Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded

“From one, all things are born, and nothing is impossible…”

Lin Feng murmured to himself.

Those above the Third Order can and need to accommodate countless types of ability cells in order to bear more life essence.

In other words, to become a Third Order or higher being, one needs to activate all the potential ability genes within their body, master all superpowers, and naturally be able to do anything.

The reason Lin Feng connected the advancement to Third Order and above with his internal item upgrade system was mainly due to his observations over the past few days.

He discovered that the item upgrade system is actually equivalent to a collection of multiple abilities.

For example, the initial bullet recovery involves the reversal of state, or it is related to the ability to control matter and energy, and the most important spatial magazine is closely related to spatial abilities.

In other words, beneath the surface of the upgrade system is actually a tool that can stimulate all abilities within the body to improve the level and strength of items.

And the price is the life force consumed.

Using a certain amount of life force to temporarily activate one or more abilities to modify and upgrade items.

As for why not directly release them but instead modify them, the reason is simple:

Firstly, there is no way to directly manifest the hidden ability genes. The system only recorded these abilities and then borrowed Lin Feng as a carrier to stimulate them.

Secondly, the upgrade and optimization of items can preserve the ability effects as much as possible.

This is the same as spending money to buy services and enjoyment, or buying food, drink, or supplies.

For Lin Feng, who is still in the process of improving his strength, the latter is obviously more cost-effective.

Just like the two branded guns, allowing Lin Feng to possess more powerful and fierce firepower than firearm ability users.

The armor-piercing cannon and the high-explosive rapid-firing cannon themselves are carriers of firearm abilities.

Fixing abilities in the form of items and equipment is the truth brought about by the upgrade system.

Lin Feng nodded secretly. If this is the case, it can also explain why the system, in addition to upgrading, can also provide the function of clearing pollution, which must also be the effect of some kind of ability.

It even possesses the killing power of different stages of ability.

After all, for Third Order abilities, whether it is physical or mental pollution, it is nothing. They are existences of the same level.

Just like a First Order evolver does not need to worry about being polluted by First Order evolved meat.

Suppressing the inner shock brought about by this guess, Lin Feng turned to consider the advancement to Third Order and above:

“According to what you said, isn’t the Shepherd’s Method not a problem at all? As long as you widely recruit believers, you can collect their different ability genes, thereby successfully achieving the countless abilities of ‘from one, all things are born,’ making anything possible?”

Zong Shi Yue nodded:

“That’s right. Although the Shepherd’s Method is the worst possible strategy, it can still be considered a strategy for advancing to Third Order and above. It’s not entirely useless.”

“But have you ever thought that using humans as fields to sow seeds of essence and then harvesting their ability essence, the idea is not a problem, it’s just that the abilities within the bodies of evolvers below the Third Order have not been fully developed, so they cannot directly bear the Third Order evolved essence.”

“And advancing to the Third Order necessarily requires integrating one’s own will into the ability genes, using this as an anchor to prevent self-loss under the erosion of time.”

“Then the problem comes: to absorb these ability essences filled with other people’s memories, one must pay a great price to first remove these genetic impurities…”

“Otherwise, over time, endless whispers and mental torment will definitely drive people crazy or turn them into multiple personality patients with mental splits.”

“This is also why the Shepherd’s Method is the worst strategy. Most of the time, those who embark on this path of shepherding spend their time in slumber, needing to remove the memory pollution within their bodies to keep their original intentions unchanged.”

“And this gives later comers a chance.”

“According to my knowledge and speculation, several top forces seem to have shepherd leaders or saints showing signs of seizing the main god.”

“So the Shepherd’s Method seems to be the easiest, but it is also the most dangerous and inferior path.”

After listening to Zong Shi Yue, Lin Feng gradually gained a general understanding of the top-level system of wasteland evolution today, so he added:

“I think implementing the Shepherd’s Method should have been a last resort back then. After all, six thousand years ago, the first survivors who walked out of the shelters faced a desolate wasteland world that was like hell…”

“Implementing the Shepherd’s Method was both a way for those Third Order kings to survive and the best way to save humanity.”

Lin Feng thought of the prehistoric inscriptions he saw on the top of Mount Lao. The survivors of that era were lucky to survive, who would consider things hundreds or thousands of years later:

“Flawless evolution requires too many resources, especially in the later stages, and the harsh environment they faced simply could not support a large number of flawless evolutions.”

“Just like the Four-Year Great Cataclysm in the Old Earth era, humans did not initially promote flawless evolution but instead adopted the more convenient and faster alien evolution.”

“The reason they suppress flawless evolution so much is also because only flawless evolution can ultimately defeat them and end this wasteland apocalypse!”

Lin Feng took a deep breath. After thinking carefully, what Zong Shi Yue said was also true.

