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

Chapter 292: Cooperation, Declaration, Steel City, Old Friends

After learning about the situation from Zheng Ming...

Lin Feng and Long looked at each other and saw regret in each other's eyes.

In order to collect the genetic species of reptiles as quickly as possible, it is necessary to start a journey southward after returning this time, launch an attack directly to the south, recapture Zhejiangzhou and Minzhou, and finally arrive in Yuezhou.

The Zerg Queens killed along the way can also quickly accumulate the energy needed for Lin Feng to advance to the late third level.

"We can first occupy the first-tier coastal cities, so that we can block all the Zerg and the Queen inside the continent, and then eliminate them one by one!"

Lin Feng spoke.

Long nodded slightly, which made Lin Feng feel relieved:

"Don't worry. If we retreat to the ocean, the Zerg Queen will lose her ability to compete. After all, to advance to the late third stage, she needs to hold a divine summoning ceremony, and such conditions are not available in the liquid ocean."

“Even if I have no other options, I will not return to the sea.”

"Just like the Queen Mother of Sea City was trapped by us in Sea City, but she did not choose to escape into the ocean. Moreover, if she did so, she would have to dig deep into the seabed, and all her second-order Zergs would have to be abandoned. The pressure on the seabed would make it difficult for these large-sized insects to move."

“But this idea is fine.”

While the two were talking, Zheng Ming, who had left earlier for something, turned back again. Among the group of people following him, there was a figure that Lin Feng was very familiar with.

General Chen, a high-ranking member of the Federation.

Responsible for logistics management and external affairs.

It was General Chen who personally invited Lin Feng and his Salvation Army to rush north to support the federal capital and lift the siege of the capital city. He negotiated with Lin Feng and others at the Jincheng base and finally reached a cooperation agreement.

Later, the breakout from the capital was successfully completed. Lin Feng led the Salvation Army to not only pin down many queens in the west and south, but also unexpectedly defeated the attack of the Multi-Emperor Alliance. While defending Yunxialing, he killed several Zerg queens.

Coupled with Qin Hu and the Southern Army Group whom he secretly supported, the federal top leaders could no longer remain indifferent and had to swallow their pride and go to Yunxialing to meet Lin Feng.

Now that General Chen has come three times, it must be related to the situation on the northern front and the current stalemate in the war between humans and insects.

Qin Hu has recaptured the fallen federal capital and advanced to the third stage, becoming the first third-level person in the north...

Even though the number of forces, legions and survivors under his command is less than one-tenth of that of the federal high-level officials, he already has the strength to defeat the Zerg Queen and can establish a solid line of defense on the front battlefield.

This alone is enough to make the semi-independent base forces in the rear turn to Qin Hu like fence-sitters.

After all, the profits brought by a stable front-line base and the Zerg industrial chain behind it are beyond imagination.

And when Lin Feng appeared in the rear, the federal high-ranking officials naturally smelled the scent and came.

The only person who can solve the dilemma of the top leaders is the young and strongest human being in front of him.

When they met again, General Chen's military rank had been promoted to the point of being in charge of logistics.

Therefore, we came to negotiate with full confidence.

As soon as he saw Lin Feng, he spoke enthusiastically:

"City Lord Lin, long time no see!"

Lin Feng nodded and signaled the other party to take a seat first with his eyes.

General Chen sat on the sofa opposite and said:

"This time, just like the Federal Research Institute, I hope to continue to cooperate with City Lord Lin."

Lin Feng slowly raised his hand:
"After the Savior Army returned to the Jincheng base, the Federation far away in the northern wilderness did not seem to see the value or need to continue cooperating with the Savior Army."

The condition for cooperation from the federal high-level officials before was to use the supernatural cells of the 60,000 to 70,000 awakened people under their command, as well as the fine steel that Lin Feng urgently needed to synthesize the replica at that time, in exchange.

But now, with the superpower cells and the superpower gene tree provided by the Federal Research Institute, a complete map of human superpowers is provided, which will greatly accelerate the research progress of Longyi.

A large amount of high-quality steel is continuously transported to the Jincheng base by the United Iron and Steel Group via the Yangtze River.

In addition, by supporting Qin Hu, we can defend the northern defense line and contain the remaining mother queen...

The Northern Federation, which is thousands of miles away, has little use left for Lin Feng.

Lin Feng stated the facts mercilessly, causing General Chen's smile to freeze for a second, but he quickly returned to normal and continued to smile:
"If City Lord Lin wants to expand his power and recover the lost territory of the Federation in the future, he will naturally need to continue to cooperate. Moreover, after the birth of the late-stage third-order queen mother, she will also need nuclear weapons of a larger equivalent level to seriously injure or even eliminate such threats."

