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

Chapter 209 Bigwigs, Second-order Insect Eggs, Replicas

Han Yuxin raised the corner of her mouth slightly, looking at Hu Fei who was fawning on her, and simply said:

"Let's go. City Lord Lin has arranged a welcoming lunch for everyone..."

At the beginning of the apocalypse, he was just a small follower under Hu Fei. Now, more than two months have passed, and the strength and status of both sides have undergone earth-shaking changes.

Both sides seized the business opportunity of the live insect business.

The only difference is that Han Yuxin positioned herself as an employee under Lin Feng, while Hu Fei adhered to the business principles and his own selfish interests, and simply regarded Lin Feng as a trading partner with whom both parties could get what they wanted.

But the market for live worms, where supply exceeds demand, determines who can deliver large quantities of live worms and who will be the real leader.

Until now, Lin Feng not only controls a large number of second-level insect eggs, but also has a large-scale second-level battle group.

It is even rumored that he himself has entered the third stage, becoming the only third-level awakener among the human survivors on the entire Blue Planet...

After shaking hands with Han Yuxin, Hu Fei realized that she had entered the second stage and became a powerful second-level awakener. Then he saw the grand welcoming team behind her and regretted it again.

He chose to leave at the beginning, obviously because he believed that even if the Federation was in a bad situation, it could still hold on for a few more years. After all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. A big country would not be so quickly undermined by the awakening forces that have risen in various places...

This was also true in the first month. No matter how strong a first-level awakener was, he could not resist the concentrated fire of hot weapons and a large number of soldiers.

But no one expected that when the second-level awakener was born at the end of July, the superhuman power he demonstrated would directly break the basic order that maintained the rule of the upper class.

A fully armed second-level awakener can easily kill hundreds of first-level awakeners. No matter how many soldiers there are, they cannot pose an effective threat to him. Even the top federal officials can only adopt an attitude of winning him over and showing goodwill.

Hu Fei, who was unable to provide a channel for second-level live worms, gradually lost his former transcendent status in this environment of order collapse.

So this time, will be his last chance.

However, Han Yuxin did not give too much face to the team accompanying Hu Fei. Even though there were several early-stage second-order awakeners among them, they were only considered the bottom of the upper class in the current Jincheng base and were not worthy of being on the stage at all.

After all, even the city’s logistics and government management have entered the second stage.

This also further illustrates the strength of the Jincheng Base. Even management posts that do not participate in the battle can be given the precious opportunity to awaken to the second level.

Following Han Yuxin and her party, and amidst the warm welcome of the people at the dock, the various forces that came to negotiate, with uncertain expressions on their faces, entered the five-star hotel by the river.

The grand luncheon was already prepared.

In order to facilitate negotiations between everyone and the base management, the lunch was served in a buffet format, with unlimited supply of fish, shrimp and river seafood.

In addition, there are chickens, ducks, geese and sheep that the survivors have plundered from the fields in the northern towns. Under Betty's arrangement, a breeding system has been gradually established to steadily supply a small amount of eggs and poultry meat.

Except for the rare river fish in the Northwest, other meats are actually not attractive to the representatives of these forces. They have high power and status in their respective bases, so naturally they have no shortage of abundant food supplies.

So when they saw the buffet lunch, they all showed expressions of disdain and contempt.

The entire lunch was hosted by Han Yuxin and Betty. Li Ran, representing the military force, was also present. He discussed the combat experience of blocking the Zerg on the front line with the awakened ones or former colleagues from the rear.

But from beginning to end, the protagonist of the banquet, the lord of Jincheng Base and the leader of the Thirteenth Division did not show up.

They waited for a long time until the arrival of Chen Yanyan, the fleet's highest commander, broke the awkward atmosphere in the meeting place.

After informing Han Yuxin and Betty that Lin Feng was busy, Han Yuxin slowly walked up to the podium and raised her glass to apologize:

"The city lord has some personal matters to attend to and is temporarily unable to attend the luncheon. However, as an apology, he has specially sent someone to deliver the precious second-level nutrient solution for everyone to taste."

As she spoke, Chen Yanyan asked her subordinates to push the cart into the conference hall.

