Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 150: Escape from the Ruins, Illusion, Above Level
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Because he was not wearing a helmet or visor, Bai Ye's face showed an expression that could be seen clearly, a face full of question marks?

But when she saw that Lin Feng's eyes under the mask didn't seem to be joking, she nodded slightly, agreed with his opinion, and turned to leave.

Lin Feng left without looking back, as if he was very afraid of the dark space behind him.

When Bai Ye entered the exit corridor, he looked back and found that the eighth floor below ground was very different from the floors above.

Apart from the fleshy tentacles all over the ground and the deformed eggs fed in series, there is no bacterial toxic fog here and no slime mold accumulation on the surface.

Like a truly sealed past.

But the longer she stared, the more uneasy she felt, especially after Lin Feng's nonsensical words, she felt more and more that there was some unknown existence in the darkness, staring at the two of them.

The thick darkness seemed to be condensing into the outline of a human face, and the facial features of that face became clearer and clearer as he looked at it.

The chill that just came over me came over me again.

Bai Ye shuddered and hurriedly turned back to follow Lin Feng's receding figure.

She has the upper limit of the second-order evolution and the powerful strength of level 29. Among this group of people, she has the highest resistance to mental pollution and genetic radiation.

Those subordinates in the late first stage, including Lin Feng, felt extremely uncomfortable when entering the lower three levels. Only Bai Ye could block out these interferences.

Even once the spatial ability is released, it can effectively isolate the entire body surface from contact with the outside world and cut off the approach of contamination radiation.

So even when fighting against a third-level distortion king, Bai Ye was not afraid at all. With his spatial ability, the opponent could hardly hurt him at all.

It can scratch other second-level evolvers, such as the hunter team that entered the bottom of the ruins before, causing them to suffer genetic contamination and become corrupted, but for Bai Ye, the means that the mutants are proud of are directly ineffective.

Moreover, the third-order distortion king is said to be a third-order existence, but there are only a few third-order cells in his body, and the rest are only in the late second order. His overall strength is barely stronger than Bai Ye, and he is far from being a true third-order king.

This is also the reason why Bai Ye dared to go deep into the ruins. With the help of Lin Feng, the two of them joined forces and were able to suppress the attack of any third-level deformer.

However, at that moment, when a third-level deformer suddenly appeared behind him, Bai Ye felt a fear he had never felt before.

You have to know that she was only in the early second stage back then, and had been living in the City of Savior. She had never been so scared when facing the city lord who was in the early third stage.

Today, she has reached the crossroads of creating a new evolutionary path. Although she doesn't fully understand the third stage of evolution, she has at least figured out a few things.

Therefore, even if you encounter an early or middle stage third stage being, you can still keep your composure and remain neither humble nor arrogant.

But now, at the bottom of the ruins, his hairs stood up uncontrollably.

The fear of unknown death also made Bai Ye fall into silence on his way out.

She gradually understood why her body had such an instinctive and intense reaction at first.

Because the danger came too suddenly!

Before the stamping machine hung the third-level distorted monster on the meat tube in the air, Bai Ye did not sense any danger or any sign.

But the monster suddenly appeared, and then emitted a strong third-level aura, as if it was going to eat her in the next second.

This means that third-order distorted monsters may appear anywhere in the negative eighth layer, not just those distorted eggs that are hatched openly.

No wonder Lin Feng is so silent.

He must have seen what was happening behind and above him at that moment and realized that even with powerful firepower, it would still be of no use.

The enemy's whereabouts are undetectable and they always appear suddenly, leaving people no time to prepare.

Just as Lin Feng said, the one who discovered and targeted them might be the entire ruins.

But in other words, could it be that the bottom of the ruins is alive, and the deformed monster hanging upside down has become a part of the ruins?

Bai Ye reacted quickly and thought of many possibilities.

She had been to explore ruins many times before, but this was her first time at the Taishan ruins, mainly because the route was far away from her activity area.

If it weren't for the news from the guild that there was a military factory here, this kind of restricted area of ​​ruins would generally be rarely visited by Immaculate Evolvers, mainly because they were worried about genetic contamination.

It now seems that as one of the restricted areas, the Taishan ruins obviously still have many incomprehensible dangers compared to other ordinary ruins.

Returning all the way to the fifth floor and arriving at a familiar space, Lin Feng found that Zheng Yanying, Chen Shanshan and others had already left, so he continued forward without stopping.

It was not until he reached the negative third floor in one breath and saw the sunlight reflected by the magnifying mirror at the exit that Lin Feng took a breath.

At this time, the Salvation Army members who were carrying four weapons production equipment had just arrived here.

They worked in groups of four or five, struggling to carry the load forward, especially when going up and down the stairs, they had to use all their strength to move the stamping machine weighing more than ten tons.

Although the late first-stage evolvers have an explosive force of eight or nine tons, this is their limit. They cannot maintain such output all the time, otherwise they will be exhausted within a few minutes.

