Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 205 Honorary Archon, Xu Wanfeng's Choice
The next morning, Lin Feng was invited to the Oasis battleship and learned the news on the top floor of a high-rise building in Shangmin District.

The prerequisite for the Li family to agree to hold a ring fight is that the referee Lin Feng, who acts as the middleman, must compete with Li Hao, the head of the Li family, who is at the upper limit of the mid-stage of the second stage and a level 26 evolver.

Just a discussion.

At present, it has been proved that Lin Feng has the ability and qualifications to serve as the referee to decide the ownership of Oasis and protect the extremely important Oasis key.

When Father Su An told Lin Feng about this, he immediately became interested.

Originally, Lin Feng was still regretting that he could only watch the real showdown between the second-level strongmen, but now that his strength has greatly increased, he finally has the opportunity to try it himself.

Fighting is dangerous, but also extremely precious.

In the harsh wasteland, only by fighting for your own future with your fists can you gain the respect and awe of others.

This is more effective than any deterrence or leverage.

Father Su An saw Lin Feng's eyes flickering, and thought he was worried, so he said comfortingly:

"It's just a competition, not a life-and-death fight. We'll probably just find an open area and exchange a few moves. Both sides will send people, so don't worry."

"With the deterrent effect of your previous weapon test, even if the Li family has other intentions, they dare not be too blatant."

"I guess they're worried you'll side with us, or they want to see if they can snatch it directly from you."

Lin Feng smiled and said:

"Actually, their worries are completely unnecessary. If my convoy and I were attacked, I would use the same tactics directly on the Oasis warship."

"At worst, the Oasis Battleship will just be shut down and reclaimed by the Church in a few years. No one will play with it anymore."

Father Suan nodded:
"That's right. You are now fully capable of doing so. The Li family will probably offer more generous conditions to bribe you."

Lin Feng shrugged and didn't care:
"Even if a second-rate local family sells everything, it won't bring as much benefit as the Holy City Bishopric can bring with just a flick of the finger and a word. I can still tell the difference."

Father Su An nodded, and then sent Lin Feng upstairs:
"The Oasis Supreme Council is up there. All nine Archons are here for this competition."

"Although we have already discussed this with the Li family, we still have to go through the formal procedures. No one, except those determined to rebel, will refuse to de-escalate the conflict."

"Besides that, they plan to give you the title of Honorary Archon."

Lin Feng stopped, was slightly stunned, and looked back at Father Su An behind him.

The latter went on to explain:
"After all, as the referee, you will have to stay in the Oasis. You need a decent title to take over the Oasis and protect the Oasis key."

"According to the rules, only the consul can take on this important task. All others are illegal."

"Also, the honorary deputy mayor position will require a certain status to be promoted. Currently, there is no direct promotion from a civilian to this level."

"If you are a late-stage second-level expert, you can be exempted from this rule. However, if you are only in the early stages of the second level, you must follow the procedures step by step and obey the arrangements."

Lin Feng nodded, roughly understanding what the other party meant.

In the early stage of the second stage, it can only be regarded as the beginning of a second-rate force in the wasteland. At most, it can form a small settlement. An organization of this size cannot be regarded as legitimate by the church, so how can it be given a legal identity?

At the very least, they should have a powerful leader in the late second stage like the Salvation Army. In this way, they can also form a medium-sized settlement of tens of thousands of people, make contributions to the church, pay taxes, etc.

This is the process of recruiting illegal forces, but if you want internal promotion, it will not be so troublesome.

He will first join Oasis Town, and when it is taken over and reorganized by the Holy City, Lin Feng, as the governor, will naturally receive reasonable rewards as long as he makes contributions during the handover process.

Gain a higher level of status.

Under the gaze of Father Su An, Lin Feng slowly climbed the building and came to a conference room on the top floor.

There was a rectangular table inside, and sitting at the head seat was the most senior person in Oasis Town, the Bishop.

At this moment, he was wearing a white church uniform, his hair and eyebrows were gray, but his majesty was still evident between his brows.

On his left sat the president of the Wasteland Hunting Guild, Xu Wanfeng, who was in the middle stage of the second stage, followed by two other priests of the church, both in the early stage of the second stage, and Governor Han Tao, who was promoted to the second stage more than ten years ago.

He is also the only one born here as a wasteland dweller and hunter, and has the most experience in wasteland survival and combat.

On the right side of Bishop Zhang Hui was Li Hao from the Li family, who was in the middle stage of the second stage like Xu Wanfeng opposite him. Next were the leaders of Motorcycle Village and Shuguang Village. Finally, sitting across the table from Han Tao was Li Mingquan, who had had contact with Lin Feng.

