Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded

"Where have the Salvation Army troops reached?"

Inside the sealed Wolf Armor battle vehicle, Lin Feng inquired of the blonde woman and middle-aged man before him.

Lisa possessed the distinct features of a Western Caucasian.

Prominent brow ridges, deep-set eye sockets, and a high, straight nose.

After evolving, her blonde hair had deepened in color, gradually revealing a dark red hue, perhaps related to her awakened ability.

At this moment, Lisa's aura had reached the upper limit of the early Stage One, a level sixteen evolutionary degree, clearly a reward for her journey to the Mount Tai ruins.

Now, she had been dispatched to interface with Lin Feng.

It could be said that she benefited from knowing Lin Feng.

Otherwise, even if it were a squad leader at the late Stage One within the Salvation Army, Lin Feng might not have bothered to acknowledge them.

As for the middle-aged man beside her, he was Old Duncan, who had also completed his evolution, using the life essence of the Rockhorn Horse directly.

After becoming an evolver, Old Duncan no longer appeared as aged as before; his temples were only gradually turning white.

Although he had given Lisa the opportunity for a flawless evolution with pure essence, as long as it was life essence, the effect of promoting cell evolution would always exist.

However, foreign essence, for humans, mingled many beast gene fragments, which would have some impact on the evolution of their own cells.

At this time, Duncan looked much younger; his eyebrows and hair had changed from their original yellowish-white to a mix of black and yellow, and the wrinkles on his face had faded considerably, transforming him from a wasteland-worn fifty or sixty years old to thirty or forty.

Currently, Duncan's aura was robust, no longer at the early Stage One of a newly promoted evolver, but had reached the upper limit of level thirteen, clearly due to Lisa bringing him some ordinary evolution agents upon her return.

Now, when facing Lin Feng again, the two of them were no longer as casual as before, instead appearing quite restrained.

After all, the person they faced had become a formidable Stage Two evolver, not only favored by Bai Ye, the leader of the Salvation Army, but also possessing the identity of a gun-wielding ability user, allowing him to rival mid Stage Two cultivators even in the early Stage Two.

He could even exchange blows with Li Hao, the head of the Li family, a powerhouse at the upper limit of Stage Two, comparable to a top-ranked expert, in a martial arts contest.

Of course, this was something that Duncan and Lisa were not privy to.

This time, they had come precisely for this reason.

After Lin Feng finished asking, Lisa revealed a conflicted expression, pondered for a moment, and slowly opened her mouth to say:

"The main force of the Salvation Army is already lying in ambush at the fork in the road a hundred kilometers away, waiting for the Li family and the Holy Spring Sect to clash, then launching an attack, invading Farmstead Village, and helping the Oasis Church quell the rebellion..."

Lin Feng frowned slightly, prompting Chen Shanshan, who was beside him, to open the detailed map previously given to him by Father Su'an.

After comparing it for a while, he discovered that the Oasis Town was currently traveling near the ruins of the ancient Shangqiu City, while the fork in the road was in the original Zhoukou City.

Further down was the original Zhumadian, also known as the Zhumadian Temple today, which was both the place where the Lord of the Holy Spring rose to prominence and the current resting place of this deity.

Going forward, they would rely on the old Han River channel, advance five hundred kilometers, and finally return to the Oasis Avenue.

The Salvation Army was now outside Zhoukou City, waiting for the arrival of Oasis Town, taking advantage of the Li family and the Church vying for control of the oasis to plunder Farmstead Village, thereby completing the accumulation of industry.

Once the Salvation Army possessed its own Rockhorn Horse industry, capable of steadily producing enhanced meat and evolved meat, it could support tens of thousands of members.

Coupled with the machine tools and weapon production equipment scavenged from the Mount Tai ruins, as long as Bai Ye broke through to become a Stage Three King, they could join the ranks of second-rate forces.

By managing it for a century, they could rebuild the original Royal City, allowing the City of Salvation to return to the wasteland wilderness.

Therefore, as the core of food self-sufficiency, the Salvation Army was becoming increasingly anxious about the bizarre development of Oasis Town as the Holy Spring Day approached.

The imagined melee and firefight had not arrived...

Instead, from the wasteland to the right of Oasis Town, constant, intense, and dense explosions were continuously heard.

However, according to the news sent by Duncan, Oasis Town remained peaceful, although the prices of enhanced meat and evolved meat were still high, the members of the Wilderness Hunter Guild seemed more relaxed than usual.

Duncan sensed an unusual atmosphere.

