Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded

After Lin Feng and his group returned fully loaded with evolution agents and evolved meat…

The entire camp's atmosphere changed.

After all, the combination of these two items represented an increase in strength and status, and the originally loose team, like a castle in the air, gradually developed cohesion.

This is the benefit of having a foundation.

And this was just over a hundred first-tier evolution agents, six tons of enhanced meat, and one ton of early-stage evolved meat.

When Lin Feng acquires more resources through future arms deals and pure source matter transactions, the team's centripetal force will take a qualitative leap.

A visible and tangible pie is a real pie; otherwise, relying solely on empty promises and slogans will eventually lead to disunity and alienation.

So, Lin Feng generously displayed the gains from this trip to Dawn Village.

To celebrate this transaction, Lin Feng specially arranged for an extra meal at noon today for everyone, with double portions.

Immediately, everyone cheered and was greatly encouraged.

Of course, this excluded evolved individuals above the mid-first tier, as the current reserves of high-level evolved meat jerky were only barely sufficient.

Amidst the cheers, Lin Feng carried several low-temperature preservation boxes back to the Wolf Armor battle vehicle.

After powering the insulation boxes, the evolutionary effects of the hundred or so first-tier evolution agents inside could be preserved for a long time.

The seventy tenth-level evolution agents, the largest quantity, were not needed for the time being, mainly because Lin Feng's team did not need early-stage evolved individuals to maintain military force.

He possessed a vast arsenal of weapons, and there was not much difference in the effectiveness of a ninth-level enhanced human and an early-stage evolved individual when fighting with guns.

Especially as the defending side, not needing to actively attack, there were fewer requirements for physical fitness.

Moreover, maintaining dozens of early-stage evolved individuals would be a considerable daily expense, and a ton of evolved meat would not last long.

This was why Dawn Village and the other two villages were so eager for small-sized artillery shells.

The power and damage released by a standard grenade were equivalent to the full strike of an early-stage evolved individual.

Supplying an early-stage evolved individual would consume nearly a ton of ninth-level enhanced meat and a hundred kilograms of evolved meat per year, worth six to seven thousand points.

To achieve the same effect in a battle, only a dozen grenades would be needed.

Moreover, grenades, as weapons, would not betray, and sealed storage required little effort to maintain.

Therefore, for some large forces, evolution was more of a reward.

A symbol of status and position.

Only a few combat elites, using heavy weapons, could maintain the stability of the ruling order.

Lin Feng planned to distribute this batch of tenth-level evolution agents to outstanding members of the combat squad after the weapon experiment in the afternoon to encourage them to continue training and fighting.

As for the later support personnel, it was not yet their turn.

Also, the previously given promises had to be fulfilled in a timely manner.

Lin Feng looked at the other two boxes, which contained fourteenth-level mid-stage evolution agents and seventeenth-level late-stage evolution agents, respectively; these were the main items of the transaction.

Thirty fourteenth-level evolution agents, worth 150,000, were reserved for veteran members and the combat squad.

And ten seventeenth-level evolution agents had to be used to fulfill previous promises first.

Lin Feng then called a subordinate and asked the captain of the maintenance team to come over.

Soon, Cheng Wentian, covered in oil stains and with black hands, appeared outside the battle vehicle.

After spending nearly a day, he and his five apprentices finally replaced all the important parts of the battle vehicle and heavy transport truck, enabling them to reach their rated performance.

Lin Feng inquired about the progress of the maintenance and then arranged the subsequent plan:

"The other battle vehicles need additional reinforcement, and Ma Dui's original dilapidated electric car needs to have its power system replaced, and the exterior also needs to be expanded and reinforced."

Cheng Wentian nodded and mentioned his own views:

"In addition to your vehicle, the team currently has two heavy transport trucks, four battle vehicles, and twelve ordinary transport vehicles, requiring at least eighteen drivers; if we are to travel long distances, the number will have to be doubled."

"Relying solely on me and my five maintenance team members, manpower is definitely not enough, or rather, we need more members with basic maintenance skills, preferably selected from the existing drivers."

Lin Feng nodded; Cheng Wentian was indeed an old master who had lived for a century, with a wealth of experience:

"That's right. In this way, in the future, any member who serves as a driver must undergo training with the maintenance team, at least to the level of a third-level apprentice, with one year of maintenance training; otherwise, they cannot serve as a driver."

Currently, most of the team's drivers are selected from the later support personnel; serving as a driver has extra subsidies, and the treatment is better than the lowest-level logistics personnel, and most importantly, this job is not tiring.

Especially driving ordinary electric cars, as long as you hold the steering wheel and follow the team in front, without deviating from the direction.

You can stay in the car with air conditioning, and if you are tired, you can ask someone to take over and lie down in the back to rest.

