Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded

After concluding the negotiations and cooperation, Lin Feng followed Father Su'an out of Holy Spring Village, heading directly towards the Oasis.

He stepped onto the warship via the ladder on the right side.

Returning to the familiar place, the passageway inside the warship was as it always had been: dim, cramped, less than two meters wide and a little over two meters high.

Even second-tier powerhouses like Lin Feng and Father Su'an couldn't walk side by side.

The two of them walked one after the other to the upper-class district at the top.

The Oasis upper-class residents still maintained their carefree lives, seemingly unaware of the major events about to unfold, their faces filled with youthful smiles.

Lin Feng looked at them with a hint of pity in his eyes.

If the Church won, their happy days would continue as before, just like always.

But if they lost, under the rule of the various families, without the need for Forbidden Zone observation during the Lunar Night Ritual, the so-called upper-class residents would be reduced to playthings of the new rulers.

And this luxurious paradise of terraced villas would naturally become the inner courtyard of the various families.

However, apart from the power shift at the top, other aspects wouldn't change much.

Therefore, this rebellion had little connection to the Wilderness Hunter Guild, the ordinary residents beneath the Oasis, or the Wastelanders.

However, once the Li family took control, in order to escape the Church's revenge and suppression, they would inevitably steer the Oasis warship away from its established Oasis Avenue route, instead fleeing towards the north or south.

Seeking protection from the Kings Alliance in the south, or joining the sphere of the Giant Enterprise Federation in the north.

And after losing the Holy City's convoy subsidies, in order to maintain their living conditions, they certainly wouldn't be as merciful as before, giving away water for free.

Once the remaining forces of the Church were eliminated, the fifty to sixty thousand Wastelanders outside Oasis Town would be the second group to suffer, after the Oasis upper-class residents.

Next would be the ordinary residents of Fifth Village.

At that time, the survivors of Oasis Town might not even have twenty thousand people left.

Father Su'an, while introducing the possible future, led Lin Feng towards the cathedral at the bow of the warship.

Compared to the magnificent cathedral in front of them, the two of them noticed many malicious gazes within the upper-class district.

Unlike the curious gazes from before, as second-tier evolved powerhouses, their perception was exceptionally sharp, able to distinguish the aura and emotions emanating from nearby life forms.

The current Oasis upper-class residents were no longer as docile as sheep, obediently offering up their lives to the Church.

Father Su'an continued to introduce the changes taking place in the upper-class district:

In order to launch the rebellion and ensure ultimate victory, the Li family had long been laying out plans in the upper-class district, with many members originating from local great clans, who also knew that the so-called high and mighty upper-class residents would ultimately be unable to escape a miserable death.

And unlike the other upper-class residents, as descendants of great clans, once the rebellion succeeded, they could still maintain a high quality of life, and wouldn't have to continue living in fear of the Lunar Night Ritual.

Recently, the Li family had been instigating and encouraging the younger generation of upper-class residents to cooperate with them in launching a revolutionary riot to resist the unjust fate imposed upon them by the Church.

In addition to this, monitoring the whereabouts of the Church's high-level figures was also the task of these potential rebels.

For example, the appearance of Father Su'an at this moment, and the slightly familiar man accompanying him.

"The Li family is about to make a move."

Seeing the gazes coming from behind windows and from the corners of walls, Su'an slowly opened his mouth, explaining in detail:

"There are still eight days until the next Holy Spring Day, at which time Oasis Town will also reach a crossroads, and in the days before that, it will be the Li family's last chance to strike."

"Currently, we have already traveled one hundred and twenty kilometers, and after traveling at full speed, we will advance another one hundred and eighty kilometers before the next Holy Spring Day, eventually arriving at the ancient Shangqiu City."

"Here, the fork in the road, heading north, will lead from the Hexi Corridor into the Loess Plateau, walking above the Qinling Mountains, while the goal of heading south is the Zhuma Temple, which we will reach on the day of the Holy Spring Day after next, to begin worshiping the Lord of the Holy Spring."

"As long as we can endure the upcoming Holy Spring Day, pass the final fork in the road, and enter the territory of the Zhuma Temple, we will be able to obtain the help of the Temple Knights to eliminate the Li family."

Lin Feng frowned slightly. The last time he heard about the Temple Knights was when he first observed the Holy Spring Ritual, from the mouth of the Bishop.

And what he heard later was the Temple Knight of the Holy Spring Church, who was on par with the second-tier Father.

Hearing this, the expression on Father Su'an's face gradually became solemn, and he said in a low voice:

"The Holy Temple Knights belong to the Holy City, and are also the Church's armed forces under the command of the Undying Saint, while the Temple Knights are a special force specifically responsible for guarding the temple."