Back then, they were able to complete the task of transforming the planet's surface in a very short period of time, building tens of thousands of shelters and thousands of planetary engines.

At the same time, nuclear fusion technology had already been unlocked.

There is no reason why, six thousand years later, humans are still living in a wasteland like hell.

And with Zong Shi Yue's introduction to the later stages of evolution, Lin Feng roughly guessed the orthodox path of evolution:

“So after flawless evolution reaches the third stage, it can finally choose another path besides the Shepherd’s Method when breaking through to Third Order and above.”

“Should it be to directly absorb ability cells and then use one’s own Third Order essence to slowly cultivate them?”

Zong Shi Yue smiled and nodded:

“Isn’t the original purpose of evolution to minimize restraints and shackles, to be free from any restrictions? The so-called Shepherd’s Method, on the contrary, becomes subject to others.”

“Only by getting rid of any external restrictions can it be called orthodox evolution.”

“And this is also called the Path of Transcendence!”

“Unfortunately, doing so requires a long period of dormancy, and an extremely large sample of ability genes. Before the transformation is complete, one's own strength is far inferior to those of the same rank who follow the Shepherd’s Method.”

“One is equivalent to using all living beings to build their own ladder to godhood, with the road to becoming a god paved with countless corpses, while the other is to complete the transformation step by step, with one’s own strength, step by step.”

“The former progresses rapidly and the strength improves extremely quickly, but there are many drawbacks in the later stages, and their own state is not stable, causing them to ultimately not dare to take the last step.”

“Borrowed power is ultimately borrowed.”

“The latter transforms slowly, but the foundation is very solid, and they are free to come and go, unrestrained, and have no weaknesses or defects attached to any forces. Once the final transformation is completed, becoming an existence where all the power of the universe returns to oneself, they are the true gods in this world!”

“Infinite power, unlimited abilities!”

“And this is also the only way to solve the predicament facing humanity today and lead them to the universe.”

Zong Shi Yue said with passionate expression.

Clearly, he too was an ambitious powerhouse back then, but unfortunately, the city was destroyed and the country perished. The shepherd forces on the surface breached the shelter, ruining everything.

So, after saying that, Zong Shiyue sighed softly again, looking at the junior in front of him:

“You have great talent and extremely high potential, especially as a Flawless Evolver. If your Dao heart remains steadfast in the future, you have a great chance of becoming a Transcendent Being.”

Upon learning the path to take in the future, Lin Feng's brow relaxed, and his mind suddenly became clear. He slowly said:

“But when that time comes, you and I will become natural enemies. Transcendent Beings will inevitably destroy the old order and kill all the gods who implement the Shepherd's Method and imprison all living beings.”

Zong Shiyue laughed heartily, not taking it to heart:

“Those guys contaminated me with the Wolf King's blood. Now, it's like a mutated evolution, so even the Shepherd's Method is a dead end for me.”

“I'll just tell you the cause and effect of what happened back then.”

“Those guys who embarked on the Shepherd's Method are searching and hunting down survivors like me all over the world to prevent Tier 3 Flawless Evolvers from achieving Transcendence.”

“Because the shelters left behind back then had a large number of survivors, providing ability samples, as well as a complete circulation system and the power supply from nuclear fusion reactors, so large shelters didn't need to open their doors and go out at all.”

“But they were afraid, afraid of the birth of Transcendent Beings who would destroy their ruling order and kill the weak gods.”

“Unfortunately, I was discovered during the final transformation process. In order to prevent me from transcending, they were willing to reach an agreement with the wild beast Wolf King…”

“Using the Wolf King's death and corpse to completely cut off my possibility of Transcendence, thereby giving the wolf clan a way out.”

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“So this return to the surface is only for revenge!”

As he spoke, Zong Shiyue returned to his past sinister appearance:

“Needless to say, no one wants to be contaminated with the bad luck here. Even if there are still a large number of Tier 3 Evolution Source Essences at the bottom of the ruins, no Tier 3 existence will come to collect them.”

“But the Wolf King's Tomb next door is different. The Wolf King's body inside has not been contaminated. This is the promise they gave the Wolf King back then…”

“The Old Wolf King existed since the Old Earth era. Over the three thousand years of the journey, plus the thousands of years of the Wasteland Era, its wolf life has come to an end.”

“In order to ensure that the wolf clan can retain the spark of hope, the Old Wolf King agreed to the gods to use his own sacrifice to obtain the eternal existence of the Wolf King's Tomb.”

“Since then, no one has dared to attack its remaining blessings.”

“Ensuring the continuation of the wolf clan for thousands of years.”

“It's a pity that they are not competitive enough. To this day, no one has been born who can inherit the heart of the Wolf King and restore the glory of the wolf clan back then.”

