End of the World: My Items Can Be Upgraded Infinitely.

Chapter 141 He Jie was arrested and Ling Shuyan was invited
"Workshop? Which one?"

Lin Feng frowned slightly. With the super strong physical attributes of the second-level awakening, he could hear noisy cutting and grinding sounds coming from all over the park.

They should be making more chainswords.

Ding Chenghai was obviously stunned when he heard the question, but he immediately reacted, carefully hid in the corner beside the machine, and replied in a low voice:
"I'm in area T4, and I can't explain it over the phone. It's midnight snack time in eight minutes, so wait for me in the woods outside the cafeteria building..."

"It's a state of emergency and curfew time now. Be careful and don't get caught."

After saying that, Ding Chenghai hung up the phone, glancing at the second hand on his watch from time to time and counting down silently.

The tiger-tooth chainsaw sword has entered the stage of technological maturity, so naturally there is no need for researchers to do it themselves. However, some parameter indicators must be guided by them personally, and the quality must also be strictly controlled.

Since the last "decapitation operation" failed, the Zerg sent out spy bugs to infiltrate humans to obtain intelligence. After Qin Hu discovered and reported it...

Important departments in all localities are on high alert, conducting strict inspections and daily inspections.

To prevent the Zerg from planting spies.

These naturally include the key planning units for the next decapitation operation, the genetic warriors of the research institute, and the weapons built to cooperate with these superhumans.

When Lin Feng arrived, he found that the research institute, which had been deserted and empty, was now heavily guarded.

In addition, the purpose of his visit this time was not so glorious, so he decided to sneak in and blend in.

…………

After the phone call was hung up, Lin Feng turned into a shadow and disappeared under the moonlight.

Ten minutes later, when Ding Chenghai came to the woods behind the cafeteria with a bowl of noodles under the pretext of smoking, Lin Feng's figure appeared silently behind him.

A hand gently rested on his right shoulder, and Ding Chenghai was so scared that he almost dropped the beef noodles in his hand.

Turning around and seeing Lin Feng's familiar face, he complained in a low voice:

"Fuck, brother, why are you like a ghost?"

"Hey, that's not right..."

"You have already advanced to the late stage of the second stage!"

Lin Feng leaned against a tree and nodded.

He could sense that Fatty Ding had also become an awakener, but his strength level was only lv11.

After confirming Lin Feng's strength, Ding Chenghai breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth, saying as he ate:

"So, what do you want to see me about?"

With the help of moonlight, Ding Chenghai noticed the very familiar chainsaw sword slung on Lin Feng's back, as well as the sci-fi style firearms that had not been seen before.

"Do you want more tiger-tooth chainsaw swords?" Ding Chenghai added, as if he had guessed the other party's intention.

Lin Feng pulled out his chainsaw sword and swung it a few times:

"Yes. But I want more than just a few. I want enough to equip a whole battalion."

"At least three hundred. But don't worry, the tiger-backed worms have plenty of jaws."

Ding Chenghai shook his head after hearing this:
"The problem is not the jaws. A pair of tiger spine worm jaws can cut and grind the required teeth for twenty chain saw swords, and each sword can be equipped with thirty teeth. A battalion only needs ten pairs."

"Compared to the saw teeth, the bigger problem lies in the tungsten alloy of the chainsaw blade. Currently, the reserves of Jincheng Steel Plant have basically been shipped back to the rear. Such a large-scale transaction can only be made with the factory, and the people above need to agree. I guess you have to exchange it with a second-level live insect."

"And in two days, we will also be evacuated."

"With the experimental machine in the institute, even if it smokes, I can at most make you two more."

Lin Feng smiled slightly and said indifferently:
"In addition to these, there is another way..."

"You will follow me in the future and go to the Jincheng Steel Plant to develop this type of weapon!"

Ding Chenghai was stunned, thinking he had heard it wrong.

Lin Feng continued to explain:
"You may have heard that the Federation plans to abandon the blocking defense in the South and concentrate its forces and resources to defend the heavy industrial cities in the North."

"The 13th Division is about to evacuate Wucheng, but they can't take all the people with them after the expansion. Four hours ago, the head of the 13th Division came to me and decided to hand over the remaining 15,000 people of the 13th Division to me."

"I will serve as the division commander and continue to lead these soldiers to fight against the Zerg invasion. This can be regarded as my final contribution to the resistance in the south."

"So now, I need a group of researchers to help create new weapons and study the characteristics of the Zerg."

"The Zerg are becoming more and more adapted to the war against us humans, so I need you."

