Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 238: Holy City Rescue, Taste of Power, First Edition of Holy Spring Sutra

The awkward atmosphere didn't last long. Seeing Li Mingquan standing beside him in a daze, Lin Feng took the initiative to break the silence and said politely:

"Brother Li, just be prepared for both scenarios. After all, no matter what the final outcome is, I'm just a witness. I'll hand over the Oasis Key to whoever wins."

"So what we said before still stands. When you're ready to go on stage, you can let me know ahead of time so I can prepare the church and avoid a fatal blow that would result in both of us perishing."

"That way you won't have to fight tooth and nail to win the duel, and you won't be devoured and digested by the Rock Horse Armor."

"But we agreed that the church must win your battle. If the Li family wins the other two battles, it will be destiny. I guess the church will realize its own strength and give up fighting for the oasis."

Li Mingquan nodded and agreed:

"It's okay. Originally, Chief Li...just wanted me to test the strength of the Wild Wolf Warrior. After all, in the just-concluded First-Class Late Evolver Competition, a Wild Wolf Warrior who had been transferred from a Level 18 Priest in the Church was able to break through the outer layer of the hard ceramic steel of the Level 20 Rock Horse Battle Armor."

"This matter makes us, the Rock Horse warriors wearing Rock Horse armor, a little worried."

"Although the Wild Wolf Warriors are slightly inferior in strength and endurance, they possess unparalleled agility and armor-piercing capabilities."

"I just need to gather enough intelligence, especially on whether the second-level Wild Wolf Warrior can effectively damage the Rock Horse Armor."

"As long as the church doesn't threaten me with death, I will let you down during the fight, such as accidentally going out of bounds, to end the arena competition early."

"And according to the original plan, tomorrow will be the first competition for the second level. I will most likely be the first to appear, fighting against the priest in the early stage of the second level, or Su An."

"Hopefully it won't be the latter."

Lin Feng raised his glass:

"Don't worry, Father Suan is the only one in the church who can suppress the second-level competition. The other ordinary priests, like you, are only there to gather intelligence."

"So Father Su An will most likely be arranged to be at the back and have a peak showdown with Li Hao."

"You don't have to worry too much."

"The Church is now tied with you at 2-2. We're on the same starting line. In the next three games, as long as we win two out of three, we'll win the duel and obtain the Oasis Key."

"In tomorrow's first match, neither side can directly fight with all their might and show their cards directly. Otherwise, it will be difficult to win the next two matches."

"Don't worry about that."

Li Mingquan nodded, raised his glass to clink with Lin Feng, drank it all, and was about to get up and leave...

Suddenly remembering the original purpose of this negotiation, he half-stood and then sat down again, and asked:
"One more thing."

"Chief Lin, could you tell me why the church only sent two Level 19 Battle Priests to today's late-stage first-stage competition? I remember the church had four."

"There are only two of them now, those two..."

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a few seconds, he slowly replied:
"I'm not too sure about this, but I think it's related to something else..."

As he spoke, Lin Feng also lowered his voice and continued cautiously:

"In fact, the Church had already noticed something was amiss during the last Holy Spring Day and arranged for personnel to follow the pilgrim caravan to the Holy City to request support..."

"Logically speaking, if the Holy City has received the news, they must be on their way. If we advance at full speed, we can reach Oasis Town before the next Holy Spring Day in three days."

"Now that so many days have passed and there's still no news, the Oasis Church is more anxious than anyone else."

"If I hadn't shown up and disrupted your plans, the Church would have lost control of the Oasis warships in the uprising of your families."

"But the church also knew that my involvement was merely a temporary expedient. If I didn't leave immediately, the final outcome would be difficult to change."

"So I guess the two high priests who haven't been seen for a few days were sent by the Bishop to the front of the oasis to look for the support team."

"I'm worried they've lost their way or encountered something difficult. Anyway, I want the Templar rescue team to reach the oasis before the next Holy Spring Day."

"That is, before the competition in three days!"

Upon hearing the news, Li Mingquan frowned and looked at Lin Feng with suspicion.

Seeing the man's confident look, he suddenly became suspicious.

In fact, as early as when Li Hao announced his rebellion, senior members of the family and the leaders of the other two villages had already raised questions about the support of the Holy City Diocese.

After Li Hao explained the conflict between Zhang Hui, the bishop of the Oasis Church, and the different factions in the Holy City, everyone's doubts were dispelled.

Because in the eyes of the Holy City Diocese, Oasis Town is not a force under their command, but just a pawn that the hostile faction has been operating for many years.

