Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 306 The Pressure from the Salvation Army, Resource Exchange

Old Duncan shouted and ran quickly to Lin Feng's side.

Hearing his report, Lin Feng nodded:

"Bai Ye had already told me about this beforehand, but the safety of Oasis Town must be the top priority right now. Besides, we just went through a major battle and need to rest and maintain our equipment."

"I'll go find other second-tier evolvers now to discuss forming a second-tier elite squad. I estimate that we can launch an attack within half an hour and head to the mountains ahead to confront the second-tier wild wolf behemoth."

"Don't worry, the Salvation Army won't be in any great danger for the time being. The plan to lure them in during the arena match was a great success with Bai Ye's help."

"We have successfully dealt a heavy blow to the wolf clan leader, Wolf Ao, who has evolved to level 29. He urgently needs to find a safe place to lick his wounds and recover."

"The other three early-stage wild wolf behemoths are not a great threat to the White Chief. At most, they can lead the evolved wild wolves to besiege the Salvation Army and harass them from time to time."

"You need to determine the Salvation Army's exact location so we can head directly to their aid."

After listening to Lin Feng's reassurance and plan, Old Duncan finally came to his senses, then realized his lapse in composure and quickly bowed his head to apologize.

"I'm sorry, I was too anxious. The main problem is that Lisa is still in the team, and I was worried that something might happen to her."

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes, recalling the blonde, blue-eyed foreign girl who had helped him and his group a lot back in the Wild Rift Valley.

So he nodded and replied earnestly:

"It's alright. You go back and check the situation first. If it's already in dire straits, I'll go ahead to provide support and draw the main force of the Wasteland Wolves away, thus relieving the pressure on the Salvation Army."

"Don't worry, the Salvation Army's strength is also key to Oasis Town's defense against the invasion of the Wasteland Wolf Clan's army. Oasis Town will not abandon them."

"Especially now that the wolf army has retreated into the mountains, there is an even greater need for an experienced team to protect the oasis. And Bai Ye, the leader of the Salvation Army, is a level 29 powerhouse who is capable of fighting, and he is also a much-needed support for the oasis."

“This matter will not only be taken seriously by us, but also by other forces in the Oasis.”

"Once we set off, the safety of Oasis Town, especially in resisting a possible counterattack from the Wasteland Wolves, will depend on yourselves holding it."

"Go down and get ready. Arrange for people to come and help clean up the battlefield, collect some flesh and blood of the evolved wild wolves, and replenish their energy to restore their condition."

Old Duncan grunted in agreement, then took his leave and quickly ran back to the camp.

Ding Yi frowned slightly and spoke in a low voice:
"His Excellency is nearing the end. Once he is out of breath, the top combat strength of Oasis Town will definitely plummet."

"Furthermore, Li Hao is already dead and gone, leaving only this damaged Rock Horse Armor and a lump of level 27 evolved flesh and blood, which can't bring much improvement in a short time..."

“Now, the only high-end forces that Oasis can offer, besides Father Su An and Xu Wanfeng, two mid-stage evolvers, are you, the leader, and Shan Shan.”

"The rest are either early-stage Tier 2 Rock Horse Warriors or early-stage administrative priests, not even comparable to the other Tier 2 mechanic, Mary, in the Salvation Army..."

"And the four combat-ready individuals in the Oasis combined would probably be no match for Bai Ye, not to mention the group of late-stage Tier 1 Evolvers in her Salvation Army who were fully armed after the trip to Mount Tai."

"If the Salvation Army is rescued intact, it will likely have a significant impact on the current balance of power in Oasis Town."

"Although White Night won't touch the interests of the Oasis Church, he is a real, potential threat to us..."

At this point, Ding Yi looked at Duncan's departing figure and said in a slowly emptier tone:

"Especially when it comes to the distribution of post-war benefits, even if they don't have such thoughts, their leader, Bai Ye, is about to begin his third-tier breakthrough process and urgently needs to recruit people to establish his own settlement."

"The key condition for the rapid rise of a settlement is stability, which means a group of people who are used to a stable life, have high quality, and are also a group that can tolerate exploitation and have strong resilience."

"To meet such conditions, it is obvious that the wanderers in the wasteland cannot meet the standards, while the Oasis Town, which has been developing for hundreds of years, has formed more than 20,000 permanent residents, including the servants in the Oasis warships."

"Given the opportunity, the Salvation Army would not only want a portion of the Rockhorn horse industry in Farm Village; they would definitely reach out to the highly skilled survivors after the war."

