Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 131: Riot, Escape from Death, Level Aberration
The sudden vibration and the roar of the explosion spread throughout the entire shelter ruins.

From the direction the sound came from, it can be determined that the source of the explosion is below.

In the lower levels of the ruins, apart from the Salvation Army's ongoing search of the military factory, there was no other human activity.

The troubles encountered when using such a powerful explosion will definitely not be as simple as those encountered when dealing with ordinary deformed bodies. It will definitely be very tricky.

The resulting aberration riot, accompanied by a sudden increase in mental pollution, became a catastrophe that swept across the lower levels of the ruins.

"run!"

Zheng Yanying was the first to react. After a roar, he swung the warhammer in his hand!
While repelling several first-level aberrations that were rushing towards them from behind, he also sprinkled holy water to disperse the awakened aberration monsters nearby, and at the same time added a shield for everyone to reduce the impact of the mental pollution whispers.

Otherwise, under the impact of this strong pollution, evolvers like A Lian and A Ming, who are only at the initial stage of the first stage, will not only hear confusing and chaotic delirium and auditory hallucinations, but will also have indistinguishable visual and hallucinations.

He even left the team and headed towards the monster tide.

Lin Feng in the front row also took action immediately, raised the large-caliber AK in his hand, and switched to the level 17 rapid-fire gun mode.

The explosive shells fired by the rapid-fire cannon can be automatically restored, but the number of holy water hollow-point bullets is limited.

However, facing the wave of mutants that kept coming like a torrent, the single-target hollow-point bullets were obviously not as effective as the rapid-fire cannons that caused damage in the explosive range.

Especially the firepower of the latter, one bomb can repel several aberrations.

Lin Feng turned around and activated the extreme speed pursuit attribute. In automatic mode, he achieved an ultra-high firing rate of ten rounds per second. He just lightly pulled the trigger and fired several shots in succession, firing dozens of powerful explosive bombs.

It was equivalent to dozens of grenades, which exploded densely thirty or forty meters behind the crowd, instantly repelling the attacking twenty or thirty deformed monsters and preventing the formation of a monster tide.

The 3,000 spare shells of the rapid-fire gun were enough to support Lin Feng and others to run over the three kilometers and escape to the entrance of the negative fourth floor.

At this time, as Lin Feng continued to shoot towards the rear, the four women behind him also came to the front of the team.

Lin Feng immediately ordered:
"Shen Yue held up her shield to clear the way, Chen Shanshan helped kill the incoming Level 2 Aberrations, and A-Lian and the others provided cover fire from both sides, repelling any Aberrations that blocked the way or squeezed in."

The vibration and explosion just now awakened a large number of dormant mutants. They were frightened and started running around, and most of them just wanted to escape from the unknown danger behind them.

It's not about attacking Lin Feng's team.

This gave the men time to react and use the weapons at hand to fight their way out of the monster tide.

But among the monster tide, there are also some late first-stage or second-stage evolved mutants, who intend to take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Lin Feng's team, a delicacy.

Now we can only rely on the four girls to rush to the front and cooperate with each other to prepare for defense.

The rolling tide of monsters rushing towards the team from behind is definitely difficult for Zheng Yanying to deal with alone. Lin Feng must help to prevent the team from being swallowed by the tide of monsters.

If they were swept in, with thousands of mutants bumping into and biting them, even if they were wearing sealed armor, they would definitely be infected.

In order to escape, Lin Feng and Zheng Yanying had to block the tide of monsters behind them and make them flee to both sides.

The main road, as the widest road among all the layers of the ruins, naturally gathers many deformed creatures.

Fortunately, Lin Feng has strong firepower, and the rapid-fire cannon in his hand is equivalent to two fully loaded infantry fighting vehicles.

According to the firing rate of 60mm mortar at 30 rounds per minute, it is one round every two seconds, while the rapid-fire gun can fire 10 rounds per second, which is 20 times the firepower.

It is equivalent to Lin Feng alone controlling twenty small mortars to attack the tide of monsters behind him.

In terms of fire suppression, it is naturally more than enough.

In order to avoid revealing too much of his strength, Lin Feng only activated the extreme speed pursuit attribute at the beginning. After successfully repelling the oncoming monster tide, he switched to the normal one-shot-per-second attribute to create the appearance of limited ammunition.

At this moment, with the help of Zheng Yanying's raised hammer, the monster tide rushing towards him was repelled ten meters away.

