Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded

As soon as the words fell, Zong Shiyue's phantom completely dissipated.

But his words still echoed in Lin Feng's mind.

Looking at the gradually clearer vision and restored senses, Lin Feng frowned slightly.

It wasn't because of Zong Shiyue's final joke, but because of the complex background involved with Chen Shanshan's ability.

As the heir to the Eternal Night Empire, becoming the ruler of this vast power required more than just one's own strength.

Since the Night Emperor was already a god, there would inevitably be several Tier 3 late-stage Heavenly Kings under his command. Chen Shanshan was as insignificant as a mayfly before them.

Even if her strength also reached the late stage of Tier 3, taking over and controlling the entire empire would not be an easy task.

Especially with an 'airdrop' approach. Even if she ultimately succeeded in ascending to the throne by chance through blood ties and the strife of the times, she would still face passive resistance from all sides, being secretly hollowed out, and becoming a mascot on the throne.

Now, even managing a convoy of dozens of people was a bit overwhelming. Lin Feng wasn't so arrogant as to challenge the intricate politics of a country.

Although the difference was vast, using this relationship to go to the northernmost Eternal Night Empire to reap some benefits was still very feasible.

After all, Chen Shanshan was a descendant of a god.

Relying on her own bloodline talent, advancing to the early or mid-stage of Tier 3 should be no problem. If there were enough resources, rushing to the late stage of Tier 3 wouldn't be a problem either, after all, she had a divine blood relative.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng planned to escape to the north with a large population and resources after he entered Tier 3, established a royal city, and openly broke with the Holy Spring Church in the future.

After all, becoming a Tier 3 king, the secret of his Immaculate Evolution would inevitably be exposed. In addition to his ambitious rush to the late stage of Tier 3, the Church would definitely be on guard as long as they weren't blind.

At that time, Chen Shanshan's divine descendant background would be a way out for everyone in the wasteland.

After roughly understanding Chen Shanshan's situation, the space inside the chariot completely returned to normal.

The last trace of Dark Domain energy was withdrawn into the girl's body.

Before long, Chen Shanshan, who was lying on the bed in the back seat, slowly opened her eyes.

The black ripples in her eyes gradually disappeared, revealing the surrounding whites of her eyes and a pair of dark, deep pupils.

Lin Feng didn't take it lightly. The high-performance movement mode of his power armor was always on, even at the cost of consuming several times the remaining power.

The 50% strength and 100% speed bonus allowed Lin Feng to easily obtain the attribute strength of the mid-stage of Tier 2.

But after witnessing the horror of the Dark Domain, Lin Feng felt that even this wasn't safe. After all, with the ability to shield all senses, even if his own strength was strong, he couldn't lock onto the target's position.

Therefore, the Dark Domain ability was actually very suitable for assassination operations targeting a single target.

It was simply tailor-made for professional assassins.

Fortunately, as Chen Shanshan opened her eyes, her self-awareness gradually returned, and she didn't fall into a rampage.

After a brief daze, she suddenly took a deep breath.

Then she gasped for breath, as if she had experienced a life-and-death crisis, and was relieved to have escaped death.

Lin Feng quickly stepped forward and untied the bandages that were restraining her chest to relieve her discomfort.

Lin Feng smiled, took out a Level 20 evolved jerky from the nearby freezer, and handed it to her.

The latter took the dark red meat with curiosity, her desire and eagerness overflowing.

After quickly eating a whole piece of jerky, drinking two large bottles of fresh water, wiping her mouth, and burping with satisfaction, Chen Shanshan rubbed her bulging stomach and said with emotion:

"Level 20 evolved meat is still the best. Eating it makes my whole body energetic."

Lin Feng nodded:

"Of course, this one piece costs 1,000 points. If you put it in Oasis Town now, it can probably sell for 5,000 points!"

Chen Shanshan was stunned, and smacked her lips:

"I knew I should have eaten slower and tasted it carefully."

Lin Feng frowned slightly. He remembered that he was full after eating half a piece back then, but now Chen Shanshan ate a whole piece and still looked like she hadn't had enough…

Could it be that there is a difference in the appetite of Tier 2 evolvers?

Then he asked:

"Aren't you full yet?"

Chen Shanshan squinted her eyes, feeling the continuous energy in her stomach flowing into her limbs and all over her body, and shook her head:

"I'm full, but I should still be able to eat. Maybe the consumption of releasing my ability before was relatively large."

Lin Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If this whole piece of evolved jerky couldn't feed her, then the three hundred pieces of Level 20 jerky stored in the freezer would definitely not be able to support two Tier 2 early-stage evolvers at the same time in the upcoming battle, giving it their all.

If it was just one piece, he only needed to double the original amount of fifty pieces of evolved jerky allocated to Chen Shanshan to one hundred pieces.

