Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 169: Guild's Attitude, Hunter King, Pure Essence
Compared to before the trip to the Taishan ruins, Xu Wanshuang had the style of a strong woman. Now, as the vice president of the guild, she was very respectful when she greeted Lin Feng, and there was a hint of flattery in her words.

Such a contrasting change is due to the rapid improvement in the strength of the young man in front of him.

In the late first stage, he was just a first-stage evolver. No matter how strong he was, he was still just a first-stage evolver. He was given the status of a special hunter because of his great potential.

But now that he has crossed the threshold from level 19 to level 20, he is naturally like a carp leaping over the dragon gate, becoming one of the nine governors of the Supreme Council of Oasis Town, and the eleventh second-level evolver after Father Suan.

Among the nearly 20,000 permanent residents and 50,000 to 60,000 barbarians, only the strong ones at the top of the pyramid can be born.

Even in the Wanderer forces in the wasteland and the holy city ahead, the status of the second-level evolvers is equally high.

What Xu Wanshuang didn't expect was that in just less than a week, in just six days, Lin Feng had gone from being a level 17 evolver who had just entered the late first stage to becoming the level 20 existence in front of him.

In fact, half a day ago, when Ding Yi, a member of Lin Feng's team, came to visit and told Xu Wanshuang about this, she was still deeply skeptical.

After all, breaking through three levels in a row, and undergoing a qualitative evolution that transcends stages, no evolver can improve so quickly unless he obtains a great opportunity and has a solid foundation.

It also requires a lot of courage.

After all, becoming a second-level evolver is not difficult for the high-level people in the wasteland. What is more difficult than a second-level source is how to support a second-level strongman.

So until half an hour ago, when she received the news from the Oasis battleship confirming that Lin Feng had indeed been promoted to a second-level evolver, her mind immediately became active.

Based on Xu Wanshuang's understanding of Lin Feng, this handsome young man is definitely not a rash guy. From the moment they came into contact, every step Lin Feng took was carefully considered.

In order to allow him to go to the Taishan ruins, the Holy Spring Sect gave him a piece of eighteenth-level evolutionary meat rich in source essence, which only weighed one hundred kilograms after dehydration.

And now he dared to advance to the second level, either because he had gained a lot from this trip to the forbidden area of ​​the ruins, or because he had received the promise of the church.

After discussion, the top leaders of the Hunting Guild leaned towards the former.

Because Lin Feng definitely has his own confidence.

Then the next things will be much easier.

Most of what a scavenger harvests in the wasteland is of little use to him, and he needs to trade for what he needs.

Now it’s the turn of the Hunting Guild to take the stage.

They are not only the intermediaries for receiving and dispatching tasks, but also the link between various settlements in the wasteland.

They can transfer and buy intelligence, supplies, and even various types of evolutionary agents, and make huge profits from the price difference.

The emergence of a second-level evolver who has established himself, especially one with firearm abilities, will undoubtedly generate more benefits.

So along with the news that Lin Feng had become a second-level evolver, there was also an order personally issued by the president of the Oasis branch of the Hunting Guild, asking the vice president Xu Wanshuang who was in charge of the guild to prepare to welcome Lin Feng.

That's why Xu Wanshuang came out in person to welcome Lin Feng.

Lin Feng arranged Chen Shanshan and Ma Chenfeng to guard the Yanma chariot, and then came to the office with Xu Wanshuang's warm welcome.

Xu Wanshuang sat back at her desk, waved her hand to dismiss everyone around her, and the heat outside made her breathe out lightly. She unbuttoned three buttons on her shirt, revealing a touch of snow-white skin.

After doing this, he lowered his head and spoke softly:

"Congratulations, Mr. Lin, on your advancement to the Second Stage Evolver. I have already arranged for your status upgrade to become an official one-star hunter."

"When the next Holy Spring Day arrives, the identity verification will also be carried along with the pilgrim convoy to the Holy City branch for modification."

"At that time, Lord Lin will be able to freely enter and exit the city area of ​​the branch and enjoy the treatment of a one-star hunter."

Lin Feng nodded, these were all trivial matters.

However, since Xu Wanshuang mentioned this, it also reminded Lin Feng of the corrupted hunter team he encountered during his trip to the restricted area of ​​the ruins:
"I was attacked by Corruptors deep in the ruins. They were two late-stage first-level special hunters and a one-star hunter wearing power armor."

Afraid that Xu Wanshuang didn’t know what the Corruptor was, Lin Feng went out of his way to explain it.

As for one-star hunters, it is a guild rating above the special hunter. One star represents the early stage of the second stage, and so on, three stars represent the late stage of the second stage.

I heard that above three stars, there are hunting kings who represent the third-level kings, but these are the top of the guild and the controllers of all branches and divisions.

Compared to establishing a dictatorial rule in a royal city, associations whose main business is trading can also accumulate huge amounts of wealth and resources, and even support multiple third-level kings.

