Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 206: Challenge, the slave fate of the upper class

As soon as Li Hao finished speaking, the four people sitting in his row nodded in unison.

The words of the president of the Hunting Guild woke up Li Hao, who was still thinking about the arena competition. Since the church wanted to hand over the oasis key to Lin Feng for safekeeping, then as the other party in the competition, they naturally had to appoint a referee.

Jointly responsible for safekeeping of the Oasis key.

And this person must be from the guild.

Because once Lin Feng completely turns to the Holy Spring Sect, at least there is the Hunting Guild to intervene and prevent the situation from deteriorating rapidly.

If Lin Feng, who has extremely strong firepower output, stands on the side of the Oasis Church, the original balance of power will be broken.

Therefore, it is only natural that the guild chooses to side with the Li family.

After figuring this out, Li Hao immediately agreed with Xu Wanfeng opposite him. Although the two had been disliking each other and targeting each other for hundreds of years, there are no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests.

This is especially true for guilds that started out as businesses.

Self-interest is the starting point of all actions.

At this moment, Bishop Zhang Hui, who was sitting in the first seat, looked at the two mid-stage second-level evolvers on his left and right. His mind was full of thoughts, and he quickly came up with a plan to deal with it. He continued:
"Well, President Xu is right. A fighting competition in the ring does require a fair and impartial referee to preside over the competition."

"How about this, the guild will be responsible for the on-site supervision of the competition."

"As for the competition's winning rewards, the Oasis Battleship will control the power, and the Oasis Secret Key will be temporarily kept by our Oasis Town's first honorary governor, Chief Lin Fenglin."

"The Wasteland Hunter Guild can also send people to the oasis to jointly guard the oasis key with Chief Lin until the final result of the competition is announced. They will then hand the oasis key to the winner of the competition."

"What do you think?"

After saying this, Bishop Zhang Hui first looked to his left.

Xu Wanfeng nodded. Her goal had been achieved, so she naturally followed the bishop's words and agreed to guard the oasis key with Lin Feng.

At that time, no matter who wins or loses, as the custodian of the Oasis key, you only need to give the key to the final winner, and it will be a great achievement.

Xu Wanfeng still understood the principle of helping whoever wins.

But this proposal obviously made the Li family and others on the opposite side dissatisfied, or they did not want Lin Feng to get involved. After all, if the guild won the arena competition, there was a great possibility that they would hand over the Oasis key according to the procedures and rules.

Because no matter who is in power in the oasis, the Hunting Guild will have to continue doing business.

But this guy Lin Feng will definitely ask for new conditions and make a lot of money before running away.

After all, the latter originally planned to leave the oasis and move to large settlements to continue their development.

So in Li Hao's opinion, the other party must at least be qualified to negotiate terms with everyone before he can be responsible for keeping the secret key.

Otherwise, handing over the Oasis's important weapon would go against the church's wishes.

Li Hao had previously proposed to fight with Lin Feng.

Even if the Hunting Guild’s insurance is added now, this prerequisite will still be valid.

So Li Hao immediately said:

"Chief Lin has just entered the second stage, and he's already taking on this important task. I'm afraid that's not appropriate, right?"

Bishop Zhang Hui frowned slightly and spoke in a slightly more serious tone:
"Chief Lin's rise to power has been rapid, and his involvement with Oasis Town is minimal, so he doesn't have many vested interests in Oasis..."

"He's the most neutral second-level expert among the ten of us. Plus, he's an Honorary Archon. Is there anyone more suitable to protect the secret key than him?"

Zhang Hui has already made a concession by agreeing to let the Wasteland Hunting Guild get involved, but Li Hao is still making a fuss about Lin Feng joining. In his opinion, it is asking for both, which is an overstepping of his authority.

But Li Hao still insisted on not giving in on this point:

"I didn't say Chief Lin wasn't suitable. He's the most suitable of all the people here. But, Your Excellency, have you ever considered the importance of the Oasis Key?"

"If there's a problem with the security and integrity of the secret key, and the Oasis warship can't be activated again after the Holy Spring Day, it will be a major event that will ruin the entire Oasis Town."

"Mr. Lin is only at the early stage of the second stage, not even at the upper limit of the early stage, level 23. He is at the bottom of the ten people present..."

"Even though he's a powerful firearms user, his ultimate move, which can devastate enemies, can't be used lightly. Furthermore, the initial preparation and charging process is also very tedious."

"If Chief Lin can't use his ultimate move, Destruction Cannon, in actual combat, his strength rating will likely drop several levels. How can he protect the extremely important Oasis Key?!"

"In my opinion, why not let our Honorary Archon set an example for everyone before the official competition?"

"And let everyone know the strength of the Archon."

Bishop Zhang Hui stared at Li Hao and continued:
"So, Patriarch Li, who do you plan to appoint as Chief Lin's opponent?"

