Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 242 The Second Stage Battle Begins Ahead of Time
Lin Feng frowned slightly. Facing Zheng Yanying's rejection, he realized that the ten kilograms of level 20 evolutionary meat in his arms was not so easy to earn.

However, once you have agreed to something, you cannot give up because of a small setback.

After all, there are still three days before everything is settled, and Lin Feng cannot lose his credibility during this period.

The title of Honorary Consul and Acting Captain of Oasis must be made more prominent.

As an elite combat priest, Zheng Yanying only has the evolutionary strength of the late first stage and is not familiar with some secret internal information, so there is no problem in enforcing the law impartially.

Lin Feng knew that arguing with her would only make things more complicated and confusing.

The best way to resolve this matter is to let the priest or bishop speak directly.

After all, at their level, they are very clear about the future fate of the Oasis battleship and Oasis Town.

Once the Holy City takes over, the so-called upper class and permanent residents, as well as the rules and regulations established to maintain the development of the oasis, will all come to nothing.

All valuable people will become slaves.

Including the strong savage people on the periphery.

Pardoning a few insignificant people who had committed crimes was actually a good thing.

Otherwise, their future fate will be to become tools of enjoyment for the powerful people in the holy city, lowly slaves who can neither live nor die.

As for giving Lin Feng a favor right now, they are just a few nobles and are not worth mentioning at all.

For the top leaders of the Oasis Church, using the profits originally taken away by the diocese to do a favor for Lin Feng was simply worth the money.

Previously, when the Oasis Supreme Council was held, Lin Feng was promoted to the position of Honorary Archon and the special custodian of the Oasis Key. The church should compensate Lin Feng for the temporary change of plan.

Especially later on, due to the interference and obstruction of Li Hao, the head of the Li family, the situation evolved into a competition between Lin Feng and Li Hao, which almost caused Lin Feng to be seriously injured.

The church bears primary responsibility for this matter.

Now Lin Feng is just using his identity to collect some interest.

After being turned away by Zheng Yanying, Lin Feng didn't care too much. He just confirmed that Rong Yan's son Rong Xuan was in good condition in the prison and had not lost his limbs during the interrogation of the combat priest, and then left the patrol team's camp.

In fact, there is no need to use harsh methods to deal with these pampered upper class people. Under normal torture and electric shock, they will soon recall what happened in the past.

I wish I could report everyone I know.

After Lin Feng left, Shen Yue shook her head at Zheng Yanying, implying that she shouldn't do that.

The latter didn't care too much and continued to stay in the camp and arranged for the team members to conduct patrols.

She is a priest born in battle, and her promotion and appointment are not arranged by the Oasis Church. Naturally, she does not need to care about the opinions of the top leaders. Apart from the acting bishop of the Oasis, no one else can influence her position. Outsiders of the church like Lin Feng, even with the status of a consul and the strength of a second-level evolver, cannot tell her what to do.

However, compared to the rigid and stubborn combat priest, Shen Yue, who was born as an assistant priest, is obviously better at observing people's expressions and assessing the situation, and is very clear about Lin Feng's current status.

Especially the special treatment in the Oasis Church.

Unfortunately, as a combat priest and the main manager of the patrol area, Zheng Yanying has much more say in dealing with traitors and spies than Shen Yue, the acolyte.

Otherwise, Shen Yue would definitely be happy to help Lin Feng deal with such a small matter.

After failing to get the person back, Lin Feng retrieved the Oasis key from the Branded Armor, came to the cathedral, and entered the command and control room through a secret passage.

At this moment, the two combat priests returned to the tungsten alloy gate outside the command and control room to continue their guard duty.

However, they had just experienced a great battle during the day, and although their auras were high at the moment, they were weak inside.

As long as Lin Feng releases the aura of a second-level evolver and presses forward, the two will immediately reveal their flaws and show the weakness of being drained after their full-strength burst.

This is also a major flaw of the Evolver.

After a flesh and blood body explodes, even if it replenishes nutrients and energy in time, it cannot return to its peak and can only exert normal combat effectiveness.

The endurance of muscle cells and the fatigue after mental overdraft cannot be compensated by evolved meat and require a slow recovery process.

This is also the reason why Li Hao, the head of the Li family and the most powerful person in Oasis, will not fight three consecutive battles in the next second-level competition.

Even if he could use the sublimation potion to overdraw all his potential, even consuming part of his vitality, to win all the battles...

Later, we will also face the problem of insufficient combat power.

The mid-stage second-level Rock Horse Warrior in a weakened state could not defeat the mid-stage second-level Father Suan and the late-stage Bishop's joint attack.

