Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 158: Power Armor, Departure, and Protection Fee
At this time in the camp, Zheng Yanying and others had packed their equipment and planned to set off immediately and return to Oasis Town.

Time waits for no one. It is now the morning of the fifth day. If we set out during the day, it will take twelve hours of daylight to reach the oasis.

In a few hours, it will be the sixth day.

The original plan was to complete the mission within four days, but now the operation has been delayed for more than a day due to the mutant riot. Although Father Suan gave a deadline of seven days, it is definitely better to complete it as soon as possible.

Especially for the transformation of candidate members of the church, it will take some time to perform the surgery to integrate the essence of the Steppenwolf.

The order Zheng Yanying received was to deliver the minimum amount of wild wolf essence required within five days.

Now looking at the other party, who was eager to set off, Lin Feng coughed lightly:
"I plan to stay and collect a few more of Steppenwolf's second-order essences to ensure that the church can achieve great success in this confrontation."

"So you go first, and I'll be there soon."

Zheng Yanying put down the supplies in her hands and frowned slightly:

"Should we send someone back with us to report the situation to Lord Su An?"

As she spoke, Zheng Yanying looked at the dormitory bed behind Lin Feng, where Father Su An's "naughty" daughter was lying.

Lin Feng nodded and looked at the team members behind him:

"Ah Ming, Ding Yi, and Liu Qian, the three of you will drive the dormitory car and follow Captain Zheng and his men back to Oasis Town."

"Be careful on the way. The Oasis has been driving here for a few days, and now it's less than ten hours away. Cheer up and don't fall asleep on the way."

"The rest of you, Chen Shanshan, A Lian, and Liu Mingfei, stay with me. You just need to continue guarding the camp on the surface and keep an eye on those wanderers."

"I'll go to the fifth floor of the ruins again. I'll be back within half a day, or at most a day."

With just a few words, Lin Feng arranged all the subsequent tasks.

After hearing the captain's decision, the team members looked at each other and started discussing, especially Ding Yi and Liu Qian. They actually wanted to stay and stay with Lin Feng.

Lin Feng's purpose of dividing the group up like this was naturally to balance all parties to avoid any accidents.

Chen Shanshan and Ding Yi are the people he trusts the most. Although the former is a little silly, she is the strongest and most obedient. The latter has awakened the ability of brain evolution and can help deal with many trivial matters.

Next, as the Salvation Army leaves, the order on the surface outside the cave will gradually fall into chaos. No one will suppress the wanderer convoys. They can fight with each other, but they cannot target the convoys.

Leaving the three most powerful people behind is more deterrent than arranging Ding Yi, Liu Qian and others to garrison.

The three girls are all relatively smart people, suitable for dealing with the chaotic situation in Oasis Town and doing things for him.

Lin Feng then called the three women over and whispered:

"After returning to the Oasis, spread the news of my promotion to the second level. Let the Li family know that I am a firearms user and have become a second-level evolver."

"The guild should know that we've already made contact with the Salvation Army. Let's bring up the Pure Essence trade and see how they react. They'll decide if they want to take back the Pure Evolution Agent from us."

"As for the rest, just cooperate with the church, keep silent, and don't reveal the Steppenwolf Essence Transformation Plan."

At present, Lin Feng already has seven first-level pure evolution agents in his hand, plus the five given by Bai Ye, a total of twelve, which is equivalent to a high price of 60,000 points.

Selling it for 30,000 or 40,000 is no problem.

The three women nodded, pondered with each other, and gradually understood Lin Feng's thoughts and purpose.

This is to raise the price and at the same time add some variables to the situation so as to delay the time for both parties to take action.

After sending the three women away, Lin Feng waved his hand and turned around to see Chen Shanshan, who was about to put on her armor again. He immediately interrupted her:
"You stay up there, I'll go down alone."

Chen Shanshan was quite puzzled:
"Really alone? Can you do it? If something goes wrong, there won't be anyone to rescue or protect you..."

Lin Feng patted the high-speed cannon on his waist:
"With this in place, what can stop us? Unless the old wolf king buried in the Wolf King's Tomb is resurrected, I'm afraid that second-level corpse wolf won't even be able to get out of the tunnel entrance."

Then he said earnestly:
"Furthermore, this mission is far too dangerous for you, who's only mid-level first-stage. Wearing power armor before, you could handle second-level aberrations or late-level first-level aberrations, but against a second-level corpse wolf, even with the power armor, there's absolutely no chance of resistance."

"You haven't reached the second stage of evolution yet, so you don't know the strength of this stage. Power armor can only be improved on its basic attributes."

"The increase in the mid-stage of the first stage is limited. Stay on the surface and wait for my return."