Lin Feng would keep one hundred pieces for himself, and the remaining less than one hundred pieces would be used specifically for upgrading items and equipment.

Considering that Chen Shanshan, as a descendant of a god, had twice the appetite of an ordinary Tier 2 evolver, it was still understandable. After all, the function and effect of the Dark Domain were far from comparable to other Tier 2 evolvers, and it was reasonable for it to consume more energy.

After solving the overdraft of her body and restoring her state, Lin Feng asked her about the awakening of her ability.

It was also to directly confirm Zong Shiyue's guesses and inferences from her mouth.

Chen Shanshan nodded. She had planned to tell Lin Feng about these things before, but she was interrupted by the hunger in her stomach.

Now, looking at Lin Feng's calm expression, she felt relieved and slowly said:

"As you said, in the ability awakening trial challenge, I encountered the Tier 3 Abomination from the third basement level of the ruins. Fortunately, the other party was not wearing armor, so no matter how powerful it was, it was just a body of flesh and blood."

"After a battle, I quickly figured out a solution."

"Originally, I was still thinking about how to develop my ability to deal with the Abomination comparable to the mid-stage of Tier 2, but what I didn't expect was that I, who had advanced to Level 19, was fully capable of killing a Tier 3 Abomination."

"So the physical ability didn't change."

"And the change appeared after I killed it. A door appeared on the Abomination's body. Unlike the last time I evolved to Tier 1, the door was filled with the same energy fluctuations as my ability."

"Out of caution, I didn't plan to step into it at first, but as the challenge ended, the entire mental trial world began to collapse, and I had to leave through this door."

"But as soon as I entered the door, I was enveloped by endless darkness, and I couldn't see my fingers."

"Only then did I realize that the dark world that appeared in front of me was the real ability awakening trial. I had to learn to regain my perception of the outside world in this darkness before I could regain my ability to act."

"Then there was a long and lonely exploration phase."

"The time flow inside and outside should be different. I felt like I had spent several days, so I was very anxious."

"Finally, I used my own ability to merge with the outside world, and finally regained a certain ability to perceive, and was able to walk freely in the darkness and find a door to leave."

"But behind this…"

Speaking of this, a look of confusion and bewilderment appeared in Chen Shanshan's eyes. Lin Feng didn't speak either, and quietly looked at her, waiting for her to continue.

After a moment, Chen Shanshan said:

"My body kept falling, as if I was sinking into the sea and being submerged, unable to breathe."

"Then I saw my father and mother. They stood in the shadows behind me, slowly emerging and pulling me out of the spiritual world."

"Then a lot of information flooded into my mind like a flood, and then I woke up."

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes. After Zong Shiyue's prior explanation, Chen Shanshan's experience was actually easy to understand.

These anomalies were most likely a legacy gift left to his daughter after one of her parents became a god.

"That information…" Lin Feng finally spoke.

Chen Shanshan gradually regained her senses:

"It's all about the strange energy within me. It's called the Dark Domain. Specifically, it's a kind of existence called Dark Energy. It won't react with any matter or energy, and humans can't even observe it…"

"But after it's released from my body, I can use it to shield existing matter or energy, and to a certain extent, I can even use it to directly erase a target."

"However, I prefer to use this ability to deal with or hunt existences much stronger than me."

Lin Feng nodded, very much in agreement:

"The Dark Domain is more like an assassin's auxiliary ability."

"How much area can you release now?"

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Chen Shanshan sensed for a moment, then raised her hand and aimed it at the cargo in the carriage in front of her.

The next second, a black energy gathered and took shape from the space, gradually enveloping the freezer.

The freezer in the war chariot had a volume of four cubic meters, or four hundred liters. The Dark Domain could currently cover half of it, which was two cubic meters.

Enough to completely engulf a person.

After releasing it to its limit, Chen Shanshan quickly retracted it into her body, no longer maintaining the output of her ability.

Because the use of the Dark Domain consumed too much energy, her just-full stomach had shrunk by at least 20% at this moment.

That is to say, in just two or three seconds, she had consumed one-fifth, or two hundred grams, of level 20 evolved meat.

Eating a kilogram of jerky could only maintain the existence of the Dark Domain for ten seconds.

However, although the endurance time was short, it was enough to determine the outcome between experts in a flash of lightning.

Chen Shanshan retracted her hands:

"When I was level 19, I could probably release an area the size of a basketball. Now I can shield about two or three people. The improvement from a leapfrog qualitative evolution is indeed very strong!"

Lin Feng's mouth twitched. This wasn't just "very strong." If she were to attack him now, unless he used the fire cannon in his hand for indiscriminate attacks, fighting and fleeing, leaving the Dark Domain's maximum release range.

Otherwise, even Lin Feng himself would die under Chen Shanshan's sneak attack and assassination.

The effect of the Dark Domain could be described as rogue-like.

