Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 303 Repelling the Enemy, Last Words, Life Farm

Upon receiving orders from their leader, Wolf Ao, the two giant wolves, who were preparing to attack the late-stage second-tier rock horse warrior in front of them, immediately chose to withdraw, turning around to stand behind Wolf Ao and cover its escape.

One of the larger of the beasts, a giant wolf, was Wolf Ao's eldest son. Wolf Ao, who had evolved to level 23, carried his father, whose hindquarters were burned to a crisp, on his back and led him away.

Wolf Ao cooperated perfectly, biting its offspring Wolf Da's neck and letting it carry it away from the place.

As for the other giant wolf, it is the youngest and weakest wolf, Wolf Three, who is currently only at the twenty-first level of evolution.

It was responsible for covering the rear and preventing the human evolvers from pursuing their victory.

Fortunately, there are very few human members left with spare capacity.

In order to save the bishop, Bai Ye used a large amount of spatial power to lock onto the Oasis bishop in the last second before the Melting Annihilation Cannon hit Lang Ao, and pushed him away from Lang Ao to a safe area a hundred meters away.

The force and speed of this operation were so great that it consumed several times more spatial power than the rescue operation before Bai Ye's appearance.

At this moment, Bai Ye only had 30% of his power remaining, enough to take the Oasis Bishop and Li Hao with him.

In other words, Lin Feng's long-range sniping this time will determine whether this plan to lure the enemy in will ultimately achieve all its objectives.

That is, while weakening Li Hao, the leader of the Wasteland Wolves, Wolf Ao, should be severely injured or killed.

If things continue at the previous pace, and Lin Feng doesn't make a move, they can only wait for the Bishop to unleash his final attack before being worn down by Lang Ao.

Seeking an opportunity to severely injure Lang Ao, while also giving Bai Ye a chance and time to take Li Hao away, escape the war, and return to Oasis Town.

Even though the bishop's desperate attack was unlikely to cause any real serious injury, Wolf Ao could consume the Wolf King's third-tier flesh and blood to quickly recover from his injuries.

So what the bishop did before was to do his best to deplete as much of the third-tier power reserves in Lang Ao's body as possible.

This way, after his death, he could alleviate the defensive pressure on Oasis Town when facing this giant wolf.

But for Bai Ye, such an outcome is clearly far from enough.

She needed Lang Ao to be severely injured and unable to personally attack Oasis Town. That way, even if she took the promised reward from Oasis Town and left in advance, she wouldn't have to worry about being pursued and retaliated against by Lang Ao on the way.

To achieve this effect, the only way is to rely on Lin Feng's gun-related abilities to deliver a fatal blow to Lang Ao.

Having successfully achieved his goal, Bai Ye knew there was no need to press his advantage. After all, keeping Lang Ao as a threat would better demonstrate the role the Salvation Army would play in resisting the town-breaking beast calamity.

This will allow Oasis Town to readily fulfill its promise.

However, once Wolf Ao is completely incapacitated and the crisis of the town-level beast calamity in Oasis Town is resolved, the Salvation Army will obviously no longer receive the same attention from all parties as it does now.

Therefore, Bai Ye did not fly forward to continue the pursuit when the giant wolf escaped.

Anyway, she's just a support character with very limited combat power. Although she can easily suppress a Tier 2 early-stage wild wolf behemoth, there's no need for her to take the risk.
As for the Oasis Bishop, Zhang Hui's third-tier Holy Spring power was completely exhausted at this moment, and he could only maintain his late-stage second-tier combat power by overdrawing his remaining life force.

With his last ounce of life force, he could barely unleash a peak attack. Trying to catch up with the giant wolf that moved at a speed of 200 meters per second would only waste his remaining strength.

Since the goal has already been achieved, and far better than expected, it's better to save the last breath to arrange the next steps for Oasis Town.

However, the most important reason is that when Bai Ye rescued Bishop Zhang Hui, in order to ensure that the Melting Annihilation Cannon could accurately hit Lang Ao and avoid him noticing the danger behind him in advance, he deliberately delayed until the last moment before taking action.

As a result, he accidentally used too much force and pushed Bishop Zhang Hui 150 meters away. Zhang Hui then retreated more than 50 meters before he could barely stop the momentum of his retreat.

In this way, by the time he regained his footing and prepared to fight again, Lang Ao had already been rescued by his offspring and was three or four hundred meters away from the arena.

The two sides are more than 500 meters apart, and it will take at least three seconds to catch up.

This skill was enough to exhaust the last breath of the bishop.

After missing the best opportunity to pursue, the Oasis Bishop quickly calmed down and began to assess the situation on the field.

