Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded-Chapter 557 - 272: The Key to Winning Allies, the Turning Point After Three Days of Holding Out
At this thought, Lin Feng and Father Su An both fell silent.
In front of them, the metallic lava bubbled and boiled, revealing a layer of impurities.
At this moment, Lin Feng thought of the Salvation Army’s defection.
If we add another, who is at the peak of Tier Two Limit, Level 29 Evolver...
With a joint attack with Lord Bishop, perhaps we can contain and repel the greatest threat to Oasis, the leader of the Wolf Race, Leader Wolf Ao.
Lin Feng immediately proposed this strategy.
Father Su An nodded:
"The leader of the Salvation Army, Bai Ye, has long been famous, mastering the very rare spatial superpower. According to her current ranking on the Celestial List of the Hunting Wilderness Guild, it is estimated that she has already grasped the power of spatial origin."
"If we can persuade her to assist us, even if we cannot get support from the Holy City Diocese in a short time, we can still confront the Desert Wolf Race somewhat."
"But the premise is that there must be a way to convince the Salvation Army to give up cooperating with the Desert Wolf Race and turn to rely on us."
As Father Su An spoke, he poured the molten liquid metal from a clay container into a mold beside it for cooling.
Sparks flew everywhere for a moment.
The metal slurry, fully fused with Fine Steel Wolf Fang, took on a silvery white sheen, different from regular red-hot iron.
Lin Feng narrowed his eyes, looking at the Fine Steel Wolf Fang alloy slurry filling the mold, and responded:
"The original purpose of the Salvation Army was to seize part of the Rock-Horned Horse farming industry from Li Family’s Nongzhuang Village."
"Now with the Desert Wolf attacking, they might have promised this condition, using coercion and inducement to get the Salvation Army involved in the massacre of Oasis Town."
"The Desert Wolf Race wants to annihilate the entire Oasis Town, but the Salvation Army just wants to target Nongzhuang Village. Their actions are fundamentally different."
"Nongzhuang Village is just Li Family’s asset. Even if the Salvation Army destroys it and takes away most of the farming industry, for the Holy Spring Sect, it is merely a small loss, at most adding another bounty to the Salvation Army’s Wandering status."
"But once they attack all of Oasis Town, especially the Oasis Battleship, which represents the Holy Spring Sect’s Oasis Church, the consequences will be entirely different."
"The complete destruction of a medium to large settlement, the disappearance of a complete town-level unit, will definitely be pursued by the Holy City, and even if Bai Ye becomes a Tier Three King, she certainly cannot escape the Holy City’s punishment and revenge."
"And there is no possibility of reconciliation."
"This is the fundamental difference in the purposes of the Salvation Army and the Desert Wolf Race. If we want to draw the Salvation Army over, we must seize this point."
"After all, we currently cannot offer substantial benefits and additional rewards."
Father Su An nodded, aware of this, and took the opportunity to add as the crude billet cooled in front of him:
"In addition, there is one most crucial point: we must make the Salvation Army believe that Oasis Town has the strength to withstand the Desert Wolf Race’s invasion."
"Otherwise, even if they don’t want to be involved, they will be controlled by the Desert Wolf Race and forced to act."
Lin Feng acknowledged this as one of the issues he had been contemplating: how to truly win over the Salvation Army, and Father Su An had already pointed out the key:
"So the current issue is whether Oasis Town can bear the attack pressure from the Desert Wolf Race, at least withstand the first few waves of the beast tide."
"Given the current state of armament of the Oasis Battleship and the firepower reserves of the five major villages under the Oasis, it is estimated that they can withstand at most three waves, after which the defensive front on four sides will certainly show flaws and be breached by the Desert Wolf Race."
"Relying on defense alone will definitely not be enough."
"Because the Desert Wolf Race holds the initiative; it can decide the timing of the war, and we can only shrink back and take a beating passively..."
"There is a several-fold gap in the psychological pressure and state consumption between the two sides, plus the current material reserves in Oasis Town, except for weapons, are fundamentally unable to withstand a long siege battle for several days."
"So to break the situation, while boosting morale and earning the Salvation Army’s trust, we must become more proactive..."
"For example, organize a Tier Two Elite Squad to take initiative and hunt down a Tier Two Early-stage Desolate Wolf Beast."
