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

Chapter 212 Cooperation and Sincerity, Military Parade and Re-entry

"I'll go back, but not now."

"As for what you said about sending troops..."

"I want to know, what is the current strength of this so-called Federal Steel Corporation?"

Lin Feng spoke calmly, unmoved.

Zhang Zihan pushed up her glasses, with a bit of pride:

"The Iron and Steel United Group is one of the top forces in the rear safety zone. It has seven base cities across three states, and there are tens of millions of survivors under the group."

"In addition, other top forces in the safe zone include the base cities built by the original state capitals, the federal army group retreating to the northwest, and the original federal departments..."

"Comparatively speaking, we have no shortage of weapons and equipment, but in terms of awakened people, both the number and strength are weaker than other bases."

"So we are more willing to pay a higher price in exchange for City Lord Lin's cooperation and alliance."

Lin Feng nodded.

Sister Yu Rou is very smart. She knows very well that even if she can rely on the second-level insect eggs to give birth to a group of early second-level awakeners, they will still be much weaker than the awakeners in other forces who rely on their own strength to fight the Zerg and grow naturally.

There is a huge gap between the two in combat experience.

Especially in a life-and-death duel, practical experience becomes even more important.

Even if the Steel Group relied on second-order insect eggs to arm itself, it was still at a disadvantage compared to the lords of those small base cities.

There are no weaklings who can rely on their own first-level strength to kill second-level Zerg.

If the Steel Group wants to change this predicament directly in a short period of time, it can only hire the high-end forces of the Salvation Army.

Or simply let Lin Feng, who has been promoted to the third level, show up in the safe zone, and he can instantly deter those villains who intend to threaten the group.

But Lin Feng didn't have the free time to run to the safe area in the rear and attend various meaningless gatherings.

Knowing the true strength of the alien Zerg, he knew very well that even if he reached the third level, he would still be nothing in front of those fourth-level Zerg kings.

With the help of Longyi, we must kill enough third-level Zerg as quickly as possible before the Zerg notice us, and complete the evolutionary upgrade from the early stage to the late stage peak.

So Lin Feng spoke up and directly rejected Sister Yu Rou's proposal, but also gave a solution:

"The Jincheng base city is currently under construction, and there are many Zerg queens nearby, eyeing it covetously. Although I really want to go there and witness the grand occasion of the Iron and Steel United Group with my own eyes, I really can't get away from the front line..."

"How about this, as long as you buy enough second-level insect eggs, such as a dozen or dozens, I will send a second-level battle group in the name of protecting precious goods..."

"I will follow you back to the Steel Group headquarters and be responsible for the group's safety until you fully master the second-level power."

"This way other forces won't be able to find any fault with it."

Now it is a veteran second-level regiment with a perfect leader in the late second-level stage and several veteran members in the middle second-level stage.

With such strength, it can completely suppress the high-end forces in the entire safe zone.

Naturally, it can also protect the safety of the United Steel Group.

After hearing the promise made by the leader of the Salvation Army, Zhang Zihan's tense nerves gradually relaxed. Although she felt a little regretful, she also smiled sincerely:
"Thank you, City Lord Lin, for your thoughtfulness!"

"To show our sincerity, all the weapons and equipment owned by the Iron and Steel United Group will be supplied to the Jincheng Base and the Salvation Army without reservation."

Lin Feng nodded:
"Go ahead. You can discuss the specific cooperation matters and transaction contents with Miss Han who is in charge of government affairs and Commander Li Ran who is in charge of logistics."

After understanding the content of the cooperation, Lin Feng ordered them to leave.

Zhang Zihan wanted to say something else, but seeing that the man in front of her had no interest in her anymore, she followed Han Yuxin's steps with reluctance.

After sending away the messenger arranged by Sister Yu Rou, Lin Feng sat on the swivel chair, turned to face the window, and looked at the dark mountains on the other side of the river.

As he expected, not long after Han Yuxin sent Zhang Zihan away, Ling Shuyan, the director of the Biological Research Institute on the other side of the river, also introduced by Han Yuxin, personally arrived at the city lord's office to report important matters to the city lord Lin Feng.