Chen Shanshan recalled Lin Feng’s previous weapon experiment. The power was so strong that it could directly smash a ten-meter-high boulder, and no flesh and blood could withstand it.

So he nodded, took off the high-energy batteries that had run out of power, and replaced them with a few new ones:
"Then remember to wear power armor. Those aberrant beasts and werewolves are very fast, and the zombies will move even faster. Without armor, they won't be able to react at all."

"This power armor is originally designed for a second-level evolver. It's a bit heavy for me to wear, but it's just right for you now."

"And you should also take my titanium spear with you. Even if you're not proficient with it, it can block an attack in close combat."

The titanium gun is Chen Shanshan's most treasured relic, but Lin Feng's solitary action this time makes her even more worried.

Lin Feng nodded.

This time, he challenged the second-level corpse wolf in the tunnel, which was the strongest enemy he had faced since leaving the Wild Rift. It was even several times more dangerous than the patriarch-level rock hornbeest.

Power armor plus two cannons is Lin Feng's strongest equipment lineup.

"I was planning on wearing power armor too, but forget about the titanium rifle. You can hold it and stay on the surface to deter those wanderers."

"Don't worry, it will be done in an hour or two at most. You have to lead them both and guard the camp."

"Besides, our mission was completed ahead of schedule, and the Saviors are planning to evacuate directly. The remaining wanderers will go and get some food and drinks, so keep an eye on them."

After saying that, Lin Feng put on his power armor, switched to combat assistance mode, and directly scanned and locked onto the target on the scene.

This is the digital display screen in front of you, and it also pops up to remind you whether to scan the data of the two artillery pieces on your waist and build a data integration combat platform.

"My goodness, it was incredible back then!"

Lin Feng sighed, feeling like he was connected to the sci-fi scenes in the game and started driving the mecha.

Exoskeleton power armor, as a universal basic model, can adapt to a variety of weapons. It not only has powerful defense enhancement and attribute amplification effects, but can also integrate information of various models of equipment and weapons.

At the same time, the concentration of source material in Lin Feng's body is scanned and read, the wearer's evolution level is recorded, and the physical and mental state is evaluated and displayed.

This will establish a comprehensive information integration platform.

For example, now record Lin Feng’s two weapons, usage status, ammunition reserves, etc.

All factors that affect combat are digitized and presented in the eyepiece display, greatly improving the wearer's perception of combat situations.

In addition, the multiple cameras on the armor itself and different types of sensing elements are integrated and summarized on the screen in front of him, allowing Lin Feng to directly obtain a 360-degree view and early warnings of various moving objects.

In other words, wearing this set of armor is equivalent to gaining an all-round enhancement, which can allow Lin Feng, who is level 20, to have the strength of level 21 or 22.

In actual combat, after automatically accessing the system in combat mode, players can directly gain the most extensive experience and become a seasoned warrior. This is equivalent to the system taking over the fight for them.

No wonder it costs more than 20,000 points...

Apart from the battery life issue, this set of exoskeleton powered armor has almost no flaws.

But the biggest problem is battery life.

Under normal circumstances, the combat time is only one and a half hours, and it is divided into two modes:

Excluding the sleep state under low power, one is the normal mode, which is suitable for direct combat, but cannot be accelerated for a long time.

The other is the sports mode, a high-performance combat state. The original strength +20% and speed +50% effects are doubled to strength +50% and speed +100%!

In sports mode, Lin Feng can briefly achieve the super high speed of the middle stage of the second stage, exceeding two hundred meters per second. At the same time, his perception ability will be no different from that of the middle stage of the second stage with the assistance of the combat system.

This gave Lin Feng the confidence to face the existence of the mid-stage of the second stage. As for the shortcomings in strength, he could make up for it with the extremely powerful artillery in his hands.

Even after the armor-piercing cannon and the armor-piercing cannon are assembled and synthesized, they can directly severely damage a fully armed second-stage mid-stage evolver.

It is easy to deal with evolved wild beasts without armor, especially those with flesh and blood bodies with low defense like wolves. Not to mention the mid-second stage, even the late second stage can be easily defeated with one shot.

As long as he can avoid their swift attacks, Lin Feng can rely on the synthetic cannon to remain invincible.

However, the high-speed sports mode results in a three-fold increase in power consumption. The original ten batteries could provide energy for about an hour and a half, but in the sports mode, this was directly compressed to less than half an hour.

There are only 1,800 seconds left, so every second counts.

And once it is activated, the enemy can avoid the battle and pull you away after noticing it, thus consuming your endurance time.

Or they may harass you constantly, forcing you to remain on guard.

