Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 307 Divine Dog Evolution, Oasis Conference, Upper Class
Mentioning the super dog, Ding Yi replied with a hint of excitement:

"The promotion process went very smoothly."

"Through my experimental observations, I've discovered that the evolutionary process of evolved wild wolves—no, for all evolved wild beasts—is actually far simpler than that of humans..."

"This is mainly reflected in the small-scale evolutionary improvements within each stage, such as from level ten to level nineteen. As long as sufficient food and life-generating substances are provided, they can withstand a higher intensity of cell proliferation and fission compared to the fragile humans."

"This may also be largely related to the fact that their brain development is not advanced, unlike humans, whose brain development and utilization is the most advanced among intelligent species since the birth of life on Earth."

"Therefore, humanity absolutely cannot withstand continuous evolution and improvement in a short period of time."

"This stimulation to the brain and damage to the nerves is particularly severe, especially to the evolved cells on both sides of the spine. After continuously absorbing higher-level life essence, it can cause the brain to collapse or even fall into an uncontrollable state of frenzy."

"It is necessary to rest for a period of time to allow brain nerve cells a buffer period to regenerate and renew themselves before the next stage of evolution can begin."

"But the super dog has none of these limitations and defects."

"Moreover, its evolution and improvement during the first stage, apart from gradually increasing in size and strengthening of its internal energy, did not involve any other reactions or changes."

"All you need to do is pile the collected flesh and blood of the evolved wild wolf in front of it, and as it eats, it will complete one transformation after another."

"A bottomless pit of gluttony!"

At this point, Ding Yi's expression suddenly changed slightly:
"There's just one downside: it eats a lot, and it poops a lot too!"

"It has now consumed six evolved wild wolves of different levels, from level 11 to level 16. The total weight of the evolved meat alone is several tons, and you can imagine the amount of feces it produces."

"Just cleaning up this guy's excrement requires a three-person logistics support team to be responsible for transporting, cleaning, sealing in airtight containers, and composting."

"Fortunately, everything went smoothly. The Divine Dog has now become a level 16 evolved wild wolf. After resting and digesting for a while, it will be able to devour the corpse of a level 17 giant wolf and transform into a late-stage first-tier leader."

"However, by then, its size will have swelled to over seven meters and its weight will be close to one ton, making it unable to continue lying in the transport vehicle and requiring it to travel on its own."

Lin Feng nodded, very satisfied with the speed of the divine dog's transformation.

At this rate, it's estimated that when the wolf army attacks again, the Divine Dog will be qualified to participate in the war, working with its combat squads to hunt down the later-stage giant wolves in the pack.

"Continue as planned. There's no need to worry about the effects of rapid evolution on the brain. The dog's body can handle it, and its brain development is slow, so its intelligence may remain at the level of a human ten-year-old."

"Although it is considered mentally challenged among wolves, it has turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as it can offset the erosion of the brain's nerves by advanced cells during rapid evolution."

"We also need to arrange for people to start demanding the corpses of the evolved wild wolves from the other three villages, and then have the logistics support personnel expedite the processing."

"Corpses decompose easily, especially in large quantities. Unlike second-tier corpses, first-tier corpses cannot maintain their vitality for a long time and need to be dismembered and dried within a few hours."

"This is a considerable asset, and it represents the future. We must take it seriously, building upon the foundation of the Holy City."

Ding Yi nodded. The value of an evolved wild wolf, roughly calculated based on the early stage of the first tier, could be between five thousand and ten thousand...

The stronger the giant wolf, the higher its natural evolution level, and the higher its value. For example, a level 17 late-stage leader-level giant wolf, including its evolution meat, source material, wolf pelt, wolf teeth and other materials, can sell for at least 200,000 points.

It is far more valuable than a leader-level rock horned horse of the same level.

While this is related to scarcity, the Steppenwolf material, which can enhance combat power and provide armor-piercing effects, is inherently more valuable than the Rockhorse.

After all, the Rock Horse Armor cannot kill the same opponent, but the Armor-Piercing Wolf Spear forged from refined steel wolf fangs can easily break through the protective ceramic steel on the surface of the armor.

Therefore, the value of this batch of evolved wild wolves is not just limited to their evolved meat and biological materials.

Its impact will be revolutionary, enough to change the mainstream evolutionary path of the Rockhorse in the wasteland world today.

Most of the lower and middle ranks of the vast majority of factions basically adopt the Rockhorn evolution path, mainly because the evolutionary source material is very easy to obtain, and the technology is very stable.