Lin Feng is responsible for the large-scale attack, while Zheng Yanying is responsible for targeted treatment of those who have escaped the net.

With the perfect coordination of the two fighting and retreating at the same time, they quickly helped the team retreat to the entrance of the negative fourth floor.

The tide of monsters formed by the deformed forms behind him has been gathering in an endless stream.

Because there were pollution sources on both sides, the waves of monsters that fled in panic were all blocked outside the main road entrance to the negative third floor.

The firing rate of one shot per second was no longer enough to stop the dozens of mutants from attacking at the same time. Lin Feng had no choice but to switch to rapid pursuit again, relying on the automatic mode of ten shots per second to suppress them.

Fortunately, Chen Shanshan and the other three in front cooperated with each other and successfully reached the stairs.

Lin Feng and Zheng Yanying looked at each other, and after repelling the tide of monsters again, they turned around together and ran towards the stairwell at the entrance.

While escaping, Lin Feng did not forget to raise his left hand and fire a few powerful armor-piercing cannons at the large group of mutants that were rushing towards him again.

These armor-piercing shells not only easily penetrate the flesh and blood of the deformed body, but also trigger the warhead fuse in the process of penetration, causing it to explode instantly.

The huge damage of up to 150 points, coupled with the explosion range that can cover a radius of ten meters, was enough to seriously injure all twenty or thirty mutants on the entire main road with just one shot!
The deformed bodies within a radius of two meters from the explosion center were directly blown to pieces, with no possibility of resurrection!

Such power is comparable to the 105mm howitzer of the army in the old Earth era, and is the basic starting model among heavy artillery.

Going up there is the more powerful 122mm, which can cover a radius of 155 to meters, equivalent to a basketball court; and the mm howitzer, with a killing radius of more than meters, and the damage range can even cover two entire football fields.

This is also the main direction for Lin Feng to upgrade the level 17 armor-piercing cannon in his hand.

The pursuit of extreme damage is to achieve a one-shot kill effect.

Just like at this moment, as soon as the armor-piercing cannon was fired, hundreds of distorted monsters that were rushing in were directly disintegrated in an instant.

Shocked by the terrifying power and sound of the explosion.

In an instant, scattered limbs and pieces of flesh covered the entire main road. The nearby buildings were even covered with shattered, deformed flesh and blood...

The scene was so tragic and brutal that even the mentally retarded deformed people felt deep fear.

They fled in all directions and no longer dared to gather together to chase Lin Feng's team.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the six members of the team successfully entered the entrance stairwell, climbed up 30 steps, and arrived at the third floor below ground.

Shen Yue, who was walking in front, saw several bright lights appearing at the exit, and then instinctively raised the titanium alloy shield in his hand and squinted to observe.

Then he saw the light clearly, and found that it was the Salvation Army team left on the third floor below ground, responsible for the reception.

When they met, the other party saw clearly that the escaped explorer was not his leader, and immediately asked what happened downstairs.

Shen Yue and the others had no idea what was going on. They only said that there was an explosion below, which woke up all the deformed bodies on the negative fourth floor. They also escaped death and managed to save their lives.

After that, Lin Feng and Zheng Yanying ran out of the stairs, and the six members of the team took a break.

Carrying a hundred kilograms of armor, running for three kilometers, and dealing with the mutants attacking from all directions, even an evolver would feel a little exhausted.

In addition, everyone was already feeling a little tired before this, and now they had to rest for a while before they could move on.

The entrance stairs to the negative fourth floor were just used to stop the deformed monsters rushing from the lower floor.

The entrance is only ten meters wide, and the concrete walls on both sides can fully utilize the power of Lin Feng's rapid-fire cannon and maximize the strike effect.

Just two consecutive shots were enough to cover the entire corridor, repel more than a dozen mutants that were crowding up, and scare them back to the fourth floor below.

When the Salvation Army's support team saw the powerful guns in Lin Feng's hands, their originally anxious mentality calmed down in an instant.

They realized the other party's strength, especially Lin Feng in front of them, who was definitely not someone they could question.

So the captain quickly sent Lisa, who was standing behind, to inquire about the situation.

Seeing Lisa coming with a torch, Lin Feng shot towards the stairs behind him and said:

"We really don't know the situation. We're just exploring around the entrance to the -4th floor, within three or four kilometers."

"The explosion originated from below the fourth floor, perhaps the fifth or sixth. In any case, it was quite powerful. You guys are upstairs on the third floor, so you should have felt the tremor, right?"