As he spoke, a very serious expression appeared on Father Su'an's face:

"The Lord of the Holy Spring slumbers in the Zhuma Temple, which is also the place where the Lord Ascended to Godhood. As His loyal believers, we need to go there to pay homage and pilgrimage every cycle of the Wasteland Year."

"And the Temple Knights guarding the slumbering place will also solve the small problem of the Li family for us."

"The premise is that we can hold out until that day comes."

"At that time, the Li family will submit to the Lord's majesty, the main leaders will either flee in panic or be completely executed, and this hidden danger of rebellion will be solved without attack and easily."

Lin Feng nodded thoughtfully:

"So you want to delay as much as possible, so you didn't hide your attitude and response plan…"

"Speeding up the Oasis's advance is also because of this."

And this naturally also includes letting Lin Feng follow Father Su'an to personally come and hand over the reward, taking away four hundred kilograms of Origin Essence evolved meat.

Because this move can transmit a signal to Oasis Town, especially to the Li family and others:

The newly promoted second-tier evolver, who is also a firearms ability user whose strength is no less than that of a Rock Horse Warrior, will stand on the side of the Church and assist the Holy Spring Church in suppressing the rebellion of the great families.

In this way, the Li family and his accomplices will become more hesitant.

Most importantly, the Li family, through years of accumulation, including its own limited development, has already produced irreconcilable contradictions with the Holy Spring Church of the Oasis, unless the Li family gives up the opportunity to take a step further and becomes a castrated slave…

As things stand now, the Li family has no way out.

But Dawn Village and Motorcycle Village, which are standing on his side, and the undecided Han Tao, the administrator, have not completely offended the Church and still have room for maneuver.

Therefore, before the Church is ready to go all out and intends to fight to the death, it must be based on coercion.

If it is possible to resolve the rebellion crisis without bloodshed, and reduce casualties and damage as much as possible, that would be the best.

Moreover, the Oasis is speeding up its advance, from originally traveling about 18.5 kilometers per day to accelerating to more than 20 kilometers per day.

All kinds of measures are constantly putting pressure on the rebellious side, forcing them to give up their actions.

In fact, if the Li family now leaves with its clansmen and some of the industries in the farm village, becoming a second-rate force with a thousand people in the wasteland, the Church may even directly let them go.

But the Li family is certainly unwilling to give up like this.

The prosperity of Oasis Town today was built by several local great clans, and their own development is suppressed by the Church, and every half a month, they have to meet the consumption of the Lunar Night Ritual, sacrificing many clansmen.

Especially the younger generation, many talented descendants, who awaken rare mental abilities, are pulled into the upper-class district of the Oasis to become observers of the forbidden zone.

Therefore, after making such a great contribution, the local great clans are certainly unwilling to leave in such a disgraceful manner, and want to seize the command of the Oasis.

And then drive the Oasis warship away.

Such a mobile base, filled with water, could survive in the wasteland desert for half a year, or even longer with careful use.

Moreover, taking it would easily establish a large settlement, gaining favor and recruitment from all sides.

Now, the Church wants to coerce everyone into abandoning their rebellion, but the Li family also has reasons to rebel.

A battle between the two sides is inevitable.

Even if the Li family chose to surrender from the beginning, their own strength and accumulated resources would make them a target of the Church.

Even with suppression and a crippled future, it would be difficult for the Bishop to feel at ease.

The best solution is to erase the entire Li family and replace them with a newcomer without a background but capable of managing the situation, to take over the farm village.

Therefore, the Bishop's initial choice was Lin Feng, who has recently risen rapidly.

At this moment, Lin Feng's appearance has been fully observed by a large number of spies, making him a heavy blow launched by the Church against potential enemies.

After finding two frozen meats in the basement of the church, Lin Feng followed Father Su'an, swaggering out of the uppermost level of the oasis.

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There was no obstruction or any accidents throughout the entire process.

Everyone knows that the Church's investment in Lin Feng is extremely generous, clearly preparing for the upcoming war.

At the same time as Lin Feng left the oasis, this news also reached a luxurious bedroom in the stern area of the oasis ship.

This is the residence of the Governor, and also the residence of the Li family head.

At this moment, Li Hao, who is over five hundred years old, still maintains a dignified middle-aged appearance, with a slicked-back hairstyle and streaks of white hair at his temples.

Although second-order evolvers nominally have a lifespan of a thousand years, this is the ideal state.

In reality, after experiencing the vicissitudes of time, especially the life overdrafts under many life-and-death crises, as well as the sequelae of hidden injuries after battles, the lifespan of second-order evolvers in the wasteland is mostly only 70%-80% of the ideal value.

Especially after the age of six hundred, the state will enter a continuous decline stage.

Just like the aging of birth, aging, sickness, and death, the brain's consciousness and energy gradually cannot keep up with the second-order body, which in turn causes the cells in the body to also decline.

So the time left for Li Hao is running out.