Their gaze quickly settled on a tall figure panting in the shadow of a boulder not far away.

Wearing the mid-stage second-tier Rock Horse Armor, Li Hao, the head of the Li family, is a Rock Horse warrior who has reached the late stage of the second tier.

At this moment, after a fierce battle, Li Hao had already exhausted his physical strength. In the end, in order to escape the pursuit of the two giant wild wolves, he even used up all the nutrients and energy stored in his body, and even digested some of his muscles to convert them into explosive power.

If Lin Feng's fatal blow had come a little later, Li Hao, while not being directly devoured and digested by the demonized armor like Li Mingquan, would have still reached the point of exhaustion and death.

After the crisis was over, Li Hao, who was in the worst condition, had no power to fight back. He could only find a shady spot where the sun could not shine directly on him, gasp for breath, and slow down his raging metabolism.

Even if Li Hao escapes the life-or-death crisis, it is unlikely that he will survive.

After all, although the effects of the sublimation potion have worn off, the second-stage late-stage Rockhorn Evolution Agent cannot reliably stimulate late-stage cells.

At this moment, the late-stage evolved flesh within Li Hao's body is uncontrollably spreading and multiplying due to the massive stimulation.

Even though Li Hao had regained his composure and escaped his manic state, he was still unable to control the late-stage second-order cells in his body that were still frantically replicating.

These level 27 cells, like locusts swarming across the land, continuously consumed Li Hao's nutrients. When they ran out of nutrients, they even began to kill other clustered cells, plundering their nutrients to supply themselves.

Therefore, even after leaving the battle, Li Hao became increasingly emaciated under the Rock Horse Armor, reduced to skin and bones, and looked hideous.

The bishop then came before him, and Bai Ye, who followed behind him, looked down at this once arrogant man who had held the lives and deaths of thousands of people in his hands.

Li Hao opened the Rock Horse Armor, revealing his head and upper body.

At this moment, the rock horse armor, which had been constantly damaged by the two giant wild wolf beasts, was also severely worn and cracked, protecting the pilot from repeated attacks.

Apart from the relatively intact internal biological tissue, the outer ceramic steel protective layer is broken and no longer has any protective function.

Li Hao, who no longer has the strength to fight, is about to reach the end of his life and face death.

"Cough cough..."

"I did it, I kept my promise..."

Li Hao coughed up the blood from his chest and asked the question intermittently.

His Excellency the Bishop nodded silently:

"I will instruct Father Su An that the Oasis Li family will be divided into three parts. A small portion will be given to Chief Bai as payment for his assistance, and the rest will be divided between the church and Lin Feng."

“Oasis Town will return to the Holy City in the future, and all townspeople, including the Wastelanders, will become Christians. There will be no longer a need for such a large rockhorse breeding industry.”

"As for the Li family branch in the Holy City, nothing will happen to them. I will also report your achievements as agreed."

Li Hao nodded, then suddenly laughed:
"That's settled then. Cough cough, let Lin Feng handle this. Since that kid wants to take my people away, there are some things I want to tell him, so that he won't end up like me, going astray." The bishop guessed what Li Hao wanted to say, but actually this matter had nothing to do with Lin Feng, and then looked behind him.

Two kilometers away, after confirming that they had successfully severely injured Lang Ao and that the three giant wild wolves had already retreated, Lin Feng and his companion, along with Chen Shanshan, rushed to the arena.

They were now less than two hundred meters away from where the three were.

When Lin Feng arrived, Li Hao was already on the verge of death. The bishop also planned to rush back to Oasis Town to check on the resistance there.

Bishop Zhang Hui glanced at Lin Feng, who immediately understood and nodded slightly, indicating that he would take back Li Hao's body.

After all, Li Hao is not completely dead yet, and the late-stage Rockhorse cells in his body are a key evolutionary resource for the team to improve its strength.

After the bishop left, Bai Ye wanted to stay, but seeing that Li Hao only wanted to talk to Lin Feng, and considering that part of his caravan was being held hostage by Lang Ao and needed to be rescued in time to avoid incurring the wrath of the seriously injured Lang Ao...

So after discussing the matter with Lin Feng, he decided to lead his chariot squad back into the mountains.

Lin Feng nodded:
“No problem. Next, we will also form a second-tier elite team to hunt early-stage wild wolf behemoths and weaken the strength of the wild wolf clan.”

"At that time, everyone can cooperate with each other."

Bai Ye nodded, manipulated the spatial nodes on the ground, collected them all, and then left the place.

Only Li Hao, Lin Feng, and Chen Shanshan, who was standing guard not far away, remained.