Once completely enveloped by it, cutting off all contact between the brain and the outside world, one could only be captured without resistance.

And when Chen Shanshan advanced to the late stage of the second tier, the size of the Dark Domain she released would probably be the same as before, submerging the entire internal space of the war chariot, a full fifty cubic meters or more.

This was absolutely significant in actual combat, especially in close combat, allowing Chen Shanshan to be in an invincible position.

The upper limit of the enemies she could defeat with this was her armor-breaking limit. As long as she could break through the enemy's outer armor defense and cause fatal damage, even a late-stage second-tier evolver could fight her.

It could be said that after Chen Shanshan advanced to a second-tier evolver, the security concerns that had troubled Lin Feng had been completely resolved.

Compared to that, the extra consumption of evolved meat was not worth mentioning at all.

However, what troubled Lin Feng at this moment was whether or not to tell Chen Shanshan about Zong Shiyue and his speculation.

After thinking about it, Lin Feng decided not to say anything for now. After Chen Shanshan had grown and had some combat experience, he would then reveal her background and the connection with the Northern Eternal Night Empire.

For now, he should first solve the matter of Oasis Town.

When he went to Holy City in the future, relying on the production of ammunition and the business of selling pure life essence, he would accumulate resources to advance to the third-tier king, and then take Chen Shanshan to the north.

Otherwise, going there empty-handed, wouldn't everything be subject to others' control?

"Regarding the Dark Energy, I'll call Ding Yi over later. She knows more than we do."

Lin Feng slowly spoke.

This thing belonged to astrophysics. Even he had only learned about it in popular science books and documentaries. As for the specific nature and function, humans could only speculate about it back then.

They were all hypotheses that had not been practically proven.

Chen Shanshan nodded and began to feel the changes of being a second-tier powerhouse after her evolution.

Lin Feng let her rest in the car for a while, then took off his power armor and upgraded the other three sets of armor in the car.

Now there was still a large amount of alloy wolf bones and fine steel wolf skins and other second-tier materials left. Originally, Lin Feng planned to integrate them into the war chariot, but in that case, all three cars would have to be upgraded, and the two heavy transport trucks could not be left behind.

A total of five cars had to be upgraded, which would cost at least 150 points of life value, equivalent to three kilograms of jerky, which was a bit too much.

The key was that upgrading the war chariot required a lot of materials, but the benefits brought were not high. Except for the heavy transport truck, which needed to be strengthened, the other three ordinary war chariots were actually consumables.

Moreover, compared to strengthening the vehicles, the power armor in front of him was more worthy of optimization and improvement.

The level 23 wolf skull could break through the defense of the early second-tier rock horse armor, while the level 26 wolf skull could solve the mid-second-tier rock horse armor.

Two of the former and one of the latter.

They could be integrated into two or three sets of armor.

Just enough to equip himself, Chen Shanshan, and Ah Lian. As for Ma Chenfeng, ordinary ones would be fine, adding some other alloy wolf bones would also work.

After arranging the plan, Lin Feng immediately took action to fuse and upgrade the four sets of power armor in front of him.

In the end, he spent a total of eighty points of life value to complete eight upgrades, all upgraded to level 22.

Lin Feng also imprinted his own set, especially strengthening the defense and adding many high-level wolf bones.

Lin Feng knew clearly that close combat was not his strength. It was enough to do a good job of firepower output and long-range support, so the armor he wore had to be beefed up on defense, even if it meant sacrificing some performance.

After all, there was nothing more important than saving his life.

During the upgrade of the power armor, Lin Feng ate evolved meat to replenish his life value while taking the wolf bones and wolf skin materials to the heavy truck in the center of the rear team.

After upgrading the armor defense of the heavy transport truck, which started at level 20, the task of producing 1,000 grenades on the ammunition production vehicle was also successfully completed under the guard of A Ming and Liu Qian.

A full twenty boxes were loaded, each box containing fifty standard 35mm grenades.

Lin Feng nodded. At this time, the power armor of the four people was also upgraded. It was time to go to Dawn Village for handover, exchange for the electric car full of power equipment, and the maintenance personnel who mastered professional technology.

During the loading and unloading period, Lin Feng did not forget to tell Liu Qian to continue production, and at the same time, empower a small batch of grenades to do a power comparison experiment at that time.

The latter nodded. After advancing to the mid-stage of the first tier, the strange energy in her body also increased to a certain extent, enough to complete the energy injection of small grenades.

After arranging everything, Lin Feng called Ah Lian and Ma Chenfeng and asked them to lead two combat teams to the handover together.

Two late-stage first-tier evolvers were completely enough to hold the line.

As for Chen Shanshan, she was currently one of Lin Feng's biggest trump cards, so of course, she had to stay in the convoy to ensure the safety of the camp's base.

When he left, if anyone dared to come and test the waters, they could taste the Dark Domain assassination from the gods!