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

Chapter 215: Invitation to the North, Cleaning the Battlefield, Decision

After instructing Long Yi to drive the swarm of insects hiding under the lake three or four kilometers away back to the deep water area, Lin Feng came to the dreadnought.

At this time, Chen Yanyan was commanding the fleet, collecting the scattered insect corpses and replenishing the power source.

At the same time, cooperate with the second-level battle group and auxiliary troops to pack and collect those black-backed insects.

What does it mean to have as many as 20,000 live black-backed worms?
Each one is four or five meters in size, and the first-stage late-stage black-backed worms can be more than ten meters in size, which can directly cover a hundred standard football fields.

Even if the limbs and giant jaws were cut off, like a spider with broken legs, leaving only the slender diamond-shaped trunk, each spider would still occupy an average of three or four square meters.

The storage space of the dreadnought alone is simply not enough to accommodate tens of thousands of cubic meters of living insects.

Chen Yanyan had to expend a large amount of the life energy she had just harvested to expand the internal storage space.

Compared with these, the utilization value of more than 20,000 black-backed living insects themselves means 20,000 first-level awakeners and 20,000 ordinary combat soldiers.

Even the Jincheng base could not digest them all in one go.

After all, the survivors under his rule, all the young and middle-aged people together, only numbered over 20,000 people. If all of them were soldiers, it meant that the demand for food would suddenly increase three or four times.

Obviously, the remaining 80,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people are simply unable to support such a large group of awakened people.

The top executives at Jincheng Base are well aware of this.

That's why it's necessary to carry out extensive publicity and recruit survivors from the rear.

At least 80% of these 20,000 live black-backed worms will be traded in exchange for food and medicine that the base urgently needs.

As for the remaining 4,000 or so, they will not be given to auxiliary soldiers for awakening for free. Most of them will be distributed as rewards to the fleet soldiers in this battle, so that they can grow to the late first stage as soon as possible.

In fact, as long as the Savior Army stays on the front line for one day, they will not lack the opportunity for the first-level awakening.

Under the command of queen mothers in various places, there are huge swarms of black-backed insects, waiting for them to be harvested.

Of course, this victory, in addition to promoting and proving the invincible strength of the Savior Army, is also to encourage all parties in the safe zone in the rear to put their energy back on the front line after restoring order in the base.

Because the Savior Army has proved to the world that the Zerg are not as scary as imagined.

As long as one's own strength and firepower are guaranteed, it is extremely easy to suppress a group of Zerg.

But Lin Feng would not tell them that this smooth victory was achieved by relying on the large number of insects that Longyi had previously invested as sacrificial bait to lure the Queen Mother of Haicheng into the trap at all costs, so that the victory could be achieved in one fell swoop.

And there is the Salvation Army, a team that has been reborn from the ashes after the decisive battle of Wucheng and has transformed into a group of veterans with excellent quality.

When facing a swarm of insects again, you will not lose your composure due to psychological pressure.

Finally, it is Lin Feng’s ability. His support can avoid casualties to the greatest extent.

This is how they created the legendary achievement of annihilating more than 400 second-order Zergs, capturing more than 20,000 black-spine Zerg swarms alive, without any deaths among their own team!
The reporters brought by Li Ran raised their cameras and video cameras to record the entire process of this legendary battle.

This very important video record not only earned them the title of war correspondents, but also proved to the world the Salvation Army's outstanding achievements and powerful strength.

Because of this video, from now on, no one will dare to question the legality and legitimacy of the Salvation Army's existence.

This is also the reason why Lin Feng asked Hu Fei to invite these reporters here.

At this moment, everyone, under the protection of the combat guards led by Li Ran, got close to the battlefield for the first time.

A real battlefield filled with smoke and blood.

Many reporters and pampered delegation members vomited on the spot.

The strange smell wafting from the insect corpses was like sulfur, plastic and rotten meat mixed together. Some reporters who were just ordinary or enhanced people were choked by the smell and their tears and noses were running.

It was impossible to go deep into the battlefield and record up close the spectacular scene of the Salvation Army capturing live insects and cleaning up the spoils.

I could only stand there for nearly a thousand meters, wrapping my mouth and nose with wet clothes, and shoot with difficulty.