When the door opened and she saw Lin Feng, Ling Shuyan was stunned for a moment, then she returned to normal, walked quickly to the desk, and faced the man who was in charge of the Jincheng base.

"People from the Federal Research Institute are here?"

Lin Feng spoke lightly.

Among the people Hu Fei invited this time, there were no specific departments under the federal government, only some bigwigs who were in charge of government affairs.

This group of people shared with the military the Federation's greatest remaining reliance: the nuclear bomb codes and the nuclear bombs themselves.

But in fact, the specific departments responsible for implementing government orders have been fighting each other, such as the United Iron and Steel Group that blatantly raised objections, and the Research Institute that is now standing in front of Lin Feng and is about to engage in in-depth cooperation.

Hearing Lin Feng's question, Ling Shuyan thanked Han Yuxin for pushing the chair over, sat upright, and nodded:
"The Federal Research Institute has sent a vice president. He hopes to trade more second-level insect eggs and the corpse of the high-level queen mother killed by City Lord Lin in the Wucheng decisive battle..."

"I conveyed the city lord's proposal for joint development to him. The vice president is willing to send a group of relevant researchers to set up a research project on the mother queen's corpse in Jincheng and share the results."

"But the prerequisite is that they can take away some of the cell tissue from the Queen Mother's corpse."

"According to the vice president, considering that Jincheng Base City is too close to the front line and only a hundred kilometers away from the Zerg territory, if something unexpected happens in the future..."

“I hope to preserve important experimental materials in advance.”

Lin Feng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he sneered:
"No cell tissue from the Queen Mother's body can leave the Jincheng base, and they want to reach a project cooperation with such a small price, which is simply unrealistic!"

"Go back and tell them that the superpower cell gene bank mentioned last time should be shipped over for sharing. I will then consider whether to allow the cell trade of the Queen Mother's corpse."

"Otherwise, we can just conduct research on the high-level Zerg separately and isolate them from the project."

Lin Feng's decisive refusal was also within Ling Shuyan's expectations. The other party was the kind of person who would not give up until he saw the rabbit. If the Federal Research Institute did not offer tangible benefits, there was no way Lin Feng could be coaxed by a few words.

This is also good news for Ling Shuyan.

Especially recently, we have encountered many obstacles and bottlenecks in the research of gene fusion and the Superman Project. Perhaps we can find a solution to this problem through the research of third-order cells.

But in fact, the best research subject is right in front of Ling Shuyan herself.

It’s a pity that Lin Feng will not trust anyone and hand over his cell tissue as a third-level awakener.

At least until Ling Shuyan proves her loyalty and worth, this matter will be difficult to put on the agenda.

After Ling Shuyan left, Chen Yanyan greeted her and entered the office. She immediately became concerned about the lack of progress in the Queen Mother's research project:

"Won't the Queen Mother's body rot if we delay this any longer?"

Lin Feng stretched and shook his head:
"Not yet. We have to wait at least ten days until its internal tissues have consumed their own energy and become extremely weak, allowing bacteria and fungi to invade."

"And there is no need to worry about it. When the military parade is held tomorrow, representatives of various forces will see the Queen Mother's corpse with their own eyes and realize its value. Then we will not be the ones who will be anxious."

Chen Yanyan nodded, not quite understanding. She guessed that the Federal Research Institute would also be worried about other organizations interfering.

After all, in addition to them, research institutes in other states and large biopharmaceutical companies are also very interested in the cells and genes of third-order life forms.

As long as they hand over the superpower cell genes in their hands, Lin Feng doesn't mind starting joint research.

After experiencing the failure of yesterday's energy transformation, Lin Feng was under time pressure and hoped to take a shortcut to master the electromagnetic force before entering the middle stage of the third stage.

And this shortcut is naturally the collection and absorption of the superpower gene library.

…………

The dinner ended late at night, and the sparsely populated streets were unusually quiet.

After the representatives of various forces returned to the hotel, they began to feel uneasy when faced with the separate invitation from the Iron and Steel United Group to meet with the Lord of Jincheng for negotiations.