It wouldn't be a big deal if it was destroyed, but it would be even better if it could be snatched from Zhang Hui.

But they cannot rob it openly. At least they have to take over the inheritance in the name of helping Zhang Hui after he gives up Oasis Town or dies.

Therefore, at least before the next Holy Spring Day, the Holy City will not send a support team, and will only take action after the outcome of the rebellion is known.

For the Li family, there is a time difference in between. As long as they make good use of it, they can seize the entire Oasis battleship, go to the south or north, and submit to a certain royal city.

Moreover, Li Hao had also implicitly expressed that as long as they could seize control of the Oasis battleship, control it, and advance along an abandoned path, there would be a support team from the north along the way.

At that time, they will also help everyone escape the church's pursuit and obstruction.

And now, according to Lin Feng, it seems that the Holy City has already taken action in advance...

If the news is true, it is undoubtedly a time bomb that can explode at any time. It is estimated that two-thirds of the members on our side will choose to withdraw from the alliance.

After all, they are the Knights Templar. Any evolver who has been to the Holy City can understand how powerful they are.

He can easily defeat several people of the same level, and challenging people of higher levels is commonplace.

Each of them has strength no lower than the mid-second stage. Even a newly promoted apprentice knight of level 20 can easily challenge an ordinary mid-second stage evolver.

If we make a comparison, it would probably be a strong man like Lin Feng, who has extremely powerful firearm abilities and can output powerful firepower remotely, easily dealing with evolvers of the same level, and even suppressing higher-level beings.

But Lin Feng is just one of the rare ones among tens of thousands of people.

As for the Knights Templar, every member has this strength, or it can be said that this is just the minimum requirement for joining the group.

The more powerful ones among them are the backbone of the Holy Spring Church, responsible for maintaining the church's rule, and their influence radiates over hundreds of millions of square kilometers of territory.

In the era when there were no third-level kings, the Knights Templar represented the strongest force in this wasteland.

Just like the rebellion in Oasis Town, it could be easily resolved with just a formal knight in the middle stage of the second level.

Li Mingquan's grandfather, Li Hao, the head of the Li family, was once ranked in the top 50 on the Heavenly Ranking. As a level 26 Rock Horse Warrior, he could hardly survive three rounds in front of the official knights of the church.

Knights skilled in combat, starting from the first-level priests, are either in the process of fighting or on the way to the battle.

After killing their way up, each of them had countless corpses and committed countless sins.

If what Lin Feng said was true, and the Holy City Bishopric had actually sent the Knights Templar for support, then it would no longer matter to the Li family whether they launched a rebellion or whether they could seize control of the oasis.

What really matters right now is how to extricate himself from this, sever ties with his family and the rebels, and then pack up and run away.

Because of the arrival of the Knights Templar, even the Oasis Church will lose its voice, and there will be no security if you rely on them.

Li Mingquan's thoughts raced, his nerves tense, and cold sweat began to form on his forehead. Inside the 18-degree VIP room, his back felt cold. Lin Feng ignored him and continued to eat the remaining level 20 evolution meat on the table.

Li Mingquan spent a lot of money on this banquet, contributing 10 kilograms of 20 pounds of evolved meat, and Lin Feng ate 8 kilograms alone.

Although half of the water content must be removed when converting it into dehydrated jerky, it is still very expensive.

After eating and drinking his fill, Lin Feng burped, drank the brandy in the glass, picked up the ten kilograms of level twenty evolved dried meat that Rong Yan had brought to him, and stood up.

Before leaving, Lin Feng patted Li Mingquan on the shoulder:

"It's getting late, I'll be leaving now. Today's arena competition is over, Brother Li, you should prepare more for tomorrow's event!"

After saying that, he shrugged and left the box.

Li Mingquan looked at Lin Feng's departing back, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.

The proposal Lin Feng had made before, the beautiful vision after going to the Holy City, seemed to be a good way out.

This guy is on the side of the Oasis Church, so even if Oasis Town is at risk of being taken over prematurely by the Holy City Diocese, he will be fine.

After all, the Holy Spring Cult still needs to win over the hearts of the people, so it has to make sense on the surface.

Moreover, Lin Feng is a second-level evolver and also a firearms expert, making him a target for recruitment.

If he could get a connection with him and obtain a legal identity to go to the Holy City, he would be able to preserve a trace of bloodline for the Li family in the disaster of genocide.