Therefore, letting them undergo maintenance skills training can, firstly, improve the team's driving level, and secondly, conduct personnel selection and eliminate a group of unqualified individuals.

After discussing the team's affairs, Lin Feng then talked about the issue of remuneration, which was the treatment previously promised to the other party.

This was also the most important reason why Cheng Wentian, as a first-level maintenance master and a veteran-level old master in Dawn Village, was willing to bet his life and join Lin Feng when he was nearly a hundred years old.

It was the evolutionary opportunity promised by the other party!

Humanity's fear of death has been deeply ingrained in their bones; no one does not want to live longer, especially the treatment of evolved individuals, even in the harsh wasteland, they can live very well.

Cheng Wentian wanted to live a few more years; according to the average lifespan of wasteland evolved individuals, a mid-first-tier evolved individual could live up to about one hundred and fifty years old.

He had been stuck at the sixteenth level of the mid-first tier for twenty or thirty years.

However, Dawn Village was unable to support more late-first-tier evolved individuals, which would require a large amount of mid-stage evolved meat and a portion of late-stage evolved meat.

Although Cheng Wentian was experienced and skilled, he did not have much use in Oasis Town, at most training some mechanical repairers.

And Lin Feng's appearance gave him hope.

Therefore, after Cheng Wentian demonstrated his own value, Lin Feng also had to give corresponding incentives:

"This time, the transaction with the Li family and the Motorcycle Village brought back a large batch of evolution agents, including many seventeenth-level evolution agents, enough to ensure that you successfully advance to the nineteenth level, and when we have sufficient high-level evolved meat, we will arrange for second-tier evolution."

Hearing the leader's introduction, Cheng Wentian looked excited:

"No problem, second-tier evolution is not in a hurry!"

Becoming a late-first-tier evolved individual, Cheng Wentian's life expectancy could be extended by more than ten years, and even evolving to the nineteenth level, he could live to one hundred and ninety years old under the condition of sufficient food and not overdrawing his vitality.

This was already quite good.

Lin Feng nodded, then took out a seventeenth-level evolution agent, as well as twenty fifteen-level evolved meat pieces and five seventeen-level evolved meat jerky pieces, and handed them to the other party:

"Use one first, and then talk about becoming a late-stage evolved individual."

"This is five kilograms of seventeenth-level evolved meat, enough to meet your needs for half a month after completing the evolution."

When an Evolver consumes evolved meat that is one tier lower than their own level, they can still obtain the necessary energy. However, prolonged consumption of low-level meat can lead to stagnation or even regression in their evolution, along with problems like excessive impurities in the body affecting lifespan and overall health.

Therefore, the most cost-effective way to consume evolved meat is to use low-level meat as a base, supplemented with a small portion of same-level evolved meat. This allows for maintaining minimal consumption without affecting one's condition.

Five kilograms of Level 17 evolved meat, combined with twenty kilograms of Level 15, would last Cheng Wentian, a non-combatant, for more than half a month if he rations it carefully.

This is a perk only the captain enjoys, not having to collect daily rations.

Cheng Wentian excitedly accepted these supplies.

Especially the five kilograms of Level 17 evolved meat; the hand holding the cloth bag trembled slightly.

A Level 17 evolution serum only costs 10,000 points. Cheng Wentian could have exchanged for it long ago with his years of hard work.

Becoming a late-stage Evolver isn't difficult for a skilled veteran like him.

The real challenge is how to support oneself after becoming a late-stage Evolver.

That's why Cheng Wentian was so excited after receiving the five kilograms of Level 17 evolved meat. This is the reason he was willing to join Lin Feng.

Because the man before him could provide evolved meat!

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"Thank you, Chief! From now on, I will certainly fulfill my duties and impart all my knowledge to the students! As long as I am here, the convoy will not have any maintenance issues!"

Cheng Wentian said with great excitement, almost bowing to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng smiled and then gave him the most urgent task:

"The modification of the old transport vehicle isn't too urgent. Just finish it before the next Holy Spring Day. Take your apprentices and help me complete another task first."

Saying that, Lin Feng took out a grenade:

"This is a 35mm standard grenade. I need you to create a batch of launchers compatible with it, both single-shot and automatic."

"Grenades don't require much precision. It should be simpler than making guns. As long as it can launch and there isn't too much trajectory deviation within a hundred meters."

Cheng Wentian took the grenade, examined it for a while, and nodded:

"No problem. This only needs a launch tube and a firing mechanism. We can make it by creating molds, pouring, polishing, and grinding."

"If you want automatic firing, just add a recoil spring and a gas piston."

In reality, gun manufacturing isn't that complicated. For example, the simplest AK series has only about twenty components, and they can even be made by hand.

Many small and medium-sized forces, even convoys with mechanics, have tried to make guns. Forces like Dawn Village and Motorcycle Village, which deal with machinery, have already tried and successfully created pistols and rifles.