There is a refrigerator on the cart for freezing and preserving food.

Organic nutrient solution needs to be kept in a zero-degree environment to be preserved for a long time, otherwise its effect will deteriorate and slowly dissipate over time.

In full view of everyone, the soldiers opened the refrigerator and took out the food containers.

It contains ten liters of milky white nutrient solution, weighing more than ten kilograms. Due to its high density, it will not freeze even if stored in sub-zero temperatures.

As the clip of the fuse box was opened, a faint fragrance wafted out.

Of course, ordinary people cannot smell it. Only the awakened can smell this extremely light fragrance through their powerful olfactory organs and the instinctive desire of their cells in the body.

Han Yuxin continued to introduce its effects:
"I believe everyone has heard of the second-order insect eggs. Not only can they allow those who have fully awakened in the late first-order to directly enter the second stage, but the organic nutrient solution contained in the eggs also has many other wonderful uses..."

"For example, drinking them can improve physical strength. Drinking a large amount of nutrient solution can also make up for the shortcomings of our human physique, and become a true second-level awakener who has reached the physical and mental standards!"

"Of course, it also has additional benefits such as rapid recovery and accelerated wound healing."

"Now, let us experience for ourselves the magic of this organic nutrient solution."

As she spoke, Han Yuxin took the lead in taking the goblet filled with organic nutrient solution from the servant.

Before drinking it in one gulp, he joked:
"By the way, although it is considered the juice of the Zerg, it is non-toxic and harmless. However, ordinary people should drink less of it. After all, it has a strong aftereffect and can burn the stomach a bit."

Everyone laughed and then looked at each other. Even though Han Yuxin had already drunk it, no one of them dared to be the guinea pig.

Until several second-level awakeners who also served as deputy city lords of the base stepped forward to try and taste the organic nutrient solution...

This finally resolved the awkward atmosphere.

However, as the second-level awakeners applauded after drinking, they all wanted another glass. The representatives of other forces in the accompanying group only reacted belatedly and rushed forward to take the glasses.

Unfortunately, there were less than ten liters in total, and each of the hundreds of representatives, big and small, present could only get one or two sips at most.

Looking at the big shots who only tasted a little, they showed an intoxicated and endless aftertaste expression, and the desire in their eyes could not be stopped from overflowing. There was no longer the pretentious and arrogant attitude as before...

Han Yuxin and Betty shook the wine glasses in their hands, smiling with pride and disdain in their eyes.

In front of the most intuitive power...

Even the big shots who are high up in the world will bow down, beg for mercy, and wag their tails, giving up their so-called dignity which is worthless.

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On the other side, Lin Feng woke up at 11:30 and wanted to simply wash up and change into casual clothes to attend the reception banquet held at noon.

After he finished packing, he received a call from Han Yuxin, saying that Hu Fei had arrived at the dock with representatives from various forces.

Just when Lin Feng was leaving the dreadnought, he met Chen Yanyan and Long Yi coming over.

After two days, this guy finally showed up.

And behind Lingyi, there are hundreds of giant red beetles carrying white second-level insect eggs.

Looking at these cute insects and beautiful eggs, Lin Feng smiled from the bottom of his heart.

In addition, he has a lot of things about the Zerg Queen that he wants to consult with Longyi for verification.

So Lin Feng asked Chen Yanyan to go and inform Han Yuxin and others that he had something urgent to do.

Compared to those insignificant guests at the banquet, it was obvious that what was happening on Longyi's side was more important.

Following Lin Feng's instructions, Long Yi controlled the swarm of red beetles to place the second-order eggs in the tail warehouse of the dreadnought, and then called on them to return to the east of Jincheng, where most of them were migrating.

Lin Feng counted them and found that there were more than two hundred of them.

Ling Yi did not hide anything and waited until the red beetle walked away before explaining the situation:
"The underground nest of the Jiangbei Queen Mother has about 500 second-level insect eggs. I brought 250 of them. They are all newly hatched and will not undergo metamorphosis in a short period of time."

“Each one is plump and juicy, suitable for human consumption.”

Lin Feng nodded, quite satisfied with Long Yi's arrangement.

