Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 337 Freshwater, Last Words, Before Departure
Lin Feng nodded, and then said:

"I need a lot of freshwater resources."

"After recruiting the manpower, the convoy will have at least a thousand people, and the daily consumption of fresh water will be more than four or five tons. This trip to the holy city will take at least half a month and at most a month."

"We need to add hundreds of tons of fresh water."

This is easily solved. The Oasis warships have a year-round reserve of more than 5,000 tons of fresh water to meet the needs of the Upper District and the five major villages, and some of it is used to feed the deserters to prevent them from dying of thirst on a large scale.

Father Su An replied directly:

“No problem, I’ll give you 300 tons, which is equivalent to the load of half a heavy truck, enough to cover the water consumption of an entire fleet for three months.”

"However, once the main force of the convoy arrives at Storm Holy City, the speed will still be too slow. It is best to proceed in batches. The main force can continue to advance as usual, while some small teams composed of evolved individuals can drive better-performing vehicles and advance at full speed. This way, we can reach our destination in three or four days."

"I will give you a few more tokens so that the team members can contact the church members later."

“The Holy City has regulations that small settlements with more than a thousand people, such as villages or gangs, must have church monks stationed there to ensure order and stability.”

"At that time, as long as we can find a first-rank deacon and contact the sentry post with a combat priest nearby, we can pass on the news of the Templar Knights' attack to the church's higher-ups."

"In this way, the Vatican, which is aware of the seriousness of the matter, will definitely send a team to provide support. You only need to hand over the combat module you are carrying with you."

Lin Feng nodded. Father Su An's plan was simple and feasible, and at least it could ensure that the message was delivered to the Holy City.

Moreover, now that Lin Feng has left early, the chances of him being targeted are much smaller.

After all, the enemy lurking in the shadows was targeting the church, and an ordinary convoy like theirs probably wouldn't even qualify them.

After discussing the remaining details, Father Suan began to talk about the situation of the bishop behind him.

The two looked at the old man lying on the chair behind them on the podium.

The latter's breath was barely perceptible; he was on his final, dying moments.

Father Su An sighed. The journey had been fraught with crises and twists and turns. Even after defeating the Wasteland Wolves, the threat of death looming over Oasis Town had not been completely resolved.

Now that even the bishop has been worn down, and after I hand over my duties and leave, the future of Oasis Town is truly worrying.

It's a pity that Bishop Zhang Hui spent his entire life building this settlement.

"His Highness the Bishop's self-awareness has gradually faded away, and the brain cells in his brain have begun to die at an accelerated rate, until finally only an empty second-order body remains."

Father Suan slowly began to speak:

"According to his will when he was lucid before his death, after he has completely lost himself, someone should be sent to deliver his second-tier body to the Temple of the Horse-Station to serve as fuel for maintaining the temple, so that he can continue to serve the Lord of the Holy Spring."

"Of course, it turns out that the bishop originally planned to make one last pilgrimage to the Temple of Zhuma before the end of his life. Unfortunately, he did not expect the battle with the Wilderness Wolf Clan to be so fierce, which exhausted his remaining life force."

As he spoke, Father Su An let out a long sigh.

Lin Feng also fell silent.

He devoted his entire life to the Lord of the Holy Spring, even contributing to the Lord in his final moments and practicing his faith, yet he ended up like this...

If it weren't for upholding the Holy Spring Scripture, preserving the flame of the Primordial Sect, and avoiding being bound by Oasis Town, Bishop Zhang Hui could have lived a life a hundred or a thousand times better than he does now, based on his own talent and abilities.

Even if one enters the Zhuma Temple at an early age and becomes a servant of the Lord, one can obtain eternal life with the God and need not worry about dying from the decay of brain cells a thousand years later.

With his devout faith in the Lord of the Holy Spring, he is fully capable of passing the temple's tests and trials.

Unfortunately, given their current dying state, they can't wait for Oasis Town to reach the outside of the Zhuma Temple.

Just as Father Suan and Lin Feng remained silent, the bishop, who was lying in the chair, suddenly raised his hand, waved a few fingers, and pointed at Lin Feng.

His face was gaunt and covered with fine lines.

With a head of gray hair, even his eyebrows were translucent white, like a candle flickering in the wind, his life force was almost gone.

But to do such a thing at this most crucial moment of his life clearly indicates that he had something extremely important to tell Lin Feng in his last moments.

Father Su An immediately understood, turned around, patted Lin Feng on the shoulder, and then walked out of the church hall.

Lin Feng and the bishop were left alone in the magnificent cathedral.

Lin Feng then stepped forward and slowly squatted down beside the bishop.

At this moment, the sunlight outside the window at the bow of the ship refracted through the glass of the church's front wall, turning into colorful rays that shone on the two of them, like the road to heaven descending to earth.

His Holiness the bishop narrowed his eyes, slowly grasped Lin Feng's hands, and spoke in a weak, halting voice:
"I...I'm at the Prism Tower...the observation mirror...I saw what was happening ahead..."