After all, according to what Deputy City Lord Han said at the dinner...

In the battle of Wucheng, they captured more than 3,400 living black-backed insects, and had about a hundred second-level insect eggs in reserve, but less than fifty were used for this transaction.

If you calculate it, on average each force will only get four or five digits at most.

If the Iron and Steel United Group swallows up half of the share, the power comparison in the rear safety zone will change dramatically, and the spheres of influence of each party will also be reshuffled.

This is not good news.

The United Steel Group in particular has been the target of joint efforts due to some recent rebellious remarks.

In fact, the fundamental reason is that large organizations like this that control the entire military-industrial chain have extremely strong logistical potential.

Once allowed to grow, it will be a serious threat to all forces.

The strong alliance of several chairmen is itself a dangerous signal.

Therefore, it is safest to dismember and divide the Iron and Steel United Group before it gains control of a large number of awakened forces.

Now the other party is about to make up for this shortcoming...

Representatives of other forces present secretly gathered in a suite in the middle of the night to discuss countermeasures.

Either force the steel group to reduce its purchase amount, or everyone pools resources and competes for the quota.

As for the last resort option...

After the Iron and Steel United Group bought most of the second-level insect eggs, they waited until the return trip to rob the goods. After all, they were the only side that had multiple second-level awakeners.

The Steel Group has at most three first-order late-stage awakeners, and when compared with their strength, they are not even worth mentioning.

However, this option was tacitly not mentioned during the discussion.

After all, at that time it will all depend on one's own ability, and no one can trust anyone except their own people.

A night of worry was spent in discussion.

The next morning, Han Yuxin sent someone to drive over to pick everyone up and take them to the square where the military parade was about to take place.

At this moment, in the huge square in front of the train station, in addition to the Queen Mother's body that had been placed there for a long time, there was also a dreadnought quietly parked on the side of the road.

Lin Feng was wearing Flying Tiger armor and standing in front of the bow. Behind him was the huge corpse of the Zerg Queen, which was twice as big as the dreadnought, a steel behemoth.

The two giant beasts serve as the background, supporting the fully armed Lin Feng. In the photo taken by the accompanying reporters, it has become one of the most classic photos that has been passed down to various places in later generations.

In the early morning of late summer, the sun rises in the east before six o'clock.

Li Ran, standing in front of the dreadnought, calculated the time and started the Salvation Army's first military parade at 6:30.

At this moment, delegations from various forces who came to observe also arrived at the other side of the road in the square, sat on the makeshift stands, and watched the military formation approaching not far away.

The first to appear were the logistics support troops, wearing uniform red shield armor and equipped with standard large-caliber rifles.

This is also the main source of troops for all forces at present.

But in the Salvation Army at the Jincheng base, they can only perform logistical work and have no strength to go to the battlefield.

Following several neatly-organized auxiliary phalanxes across the square, closely following them was the Salvation Army's real core combat force, the Combat Brigade.

Including the recently recruited and promoted members, there are more than 4,000 first-level awakeners in total.

There were only two elite regiments on stage for review, totaling more than 800 people, all of whom were in the late first stage. They were wearing jet-black armor and holding powerful shotguns. They walked across the square under Lin Feng's gaze.

This scene deeply shocked the delegation members who were watching the event.

After all, there are nearly a thousand first-stage late awakeners, and no force can gather them in the rear safe zone.

Even the state guard that governs a population of tens of millions only has about a hundred first-order late-stage awakeners at most.

The Jincheng base has 100,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people under its jurisdiction, but it can create a force of this magnitude. It seems that the troops under Lin Feng's command were trained with blood and death in the fierce battle with the Zerg.

Every soldier exuded a murderous aura.

After the eight battle phalanxes passed by, forty-five flying winged tanks appeared next, fully loaded with twenty battle troop members.

The tank has extremely thick armor that can directly withstand the attacks of black-spine beetles. Combined with five shotguns and twelve heavy machine guns, there is no need to worry about being surrounded by black-spine beetles when encountering a tide of black-spine beetles.

Representatives of many forces had their eyes shining. It was obvious that these advanced tanks with both defense and firepower attracted their attention.