"Before, you were able to provide the 13th Division with the latest weapons and intelligence, and now you can follow me."

"Don't worry, treatment is not a problem, and I can also find the materials you need, including special mutant organs from the new second-order Zerg."

Ding Chenghai was shocked when he heard this, but when he thought of the other party's powerful and bizarre superpowers, as well as the extremely sci-fi-looking gun next to the tiger-tooth chainsaw sword.

It seems that after not seeing him for more than half a month, Lin Feng's strength has grown to an incredible level.

Ding Chenghai even suspected that the other party already had the capital to defeat the Queen Mother, and came to him to prepare in advance on how to kill a high-level Queen Mother.

Perhaps following Lin Feng offers a better future and hope than returning to the rear.

But after thinking about it, Ding Chenghai shook his head:

"I'm sorry, but I can't stay here."

Lin Feng frowned slightly:

"Why? In terms of security and stability, I think there is no better treatment than the protection of 10,000 soldiers. Besides, you will be freer with me than you are now."

Ding Chenghai finished his last mouthful of noodles, put down the bowl, and sighed deeply. Then, with a serious expression, he revealed a shocking news in a deep voice:
"Something happened to He Jie."

Lin Feng's expression changed slightly, and he became even more confused.

He Jie is a student of her mother He Yiwen, and is also the object of Ding Chenghai's crazy pursuit, which is why the two have intersections.

But the problem is that He Jie inherited her mother's research direction and has been studying in the northwest region. She is currently in a safe area in the rear.

How could this happen?!

Ding Chenghai took out a cigarette. He knew that Lin Feng didn't have the habit of smoking, so he only lit one for himself:
"I asked someone to find out."

"Two days ago, she was suddenly taken away from the laboratory by the patrol officers above."

"The reason is that he is suspected to be a Zerg spy."

Lin Feng frowned and spoke decisively:
"This is impossible! The parasitic mother of the Zerg cannot be too far away from the Queen Mother. Once it loses the mental connection with the Queen Mother, it is likely to lose control."

"And there is no need for the Zerg to parasitize and manipulate an ordinary theoretical researcher."

Ding Chenghai nodded. This was also something he had been pondering over, but he could not figure out. However, after much investigation and using his previous connections, he finally found the basis for his suspicions:

"Do you remember the Zerg archives data sent out by the research institute headquarters more than a month ago, the day after the Zerg invasion?"

“That information helped us a lot, especially in the early days of the war, and saved a lot of losses.”

"But the source of this information was actually posted anonymously on a forum on the Internet at noon on the day of the outbreak. Many people accidentally saw it at the time, and it became a hot search. Later, after the research institute dissected the insect corpses and analyzed the correspondence, it was found that the two were exactly the same, so it used it as a template and sent the latest file to the whole country."

"And the original copy on the Internet also disappeared because the seaside area where the forum processor was located fell."

"But after the situation was temporarily stabilized, we recovered the technology and tracked the source of the signal to the Northwestern University research institute where He Jie worked."

"Taking advantage of the previous Zerg spy cleanup incident, the patrol personnel found the browsing and posting records of that forum in He Jie's laboratory..."

Speaking of this, Ding Chenghai sighed again.

Lin Feng swallowed his saliva and his heart skipped a beat.

For some reason, he had a strong premonition that the information about the Zerg in He Jie's hands must have come from his mother He Yiwen.

Maybe her disappearance is also related to this.

Could it be that the Zerg had already arrived on Blue Planet, but had been lurking in the depths of the ocean, quietly growing and developing, and then He Jie discovered some clues...

My mother works in the School of Physics, and her research direction is related to cosmic celestial bodies. She often goes to the astronomical station to obtain the latest observation records. Sometimes, in order to obtain the most accurate data, she even goes deep into the cloudless plateau Gobi.

Some scientists among humans may have already noticed the invasion of alien Zerg and made contact with them.

If He Jie inherited He Yiwen's research, everything would make sense. Thinking of this, Lin Feng sighed.

Because he knew that if something happened to He Jie, Fatty Ding would definitely not be able to sit still and would definitely go back to launch a rescue.

Although he always looks disheveled, he is a top talent in weapons. The Tiger-tooth Chainsaw Sword is a classic work he created in just a few days.

Most of the acquaintances of such geniuses are in military-industrial enterprises. In this apocalyptic era when production capacity is fully utilized, factories that provide logistics are as important as soldiers fighting on the front lines, and those relationships are naturally powerful and influential.

