Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded

"Rejected? Don't dwell on things that haven't happened yet. Remember! Hesitation leads to defeat!"

"Who knew back then that the dying person you selflessly saved would become the core of this wasteland hunting team?"

Ding Yi pinched the blushing cheeks of the young girl, imparting her experience as someone who's been there:

"The early bird catches the worm. We already have the initiative. First, establish a deep bond with Lin Feng, one forged through life and death."

"So the probability of failure is low. Of course, the chances of direct success are equally low. The most likely scenario is neither rejection nor direct acceptance..."

"But that's exactly the situation we want!"

"Chasing a girl is like climbing a mountain, but chasing a guy is like piercing paper. As long as he doesn't reject you outright, you've already won more than half the battle!"

"The best time to confess is after surviving a crisis unscathed, when emotions are at their peak. Saying it then will leave a profound impact."

Under Ding Yi's earnest guidance, Chen Shanshan nodded, seemingly understanding, a silly smile appearing on her face.

"Come on, while scrubbing, let's discuss how to win over a meticulous man like Lin Feng."

The thoroughly soaked Chen Shanshan nodded excitedly, ready to get up and grab a towel to scrub.

At this moment, Ding Yi suddenly stopped her, asking with a puzzled expression:

"Wait, did you have this on your chest before? I don't remember..."

Following Ding Yi's gaze, Chen Shanshan lowered her head and noticed a faint purple mark, about the size of a coin, between her breasts where she had previously wrapped bandages.

The mark seemed to seep from within the skin, unlike a mole or birthmark. It likely appeared suddenly after completing her evolution.

Chen Shanshan became a little nervous, trying hard to recall:

"It seems like it appeared after I awakened my ability during evolution. Every time I use my ability, my chest feels slightly hot. It must be this thing."

Ding Yi gently pressed on the purple mark:

"Does it hurt? Do you feel anything?"

Chen Shanshan shook her head:

"No. Only when I use my ability."

Ding Yi frowned slightly:

"Could using the ability come with a corresponding price...?"

"Let's put this aside for now. We'll talk to Lin Feng about it separately later. He's familiar with that Father Su An and can help ask."

"This is also a way to get closer."

Chen Shanshan nodded in realization, the worry about the purple mark fading slightly at the thought of Lin Feng.

Afterward, the two continued washing, scrubbing each other's backs, and soon emerged from the double room, completely refreshed.

When the two returned to the bus hotel, Lin Feng recounted the meeting to everyone, emphasizing the special, strange strength of Old Duncan, the leader of the Lisa team.

He reminded everyone to be careful.

After explaining the situation, Lin Feng arranged the tasks for the next day:

"Shanshan, Liu Mingfei, and I will go to Motorcycle Village to take delivery of the assembled tram. After we get it, we'll head to the Wasteland Hunter Guild to receive a mission."

"As for you two, A'Lian, take the tricycle to the slave market to buy something..."

Chen Shanshan asked, somewhat puzzled:

"Does this mission also require bait? Rockhorn horse herds seem to be herbivores, right?"

Lin Feng smiled:

"Yes, so what we need isn't slaves, but cages for taming and confining Rockhorn horses."

"A'Lian, you two go buy an iron cage. If there aren't any, chains and shackles for hands, feet, and necks will do."

"Ding Yi and Liu Qian will stay behind to watch the place. We'll set off tomorrow at daybreak. Duncan's team will be waiting for us on the right side of the road. Before that, everyone needs to be fully prepared."

Everyone nodded.

Chen Shanshan took out the bath tickets Old Huang had given her:

"There are still five left. Everyone should go take a bath. Leave things here to Ding Yi and me."

"If we don't wash now, who knows when the next time will be. Water is precious in the wasteland. We can't waste water washing every day, or we'll stink up the car."

The Liu siblings hadn't washed last time, so they planned to clean up properly this time.

As for A'Lian and A'Ming, the latter's thigh wound had rapidly healed after eating the Rank 9 Wasteland Wolf's enhanced meat. Now, normal walking was no problem, but he still couldn't participate in intense combat.

