Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded

Lin Feng nodded almost imperceptibly.

It was a response to Zong Shiyue's inquiry.

Bai Ye had already noticed his abnormality, so he should try not to expose it to his teammates, lest they become restless.

Especially Zheng Yanying and Shen Yue, as clergymen of the Church, were extremely wary of aberrant infections. If they knew that Lin Feng had been contaminated, they would definitely be secretly on guard, and then notify the Church.

At that time, the Church and the Li family would probably stop fighting first and work together to solve Lin Feng, a guy who could endanger the overall security of Oasis Town.

Because Lin Feng, who had already been mentally contaminated, might release a substantial source of pollution under the influence of bewitchment, causing permanent residents and a large number of vagrants to be infected with aberrant radiation.

Like a plague, even if it couldn't threaten the Oasis warship for the time being, it would destroy the foundation of Oasis Town.

And this was absolutely not allowed by any force that had established order.

Just like the Church's extermination of the Lieyang Divine Sect.

If their own ruling order was threatened, then there was only one path: destruction.

As for other second-rate wanderer forces, they were much more tolerant. Even if these bandits and robbers occasionally looted settlements, the damage they caused was limited and always within a controllable range.

Xu Duo, who wanted to leave the official settlement, was worried about being robbed and killed by wanderers, so he was willing to settle in the mobile city and be treated like a beast of burden.

Now, if Lin Feng was found to be contaminated, then what awaited him would be the same fate as the Lieyang Divine Sect.

After nodding slightly, Lin Feng immediately began to observe the simple train station in front of him.

Because the mileage was only a dozen kilometers, similar to a subway, the station was not large, just a building about one hundred meters long and fifty meters wide.

In the Old Earth period, it would only be considered a small to medium-sized station, capable of carrying at most a few hundred people.

Although it was not large, it had now become a nest for aberrant beasts, acting as a bridgehead for the wolf king gene radiation in the Wolf King's Tomb to suppress and contaminate the ruins of Feicheng Shelter.

It was precisely because of its existence that Zong Shiyue had suffered thousands of years of torment, never to rise again.

But even if he could no longer rise again, Zong Shiyue wanted to take revenge on the gods before he was completely lost.

The path of transcendence above the third order, if contaminated by alien genes, was absolutely impossible to reverse.

It was equivalent to directly injecting the blood of a first-order wasteland wolf into the body of a first-order evolver, forcibly turning him into a different kind of aberrant evolution, cutting off Zong Shiyue's possibility of perfect transcendence.

Moreover, it was at the most critical moment.

Therefore, Zong Shiyue's hatred for the gods could probably only be described as irreconcilable.

And Lin Feng chose to agree to cooperate precisely because he valued the destruction of the existing order caused by the spread of aberrant contamination. Regardless of whether Zong Shiyue was an enemy of the gods or not, there was no possibility of reconciliation for both sides.

This would attract a large amount of firepower for Lin Feng.

Ensuring a smooth path for future third-order advancement.

After all, Lin Feng was ostensibly following the path of aberrant evolution, and the rock horn horse evolution path with the lowest potential. Evolving to the mid-second order was the limit.

If he advanced to the mid-second order, it would definitely attract attention and vigilance from various forces.

Like the Li family head, Li Hao, who had stirred up a storm in the big city with his mid-stage strength back then.

Even after retiring to Oasis Town, he was still regarded as a thorn in the side by the Church.

But the mid-second order was not too big of a problem. The real trouble was the higher late-second order. First of all, the number of late-second order wasteland beasts, whether rock horn horses or other patriarch-level wasteland beasts, were all very few in the wasteland.

Moreover, each of them had a name and a surname.

If he wanted to advance to the late-second order without going through a large force, he would definitely be suspected, and even investigated.

As for the higher third-order evolution, according to the sealed upper limit of the evolution path, as long as Lin Feng completed the advancement, then his spotless evolution identity would inevitably be exposed.

At that time, his secret of being able to produce pure source matter would also be unearthed, becoming the target of public criticism like the Salvation Army and Bai Ye.

But what worried Lin Feng even more was another matter related to this.

After the six team members in front of him finished resting, got up, and prepared to enter the train station to search, and said goodbye to Lin Feng…

The latter stood quietly near the train station, looking at the floating phantom in front of him, and slowly said:

“Can second-order evolvers or third-order kings detect the aura of spotless evolvers and identify the evolution path used by the evolver?”

Zong Shiyue narrowed his eyes slightly. He was still wondering if Lin Feng was worried that the two Church members would expose the cooperation between the two.

