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

Chapter 242: Cleaning the battlefield, meeting, trial invitation

"Just a few hundred thousand low-level insect swarms, plus an early queen mother, shouldn't it be able to break through to the late third stage directly, right?"

Lin Feng swallowed and asked.

Ling Yi smiled and shook his head:
"No, at most it will reach the perfection of the middle stage, which is infinitely close to the late stage."

"If you want to advance to the late third stage, it is not enough to just rely on the accumulation of biomass. You also need the Insect God to come and personally grant you the complete royal genes so that you can master the ability to breed third-stage life forms."

"And the price is..."

As he spoke, Long looked behind them and saw Jiang Yuner who was in a coma.

When the two sides first met, she was subjected to a slight mental attack by Long Yi and fainted instantly.

After indicating the target, Long Yi did not hide anything and stated the conditions for promotion:
"The price is enough foreign gene sequences to help the great insect god expand the power capacity of his kingdom, so he needs to devour a large number of human awakeners."

"Back then, the Queen Mother of Haicheng also relied on breaking through the first line of defense of Wucheng and devouring the more than 10,000 enhanced people and awakened people of the defenders to successfully complete the mid-term promotion."

"And the cost and conditions required to advance to the later stages are only higher, not lower, so almost all the queen mothers in the entire north have set their sights on the federal capital."

"After all, there are millions of human survivors gathered here, which can be regarded as a big piece of fat meat. Even if only some of the oil and water leaked out of the cracks, it is enough to feed a group of early queen mothers into fat people."

"For example, the Queen Mother before Yunxialing."

"If it hadn't encountered us, it would probably have been able to successfully advance to the third-stage mid-stage in a week, becoming the fifth mid-stage existence in the entire north."

After listening to Long Yi's introduction, Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that his quick beheading of the Queen Mother would benefit the mid-stage Queen Mother behind him.

A late-stage third-order existence is equivalent to the pinnacle of evolution of life on the planet and is the strongest below the fourth-order.

With Lin Feng’s current strength, even with the attribute superposition of the level 33 colonial mecha, there is no possibility of winning.

The gap in life levels between the two sides is too big. If Lin Feng goes on the field, he will just be chased all over the world by it.

But even if she couldn't advance to the third-stage mid-stage, this lv35 mid-stage queen mother had picked up a big bargain for nothing.

Now that I have been promoted to the middle stage of the third stage, the thirty-sixth level, my physical and mental attributes should have reached the limit of 6,900 points, and I am only one step away from the late stage.

It is estimated that she will be able to rank among the top 20 or even top 10 queen mothers in the entire region, just like the queen mother who surrounded the east side of the capital and planned to sacrifice the millions of survivors in the city!
As long as enough human survivors are gathered, a sacrifice ceremony can be initiated to summon the gods to descend and bestow the royal genes needed for advancement...

Become one of the shortlisted contenders for the fourth-level insect king!

Unfortunately, the number of salvation troops under Lin Feng’s command is limited.

If the super fleet was here, the hundreds of tanks led by the dreadnoughts would definitely be able to give chase, maintain sufficient firepower and keep a firm grip on the Zerg's tail.

Even if we can't keep them, we can still peel off a layer of skin from the Zerg.

But now most of the people's energy had been consumed by the frantic shooting that had lasted for more than half an hour.

Seventy members of the second-level regiment killed four or five hundred second-level Zergs, most of which were Warrior Hunters. The flight mode of the Tiger Armor had also entered cooldown. If they were asked to chase on foot, they would easily be surrounded by the Zerg.

As for the two hundred soldiers, their condition is worse than that of the second-level awakeners. Now they can only be regarded as defending the city with cannons, but cannot take the initiative to attack.

Having lost the fleet's transportation and protection, the Awakeners' lack of sustained combat capability due to their limited size limits their tactical choices at this moment.

Now only Lin Feng can drive the colonial mecha and go in pursuit.