But hand-making can't guarantee accuracy.

The actual combat effectiveness of an accurate rifle that never misses and a low-quality gun that can only fire is vastly different.

Adding to the problem is the difficulty of acquiring bullets.

Without a stable source of gunpowder and key raw materials like nitrates, even if you make a lot of guns, they become useless sticks once the ammunition supply is cut off.

But now that Lin Feng can provide a large number of grenades, the corresponding launchers are worth making.

After Cheng Wentian readily agreed, he suddenly remembered something and asked with some worry:

"Chief, selling the grenades to Dawn Village is one thing, since Dawn Village is trying to protect itself. But now that we're selling so many grenades to the Li family and Motorcycle Village, they might use them against us after they get them."

"The power of a 35mm grenade, although not much of a threat to your modified vehicle, is hard for light modified combat vehicles and heavy transport vehicles to withstand, let alone ordinary transport vehicles."

"It will pose a serious threat to our convoy."

Now that he has the opportunity to evolve, Cheng Wentian has regarded the convoy as his home, and since he is responsible for vehicle maintenance, he is even more concerned about safety.

As a middle and high-level member of Dawn Village, he has long heard about the conflict between the Li family and the Church, and he is well aware of the strange situation and atmosphere in Oasis Town recently.

A great war is about to break out.

Although Dawn Village is neutral, the Chief still stands with the Li family, resisting the oppression of the Church.

In fact, Cheng Wentian also agrees with this.

Without the Church's plundering and extortion, feeding those useless pigs in the upper-class residential area of the Oasis, middle-stage Evolvers like them, who cannot advance due to resource issues, would receive the treatment they deserve.

This is a fact and a consensus among local forces.

It's just that now that Cheng Wentian has joined the convoy, the Chief seems to be more inclined towards the Church, so he must make corresponding identity changes and consider the threat from the Li family.

However, Lin Feng only smiled upon hearing this:

"Since we're going to sell this batch of arms to them, we're naturally not afraid of them launching an attack."

"What do you think of my exclusive combat vehicle?"

Cheng Wentian carefully observed it for a few moments and couldn't help but exclaim:

"The thickness of this titanium alloy plate is estimated to be four or five centimeters, easily withstanding the attacks of a late-stage Tier 1 Evolver. A mere 35mm grenade can only leave a shallow mark."

Previously, Cheng Wentian had also been very interested in this uniquely shaped combat vehicle, but his focus was on the motor system and mechanical engineering.

He didn't know much about welding and weapon armor, so he only thought it was novel and didn't pay much attention to it later.

Now, upon closer inspection, he found that its defense level was comparable to that of a late-stage Tier 1 battle armor, on par with powered armor, indeed having some tricks up its sleeve.

Lin Feng nodded in satisfaction at Cheng Wentian's evaluation, as expected, there were still people who knew their stuff:

"Later, I will also reinforce and optimize the heavy transport vehicle accordingly."

"However, in the face of threats, simply defending cannot truly solve the problem. The best way to defuse a threat is to be stronger than the source of the threat!"

Saying that, Lin Feng raised the long gun at his waist.

In Cheng Wentian's shocked gaze, he switched them into Level 22 giant cannons, with calibers exceeding ten centimeters, the two muzzles like the gaze of the Grim Reaper, extremely terrifying.

After finishing the demonstration, he retracted the two long cannons and patted Cheng Wentian on the shoulder:

"Don't worry, that's why they are so respectful to me."

"Later this afternoon, I'm going to the right side of the avenue for my first weapon experiment after advancing to Level 22. You can come and observe."

This time, Cheng Wentian was completely relieved and left the combat vehicle with light steps, carrying the evolution serum and evolved meat.

Lin Feng then called Ding Yi and gave her a large batch of mid-stage evolved meat and five Level 14 evolution serums.

Enough for her to evolve to mid-stage Tier 1 Level 16.

After completing everything, in the afternoon, Lin Feng took Ah Lian and Ma Chenfeng, as well as a group of combat team members, to the right side of Oasis Avenue, walking about ten kilometers forward.

Preparing to conduct the first assembly and synthesis after the upgrade.

Behind the group, many Oasis townsfolk had already followed, looking on and observing.

Wanting to witness firsthand just how powerful the gun-wielding Esper, who only existed in legends, really was.

And Lin Feng looked at the two branded weapons in his hand, and a reminder of assembly and synthesis gradually appeared before his eyes:

"Do you want to consume 10 life points to assemble and synthesize the LV22 Armor-Piercing Cannon and the LV22 High-Explosive Rapid-Firing Cannon!"

"Note: The synthesized weapon is expected to reach late-stage Tier 2 strength, with tremendous power. Please use with caution!"