Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 128 The main force of the Salvation Army, the exploration of the fourth floor
"Zizzizi..."

After a burst of interference, the intercom in the hands of the Salvation Army team leader quickly received an echo:
"I hear, is there something going on?"

The captain then used the briefest words to inform the main force of the underground exploration operation of the appearance of Lin Feng and the Holy Spring Church's combat priest, as well as the purpose of the operation.

Because the strong energy fluctuations in the ruins will interfere with any radio, the only way to communicate with the underground main force is to use wired communication mode.

Data line conduction is the most resistant to interference.

It means laying communication lines all the way down to several floors underground, requiring dozens of kilometers of communication lines.

At the other end of the line, the remains of the Feicheng shelter are located on the sixth floor underground.

A group of more than ten people were stationed outside a large iron gate, setting up a temporary camp.

In the nearby ruins which were pitch black and filled with thick fog, powerful deformed creatures would suddenly emerge from the thick black fog from time to time, making it impossible to defend against them.

This made all the guards near the camp nervous.

Fortunately, they were carrying a box of heavy fuel bottles, and the flamethrowers in their hands were powerful weapons against biological mutants besides the holy spring water.

The blazing flames of thousands of degrees would burn even a second-order aberration into charcoal.

Ten team members armed with flamethrowers are responsible for guarding the safety of the camp, while the remaining members in the rear can use the laser melta guns in their hands to cut the closed iron doors behind them.

Behind the big iron gate is the entrance to the seventh level below the ruins abyss.

This iron door that separates the inside and the outside has been completely locked since it was last opened by a special hunter. Now it can only be opened from the inside.

If you want to enter the last four levels of the underground ruins, you have to break the door manually by force.

At this moment, after receiving the notification, the communications technician immediately reported the situation to the leader of the Salvation Army.

"Team White, we have news from above."

Next to the iron gate, a young woman wearing light armor and with short silver hair was giving instructions to her men who were cutting the iron gate.

The woman did not wear a mask like the other team members to protect herself from bacteria and genetic pollution in the air.

On the contrary, there were still large areas of snow-white skin on her body, exposed to the stale and rotten air, as if the terrible pollution and radiation in the ruins could not hurt her at all.

In addition, there were more than a dozen bottles and jars of various sizes hanging on a leather belt around the waist of the light armor she wore. They looked like thermoses from the old Earth and were incompatible with her identity as a leader.

After hearing the news from Lin Feng and the others, the young-looking female leader of the Salvation Army raised the corners of her mouth slightly and revealed a smile:
"Is this the gun psychic Duncan mentioned?"

The correspondent nodded:

"Yes, he possesses two large-caliber firearms with very powerful firepower. Moreover, Lisa, the new member recommended by Duncan, is also quite familiar with him."

Hearing the words "guns" and "firepower", the woman with a welding mask on her head, who was squatting in front of the iron gate, coughed lightly.

She is the team's mechanic, with a body of bronzed muscles. She is also one of the only two second-level evolvers in this salvation army besides the leader, and the second-in-command of the team.

Her name is Ma Li, and her style is completely different from the leader.

The woman stopped the laser gun in her hand and said in a rough voice:
"Is he really a gun psychic?"

"I don't know how powerful this guy is. Perhaps he can be helpful in this operation. We are so short of heavy firepower, especially in the lowest levels of the ruins. There may be third-level aberrations."

"The fire has limited killing power on them."

"Bai Ye, if we can get him to cooperate with us or recruit him into the team, we can solve the problem of insufficient firepower."

Under the orders of the church and the tacit approval of the guild, although guns and ammunition are extremely prevalent in the wasteland, the circulation and sale of artillery has always been very strict.

Even if there were guilds to cooperate in trade, the amount of artillery that could flow into the hands of the Wanderer forces would be extremely limited.

Without powerful firepower, many things would be difficult to accomplish, such as exploring ruins, looting official settlements, and robbing resources...

Bai Ye was lost in thought after hearing the other party's suggestion. His short silver hair sparkled brightly under the laser light.

"You're right. That's why Duncan and Lisa wanted to recommend him to join the Saviors. It's a pity that he's already used the Rockhorn Beetle's evolution essence, so this is the limit of his evolution in this lifetime."

"Otherwise, recruiting them can be a great help to us."

"We'll talk about it later if we can't get in. Now we need to hurry up. After the military factory operation is over, Lang Aona still needs us to go over and discuss in detail and make a plan."

Ma Li, who was in charge of welding, nodded, recalling the experience of accompanying Captain Bai to the Fallen Wolf Valley and discussing cooperation with the patriarch-level wasteland wolves guarding there.

That late second stage, level 29 wasteland wolf was as big as a heavy truck. It was lying across the entrance to the ruins, blocking the entire cave.