Lisa nodded, looking worried.
"There was a slight tremor and explosions, but the number of aberrations in the upper three floors of the shelter was very small, less than a hundred per floor. Therefore, there was no monster wave like the one behind you."

Lin Feng hummed:
"I guess your main force of the Salvation Army encountered something unexpected while searching for the weapons factory below, forcing them to use powerful explosives..."

"If they are confident in their own abilities and use explosives to resolve the problem, they should be able to escape."

"It's almost time, we have to leave."

"I suggest your team return to the surface first. If any dozen or so aberrations escape from the next few floors, they won't be enough to be dealt with with the weapons and equipment you have."

"Besides, the aberrations are now rioting and are all in a frenzy. Even the holy water we carry is ineffective in dispelling them. A few torches alone are useless."

After saying that, Lin Feng immediately signaled the team members who had caught their breath to continue evacuating to the upper floor.

Mainly Shen Yue and A Lian, they need to rest for a while and recover their strength.

The former was holding a giant shield weighing hundreds of kilograms, while the latter was weaker and could not withstand continuous high-intensity combat. As for Chen Shanshan, she was much more relaxed. While covering everyone's escape, she also used the titanium gun in her hand to knock down several attacking first-level mutants.

The demon-repelling holy flame on the waist is extremely effective.

When the four girls in the team encountered a second-stage mutant, the Holy Demon-Repelling Flame only fired two shots and blasted it to pieces along with the seven or eight first-stage mid-to-late-stage mutants that were following behind it.

The original base damage was 130, plus the extra 10 points for armor penetration, which is 140. After adding holy water, the 100% bonus to the aberrations is 280. And then there are two barrels, two shots in one...

A total of 560 points of damage can be caused!
Even a second-stage early to middle-stage mutant can be seriously injured with one shot, or knocked down with two shots!
It was thanks to the terrifying damage of the Demon-Repelling Holy Flame that the four women's retreat was so smooth.

After letting Shen Yue and others catch their breath, Lin Feng immediately ordered to continue evacuating.

No matter what, escape from the shelter first.

Chen Shanshan nodded, followed Lin Feng's orders, and then took the three women behind her and continued to flee towards the exit of the third floor in the distance.

She believed in Lin Feng's ability to block the attack from behind. If even Lin Feng could not cope with the crisis of the monster tide behind him, then all members of the team... would die here.

As the women left, Lin Feng glanced at Lisa and the Salvation Army team standing behind her, then followed Zheng Yanying's pace and walked at the end of the team.

Even if they reached the negative third floor, there was still a long journey of 25 kilometers waiting for everyone!
The only advantage is that there are no third-order pollution sources in the upper three layers, and there is no need to worry about the sudden attack of second-order aberrations. Even the number of first-order aberrations is very rare.

Everyone no longer had to maintain a retreat formation, and their tense nerves could finally relax a little.

After Lin Feng's team left, the remaining members of the Salvation Army looked at each other in confusion.

It was not until the captain saw the mutants in the stairwell behind him gradually becoming restless due to the loss of artillery suppression that he hesitated for a few seconds and then ordered them to follow Lin Feng's team and evacuate the ruins of the shelter together.

The 25-kilometer trek was longer than a half marathon. Fortunately, everyone was an evolver, and they didn't have to worry about attacks from mutants on either side, so they just ran up to the second floor in one breath.

Then they continued to charge forward without stopping, holding their breath and gritting their teeth.

Fortunately, although it became hotter and hotter as we went on, the environment was no longer as bad as it was down there. The whispers in my ears and head gradually dissipated, and there were not so many bacteria, mucus and black fog nearby.

It wasn't until I entered the negative first floor that my vision became slightly brighter, from darkness to dimness, no longer like the previous negative fourth floor...

It was pitch black, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

At this time, everyone had already run for more than 20 kilometers in one breath, from the fourth floor underground to the first floor underground.

Except for Lin Feng, the others like Shen Yue, A Lian, and even Zheng Yanying and Chen Shanshan, were all exhausted.

After all, he was wearing armor weighing hundreds of kilograms, not powered armor, so he had to withstand it all by himself. Add to that the weapons and ammunition in his backpack, the thirty kilometers he had already covered before the monster wave, and the exploration of the pollution source on the right side of the negative fourth floor...

A series of actions are constantly consuming physical strength.