Therefore, it is particularly important to control the opening time of different modes.

However, these problems are not problems for Lin Feng. The biggest weakness of other evolvers is the limited attack distance and short arms. With Lin Feng's long-range firepower, they only need to ensure that they are not injured.

After Chen Shanshan's previous use of the power armor, the storage capacity of four high-energy batteries had been consumed, and each battery would need to be charged for more than several hours.

Fortunately, it came with five batteries when it was purchased. After killing the Armored Corruptor, he took nine more batteries from the guild's one-star hunter. After Lin Feng upgraded and repaired them, they were successfully restored to use. A total of fourteen batteries were fully charged.

It has a standard reserve of exactly ten batteries.

"Half an hour... is enough!"

Lin Feng planned in his mind that the outcome of life and death in high-level battles often depends on a moment. As long as he could seize a loophole in the opponent's actions, he could severely damage them in an instant.

Especially for predators like humans and wolves, they have chosen a high-attack and low-defense mode in their evolutionary direction, resulting in an extremely low tolerance for combat.

But humans can use the power of technology to add armor and improve firepower to make up for this shortcoming.

The steppe wolf could only continuously optimize and strengthen the iron claws and steel teeth that broke through the defenses of its prey. As a result, the gap between the two sides became wider and wider...

Only the wolf tribe is at risk of extinction.

Because ecological competition often intensifies when environmental resources continue to deteriorate.

Each will regard the other as the enemy.

On the contrary, the rock wildebeest as prey can sustain the survival of the population because they will be consciously protected by predators as a source of food to prevent their population from plummeting in a short period of time and causing the collapse of the ecological chain.

After realizing this, the old wolf king took the initiative to lower the ecological niche of the wolf clan at the risk of his own life and property, avoiding competition with humans and thus continuing the clan.

After the Wolf King's Tomb received the protection of the gods, although there was no qualified successor for a long time, a new Wolf King could be quickly cultivated once needed.

As for now, it is estimated that the Wolf King's original intention is to select the strongest successor in terms of bloodline and ability, so as to lead the wolf tribe to prosperity again.

But if it has been delayed until now, it is inevitable that it will be targeted by those with ulterior motives...

Especially those who are capable and ambitious.

For example, Lin Feng.

After getting familiar with the power armor, Lin Feng immediately arranged for Chen Shanshan to guard the entrance, and then walked into the ruins alone.

At this time, the Salvation Army had already dismantled the focusing and refraction devices on the first and second basement floors and took the car to leave the Feicheng shelter.

The accompanying convoy consisted of dozens of vehicles, including seven or eight heavy trucks and more than ten buses, which drove towards the Oasis Avenue in the southwest direction.

The wanderers who had gathered on the periphery before have also entered the ruins and started picking up some missed "leftovers".

Even though there is not much left in the ruins, for many penniless wanderers, even a piece of iron is valuable, not to mention that in the eyes of the Salvation Army and Lin Feng and others, many daily necessities and glass building materials that are looked down upon by others all have their own uses.

In the hands of wanderers, all scraps can still become excellent raw materials for vehicle modification.

When Lin Feng entered the underground floor, he saw many figures wandering in the ruins, like scavengers in a garbage dump, picking and choosing, looking for treasures.

Now, the pollution and poisonous gases on the first and second basement floors have all been purified under the sunlight, so even if some wanderers do not wear closed protective clothing and only wear breathing masks, there is no big problem.

However, they can only wander around the first and second floors below zero at most. It will be dangerous starting from the third floor below zero.

There was still a small number of mutants inside, but due to limited time, Lin Feng and others did not clean them up completely.

As for the negative fourth and fifth floors below, the wanderers whose evolutionary level is only in the middle stage of the second level have no strength to go down and explore.

Since it would not affect the raid on the wolf den in the tunnel, Lin Feng did not pay much attention to them. He carried the bag given by Chen Shanshan and went deep into the ground.

But what Lin Feng didn't expect was that after the wanderers saw Lin Feng leaving, they all looked at each other in surprise when they saw Chen Shanshan, who was wearing armor, standing at the entrance of the shelter.

"This guy, is he trying to collect protection money?"

"It seems that this does have some resemblance to the meaning."

"Where can we squeeze out more money?"

"But I heard that the guild leader was the one who cleared out the deformed monsters in the ruins. Even Lord Bai from the Salvation Army had to be polite to him and discuss cooperation..."

"You don't know, when he got here, he had just entered the late stage of the first stage. It was Master Bai who invested heavily in him, allowing him to advance all the way to the second stage!"

"How about we just bite our teeth and pay a tribute?"

"Hey, search more to recover your health!"

(End of this chapter)