Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 132: The Power of the Blazing Sun Curse, the Queen of the Sky, White Night
After Lin Feng's team left, the main force of the Salvation Army, led by their leader Bai Ye, successfully escaped to the stairs leading to the surface cave.

The weak sunlight that came in from outside the cave was neither hot nor bright, but it became a terrifying ray that the deformed creatures tried to avoid.

The scorching light from the three suns in the sky, after shining into the cave, was reduced to only one tenth of its original brightness.

But for the deformed bodies below the fourth level of the ruins, it is as unbearable as facing the sun directly.

So when the team members stepped onto the stairs, the deformed creatures rushing behind them suddenly braked and stopped outside the beam of light shooting into the cave.

From afar, a group of deformed monsters stood in the dim shadows, gathered outside the slanting light circle, and stared closely at the humans walking up the stairs.

Like an evil ghost in hell, he watched the human soul ascend to heaven with reluctance.

Several first-order deformers tentatively stretched out an arm to test.

As a result, the arm wrapped in mucus was quickly burned by the light of only 30 degrees, producing a burst of white mist, and the alienated cells in the mucus died tragically under the sunlight.

As a tearing pain came from his arm, this young deformed being was about to pay a heavy price for his ignorant behavior.

By the time it retracted its arm, the ultraviolet radiation had already destroyed the mucous membrane on the surface of the skin and continued to invade the flesh and bones.

The sunlight is like thousands of fine needles, piercing the biological membrane of the deformed cells and, like a stream of particles, shattering the already fragile suture chromosomes inside.

This leads to radical cell death.

Eventually, the cell tissue of the entire arm ruptured and festered under the sunlight radiation, turning into a pool of gray-white blood that spilled onto the ground.

A hoarse hiss of pain came from its mouth, but it didn't have much time left. Having lost an arm and become extremely weak, it had already been targeted by other deformers.

Now that they haven't caught enough prey, the energy consumed in this long-distance raid must be replenished with other food, such as injured and deformed species.

But most of the deformed creatures were still staring at the living humans climbing the stairs with difficulty.

That is the delicacy they crave.

The members of the Salvation Army team, especially the main force on the sixth underground floor, have fled all the way to where they are today, covering a distance of nearly 55 kilometers.

Farther than a marathon.

Except for the leader Bai Ye, the others were carrying loads no lighter than Lin Feng's team in armor.

And like this, running more than fifty kilometers in one breath, even if he has the evolutionary strength of the late first stage, he would have been exhausted and at the end of his strength.

If it weren't for the mysterious man at the cave entrance who came to our aid at the critical moment...

Now, at least half of the members of the Salvation Army will be caught by the powerful mutants behind them and eventually buried in this flood-like tide of monsters.

Fortunately, at this moment, everyone has arrived at the cave entrance and is basking in the long-lost warm sunshine.

Leader Bai Ye stood at the entrance of the cave on the underground floor, reached out to support the team members, stepped over the last step, and entered the cave on the surface.

She looked down and saw the ignorant aberration, injured by the sunlight, with one of its arms broken off.

We also saw those powerful second-order aberrations, corruptors, and the nearly four-meter-tall third-order aberration leading them, all stopped in front of the light column at the entrance of the stairs.

Although it is highly evolved and is composed of contaminated third-order cells, it has initially acquired a certain degree of intelligence and is very aware of the external sunlight and how much damage it has on these monsters born from darkness and pollution.

So this third-order distorted king just stood at the edge of the beam of light, raised its head and stared at the departing human with the newly grown tender buds on its face and body, and the photosensitive eyeballs at the cracked flesh balls at the end of the spores.

Especially the most powerful white-haired female among this group of humans.

Bai Ye lowered his eyes slightly and borrowed a small round mirror from a female teammate.

Then, using the refraction of light, the light at the hole was reflected onto the body of the third-order deformed creature.

The result was the same as the previous test. The sunlight in the mirror penetrated the darkness and burned directly on it, producing a gray-white smoke and a sizzling sound.

But this third-level distortion king remained unmoved, and seemed to want to test its own ability to tolerate external sunlight.

It's a pity that the fear of contaminating genes overwhelmed the self-awareness that had just begun to take shape in the brain...

After enduring for more than ten seconds, he finally retreated.

The third-order distortion king let out a roar that sounded like a wolf's howl, mixed with a hint of human scream, and turned to run deep into the ruins along the way he came.

Only a deep hole the size of a fist was left on his body. After being away from the sunlight, the burned wound quickly proliferated and healed itself with the powerful vitality of the third-level contaminated cells, forming a round black keloid.

