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

"What about the next stage?"

Lin Feng asked immediately.

Although the Savior Army currently has as many as 2,500 second-level awakeners, among them there are nearly 500 in the late second level.

There are more than 29 awakened people at the late stage of the second stage and perfection level who can participate in the transformation operation.

But each of them is a seed of future third-order awakeners, and each of them has the ability to become a pseudo-fourth-order existence that integrates fourth-order electric-driven cells and activates the power of the universe.

There's no way it could be wasted here.

Moreover, 30% fusion degree is too much of a load for the second level, and can only be maintained for one and a half minutes.

Although this also reflects from the side that the huge gap between the second stage and the third stage is like a chasm, blocking countless second-stage awakeners below the threshold of the third stage.

So although the current situation is serious, it is not yet time to seriously overdraw future strength.

Hearing Lin Feng's refusal, Long nodded slightly and continued to talk about the next stage:
"Then let's go a level lower, 20% fusion."

"It can increase the physical strength by 200%. In this way, the physical strength of a late-stage second-stage fully awakened person can be roughly equivalent to the middle level of the early-stage third stage."

"It won't be a big problem to deal with ordinary newly hatched third-level Zerg under the late queen."

"But if we have to face a third-order king spiny worm that has mastered the power of artistic conception, it will be a bit difficult, but escaping should be no problem."

"The consumption overdraft in this gear is relatively small."

"After activation, it can last for five minutes. During this period, as long as the activation state is turned off in time, there will not be much impact."

"It is activated at a critical moment on the battlefield. The five-minute cosmic power blessing phase is enough to deliver a fatal blow."

"If you force yourself to continue this state, it will consume about 1% of your life potential in five minutes."

"So the total overdraft is about eight hours."

"Generally speaking, no battle between Tier 3 Zergs can last for more than an hour, so don't worry. Before they overdraw all their life potential, they must have completed the task of killing Tier 3 Zergs and advancing to the third stage."

"At that time, the third-level cells in the body will be assimilated and absorbed, and there is a high probability that the power of artistic conception evolved from the physical enhancement ability will be stimulated."

"It may not necessarily be Zhou Di's energy control, but also other special artistic conception abilities derived from the physical body."

"And the electric-driven cell biological colonization suit outside the body will also be slowly integrated into the body in the future."

"Become a pseudo-fourth-order enhanced warrior in the future."

"Just like Zhou Di and Liu Yi today."

Lin Feng nodded, very satisfied with the modification effect and load level of this gear.

In this way, those who have completed the third-level promotion first but have not awakened the special power of artistic conception are the ordinary third-level awakeners who are at a loss the most.

It was obvious that he was the strongest among the second-level battle group, but after being promoted to the third level, he suddenly became the last one.

Not only does he have to do the dangerous work of the third level, facing the most powerful third-level enemy, the Zerg Queen, but he is also inferior to others in the third level and is criticized.

No wonder Liu Yi was so excited after completing the transformation and fusion of the fourth-order electric drive cells.

He still looked as sad as before.

The second-level awakeners of the current second-level regiment are simply the beneficiaries of the late promotion.

It is also a technology that benefits from technological progress.

Otherwise, before this, if one wants to acquire the ability to face the third-order Zerg directly in the second stage, one can only undergo genetic transformation and become a genetic warrior with the blood of the spinal worm.

Although the combat power is indeed strong, whether it is the difficulty of obtaining the power of artistic conception, such as the need to go through dangerous artistic conception trials, the risk of merging with the Land of the End, etc., or the subsequent troubles brought about by integrating alien genes and becoming a hybrid...

These are the fundamental reasons why Lin Feng refused to expand the number of genetic regiments.

Those seventy-two genetic warriors were experimental products that were created out of necessity due to the technological limitations and lack of strength in the era.

This is a problem left over from before.

This problem should not be allowed to continue.

Today, the fourth-order electric-driven cells extracted and fused through the human gene tree are the orthodox genetic modification surgery of humans.

Cells can absorb and fuse each other's gene sequences without hindrance, and intercept and splice their electrical energy expression fragments into the original cell nucleus during transcription and replication for absorption and utilization.

In this way, one can receive the gift of genetic bloodline inheritance like the third-level queen and the third-level king worm of the Zerg.

Of course, all this is the result of Lin Feng's hard work. With the help of Long Yi, humans have achieved a combined conquest of the fourth-level physique.