Seeing this, Li Ran ordered his men to capture a few red beetles hiding in the ruins of the building and hand them over to the press corps to kill.

Then he led General Chen to the dreadnought, which was already well fed and well drunk.

Lin Feng sensed the other party's arrival, put away his equipment and jumped off the battleship. When Li Ran arrived in front of him, he said:

"Why? The federal military also has a big order to discuss?"

The person standing behind Li Ran was wearing a striking dark military uniform, which made it easy for him to get close to Li Ran, who came from a traditional army background.

As the introducer, Lin Feng didn't mind this.

As long as the price offered was right, he would even be willing to sell the black-backed insect swarm to Lingyi in exchange for the more valuable second-level insect eggs.

Unfortunately, when the two parted, after hearing Lin Feng's proposal, Long Yi rolled his eyes at him, got on the red beetle and left.

So Lin Feng could only settle for the next best thing and sell them to the various forces in the rear safe zone as soon as possible.

Hearing Lin Feng's question, Li Ran nodded:
"Reporting to the corps commander, in addition to purchasing the black-spine live worms, General Chen has another request from the federal military."

"It's related to the defense of the federal capital."

After saying that, Li Ran stepped aside and General Chen met with Lin Feng in person.

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After Lin Feng heard the old general's request, he frowned and said:

"Although there are no more threats to the safety of Jincheng Base at the moment, in order to guard against the Zerg entrenched in the surrounding area, I cannot bring too many subordinates to travel thousands of miles north."

"Jincheng is a full 1,000 kilometers away from the capital. If we take the fastest straight highway, most of the areas along the way have been ruled by the Zerg, and there are many dangers along the way..."

"So this proposal to rush north to provide assistance is actually very difficult to implement."

General Chen took a deep breath. At the moment, it seemed that Lin Feng and the Savior Army he led were the best and only choice to rescue the federal capital that was besieged by the Zerg.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

As a soldier who had been on the front line, General Chen knew very well that Lin Feng's strategy was different from the traditional large-scale army group operations. It was a system developed specifically against the Zerg based on humanity's own numerical disadvantage.

In other words, Lin Feng's point-to-point strategy is the best way to break the Zerg army's pressure.

If a second-level awakener led a regiment or more soldiers to charge into battle as they did, they would be instantly swallowed up by the huge swarm of insects.

Among the many generals of the Federal Army, General Chen had only seen similar ideas in the up-and-coming figure, Colonel Qin Huqin.

Qin Hu’s origin is the remnants of the original 13th Division that Lin Feng took over and incorporated into the now invincible Savior Army.

It was also because of this that he was able to get the recommendation opportunity through Li Ran, who was in charge of logistics.

Now that the opportunity is right in front of him, General Chen must do everything he can to fulfill his mission of going north.

"We can send a large military transport plane to pick up everyone who is coming to the rescue."

"Starting from the military airport in Huizhou and taking a detour through Yuzhou, it only takes three hours to reach the frontline support airport in the west of Jizhou."

Lin Feng nodded.

The members of the First Gene Regiment and the Guards Regiment that he originally wanted to take away all had the ability to fly. The former relied on membranous wings grown through genetic assimilation, and the latter relied on a flight mode activated by tiger armor.

So there is no need to worry about the transport plane being attacked by Zerg.

But even if he solved the problem of the long distance, Lin Feng couldn't be a good person in vain.

If the federal high-ranking officials and the military could provide sufficiently generous compensation, Lin Feng would be very happy even to hire the Savior Army to fight against the Zerg.

Considering the interests of the entire Jincheng base and himself, he did not nod and agree directly, but responded temporarily:
"Okay. But this matter involves more aspects, and this is not the place to discuss it. Let's discuss it in detail after we get back. I also need to discuss and decide with the top management of the base first."

Seeing that Lin Feng did not show any intention of agreeing, General Chen's eyes were slightly disappointed, but he still smiled and added:
"Then thank you very much, City Lord Lin."

"As for the reward for this matter, as long as you ask, we are willing to deliver even missiles and nuclear bombs..."

"I hope you can spare the Federation from suffering for the sake of the millions of survivors."

Lin Feng nodded slightly, glanced at Li Ran, and said no more.

The latter immediately understood and led General Chen back to the delegation.