"As long as City Lord Lin maintains friendship with the Federation as before, we are willing to recognize everything City Lord Lin does in the South..."

"Including openly establishing an independent nation!"

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes. Even though he was young and inexperienced, he had learned from various political dramas how important the so-called legal system was after the founding of the country.

The recognition from the original federation means the legitimacy of Lin Feng’s founding of the country.

This is more direct than Princess Betty's identity as a descendant of the kingdom, and is more acceptable to the survivors in the country.

At the same time, the federal recognition also means that Lin Feng can legally incorporate the base forces entrenched in the middle and upper reaches of the major rivers.

Of course, for those who refuse to submit, Lin Feng can use some small tricks to make them deeply understand the terrifying power of the third-level life form, which is comparable to a human-shaped nuclear bomb.

In order to have such a legitimate reason, the legitimacy of the claim must be obtained from the federal top leadership.

At this moment, General Chen, representing the federal top leaders, put forward such unconditional conditions, which made Lin Feng hesitate.

Although he could also use force to take over those overcrowded base cities.

But that would undoubtedly take up too much of the Savior Army's energy.

This made Han Yuxin, Betty and others exhausted with the recruitment negotiations and base management in the rear.

This greatly slowed down the offensive rhythm of the front line.

At the same time, capturing the base city will also cause the people inside to panic, making it more difficult to reorganize at a later stage.

With the recognition of the Federation, Lin Feng and the Salvation Army can save a lot of energy and quickly complete the recovery of the occupied areas in the south. At the same time, they can attract the survivors who originally fled from the cities in the coastal states...

Return to original place of residence and resume production.

This would not only allow them to easily support themselves, but would also provide huge tax revenues to maintain the massive Salvation Army.

Now, Lin Feng has nearly a thousand second-level awakeners and tens of thousands of first-level awakeners under his command. With the dozen or so Zergs sweeping across the southern states, the number of awakeners will increase tenfold.

By then, there will be no Zerg to provide organic nutrient solution, and the survivors will have to rely solely on farming and breeding to meet the Salvation Army's daily food consumption. At least tens of millions of agricultural workers will be needed to turn the rich Jiangnan region into a land of fish and rice again.

To speed up this process, recognition and calls from the federal government are indispensable.

General Chen accurately grasped the needs of the Salvation Army, forcing Lin Feng to give in for the sake of the overall interests.

The current federal top brass are entrenched in the northwest wilderness, and their status is actually precarious except for a signboard.

Therefore, they would rather give up the southern nine provinces, which are already out of reach, in exchange for the current breathing space.

The two sides are back to the time when each side gets what it needs...

Lin Feng stared at General Chen who had a smile on his face. He had now been promoted to the late second stage. He was no longer old and haggard as before, and his face was radiant.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Feng took a deep breath:

"Tell me, what are the conditions of the federation?" General Chen's tense nerves relaxed. During the previous conversation, his heart had already risen to his throat.

The aura exuded by the young man in front of him was several times stronger than before. Even though he had been promoted to the second level and his strength had also increased several times, he was still as small as an ant in front of Lin Feng.

The other party can even wipe out his life with just a flick of his finger.

Therefore, in this negotiation, he needs to judge the situation and try his best to gain more benefits for the Federation without angering the other party.

So General Chen considered for a long time and said:

"We need a third-level awakener, like General Qin, to be stationed at the northwest front base."

"I hope to complete this leap-level promotion with the help of City Lord Lin."

Lin Feng nodded. This was very simple. There were at least twenty Zerg Queens in the fallen states in the south. He would give away an early Queen in exchange for the stability of logistical supply and the rapid establishment of order...

Totally worth the money.

So Lin Feng added:

"No problem, but I need the Federation to step in and call on the survivors of the coastal cities who have fled in panic to return to their original places of residence and resume the abandoned farm work."

"Otherwise, there will definitely be a widespread famine this winter, with starving people everywhere and countless refugees outside the base in need of a way to survive."

Although all the major bases now have food reserves for the next two to three years...

But this does not mean that their rulers would be kind enough to waste precious food to help the thousands of refugees outside the city.

General Chen nodded in agreement:
"That's right. Even if City Lord Lin didn't mention it, we would appeal and call on the survivors from all over the country to return to the various states in Jiangnan and resume production after we recover the lost territory."

Lin Feng then continued:
"Any other requests? Tell me all at once."