From the bottom, on the eighth floor, they had to carry it all the way to the third floor, a distance of forty kilometers. On average, each person had to carry over three tons...

You may feel hungry before you become physically exhausted.

After arriving at the third floor below ground, there were only more than 20 kilometers left, so Bai Ye asked everyone to rest and recover to avoid any accidents during the subsequent transportation.

After all, these are the future of the Salvation Army and cannot be taken lightly.

After finishing his explanation, Bai Ye continued to say to Lin Feng:

"If you still have the energy, let's lift one of the bullet-making machines to the surface first."

According to the agreement, one of the two stamping machines for manufacturing bullets belonged to Lin Feng, so the latter nodded and started to cooperate with Bai Ye to move it.

In the past, mechanical equipment weighing more than ten tons required a large crane or gantry crane to move.

Now, in the hands of two second-level evolvers, it was lifted up steadily and walked towards the exit of the negative third floor leading to the negative second floor.

When Lin Feng stood at the stairs, white mist suddenly appeared on his armor under the sunlight. Fortunately, Bai Ye was in front to control the direction, and Lin Feng, who had lost his vision, just had to follow.

After walking another ten kilometers in one breath and about to enter the basement, Bai Ye saw that Lin Feng's pace slowed down, so he asked him to put down the machine and take a rest.

The two sat on the steps and looked up.

The orange-yellow sunlight shines on the main road, and the cotton dust floating in the air is covered with a layer of golden light.

"What on earth did you see, inside the negative eighth floor?"

During the break, Bai Ye couldn't help but ask.

Lin Feng's eyes were fixed on a certain place, in the shadow on the side of the stairs where the sunlight could not directly reach.

It was as if something had followed me all the way from the bottom to there, and it was still haunting me.

Bai Ye followed his gaze and saw nothing, so he frowned slightly:

"Are you hallucinating? Mental pollution shouldn't be so easy for a second-level evolver to invade."

Lin Feng glanced at it, out of the corner of his eye:

"Unknown energy has been detected invading the brain. Would you like to spend ten health points to clear it?"

I remember the last time a similar reminder popped up was when I was contaminated with alien genetic impurities. I only needed to spend some life points and the system could clean it up, preventing my body from being contaminated by alien genes and maintaining pure evolution.

Now it reappears, but it is related to spiritual pollution.

In Lin Feng's sight, after seeing the strange scene at the top of the negative eighth floor, a mass of black viscous substance condensed in the dark area of ​​his vision. It looked like magnetic fluid, but it was floating in the air, and its shape was not fixed, but ever-changing.

So much so that Lin Feng initially thought he was dazzled or had been contaminated by something dirty.

It was not until the corner of his eye gave him a clear reminder and Bai Ye could no longer see the black substance that Lin Feng was sure that it was some kind of mental pollution that had inadvertently invaded his mental consciousness.

At this moment, the pollution is gradually condensing into a human shape from its irregular state.

Lin Feng wanted to see what it was.

After all, there is a system that can directly remove it, and as long as it is under the sunlight, it will disappear like the distorted mucus on the surface of the armor.

But Lin Feng's intuition told him that this thing was definitely not simple mental pollution or genetic radiation, and might be related to evolution above the third level.

For example, at that moment, he felt the prying eyes cast from the entire ruins.

Lin Feng had experienced this feeling before, on the top of Laoshan Mountain, and also during the moonlight ceremony in Shangmin District...

But that was a curse from the scorching sun, and now a similar feeling can be felt at the bottom of the Taishan ruins.

Although both are restricted areas, Lin Feng never thought that the bottom of Mount Tai would be like this.

Fortunately, this place is not like the scorching sun curse, which directly covers one-third of the earth's surface, otherwise the deformed monsters would attack humans all over the world.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng shook his head and replied to Bai Ye:

"Maybe it's not an illusion. Maybe it really exists, but it just can't be materialized for the time being."

Bai Ye frowned slightly. She seemed to have heard similar descriptions from some mad kings who forcibly advanced to the third level.

Those crazy people are either schizophrenic or have lost themselves and become confused.

Are the ruins really that dangerous?!

Now everyone has completed the task, achieved their goal, and walked into the sunlight. Even if something unexpected happens inside the ruins, even the piles of third-order deformers cannot withstand the scorching sun.

The scorching sun is like a strong medicine that can eliminate all radiation and pollution. However, all medicines are poisonous. Once the exposure and absorption exceed a certain degree, it will form the most difficult and terrifying scorching sun curse.

However, considering that there will be future needs to continue moving production equipment, Bai Ye then asked:

"You said the ruins discovered us. Did they sense the presence of something?"

"I use my spatial ability to isolate the inside and outside, preventing external mental pollution from invading. At the same time, my perception of the outside world will also be weakened to a certain extent."

"After achieving physical immortality, a second-level evolver will experience a mysterious sixth sense. This is an extension of their perception of reality. For example, when they sense danger approaching, they will feel a sense of fear."

