Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded

Hearing Zong Shiyue's reminder, Lin Feng, who had originally disdained the pile of "trash," immediately stopped and turned to walk towards the pile of junk.

Walking behind, Chen Shanshan, who was helping push the cart, noticed the cart in her hand suddenly stop, and she leaned her head out to check the situation.

She saw Lin Feng, who had been pulling the cart, walking towards the pile of junk at the entrance of the shelter, the trash with a total value of less than a hundred points.

Because their volume and weight were not as good as the same amount of wolf bones and source material, they didn't even have any value to carry. In the hands of Lin Feng's team, which now easily earned tens of thousands of points, they were no different from garbage.

However, since Lin Feng was somewhat interested in them, Chen Shanshan also stopped and turned to come to his side.

Meanwhile, the evolutionary meat, alloy wolf bones, refined steel wolf skins, etc., in the carts were emitting bursts of white smoke under the influence of the sunlight.

The metal bones and wolf fur themselves were fine, but the mucus on them was purified by the sunlight, which saved Lin Feng and the others the trouble of cleaning them later.

The evolutionary meat part was more significantly affected. The surface of the 1.5 tons of evolutionary meat had many black charred spots, as if it had been directly corroded and carbonized by concentrated acid, dehydrating into ash.

From the outside, it looked very strange.

But fortunately, it didn't affect the extraction of the life source essence inside. 1.5 tons of evolutionary meat was enough to extract eight portions of level 20 evolutionary agents and three portions of level 24 evolutionary agents.

Its value, after filtering out pure source essence through a picometer-level filter, would reach an incredible level.

A preliminary estimate put it as high as tens of millions of points.

Adding the level 2 wasteland wolf evolutionary meat containing five portions of level 20 source essence in Lin Feng's backpack, the biggest gain of this trip would be worth a total of 20 million points.

So many points were enough to build a second-rate force in the wasteland, operate dozens of different types of vehicles, and support hundreds or thousands of people.

But if converted into evolutionary agents, it would only be the volume of a small box.

It was evident that the resources required to cultivate a level 2 evolver, especially a powerful level 2 mid-to-late stage evolver, were enough to support thousands of people.

And in the extremely barren wasteland, relying solely on cultivating forces to accumulate resources step by step, like the Li family in Oasis Town, it might take decades or half a century to cultivate and support a level 2 evolver.

If you wanted to break through quickly, you could find another way, risking your life to enter various relic forbidden zones to obtain extra huge rewards, and not letting go of any opportunity to take down all the chances you encountered!

Like now, Zong Shiyue's accidental discovery.

When Lin Feng walked to the front of the junk pile and got closer, as a level 2 evolver, he also noticed an unusual feeling coming from inside.

A faint energy radiation.

It was very similar to gene radiation, but much weaker, and it could still exist under the sun, so it was obviously not ordinary.

Following the feeling and Zong Shiyue's instructions, Lin Feng searched through the pile of waste and finally found the source of the radiating energy.

A pure copper shell, about two fingers thick and about thirty millimeters or more.

Thirty-five millimeter caliber, about fifteen centimeters long.

A shell casing from some kind of anti-aircraft gun or rapid-fire cannon.

In the Old Earth era, depleted uranium bombs were a major weapon in the military, known for their extremely high armor-piercing capabilities, but also because of their inherent radiation effects, they were considered to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of your own.

Among them, the gun mount of an attack aircraft equipped with depleted uranium bombs was located below the cockpit, which also led to the pilots flying this model suffering huge radiation from the depleted uranium bombs under their seats all year round.

This caused these pilots to be very prone to cancer, especially problems with their lower limbs.

Now, the radiating shell in Lin Feng's hand may be a depleted uranium weapon left over from that era.

The half-life of uranium 235 is as long as 70 million years, and now at most less than ten thousand years have passed. If this is really a depleted uranium bomb, it is not surprising that it still retains a trace of radiation.

But Lin Feng quickly rejected this idea, because after he came into contact with the radiating shell and felt the influence of the radioactive energy inside…

Because the blood circulation in his palm was affected by the radiation of the shell, platelets began to gather on it.

And the reason was naturally the magnetism of the radiating shell.

But the intensity of this magnetism was so weak that even a strong magnet could not hinder the flow of blood.

The hemoglobin iron in platelets accounts for 67% of the iron content in the human body, but the total amount of iron in the entire human body is only four to five grams. On average, each liter of platelets contains only one hundred and fifty to two hundred micrograms of iron.

And one microgram is equal to one thousandth of a milligram, and a milligram is one thousandth of a gram.