Li Hao smiled:
"Since this is just a pre-match demonstration, a bit of sparring, the result is naturally not the key."

"During yesterday's weapons test, everyone in Oasis Town saw that devastating cannon. Rumors have spread that Chief Lin is comparable to a late-stage second-stage evolver, and his strength is extraordinary."

"It just so happens that I also want to test Chief Lin's ability to see if he can protect the important Oasis Key."

"Let me try it."

As he spoke, Li Hao looked at Lin Feng at the end of the conference table and continued:

"I guess Chief Lin also wants to test his own strength after being promoted to the second level?"

"But don't worry, we are just sparring and exchanging a few moves. This is not a life-and-death fight."

"As long as Chief Lin can withstand three of my attacks, he will have the strength of a mid-second stage, comparable to a twenty-fourth stage evolver. If you feel uncomfortable, you can call for a halt at any time."

"President Xu will also be present in person to referee this competition. If any problems arise, President Xu can intervene at any time to stop them."

After saying that, Li Hao looked at everyone.

Xu Wanfeng, who was sitting opposite him, frowned slightly. She had not expected that Li Hao would have such an idea.

Let me be the referee. If any extraordinary behavior occurs, causing Lin Feng to be seriously injured or disabled, the church will definitely initiate accountability.

Li Hao's move was undoubtedly intended to further bind the Hunting Guild to himself.

Just as Xu Wanfeng was thinking about how to get out of this, the main person in the competition, Lin Feng, spoke:

"Well, since Patriarch Li has extended such a gracious invitation, if I, Lin, were to refuse, I would be ashamed to accept the important task entrusted to me by the Oasis Conference, and I would not have the confidence to protect the extremely valuable Oasis Key..."

"Plus, I've also been looking forward to this competition for a long time. Patriarch Li also said that it's just a sparring match, so in order to start the arena competition as soon as possible, let's schedule this early competition for this afternoon!"

"What do you think, Patriarch Li?"

Lin Feng's words stunned everyone present.

You must know that Li Hao, the head of the Li family, is not an ordinary second-level evolver.

Ordinary second-level evolvers cannot even be called second-level strongmen. Only geniuses who can stand out on the second-level sky list of the Hunting Guild can become strongmen.

Li Hao is such a person. He was even able to make it into the top 50 back then. Although he has no hope of being promoted to a third-level king, his strength is enough to rival that of a late-stage second-level evolver.

In addition, he is less than a hundred years old and has strong energy and blood, so he is ranked among the top fifty.

Although hundreds of years have passed and Li Hao is almost halfway through his life, he has rich experience and is in the prime of his life.

Even though Lin Feng is a firearms mutant and possesses the most destructive superpowers in the wasteland, he is still a fledgling second-level mutant after all.

If they were to challenge Father Su An, who had just been promoted to the middle stage of the second stage, everyone felt that there was still a possibility of matching him, but facing a second stage strongman of level 26, there was no possibility of confrontation at all.

If the head of the Li family wanted to kill someone, the best outcome would be to save half his life.

After all, in a close-range ring match, the gun-wielding mutant has no room to use his ultimate move, and without teammates to cover and delay him, he can only rely on ordinary artillery shells to attack after he has endured the spell preparation time.

Not only was the damage limited, but it was also difficult to accurately hit the high-speed moving Rock Horse Warrior. Although Li Hao repeatedly stated that this was just a sparring match, just a few moves, when a real fight broke out, the battlefield situation changed rapidly, and the difference between holding back one move and holding back several could be huge.

Overdraft due to minor injuries and disability due to serious injuries are also the results of two completely different states.

Lin Feng actually agreed without hesitation, which made everyone present feel incredible.

The bishop, who was still thinking about how to refuse this matter, was disrupted by Lin Feng's straightforwardness.

Zhang Hui frowned slightly and looked at Lin Feng opposite him.

The latter nodded imperceptibly, indicating to the other party that he was confident in completing the challenge.

Upon seeing this, the bishop said no more.

This confused Xu Wanfeng on the left.

She had hoped the bishop would come forward to resolve the issue and not push her into the fire pit, but now he remained silent and let Li Hao succeed...

In the end, if something went wrong, she was also responsible.

"Cough cough!"

Seeing that everyone present had different thoughts, the Bishop coughed twice and then said:

"Since Chief Lin has no objection, then this matter will be settled as Patriarch Li said."

Then he turned to Li Hao on his right and said:

"After the competition, Chief Lin will be responsible for keeping the Oasis Key with the guild members as I instructed."

"Is that okay with you?"

Li Hao knew that they already had the upper hand, so he stopped pushing and nodded.
"Alright, since Chief Lin is so confident, let's go to the wasteland on the right side of Oasis Town, ten kilometers in front of it, this afternoon for a sparring match."

"After the competition, the arena competition will officially begin!"