In turn, these third-level hunting kings can also provide shelter and credit to the hunting guild, allowing it to take root and sprout like weeds in various settlements.

Lin Feng is now a hunter in the Hunting Guild, which is also his only identity. After becoming a second-level evolver, the rights and status he possesses are naturally incomparable to what they were before.

Because those who are still willing to stay in the Hunting Guild basically want to be promoted quickly and strive for a higher evolutionary level.

They don't want to follow the old path of "following the routine", first cultivating their own forces and then accumulating resources step by step.

Although this is relatively comfortable and has extremely low risks, it allows one to exchange a long lifespan and time for living space...

But if people live in peace for too long, they will become lax, even the evolved ones are no exception.

It is not until half of our lives have passed and our consciousness is facing extinction that we think of evolution, because our body and spirit have long since fallen behind.

And those who can take this step are all evolvers who claim to be the chosen ones of heaven, full of ambition and determination, and are making an attack towards the third-level king.

Therefore, most of them choose to continue risking their lives, fighting in various ruins, restricted areas, and even in the friction and conflict between major forces...

Earn a lot of evolution resources from it.

And second-level strongmen like this are the most loved and welcomed by the Hunting Guild.

Because it can make huge profits for them.

As a broker of resources and commissions, the second-level evolver is the most handy tool.

If we want something better, it must be the difference in the type of superpowers.

Among the many superpowers, only the firearms superpower and the wilderness hunter with mercenary nature are the most equipped.

There is no trouble that artillery cannot solve. If there is, it must be because the power is not enough.

Therefore, the Hunting Guild attaches much more importance to Lin Feng than to ordinary second-level evolvers.

The newly promoted Level 20 Evolver couldn't move the Guild Master, so he personally gave the order.

As a firearms expert, Lin Feng's rating and treatment can be improved to a higher level, and he can receive the courtesy treatment of a two-star hunter.

In addition, with the impending storm in Oasis Town, Lin Feng, as a second-level firearms ability user, is fully capable of controlling the situation.

In the balance of power between the church and the local clans, Lin Feng, as the last weight to appear, will decide which side will win.

But this is not in the interests of the Hunting Guild.

In other words, deciding the outcome too quickly would not be beneficial to the guild.

In fact, the guild does not care who wins or loses. As long as war breaks out, it is beneficial to them.

Moreover, only when both sides suffer losses will the final winner rely more on the power of the guild to restore the post-war order.

As a standard neutral party, one can either let the situation remain the same and gain benefits through mediation, or one side can win a miserable victory and maintain a balance with the guild.

If Lin Feng leads the Holy Spring Church and helps the church quickly quell the rebellion, the entire Oasis Town will become a place where the church has the final say in the future.

The living space left for guilds will become smaller and smaller.

If the church wins a tragic victory and does not have time to mobilize large amounts of supplies to provide assistance, it will inevitably have to rely on the power of the Holy City branch to provide assistance.

By selling the pilgrimage caravan and some of the village's interests, the Oasis guild branch can support a few more second-level evolvers.

Now that Lin Feng mentioned other one-star hunters, Xu Wanshuang was stunned for a moment, then recalled the guild's internal briefing she had seen long ago. It mentioned a hunter team that suffered heavy losses in the Taishan ruins, and even the one-star hunter wearing power armor was killed.

In the end, apart from the news about the arsenal and two ordinary small lathes, nothing else was gained.

It can be said to be a heavy loss.

However, their real purpose was to go to the bottom of the restricted area of ​​the ruins to find out whether there was any pure source material preserved from the old Earth.

Unlike other emerging royal city forces, the Wasteland Hunting Guild can trace back to a time comparable to today's top wasteland forces, and naturally knows many secrets of the past.

Among them, the battle among the gods in the Tarzan Refuge involves a being who is no weaker than the gods, and he is also the controller of the Refuge.

As early as the old Earth era, it dominated the world.

Therefore, there must be a large amount of pure source material preserved in the ruins of his shelter.

The guild's demand for pure source material has always been high.

Mainly the aristocratic families in various places and the first-class royal city forces are aware of the advantages brought by the Immaculate Evolution when it comes to raising offspring.

This is the most convenient and independent evolutionary path to cultivate a new third-level king.

Even if it doesn't work, there will still be at least two more opportunities for transformation in the future. Unlike alien evolution, even if other second-level source materials are obtained, they dare not be promoted to the second level.

Or in the War of Kings, if you kill other third-level kings, if you have a second-level pure evolver under your command, you can directly connect seamlessly, take over the king's evolutionary path, and then inherit his family business.

Therefore, the importance of pure source material is self-evident.

Apart from the major ruins, the only ones who can stably produce pure life essence, apart from the top forces, are the Savior Army wandering in the wasteland.

In order to ensure his own safety, Chief Bai only trades with the Hunting Guild.

But the biggest disadvantage of wanderers is that they have no fixed place to live and no fixed route, and the Holy Spring Cult can't do anything about them.