On average, it is almost zero in one liter of platelets.

So, the source of the influence on the aggregation of platelets is not the magnetism of the shell, but the radiation energy in it!

Lin Feng frowned tightly.

Only the high-energy radiation of a level 3 king can affect and control elements on this microscopic scale.

Lin Feng took it and walked to the opposite side of Zong Shiyue's original flesh and blood box. At this moment, Zong Shiyue also felt the abnormality of the shell. The figure condensed beside the black box, and his expression gradually became serious.

After thinking for a moment, he slowly said:

"I remember…"

"No wonder it's so familiar."

Lin Feng's mouth twitched:

"Remember what? Don't be a riddle man."

Zong Shiyue sighed softly, then turned to look at Lin Feng:

"Don't you feel a little familiar? He is the ancestor of the gun ability you awakened, the first level 3 king to prove the Dao with a gun…"

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise:

"Gun ability, can actually walk out of the evolutionary path?"

Previously, Lin Feng had always believed that special abilities were difficult to use to walk the path of level 3 because there were very few samples and the research progress and results were very limited.

For example, the gun ability, in the early and mid-stage of level 2, has a combat power comparable to the early stage of level 3. If it is promoted to level 3 and becomes an extremely powerful gun king, wouldn't it be able to overwhelm other level 3 kings and be invincible at the same level!

So, if a level 3 gun king was really born, he should have become famous in the wasteland long ago. How could there be no news at all?

When Lin Feng raised his doubts, Zong Shiyue smiled and replied:

"Because in the great battle of the past, those who survived may not have been the strongest, but they must have been the most cautious. Learning to hide their clumsiness and endure is the only way to survive to the end."

"As the strongest type of offensive ability, gun ability can easily challenge beyond its level before level 3, and after being promoted to level 3, it can also challenge multiple people of the same level at the same time."

"In the past, that gun king successfully transformed in the flames of war, and from then on, he was in the limelight and was invincible."

"But he can overwhelm his peers and challenge five or ten level 3 kings, but what if there are twenty, thirty, or even hundreds of level 3 kings?"

"He, who could have become a god, died of blind arrogance. After becoming a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh in everyone's eyes, there would naturally be no chance of survival."

Lin Feng took a deep breath. In that case, the shell in his hand that emitted a faint radiation was the relic of the gun king.

"If a gun ability user can be promoted to level 3, then why hasn't a second one been born since then, and the existence of the gun king has become a taboo…"

"That first-generation Gun King who was killed, the third-order source essence left in his body should have been treated as a third-order king and preserved."

"Given the value and function of this thing, it shouldn't have been lost afterward, right?"

Zong Shiyue nodded and slowly said:

"The siege of the Gun King involved more than thirty third-order kings, including six in the mid-stage of the third-order and two Heavenly Kings in the late-stage of the third-order."

"And among them, there were also half beast race kings."

"At that time, the Gun King, who had just advanced to the mid-stage of the third-order and was only at level thirty-four, could directly confront six mid-stage existences. If it weren't for the two Heavenly Kings taking action, I'm afraid a great Gun God above the third-order could have truly evolved in later generations…"

"That battle took place in west-central Asia. I didn't participate in it, but I heard that the intensity of the scene melted a large desert, forming a land of black crystals."

"That is, the magma that melted the sand and gravel cooled and formed hundreds of kilometers of obsidian area, where nothing grows and it's like a hellish demon kingdom."

"This powerful Gun King was also called the Gun Demon by later generations. In just a few years, he killed countless mutated beasts. Also, because of disagreements, he opened fire and destroyed human bases, killing millions of already scarce survivors of the disaster."

"And after the Gun Demon died, the two Heavenly Kings who took action divided the third-order source essence in his body."

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"These two Heavenly Kings came from humans and evolved beasts, respectively. Only half of the source essence cannot give birth to a real new Gun King. It can only be absorbed and used for reference at the third-order, or cultivate multiple gun-type ability users, hoping that one day a new king can be born among these people."

Speaking of this, Zong Shiyue's tone changed:

"But at that time, everyone hoped to decipher the rules of third-order evolution and the future direction as soon as possible. Moreover, the Gun King was a leader among the third-order kings, so this third-order source essence was used for experimental research."

"I heard that the high-level members of the Evolution Alliance specially established a research project for this purpose, called the Surrogate Project, intending to study the evolutionary path of the third-order and above through artificial cultivation…"

"They used third-order cells to create artificial humans."