Now that he was asked this, he instantly reacted. Lin Feng was worried that after going out, his spotless evolver identity would be exposed, attracting the attention of the forces under the gods.

After thinking about it, Zong Shiyue immediately replied:

“Second-order evolvers generally have a hard time sensing it, unless they are specially evolved in the sensory system, such as the sense of smell, which can smell whether a person has multiple auras.”

“Or the perception ability of the spiritual system, that little girl beside you is. The aura on her reminds me of an old friend I once met.”

“The spiritual system's perception ability can distinguish the different mental states of each person. For example, if I am currently parasitized in the edge area of your brain, I will be perceived when I am active, and thus be caught.”

“Back then, there weren't similar aberrant evolved bodies parasitized on normal people, mixed into human bases, causing all the survivors in a city to rot and fall into madness.”

“Since then, perceptual ability users have basically been standard personnel of large forces, to monitor and screen the people of the whole city.”

“But currently, this type of evolver is very rare. If you need to disguise yourself, you can eat some meat of evolved wasteland beasts, which can form interference.”

“Because these perception abilities are generally not very accurate for the investigation of existences of the same level, due to aura interference.”

Speaking of this, Zong Shiyue's tone changed:

“It's easy to avoid the investigation of second-order evolvers, after all, you have already advanced to the second order, the key is the third-order kings.”

“The most significant feature of third-order existences is the gene radiation in front of them. As long as they are within the radiation range, they can obtain all the pheromones.”

“For example, from the moment you stepped into the ruins, I noticed the evolution level, strength, evolution path, and approximate types of abilities of each evolver.”

“Under my energy radiation, every living body, except for the brain area, is basically transparent.”

“So in the future, don't get close to third-order evolvers, no, it should be said, don't let them get close to you!”

“Third-order kings basically restrain their aura and will not actively oppress a second-order existence, but once they actively approach, they are already suspicious, and they will inevitably discover your spotless evolver identity!”

Lin Feng frowned slightly. Avoiding third-order kings as much as possible was almost impossible:

“If I go to a big city to develop, I will definitely encounter third-order kings. If I don't go, relying solely on small and medium-sized settlements or other wanderer forces, the resources they possess are simply not enough to support my advancement.”

“Especially my next plan, which requires frequent contact with the Holy Spring Church, and there are many third-order bishops in the Holy City.”

If he wanted to obtain the resources for the second stage of evolution, only big cities like the Holy City had relevant transactions.

Oasis Town could at most take out one or two copies of second-order source matter, and second-order evolved meat was considered an absolute trump card.

As for late-first-order evolved meat or evolution potions, they were all large single transactions that needed to be specially recorded.

So this was equivalent to a retirement home for second-order evolvers.

If it weren't for the special significance of the Oasis warship, and the Holy City needed it to scout and collect intelligence, it wouldn't be so prosperous.

Currently, the bishop of the Holy Spring Church in Oasis Town was only a proxy bishop, with only late-second-order evolution strength, not a true early-third-order probationary white-robed bishop.

But once he went to the Holy City, third-order bishops, not to say they were as common as dogs, but they were definitely pillars of stability sitting in all directions, more than just one.

If Lin Feng wanted to climb up, relying solely on the resources of the Hunter's Guild wouldn't be enough. If he had contact with the Church, he would inevitably have to meet with a third-order bishop.

Moreover, there was a great risk of exposing his spotless evolver identity, so he had to find a way to cover it up.

Otherwise, he would have to be like the Salvation Army…

The best outcome would be to escape to the wasteland, lose everything, start from scratch, and become a wasteland hyena like the wanderers, gnawing on other people's leftovers.

Bai Ye inherited the legacy of the City of Salvation, and it took him hundreds of years to barely touch the threshold of advancing to the third-order king and forming a first-class force…

Even if Lin Feng had a system, without a stable food source, his growth and development speed wouldn't be much faster.

And Zong Shiyue, after listening to the problems Lin Feng faced, laughed twice and gave a corresponding solution:

“This is simple, then you can change your identity, or cultivate a subordinate to be responsible for contacting the Church forces, and you stay in the guild.”

“I looked at the organizational structure of the Hunter's Guild, and there should be many spotless evolvers inside, indicating that the Church has not completely suppressed these.”

“After all, embarking on the path of spotless evolution does not mean that you will definitely become a third-order king, and even if you become a third-order king, wanting to maintain spotless evolution until the advancement stage of the late-third order is almost impossible.”

“Choosing Immaculate Evolution is simply to leave oneself more options. When encountering a bottleneck, it's easier to change course and advance.”