Even those as strong as Chen Shanshan and Zheng Yanying, mid-stage first-order evolvers, cannot withstand such an intense battle.

It was the equivalent of a 30-kilometer forced march, plus a 20-kilometer breakout battle, all while carrying a heavy load and maintaining complete concentration...

So after arriving at the basement level, except for Lin Feng who was in the late first stage, the other five people were already overwhelmed.

Among them, Shen Yue was breathing the most heavily. She was holding a titanium alloy shield weighing several hundred kilograms, nearly a ton, plus the armor on her body. She was the heaviest-loaded person in the team.

Even with the strength of a mid-level first-order cultivator, he had to endure a load ten times his body weight and run the entire distance...

If it weren't for her special physical digestion ability that could provide a long period of frenzied fighting, she would have died of exhaustion on the way.

In addition to her, A'lian and A'min were also approaching their physical limits. They sat on the ground with a fart, or lay down and coughed violently, some of them were gasping for breath.

At this time, Zheng Yanying held up the war hammer and said to Lin Feng:
"We've already run over twenty kilometers. Let's rest for a while. Even if there's a monster wave, there won't be many left that can reach here. Ordinary first-order aberrations, even second-order ones, pose little threat to us."

"Rest for ten minutes before leaving."

As soon as these words were spoken, they were all agreed by the women.

Lin Feng frowned slightly. What he was worried about was not the first-order or second-order aberrations, but the crisis facing the main force of the Salvation Army, which might be a stronger and more terrifying existence than the second-order aberrations.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng calmed his breathing while looking behind him at the stairwell where explosions could be heard from time to time...

Slowly said to everyone:

"According to our previous analysis and Pastor Zheng's introduction, the Salvation Army has at least two second-level evolvers, one of whom is quite powerful, at least in the middle stage of the second level."

At this point, Zheng Yanying had gradually reacted, her cheeks flushed under the mask, and her expression changed.

Lin Feng continued:

"Just think about it, what kind of enemy could force a powerful second-rate Wanderer force like this to use extremely powerful explosives?"

Zheng Yanying, who was standing by, sighed softly:
"Then it can only be the third-order aberrations formed by the third-order pollution sources on the bottom floor of the shelter..."

Lin Feng nodded:
"We're now facing a second-order aberration. As long as we react in time, we can use the holy water's special attack effect against demons to severely damage or even destroy them..."

"But once we face a Tier 3 Aberration, even if they're far inferior to true Tier 3 Kings, as long as they possess even one-tenth of the King's power, a Tier 1 team like us won't be able to resist them."

Zheng Yanying nodded, picked up the warhammer on the ground, and slowly echoed:

"Lin Feng is right. I didn't think it through. The enemy is most likely a third-order aberration or a late-stage second-order corruptor. We can't afford to offend either of these two right now."

"Let's go. It's only the last five kilometers. Everyone, take a two-minute break. It's enough."

Upon hearing the existence of the third-order mutant, the four women on the ground were immediately frightened. They could only endure the pain and fatigue all over their bodies, grit their teeth and stand up, following the steps of Zheng Yanying and Lin Feng and continuing to move forward.

As the group continued on their journey, after walking two or three kilometers, they finally saw the stairs on the ground, and the afterglow cast a shadow!

The sunlight that was once hated now represents the hope of survival, like a plum that quenches thirst.

The painful and ferocious expressions on everyone's faces under their masks also showed a look of longing.

Zheng Yanying immediately spoke up to cheer everyone up. As a combat priest, it was her duty to encourage her teammates.

Then he introduced the matter of the deformed creature chasing after him and being unable to leave the underground ruins.

To be more precise, it is impossible to leave the dark environment.

Because they enter the extremely dry surface or are exposed to the sun, their sticky skin will crack directly, and their body temperature will rise rapidly. The strong ultraviolet rays will burn and kill the deformed cells that make up them.

The genetic radiation of the ruins was a curse, but in the face of the scorching sun, once out of the dark environment, the strength of the aberrations would plummet instantly, becoming lambs to be slaughtered...

So as long as you escape to the surface,

You can get safety!

The inspired crowd burst out with strength again. The physical fitness of the evolvers was such that even after overdrawing, they still had spare energy to continue squeezing out more.

Even though they were carrying hundreds of kilograms of armor and running for more than 20 kilometers, after seeing the hope of survival, they relied on their last bit of willpower and ignited their fighting spirit!
He ran quickly towards the last staircase leading to the surface, two kilometers away.