Bai Ye originally wanted to adjust the angle and continue shining.

Unfortunately, the weak sunlight refracted by the sun, after reaching farther places, is scattered by light, absorbed by the dark environment, and by the mist and water molecules in the humid air deep in the ruins...

Greatly affects the brightness of the refracted light.

Therefore, when the distance exceeds 100 meters, the light will decay to the point where it is invisible, and naturally it will have no killing effect on the deformed body.

But this also gave Bai Ye a hint of inspiration.

She looked at the round mirror in her hand, thoughtfully.

On the other side, Lin Feng and others took off their level 3 helmets, walked out of the cave and came under the sun.

After three days of soaring in the sky, especially with the approaching huge scorching sun behind, the scorching rays it released were shining directly on the sky.
The bacteria and mucus on his armor were instantly burned to death, and a cloud of white smoke emerged.

The temperature of the titanium alloy surface rose directly from more than 20 degrees to 40 or 50 degrees. The distorted cells that were originally adapted to the low temperature and humid environment of more than 10 degrees were all completely killed like boiling tides under the harsh surface sun.

Lin Feng and his companions breathed a sigh of relief, passed through the camp where the wanderers gathered at the entrance of the cave, and returned to the four chariots of their team two hundred meters away.

Seeing the six members of the team return safely, the four people who stayed behind in the convoy camp also breathed a sigh of relief.

They were worried that something might go wrong during the first exploration mission.
This will have a great impact on subsequent tasks.

If everyone can return safely, then we will naturally be confident in the subsequent search for ruins.

After returning to the camp, the six people immediately took off their sealed heavy armor, placed them on the flat ground, and continued to be burned by the scorching sun to carry out all-round sterilization.

As the scorching sun approaches, the surface temperature of the Taishan ruins is gradually rising because the intensity of the light shining through is becoming hotter and hotter.

This is also a good thing for those who need to go underground to explore the ruins.

Although the Lieyang Forbidden Zone is about two hundred kilometers away from the Taishan Ruins, looking at the entire safe area, the Taishan Ruins are already on the verge of danger.

In less than ten days, it will be covered by the scorching sun.

Therefore, the direct sunlight currently does not reach the level of causing a spontaneous combustion curse for life on the surface, but it is extremely deadly to the deformed monsters in the ruins.

Lin Feng observed the changes in the mucus on the armor, especially the lines and gaps on the soles of his boots.

It was also stained with some of the deformed creature's blood and contaminated flesh.

Under direct sunlight, these pollution sources decay rapidly at a speed almost visible to the naked eye and disappear into blood.

Ding Yi walked over, followed Lin Feng's gaze, saw the changes on the armor, and then asked about it.

Lin Feng took the bottle of ice water she handed him, drank it in one gulp, then took a piece of late-stage evolved dried meat, tore it apart and swallowed it in order to recover as quickly as possible.

This exploration of the ruins encountered various unexpected events, and they had to escape death along the way, which actually took a huge toll on everyone's condition.

Lin Feng's personal attribute panel showed that the three basic attribute values ​​had all dropped.

So even though the jerky evolved in the later stages is very valuable and there are only a hundred pieces in the refrigerator, its recovery is very fast, and each piece can restore 20 health points.

It is much faster than strengthening meat in the mid-term.

Now is the time to eat it!
As for the remaining 200 kilograms of level 15 evolved meat, just leave it to Chen Shanshan.

At this moment, the girl was sitting under the tent, eating meat and drinking water, trying to recover as quickly as possible like Lin Feng.

Staring at the cold, dry piece of meat in my hand for a long time...

Lin Feng came back to his senses and slowly described this strange and bizarre experience of going underground.

At this time, Liu Qian also came to listen and was a little curious about the underground ruins.

At first everything was fine, just like watching a movie, but when the two women heard about the situation on the negative fourth floor, they both showed expressions of horror on their faces.

Especially when Lin Feng talked about the strange source of pollution, the unknown danger that was everywhere made Ding Yi and Liu Qian feel a chill on their backs just by listening to it.

Afterwards, we encountered attacks from ordinary aberrations, aberration aggregates, and second-order aberrations on the main road...

Lin Feng began to describe vividly that the deformed piece of flesh that could not be killed by guns and cannons would continue to wriggle even if it was blown to pieces, crawling slowly on the ground and then merging with other broken pieces of flesh to form a new deformed monster.

Thinking of such a strange scene, Liu Qian turned pale with fear. Ding Yi pushed his glasses aside and asked:
"So the only way is to use holy spring water to prevent the reintegration of the deformed cells and kill them all?"