“Under the control of the Shepherd's Method of the Gods, it's very difficult for transcendents to be born in the extremely barren wasteland. What they're guarding against isn't actually those above Tier 3, but new Tier 3 Kings.”

“The birth of a new King means the rise of a first-rate power, which will inevitably seize a considerable portion of the benefits from the existing ruling system.”

“Little by little, with gains and losses, it will cause a certain impact on the top powers. Although they have the Gods as a backstop, each time they summon the Gods to take action, it will slow down and affect Their advancement.”

“So even if you are discovered, as long as you can offer enough benefits, those bishops in the church may not become your protectors.”

“Don't forget, they are not monolithic internally. Where there are people, there will be Jianghu, there will be struggles!”

Saying this, Zong Shiyue asked with a slightly profound meaning:

“Do you think that the parishioners who believe in the Lord of the Holy Spring are the same people as the cultivators who follow the Undying Saint?”

Hearing this, Lin Feng's pupils shrank instantly.

Zong Shiyue's few words made him think of countless possibilities and countless ways to break the situation.

As expected of an existence who has lived for thousands of years, none of them are simple. Compared with them, I am still too naive except for upgrading the system.

Looking at the phantom with a sinister smile, Lin Feng took a deep breath and replied in a deep voice:

“I have benefited a lot, thank you for your guidance!”

Next, Lin Feng also asked about the composition of the wasteland forces, in addition to the Holy Spring Church, other large forces.

Don't look at Zong Shiyue being trapped in the ruins restricted area for thousands of years, but in these days, the number of evolutionaries he has eroded and assimilated is no less than ten thousand, but there are also several thousand.

At least a dozen or twenty every year, including middle and high-level members of large forces, and many guild hunters.

By reading their memories, Zong Shiyue can know the changes in the outside situation in real time.

Through his narration and introduction, Lin Feng had a general understanding of the current situation in the wasteland:

The Taishan Ruins belong to the Holy Spring Church's route range, so there are only the Holy Spring Church and the Wasteland Hunter Guild nearby, as well as some wandering forces with no fixed abode.

The territory ruled by the Holy Spring Church is in the range of 30 degrees to 40 degrees north latitude. According to the current inflated surface, this is a huge theocracy spanning 40,000 kilometers from east to west and nearly 1,500 kilometers from north to south.

The holy city in front of Lin Feng is actually more than one. The migrating team also has the only and largest Holy Spring City, which is also the holy place for offering sacrifices to the Lord of the Holy Spring and the Undying Saint.

All Tier 3 bishops must be born through it.

In addition, to the north of the church, within the range of 40 degrees to 50 degrees north latitude, there is a huge force called the Giant Enterprise United.

It is also the main enemy of the Holy Spring Church.

What they serve and are loyal to is the great existence revered as the End Proprietor.

Zong Shiyue is more familiar with this, because the Giant Enterprise United was born as early as the Old Earth period.

Its essence is a joint company, composed of several large multinational corporate giants in mutual union.

And they completed the research on the source of life and the development of evolution agents through extremely high efficiency, becoming the strongest evolutionary force at that time, and quickly controlled the situation in various parts of the West.

Later, it also became a powerful force in the Evolutionary Alliance, including more than 30 of the top 100, and most of the planetary engines were built by them.

And the Giant Enterprise United has successfully survived to this day, becoming the strongest force in the Northern Hemisphere, always overshadowing the Holy Spring Church.

Below the territory of the Holy Spring Church, there is also a powerful force called the Kings Alliance.

The ruling area is between 20 and 30 degrees north latitude.

When Lin Feng heard the name of this force, the corners of his mouth twitched, wanting to laugh but still holding back.

The Kings Alliance is as its name suggests, a force composed of Tier 3 Kings, with as many as hundreds of Kings joining it at its peak.

The entire alliance is composed of five Tier 3 late-stage Heavenly Kings and twenty mid-stage Kings.

Although there is no existence beyond Tier 3, and no blessing from the gods, it is exceptionally powerful.

Under the warmth of mutual support, even the Holy Spring Church and the Giant Enterprise United can't do anything about it.

As for the area below 20 degrees north latitude, it belongs to the barbaric land, with a water content close to zero, and has never formed a large force that can be put on the table.

And from 10 degrees north latitude to the equator, and from the equator down to 10 degrees south latitude, they all belong to the equatorial restricted area, because they are too close to the hot sun, and there is little life activity.

As for the situation of the forces in the Southern Hemisphere, even Zong Shiyue knows very little about it. It is estimated that only some veteran Tier 3 Kings can know about it.