Properly cleaning the body not only removed dirt and grime but also disinfected.

So, the group of five rode a tricycle to the bathhouse in high spirits.

This time, the bathhouse owner looked surprised when he saw Lin Feng bringing three unfamiliar women.

Fortunately, apart from the A'Lian sisters, the other three bathed separately.

Lin Feng finished bathing first, leaving the remaining half bucket of water for the A'Lian sisters in the double room. He changed into clean shorts and a t-shirt, lay down on the long chair at the back of the bathhouse, and closed his eyes to rest.

A gentle breeze blew, causing the evaporation of water droplets on his skin, bringing a slight coolness.

"It feels pretty good after washing, at least I look a bit more human."

Liu Qian finished bathing second, walked out, and leaned against the railing in the aisle at the back, sighing.

Her damp hair draped over her chest and back, soaking her clothes and outlining her curves, keeping her body temperature cool.

In the scorching wasteland, there was no need to dry off completely after a bath. This was one of the few comfortable periods in the surface's steaming heat.

Lin Feng nodded, not speaking or responding, continuing to close his eyes and rest, thinking about which bounty orders to accept next.

Seeing that no one was around, Liu Qian continued to say what had been buried in her heart:

"The wolf hunting operation last time was dangerous, we almost suffered a serious blow. If Captain Chen hadn't helped us and participated in the battle with Li Hu's team, we wouldn't have been sniped later."

"The only one who could have stopped her then was you, Brother Feng, but you didn't try to dissuade her, you just stood behind Jiang Zhuo and watched quietly..."

Liu Qian recalled the scene at the time, she and Liu Mingfei were cleaning up the wolf corpses, only glancing over a few times.

Now, looking back, Lin Feng watching the show seemed more like he was deliberately indulging Chen Shanshan's overwhelming kindness, resulting in the team being attacked due to dereliction of duty.

If it hadn't been for Ding Yi, she would have been injured in the end, or Ding Yi would have been injured.

So Liu Qian continued to ask:

"If Chen Shanshan had let the steward go again later, I think you would have left the team, Brother Feng, and acted alone from then on..."

"So that moment was your test for Chen Shanshan?"

This matter had been pent up in Liu Qian's heart for a long time. Although the responsibility for the last wolf hunting operation lay with Captain Chen Shanshan, after careful consideration, she quickly discovered the clues.

Knowing in advance that there would be an ambush, after the threat of the wolf pack was temporarily lifted, Lin Feng would actually let Chen Shanshan help, instead of using her perception ability to guard against Qi Shan and his group.

Later, when Qi Shan launched a sneak attack, Lin Feng's reaction speed seemed to be expected, turning around instantly and raising his gun to hit the enemy.

In just one or two seconds, he prevented the opponent from reloading.

Arranging for Chen Shanshan to chase after the steward was Lin Feng's last chance for her.

And that slap, in addition to stunning the others, also shattered the timid, hesitant Chen Shanshan, making her grow rapidly from a naive girl.

The situation changed dramatically at the time, and Liu Qian didn't react for a while. Only after carefully reviewing the situation did she discover the blind spots that others couldn't detect.

It turned out that everything was under Lin Feng's control.

From buying Jiang Zhuo at the slave market, Lin Feng had clearly arranged the subsequent mission actions.

At this moment, the man lying down resting at the back of the car slowly got up, opened his eyes, and looked at Liu Qian, who had also turned around:

"You're thinking too complicatedly. Everything was just spontaneous and opportunistic."

"Since she's not suitable to be the captain, then at least she has to become a qualified warrior first..."

"I'm just speeding up the qualification process."

"The wasteland doesn't need cowards. The person who decides whether the team stays or goes... is not me, but her."

At this time, Liu Mingfei and the A'Lian sisters had also finished washing and used the remaining water to wash their dirty clothes from before.

Lin Feng glanced at Liu Qian, lowered his head, got up, and patted the dust off his butt:

"Let's go, let's go back and have dinner."

Back at the bus hotel, it was already 7 PM, dusk.