General Chen was startled, his mind working rapidly to consider and quickly review the instructions given by the Supreme Council before the meeting.

Find the request that Lin Feng can agree to.

"If there is a chance, we hope to obtain relevant information about the genetic warriors who enter the so-called artistic conception trial when they reach perfection in the late second stage."

"Especially in the trial world, the process and methods of passing the trial..."

After he finished speaking, cold sweat was already dripping from General Chen's cheeks and temples.

The power of the genetic warriors' artistic conception comes from the bloodline genes of the Zerg, and this is also the important reason why the corps where Qin Hu is located can fight against the Zerg invasion and exert pressure on the Federation on its own.

In fact, through cooperation with the research institute, the federal top brass’ mastery of gene fusion engineering is no less than Qin Hu’s.

It was just that Qin Hu took the lead in promoting this technology in an all-round way and successfully became the first person to try it out.

But this does not mean that the Federation is unaware of the potential and effects of gene fusion technology.

On the contrary, like Lin Feng, they have more far-reaching considerations and do not want all humans to become human-insect hybrids and gradually become actual vassals of the Zerg civilization.

However, the current situation does not allow them to worry any more.

The important thing is to cultivate a group of second-level peak genetic warriors who can master the power of artistic conception as soon as possible, like Qin Hu.

Through research on the genetic matrix Liu Yueqi and high-level traitors in the capital city, the Federation has learned more secrets of the Zerg and some more advanced genetic technologies.

But regarding the test of artistic conception, very little is known.

Qin Hu and his second-level peak combat group also remained silent on this.

So the Federation had to seek Lin Feng's help.

Lin Feng didn't mind this matter. After all, the artistic conception of the genetic warriors was stolen from the spinal insect tribe.

If they steal a little more, the number of third-order king spiny worms born in the future will be much smaller accordingly.

So Lin Feng looked at Long Yi beside him, and asked her to hand over the matter to General Chen and draw up a detailed set of rules for the artistic conception trial.

"That's enough. Apart from the hydrogen bomb, you can't come up with anything else that can impress me."

Lin Feng waved his hand and ordered them to leave.

General Chen saw that his goal had been basically achieved. As for other things, they could also be accomplished through the Institute of Biology, so he stood up and said goodbye decisively.

He also promised that a high-yield nuclear bomb would soon be delivered to the Jincheng base where the Savior Army was located.

After everything was over, Lin Feng and Long Yi returned to the experimental building next door, stayed with He Jie and Ding Chenghai, and continued to look for clues in the information left by He Yiwen.

As for Lin Feng, he asked Zheng Ming for some electronic equipment and copied the video in the USB flash drive into them.

Carry it with you and refer to it anytime later.

Just like that, the night passed by quickly.

The next day, Lin Feng slept until the afternoon, holding a photo frame of his family of three.

Soon, news came from Zheng Ming that a backup of the superpower gene tree had been prepared.

When Long Yi went over to check, he saw three boxes of different colors, representing the three major directions of supernatural powers that they had classified.

After confirming that everything was correct, Lin Feng left all the remaining organic nutrient solution from the four green-winged insects in the suburbs to He Jie and the others, and then put the three boxes on the green-winged insects.

Set off to Jincheng Base in the southwest.

When passing by Wucheng, which is located in the area of ​​two lakes, Lin Feng saw the headquarters of the United Iron and Steel Group, located in the former heavy industrial base in the north of Wucheng, the Wuhan Iron and Steel Factory.

Today, it has become a veritable steel city.

Thick white smoke billowed out of the tall tower and flew into the clouds.

The hot boiler ignited by coking coal smelts the metal into fine streams from the ore powder and gathers them into rough pieces.

The deafening forging sounds of hydraulic hammers came one after another.

Amidst the bustling production, Lin Feng's eyes were fixed on a hundred-meter-high building standing along the banks of the Dajiang River in Wucheng.

Outside it, there is a sign that says Steel Union.

It is the management headquarters of the group.

And there, there was someone Lin Feng needed to meet.

"Let's go downstairs and discuss with the United Steel Corporation about the issue of belonging to the Salvation Army..."

"Also, meeting an old friend."

Lin Feng sat alone on a green-winged insect, looking at the big river and the steel city below him, and spoke.

Long frowned slightly. The first sentence was easy to understand.

Who is the old friend that Lin Feng is talking about?
In fact, except for Chen Yanyan, the other women around Lin Feng knew very little about this mysterious person.

Now that there is a chance, Long Yi also wants to meet this very special person in Lin Feng's mind.

(End of this chapter)