The soreness and swelling in my legs also gradually subsided along with my excitement...

He lost consciousness and ran faster and faster.

It took a total of ten minutes for everyone to run five kilometers and reach the long stairs they had walked down when they came.

Looking up, you can see the cave at the foot of the mountain with sunlight shining through, waving to everyone.

Unfortunately, after reaching this point, Shen Yue and others found it difficult to climb up the stairs.

Lin Feng had no choice but to help them up one by one, running back and forth four times.

Finally, it was the turn of Zheng Yanying, who was on guard and on alert.

The latter waved his hand:

"I can do it myself, just watch behind."

Lin Feng nodded, followed the other person, stepped up the stairs step by step, and walked towards the exit above his head.

When we were halfway there, we heard a loud bang!
A violent explosion was heard at the entrance to the underground second floor behind everyone. The vibration and sound were even more violent than the armor-piercing cannon in Lin Feng's hand.

Lin Feng then turned around and looked.

I saw the sound of running footsteps coming closer and closer from three or four kilometers away, heading towards the entrance.

Zheng Yanying's face changed slightly, recalling what happened ten minutes ago. If Lin Feng hadn't insisted that everyone keep moving forward, they would probably be the ones being chased now.

"Let's go, stop looking."

Lin Feng's light voice came from behind him.

Zheng Yanying nodded and continued to move forward.

When she reached the exit, the other people, who had already taken off their level 3 helmets, pulled Zheng Yanying out of the cave.

Back on the surface, I lay on the ground, took off my mask, and breathed in big gulps of fresh air.

Although the mask has a breathing filtration system that provides clean air, the air in the outdated space on the fourth floor below ground is not only full of bacteria and viruses, but also smells very bad.

Among them, even if the odor molecules pass through the respiratory filter and can filter out the large molecular gene proteins of the virus, they cannot remove smaller levels of odor.

Moreover, the oxygen content in the air of the underground shelter is very low, and you need to pump it hard to get the oxygen you need to breathe normally on the surface.

Now that the danger was over, everyone lay on the ground with long-lost smiles on their faces.

But Zheng Yanying soon discovered something was wrong...

Lin Feng climbed up with her,
Didn't leave the ruins of the shelter on the side!

Zheng Yanying immediately stood up and walked to the edge of the cave entrance. She saw Lin Feng still standing on the steps near the cave entrance, watching the explorers rushing towards her from a distance.

It's the Salvation Army squad.

To be more precise, it was the main force of the Salvation Army, leading a support team, rushing towards the cave entrance at high speed.

Behind them, there were countless deformed beings, including some second-order deformed beings.

The monsters leading the front row of the monster tide were quite large, especially the one at the front, which was more than four meters tall.

Because the distance was too far and the vision was limited in the dim space of the underground first floor, they could only vaguely see the humanoid monster wearing black armor and closely following the Saviors through the lights in the hands of the Saviors.

Among the Salvation Army team, the one running in front was a white-haired woman wearing light armor.

She was still holding the exhausted Lisa in her hands.

While running for his life, he pulled out the bottle from his waist and threw it at the wave of monsters behind him.

Then, the steel cylinder, which was no bigger than a forearm, suddenly exploded with a force greater than that of an armor-piercing cannon.

However, because it was just a simple explosion without speed and accuracy, it was easily avoided by the large aberration and several late-stage second-order aberrations that were chasing it.

Seeing this group of powerful aberrations about to capture the main force of the Salvation Army, Lin Feng hesitated for two seconds...

Slowly raised the armor-piercing cannon in his hand.

Activate the fire coverage attribute to fire six armor-piercing cannons with a damage of 140 points per second, which lasts for five seconds.

Lin Feng only pulled the trigger twice!
Twelve powerful armor-piercing cannons fired directly at the target from muzzles that were only half the size of a fist.
The powerful deformed creatures behind the Savior Army!
All I heard was a series of rumbling sounds!

It was like several cannons were fired at the same time, bombing thousands of meters away.

The monsters that were clinging to the enemy relentlessly were instantly hit hard by the artillery fire, and they stopped and scattered.

Just three or four seconds of interception successfully allowed the Saviors to create some distance between themselves and the monster tide, giving them a chance to escape.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Lin Feng just glanced down at the people in the Salvation Army who were staring at him, then turned around and left the cave.

"Let's go, it's time to go back to eat."

(End of this chapter)