The order of seats is linked to the evolution level.

The two priests and the two village chiefs at the opposite table, although they were in the early stage of the second level, were already at the upper limit of level twenty-three.

At the end of the seats were Li Mingquan and Han Tao, one was at level 22, and the other was even lower, only level 21.

However, it has been less than twenty years since Han Tao was promoted to the second level. To be able to be promoted to the first level in just twenty years is extremely difficult for him who started from scratch.

Lin Feng took a quick look and then walked in and took a seat at Li Mingquan's invitation.

Sitting at the end of the long table, facing the entrance of the conference room, he looked across at Bishop Zhang Hui, who was sitting at the head seat.

Including myself, there were ten people present.

After Lin Feng took his seat, the bishop in the first seat spoke first:

"Congratulations, Mr. Lin Fenglin, for successfully becoming the tenth second-level evolver in Oasis Town!"

"Next, regarding Lin Feng's proposal for Honorary Archon, please raise your hands and vote."

As soon as Zhang Hui finished speaking, everyone expressed their opinions. As expected, everyone agreed.

Because the honorary consul is only a symbolic title, the consul's power can only be exercised when there are no other consuls on the Oasis battleship.

Or when the parliament is reviewing a matter and is unable to reach a majority vote to pass a resolution, it will express its position.

Equivalent to a substitute for the official consul.

After the proposal was approved, a written agreement was quickly delivered to Lin Feng by a receptionist wearing a slim black suit.

The cover of the agreement reads "Honorary Consul Appointment Letter," and there are two copies in total.

Lin Feng took a quick look and found that it was all about the powers and obligations of the consul, as well as his responsibilities, etc.

Finally, it has to be archived and sent to the Holy City for record. After all, Oasis Town is nominally part of the Holy City, but it has been away for many years and has become an autonomous region.

But the Holy City still needs to understand matters like personnel appointments, especially the most important water source for Oasis Town, which is still firmly strangled by the Holy City.

The latter hopes to intensify the conflict between Zhang Hui and the Li family, resulting in a lose-lose situation, so that they can smoothly take over Oasis Town, rather than spending more energy and cost to eliminate the network of relationships entrenched in Oasis.

After all, the oasis is located far away and extremely remote.

If they take over completely, there will inevitably be intrigues in the future, or they may use drastic measures, which will end in a lose-lose situation.

Although the Holy City has absolute military power, the latter can also fight to the death and directly destroy the Oasis battleship.

Local families like the Li family are not so bad, but for the bishopric of the Holy City, the real difficult person to deal with is actually the person in charge of the Oasis, Bishop Zhang Hui, who lost the election eight hundred years ago.

If Lin Feng can help the church solve this big problem and successfully hand over the Oasis Town intact, then he will naturally get benefits.

However, it seems that the bishop wants Father Suan to take over, receive the greatest reward, and then use his current status as honorary consul to be promoted to deputy mayor through the procedures.

By then, all the local powerful families would have to accept their fate, some dying, some fleeing, and Oasis Town, including tens of thousands of nearby barren inhabitants, would become slaves under the church's rule. As one of the outstanding contributors, it was normal for Lin Feng to be successfully promoted and transferred.

After all, the ultimate goal of the Holy City is to take over everything and does not want outsiders to interfere.

After reading all the regulations and contents, Lin Feng immediately signed his name and officially became an honorary governor of Oasis Town.

Apart from the nine people present, he is the one with the highest status in public.

The two agreements were then taken away by the receptionist, leaving Lin Feng with a page of appointment letter with the seal of Oasis Town and the church's emblem.

It is a symbol of status.

With it, even if Lin Feng goes to the Holy City, he will not be stopped or harassed by the guards. Instead, he will be received by the local leaders.

After collecting the appointment letter, the meeting continued.

The next topic of discussion was the focus of this meeting, the discussion on the ownership of the Oasis key.

This matter should not be brought out in the open.

Especially since the Oasis Church is in a state of being strong on the outside but weak on the inside, it should adopt a tougher attitude.

However, the First Bishop has already decided that, citing his advanced age, he needs to quickly decide on the next leader of the Oasis:
"To ensure fairness and justice and convince everyone, I have decided to use a competition in the ring to select the strongest among us to lead Oasis Town forward."

As he spoke, Zhang Hui looked at Xu Wanfeng on his left.

The president of the Hunting Guild is the third most important person in Oasis Town, second only to the bishop of the church and the head of the Li family. Although she was not consulted beforehand about this arena competition, her support is necessary for its smooth conduct.