This giant wolf is not only powerful, but also possesses a high level of intelligence that is no less than that of humans. He named himself Lang Ao. His ancestor was one of the five wolf generals under the Wolf King and has noble bloodline.

But today, the once high-spirited patriarch-level giant wolf has also reached its twilight years, and its descendants have experienced a gap in evolutionary level due to various reasons.

There are only three mid-stage second-level wasteland wolves.

Unable to find a successor to the Holy Land Guardian of Meteoric Wolf Valley, the leader of the Salvation Army, Bai Ye, came up with a solution that would satisfy both parties.

It can help Lang Ao's descendants evolve to the late second stage, inherit his bloodline responsibilities, and continue to protect the wasteland wolf clan...

It can also provide the Salvation Army with an opportunity to take advantage of and acquire the entire rock wildebeest breeding industry.

Cooperating with the military factory in the Feicheng shelter ruins, it can directly solve the two major problems of food and weapons.

The specific plan was to attack the farm village that was about to pass through the Taishan ruins.

Otherwise, how could a small team like them challenge the entire Oasis Town?

"That guy is helping the Holy Spring Cult, searching for the Steppenwolf's life essence in the Taishan Ruins. It seems the information provided by Duncan and the Guild is correct..."

The female leader with short silver hair smiled endlessly and continued:

"Oasis Town has become a powder keg. The chances of success for this operation are at least 30% higher."

"We are regaining our strength, and it's just around the corner!"

After the leader finished speaking, the group of more than ten people instantly became full of energy and worked harder to burn and kill the deformed creatures that attacked from the darkness.

Ma Li, the second-in-command, also began to speed up the cutting.

As long as they broke open the door, everyone could enter the seventh floor below the shelter and find the military factory that several special hunters had accidentally stumbled into a few days ago.

And owning a weapons production line will give you a foothold in the wasteland.

The main force of the Salvation Army here is working hard. On the negative fourth floor above the negative sixth floor, Lin Feng and his group of six have just set foot in this dangerous place.

Fortunately, under the guidance of the experienced Zheng Yanying, the team maintained a three-by-three formation, walked up 30 steps, and arrived at the negative fourth floor where the temperature was below 20 degrees Celsius. They were not attacked by the mutants for the time being.

Starting from the fourth floor, the darkness of the entire floor reaches another level. From time to time, you will encounter a condensed mist, which settles in the corridor due to the low temperature.

The tiny water droplets in the mist are actually composed of alienated bacterial clusters and are full of terrible pollution.

Just one breath of poison gas at this concentration will cause severe infection, and in mild cases, it can lead to respiratory failure and inflammation throughout the body. Those with low evolutionary levels and poor resistance will be directly contaminated and turned into corruptors.

Become an existence similar to a deformed being.

Fortunately, Lin Feng and his companions were wearing sealed armor and had the protection of the Lord of the Holy Spring, which could dispel the poisonous fog that drifted over from time to time nearby.

After entering the -4th floor, not only did the temperature drop, but the ground also became extremely slippery due to the influence of fog, just like the south wind in the old Earth period. The humid air seemed to be able to squeeze out water.

At the same time, with the deterioration of the environment, the spiritual pollution in the entire fourth floor has become more serious.

The whispers in everyone's ears, which started as a whisper and whisper, became a noisy and chaotic bustling city, like thousands of movies and videos playing simultaneously. Only by focusing can this constant mental pollution be alleviated.

At the same time, you must pay attention to your surroundings and immediately lock onto and investigate any movement.

Besides being nervous, I also have to multitask.

Such a high-pressure state actually consumes more mental energy than physical exhaustion, making people feel more tired.

But it is precisely because of these dangers that the Taishan ruins are listed as one of the restricted areas.

"Be careful and try not to shoot."

After entering the fourth floor and choosing to go right first, Zheng Yanying in front whispered instructions.

Although guns are convenient and easy to use, the sound of firing is too loud and can easily attract all the deformed creatures within a radius of 100 meters.

The team will then fall into a vicious cycle of being surrounded over and over again.

Therefore, unless they have completed their mission and are discovered by the mutants while retreating, or their whereabouts are completely exposed and they are being pursued by a large number of mutants, they can use guns and cannons without hesitation to break free from the encirclement.

Of course, if you have confidence in your weapons and have extremely strong firepower, able to kill hundreds or thousands of mutants, then the above restrictions will not be a problem.

But even if we can carry so many weapons and ammunition, it would be very unwise to waste them in the ruins.

The same firepower is enough to annihilate a small second-level wolf pack, and even kill the second-level early-stage patriarch-level wasteland wolf among them.

Why bother risking one's life to enter the ruins and eliminate the deformed creatures when it's not certain whether the corpse of the second-level wasteland wolf is still there?

It's not worth wasting precious artillery here.

However, everyone has prepared silencers. If they encounter a small group of a dozen mutants, they can provide certain firepower support and share Zheng Yanying's pressure.