Clearly, something had happened that prevented the originally panicked Wilderness Hunter Guild from suffering attacks and looting from rebel bandits...

Then the rebellion was likely not to occur, or would be resolved peacefully in some way.

In that case, even if the Salvation Army had a hundred times the courage, they would not dare to attack Oasis Town and plunder Farmstead Village.

After all, Oasis had ten Stage Two evolvers, including former renowned experts, such as Li Hao, the head of the Li family, who alone could contend with Bai Ye.

The Bishop and Father Su'an in the Church were both powerful, coupled with the President of the Wilderness Hunter Guild.

The Salvation Army was simply unable to contend with the entire Oasis Town when united.

Lin Feng stared at the map on the table, his eyes narrowing slightly.

After a long while, he slowly opened his mouth to say:

"Originally, the rebels led by the Li family were strong enough to crush the Oasis Church, but after my appearance, the balance of power between the two sides tended to equalize."

"The scales of victory have tipped towards the Church again."

"Therefore, after being evenly matched, both sides decided to adopt a more peaceful and less intense method to resolve the core of the conflict, the ownership of the Oasis Battleship."

"This method is the martial arts contest that has just taken place, officially starting tomorrow."

If it was just a martial arts contest, then the original mutual destruction would no longer be possible, because at the same time, only one Stage Two expert would be absent, and the remaining Stage Two evolvers could still defend Oasis Town...

Thinking of this, before Lisa could speak, Duncan stepped forward and took the lead in asking:

"Then what form and rules will this so-called martial arts contest be held..."

Lin Feng smiled and directly explained to the two:

"The martial arts contest will delineate an area of one square kilometer on both sides of Oasis Avenue as the arena, with the Li family and other rebels and the Holy Spring Church each sending contestants to compete, with one side surrendering or being knocked out of the arena boundary to determine the winner."

"There will be a total of seven matches, four of which will be participated by late Stage One evolvers, called the Small Match, and the remaining three will be Stage Two evolvers, also known as the Big Match. The final result will be calculated by points, with the Small Match winning ten points and the Big Match winning twenty points, for a total of one hundred points."

"Whichever side gets sixty points first will win control of the oasis, which is the Oasis Key."

"It is currently in my custody, and soon someone will come to notify me to go to the Oasis Battleship to take over the Church's Oasis Key."

These were all harmless news, and it was fine to say them in order to facilitate cooperation with the Salvation Army later.

Upon hearing this, both Lisa and Duncan visibly displayed their unease, because according to this rule, most of the commotion wouldn't occur in Oasis Town.

Even on the day of the Holy Spring, the Salvation Army ambushing around wouldn't witness a war-torn Oasis Town. Second-stage evolvers have no need to engage in a deathmatch; the high-end combat power of Oasis wouldn't suffer significant damage.

Even in the worst condition, dealing with a second-rate force like the Salvation Army would be easy.

Thinking of this, the two, with troubled expressions, saw the helplessness and worry in each other's eyes.

However, Lisa reacted quickly. Turning back, she noticed Lin Feng sitting by the car window with a faint smile. His left hand was wrapped in bandages, and she immediately realized something:

"The key to controlling Oasis is in your hands. Does that mean the sparring this afternoon was a test and a deliberate attempt to make things difficult by the Li family?"

Lin Feng nodded:

"That's right, no need to worry. I only broke my left forearm, but I also ruined the left arm of his level 25 Rock Horse Armor."

"In the end, both sides were evenly matched. Li Hao retreated, and the sparring ended. I am about to smoothly obtain temporary control of Oasis Town."

Hearing this, Lisa and Duncan gasped. They knew that the opponent was the head of the Li family, one of the strongest evolvers in Oasis Town, second only to the Bishop.

Moreover, Li Hao had been famous for a long time and had become a legend among the grassroots residents and low-level evolvers.

He had been active in the Holy City as early as four or five hundred years ago, even stronger than Bai Ye back then.

In comparison, Lin Feng, who had just advanced to the second stage, could actually tie with him. Although there was a lot of exaggeration in this, one side went all out, while the other was only observing and deliberating, not using full strength.

But the final result was that Li Hao was injured and yielded.

This precisely demonstrated Lin Feng's strength, far exceeding everyone's expectations. In fact, this was also a storm sweeping through the high-level forces of Oasis Town.

Lin Feng actually forced an evolver four levels higher than himself to bow his head and admit defeat in a sparring match, and even severely damaged Li Hao's proud Rock Horse Armor, destroying one of its left arms.