"They might even interfere with the spoils of war, taking a share of the spoils from the distribution of the evolved wild wolves' carcasses."

After listening to Ding Yi's analysis, Lin Feng nodded slightly:
"Well, in that case, why don't we make a deal with the Salvation Army that would be beneficial for both of us?"

Ding Yi was taken aback at first, then quickly realized what was happening and asked with delight:
"Are you planning to sell the survivors directly to the Salvation Army?"

"This solves the problem directly, and for us, it's a win-win situation!"

Lin Feng nodded, then posed another question:

"How many members do you think we can recruit at most right now, and how large can the team expand to?"

Ding Yi then fell into deep thought. She hadn't really thought about this matter in detail. After all, before this, everyone was in a tense atmosphere of a life-or-death battle, and everyone was worried about whether they could survive the town-breaking beast calamity.

Now, the action plan of Lin Feng and other high-level combat forces has been a great success. Not only has it severely damaged the wolf clan leader, Lang Ao, temporarily eliminating the biggest threat, but it has also given Oasis Town a chance to catch its breath.

According to the subsequent plan, the second-tier elite squad will take advantage of Lang Ao's healing time to kill the remaining early-stage wild wolf behemoths, reduce the enemy's high-end combat power, and thus further expand their advantage and secure victory.

This greatly increases the chances of Oasis Town escaping the town-level beast calamity, and most importantly, the chances of Oasis suffering severe damage are now negligible.

At most, casualties might occur among the deserters in the rear and some permanent residents in various villages.

The main backbone of Oasis Town, the evolved beings from each village, can basically survive as long as they play it safe.

According to the price that the bishop had agreed upon with Lin Feng before the great battle...

Of the survivors after the war, Lin Feng can take 30% of them with him. That is, if he saves 100 people, he can gain ownership of 30 of them.

Based on the current situation, just looking at the original permanent residents of the five major villages, there are more than 10,000 people. Therefore, Lin Feng's convoy has at least 3,000 people available.

This does not include the 40,000 to 50,000 barbarians in the rear. Although many of them have already perished in the wolf's belly, after this round of elimination, the remaining tens of thousands can be considered the experienced elites among the barbarians.

They are mostly enhanced humans from the mid-to-late stages of the game, and have extensive experience in avoiding danger and surviving in the wasteland.

Upon careful calculation, Lin Feng already holds the fate of over ten thousand people in his hands.

It is equivalent to the population size of a medium-sized settlement.

Even the top-tier gangs in the Holy City are nothing special.

However, gangs like these all have powerful late-stage Tier 2 experts in charge, and they also have enough stable industries to accommodate and sustain the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people.

Clearly, a small team like Lin Feng's, with fewer than a hundred members, cannot control or support so many people.

Lin Feng's original plan was to use the extra quotas to exchange for some cheap supplies from the church. For example, some of the idle vehicles in the motorcycle village were just four wheels with an outer shell and no power system.

But it's still perfectly fine for transporting people or shipping goods.

As long as it's towed behind a heavy-duty transport vehicle, utilizing the powerful engine of this 100-ton truck, one vehicle can pull five or six trailers.

Three or four hundred people, no problem at all.

Alternatively, we could exchange for more corpses of evolved wild wolves. In any case, the Holy City has no shortage of these. Once the bishopric takes over Oasis Town, it can directly utilize the Holy City's resources to obtain a large amount of cheap nutrient reagents.

Most importantly, Lin Feng also planned to exchange with the Oasis Church for essential supplies for the long journey: freshwater resources.

Nearly one-fifth of the space inside the Oasis warship is used to store fresh water, and every Holy Spring Day, the pilgrimage caravan brings 500 tons of fresh water from the Holy City to replenish the Oasis Town's consumption.

It can be said that without the continuous support from the Holy City, Oasis Town could not have developed to its current scale.

In the holy city, freshwater resources are not a scarce commodity.

After all, it's four or five thousand kilometers away from the scorching sun's forbidden zone. Although the surrounding area is equally desolate, the daily temperature remains around thirty degrees Celsius, and the sunlight is not as intense and scorching as it is here.

Therefore, there are some fixed underground water sources nearby, which have been water supply points within the territory of the Holy Spring Church since they were developed by the church thousands of years ago.

The supply point was not only equipped with a cover, booster pumps, and a blower water station, but also armed guards were arranged to protect the site's security.