Lin Feng nodded:
"That's right. The water from the holy spring can be considered penicillin. It's a more advanced form than distorted cells and can kill these distorted cells just like the immune system."

"Besides that, burning them with fire is also an option. The Saviors used flames to incinerate the mutants, directly burning them into charcoal, making them unable to revive."

After finishing speaking, Lin Feng told the brain-evolving woman next to him the principle of distortion pollution that Zheng Yanying had introduced.

Ding Yi narrowed her eyes, nodded slightly, and looked at the armor that Lin Feng had been staring at. Under the direct sunlight, wisps of white smoke emerged from the titanium alloy module on the armor's surface:
"So, besides flames, sunlight from the outside world should also have a killing effect. The ultraviolet rays in the light, or the energy from the restricted area, are also deadly to distorted cells."

Lin Feng swallowed the minced meat in his mouth:
"It's a pity that the outside world can't see through. And the temperature in the underground floors, especially below -3, can drop to more than ten degrees Celsius. Even a burning torch can't keep it warm for long..."

"Also, the damp and foggy environment of the ruins makes it difficult to burn the aberrations to death unless gasoline or alcohol is used."

"We can only rely on the protection of the Lord of the Holy Spring and try to speed up the search."

"Only now..."

Lin Feng then briefly complained about the final explosion underground and the chain reaction of the aberration riot:
"These Salvation Army guys must have gotten into big trouble!"

Ding Yi frowned slightly:
"Doesn't that mean we won't be able to collect the Wild Wolf Essence during this period? Those aberrations will probably continue to roam the upper three levels. If we want to enter them, we will have to face the threat of third-level aberrations directly..."

Lin Feng sighed softly. This was exactly what he was worried about. He didn't know what tricks the Salvation Army had played down there to lure the monsters from the bottom up.

In the end, I chose to rescue them and also wanted to cooperate with them afterwards.

Let’s see if we can solve this third-order deformed monster.

Even if the six members of Lin Feng's team tried their best, they would not be able to deal with a monster of this level.

If the two sides cooperate, even if they cannot kill this third-order distortion king, they can force it back to below the negative fifth or sixth floor, and no longer interfere with Lin Feng and others' task of collecting source crystals.

"We'll talk about it later. If all else fails, we can try our luck in Fallen Wolf Valley, or the refuge on the right east side of the mountain range."

Lin Feng spoke slowly.

The danger of going to Meteoric Wolf Valley to beg for money is no less than facing a third-order deformer. The patriarch-level wasteland wolf is more cunning and more dangerous, and is the worst choice.

However, the aberration riots within the shelter ruins and the appearance of third-order aberrations far exceeded everyone's previous expectations. If the plan can't keep up with the changes...

You have to adapt to circumstances.

Or let go of the grudges and prejudices between the two sides.

Cooperate and complete your respective goals and tasks before the arrival of the Fiery Sun Forbidden Zone.

After listening to what Lin Feng said, Ding Yi suddenly had an idea.

After Liu Qian left the two of them and returned to the dormitory car, where she was busy crafting the empowered Holy Water Hollow Point Bullet, Ding Yi slowly whispered, "Liu Qian's ability is related to the Fiery Sun Forbidden Zone. Can we use her ability to dispel the aberrations in the ruins?"

"Or maybe let her absorb a certain amount of scorching sunlight and then inject it into weapons or ammunition, so that it can have a special attack effect like holy spring water?"

"According to the principles and levels of evolution, the power of the Lord of the Holy Spring is stronger than that of a third-level pollution source, while the curse of the scorching sun is more terrifying than the holy spring water and has a more severe impact on the deformed..."

"If we could harness the power of the Sun Curse..."

After listening to what Ding Yi said, Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and thought about the possibilities.

First-level evolvers already have a certain resistance to the curse of the scorching sun. As long as they are not exposed to concentrated sunlight for a long time, the damage will not accumulate to the point of triggering the curse of spontaneous combustion.

Unlike Su Yueyue's situation, she had just woken up from the shelter when she was exposed to the scorching sun. She was only five or six years old and might not have even undergone initial strengthening.

As an ordinary person and too young, it is very difficult to cure her in the future. We cannot help her to evolve, which results in the treatment being delayed for a long time, and the curse of the scorching sun has penetrated deep into her bones.

Now, it is even necessary to integrate different king genes to suppress the curse of the scorching sun in the body in order to prolong life.

But for Liu Qian, it was much easier. As long as she didn't have to endure the scorching sun after the concentrated light like the people in the oasis did in their moonlight rituals, there would generally be no problem.