Lin Feng himself has a mother, He Yiwen, who is a pseudo-fourth-order life form of the spiritual system. As long as she is promoted to the peak of the late third stage, she can almost smoothly enter the fourth stage.

Today, this blessing has been returned to the Salvation Army and humanity itself.

"Let's just choose this one. Will only 10% be fused in the next stage?"

The scorpion nodded slightly:
"That's about right. It's equivalent to an enhanced version of the physical enhancement ability. I guess it will only have a slight impact on the late-stage second-stage awakeners."

"You have to keep it on for 24 hours to exhaust all the vitality in your body."

"The side effects are minimal, so it can be one of the options provided to the second-level awakeners in the future."

"At present, it is not very helpful for the battle. After all, after the third-level Zerg are hatched, they will undergo a second strengthening by the Zerg Queen. Basically, when they leave the hive, they are already early-stage intermediate-level life forms."

"Given the second-stage late awakeners, the physical strength is doubled, but it is not enough to kill the third-stage Zerg. After barely fighting one or two, they will have to run away."

"After all, activating the power of the universe and controlling the fourth-order power is equivalent to adding a negative aura to yourself that causes you to lose blood continuously. Your own vitality has not been improved at all, and it is still being overdrawn..."

"And the third-level Zerg are real third-level life forms. Even ordinary third-level Zerg that have not mastered the power of artistic conception have three or four times the vitality of a second-level awakened one."

Lin Feng nodded:
"Okay, then let's temporarily set it to the second level of fusion, and at the same time clearly inform the cost and consequences of using the power of the universe."

"No need to be secretive, just say this is the path they will take in the third phase."

"After considering the cost of using it in advance, you should have a high enough awareness before undergoing the surgery."

The scorpion nodded slightly:
"I understand. It's your own choice in the end."

"If you are content with the status quo, you won't participate in the transformation. However, the risks of the next battle are extremely high, and you may easily face death or disability. If you want to be promoted and gain the ability to kill third-level Zerg, you can undergo the second-level third-level cell transformation."

"But next, there is one more thing."

"It would be better if you did this."

Lin Feng frowned slightly:

"what's up?"

Ling Yi then spoke:

"The source of all the fourth-order cells now is your third-order mid-term peak colonization mecha. Zhou Di is only involved in a part of it."

"So in the future, these fourth-order cell-enhanced warriors, as well as those who grow into pseudo-fourth-order beings, will be affected by the cell genes in your body."

"Similar to the fourth-order spine king, the command to the king spine worm is like the fearless state of mind." "So the electric-driven cell light biological colonization suits of this batch of Thunder Warriors need to obtain those parts that are integrated into the fourth-order cells from the colonization suit mecha."

"So that the cosmic force can be activated smoothly and unimpeded, and the power of the electric-driven cells can be released."

Lin Feng hummed:
"Let's ask the colonization mecha to come over, right? How long will it take to extract it?"

Ling Yi thought for a moment:
"It will only take a few hours, and we can also give it a comprehensive assessment during the extraction process."

"This trip to the Southeastern Subcontinent lasted a total of three days and two nights. This was probably the longest period of continuous combat for the Colonial Mecha."

"Have you felt the effects of being assimilated by it?"

Hearing this question from Long Yi, Lin Feng recalled the previous ongoing battles, especially the decapitation operation against the third-stage mid-stage mother queen.

Kill three mid-stage queens in a row.

In order to speed up the killing process, Lin Feng integrated the cosmic power of the colonial mecha into almost 90% and pushed it to full operation.

The colonial mecha at that time almost turned into a golden lightning. The golden armor on the shell of the whole body emitted terrifying golden arcs of light, and the sound of crackling was like the arrival of the god of death.

At that moment, Lin Feng really felt that he had entered the fourth stage, becoming so powerful that he could do anything.

That feeling of trance even made him feel so arrogant that he looked down upon all living things in the world, and for a moment he forgot the countdown for the continued use of the power of the universe.

I almost forgot to turn off the fourth level state.

When he reacted, it turned out that the cells on his body surface had already colonized the mucous membrane in the mecha cockpit and fused together.

The biological colonization suit that has entered the fourth stage is devouring Lin Feng, who is the driver and command transmission center.

Fortunately, with the particle control state of mind, the invasion of the fourth-level cells into the body was blocked in time.