These measures ensure that every holy city of the Papacy has a stable water supply, and coupled with the water filtration and recycling systems established in the holy cities, the value of water resources within the holy cities is very low.

Even with other dependent forces in the surrounding area, ordinary people can obtain drinking water at extremely low prices.

Unlike in Oasis Town, where even a good bath is a luxury for those below the Evolver level.

But for Lin Feng soon afterward, water became the most important thing.

Although the current water reserves of the convoy are half a truckload of more than 50 tons, which is enough to meet the survival needs of a team of 60 or 70 people for up to a year.

However, once survivors are absorbed and the area is expanded, fifty tons of water can only meet the freshwater needs of a small settlement of a thousand people for about half a month.

Therefore, they had to exchange a whole truckload of fresh water, or 500 tons of standard capacity, from the Oasis Church.

This is the only way to alleviate the water shortage in settlements.

At the same time, water is also one of the most effective means for Lin Feng's new subordinates.

In the vast wilderness, trying to walk out of the desert without sufficient water is practically suicide.

Even evolved beings are no exception. At most, they can last a little longer than ordinary enhanced beings, but under the scorching sun, if they don't drink water for a day, they will feel weak in their limbs and dizzy.

Therefore, exchanging for the corpse of the evolved wild wolf, along with fresh water, can offset a significant portion of the survivor slots.

But compared to the total of over ten thousand, it is clearly not enough.

After all, Lin Feng could only take away a group of no more than a thousand people. With fifty official members diluted, it was equivalent to one person being responsible for twenty people...

This is already the limit of expansion in the short term.

In addition, there are still 100 residents who need care and supervision, resulting in a severe shortage of manpower.

Therefore, Lin Feng is also considering whether there are other channels to exchange for offsetting.

We can't let these spots go to waste.

All of this was Lin Feng's reward, earned one bullet at a time with the ammunition and artillery that were worth more than real gold.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng suddenly recalled the words of the bishop. The other party had readily agreed to this condition, which meant that he had obviously anticipated that Lin Feng, whose foundation was still shallow, would not be able to take so many people with him.

A large and bloated number of people can actually make it difficult to control the team, making it easy for internal strife to break out or for the team to scatter in the event of a sudden change.

At this point, Ding Yi also provided the answer through analysis:
"With our current manpower, in pairs, we can drive 35 vehicles. Five armored vehicles will lead the way, six heavy trucks will bring up the rear, and the remaining 14 vehicles will travel on both sides to control the vehicles in the middle area."

"This would roughly create an area that can accommodate 35 ordinary transport vehicles, each carrying 30 people, making it a scale of about 1,000 people."

"In this way, we can ensure maximum capacity while avoiding the risk of the entire queue becoming too long and prone to accidents."

"As for the extra civilians, they are kept in our own cars, where they can be cared for and supervised at any time."

Lin Feng nodded. Ding Yi's analysis was pretty much the same as what he had thought. Moreover, shortening the length of the team would make it easier to control the settlements in their mobile state.

Each vehicle carries thirty people, and even the largest buses are still a bit crowded. They have to be divided into upper and lower levels so that everyone can lie down and rest.

And they also need to carry living supplies...

So it really is the limit.

The upper limit is a scale of one thousand people.

This way, there will still be at least several thousand people with the right to bring their own.

Exchanging with the Salvation Army for some of the evolved wolf corpses and life essence from Bai Ye would be a good deal.

In short, at this stage, we cannot clash with the Salvation Army. Besides being unable to defeat them, Lin Feng also needs to consult Bai Ye about some issues related to the third-tier king stage.

Although he could also consult the more authoritative Zong Shiyue.

But this guy is, after all, a product of aberration and pollution. The relationship between the two is just mutual exploitation. Once Lin Feng truly ascends to godhood, the first thing he will do is to clean up the stigma surrounding Zong Shiyue in this wasteland.

Furthermore, even after thousands of years, Zong Shiyue's understanding of higher levels of evolution remains stuck in the Old Earth era.

His basic theoretical knowledge is far inferior to that of Bai Ye, who comes from a research background.

Therefore, since it concerns the third level, Lin Feng felt it was best to understand it from the perspective of normal humans.

"Let's leave it at that for now. We'll discuss it privately with Bai Ye later and use the evolved wild wolves they've harvested, as well as the pure life essence, as a trade."

After discussing the arrangements, Lin Feng turned back to look at the camp and suddenly remembered something:
"By the way, how's the divine dog's accelerated evolution going?"

(End of this chapter)