When Lin Feng was on the top of Laoshan Mountain, he had taken several close looks at the Fiery Sun Forbidden Zone and even accidentally caught a glimpse of the existence of something that looked like Yang Xie. Apart from the tingling sensation like a needle, the impact was actually not that great.

But this was obviously not what Lin Feng was worried about.

If Liu Qian's contact with the scorching sun increases, even if it is kept within a certain safe range, there is a high possibility that she will be continuously eroded by the scorching sun's energy and worsen into a spontaneous combustion curse in the long run.

Not only will he lose his life, but if he develops into a follower of the Cult of the Fiery Sun, it will be a huge threat and destruction to the team and the human settlement.

What's more, when Liu Qian was at the end of her rope, she had already shown her admiration for Lieyang.

If she were to believe in the Fiery Sun and become a follower of the Fiery Sun Cult, it would definitely be a disaster for the team.

Ding Yi saw the troubled look on Lin Feng's face and saw his concerns, then added:
"This is just a suggestion. If there are other ways to solve the problem, such as seeking cooperation with the Salvation Army, there is naturally no need to risk Liu Qian coming into contact with Lieyang."

Lin Feng hummed, then lowered his voice and asked:

"How is Yueyue?"

Ding Yi looked up and saw Su Yueyue in the armored transport vehicle beside her:

"I sent some dried meat and water. After eating, I fell asleep with the divine dog. There are no major problems for the time being."

"If Father Su An is anxious, he should send someone to pick you up. Don't worry too much."

Lin Feng nodded and glanced at the time. It was exactly twelve hours since departure, and it was noon of the next day.
"Okay, let's make lunch first, then rest for eight hours and wait until today tonight."

Ding Yi immediately got up, used a fully charged battery, started the induction cooker, and started stir-frying.

She bought a lot of seeds and seedlings from the Guild Farm Village store and planted them in incubators, so that she could have vegetables and fruits freely in the future.

In addition to seedlings, there are also some cheap yam beans, a mutant potato that contains a lot of starch. This is what the students in Shengquan Village eat.

Cut the jicama into pieces and stew it with the evolved dried meat. Add some seasonings and it will be comparable to the old stewed potatoes with meat. The aroma is immediately fragrant.

At this time, Lin Feng had recovered most of his strength after eating half a piece of late-stage evolutionary meat.

Chen Shanshan was in a similar situation, but both of them were in a somewhat depressed mental state.

As for A-Lian and A-Ming, they were in very poor condition. After drinking water and eating meat, they were still exhausted.

After washing his body with water, he walked into the dormitory car, lay down on the bed and fell asleep immediately. He told them in advance not to call them for lunch.

Now there is air conditioning in the car, which can reduce the temperature to below 30 degrees, so you can sleep very comfortably.

At this time, Zheng Yanying came over from the opposite side. She was also a little depressed and in a low mood.

It was mainly due to the overdraft of mental strength and the worry about the next task, and his face was full of worry.

As for Shen Yue, this guy had a big meal after returning, entered the church's chariot, and began to sleep soundly.

"Everyone's not in great shape. Both our bodies and spirits were drained from the final escape. I plan to get some sleep and wait until midnight before considering what to do next."

Lin Feng took the initiative to speak.

Zheng Yanying nodded and checked the time on her watch:

"This time, we took nine hours to walk the thirty kilometers, including exploring the negative fourth floor. The second half took only an hour, running back from the depths of the negative fourth floor to the surface entrance..."

"It was my first time experiencing this operation, and it took a total of ten hours. If it weren't for the aberration riot at the end, this operation would have been perfect."

"It's mainly the Salvation Army guys..."

It only took one hour to return 30 kilometers, which was far beyond Lin Feng's expectations. This speed was about eight or nine meters per second. Excluding the few minutes of rest along the way, it could exceed ten meters per second.

Although for a first-stage early evolver, he can easily run at a speed of thirty meters per second.

But at that time, they were carrying 100 kilograms of armor and had already walked 30 kilometers to the negative fourth floor. If they had not eaten and drunk enough and made sufficient preparations before setting off, they would have been unable to withstand such a long period of preparation.

Being able to maintain a speed of ten meters per second later on had already exhausted all of their potential.

It’s a pity that the perfect first underground operation ended abruptly due to the influence of the Salvation Army.

If the other party's leader had not had the strength of a second-level evolution, Lin Feng estimated that Zheng Yanying, who was extremely angry, would have stepped forward to argue with him.

Now I can only keep it in my heart and curse all the ancestors of this group of wanderers.