But he couldn't stop the Queen Mother from leaving by himself.

Finally, Lin Feng counted the second-level members who still had enough physical strength, and found more than 20 who were in good condition, and asked them to glide with him into the city below to recover some important materials.

For example, the tail gun of the Pulse Scorpion and the solid shell of the Tank Flame Armor...

The least valuable of the second-order Zerg is the Warrior Hunter. Its armor is not as good as the giant jaws of the Tiger Spine Zerg. The only thing that is somewhat useful is the two-meter-long bone swords on its four arms.

But the four bone blades combined are not even one-tenth the size of the tiger-backed worm's giant jaws.

Only the defenders of the capital city, who are short of supplies, would collect these for their own use.

Lin Feng saw a lot of them in Qin Hu’s vanguard troops. They were their important melee equipment.

At this moment, as the colonial mechas entered the battlefield, the low-level Zerg that were arranged by the Queen Mother to collect the corpses fled in all directions.

About ten kilometers away, the two queens gradually retreated into the ground and did not arrange any counterattack troops.

They have given up fighting for the Zerg corpses on the battlefield.

Obviously, they don't want to waste more manpower on colonial mechas.

After this battle, the Queen Mother also knew that unless they united and took action personally, even the early Queen Mother would not be able to defeat the enemy.

Therefore, Lin Feng and others successfully collected the second-level orange biological materials from the battlefield.

Including more than two hundred pulse tail guns, ten tank flame armor back shells, and two or three hundred pairs of tiger-backed worm giant jaws, all were transported back to Yunxialing with the help of the soldiers who arrived later.

It’s a pity that the two headless corpses of the queen mother, because they died in the rear of the insect tide, have been transported into the underground wormhole by the mid-stage queen mother, who specially sent a large number of red beetles to dig pits directly at the bottom of the corpses.

The deep pit connects to the original insect nest tunnel in the city.

The situation inside was complicated, and the remaining Queen Mother had already dived underground. The Savior Army was temporarily unable to fight anymore and could only fight beside the collapsed wormhole pit, sighing with regret.

At present, the crisis in Yunxialing has been resolved. Lin Feng and others looked at the insect corpses pouring into the canyon, breathed a sigh of relief, drank the organic nutrient solution, and rested.

As the sun sets, a convoy of armored vehicles drives along the winding mountain road north of Yunxialing.

Lin Feng originally thought that it was a communication team sent by the federal military high-ranking officials to inform him, but when he got closer, he saw that it was the Southern Legion where Qin Hu was.

Qin Hu himself was among them.

The two sides met on the northern flank of Yunxialing.

Seeing Lin Feng walking out of the tall colonial mecha, Qin Hu and his party were stunned for a long while.

He was obviously shocked and speechless by this weapon that far exceeded the level of human technology.

After a whole day of shock, they had become somewhat numb to the many miracles displayed by Lin Feng. Even if the other party directly took out nuclear bombs and cannons now, everyone would just think it was natural.

The senior members of the legion headed by Qin Hu all have the strength of the late second stage. Compared with the others behind them who are just curious and watching the fun, they can feel the power of this mecha more.

The aura it exuded brought them pressure that was even stronger than that of Lin Feng himself who was walking in front of them.

This strange-looking six-winged mecha with distinct Zerg characteristics has unfathomable strength...

"Have all the survivors in the city been evacuated successfully?"

Lin Feng walked forward and asked.

This is his biggest concern now.

Qin Hu nodded:
"Most of them have been evacuated in an orderly manner. In addition to the more than 200,000 reservists who were already in the southern area, there are probably more than one million survivors from within the three lines of defense."

"Previously, there were 3.8 million survivors in the inner city of the capital. Now we have received 1.5 million from the south. There are at least 1 million people who followed the army to break out from the northwest. Currently, half of the city is empty."