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly:

“So, the Wolf King's blessing hasn't been absorbed yet, and the Mount Tai ruins are full of Tier 3 life source essence?”

Zong Shiyue guessed Lin Feng's thoughts:

“Don't even think about it. It's not that no mutated humans have come to try their luck over the years. However, even Tier 2 wolves are not qualified to inherit it, so how could they let humans with lower evolution levels accidentally obtain it?”

“Moreover, those who have been eyeing this Wolf King's Tomb have tried all the methods. Unless a Tier 3 King personally arrives, even a late-stage Tier 2 Evolver will find it difficult to suppress the invasion of Tier 3 Source Essence.”

“The result is the same as the Corrupted here, becoming a werewolf contaminated by the wolf clan's genes.”

Lin Feng nodded and then asked about another matter, which, in addition to the path of evolution, had always been a confusion and worry in his mind:

“Finally, from your perspective and understanding, is the largest sun currently covering the Wasteland Earth, that is, the blazing sun behind, a normal celestial body?”

“Or is it as they speculate, that the blazing sun is a living being, a god in itself…”

A rare look of solemnity appeared on Zong Shiyue's face. He thought and hesitated for a while:

“From the current performance, the blazing sun does seem like a life, a shepherd driving a flock of sheep, but it is too fixed, like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west…”

“It can't be confirmed on the surface. Based on some information I have learned underground, I can't accurately deduce it at all.”

“Unless you fly into the sky and witness it with your own eyes.”

“Based on the currently known situation, whether it is a natural celestial body or a god transformed into the sun, the commonality it exhibits is a program.”

“A program?” Lin Feng asked in confusion, this was the first time he had heard such a novel point of view.

Zong Shiyue continued to explain:

“That's right, because it is following a certain rule, just like the energy life, the Sun Spawn, born under the blazing sun, cannot leave the scope of the Blazing Sun Restricted Area or its own core.”

“However, one thing is that, whether it is the blazing sun itself or the Sun Spawn formed, its evolution level is higher than that of ordinary Tier 3 Kings. Late-stage Kings can only barely resist it.”

“Only those who take that step and begin to transform, such as the gods who are currently implementing the Shepherd's Method, or the path of Transcendence like I once did, can contend with it.”

“So its level should be above Tier 3.”

“In short, this matter is not something we should consider now. Wait until you have the opportunity to set foot in the late stage of Tier 3 and choose to embark on the path of Transcendence before considering digging out the truth behind it!”

Lin Feng nodded.

Although Zong Shiyue did not give a clear answer, his words had already allowed Lin Feng to make a judgment.

The question is not whether the blazing sun is a god, but its energy level, which can easily suppress Tier 3 existences. Even Zong Shiyue, who almost transcended, had to avoid it.

This shows how powerful and terrifying the blazing sun is.

People contaminated with the blazing sun's curse are more miserable than being reduced to livestock being shepherded.

However, everything has two sides.

Lin Feng thought of a way to turn the unsolvable blazing sun curse into a reliance.

“Okay, thank you for your generous answer. I agree to the task you proposed, provided that those sealed boxes will not leak your contamination, otherwise, forget it.”

Lin Feng said lightly, and continued:

“I have to be responsible for myself and my team members.”

Zong Shiyue nodded:

“Don't worry, once the aura leaks, the blazing sun's energy, which is everywhere on the surface, will ignite me and burn me clean before I can spread the contamination.”

“Tier 3 Source Essence is also a rare delicacy for the blazing sun. Even if this piece of meat has deteriorated and lost its flavor, it is still Tier 3 flesh and blood.”

“The sealed black box has the best isolation effect. Not to mention the gene radiation of ordinary Tier 3 Kings, even the existence in the process of transformation can isolate the inside and outside.”

After the introduction, Zong Shiyue finally instructed:

“The things have been prepared for you. They are at the entrance from the negative fifth floor to the negative sixth floor. After you find the Tier 2 wolf corpse in the station on the negative fifth floor, you can take them away.”

“Once the box is opened, I don't have much time left. I need to complete the diffusion and parasitism within a few tens of seconds, so I also need you to get as close as possible to the group of refugees. This is the only challenging part of the task.”

Lin Feng slowly stood up and nodded in agreement:

“Prepare an empty one of these sealed boxes for me. I have other uses for it.”

Zong Shiyue narrowed his eyes, nodded, and then disappeared, continuing to lurk and hide.

After it no longer appeared, Lin Feng looked at the divine dog brought to the dormitory vehicle by Ding Yi, and the girl next to the divine dog, wearing a coat and hood, and the corners of his mouth gradually rose.

Collecting Tier 2 wild wolf source essence crystals is just a task.

And outside the task, there are naturally other gains.

Such as plundering some Tier 3 wild wolf source essence.