overnight and become the richest man in the wasteland world.

However, he soon realized that in order to turn the pure source essence in his hand into cash, he needed not only the source essence itself, but also the qualifications to trade it.

Selling a large quantity would definitely be suspected, and even a third-tier king couldn't protect him.

The destruction of the Salvation Army was the best example.

But just using it to exchange for certain evolution resources is definitely not a problem.

However, the problem now is that Lin Feng doesn't have enough strength to face the heavy pressure from top forces such as the Church, unless he wants to become a wanderer like the Salvation Army.

Living in the gray area of the wasteland for the rest of his life.

So before that, he had to find an endorsement to help him share the pressure of shipping.

Thinking of this, when Lin Feng's scattered and lost pupils refocused on the silver-haired beauty in front of him, he felt that the other party's beauty was becoming more and more...

Becoming very cute!

Recently, there is a new anime that talks about the struggle between the geocentric theory and the heliocentric theory in those years, the struggle between religious theocracy and science.

And the one who was sentenced to be burned at the stake by the religion was not Copernicus, but the Italian astronomer, Cecco d'Ascoli.