Just move forward carefully, trying not to make any noise with every step.

Although the deformed creatures lack eyes, ears, and even noses, they can neither hear nor see, let alone smell what is happening in the outside world.

But their sense of touch is extremely developed.

Every inch of skin and every tissue cell in the body can sense the slightest vibration.

As long as the distance is close enough, the air flow generated by everyone's breathing will be sensed by it.

Therefore, when a gun fires a bullet, the explosion inside the cartridge case and the vibration of the entire gun body can spread over a radius of 100 meters, just like a flare.

Only by ensuring silence can you sneak safely.

Soon, after everyone walked along the right edge of the fourth-level shelter for one kilometer, they arrived at the place where the hibernation capsules were originally stored.

This is also the place where the most intense fighting broke out in the War of Kings!

Just outside the cryogenic hibernation room, everyone saw numerous scratches on the concrete wall, as well as dried bloodstains and wolf hair scattered on the ground...

At the same time, the temperature here suddenly dropped by several degrees.

It's not even ten degrees!

Even exhaling by people in the sealed armor will produce water mist. Fortunately, when the mask was first designed, the mouth and nose breathing masks were separated.

Therefore, the exhaled liquefied water vapor did not condense into mist inside the mask of the level 3 helmet.

There is just a layer of fine water droplets attached to the outside.

Everyone wiped their hands clean and began searching.

Not long after, as the team leader Zheng Yanying stopped, the people behind him saw a five-meter-long wolf corpse lying on the ground not far away.

For a moment, everyone's breathing became heavy, and their formation was a little disordered due to the excitement.

Zheng Yanying extended her hand in time to ask everyone to remain calm and avoid losing their composure.

Emotional excitement is often the most dangerous time.

The whispers in your head will be amplified, and if you are not careful, the deformed creatures lurking nearby will find an opportunity to take advantage of you.

Everyone held their breath, and with Zheng Yanying's reminder, they quickly regained their composure and continued to remain alert.

When they got close to the large wolf corpse that was thousands of years old, Zheng Yanying and Lin Feng squatted down to check the condition of the corpse.

The remaining four people stood in four directions, responsible for guarding.

Zheng Yanying pulled out a sharp dagger from the side of the thigh and cut open the side of the wolf corpse.

The fur and wolf buttocks that seemed very thick were now as thin as cicada wings. They fell into pieces with a slight touch.

Lin Feng frowned slightly as he watched Zheng Yanying tear open the wolf's carcass. It was completely empty, without any internal organs or flesh and blood...

In fact, think about it, thousands of years have passed, and this mutant wasteland wolf, which is only six meters in size, is at most at the early stage of the first level in front of him.

It is impossible for the first-level cells in the body's flesh and blood tissue to remain dormant for so long without eating or drinking.

After all, the hibernation capsules have been completely destroyed, and it is impossible for the shelter to return to its former operation.

Therefore, these corpses have either decayed and died, or been affected by genetic radiation and become the raw materials for the formation of deformed bodies in the underground ruins.

And it is most likely the latter.

But Zheng Yanying did not stop what she was doing.

After pulling apart the broken wolf ribs and searching, the latter successfully found a blood-colored crystal, the same as the red crystal.

It is the size of a fingernail, translucent throughout, and reflects a strange red light under the light.

Zheng Yanying carefully put it away and placed it in a small pouch on the belt of her outer armor.

Lin Feng watched the whole process with his eyes slightly narrowed.

I roughly guessed that this might be the crystal condensed from the life essence in the body of the steppe wolf.

Because the ruins were full of dangers and difficult to explain, Zheng Yanying hissed and indicated that if there were any questions, they could talk about them when they got back upstairs.

Lin Feng nodded slightly, and the two of them stood up and continued to lead the team forward.

On the way, we saw hundreds of hibernation capsules in the hibernation warehouse being wantonly destroyed.

In addition to the remaining dried bloodstains, there were also white bones and broken skulls all over the ground.

Seeing this scene, Lin Feng could already imagine that back then and outside, thousands of hungry wolves rushed into the shelter and indiscriminately hunted and devoured the survivors who had just awakened and the large number of survivors who had not yet awakened.

In this hibernation room alone, over a thousand hibernation pods were violently destroyed, and too many survivors perished before they could even regain consciousness...

Even thousands of years later, we can still get a glimpse of the tragedy of the scene through the mess and ruins and the remaining traces.

But at this moment, everyone left the wolf corpse and had not taken a few steps when they heard whispers in their ears. As the team went deeper into the dormant warehouse area, the noise suddenly deepened again!
The strong spiritual pollution, wrapped in the tragic battles in the past, exploded in everyone's mind!

Caught off guard, all sorts of illusions even appeared in the minds of several people.

"Come closer!"

Zheng Yanying then let out a low shout and swung the two-meter-long hammer in his hand, spinning it in the air.

(End of this chapter)