"But when I got here just now, I received news that the Zerg in the east, under the control of the Queen Mother, had already invaded the fourth line of defense, attempting to occupy the entire fourth ring area and thus surround the inner city."

"Our soldiers are trying to stop their expansion and keep a way out in the closed loop to ensure the safe evacuation of the survivors..."

At this point, Qin Hu sighed. He had done his best. The only 150,000 troops in his hands were already stretched to the limit in the face of the complex situation that had suddenly changed.

On the one hand, they had to counterattack the city, on the other hand, they had to guard against the Four Emperors in the southwest suburbs in front of Yunxialing, and they had to allocate some troops to escort the survivors out of the city to the temporary camp site...

The troops are divided into three groups, or in three different directions, which requires comprehensive coverage and places extremely high demands on the command center system.

"I hope we can pick up all the survivors..."

Hearing Qin Hu's sigh, Lin Feng nodded in silence.

Both sides knew that this could only be a hope.

It was God’s blessing that we were able to rescue more than 80% of the survivors in the end.

"Just do your best, and don't sacrifice too many soldiers for the sake of the survivors. It would be counterproductive."

Lin Feng added a reminder, and then continued:
"I have killed two of the four queen mothers who came to attack Yunxia Ridge. The remaining two have fled and retreated underground in the southwest suburbs."

"They won't give up until they completely occupy the entire Yunxia Ridge."

"You soldiers occupying the main nest can withdraw now, lest the Queen Mother turns around and strikes back, wasting your troops in vain."

"Where are the millions of survivors settled now?"

Qin Hu and his group looked at Lin Feng in disbelief, the shock in their eyes made their pupils shrink sharply.

It is obvious that the strength of Lin Feng and his Salvation Army far exceeds everyone's expectations.

It was already a fantasy that a team of less than 300 people could stop the attack of a swarm of more than 100,000 Zergs, but the man in front of him could actually kill more than one Zerg Queen in the Zerg swarm...

With this strength, if they could have appeared in the capital defense battle earlier, perhaps the federation's strategic plan...

It really works!

Slow down the expansion of the entire Northern Queen!
Unfortunately... there is no if.

"exist……"

"It's in Beihe Town, about ten kilometers to the north. It only takes ten minutes to get there by taking this mountain road."

Qin Hu was stunned for a moment, and quickly responded:
"Beihe Town was built along both sides of the Stone River and can barely accommodate a million survivors. Fortunately, everyone brought one or two months' worth of food with them when they fled. The supplies and equipment of our southern legion were also shipped out in advance. As long as there is no insect swarm attack, the order in the camp will be stable for the time being."

Lin Feng nodded, this is a good thing.

It is impossible for him and the Salvation Army to stay in the north forever. Sooner or later a late-stage third-order queen will be born here. In addition, the natural environment is harsh, and it is difficult for the front-line base to maintain long-term stable order. It is not advisable to stay here for long.

The southern states are our base camp!
However, in order to prevent the northern defenders from collapsing so quickly and to prevent these mid-stage queens from pouring into the south, it is necessary to support a large force here in advance that can curb the expansion of the Zerg.

This large force should at least have the strength to fight against the Queen Mother.

The southern legion led by Qin Hu and the millions of survivors are Lin Feng's best choices.

"We killed tens of thousands of black-spine insects in the Yunxialing blocking battle. All of them piled up in the valley and on the battlefield. You can come and collect useful giant jaw materials. I will help you synthesize a batch of first-level armor. In the future, when dealing with insect attacks, even if the supply of weapons and ammunition is insufficient, you will have the confidence to fight in close combat."

Lin Feng spoke calmly, and by the way, borrowed Qin Hu's hand to clean up the tens of thousands of insect corpses that were piled up like mountains in the valley.

Otherwise, in this hot weather with a temperature of 38 or 39 degrees, the stench would be unbearable within two days. The strange smell of the Zerg themselves mixed with the stench of decay would be simply unbearable.