"Cough cough, I didn't expect that in the end it would be thanks to you that we were able to defeat Lang Ao..."

"That last shot... wasn't that the one you wanted to switch to when we sparred earlier? Gun-based superpowers truly live up to their reputation as the most destructive superpowers. It's a pity that the heavens are jealous of talent; to this day, no gun-based superpower user has been able to reach the third tier and become a third-tier Gun King who can overpower all others..."

After saying all this, Li Hao paused for a long time.

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes. Li Hao was probably trying to lure him into the scheme by saying these words on his deathbed, so that he could complete his unfinished plan.

Seeing that Lin Feng didn't react much, Li Hao spoke directly:

"Ahem, the biggest regret of the Rockhorse Warriors who embark on the Rockhorse Path is that they cannot embark on the path to becoming a King in the later stages and at the third tier."

"Next, you should also leave Oasis Town and head to the Holy City. In different areas of the Holy City, on the second level, in the large settlement area, there is a branch of a first-class force called Life Farm."

"It is a biotechnology giant and also the main production base for evolved meat in the Holy City, similar to Farm Village in Oasis Town."

"But the life farms are more advanced. They have super technology from the old Earth era and can directly cultivate the flesh and blood of second-tier chieftain-level rock horse behemoths through cloning. They can extract all the genetic value from the evolutionary meat of second-tier behemoths without raising them."

"The Life Farm possesses the vast majority of the Rockhorse's genetic sequence and has already integrated the Rockhorse tribe's gene pool."

"Over the past few centuries, through tireless efforts, Life Farm has successfully developed the evolutionary cells of the late-stage second-order rock horse behemoth and obtained the life essence in the evolved flesh and blood through low-temperature extraction technology, thereby developing the late-stage second-order rock horned horse evolution agent."

"In the battle just now, I used this precious potion..."

"Ahem, it's a pity that this technology is not yet fully mature. It is currently still in the human testing phase. The success rate in the laboratory is fifty percent, while in the natural environment it is less than ten percent."

"So I'm also nearing my end. I only have a few minutes left before my body collapses and I die from the self-devouring of uncontrolled late-stage cells."

"This path still needs to be improved by those who come after us."

At this point, Li Hao raised his head with great difficulty and looked at the young man under the blazing sun:
"Once you arrive in the Holy City, if you want to improve the breeding industry of Rockhorn Horses, you will inevitably have to make contact with Life Farm."

"Remember to freeze my corpse and the remaining flesh and blood in time to prevent the cells from continuing to devour each other and causing self-destruction."

"These late-stage cells record the genetic information after I combine with them, which can help the Life Farm continue to improve the late-stage Rockhorse Evolution Agent."

"Take my cell sample and find the branch base of the Life Farm in the large settlement, and you can exchange it for the right to use a late-stage evolution agent or a large amount of second-stage evolution meat."

Lin Feng nodded. Li Hao, on his deathbed, had finally revealed some valuable information.

After a brief respite, Li Hao continued:
"Besides that, I have one more request..."

"Zhang Hui said you're going to take some of the people from Nongzhuang Village with you. In the entire Oasis Town, no one knows the rockhorse breeding industry in Nongzhuang Village better than me..."

"I will tell you about a group of breeders who have mastered the core technology, as well as a few rock bream with great potential."

"But I need you to promise me one thing."

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes:
"Go ahead."

Li Hao coughed twice, his breathing growing increasingly weak.
"Oasis Town is about to be taken over by the Holy City and become the next Great Cathedral. Those who remain have no future..."

"I need you. Take my assistant with you. He has followed me for hundreds of years and is my most important confidant. Taking him to the Holy City will help the Li family's backup branch there gain a foothold."

"His understanding of the farm village is no less than mine, and he can also help you manage those people on the road."

"Once he's brought to the Holy City, just give him his freedom."

Lin Feng hummed in agreement; this condition wasn't excessive.

Given Li Hao's current condition, he'll probably die before he can finish explaining the situation in Nongzhuang Village.

Lin Feng needed someone to finish what he was saying.

Without a leader, the village of Farm Village, including the Li family, also needs a successor to carry out Lin Feng's will.

Seeing Lin Feng readily agree, Li Hao felt a sense of relief.

He looked completely carefree.

But just as he was about to die, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed in his cloudy eyes, staring intently at Lin Feng:

"Be careful, Life Farm."

"We can't completely trust them..."

"Han, Han Tao, it's their... their backup plan in Oasis Town. Don't let him get my flesh and blood..."

"Also, there's more..."

"They will send people to intercept reinforcements from the Holy City. Be careful on your journey..."

(End of this chapter)