Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 271 Death Agent, Successor, Isolated and Helpless
"And its codename is Death..."

"That is, a death agent."

"This legendary agent's third-order origin comes from the earliest legendary being."

Before Lin Feng could react, Father Su An stopped what he was doing and looked at the thousand-year-old man holding two guns:

"The original gun demon, the son of war, who ascended to the third-tier king level with his gun-wielding abilities, the legendary third-tier gun king!"

"He is the spokesperson for gunpowder, wields high-energy elements, and is skilled in using various firearms and artillery. He once defeated several third-tier kings of the same level by fighting five opponents at once."

"But the once invincible Gun King ultimately fell to the siege of the other kings. The one with the best chance of becoming a god could only perish with resentment."

"And the essence of the gun within this third-tier body became the foundation for the Agent Project. As for the later Death Agents, as the first and strongest batch of agents, they were infused with the essence of the gun."

"This group of agents was the earliest to be created, and naturally had the fewest limitations and shortcomings. Because they were too powerful, they naturally aroused the fear of the higher-ups of the Evolution Alliance. So they were used as conversion parts of the Power Furnace and were sealed forever, never to be activated."

"As for the agents produced in batches afterward, they are actually copies of the earliest batch of the first generation, and their strength is only around the early stage of the third tier."

"After the Wandering Earth project was officially launched, as a large number of humans entered underground shelters and went into a long period of hibernation, the agents, in order to better operate the wandering project and ensure that more humans survived, carried out a second replication within the restrictions."

"The agent synthesized this time has further decreased in level and strength, probably between the second and third tiers, which is about the same as a level 30 being who has just been promoted to the third tier king."

"And these third-generation agents are the power furnace in front of us, and the core of all town-class warships."

"By comparing them like this, you can probably understand how powerful and powerful the first generation of Death Agents was."

"Moreover, although his strength in normal state is only at the mid-stage of the third tier, once he enters high-power mode, he can easily unleash late-stage combat power."

"As for the gun-wielding ability user, he naturally possesses a unique ultimate move as the successor of the third-tier gun king."

"Its power even far exceeds that of ordinary atomic bombs, reaching the level of small hydrogen bombs, making it a veritable human-shaped sun."

"And such large-scale power furnace cores, which were also the first generation of agents, numbered only five in total."

“The death agent is one of them.”

"The whereabouts of the other four are still unknown. Rumor has it that the giant corporation in the north possesses a large-scale power furnace core that has not been fully activated. It is estimated that the agents within it are still in a dormant state."

After listening to Father Suan's introduction to the later parts of the first edition of the Holy Spring Book, Lin Feng was greatly surprised and found it very novel.

After all, no one could have imagined that the metal sphere in front of them was just a container for incubating and preserving androids, yet it could provide a continuous source of power for a steel warship weighing tens of thousands of tons.

Lin Feng was more interested in what happened next.

After all, according to Father Suan, if the Lord of the Holy Spring had used the Death Agent as his regent after his hibernation...

So now, the Immortal Saint, as a divine messenger, represents the Lord of the Holy Spring in managing the entire Papacy. Isn't this already a violation of the Lord's divine decree?

Judging from the power struggle between the Primordial Faction and the Secular Faction within the Holy Spring Church, it is very likely related to the question of who would succeed the Lord of the Holy Spring after his passing.

Clearly, the Lord of the Holy Spring hopes that an agent who has little entanglement with worldly interests is more suitable to serve as the supreme leader of the Holy Spring Church.

Most importantly, the agent of death and the sleeping Lord of the Holy Spring have no conflict of interest and will not intentionally hinder God's awakening.

This is also why the leadership of the Evolutionary Alliance developed androids.

The most important goal is to maintain its ruling position, so that even if it falls into a deep sleep for tens of thousands of years, it will not lose supreme power.

Lin Feng then prepared to speak and inquire about the successor of the death agent.

However, Father Suan shook his head slightly, his gaze fixed on the slowly melting pool of molten metal before him:

"This is a piece of history that has been buried in the dust of time. Later versions of the Holy Spring Book have completely erased it. Even in the first edition of the Holy Spring Book, it was only mentioned very vaguely at the end."

"If you want to understand this matter, you need to find the real answer yourself. Even His Holiness the bishop has very limited knowledge about it."