Hearing what Lin Feng said, Qin Hu was overjoyed.

Compared with the corpse of the black-backed worm, he needed the corpse of the second-level tiger-backed worm more. After all, the cerebrospinal fluid extracted from it was the main raw material for genetic modification surgery.

Even though the Southern Legion can hold the capital's defense line, that's all. Their overall strength is far from enough to fight outside the city, so even if they kill a large number of insects, they will have to take greater risks to smuggle them back.

That's why there are insect corpses all over the ground. Both sides want to surround the enemy and attack the reinforcements, and continue to bleed the other side.

Now this great gift will allow Qin Hu to more deeply implement the genetic modification plan for all employees and cultivate more genetic warriors to narrow the physical gap with the Zerg.

"Thank you!"

Qin Hu stepped forward excitedly and bowed slightly.

Lin Feng hummed:
"Remember to notify the higher-ups in the rear of the Federation to liquidate the traitors in the city. Don't let them sneak into the management of the rear and cooperate with the Zerg to cause another city-wide sacrifice."

Qin Hu's expression changed and he nodded solemnly:

"Understood. I have already reported this matter to the higher authorities. I believe they will soon be alert and conduct an investigation."

"The failure of this defense war is also related to these traitors who surrendered to the enemy..."

"Unfortunately, the internal power struggle among the top leaders of the Federation is also very serious. After the breakout plan succeeds, it is estimated that the situation will be the same as in the south. The large-scale legions will directly go their separate ways and each will establish their own territory in the future..."

Lin Feng shrugged and didn't care:
"Let them be. They will never achieve anything great if they stay in the rear. They will only fall further and further behind, and eventually be eliminated by this great trend of evolution..."

At this time, a reminder popped up in front of Lin Feng:
"Level 31 Hunter King Chainsaw Sword upgraded..."

"The energy for synchronous upgrade has been condensed, and personal upgrade can be carried out at any time."

Lin Feng's mouth curled up slightly. This way, he was one step closer to the late third stage. Then he said to Qin Hu:

"After you have put the camp in order, gather all of your late-stage second-order fully awakened ones together."

"Then I will arrange for you to take part in the trial of the state of mind of the spinal worm together. If you pass the trial, you will be able to master the power of the state of mind and become a peak second-level strongman. At the same time, you will also have the foundation to defeat the mother queen."

Qin Hu was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't stop being ecstatic.

He had already learned from Ling Shuyan and the Federal Research Institute about the power of artistic conception in third-order life forms, and he also knew that this was the source of the Queen Mother's powerful control ability.

Once the genetic warriors also master the power of artistic conception, they will be immune to the Queen Mother's mental invasion and manipulation, and no longer have to worry about being affected by the Queen Mother's close proximity when fighting deep in the Zerg hive.

Just as Lin Feng said, he has the strength to fight against the Queen Mother.

"Okay! I'll arrange it as soon as possible!"

Qin Hu suppressed his inner excitement and looked solemn.

Lin Feng nodded:
"Okay, you can go ahead and get busy. Remember to tell them the risks involved. If they fail, they will die. So think clearly about whether you want to go further before signing up for the artistic conception trial."

"Gene warriors want to take a shortcut, but they also have to bear the price of this path..."

After saying that, Lin Feng returned to the body of the colonial mecha, flapped his six wings, and flew away.

Qin Hu and the others were left standing there with respectful eyes, thinking for a while before driving away...

Back at the peak of Yunxialing Mountain, most of the second-level regiment and two hundred soldiers had already evacuated and were arranged to rest in the safe northwest main nest.

Only some members of the regiment and a dozen newly promoted second-level awakeners were left to patrol at night.

Lin Feng walked out of the colonial mecha, absorbed the upgraded energy from the Hunter King Chainsaw Sword, and came to the side of Long Yi.

In front of them, Jiang Yuner, who had been unconscious for a long time...

Wake up slowly.

(End of this chapter)