Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded-Chapter 555 - 271: Death Agent, Successor, Isolated and Helpless_2
"It can be said that apart from the internal members of various first-rate power organizations, most humans choose this path, which has led to a booming demand."
"Even with the costly lab-based biotechnology cultivation, such as cloning and proliferation techniques, for Tier Two Rock-Horned Horse cells, it’s still possible to earn substantial profits through mass production."
"And through these farms and laboratories, thousands of years of rising momentum have resulted in the Rock Horse Warriors reaching a frightening number."
"This has provided the soil for further development and cultivation of Tier Three Rock-Horned Horse cells."
"Numerous Tier Two Rock Horse Warriors can offer far more genetic samples than the naturally occurring Tier Two Rock Horse Giant Beasts, and these people, to gain power enhancements, would spare no expense, even if it means sacrificing their precious lives."
"The basic conditions for ongoing development and the demand return of experimental results have now been met..."
"I believe it won’t be long before there is a breakthrough, attracting countless Rock Horse Warriors to flock to it."
Upon hearing Father Su An suddenly mention this, Lin Feng, for a moment, didn’t relate it to himself but thought of the Li family, led by Patriarch Li Hao in the Oasis rebellion, and his urgent desire for control of the Oasis Battleship.
This has exceeded the rational judgment that a Tier Two Mid-Stage Evolver can make.
After all, Li Hao’s age is nearing five hundred.
In a few decades, he will enter the late life stage, shifting his life focus gradually from self-improvement to nurturing family descendants, ensuring that his genes can be passed down from generation to generation when further progress is impossible.
Yet at this critical moment of transition, he actually disregards the future of the family, for his selfish gains, attempting to bind the entire family, including Nongzhuang Village, nearly two thousand people, to his war chariot.
Heading unerringly down a self-destructive path.
This is clearly unreasonable.
After all, even if Li Hao succeeded in seizing the Oasis Battleship, it would be difficult to escape the endless pursuit of the Holy See’s armed forces, the Holy Temple Knight Order.
Unless behind this irrationality lies some other reason, allowing Li Hao to go all out, even risking his own life as a wager.
And based on Father Su An’s hints, Lin Feng immediately realized that Li Hao may already have substantive expectations, meaning he had received help from the Life Farm on the side of the Holy City...
This is why he became so stubborn and crazy.
Thus, his strength might not be as simple as it appears on the Tier Two Mid-Stage level.
Proposing a spar with Lin Feng aims to probe the true strength of this emerging Gunpowder Ability User, whether he poses a threat to his ship seizure plan, and simultaneously can release a smoke screen, causing the Oasis Church to misjudge his real combat power.
Besides Li Hao himself, since the Life Farm has significantly raised its stakes on him, investing abundant resources, it would certainly also arrange corresponding backup measures...
To assist Li Hao in escorting it to a safe zone outside the Holy Spring Sect’s ruling area after capturing the Oasis Battleship, or perhaps at present intercepting the rescue teams from the Holy City coming to support.
After all, it has been twelve days since the last Holy Spring Day, and the Pilgrimage Convoy had already arrived at Storm Holy City five days ago.
And upon receiving the information, the Holy City Diocese sent a support team that, under light and swift advance, could reach Oasis Town within five days.
They would certainly not sit by while Oasis Town gets besieged by the Desert Wolf Race and the impending Town-breaking Beast Calamity occurs there.
Thinking of this, Lin Feng’s face gradually grew solemn, speaking in a deep voice:
"If that’s the case, then Li Hao’s ultimate aim in seizing the Oasis Battleship might be to obtain the qualifications for further advancement."
"Even aiming to become the first and only Tier Three Horse King among the Rock-Horned Horses and Rock Horse Warriors!"
"And his daring move, opposing the entire Church, must mean he has some confidence in his backing!"
"Thus, the supporting force from the Holy City Diocese estimated to have encountered mishaps by now, possibly being intercepted halfway, unable to assist Oasis in breaking through the predicament..."
"Originally, none of these were important, as long as we could defeat the Li family, kill Li Hao, everything would be resolved smoothly."