As he spoke, Father Su An suddenly changed the subject, looking up at Lin Feng, who was deep in thought beside him:

"Although the Rockhorn Clan's evolutionary ceiling is only the late stage of the second tier in the natural wasteland, there are already records of research and development of third-tier Rockhorn Clan cells in the laboratories of top human forces."

"Back then, before restrictions were placed on various evolutionary pathways, the Rockhorn's unique evolutionary pathway wasn't very popular and hadn't become mainstream. So even though the Rockhorn's third-order cells were developed..."

"There is no need or value to continue cultivating it."

But things are different now!

"More than half of the new generation of evolvers are basically Rockhorn Horse evolved individuals, and second-tier Rockhorn Warriors account for more than 80% of all second-tier evolvers."

"It can be said that apart from the internal members of major first-class organizations, most humans choose this path, which has led to a strong demand."

"Even if we only use expensive laboratory biotechnology to cultivate second-order rock wildebeest cells, namely cloning and proliferation techniques, we can still make a lot of profits through large-scale production."

"Through these farms and laboratories, and with thousands of years of effort, the number of rock horse warriors has grown to a terrifying number."

"This provides fertile ground for the continued research and cultivation of rock hornbill third-order cells."

“Countless second-tier rock horse warriors can provide far more gene samples than second-tier rock horse behemoths in nature. Moreover, these people will spare no effort, even sacrificing their precious lives, to gain the opportunity to improve their strength.”

"The basic conditions for continued research and development, as well as the benefits derived from the experimental results, have now been met..."

"Presumably, there will be a breakthrough soon, attracting countless Rock Horse warriors to flock to it."

Upon hearing Father Su An suddenly mention this matter, Lin Feng didn't immediately think of himself, but only connected it to the Li family, who led the Oasis rebellion, and the family head Li Hao's urgent desire for control of the Oasis warships.

This is beyond the rational judgment that a mid-stage second-tier evolver could make.

After all, Li Hao is nearly five hundred years old.

In a few decades, they will enter their twilight years, and their focus will gradually shift from self-improvement to nurturing their family and descendants, ensuring that their genes can be passed down from generation to generation and that their lineage continues when they can no longer advance further.

So, at this pivotal moment of transition, he disregarded the future of his family and, for his own selfish gain, attempted to bind the lives and fates of the entire family, including the farm village and nearly two thousand people, to his own cause. He was embarking on a path of no return, courting certain death.

This is clearly illogical.

Even if Li Hao successfully seizes the Oasis warship, it will be difficult for him to escape the relentless pursuit of the Holy See's armed forces and the Knights Templar.

Unless there is some other reason behind this illogical situation that would make Li Hao disregard all costs and even gamble with his own life.

Following Father Suan's guidance, Lin Feng immediately realized that Li Hao might have already made a substantial expectation, namely, that he had received assistance from the Holy City's Life Farm...

That's why they become so stubborn and crazy.

Therefore, his strength may be far more than just the mid-stage of the second tier on the surface.

He proposed a sparring match with himself for two reasons. First, he wanted to test how strong Lin Feng, this unexpectedly powerful gun-wielding ability user, really was and whether he could threaten his plan to seize the ship. Second, he wanted to create a smokescreen to make the Oasis Church misjudge his true combat strength.

Besides Li Hao himself, since the Life Farm has already increased its bets on him and invested a lot of resources, it will definitely have made corresponding arrangements...

After assisting Li Hao in seizing the Oasis warship, they escorted it to a safe area outside the Holy Spring Church's territory, or they were currently intercepting the Holy City's rescue team that was coming to provide support.

After all, twelve days had passed since the last Holy Spring Day, and the pilgrimage convoy had arrived in Storm City five days earlier.

Upon receiving the news, the Holy City Diocese arranged for a support team to travel at full speed with minimal equipment, which should be able to reach Oasis Town within five days.

They certainly won't stand idly by and watch Oasis Town be surrounded by the Wasteland Wolves, and face the impending town-destroying beast calamity.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng's expression gradually became serious, and he replied in a deep voice:
"If that's the case, then Li Hao's ultimate goal in seizing the Oasis warship might be to gain the qualification to advance further."

"He even became the first and only third-tier horse king among Rockhorns and Rockhorse Warriors!"