Lin Feng remembered that Father Su An said that a bishop of the church had been to the equator to look for the ruins of a planetary engine, but unfortunately it ended without success.

The Tier 3 Kings in the distance are enough to withstand the direct sunlight, and then endure a long trek of five or six thousand kilometers, crossing the barbaric land and the equatorial restricted area to reach the Southern Hemisphere.

So the church or the Kings Alliance should understand the power structure of the Southern Hemisphere.

The two sides are separated by the equatorial restricted area, which has little impact.

And when Lin Feng asked about the Giant Enterprise United going up, above 50 degrees north latitude...

Zong Shiyue shook his head:

“It's more than 4,000 kilometers away from here, and no explorers who understand it have come here. I only know that there is still a large force above the Giant Enterprise United...”

“Named the Eternal Night Empire.”

“The shipping route to the north is less than 20,000 kilometers, and the light intensity becomes weaker, and less energy is obtained. Moreover, the migration route becomes shorter, which means that the resources along the way are scarcer. It is estimated that it is difficult to form any force. Even if there is, the population will not be too large.”

Lin Feng nodded.

It seems that only the Holy Spring Church and the Giant Enterprise United occupy the best territory. The sunlight and migration distance are balanced enough to support tens of millions of people.

And in the entire Northern Hemisphere, there are three gods who promote the Shepherd's Method, namely the Lord of the Holy Spring, the End Proprietor, and the master of the Eternal Night Empire.

“If I can't stay in the theocracy, what about running to the Kings Alliance?”

Lin Feng then asked, after all, the south is a loose alliance, and there are no gods to suppress or hinder it.

Zong Shiyue smiled sinisterly twice:

“Looseness means no order. Each king city is under the control of a dictator, only the royal family and family forces. Do you think there is a chance and resources for you to evolve?”

“The forces in the Kings Alliance are all existences driven away by the Holy Spring Church and the Giant Enterprise United, or they are unwilling to submit and bow their heads, so they have to run away.”

“Whoever has the bigger fist there has the final say. It is equivalent to a higher-level wandering force alliance. You can regard it as a collection of feudalism and slavery.”

“Jie Jie, without the constraints of order, what do you think that means for outsiders and ordinary evolutionaries?”

“Many wandering forces have their shadows behind them, responsible for plundering the wasteland people and acting as slaves!”

Hearing Zong Shiyue's sinister laughter, Lin Feng felt goosebumps all over his body, and he could already imagine hundreds of hellish magic kingdoms.

The two talked for a long time, until two hours later, there were two gunshots in the train station, followed by a burst of frantic footsteps.

Lin Feng quickly got up and stepped forward, and Zong Shiyue next to him also gave accurate information:

“Don't worry, they have found the target, but they have disturbed the dormant aberrant beasts and are escaping.”

“It's okay, you wait and go over to deter them. Don't shoot unless you have to.”

“Shooting near the tunnel is easy to wake up more aberrant beasts and Tier 2 corpse wolves, and it will be difficult to deal with at that time.”

Lin Feng nodded and quickly arrived at the entrance of the train station, standing outside the door to meet the people who ran over in a hurry.

Behind them, a group of long-haired aberrant monsters chasing on all fours.

Chen Shanshan, wearing power armor, used the Demon Exorcising Holy Flame on her waist to repel the herd of beasts, buying time for everyone to collect source matter and escape.

At the same time, she also relied on the power armor to help her, responsible for guarding the rear and solving the aberrant beasts that came to her.

A sharp titanium spear directly pierced the aberrant beast's spine and head, and with a sweep, it repelled several more.

When the six people successfully escaped, Lin Feng raised the dark muzzle and released his own aura to deter the aberrant beast herd attacking in the station.

These aberrant beasts and werewolves, who were only in the mid-stage of Tier 1, were suppressed by Lin Feng's Tier 2 aura. In addition, Zheng Yanying also sprayed a large amount of Holy Spring water, successfully stopping the pursuit of these monsters.

The task has been completed, and there is no need to save anymore.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the surface.

Lin Feng signaled Zong Shiyue to be calm and not impatient. After sending off the church team, he would come down to meet the Tier 2 corpse wolves in the Wolf King Tomb.

After all, the unpolluted Tier 2 source matter in their bodies, as well as some Tier 3 Wolf King source matter, are the best treasures and gains of this trip.

When returning to the surface, the Salvation Army in the cave had finished most of the cleanup and began to transfer the convoy in the cave to the outside.

Bai Ye saw that Lin Feng and the others had completed the task, and then stopped this mysterious and powerful man:

“I found the Tier 2 Wasteland Wolf source matter, are you still going down?”