If Ding Chenghai goes back in person, even if he cannot prove He Jie's innocence for the time being, he can at least ensure that the other party will be spared physical pain.

It is not reasonable for Lin Feng to force him to stay.

Seeing Lin Feng's entanglement, Ding Chenghai threw away the half-smoked cigarette in his hand, stood up and rubbed the cigarette butt with his toes to put it out, and then comforted him:
"Don't worry, you want to stay here to fight against the Zerg invasion. I will definitely support you one hundred percent. I will help you contact the team members who are willing to stay here. They were originally assigned to the 13th Division as accompanying researchers."

"The 13th Division is preparing to evacuate now. With all the materials provided, they will definitely be willing to follow you."

Lin Feng nodded. As long as there were four or five people who could completely build a tiger-tooth chainsaw sword and then teach other logistics personnel, the industrial line would take shape.

As for the external materials such as tungsten steel, you can ask Hu Fei for help. There is no need to rush. Even if you use tiger teeth and giant jaws as the base material to build the whole body, it is not impossible.

Anyway, Lin Feng lacks everything except biological materials from the Zerg.

In addition to new weapons, the most important biological transformation plan is also within Lin Feng's plan.

Genetic warriors are the foundation of the legion.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng continued:
"The weapons aspect is easy to solve. I also need technical support in another area."

Ding Chenghai raised his eyebrows, quickly thought of what Lin Feng wanted, and shook his head:
"Impossible. Bio-transformation technology is not like what we have in our workshop. As long as there is a machine tool, we can stamp and polish. We also need to be equipped with a complete sterile laboratory, operating room, various disinfection equipment, and a frozen storage..."

"Weapons research is the work of roughnecks, but their work is very delicate. When I was connecting the physical data of genetic warriors at the Biological Research Institute, I almost got dizzy."

"Fighting on the front line will be exhausting, and we will need to set up camps everywhere. Where can we get these things?"

Lin Feng didn't take it seriously. Since he chose to come here to discuss cooperation, he naturally had conditions that the other party couldn't refuse:
"You don't have to worry about that. Just give me the contact information of the project leader of the biological transformation project."

Seeing that the other party was still unwilling to give up, Ding Chenghai took out his mobile phone and pushed the contact, adding:

"Let me remind you that the person in charge of Jincheng at the Federal Biological Research Institute is named Ling Shuyan. She is a ruthless crazy woman and is very famous in the institute. 80% of the death row and serious criminals in the suburban prisons are consumed by her projects."

"If you can provide her with an endless supply of human test samples, she might consider it."

"Or you can offer yourself. The legend of your battle in Wucheng has spread. Many people in the institute are very interested in your abilities."

Lin Feng ignored Fatty Ding's teasing and clicked on the number and called.

After a few seconds of beeping, the call was connected.

Lin Feng cleared his throat in advance:
"Hello, Director Ling."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, and then a mature and soft female voice came:

"Hello."

Lin Feng looked at Fatty Ding's playful expression and said slowly:
"Director Ling, I would like to invite you to join my cooperative project and stay on the front line to continue your biological research."

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One minute ago...

Two kilometers away at the Laoshan Biological Research Institute, a long-haired woman in white clothes and half-frame glasses walked out of the laboratory with a frown on her face.

In the closed constant temperature room behind Ling Shuyan, there were several massage chair-sized cabins. Under the glass of the cabin cover, one could see...

Qin Hu and others who returned safely from the insect nest were lying in it, their bodies covered with transparent mucus, with hoses inserted everywhere to deliver nutrients and monitor physical data.

In fact, the transformation technology of genetic warriors is still immature and is far from perfect.

The problem lies in the absorption and fusion of the genetic fluid.

In order to get more support from the General Hospital and even the federal level as soon as possible, Ling Shuyan had to send out the newly formed Qin Hu team...

Completed the acquisition of intelligence on the new second-tier Zerg.

Although the mission was successfully completed this time, not only did we bring back important experimental materials, but we also achieved the feat of going deep into the insect nest and returning safely for the first time...

However, the physical deformities of Qin Hu and others have been worsening rapidly due to the excessive use of zygotes.

Especially after taking the high-efficiency absorption liquid, the rate of cell necrosis in the body begins to exceed the rate of division. If it is not repaired for a long time in the hibernation chamber, it is very likely to face the risk of death from functional failure in the next mission.

Compared with the Zerg warrior hunters reported by Qin Hu, the genetic warriors were more like a poor imitation, a failed semi-finished product.