Old Huang and Ding Yi had prepared dinner. Everyone ate a simple meal to fill their stomachs because there wasn't much activity in the afternoon, so they didn't expend much energy.

After dinner, Chen Shanshan began checking her equipment, making the final preparations before departure.

A mysterious titanium gun of unknown level, a Lv7 armor-piercing horn bow, a Lv7 shotgun, and Lv10 ordinary light combat armor.

Using the maintenance oil bought from the Jiche Village store, she cleaned, lubricated, and rustproofed them.

Lin Feng also checked all his current equipment.

Upgraded Lv9 steel plate combat suit:

「Steel Plate Combat Suit Lv9, White Quality, Imprinted」

「Basic Attributes: Defense 30, Durability 10/10; Upgraded to Host Level Limit」

「Additional Attributes: Photovoltaic Panel (Remaining One Year of Use); Cooling Fan; Alloy Steel Plate (Defense +15)」

「Evaluation: A combat suit with ventilation integrated into the steel plate, the defense has been specially strengthened, capable of withstanding the impact and attacks of late-stage wild beasts, and small handgun bullets; Weighs up to twenty catties, suitable for late-stage enhanced human equipment; Activating the ventilation function can reduce the perceived temperature on the body surface by -10°」

After imprinting, Lin Feng chose the defense effect twice in the three enhancement directions, increasing the additional defense bonus of the alloy steel plate to fifteen points.

There was a total of forty-five points of defense bonus, which, although not as good as Chen Shanshan's level 10 light combat armor, far exceeded ordinary white Lv7 and lower combat suits.

Lin Feng also tried the newly bought combat suits of Liu Mingfei and A'Lian, even if steel plates were inserted for integration and upgrade, there was only an additional bonus of five points of defense.

Finally, reaching the ninth-level limit, the defense was only 35 points, unable to withstand the attacks of late-stage enhanced beasts.

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It seems that the effect of imprinting to specify the enhancement direction is more targeted and controllable than simple random item upgrades.

It can bring unexpected additional attribute benefits.

In addition to the Lv9 steel plate combat suit, there was also the most important Lv9 precision pistol, as the source of Lin Feng's combat power, even a Tier 1 Rock Horn Horse could be easily taken down.

For Lin Feng, these two pieces of equipment, one for offense and one for defense, were a perfect match, and the remaining life value could not be wasted, it had to be saved for the electric car that would be formed and delivered tomorrow.

There were also twenty ordinary photovoltaic panels waiting for him to improve their level and quality, upgrading from Lv6 inferior to excellent.

Before going to bed, Lin Feng ate two catties of wolf meat and repaired the durability of Chen Shanshan's mysterious titanium gun:

「Unknown Titanium Gun, Level Unknown, Quality Unknown」

「Basic Attributes: Damage 50, Durability 9/10, Can consume 1 point of life value to restore 1 point of durability」

「Additional Attributes: Spiral Gun Head (Damage +20)」

「Evaluation: Suspected relic of prehistoric advanced civilization, host level is too low to analyze」

Last time it was restored to 6 points of durability, it could be smoothly switched to the three-prism spiral gun head form, this time it was repaired to 90% of 9 points of durability, the basic damage increased by 30 points.

After 6 points of durability, an average of one point of durability repair increased the damage by ten points.

And the mysterious patterns on the surface of the gun body became more and more obvious.

As if they were pictograms left over from some prehistoric civilization.

Ding Yi carefully examined it for a long time, and shook her head:

“The纹路above are very similar to cuneiform writing, but they don’t seem to belong to any ancient civilization of the Earth’s ancient period…”

“Could it be left by aliens? Has an alien civilization visited this wasteland in the past few thousand years?”

The few people looked at each other, clueless.

Lin Feng shrugged and returned the titanium gun to Chen Shanshan:

“Keep it safe, it now has a strong killing power against Tier 1 wild beasts. The patterns outside are too conspicuous, don’t easily show it to others.”

The latter nodded, carefully took the spear, wrapped it with a roll of long cloth, leaving only the gun head, to reduce wear.