"It would be best if we could bring back its remains, not only boosting morale but also using this Tier Two Body to enhance the overall strength of Oasis."
"At the same time, let the Salvation Army know that even after the experience of arena duels and internal struggles, Oasis Town can still easily resolve the Desolate Wolf Beast and confront the threat from the Desert Wolf Race."
Upon hearing Lin Feng’s solution, Father Su An’s eyes brightened.
The suggestion was very feasible, but also very risky. If detected by the Desert Wolf Race, it could likely lead to an assault by multiple Desolate Wolf Beasts.
It’s best to take action when the Tier Two Desolate Wolf Beast disperses, using the advantage of human equipment and battlefield perception to launch a first strike.
As for personnel arrangement, Father Su An, as the only person capable of fighting in the church at that time, would certainly lead the team personally.
Other personnel include Chairman Xu from the Hunting Wilderness Guild and the leaders of Dawn Village and Mechanical Village.
A total of four Tier Two Evolvers.
But that’s still not safe enough. Ideally, Lin Feng, as a firearms superpower user, would also go along to support in the rear, responsible for formation and firepower output.
Unfortunately, the Oasis Church lacks manpower, and coupled with the continuous suppression of Oasis Town’s development over hundreds of years by the Holy City Diocese, they’ve refused to provide high-tier Holy Spring Water.
Otherwise, Lord Bishop would have long cultivated a qualified successor and used the scale developed by Oasis Town to promote to a true Tier Three Bishop.
Thinking of this, Father Su An suddenly remembered that aside from himself and two others on the Oasis Battleship, there was a fourth Tier Two Priest designated by the Oasis Church.
This was the Priest responsible for the security of the Pilgrimage Convoy.
He is Father Wan Hai, a Mid-Tier Two Priest, older than Father Su An, with more combat experience due to wandering in the wasteland for many years.
He could be described as a combat-transferred priest.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been tasked with escorting the Pilgrimage Convoy for decades.
In fact, Father Wan Hai is an official priest from the Holy City Diocese, like Father Su An, without the Oasis Church’s background.
Similarly, he was also dispatched by the diocese to monitor and gather information on the development of Oasis Town, mainly answering to the Holy City.
Also, he and Father Su An were to monitor each other to ensure neither betrayed the diocese.
But what Wan Hai didn’t know was that, although seemingly "banished" by Lord Bishop to Holy Spring Village, Father Su An, even unable to access the power center of the Oasis Supreme Council, had long been named the successor of Lord Bishop.
And at the last moment, entrusted with significant responsibility, the future of Oasis Town was placed in Father Su An’s hands.
At this moment, the reason Father Su An thought of Father Wan Hai was because of his duties.
To escort the Pilgrimage Convoy, arriving at Oasis Town in three days on Holy Spring Day, loaded with goods.
This is usually the fixed situation, but this time it’s different.
According to the plan, before the Pilgrimage Convoy’s arrival, the Holy Temple Knight Squad dispatched by the diocese should have already subdued Oasis’s rebellion and announced the Saint of Storms’ Holy Order, officially taking over Oasis Town.
Then the goods escorted by the Pilgrimage Convoy would inevitably change from the original freshwater and various daily consumables required by the major villages to the tools of diocese control over Oasis.
Which means a new batch of church members.
Including assistant priests responsible for management and a combat priest system for protection.
Thus replacing the personnel arranged by the former bishop of Oasis so the diocese could completely and thoroughly control Oasis.
Besides personnel, there must be a large amount of food and weapons on board to arm church members to suppress local resistance in Oasis.
This also means that the Pilgrimage Convoy led by Father Wan Hai will soon possess the combat power of at least one major village in Oasis.
And they will appear from the outskirts of the encirclement, in a sense, serving as rescue forces from the diocese.
As long as Father Wan Hai organizes an attack, the Desert Wolf Race will definitely waver.
This is crucial for Oasis Town to secure itself.
Grasping the precious opportunity to strike from inside and outside when the Pilgrimage Convoy arrives in Oasis town in three days!
At this thought, Father Su An immediately shared this news with Lin Feng:
"The Pilgrimage Convoy will arrive at Oasis at the scheduled time, as long as we can hold out for three days, there will be a turning point!"