Therefore, the Hunting Guild has an unwritten rule in its local branches and divisions: as long as they can provide a sufficient amount of pure source material, they can be exempted from paying profits for a year.

Stay as evolutionary resources for division management.

For example, this time, the Oasis Guild was lucky enough to get in touch with the Salvation Army led by Bai Ye and obtained a batch of level ten pure evolution agents.

Therefore, the Duncan team can receive preferential treatment, and driving their vehicles near the guild is actually a kind of blessing.

In return, the annual profits that were originally supposed to be handed over to the Holy City branch were converted into a large amount of first-stage and second-stage evolutionary meat, which was safely delivered to the oasis on the last Holy Spring Day.

This matter is quite secretive and only the top leaders know about it.

Now Lin Feng has become a second-level evolver and joined the guild to be promoted to a one-star hunter. As an investment discoverer of this talent, the Holy City branch will also have exemption rewards in the future.

After the two rewards were combined, Xu Wanshuang's opportunity to become a second-level evolver and leave the oasis was just around the corner.

Now we can trade some second-level materials and supplies from Lin Feng, which is even safer!

Of course, these are all things that happened later. The order given to Xu Wanshuang by her sister, the president, was to stabilize the current situation first and minimize the butterfly effect brought about by the unexpected factor Lin Feng.

So Xu Wanshuang thought for dozens of seconds, and after coming to her senses, she said embarrassedly:

"Sorry, Mr. Lin's words reminded me of something, and I got a little distracted."

"This team that went to explore the ruins was contaminated and became corrupted. Didn't that harm Mr. Lin?"

Lin Feng smiled. He had noticed Xu Wanshuang's distraction and silence just now, but he didn't mind because he found the beauty pleasing to the eyes and the fragrance in the room soothing.

After shaking his head, Lin Feng said:

"Two of them became early-stage second-order aberrations, and the one-star hunter became a late-stage second-order aberration. Although their evolutionary level has increased slightly, their strength is just so-so."

"The only trouble was that he was wearing battle armor and power armor. I fired several shots before I killed him."

As he spoke, Lin Feng sighed from the bottom of his heart:
"It's a pity for the one-star hunter's power armor. In order to kill it, we had to blow it up, and in the end, we only recovered a few high-energy batteries. Otherwise, a set of armor would be worth 16,000 points, which should be the most valuable."

Lin Feng didn't reveal that he was able to kill a late-stage second-stage aberration before reaching the second stage. Revealing too much about his strength might even irritate the Li family and affect the current situation.

Xu Wanshuang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, sighing at the rapid improvement in Lin Feng's strength, and nodded:

"Mr. Lin has the protection of a power armor and the powerful firepower of his supernatural powers, so he is naturally not afraid of pollution."

"This time in the restricted area of ​​the ruins, we must have gained a lot. A mere set of basic power armor is nothing."

"Now that you've returned victorious, do you have any insights into the situation in the Oasis?"

As soon as the words fell, Xu Wanshuang saw the man's expression change slightly, and quickly added:

"This matter is the responsibility of our guild leader, and it was also entrusted by my sister. She is currently being coerced and ostracized by both sides, so I want to ask Mr. Lin's attitude. If you don't want to be involved, as a member of the guild, we can all come together for support."

"In this way, neither side dares to act rashly."

Whenever two factions fight, it is customary to first eliminate the centrists and fence-sitters to prevent the other faction from taking advantage.

But the guild seems to have nothing to do with the oasis.

Whoever wins will not affect its business.

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, obviously not expecting the other party to suddenly ask about this matter.

The Hunting Guild has always maintained a neutral attitude.

Why are you testing my attitude?

Could it be that he was entrusted by the Li family?
In an instant, many thoughts popped up in Lin Feng's mind. After just a few seconds, he decided to speak honestly:

"In the future, I will go to the Holy City to develop."

First state the attitude, then explain in detail:

"The church wants me to protect the Holy Spring Cult and deal with the low-level evolvers in the other villages. The war in the oasis will be handled by the church itself."

"Actually, I don't want to get too involved. Regardless of the outcome of the Oasis Battleship, win or lose, I will lead my team to the Holy City to develop."

"This is just a small oasis, but there's not much left for me to stay in."

After hearing what Lin Feng said, Xu Wanshuang breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed like the church didn't trust the man in front of them too much, but this was more in line with the guild's power.

Let the Li family and the church suffer losses on the oasis.

At this point, Xu Wanshuang's face returned to a smile:
"So, Mr. Lin, are you looking to buy a tram? Or weapons and equipment? Or perhaps evolutionary meat?"

"We are quite interested in what Mr. Lin has found in the ruins, especially the intelligence."

Lin Feng smiled, but did not answer directly. Instead, he lowered his voice and said:

"While completing the church mission, I also accepted a commissioned mission..."

"And the employer of the mission is the leader of the Salvation Army,"

"white night."

Upon hearing this, Xu Wanshuang's pupils shrank sharply.

(End of this chapter)