Two hundred and fifty second-order insect eggs, plus the sixty or so eggs currently remaining in the dreadnought's reserve space, a total of three hundred eggs...

Enough to create another second-level legion.

It is more than enough to trade weapons and meat with the base city in the rear.

After loading the second-stage insect eggs, the two walked one after the other to the nearby train station square and came to the queen mother's corpse which was guarded by layers of guards.

"Have you taken back all the Zerg under the command of the Jiangbei Queen Mother?"

Lin Feng mentioned the other party's purpose of this trip.

The scorpion nodded slightly:
"We have taken back most of the ones we could control. We also used some tricks to kill the node mothers left in the mother nest by the queen, and then transferred all the remaining swarms to the Wucheng defense line." "In fact, the swarm it left behind was not very large, about 150 second-level tiger-spine insects and more than 20,000 low-level black-spine insects. Most of the red beetles were transferred to dig tunnels, so the number was even smaller, only about 10,000."

"I circled its territory. In fact, the area north of the river is quite desolate, with very few biological resources. The farmland and rural areas further north are all occupied by the other two allied queen mothers."

"So this is a doomed situation for the Jiangbei Queen Mother. Only by breaking through to the middle stage of the third stage as soon as possible can we seize a glimmer of hope in the gap between the powerful ones."

Lin Feng nodded and estimated the current Zerg forces under Long Yi's command.

The swarm of insects left behind by the Jiangbei Queen is not too many, but not too few either. It is equivalent to nearly half the size of the swarm in the hands of the early third-stage Queen.

With this strength, it is enough for Long Yi to have enough confidence to confront the Queen Mother of Haicheng after he is promoted to the middle stage of the third level.

The two tigers are evenly matched in their fight, so the Jincheng base, 150 kilometers away from Taihu Lake, can have some time to rest and recuperate.

At this moment, Ling Yi suddenly turned his head and lowered his voice:

"I have placed this part of the swarm in the western part of Wucheng, outside the camp where you were stationed before."

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes, but quickly guessed the reason:
"Has your main body entered the promotion stage?"

Apart from this, Lin Feng couldn't think of any other reason why Long Yi wanted to take over the task of blocking the Queen Mother of Haicheng from entering Taihu Lake.

Even though more than half of the Queen Mother of Haicheng were killed in the decisive battle of Wucheng, she is still strong enough to defeat any Queen Mother of the early third stage.

So it was very risky for Lingyi to do this.

Facing Lin Feng's question, Ling Yi did not hide his rebuttal, but stretched out two fingers and directly admitted:

"Two days."

"Early before the decisive battle, I had enough energy and biomass resources to enter the middle stage of the third stage. It has been four days now. In two more days, my main body will be able to successfully advance to the middle stage of the third stage..."

Lin Feng frowned slightly, gradually understanding the real purpose of Long Yi's words, and continued to ask:

"You want me to send out troops again to protect you for two days?"

In Lin Feng's opinion, as long as the other party is not stupid, he will not reveal such extremely important and critical information.

If he had evil intentions, he could have taken advantage of the most vulnerable period of his promotion and led all the soldiers in the city to conduct a carpet search and finally kill him.

Now that I have entered the third level, I can easily do this with the enhanced tiger-tooth chainsaw sword and level 30 ion laser cannon.

But just as Lin Feng guessed, since Ling Yi dared to tell him this, he obviously had other trading conditions that were enough to impress Lin Feng:
"Yes, just two days."

"And two days later, in addition to my main body being promoted to the middle stage of the third stage, I will also be able to advance to the third stage and become a third-stage expert like you..."

"Then my real body will fulfill its promise and help you slow down the expansion of the Queen Mother of Sea City, and ensure that your Golden City base can get some rest for a while."

"In addition, after becoming a third-order life form, I will follow you to other places in the future to hunt those third-order early-stage queen mothers who have not yet been promoted."

"I can use the spiritual world to find out their approximate distribution and the strength of each..."

"With my secret help, you can smoothly travel through the Zerg's underground hive. At the same time, during the battle, you will be immune to the Queen Mother's mental attack and complete the harvest of them."

After saying this, Long Yi showed a half-smile on his face and looked quietly at the man in front of him, waiting for an answer.