Although the guild has always maintained a neutral attitude, it will still stand on the weaker side to maintain the superficial balance among the three forces.

Just like when Oasis Town was first established, the guild had a close relationship with local powerful families such as the Li family.

Even when the three villages including Lijia were unable to afford long-distance transportation by heavy trucks, many transportation needs were met by borrowing the Hunting Guild's transport vehicles.

So much so that later the Li family even proposed marriage to Xu Wanfeng's sister, Xu Wanshuang, the current vice president.

But by then, the Li family's rockhorn industry had already been put on track, the leader of Motorcycle Village had successfully been promoted to the second rank, and Dawn Village had also been established...

The three villages united together are enough to fight against the Holy Spring Sect.

Therefore, they rejected the other party's marriage cooperation on the grounds of the independence of the guild.

Later, as Bishop Zhang Hui, the head of the Oasis Church, grew older, and the Holy City continued to send people to test him and divide his power...

The Hunting Guild stood on the side of the Oasis Church, and together they advanced and retreated, facing the pressure from the Li family.

The reason for the repeated changes is nothing more than for their own interests. To maintain the stability of Oasis Town, the guild without any foundation can continue to develop.

Right now, the Bishop wants to reduce the intensity of the rebellion, confining the unrest to the upper echelons, and resolve the dispute through a duel...

For Xu Wanfeng, this was naturally what he wanted.

After all, everything is back to normal after it's over.

Whether it is to maintain the original church rule or to let Oasis Town have a new owner, as long as the order below is not broken, the guild will continue to make money.

Moreover, the price increase of enhanced meat and evolutionary meat has made the guild earn a lot of money, and the next few years will be the time to digest it.

It is better to recuperate and stay calm.

Just as Xu Wanfeng was about to agree, she looked cautiously at the row opposite and suddenly found that the Li family and others did not seem too surprised or resistant to this proposal.

This also means that the church had already contacted them in advance regarding the arena competition, and both parties reached an agreement.

Xu Wanfeng frowned slightly and turned to look at the man sitting at the end of the long table.

The current changes in the situation are obviously closely related to this new second-level evolver.

From a superficial analysis, a fight in the ring is obviously more beneficial to the church than a direct battle between the two sides.

Because although the guild supports the church, if a real fight breaks out, Xu Wanfeng and his men will not risk their lives for the church to suppress the rebels.

Then the reason that pushed the Li family to agree could only come from Lin Feng, the powerful firearms expert.

In other words, the balance of power between the church and the Li family has been broken.

Xu Wanfeng would not spend a lot of time analyzing the cards and hidden means behind both sides. As long as she understood the comparison of strength, she could infer the final result.

The only reason why Lin Feng chose to completely turn to the church was the identity that the church could give him.

Otherwise, the caravan under his command could only operate around Oasis Town. If they left here, they would be no different from wanderers.

When he goes to the Holy City in the future, if he wants to gain recognition of this identity from the Holy City, the Oasis Church will have to make a choice of interests.

In other words, Lin Feng's current behavior must be influenced by the Holy City Diocese. At least he is very confident that he will get the approval of the Diocese in the future.

As the president of the Oasis branch of the Wasteland Hunting Guild, Xu Wanfeng also knew something about the tug-of-war between the Oasis Church and the Holy City Diocese.

This is also the reason why she firmly stands with Oasis Church.

A relaxed environment is more suitable for the development of the guild.

Especially in the fight between the two tigers in Oasis, the guild, as a legal and reasonable middle-class party, can grab the most benefits.

Once Oasis Town is taken over by the Holy City Bishopric, the guild will be able to conduct fewer and fewer transactions, and the restrictions imposed on them will increase.

It's okay in the later stages, but if you want to develop in the early stages, you must concentrate all your resources.

The guild will likely have to work for the church for free for many years until a new leader establishes stable rule.

Thinking of this, Xu Wanfeng took back the support that was about to come out of his mouth and said:

"If the other parties support this proposal, the guild has no objection..."

"It's just that the Guild has always maintained a neutral and impartial attitude. If we want to hold a fighting competition, I hope that the Guild can act as the referee!"

When these words were spoken, everyone present was suddenly shocked.

Bishop Zhang Hui frowned slightly.

The Li family's eyes suddenly lit up.

Lin Feng looked at the only woman present, his eyes slightly narrowed, as if thinking about something.

The bishop coughed twice and was about to respond.

Li Hao on the side continued:

"I think what President Xu said is correct. The Wasteland Hunter Guild, as an independent force in Oasis Town, has always maintained a fair and just attitude..."

"It would be most appropriate for the guild to serve as referee and organizer of the competition!"

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