The Bishop nodded and looked at everyone:

"Let's end this meeting here. Regarding the arena, registered challengers should report to the referee, President Xu, for the record."

"The specific rules and procedures will be announced to everyone later."

"The meeting is dismissed!"

After saying this, the Bishop slowly stood up:
"For the Lord of the Holy Spring! For Oasis Town!"

Everyone immediately stood up and repeated it in unison.

After the meeting, Lin Feng left the meeting room and strolled in the Oasis Shangmin District.

At this moment, he looked at the clean streets that looked like a modern community, the people coming and going, the handsome men and beautiful women, and felt an inexplicable emotion.

Thinking that the Holy City Bishopric would soon take over the Oasis warship and the entire Oasis Town, and that the Upper Citizen District's significance as a buffer zone for the Moonlight Night Ritual and the conflicts between various forces would soon cease to exist...

Those who are living in the Truman Show will wake up from this illusory dream and face the hellish nightmare of reality.

Their status as evolvers gives them strong bodies, enough to entertain other evolvers in high positions of power or those who are even more powerful.

Since the slave trade is a legal business in the wasteland, the targets of slavery are obviously not just ordinary humans and enhanced humans.

And the more valuable evolvers may be the source of this business's high profits.

Ordinary enhanced people can only make small profits and sell in large quantities.

And it’s not very durable.

Especially for a second-level evolver like Lin Feng, the force can easily reach dozens of tons.

Even a light touch of the finger can directly crush bones and pierce steel plates.

Ordinary people, even level nine enhanced people, are like paper cups in front of him. With just a little force, they will be crushed into pieces.

If you accidentally release your true aura, they will be frightened to the point of trembling with fear, or even suffer from incontinence.

The bone and muscle density of the two sides differ by several orders of magnitude, equivalent to the difference between a mouse and a tiger.

Therefore, if a second-level evolver wants to have fun, ordinary enhanced humans can only be treated as pets. If they really want to have fun, they have to start with the evolvers.

The group of young people raised in the residential area of ​​the oasis have been isolated from the wasteland since childhood, maintaining absolute purity and even their cognition is very simple.

Among slaves, they are definitely high-end goods.

Unfortunately, the rebellion has now evolved from a massive attack on the Oasis warship to seize control, to a competition for the Oasis Key...

There will naturally be no riots in the Shangmin District, otherwise this group of naive and self-important Shangmin people alone would be an extremely rich fortune.

Any one of them could be worth tens of thousands.

A mid-stage first-order being could probably be sold for a whopping price of over a hundred thousand, and there would definitely be a lot of powerful people willing to bid for it and treasure it like a treasure.

This is a perfect person nurtured by the resources of an entire medium-sized force, and his life is no less than that of the powerful and wealthy.

The supplies consumed in a year are enough to feed tens of thousands of people. This is the value behind Shangmin.

If it weren't for the existence of the Shangmin District, the oasis could at least support a dozen second-level evolvers, or give birth to more second-level late-stage powerhouses.

Once the Holy City Diocese takes over and builds it into a large force, the upper civilian area, which is of little use, will inevitably become a source of initial funding.

As for the Moonlit Night Ritual, the hundred elders currently in reserve are enough to last for a wasteland year. After the transformation is successful, you can go to the Holy City to purchase it.

Why waste so many precious resources to build a Shangmin District?

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. Although he felt sorry for the tragic fate that the people were about to face...

But these are the destinies they bear.

When enjoying such generous treatment, one must bear the corresponding risks and fate.

Just as I want to stand out...

They also have to face pressure from the Li family.

After leaving the Oasis battleship and returning to the convoy camp, Lin Feng immediately began to prepare for the first competition in the afternoon.

I didn't expect that in my first battle after becoming a second-level evolver, I would have to face a mid-level second-level evolver who had already reached level 26.

Moreover, he was a well-known second-tier Heavenly Ranking expert. His combat power and combat experience were all top-tier in Oasis Town...

Although Lin Feng agreed easily on the surface, he did not dare to be arrogant behind the scenes.

Then he began to check his equipment.

The exclusive branded power armor became the life-saving equipment for this close combat:
"Power Armor Level 22, Orange Quality, Branded"

"Basic Attributes: Defense 350; Durability 10/10; Upgraded to the host's evolutionary level cap."

Additional Attributes: Titanium Alloy Wolf Armor (Defense +150); Power System (Wearer Strength +20%, Speed ​​+50%); Air Lithium Battery (10 minutes of battery life per battery); Self-Circulating Breathing and Cooling System (Filters and cools air, reducing perceived temperature by 20°)

"Added additional attribute: Steel Wolf Blade"

"Fine Steel Wolf Blade: Made from a fusion of high-grade wolf bones and wolf fangs, it possesses extremely strong armor-piercing capabilities, easily piercing through the second-stage early-stage Rock Horse Armor, dealing up to 300 points of damage."

(End of this chapter)