"And the fact that he dared to do this, making an enemy of the entire church, must mean he had some powerful backing!"

"Then the support forces from the Holy City Diocese have probably met with misfortune and will likely be stranded en route, unable to help the Oasis escape its predicament..."

"None of these things mattered originally. As long as we could defeat the Li family and kill Li Hao, all the problems would be solved."

"But the sudden appearance of the wasteland wolf clan has disrupted the original plan."

"Oasis Town must face the threat from tens of thousands of evolved wild wolves alone..."

Lin Feng said this because the benefits and rewards promised to him by the bishop were highly tied to the survivors and businesses he rescued.

The more people and transport vehicles are rescued, the more can be distributed among the rescued.

Lin Feng initially thought that as long as he repelled several waves of attacks from the Wasteland Wolves and killed one or two second-tier Wasteland Wolf behemoths, he could make the Wasteland Wolf clan back down.

With the support of the Holy City Bishopric already en route, the balance of power between the two sides will be reversed once the latter arrives. Seeing that the situation is hopeless, the Wasteland Wolves will likely choose to escape and flee into the desolate wasteland to begin their life on the run.

In this way, Lin Feng's estimated intensity of the war would be much lower, requiring only the killing of 20-30% of the wolf pack, which is two to three thousand wolves.

With Lin Feng's current strength, the combat power of his team, and the firepower of the other five villages with his help, victory could be achieved while ensuring that losses did not exceed 30%.

However, if the bishopric's rescue forces are slow to arrive, and the outer wasteland wolf clan is fully aware of this, in order to ensure that news of the attack does not leak out, and in the event of massive losses, they will try their best to minimize the damage...

Wolf Ao, the leader of the wolf clan, will likely make a desperate gamble by intensifying his attack, deploying all his evolved wild wolves in an attempt to devour the entire Oasis Town.

Only in this way can we recover all our losses after suffering heavy losses and rising sunk costs, and ensure that the surviving evolved wolves become much stronger.

Even further, a mid-stage second-tier giant wolf might emerge, or a few early-stage wild wolf behemoths might be added.

In short, without external intervention, even with Lin Feng as a variable, the Wasteland Wolves could not stop the tens of thousands of evolved wolves from slaughtering ordinary evolved humans in a small oasis town.

The bishop was clearly aware of this, which is why he offered Lin Feng a huge reward, allowing him to directly take over the technical personnel and industries of Oasis Town in exchange for the full support of this gun-wielding ability user.

Of course, these are all just verbal agreements.

Whether it will take effect depends on how much strength and capital both parties have left to support the conditions for cooperation after everything is over.

As for the present situation, what Lin Feng faces is a reassessment of the Oasis Defense War.

After all, in a state of isolation and helplessness, how could they lead about two thousand evolved beings of varying quality to defeat the top predators of the wasteland, the Wasteland Wolves...

Even Lin Feng wasn't confident.

His true foothold in the wasteland came from the first pot of gold he earned by killing Steppenwolves.

Whether it's luring and killing old wild wolves or hunting down small packs of wild wolves, it's just ordinary hunting, not real warfare.

Even back in the old Earth era, Lin Feng had never participated in a real battle to stop a beast tide. He only knew that after each attack by a mutated beast horde, a large portion of the evolved humans in the base would disappear, and then a new batch would appear.

During that extraordinary cataclysmic era, the mortality rate of ordinary evolved beings was even higher than that of ordinary survivors who were responsible for logistical support in the rear.

The brutality of the war was vividly displayed.

Father Su An was also slightly surprised after Lin Feng said these things.

His intention in mentioning this matter was to tell Lin Feng that even though he had embarked on the Rockhorn Horse evolution path, he still had the possibility of advancing to the third-tier Horse King in the future.

Although this is a heterogeneous evolution with natural conflicts, after becoming a third-tier king, genetic conflicts will occur, and like the still unstable Wild Wolf Warrior, there is a risk of losing one's mind and going insane...

However, the strength and status of a third-tier king are enough to overshadow these "irrelevant" issues.

Given Lin Feng's identity as a gun-wielding ability user, there is a possibility that he could further advance by fusing with the remaining essence of the Gun King.

Therefore, his future is limitless!

(End of this chapter)