This indicated that Lin Feng, currently only at level 22, already possessed the strength of a mid-second-stage powerhouse, capable of contending with a level 24 evolver.

He became the fifth strongest in Oasis, after the Bishop, Li Hao, Xu Wanfeng, and Father Su An.

And he was only level 22.

Coupled with the potential of his gun ability, his future achievements and actions were destined to be limitless.

Li Hao was able to rush into the top fifty of the second-stage heavenly rankings in his youth with just the Rock Horse Armor. Lin Feng would also have the improvement of his gun ability in the future, and could easily rush into the top twenty, or even the top ten.

And his most important point was his youth.

He had already advanced to the second stage before the age of thirty, and would be at his peak for the next two hundred years.

Time and the future were on his side.

No wonder the Oasis Church frequently showed goodwill to him, and the leader of the Salvation Army, Bai Ye, also favored him and helped him advance to the second stage.

Now, the Oasis Key, representing control of Oasis Town, was handed over to Lin Feng for safekeeping. Although it was only temporary, it also meant that Lin Feng would become the person with the highest status in Oasis for the next four days.

He had enough strength and conditions to manipulate and interfere with the arena competition.

Even whether the final result was recognized required Lin Feng's approval.

Duncan was awakened by Lisa and began to consider whether he could unite with Lin Feng and cooperate with the Salvation Army, plus the assistance of the Holy Spring Church, to jointly strangle the Li family.

At that time, the Salvation Army only needed part of the Rockhorn Horse breeding industry in the Farm Village, and Bai Ye, a level 29 evolver in his prime, could reasonably and legally intervene in the Oasis situation.

As for Lisa, she had to think about more.

She knew something about the cooperation between Lin Feng and Bai Ye, and knew that the other party would not have any contact with the Salvation Army on the surface, especially since the Salvation Army was still wanted.

The Oasis Church would not tear off its face to cooperate with wanderers unless it was absolutely necessary.

This was not only letting wolves into the house, but also destroying the legitimacy of its own existence.

So even if she wanted to get Lin Feng's help, she couldn't be too blatant.

During the past few weeks with the Salvation Army, Lisa's evolutionary strength had not only improved rapidly, but her horizons and strategies had also been constantly growing under the influence.

Looking at Lin Feng's expression, Lisa quickly thought of a win-win solution:

"The Oasis Church dares to propose such a solution, it must have a certain chance of winning, so the strongest person among the rebels, the head of the Li family, Li Hao, will definitely have a fierce battle when facing the Church members."

"Especially now that Li Hao has broken his indestructible golden body in the sparring with you, he has already been defeated and will inevitably be targeted in the subsequent decisive battle."

"At this time, the Li family's high-level members will definitely leave Oasis Town and go to the vicinity of the arena to ensure the safety of the family head, and at the same time deploy a large number of informants in Oasis to prevent you from leaving."

"So, at that time, it will be the most empty stage for the Farm Village's guard force."

"At that time, as long as you can notify us in advance and prepare early, the Salvation Army will launch a surprise attack, silently kill the external guards, and then control some of the vehicles in the village, you can completely rob part of the Rockhorn Horse industry in the village before the Li family reacts."

Lin Feng nodded. The plan proposed by Lisa was very feasible, but there were still a few problems:

"Even if the high-level members of the rebels leave, there are still some members in Oasis Town, such as the Hunting Guild in Fifth Village. You have to make them turn a blind eye or deliberately let them go."

"Secondly, there is the insider problem, which has been solved. Finally, there is the escape route."

"Most of the arenas are on the right side of Oasis Avenue, while Farm Village is on the left. If you escape to the left, you will enter the area of the Horse Garrison Temple, and further to the left, you will escape the rule of the Holy Spring Church and enter the area between 20 and 30 degrees north latitude, which is the territory of the Kings Alliance."

"Hundreds of third-stage kings, jointly ruling a chaotic and turbulent place, even the official forces will suddenly turn their backs, with no credibility or order at all. You have to be prepared to deal with it."

"As for the others, I will cooperate with you."

"But there is one more condition."

Lisa and Duncan looked at each other, waiting for Lin Feng to say the additional conditions after the change of cooperation.

Lin Feng then looked at Duncan next to him:

"I hope Duncan's team will stay and join the team under my command, so that it will be convenient for us to contact in the future."

"If the Salvation Army doesn't take you this time, there will be no more room for you to survive in Oasis Town in the future."

"The world is about to change here!"