"It's actually a part of the body, a sensitive cell tissue that senses threats in the environment and issues early warnings."

"So at that moment, did Captain Lin feel something, like the illusion of being watched?"

Lin Feng nodded. Bai Ye was much older than him and had been in the second stage of evolution for many years. Perhaps he could answer the question in his mind at the moment:
"What appeared behind you earlier was a distorted monster with a fleshy tube connected to its abdomen. It was hanging from the top of the negative eighth floor. Initial speculation suggests it's a distorted egg that failed to hatch."

After confirming that there was no danger on the underground second floor under the sun, Lin Feng seemed to open up his mouth and spoke intermittently:
"When I looked up, I saw that there wasn't just one monster on top of the transport equipment, but hundreds of them. They were slender, like monsters stretched to twice their original length."

"The moment I looked over, they seemed to suddenly come alive, looking towards me in unison..."

"If these monsters are aberrations, then why are they growing on fleshy tentacles? If not, what is controlling them?"

Then, Lin Feng gave his own speculation:

"I think it's the remains, the distorted flesh and blood contaminated by radiation within the shelter, and even the distorted bacteria floating in the air. They're a collection of things."

"The negative eighth floor is already covered in fleshy tentacles, and the negative ninth floor below is likely already filled with distorted tissue. This is a huge distorted aggregate, and the third-order distorted individual bred by the distorted egg is more like an extension of the power of this aggregate."

"From its perspective, the third-order aberration is more like a hunting or resistance role, the immune system nurtured by the entire ruins, used to eliminate external invaders..."

Bai Ye's mind was shocked, and then he thought of a possibility:
"No...it shouldn't be..."

"Could it be that what happened here back then wasn't as simple as looting the city, and there's something else going on?"

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly:

"Didn't the Wolf King lead the Wasteland Wolf Pack, left with nowhere else to go, and chose to attack the Tarzan Refuge, devouring the survivors there to survive..."

Bai Ye nodded:
"Indeed, this was the mainstream view at the time. After all, by that time, major cities had already adapted to the wasteland environment, and there were also third-level beings in charge."

"The Taishan Shelter has just opened, and the survivors inside have just awakened. Most of their strength has not yet recovered. As a large shelter in the old Earth era that accommodated tens of millions of people, even many human forces have set their sights on this place."

"But the area behind the ruins has been a restricted area for thousands of years. This isn't just due to the genetic radiation from the third-order king. The things at the bottom of the ruins have already surpassed the scope of the third order."

Lin Feng took a deep breath and asked:

"Surpassing the third level? That means above the third level. Could it be the same as the Lord of the Holy Spring of the Church?"

"Will someone above the third level turn into this kind of monster?"

Bai Ye's mouth corners slightly raised:

"Didn't I say that their evolutionary path is wrong? So even if they become eternal gods, they're still false gods..."

"The third stage of evolution solved the problem of spiritual consciousness, preventing it from decaying over the long eons. Thus, the inherent flaws of the evolved entity have been remedied, completing the transition from passively adapting to the environment to being unaffected by the outside world."

"But simply evolving oneself is far from the end of evolution. Because the more you evolve, the stronger your strength becomes, and the higher your energy needs become."

"You should have experienced this firsthand after you evolved to the second stage. The meat from the first stage mid-stage evolutionary cells is no longer as tasty as chewing wax and is not filling at all. Even the meat from the first stage late-stage evolutionary cells can only barely sustain the minimum requirements for the functioning of the second stage evolutionary cells in your body."

"Then wait until you evolve to the third stage. It's okay in the early stage of the third stage, and the meat can also cope with the late stage of the second stage, but what about the middle and late stages of the third stage?"

Having said this, Bai Yeyouyou continued:

"You should know that in this world, almost all of the third-level kings have names and surnames, and their number is extremely limited..."

"After they solve their own problems, they will encounter another external problem: maintaining their self-awareness requires a huge amount of energy, and the resources in the real world cannot meet the minimum requirements."

"Then, during their weak periods when they can't find food, these third-level kings will also become hunters for others."

"So they immediately thought that the next stage of evolution was to change the barrenness of the external environment to provide them with a constant and stable supply of food."

“So how do we change that?”

Lin Feng's pupils shrank and he blurted out:

"Using the genetic radiation within the body, and even the life essence, to cultivate descendants who will embark on their own evolutionary path!"

"As long as there are enough individuals who choose this evolutionary path, they can avoid directly facing other beings of the same level, while also being able to harvest regularly and steadily, and their evolutionary level will be close to their own..."

"So the deformed flesh and blood at the bottom of the ruins has become this, and those slender monsters that fell down weren't hatching failures, but food that was sucked dry!"

Bai Ye nodded and said nothing more.

At this time, Lin Feng heard...

But a strange question came:
"Want to become a god?"

The sunlight could not reach the depths of darkness. The sticky shadow that was floating before now transformed into the appearance of Lin Feng, who spoke in a sinister voice.

(End of this chapter)