Just one action would take at least two days to recover.

There is no way to put it into actual combat.

Ling Shuyan exerted force with her fingers and broke the pen in her hand.

Suppress the anxiety in your heart and force yourself to calm down.

However, at this midnight hour, the phone in my pocket suddenly buzzed.

There was a call at this time. Ling Shuyan was about to scold the other party, but she saw an unfamiliar number displayed on it, and the number at the end was marked as a call from Haicheng area.

Make the woman alert instantly.

This was her private number, which she would usually only give to people of the same level with whom she had a vested interest. However, Haicheng had been destroyed for a long time, and the few survivors who escaped from it had nothing to do with her.

There is no possibility of fraudulent harassment calls.

Then the other party must have come prepared.

Ling Shuyan pondered the other party's identity, adjusted her attitude and answered the call.

Instead, a young man's voice was heard.

This reminded Ling Shuyan of something, and she immediately swiped her tablet to pull out the information files of all awakened people, filtering out relevant attributes such as gender and age to narrow down the scope.

Looking at the last few names that appeared on the tablet, Ling Shuyan smiled slightly and spoke softly.

When she heard the invitation, the smile on her face became even more intriguing:

"Little handsome boy, I don't even know who you are?"

Without seeing the person, just hearing his voice, Lin Feng could already sense the aggression in his words. Looking at the photo of the woman that Ding Chenghai had brought up for him, she was extremely beautiful:
"My name is Lin Feng. I am now preparing to take over as the acting commander of the 13th Division. I will also become the largest force in the Jiangnan region to resist the Zerg invasion in the future."

After confirming the other party's identity, Ling Shuyan's smile became even brighter. At this moment, she had walked to her office, locked the door and sat in the armchair. She put her round and slender legs wrapped in stockings on the desk, and placed the tablet showing Lin Feng's information on her lower abdomen, leaning against her thighs. While using her slender fingers to swipe through the other party's detailed records, she replied:
"Mr. Lin, transformation research requires a huge amount of resources. Just as consumables for human experiments, we need 20 to 30 people every day. Do you want to send all the soldiers in your hands to me for surgical transformation?"

Faced with the ridiculous conditions proposed by Ling Shuyan, Lin Feng laughed and directly refused:
"That's impossible. When the success rate of biological modification surgery is less than 95%, I will not risk my own soldiers for you to experiment on."

"And you need to obtain the equipment consumed in the experiment by yourselves, but I can provide a large amount of Zerg biological materials, including the pulse tail cannon of the pulse war scorpion, the magma condensation organ of the tank flame armor, and the complete corpse of the warrior hunter worm..."

Ling Shuyan's voice suddenly turned cold:
"We can also get a large supply of the things you mentioned when we return to the safer rear areas. When Qin Hu stands out in the battle to defend the capital, the entire federation will serve the biological transformation project wholeheartedly..."

"But you...Mr. Lin, according to the information, the ability you awakened is very special. You first reported it as super-powered bullets, but then it changed to material synthesis."

"If you can fuse the biological materials of the Zerg and use them for your own benefit, I think you should be able to synthesize living things, right?!"

Lin Feng's expression changed slightly. Fusion was only a subsidiary part of the upgrade ability. The text in front of him seemed to have never shown an upgrade reminder for living things.

It is probably because living things cannot be judged as objects.

Lin Feng didn't care about Ling Shuyan's urgent prying on the other end of the phone. He just shrugged and changed the subject:
"I have fought side by side with Qin Hu, and I know better than anyone the strengths and weaknesses of genetic warriors."

"They are too unstable. If they forcefully fuse alien Zerg cells and genes, ordinary people would only be poisoned to death by the Zerg genes if the Awakened were not extremely strong."

"But even so, this forced fusion is still too much of a stretch. It also puts a huge strain on the Awakener's body. If they exert too much force, it will cause a serious overdraft and reduce the lifespan of the cells in their bodies."

"Not to mention, the mental impact on the genetic warriors will turn them into unstable time bombs..."

"Stop talking!" Before Lin Feng could finish his words, Ling Shuyan's icy voice interrupted him from the other end of the line:
"If you're calling me just to expose these temporary defects and undermine confidence in our project, then hang up as soon as possible. Don't worry, I will block you directly."

Lin Feng's mouth corners gradually rose:

"Wait, if I say that I have a naturally awakened gene fusion ability, this awakener can not only proceed steadily but also accommodate multiple Zerg genes..."

"How about avoiding the above defects as much as possible?"

(End of this chapter)