He then commanded his auxiliary soldiers to cooperate with the second-level battle group to cut the giant jaws of the dead insect corpses on the field.

The war only lasted from about eight o'clock to before nine o'clock, but cleaning the battlefield and collecting and processing the live black-backed worms lasted until two o'clock in the afternoon, a full five hours.

In order to celebrate this great victory, Lin Feng made an exception and gave each juror a living black-backed insect, which could awaken after killing it.

Some of them are just insignificant characters in the team, and some are not even awakened.

Even though there are so many first-level awakeners in the Savior Army and Jincheng Base, but in the rear safe zone, especially the local forces in a corner, except for their advantages in numbers and weapons, the number of awakeners is actually very scarce.

You need to spend a lot of money to buy live insects from merchants like Hu Fei, or build and hire insect hunting teams that specialize in catching live insects and rush to the front line. But these channels are just a drop in the bucket compared to the huge demand.

Except for the small group of people in power at the top of the pyramid, many of the people in charge of doing things below are just enhanced people or even ordinary people.

In addition to demonstrating his generosity, Lin Feng's move was more to create an illusion for this delegation that could truly influence the decisions of those in power that it was easy to kill insects and become stronger on the front line, thereby allowing more forces to rush to the front line to fight against the Zerg.

Even if there is no large-scale battle like the Wucheng decisive battle, the goal of blocking the expansion of the Zerg can be achieved through small-scale combat raids.

In this way, Lin Feng's outstanding performance can be concealed and the attention of the Zerg queens can be diverted.

Otherwise, in the near future, the dilemma of being attacked by a group of people that the federal capital is facing now will be the end of the Jincheng base.

Before Lin Feng is promoted to the late third stage and has the strength to challenge several high-level Zergs, he needs to keep a low profile as much as possible, especially in front of the Queen Mother.

Avoid being jointly targeted by Zerg Queens from several states.

Looking at the excited expressions of this delegation when they killed the black-backed insects, Lin Feng's mouth corners slightly raised.

Those companions around them who did not come because of fear of death must be filled with regret.

And when the accompanying press group also followed the auxiliary soldiers to kill a large number of red beetles, became late-stage enhanced people, and tasted the sweetness...

The entire battlefield in the western area of ​​Wucheng had been almost cleaned up by everyone.

Most of the insect corpses were swallowed by the dreadnoughts and burned in the power furnaces to become energy for endurance, replenishing the consumption of the entire fleet after its wild journey.

The remaining thousands of black-backed beetle corpses and a hundred or so tiger-backed beetle corpses were left for the dragonflies to recycle and reuse.

The last 20,000 live insects were packed and loaded into the trucks brought by the auxiliary troops and the dreadnought.

The team returned with a full load, but because they were traveling at full capacity, their departure speed was not very fast, only half of their arrival speed.

By the time everyone returned triumphantly, it was already past five in the evening.

Amid the cheers of the soldiers at the Jincheng base, the fleet arrived at the square outside the train station, then gathered a large number of personnel and began unloading.

The live black-backed worms were placed in the square, like piled goods, forming a huge dark brown mountain.

From a distance, it looks as spectacular as the corpse of the Zerg Queen.

But unlike the shock and awe they felt when they looked up at the Zerg Queen, when everyone looked at the pile of living black-spine insects, there was more greed and desire in their eyes.

After all, with just a small portion of this stuff, one can become a perfect awakener in the late first stage, second only to the second stage Superman.

If we take all of them away, we can form a team of more than 20,000 awakened people!
Capable of crushing any top force in the rear.

Apart from the federal capital which is surrounded by Zerg, there is no other place that can gather so many first-level awakeners.

Its value is like that of second-order insect eggs and is immeasurable.

Therefore, before the black-spine live worms were dumped, the delegations that followed the observation returned to their respective camps. Those representatives who pretended to be reserved and wanted to delay and lower the price could no longer keep their composure...

They all ran to Han Yuxin to seek to buy it.

After all, the 3,000 black-backed live insects and 50 second-level insect eggs released before, if divided equally, could not change the overall situation in the rear.

But at this moment, the 20,000 living black-backed worms can really break the balance among all parties!

Once one party takes too large a share, it will be enough to threaten the survival of other forces nearby.