Furthermore, although the Rockhorn path has a low ceiling, for most ordinary evolvers, being able to advance to the second tier, become a Rockhorn warrior, or even establish a clan or sect is already quite fulfilling.

Another major advantage of the Rockhorse Path is its formidable defensive capabilities.

In the wasteland where gunpowder and artillery shells are strictly controlled, such defensive capabilities are sufficient to withstand attacks from any cold weapon.

The existence of the Rock Horse Armor also allowed the second-tier Rock Horse Warriors to successfully gain a foothold in the fusion and evolution process of a group of first-class forces.

And after thousands of years of development, it has evolved into the most prevalent evolutionary path in the wasteland.

Even in the capital cities of many top-tier powers, a group of Rock Horse warriors have been trained or recruited to quickly build up armed forces at minimal cost.

Currently, thousands of evolved waste wolf corpses, having successfully repelled the wasteland wolf clan in Oasis Town, are about to flow into the market from Lin Feng's hands.

This is enough to cause a major upheaval in the evolutionary power structure of the wasteland.

It even evolved into the Steppenwolf evolutionary pathway, specifically targeting up to a million Rockhorse evolutionaries.

At that time, the profits Lin Feng can obtain through this method will be comparable to those of an ordinary first-class power.

After all, this is a complete third-order evolution path, and its value far exceeds that of the Rockhorn path.

Once Lin Feng fully controls it, he can lay the foundation for a royal city and build his own Tier 3 town-level warship and mobile steel behemoth, which will no longer be just a concept.

Instead, it's a rare Tier 3 equipment that's readily available.

Upon receiving Lin Feng's order, Ding Yi immediately nodded:
"Understood. I will arrange for A-Lian and Ma Chenfeng to go to the three major villages to make purchases."

"We still have some artillery left, which is just enough to go to the Fifth Village and exchange with the Wilderness Hunter Guild."

Lin Feng nodded, but estimated that the chances were slim, since the Wilderness Hunter Guild was also aware of the potential value that the evolved Wild Wolf could bring.

Unless they face a life-or-death threat, it would be difficult to exchange the corpses of evolved wild wolves for cannonballs.

The extra value of these shells, especially since they are a result of the current town-level beast calamity, will plummet once the crisis is over.

After all, as a large, first-class force, the Hunter's Guild's branch in the Holy City could not possibly lack ammunition.

Therefore, to get the guild to obediently offer up the corpse of the evolved wild wolf, we must start from the root cause.

If there is no threat, then create one!
Thinking of this, Lin Feng suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

He then spoke to Ding Yi:

"Okay, remember to recruit more support staff to clean up the carcasses of the evolved wolves as soon as possible, so they don't pile up for too long and rot."

"You can select manpower from the industrial workers in the three major villages next to the convoy camp. It's best to choose some experienced ones, such as the livestock workers from Farm Village. They have experience handling rockhorse carcasses and are skilled at dissecting large wild beasts." After saying that, Lin Feng planned to return to the camp to discuss the follow-up matters with the Oasis Church.

On the way back, the walkie-talkie I was carrying on my waist beeped a few times to let me know.

Lin Feng picked it up and saw that it was the Oasis communicator that the Grand Priest in the command and control room had given him.

After clicking to connect, a familiar voice came through:

"His Excellency the Bishop plans to convene a supreme council of the Oasis, concerning the fate of Oasis Town, and the impending town-destroying beast plague unleashed by the Wasteland Wolves..."

"As an honorary governor, Chief Lin is also a vital guardian of Oasis Town. Please be sure to arrive as soon as possible."

Lin Feng pressed the reply button:

"Understood, I'll be there right away."

Putting down the walkie-talkie, Lin Feng looked up at the oasis warship slowly moving towards the mountains not far away, pondering as he walked.

Logically, after his epic battle, the bishop should be on his deathbed, and should be making his final wishes and arrangements as soon as possible. Why then is a supreme council of the Oasis being held at the last minute?

Moreover, all the second-tier beings from Oasis Town will be present, and Father Su An is expected to attend as well, given that two important positions in the Li family have become vacant.

Is the intention to speak frankly and openly, or to complete Zhang Hui's final task at this impromptu meeting?

For example, dealing with the remaining two village leaders and two early-stage Tier 2 Rock Horse Warriors.

Or, to be even more ruthless and decisive, they might simply use the "crossing the river and burning the bridge" tactic, coercing or entice the other party to abandon the agreed-upon compensation.

But Lin Feng also had his reasons for going.