Li Hao must ensure victory in the competition while consuming the church's power and retaining most of his condition to prevent the church from turning against him after the competition.

That's why the church didn't send out the other two high combat priests to participate in yesterday's first-level competition. Perhaps it was because of this consideration.

There is a concern that if all four high pastors are deployed, the core strength of the church will experience significant fluctuations in their condition in the next one or two days.

This made the Li family and other rebels ready to take action, and they wanted to take action in advance under the cover of the arena competition.

As for why the chief aide urged Lin Feng to come here, it was also because he wanted to use Lin Feng's strength to ensure that the command and control room would not be spied on by anyone.

Lin Feng showed the secret key, and the two chief priests immediately began to turn the valve, and the alloy gate was slowly opened.

The high priests on both sides also showed their weakness and fatigue at this moment. The gate weighing nearly 20 tons was not pulled up as smoothly as before.

Lin Feng then raised his hand and placed it below.

With his level of evolution at level twenty-two, although twenty tons of force was the upper limit under normal circumstances, when used on a fixed gate, he could lift it with one hand.

With Lin Feng's help, the heavy gate was quickly and smoothly lifted. This move also helped the two high priests save a lot of energy, allowing them to retain more status and guard the entrance.

The two of them then looked at Lin Feng with gratitude.

Lin Feng waved his hand and went in.

Arriving in the control room, the battle was about to begin, and the chief assistant priest looked at the main screen nervously.

Although the second-level contestants participating in the competition have not officially entered the arena yet, many spectators have already gathered near the selected arena.

However, compared to the previous first-level battle, there were far fewer wild people among the visitors this time.

It was mainly a first-level competition, which was held five kilometers in front of Oasis Town, while the second-level battle took place more than ten kilometers away from the Oasis battleship.

Few wastelanders can come here. Even some top wastelander teams or wasteland hunter teams will not easily move away from Oasis Town.

The barren and arid wasteland may be a barren place, but that doesn't mean it's without danger.

In addition to having to contend with harsh high-temperature exposure, there are many unknown dangers, including similar malicious intent.

Furthermore, the battles between second-level evolvers could easily spread hundreds of meters away, so even observing from a distance would risk accidental injury...

Therefore, many Enhanced People below the first level did not come to the arena to watch. Those who could come now were at least at the early stage of the first level of evolution, belonging to the upper middle class of Oasis Town.

So the number was not too large, only a few hundred people, far less than the scene of thousands of people yesterday.

Among these six or seven hundred people, most are permanent residents from Nongzhuang Village, Shuguang Village and Jiche Village.

They came to cheer and wave flags, facing the church members on the opposite side of the stage.

Fortunately, the arena is one kilometer in diameter, and the two sides are far apart, so there is no chance of direct contact.

As the referee, Xu Wanfeng was wearing a set of advanced power armor and holding a spear with blue arcs flashing in his hand. He appeared in the center of the ring fully armed.

There are still ten minutes left before the battle officially begins at one o'clock.

The chief assistant in the control room breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lin Feng arrive, and began to explain:

"The Li family requested that the competition be held earlier than scheduled, otherwise it wouldn't be held at midnight. Please come over."

Lin Feng shook his head indifferently:

"I guess Li Hao is worried about changes and wants to catch the church off guard."

"After all, the Wild Wolf Warrior Program requires some time for the transformed members to adapt. Holding a competition in the ring ahead of time would be like forcing them to compete. The Li family's Rock Horse Warriors would have a better chance of winning."

The chief acolyte nodded and added:

"Also, he's probably worried that if the competition is held during the day, if we drag it out until the very end on the last day, we might be outmatched by the Holy City forces coming to support us."

"Starting early in the morning will allow the final match to be completed ahead of time. This will give the Li family a full half day before Holy Spring Day arrives to seize the control room of the Oasis battleship and make a final stand."

Lin Feng nodded, feeling that the chief assistant's analysis was more reasonable. Li Hao had obviously also noticed something and wanted to end the competition early.

Maybe it was all because of my intimidation.

Soon, as the countdown reached the last five minutes, Xu Wanfeng immediately spoke:

"Invite both players to come forward."

Then, a rock horse armor walked out from the Li family. The driver in the armor could not be seen clearly, but from the aura he emitted, he must have the strength of a second-level person.

The second-level Rock Horse Warrior and the Rock Horse Armor are the most compatible. Only in their hands can the entire set of armor unleash its true strength.