In these hundreds of years, his strength has only increased from the twenty-fourth level of the mid-second order to the twenty-sixth level, and in the past hundred years, he has not made any progress.

The stagnation of evolution level improvement will also accelerate the arrival of aging, and after the age of six hundred, if there is another opportunity, the effect of absorbing source matter will be greatly reduced.

He is unwilling to stop here in this life!

It's just that the Li family and the farm village that have been cultivated so far can only provide resources up to the limit, which can only maintain Li Hao's state from falling.

If he wants to go further, he can only overthrow the Church above him, control the entire Oasis Town, and use massive resources to break through the threshold of the later stage…

Become a late-second-order evolver and launch an impact on the third-order King!

The most important reason and motivation for Li Hao to dare to attack the Church and seize control of the Oasis warship is a message from the Life Farm in the Holy City.

As a leader in the Rockhorn Horse path, Li Hao is also one of the pioneers of this alien evolution path, and he also received help and investment from the Life Farm in his early years.

The establishment of the farm village has the technical assistance provided by the Life Farm.

The relationship between the two sides is very close. Li Hao once provided his own evolved cells to the Life Farm to participate in an important project.

Research on the evolution of Rockhorn Horses.

And recently, the Life Farm revealed the latest research progress to him:

The farm's researchers have unlocked 60% of the gene map of the Rockhorn Horse and can perfectly clone the evolved cells of the mid-second-order Rockhorn Horse.

After that, as long as the genes of the chieftain-level Rockhorn Horses in other regions are obtained, a perfect gene bank of this species can be established, and artificially cultivated late-second-order evolved meat can be produced.

At the same time, the most important thing is that in the near future, there will also be an opportunity to synthesize third-order Rockhorn Horse cells!

From then on, the evolvers of this path will not only break through the curse of the evolution limit of the mid-second order, but also give birth to the first third-order Horse King!

But wanting to go to the vast wasteland desert to find traces of the mid-to-late-second-order chieftain-level Rockhorn Horses is easier said than done.

Relying solely on the Li family and the farm village under Li Hao's command, with a scale of less than two thousand people, they would not be able to last even two months after leaving Oasis Town.

They need enough manpower and sufficient resources to find the Rockhorn Horses and complete the puzzle of the late-second-order or even the third-order King of the Rockhorn Horses!

The only way is to seize the Oasis warship and then sail into other migration routes to search for traces of horse herds in sparsely populated areas.

At this moment, Li Hao's eyes are deep and his face is gloomy.

After listening to the report from his subordinates, he looked at his grandson Li Mingquan, who is also the second second-order evolver of the Li family.

The latter's appearance is simply carved out of the same mold as Li Hao, but he looks much younger, only in his thirties, but his actual age is also three hundred years old.

"Grandpa, the Church is giving us a show of strength, trying to make us back down by using a gun-wielding ability user who has been forced to grow…"

Li Mingquan slowly spoke.

Li Hao nodded:

"Don't worry, gun-wielding ability users can only exert their strongest combat power by ingesting evolved meat of the same level. Even if they eat more late-first-order evolved meat, it will not pose a threat to our Rockhorn Horse armor."

"The Church does not have second-order evolved meat in its hands. In order to cooperate with us, the Life Farm has secretly imposed restrictions. Even the second-order evolved meat on the Guild's side is only less than three hundred kilograms in weight."

"The evolved meat trade in Oasis Town has always been under our control. We have a good understanding of the resources of all parties. Even if there is an outlier like Lin Feng, it will not affect the final result."

"Let the people below prepare. The Church intends to use Wasteland Wolf source matter to temporarily create a batch of Wasteland Wolf warriors, but the resources in our hands are not to be trifled with."

"Since they want to ban the arms race and create so many advanced evolvers, let's see if they can afford it or we can hold on."

"Recently, that outsider, what's his name?"

Li Mingquan quickly added:

"Wang Chen, the evolver we signed to train, was previously a mid-first-order in strength. He captured a mid-stage live horse in the Wild Rift Valley and was entrusted with an important task."

"This time, he killed a late-first-order Rockhorn Horse in the wild, becoming a late-stage evolver, and handed over half of the late-stage evolved meat."

Li Hao nodded with satisfaction:

"Such talents should be taken care of."

"In order to win, the Church can even lower its face to train wasteland residents who do not believe in the Church. We should also loosen our grip and let those wavering guys see the Li family's tolerance and generosity."

"How about this, put him on the plan list. At level seventeen, he is not enough to drive the Rockhorn Horse armor. Directly catalyze him into a level nineteen evolver, and then join the action together!"

"Remember to find him a mid-first-order partner, choose from the upper residents, preferably one who can get pregnant, and then give him the Li surname."

"Only in this way will he have a sense of belonging and be able to do his best to liberate everyone from the Church!"

Li Mingquan smiled sinisterly and nodded:

"Understood, I'll arrange it right away!"