When Lin Feng thinks back on it now, the memory is still fresh in his mind, and at the same time he feels a little scared.

So after saying this, he added:
"You're right. The complete fourth-order cells are really terrifying. Apart from my particle control, there is almost no way to restrain and control their existence."

"We must complete the promotion to the late third stage as soon as possible to obtain the qualification for complete transformation."

Before the late third stage, what was implanted were mixed third-stage electric-driven cells, which were 90% complete of the current colonization mecha, and the strength was far behind.

This is also the reason why Lin Feng has not yet had the implant.

On the one hand, the fusion degree below 90% would not bring much improvement to him who has reached the middle stage of the third stage.

After all, its own strength is lower than 60%.

The improvement brought by the fourth-order cells is related to the gap between one's own strength and the strength of the cells.

It’s not a 30% increase, but it depends on the actual gap between the two.

It's like a peak existence in the late third stage, almost just one step away from the fourth stage, even if he is given 90% of the fourth-stage cells.

The lifting force is also minimal.

But if Lin Feng implants fourth-order cells with a 90% fusion level now, he will most likely be affected.

Leaving aside the overdraft of vitality, the key point is that these genes, which are almost indistinguishable from real fourth-order cells, will actively improve themselves, influence and take over the brain.

It is equivalent to the situation where the physical body is too strong and it controls one’s own thinking.

Longyi mentioned this to Lin Feng, so Lin Feng never implanted the fourth-order cells, but instead put them all into the colonization mecha.

Anyway, it is just a mass of cells.

It has no self-awareness, and even its control center is a crystalline structure that cannot be affected by fourth-order cells.

The comprehensive replacement and transformation also allows the colonial mecha to unleash the full combat power of the fourth-order cells, which means breaking the third-stage upper limit of 10,000 points.

In the future, Lin Feng will at most only provide his third-order strongmen with transformations of fourth-order cells with a 60% fusion level.

Unless they are promoted to the late third stage, the complete version of human fourth-order cells will be sealed like Pandora's box.

Otherwise, once the abuse spreads...

The impact caused is no less than a biological nuclear bomb with genetic radiation!

Even the Zerg Queen, who is proficient in biotechnology and the power of artistic conception, has to pay an extremely high price after forcibly using the divine domain.

Equivalence balance is one of the basic laws that govern the world.

All promotion channels and strength enhancement are the utilization and optimization of this equivalent exchange method.

Just like the release of heat, from the combustion and explosion of chemical energy to the direct conversion of matter into energy through nuclear fission and fusion, as well as the annihilation of antimatter in a higher form.

The improvement of cognition and technology, and the improvement of utilization methods are essentially no different from the evolution of life.

It’s just that one tends to explore external technology, while the other attributes technology to one’s own power.

These words, spoken by Long, gave Lin Feng a different perspective on the universe and evolution.

When he summoned the colonization mecha, entered the laboratory in the scientific research ship's hold, and entered the translucent biological mother nest, a different feeling arose in Lin Feng's heart.

It seemed that the world suddenly became clear at this moment.

We also have a clearer understanding of the subsequent evolutionary path.

However, Lin Feng has another matter at hand that needs to be dealt with as soon as possible.

From the side of Lingyi, after learning about the transformation plan of the Thunder Warriors, making deployments and choices...

The Salvation Army's highest command center, where Chen Yanyan was, also sent an urgent message.

At the border junction between Minzhou and Yuezhou, the million-strong insect nest army on the opposite side can no longer hold back.

The first attempt was made in the evening, during the dark period after the sunset.

According to reports from the front-line outposts.

A mixed Zerg team consisting of one hundred second-order Zergs crossed the isolation zone between the two sides and launched a surprise attack on a Savior Army outpost.

Fortunately, a second-level combat team consisting of ten people and one hundred first-level combat soldiers in the outpost were able to rebuild five flying wing tanks in time and leave the base.

Because it was a temporary observation post and had no defensive function, the team chose to give up and actively conduct guerrilla warfare.

After defeating most of the mixed Zerg squad...

The remaining dozen or so second-order king worms fled back to Yuezhou in shame.

But when the second-order team was cleaning up the battlefield, they discovered that the team's warrior insect hunter was wearing a piece of white cloth.

There were also crooked human characters written on it.

(End of this chapter)