Like the previous battle in the late first stage, only the late stage strength of the Rock Horse Warrior, even if he burst out with all his strength, could only improve the performance of the Rock Horse Armor to 100%.

Only with the help of sublimation potions and at the cost of self-sacrifice can one barely break through the 100% upper limit.

In the hands of a second-level Rock Horse Warrior, even without the improvement of the sublimation potion, it can still rely on its own burst to perform at 120% or even higher.

In this case, injecting the absorption and sublimation agent will stimulate the rock wildebeest cells to run at full speed. After breaking the limit, the performance of the armor can be brought to the terrifying limit of 150%.

For example, the level 23 Rock Horse Armor can easily burst out the strength of level 25 and challenge mid-level second-level opponents.

However, Lin Feng and his companions were unable to sense the specific strength of the participating rock horse warriors through the screen.

The members sent by the opposing church were wearing the church's standard power armor.

Because they are all standard armor, they are easy to identify. The armor of this second-level monk is the same as the one worn by the previous high priest, both of which are level 20 standard undead holy armor.

Because the Oasis Church was not of sufficient level, and the acting bishop Zhang Hui was not well-received in the Holy City, the high priest who came here could only apply for the basic Undead Holy Armor.

Not equipped with more advanced armor.

However, Lin Feng knew clearly that the driver who was controlling the Undead Holy Armor at this moment was not a priest in the early stage of the second level, but a high priest who had just passed the second level of Wild Wolf Essence and was promoted to a second level evolver.

Although the opponent's evolution level is slightly lower than that of the church priest, his rich combat experience can make up for this.

As for the Rock Horse Armor's superb defensive power, it comes from the blood suppression of the Wild Wolf Essence and the mutated fine steel wolf claws, which are enough to deal with the early stage Rock Horse Armor.

The high priest's promotion to the second level and his participation in the second level competition was one of the church's hidden trump cards. Once the situation entered a life-and-death struggle, it would definitely catch the Li family off guard.

From Li Mingquan's worries, it can be seen that even if Li Hao wants to start a rebellion, he needs to consider whether the second-level members under his command are willing to sacrifice their second-level lives for his cause.

This is a second-level body that was forged after going through untold hardships and has a long lifespan of a thousand years.

But it's not something that can be abandoned just like that.

Unlike the late-stage first-stage evolvers who risk their lives, unless the second-stage evolvers still have the motivation and hope to become stronger, most people have already exhausted their evolutionary talents and potential at this point.

I just want to live a peaceful and stable life in the next few years, enjoying the rewards of my hard work and evolution in the first half of my life.

This is also the reason why the Oasis Church can co-govern the oasis with local clans.

At least before the core interests are affected, no one will risk following the Li family, especially Li Hao, to do something as risky as rebelling against the church.

Even if the Holy City wanted to take over Oasis Town, without directly launching a rebellion, the diocese would at most drive out a few major families.

We also need to give them some compensation in the holy city, transfer a piece of land, etc.

However, most of them continued to cooperate, but the original parliamentary co-governance had evolved into the church's thugs, assisting the church in oppressing the lower-level slaves and squeezing and exploiting them for huge profits.

By acting as the church's black glove, they can continue to maintain the church's positive image, and from time to time, like today's Holy Spring Day, they will give the lower-level slaves some sweet treats so that they will continue to be grateful and work like slaves.

And when the lower class can no longer bear it and start a riot, they can push out the local clans that directly oppress them and use them as scapegoats to calm the public anger.

You can also harvest a large number of them to support the real bishop who is promoted to the third level here.

But no matter which option is chosen, it is safer for the second-level evolvers in the oasis than following Li Hao and rebelling against the Holy Spring Sect.

The consequences of resistance are either a successful capture of the Oasis warship and an escape, or failure and immediate death.

In short, the one who benefited the most was Li Hao, followed by everyone in the Li family.

For places like Shuguang Village and Locomotive Village, the benefits that can be gained are insignificant compared to the risks.

Now even Li Mingquan, the second-in-command of the Li family, has come to test him.

Lin Feng believed that the leaders of the other two families must have had some contact with the top leaders of the church.

In order to reduce the intensity of the struggle, the bishop adopted the method of arena competition, which was also to give other second-level rock horse warriors in the rebel army a way to survive.

As long as you let him win during the competition, you can forgive him later.

This promise is more attractive than the pie in the sky that Li Hao painted!
At this moment, as the countdown ends, the first arena competition between the second-level players officially begins!
Both sides immediately turned into afterimages and retreated hundreds of meters behind them.

They are quite cautious with each other and fear each other.

(End of this chapter)