Seeing Lin Feng fall into deep thought and decision, he climbed onto the huge insect body of the queen in front of him and looked into the distance.

Lin Feng stared at Long Yi's figure.

The other party's proposal sounds very tempting and more feasible than formulating another surface decapitation plan.

After all, after this battle, the remaining queens around the world will be more cautious, especially those who have not yet advanced to the middle stage of the third stage and have no ability to protect themselves. They will definitely not risk raising their heads and entering the surface again.

If they hide in their underground nest, Lin Feng alone won't be able to deal with them, unless he takes a second-level legion and travels around the world.

However, doing so would easily lead to discovery by the Queen Mother, and the safety of the Jincheng base would not be guaranteed.

If Lingyi can continue to cooperate, two early-stage third-order life forms will be enough to deal with an early-stage queen mother.

"That's fine, but there's one thing..."

Lin Feng agreed, and when the insect turned around, he pointed at the sunken half of its head and continued:

"All the third-level biological materials in the body of the Zerg Queen that I kill in the future will belong to me."

"Including the Queen Mother's brain."

"In addition, the second-level insect eggs in the hatching nest are still divided equally 50-50..."

Without any hesitation, Long Yi nodded with a smile:
"No problem, but the remaining ownerless insect swarms and the entire insect nest will belong to me. The life energy in them is enough for me to complete the promotion."

After reaching further cooperation, Lin Feng asked about the Zerg Queen.

For example, how to kill the opponent quickly and effectively without destroying the queen mother's brain, or how to chase the opponent and force them to escape from underground and drill out of the ground.

So that the dreadnought can complete the harvest.

As for the former, Lingyi could still give some suggestions, but as for the latter, she was powerless.

Lin Feng sighed. It seemed that if the lv29 dreadnought battleship wanted to complete the cross-level upgrade, it would probably have to wait for more than ten days until the third-level king spiny worm came onto the battlefield.

"Okay, for Wu Cheng's blocking mission, I will send a few second-level battle groups to support him tomorrow morning."

"As for now, I have to sell the second-level insect eggs you brought for a good price."

"How about it, are you interested in visiting?"

Lingyi jumped off the Queen Mother's corpse and waved his hands:
"No, I have no interest in the transactions between you humans."

"But I heard from Chen Yanyan that you are going to conduct research on this corpse? The genetic code of a third-order life form contains the secret of the tribe's artistic conception, which is not so easy to decipher. I wish you good luck!"

She walked and talked, and finally waved her hand:

"See you tomorrow. Now I have to go to Wucheng and take command in person."

Looking at the receding figure of Long Yi, Lin Feng put away the smile on his face, turned to look at the huge corpse beside him, and hesitated whether to start research.

Long Yi's warning is not without reason. If one accidentally releases the pollution of the power of artistic conception, it can easily lead to a disaster.

Especially in bases where survivors live.

Not long after Lingyi left, Chen Yanyan returned with the good news she had received from the luncheon:
“That group of people are willing to pay a high price.”

"Including the heavy weapons we need, etc."

"But they were hesitant and unwilling to make any commitments regarding the weapons production line you mentioned earlier."

Lin Feng put away his thoughts and sneered:
"Don't worry, give them a taste of the sweetness first."

"When the military parade begins tomorrow morning, they will know that they have no room to refuse..."

"Tell Han Yuxin and the others not to let go and let it hang for a while."

After saying this, Lin Feng looked at the second-order insect eggs that had all been transferred into the storage space of the Dreadnought and continued:
"Have Li Ran gather all the soldiers this afternoon and promote and reward them according to the previously compiled list of battle records."

"And then, in front of the representatives of that group of forces, use a few second-level insect eggs directly."

Chen Yanyan nodded and went to inform them of the matter.

Then Lin Feng returned to the dreadnought and took out his only golden equipment, the level 30 ion laser cannon.

Since I have already promised Longyi, I will teach the Queen Mother of Haicheng a lesson tomorrow.

How can there be less?

A replica of the ion laser cannon!

「LV29 Electromagnetic Cannon - Replica」

"Materials required for synthesis: ..."

(End of this chapter)