Although he was angry, the aberrations had already spread. In order not to affect the subsequent action plan, Lin Feng could only speak calmly:

"It's come to this. No matter how much we say, it's useless. Complaining won't solve the problem. We have to drive the third-order aberration back to below the negative sixth floor..."

"It would be a pipe dream to rely on just the six of us to accomplish this. We can only seek cooperation."

Zheng Yanying frowned slightly, somewhat reluctantly:

"You mean, we still have to work together with the Saviors?"

Lin Feng took a deep breath and nodded:

"Their goal is just to find a military factory, a few machine tools capable of producing weapons, or a complete production line. But these are not essential. Even if they can't complete it, the worst that can happen is that they will just leave after the Fiery Sun Forbidden Zone arrives..."

"But we are different! Oasis Town and the church need us to complete the mission, and the sooner the better, preferably within a week."

"It took us most of the day to reach the ruins. Now, after ten hours, a whole day has passed."

"If we don't quickly deal with the aberrations on the upper three levels, we don't know when we'll be able to re-enter the ruins again. Do you think you're going to make a fool of the church's success or failure, as well as the lives of tens of thousands of residents in Oasis Town?"

Zheng Yanying was speechless after hearing what Lin Feng said.

She knew very well that the church was unable to provide support and the only one who could help was the Salvation Army.

Even though they were the ones who caused the trouble.

But if you want to solve the problem, you have to rely on their strength.

Taking a few deep breaths to calm herself down, Zheng Yanying asked in a deep voice:
"Is this why you rescued them?"

"Do you know what the biggest difference between the Wanderer forces and us is?"

Lin Feng frowned slightly:

"Faith? Strength?"

Zheng Yanying sneered and spoke slowly:
"No, it's because they have never had any sense of morality or mercy, let alone the idea of ​​caring about the world and wanting to save the survivors..."

"Let's not talk about the Holy City. Take Oasis Town for example. It has been attacked by wanderers several times in history. These hyenas are like pirates in the Middle Ages of Old Earth. They plunder everything, including the residents of the village."

"Turn them into slaves or food for the team."

"Some forces that commit countless evil deeds are even crazier than the madmen of the Fiery Sun Cult. Don't think they are restrained now. They are just afraid of the status of our church."

"Once they are sure they can keep us all, they will act without hesitation, eat the evolved flesh from you, and then kill the other women and throw them into the pot."

"You think the living conditions in Oasis Town are harsh, but that's because you haven't been to the real wasteland. Aside from the Land of Order, this world is still a world where the strong prey on the weak..."

"Literally, the law of the jungle."

After Zheng Yanying finished speaking, she looked through the gap between the vehicles at the gathering place of wanderers in the distance with a cold gaze.

The education she received formed her understanding that there were almost no normal people among the wandering forces in the wasteland.

Of course, it is also difficult for normal people to survive.

At this time, two Saviors walked out of a cave at the foot of the mountain behind the camp where the wanderers gathered.

A woman as tall and strong as Zheng Yanying was holding an umbrella and following behind a woman with snow-white skin and short silver hair.

The moment Zheng Yanying saw the two women, her pupils shrank.

As a combat priest, the internal documents of the church's combat guard department contain investigation reports on the major wanderer forces in the territory.

There is a detailed introduction to the leaders of the five forces that emerged after the disintegration of the Salvation Army.

One of the five leaders had short silver hair and unusually white skin, giving him a slightly morbid beauty.

Her name is Bai Ye.

She was once the most beautiful woman in the City of Savior.

The last time the church recorded her appearance was more than thirty years ago, at a relic auction outside the holy city.

Because many precious prehistoric treasures were unearthed, it attracted all the strong people within a radius of thousands of kilometers, as well as some wandering forces.

Her appearance at that time caused quite a stir with her stunning beauty.

Rumor has it that she was an evolver from the old Earth era, and before she achieved evolution, she suffered from leukemia, so her appearance is obviously different from others.

But the real reason why she is famous is not because of her unparalleled beauty.

Beauty is worthless in the wasteland, and at most it can become the private treasure of some powerful person.

Among the wasteland wanderers, the reason why Bai Ye is so famous is her evolutionary strength that is comparable to her beauty.

To be more precise, it is the ability that has awakened...

It is one of the rarest supernatural powers.

The ability called space control!
And Bai Ye, with his potential in spatial abilities, is the most promising candidate to be promoted to the new third-level king among the current third-level kings.

He ranks among the top three in the strength list of late-stage second-stage evolvers issued by the Hunting Guild.

Known as the Queen of the Sky.

　Seven thousand words!

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(End of this chapter)