After all, the second-tier elite squad was just a concept before, but now it is necessary to form an operation.

Firstly, Lin Feng needed to take advantage of the opportunity presented by the severe injury to Lang Ao and the loss of the Wilderness Wolf Clan's top combat power to weaken the wolf pack as much as possible. At the same time, Lin Feng also needed the corpse of a second-tier Wilderness Wolf behemoth, which could both help the Divine Dog advance to the second tier and be given to Ding Yi to solve the problem of the Wilderness Wolf's evolution path.

On the other hand, there are also needs that concern Lin Feng's potential interests.

For example, intervening at the right time to save the Salvation Army.

Alternatively, Xu Wanfeng, the guild leader of the Wilderness Hunter Guild, could be brought into the Tier 2 team, making the Fifth Village, which has lost the protection of Tier 2 experts, even more in need of artillery support.

So now he needs to make this happen as soon as possible.

Lin Feng quickly returned to Oasis Town, crossed Holy Spring Village, and boarded the Oasis Warship.

This is probably his last time boarding the ship. Once everything settles down, he will have to lead his large team to Storm City, three or four thousand kilometers away.

Because he wasn't wearing power armor, Lin Feng moved much faster through the narrow passageways, and in just a short while, he arrived at the uppermost residential area.

Then, we walked through the deserted corridor to the conference room.

When passing by the Shangmin District canteen, I saw a group of people gathered in the hall on the first floor. Rong Yan, the supervisor, was leading her son and daughter to give a lecture and admonition to the selected Shangmin residents.

This group of residents, whose average age is no more than fifty, were the eighty people selected by Rong Yan to be taken away. Among the two thousand residents, they were the few who were determined to fight and change their own destiny.

Lin Feng needs people with clean backgrounds like this to fill the vacant positions in his team.

At the same time, promising talents can be selected from them and promoted to become official team members.

It's like giving them a chance to redeem themselves.

After deducting Rongyan's son and daughter, eighteen of the one hundred places allocated by the bishop remain.

Lin Feng plans to directly select the group with the highest evolution level from the more than two thousand people, who are probably level sixteen evolution beings.

The higher the evolution level, the higher the value of a high-level slave.

This would maximize profits, and having eighty ordinary citizens wouldn't seem excessive, thus offending the Oasis Church.

Lin Feng hurried past the cafeteria entrance. Inside the hall, only Rong Yan's daughter, Rong Zhiyun, noticed Lin Feng's presence.

The two only exchanged a brief glance. Lin Feng nodded slightly and left in a hurry before Rong Zhiyun could speak.

Given the urgency of the situation, the matter of taking this group of civilians away from the Oasis warship could wait until after the meeting.

After leaving the Shangmin District, Lin Feng quickly arrived at the door of the conference room, where he immediately saw the person who had brought him there last time...

Father Suan returned to Oasis Town just as the second arena match had begun.

Now that the bishop is nearing the end of his life, Father Suan, only thirty-two years old, is about to take over as acting bishop and become the most powerful person in Oasis Town.

Although it is only temporary, once the support and holy decree from the Holy City arrive, they will be recalled to the Holy City.

Father Suan, however, was able to regain actual control of Oasis Town by protecting the oasis and successfully relinquishing it from the bishop, allowing the oasis warships, which had been absent for eight hundred years, to return to the Holy City's hands...

All of the above alone is enough to elevate Father Su An to the rank of Elite Priest, or even a Grand Priest with a second-tier upper limit of level 29.

Such a young priest is worthy of the title "Father of the Century," so the ownership of Oasis Town will likely eventually return to Father Suan.

It became the diocese where he was promoted to the third rank of bishop.

Therefore, on the path of evolution, Father Suan, with his background in the Vatican, is about to once again pull far ahead of Lin Feng.

So Lin Feng put away the slightly relaxed smile on his face and began to speak seriously, describing the details of the previous peak battle.

After listening, Father Su An nodded:
"Thanks to you, you were a great help. Otherwise, His Excellency the Bishop wouldn't have made it back."

Lin Feng nodded, and added solemnly:
"But this crisis is only temporarily over; the devastating beast scourge of the Wasteland Wolves has not yet been completely defeated..."

"We need to seize the opportunity, press our advantage, and expand the advantage of the Oasis."

"Our previous plan was to form a Tier 2 elite squad to venture deep into the mountains and hunt down early-stage Tier 2 wild wolf behemoths..."

"At present, we should take action as soon as possible before the Oasis warship enters the mountains ahead!"

(End of this chapter)