"But now the sudden emergence of the Desert Wolf Race has disrupted the original plan."
"Oasis Town must face the threat from tens of thousands of Evolved Desolate Wolves alone..."
Lin Feng said this because the interests and rewards promised to him by the Lord Bishop were closely linked to the rescued survivors and industries.
The more people and transport vehicles saved, the more he could take away.
Initially, Lin Feng thought that as long as he repelled a few waves of attacks from the Wilderness Wolves, killing one or two Tier Two Desolate Wolf Giant Beasts would make the Desert Wolf Race retreat in difficulty.
Plus, with the support from the Holy City Diocese already on the way, once they arrive, this would reverse the power balance, and seeing the trend going against them, the Desert Wolf Race might very likely choose to flee, retreating into the uninhabited wilderness, beginning their life on the run.
In this way, Lin Feng estimated that the war’s intensity would be much lower, requiring only to kill about twenty to thirty percent of the wolf pack, amounting to two to three thousand wolves.
Then, with Lin Feng’s current strength, his subordinate team’s combat power, and other Five Villages, aided by him, being able to output substantial firepower, they could achieve victory while ensuring losses do not exceed thirty percent.
But if the supporting forces from the Diocese delay in arriving, and the outer Desert Wolf Race is well aware of this, to prevent the news of the attack from leaking and try to recover losses amid severe hemorrhaging...
The Wolf Race Leader, Wolf Ao, might go all out in increasing the attack intensity, pressing all Evolved Desolate Wolves upon them, aiming to consume Oasis Town entirely.
Only in this way can they recover their investment in the face of heavy losses and rising sunk costs, ensuring that the surviving Evolved Desolate Wolves significantly increase in power. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
Even further, generating Mid-Tier Two Giant Wolves, or adding several early-stage Desolate Wolf Giant Beasts.
In short, without external interference, against a small Oasis Town, even with Lin Feng as a variable present, it can’t stop the slaughter of ordinary evolvers at the hands of tens of thousands of evolved wolf packs.
The Lord Bishop is very aware of this, hence promising immense rewards, willing to let Lin Feng directly share the technical personnel and industries of Oasis Town, to gain the full support of this Gunpowder Ability User.
Of course, these are all verbal agreements.
Whether they become effective will depend on how much strength and capital remain for both sides after everything is over to support the terms of cooperation.
For now, what lies before Lin Feng is a re-evaluation of the defense battle for Oasis.
After all, in an isolated, unsupported state, leading around two thousand mediocre evolvers to defeat the apex predators of the wilderness, the Desert Wolf Race...
Even Lin Feng lacks confidence.
He has truly established his foothold in the wasteland wilderness by earning his first pot of gold from slaying the Desert Wolves.
Whether it was enticing and killing elderly Desolate Wolves or surrounding and hunting small batches of Desert Wolf Packs, it was merely ordinary hunting, not a real war.
Even during the Old Earth Era, Lin Feng hadn’t participated in true beast tide blocking battles, only knowing that each time after repelling attacks from mutating beast packs, over half of the evolvers in the base would disappear and then be replaced by a new group.
In that special era of cataclysm, the mortality rate of ordinary evolvers was disturbingly high.
When Father Su An heard this, he was also somewhat surprised.
"Because his intention in mentioning this matter was to tell Lin Feng that Li Hao might have an actual expected return, perhaps, and has received help from the Life Farm in the Holy City...
That’s why he’s become so obstinate and mad."
"Furthermore, this is a naturally conflicted Alien Evolution, and becoming a Tier Three Horse King would override these ’trivial’ issues."
"However, adding the identity of Lin Feng as a Gunpowder Ability User, although the future might hold further fusion chances to fuse the residual Gun King Source Material, he saw limitless potentials for Lin Feng!"
"The Lord Bishop also knows this, so he agreed to bestow significant rewards, willing to let Lin Feng directly share the Oasis Town’s technical personnel and industries to gain the full support of Lin Feng, the Gunpowder Ability User."