"And let the research results, after the launch of the Wandering Earth Project, when the alliance's high-level members entered hibernation, manage the earth on their behalf and handle various crises encountered along the way."

"I am not qualified to participate in the Surrogate Project, but I only know that the results of this research have opened up a new evolutionary path above the third-order, and these Surrogates all possess the strength of third-order kings and can help humans continue to survive."

"So, after the Gun King died, the third-order source essence in his body was used as raw material for the Surrogate Project."

"As early as thousands of years ago, I heard that there were Surrogates carrying the Gun King's source essence still active in the wasteland."

"It's just that with the failure of the Wandering Earth Project and the Earth's accidental entry into the Scorching Sun Forbidden Zone, the Surrogates gradually disappeared in the wasteland."

"According to my estimation, the Earth may have encountered a major crisis that year, such as an alien existence invading or an asteroid impact, and a large number of third-order Surrogates were killed in order to deal with the crisis…"

"After that crisis, the current wasteland was formed."

After Zong Shiyue finished speaking, Lin Feng was stunned for a long time.

He didn't expect that a small bullet casing carrying radiation would involve so many prehistoric secrets, although Lin Feng was also a person of that era…

But only being in the mid-stage of strengthening, his vision and the things he saw were completely two different worlds from the high and mighty third-order kings!

Such secret information, if it weren't for the leaders of that era who are still alive today, would probably be covered up by the long river of history and become an unsolved mystery for later generations.

Zong Shiyue saw Lin Feng's astonishment and disbelief and explained:

"I know this is a bit of a fantasy, because even I only accidentally learned about this plan back then. Many mid-stage third-order kings didn't even understand it."

"If I hadn't seen this bullet casing, which reminded me of the Gun King, I wouldn't have remembered the formulation and implementation of the Surrogate Project back then."

"The key is that after the Gun King fell, the remaining source essence was used for research."

Lin Feng nodded:

"If the Surrogates are artificial humans and were born by catalyzing with source essence, then what is the difference between them and normally evolved kings?"

"Could it be that the disappearance of the Surrogates was because they have already integrated into the major forces, and even become the rulers of many royal cities."

Zong Shiyue pondered:

"Although I don't have an in-depth understanding of the Surrogate Project, I also know some situations, such as Surrogates being born with multiple abilities and being able to absorb multiple types of energy."

"Moreover, theoretically speaking, the lifespan of Surrogates is infinite. They will not age, nor will they die of old age."

"But correspondingly, they also cannot reproduce and will not have bloodline descendants. Moreover, from the beginning of their birth, the upper limit of evolution is almost locked in the programming."

"They can only use gene radiation to promote the growth and evolution of the survivors in the shelters, or allow the wasteland residents living in the settlements to awaken various abilities and become evolutionaries…"

"So, after the mission is over, the Surrogates who cannot give birth to offspring are not valuable to become rulers of first-class forces. Most of them are looking for the meaning of their existence, or wandering aimlessly in the wasteland."

Lin Feng's pupils shrank, and then he reacted:

"So, in addition to protecting the safety of the shelters, the Surrogate Project also has the role of assisting the high-level members of the Evolution Alliance in cultivating and extracting evolution genes?"

Zong Shiyue nodded:

"Yes, it is precisely because of the above factors that Surrogates have become the most suitable candidates for the interests of the high-level members. They will not steal the power and status of the high-level members like other third-order kings."

"Like the Shepherd Saint of the Gods today, he is more suitable to be the apostle of the Gods, shepherding all beings for the Gods."

Speaking, Zong Shiyue narrowed his eyes:

"So I suspect that there are a large number of shelter Surrogates developed during the Old Earth period under the command of the Ultimate Producer of the Mega-Corporation, the top force in the north."

"But these are not what we need to consider now. If you want to take the path of an independent third-order king and complete the final transformation to become a transcendent…"

"Then this shell left behind by the Gun King is an important clue."

"According to my calculations, the appearance of this shell will not exceed five thousand years…"

Lin Feng was stunned, and then he understood:

"So this means that it is not a relic of the first-generation Gun King, but a Surrogate who later integrated the Gun King's source essence…"

"If we can find it, we can recover the life source essence of the third-order Gun King!"

Zong Shiyue hummed:

"Go, ask where it came from."

Lin Feng nodded.

At this moment, the shell held in his hand is more important than the second-order source essence and the fine steel wolf bones in the cart!

So he walked out of the cave, looked at the camp where the wanderers gathered at the entrance of the cave, and slowly raised the golden shell in his hand:

"Who offered this!?"

Attending a classmate's wedding banquet, no time to check.