Unlike the bustling and lively atmosphere of the base's government building, a meeting that could change the future world situation is taking place on the street next to the dreadnought...

They were discussing this in a roadside cafe.

Lin Feng sat in the first seat, listening to the suggestions and opinions of Li Ran, Chen Yanyan and the other team leaders.

About whether to go north to rescue the federal capital.

The traditional military faction headed by Li Ran naturally supported General Chen's invitation.

As former grassroots commanders of the Federal Army, they have a strong sense of national honor and truly regard saving the Federation and saving the world as their own responsibility.

Lin Feng still supported this point. This group of people constituted the organizational framework of the Salvation Army. Hundreds of grassroots commanders helped Lin Feng quickly organize combat power in the early stages and implement the promotion and execution of orders.

The establishment of the Salvation Army is also aimed at saving this doomsday world on the verge of collapse.

However, in the opinion of several regiment leaders, it is not safe to leave the Jincheng base and head thousands of miles north.

Especially since so many people were there, they didn’t even have a place to stay, and all logistics had to rely on the supply from the federal top leaders.

But they didn't believe these guys who had once abandoned them.

Lin Feng also felt deeply about this. After all, the top leaders of the federation are not a monolithic group.

Internal factional struggles have spread to the specific executive departments below.

If you are tricked by the person behind you at a critical moment.

It's worse than eating a fly.

There should be some concerns in this regard. In addition, unlike the earlier containment mission, the mission this time is to break through and rescue.

This means that the team heading north will have to face more than one Zerg Queen again...

Moreover, without the support and cover of the combat brigade and the super fleet, the danger and difficulty increase sharply.

Chen Yanyan originally wanted to control the fleet all the way north. After all, the dreadnought battleship had a range of two thousand kilometers, and it was completely capable of rushing into the capital.

But this proposal was rejected at the meeting because the Jincheng base could not be lost, and secondly, a whole fleet was heading there in a mighty manner...

This was equivalent to announcing to the Queen Mothers around the world that he was going to the federal capital to continue hunting high-level Queen Mothers.

Such ostentation...

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

Lin Feng is not so ignorant and arrogant as to think that he will be invincible after entering the third level.

The more powerful you are, the more you realize how small you are.

Now he can barely kill a being of the same level in the early stage of the third stage. Together with Long Yi who has been promoted to the third stage, he can withstand the attack of the queen mother in the middle stage of the third stage.

But that's about it.

Before all three pieces of equipment were upgraded to gold quality, he was far from being able to fight one against three.

Therefore, whether considering the safety of the Jincheng base or its own hidden safety, the super fleet must stay and help Lin Feng look after the base.

Without the fleet to hold back the Zerg, the task of breaking through the Zerg encirclement will undoubtedly become more dangerous.

As both sides held their own views, a conservative support group headed by Li Ran and a radical opposition group composed of newcomers such as Shen Jie gradually formed.

As for Liu Yi and others from the Guards Regiment, they firmly followed Lin Feng and did not express their opinions.

An hour later, Li Ran temporarily left the scene and negotiated with the federal military representatives again...

Then things took a turn for the better.

After returning, Li Ran looked at everyone present and conveyed the new conditions given by the federal high-level officials:

"General Chen is in charge of the later supply. He can ensure the later supply of our support team."

"The second is the commitment of the top leaders of the Northwest Federation..."

"Allow us to call in nuclear bombs for support."

"Also, the military can cooperate with us to collect genetic samples from all the awakened people under our command and hand them over to the Jincheng Biological Research Institute as one of the rewards for this assistance."

"Regarding the mother of the legion commander, Professor He Yiwen once left relevant research materials, which are also available for you to check."

Speaking of this, Lin Feng's eyes narrowed.

It is obvious that the top management is prescribing the right medicine and has given conditions that he cannot refuse.

Before Li Ran finished speaking, he turned to look at the leader of the opposition, Shen Jie, and continued:

"The soil in the north is severely eroded and the soil is hard. It's not as easy to dig underground insect nests as in the south. Therefore, most of the Zerg queens there will use the cover of flying insects to climb to the surface during the battle..."

"And this is a very good chance to kill!"

After saying this, the latter's expression was shocked and his pupils shrank sharply.

(End of this chapter)