If we have such a powerful fleet, we can take the initiative to kill and capture the black-spine insect swarms, thereby cultivating more awakened people in a short period of time.

It is estimated that the Awakened Combat Brigade of more than 4,000 soldiers in the Savior Army was born in this way.

Waiting for the majestic chariot to pass through the square...

The last to appear were the top forces of the Salvation Army under Lin Feng, a second-level legion with all members awakened to the second level!
There are a total of 260 combat members, divided into ten different regiments. Except for the two newest regiment leaders who have just entered the late second stage, the other eight veteran regiment leaders have all reached the perfect strength of the late second stage.

As they wore orange tiger-bug armor of level 20 or above, holding freshly-made armor-piercing cannons and electromagnetic cannons, they stepped onto the review stage...

The powerful aura exuded by the more than 20 second-level awakeners in each square formation directly shocked all the representatives of the forces present. Many of the people who were only in the early stage of the first level were so frightened that their blood rushed to their heads and their hands trembled...

Lin Feng sat on a tall building, quietly reviewing this group of second-level legion members as they walked across the square.

Among them are the genetic regiment led by Shen Jie and others, as well as the guard regiment that follows Lin Feng to complete the decapitation plan.

As the first regiment, the former's strength is unquestionable.

As for the Guards Regiment, all members were equipped with tiger-tooth chainswords. This powerful weapon was stained with the deaths of countless second-order Zergs. When held tightly in the hands of the second-order members in full body armor, it exuded a terrifying murderous aura.

As the ten regiments marched across the square, the one-hour parade came to an end.

Lin Feng glanced at the time and saw that it was already half past seven, so he opened his mouth and ordered in a strong and loud voice:
"The First Gene Regiment, the Guards Regiment, and the Second and Seventh Fleet Regiments of the Combat Brigade, follow me to fight the Zerg!"

A total of 860 members boarded the chariot and followed the dreadnought that Lin Feng was riding on, heading towards Wucheng in the southeast.

After the main force set off, Li Ran walked towards the delegation across the street and asked them if they were interested in watching the Salvation Army's actual combat drills together.

The force dispatched this time consists of only one-fifth of the members of the Salvation Army, but Lin Feng is fully confident that he can repel the expansionist minions of the Queen of Haicheng.

With his third-level strength and the golden-quality ion laser cannon, no one can stop Lin Feng's wanton slaughter unless the Queen Mother of Haicheng shows up in person.

The invited members of the delegation looked at each other, turned their eyes away from the Queen Mother's corpse, and discussed privately whether they should take the risk and go to witness the battle between the Saviors and the Zerg with their own eyes.

Finally, at the suggestion of several second-level city lords, it was decided that each force would send two to four people to follow the more than 1,000 logistics support team led by Li Ran to go to the front-line battlefield together.

The logistics support team boarded the troop transport truck and began to drive away from the Jincheng base.

The delegation that went to observe the event rode in a comfortable yellow bus with Li Ran.

Among the members of the accompanying delegation, a big shot from the federal high level found Li Ran sitting in the co-pilot seat.

Li Ran knew this person. He used to be a general in the logistics corps. His surname was Chen. The three stars on his shoulder straps meant that he was a lieutenant general. He should be in charge of logistics support for the war in the north.

General Chen, who was nearly sixty years old, patted Li Ran on the shoulder and said in a low voice:

"Master Li, in addition to the second-level insect eggs, I have another request this time. Can you convey it to City Lord Lin for me?"

Li Ran was somewhat flattered. After all, the difference in status between them made it impossible for the other party to be humble.

Although the old general only had the strength of the early first level, out of respect and admiration, Li Ran did not become arrogant.

So he nodded slightly, motioning the other party to continue.

General Chen took a deep breath:
"We hope that City Lord Lin can rush north to rescue the besieged federal capital when the war in Jiangnan eases..."

"There are three million survivors and more than half a million soldiers inside. If this continues, they will all be buried in the belly of insects..."

Li Ran's pupils shrank suddenly, and he thought of the old captain who went north.

Qin Hu.

(End of this chapter)