Thinking of this, Li Mingquan made up his mind to join Lin Feng as one of his escape routes.

However, the prerequisite is to first confirm from Li Hao whether the Holy City has sent support forces in advance.

After Lin Feng left, he strolled along the streets of the Shangmin District and noticed many people looking at him secretly, watching these Shangmin people with great interest.

At this point they could also feel the changes in the situation and the signs of impending disaster.

But the carefree and leisurely days in the past have made them degenerate into half-useless people. Living a life of luxury, they have long lost the courage to struggle and resist.

All he could do was wait for death to come with empty and numb eyes.

Lin Feng felt that he could take advantage of the power vacuum in Oasis and make good use of the Oasis key and his identity as acting captain...

Just like Rong Yan whom I just met, she also had to use Li Mingquan as a matchmaker before she could talk to me.

Ten kilograms of level 20 evolved meat is of considerable value. Based on the standard price of one thousand points per kilogram, it is already worth ten thousand points.

According to the current situation in Oasis Town, even if the asking price is 30,000 or 40,000, there will be plenty of people willing to buy it.

This is just to save one person.

The children of the upper class who take Rong Yan away later will receive additional rewards.

Lin Feng felt the taste of power for the first time and deeply felt its corruption on those in power.

Of course, under normal circumstances, if Lin Feng had gone through so much hardship to finally get to this point, he would definitely not get his hands dirty because of such a trivial matter.

Now that Oasis is about to collapse, we should lend a helping hand whenever possible before it changes its name and is removed from the team.

We can't just watch everyone jump into the fire.

However, the number of places available on board is limited, so only those who are capable can get a life-saving ticket.

Lin Feng was thinking all the way about how to get some benefits from the Oasis battleship, and unknowingly returned to the church area.

Shen Yue's figure appeared in front of him, having been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Lin Feng walking towards him nonchalantly, carrying ten kilograms of dried meat in his hand, he couldn't help but ask:

"What did that guy Li Mingquan say?"

Lin Feng raised his head and shrugged:

"Nothing. He wanted to ask about the church's arrangements for the second-level players in the next three days."

Shen Yue was shocked:
"Did you say that?"

Lin Feng was stunned:
"What? How would I know? This is the arrangement of the Bishop and the Su'an Temple. The most I can do is give him a prediction and gather some intelligence from them."

Shen Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief:

"That's right, that's how it should be! That kid from the Li family clearly has bad intentions. Even if he's genuinely revealing his true intentions, he's just pretending to gain your trust!"

Lin Feng nodded in agreement:

"Yeah, so I scared him at the end, reminding him that reinforcements from the Holy City were on the way. Once the Templars arrived, even if the Li family seized control of the Oasis, they would ultimately be doomed..."

“It’s better to wake up in time and admit your mistakes.”

Shen Yue looked at Lin Feng in surprise. After a moment of silence, she reminded him:

"The Bishop asked me to go to his private prayer room after you return."

Lin Feng nodded and then went into the back of the church.

Coming to the closed and dark secret room again, looking at the old man with blurred vision in front of him, Lin Feng suddenly realized that the control room of the Oasis battleship's Light Prism Curse weapon, located at the bow, should be this private prayer room according to the symmetry between the front and back!

As expected, the real killer weapon has always been in the hands of the bishop.

After Lin Feng came in, the bishop turned around from the bookshelf behind him, holding an old ancient book in his hand, and slowly said:

"I heard you went to the library this morning and were very interested in the church's past history?"

Lin Feng was slightly stunned. He had thought that the Bishop would start the meeting by asking about his opinion on the results of today's competition, or about the arrangements for the next three games, or even more likely the content of Li Mingquan's banquet.

But Lin Feng never expected that what Bishop Zhang Hui really cared about was the fact that he had borrowed the Holy Spring Sutra in the morning.

Lin Feng, who was somewhat confused, nodded and admitted directly:

"Well, I found a Holy Spring Scripture that no one cares about."

"I want to know what happened in the past, what exactly happened to turn Earth into the wasteland it is today. Humanity and all living things on the surface are driven like livestock by the three-day apocalypse. From the moment they open their eyes, they face endless escape until death..."

Bishop Zhang Hui chuckled and pushed the thick book in his hand forward:

"Only the gods understand this question. You can carefully ponder it from the Lord's will."

Lin Feng stepped forward and looked down.

On the old book, there are three characters written in brush:
Holy Spring Sutra

And the lower right side of the book cover,
Printed in tiny font, it reads like a first edition.

(End of this chapter)