At the same time, it can also conceal this mysterious titanium gun, preventing others from peeking at its secrets.

“This was left by my master before she left, it should have come from the mysterious ruins she went to. That ruin is still several Holy Spring Days away from Oasis Town…”

Chen Shanshan missed her master when she saw the object, and slowly spoke.

Lin Feng nodded, increasingly curious about the origin of this mysterious titanium gun:

“We’ll go take a look together when we pass by in the future.”

“By the way, we’ll also find out the whereabouts of your master.”

“Alright, it’s almost ten o’clock, sleep!”

The other two nodded and climbed onto the bed.

This was the last stable long sleep they would get in the next week.

After that, the long trek in the wilderness, bumpy all the way, they could only doze off for one or two hours intermittently.

With Lin Feng's compartment going to sleep.

Liu Mingfei in the opposite compartment was already snoring from reading.

Liu Qian quietly leaned by the window on the upper bunk, put down the yellowed Wasteland Hunter's notebook in her hand, and thought about something.

In A'Lian's compartment, the woman picked up the twenty-catty ninth-level steel plate combat suit, with a solemn expression.

A'Ming next to her began to analyze:

“This Lin Feng also awakened his abilities in advance, and his ability is not what we guessed before, related to weapons and firearms…”

“But is able to optimize items through his abilities, improving their state.”

“Haven’t you noticed that the weapons and equipment in their team have never shown signs of aging?”

A'Lian's eyes lit up, and she quickly thought of something:

“So when he ordered the photovoltaic panels yesterday, he chose the lowest-grade ordinary package? He wanted to rely on his own abilities to optimize the functions and effects of the photovoltaic panels?”

A'Ming nodded:

“But the cost of using this ability should be great, the consumption of the body’s state is very severe, they specifically left a pile of ninth-level enhanced wolf meat, it is estimated that it is related to this.”

“But these are not what we should worry about, the stronger Lin Feng is, the better it is for us, at least we don’t have to worry about being used as bait or sacrifices.”

“In this operation, we also need to integrate into this wasteland hunting team as soon as possible.”

A'Lian nodded, put on the ninth-level combat suit, and tried to wield the long knife, it did not affect her movements:

“Not bad, there are steel plate armors on the front and back and thighs, much thicker than before.”

“Just leave the task to me, you are responsible for providing some combat suggestions, and also learning the hunting experience of that foreign team.”

“If we can capture the Rock Horn Horse alive with your proposal, we can be truly accepted!”

A'Ming hummed:

“Don’t worry. It’s not early, go to sleep.”

The wasteland hunting team members fell asleep one after another.

At this time, the orders from the Wasteland Hunting Guild were being sent to Jiche Village and Shuguang Village.

At twelve o'clock day and night, a small truck loaded with twenty ordinary photovoltaic panels drove out of Shuguang Village and steadily drove towards the opposite Jiche Village.

And the extended Jinbei Haishi, which had already been modified, was being towed by a heavy truck.

Half of the vehicles in Jiche Village are empty shells with only tires installed, reserved as inventory for sale.

Usually, when there is a need for car repairs or modifications, parts are selected and disassembled from this pile of semi-finished products.

When the photovoltaic panels were delivered, the Jinbei Haishi ordered by the Lin Feng team had already assembled a simple central control system, only lacking the installation of a large electric motor to provide power, and photovoltaic panels to provide power to the motor.

The mechanics and engineers on both sides were already familiar with the final assembly.

It was quickly completed at three o'clock in the morning, day and night.

And after starting, it followed the large troops to test whether it was qualified.

As long as there were no problems before the day-night handover, the business would be considered a complete success.

The next morning, the Lin Feng team got up slightly excitedly, riding tricycles, and quickly drove away from the Fifth Village, heading to the nearby Jiche Village on the left.

Welcoming their first means of transportation in their wasteland life since waking up.

It was also the foothold belonging to everyone.

Leaving the only shelter of Oasis Town.

Oasis Town belongs to a large gathering place, and outside of this,

Many small fleeing convoys also live in the wilderness.