"An abnormal energy fluctuation has occurred, related to the Sun Curse... possibly... using the Sun to attack the Templar Knights..."

"Go to the Holy City as soon as possible and warn them to be prepared. This time, the shadow of the Church is also present..."

"Don't tell Su An about this. He hates Lieyang to the core and is prone to rash actions..."

After saying this, the bishop stopped, his breath growing weaker and weaker.

Only after several tens of seconds did he tremble and his pale lips move as he continued to speak:

"That...girl was part of his...plan..."

"The oasis was nothing more than... a decoy..."

"Leave as soon as possible..."

After saying that, the bishop seemed to have a sudden burst of energy before death. He suddenly raised his right arm and grabbed Lin Feng's wrist, startling Lin Feng so much that he almost broke free and retreated. At the same time, his left hand reached for the armor-piercing cannon at his waist.

Fortunately, the bishop was just trying to grasp at something, like a drowning person struggling desperately, instinctively wanting to escape the abyss of death and breathe one more breath of human air.

There was no intention of launching a surprise attack before his death, attempting to take Lin Feng with him.

Although it would be difficult for His Excellency the Bishop to do this in his current state, the cautious Lin Feng still took some precautions.

After confirming that the bishop was simply instinctively unwilling to die, Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief, letting him unleash his survival instinct in the final stages of his life.

But as the bishop's wide eyes gradually lost their luster and blurred...

At that moment, he stared intently at the statues of gods carved on the church's stained glass windows, as if he saw the divine kingdom ruled by the Lord of the Holy Spring opening its doors to him.

At that very moment, as if suddenly enlightened, he turned to look at Lin Feng beside him, a relieved smile appearing on his face. As he slowly released his grip, he chuckled and said:
"hope……"

"It's in you..."

Having said that, he slowly closed his eyes, and his right arm, which had been resting on Lin Feng's wrist, loosened. The bishop, who had lived for over nine hundred years and personally built Oasis Town, thus entered into a long slumber.

Lin Feng stared at the old man in front of him for a long time.

He had a feeling that the bishop, on his deathbed, must have seen something, which was why he said those words.

Perhaps at that moment, he saw the future.

However, there is no way to return to reality, so we can only leave this cruel world with a sense of relief.

After a long while, Lin Feng stood up and looked at the high glass wall in front of him. In the center of the nine-square grid engraved on it were the Lord of the Holy Spring and eight ancient sages.

Under the refraction of light, they seemed to come alive, their gazes turning towards Lin Feng.

Lin Feng looked at the blurred face of the Lord of the Holy Spring. This great being, who rose from humble beginnings and defied fate, wanted to change the enslaved destiny of mankind with his own strength, but in the end, he could not escape the shackles of fate.

As His Excellency the Bishop said, breaking the shackles of the old era with the shepherd's method will inevitably become a prison for the new era.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng suddenly remembered the "Holy Spring Scripture" hidden in the Wild Wolf Chariot, which might contain more details.

Help Lin Feng understand the changes that occurred in the Holy Spring Cult in the post-gods era, as well as the entanglements and grudges between the Holy See and other first-rate forces in the wasteland over the past thousand years.

Based on this, we can deduce the mastermind behind the attack on the Templar contingent, and what further actions these lurking figures are planning.

After leaving the cathedral, Lin Feng immediately took out a walkie-talkie and called his convoy camp to move the water trucks in the convoy to the Oasis warship to fill them with water.

The heavy-duty truck that was converted into a water storage vehicle had its original 20-meter-long container replaced with a 25-meter-long and 5-meter-wide cylindrical container.

Its capacity is approximately 500 tons.

The team's current 50 tons of fresh water reserves, stored in water tanks on ordinary transport vehicles, can only fill about half of the vehicle.

Therefore, this heavy-duty water storage truck is not needed at present.

Ding Yi was planning to use it to display and store the collected evolved wild wolf corpses. After all, if thousands of corpses were left in the open, they would not only attract mosquitoes, but also seep out a lot of blood, which would drip onto the ground and attract predators.

The Wildlands Wolves can use this information to accurately track and locate convoys heading to the Holy City.

Now that Lin Feng has obtained an extra 300 tons of water resources, enough to fill more than half of the water tank of the heavy truck water storage vehicle, the water storage vehicle he brought from the motorcycle village has finally found a use.

Soon, under Ding Yi's command, the transport vehicle, which had been converted into a tanker, left the Five Villages and caught up with the slowed-down Oasis warship.

Lin Feng leaped down from the stern of the warship and landed in front of the heavy tanker truck. He saw that the person driving the modified heavy truck was Liu Mingfei, the most experienced and senior driver in the convoy.

Although the latter is not as ambitious as Liu Qian, he has now become a mid-stage first-tier evolver and is also the team's driver leader. He is usually responsible for training and teaching new drivers among the logistics support staff.

In addition, he also personally steered the team's most important supply transport vehicle.

Now, the water source, which is even more important than supplies, naturally falls to Liu Mingfei.

Upon seeing Lin Feng, the latter immediately opened the car door, went to the metal walkway next to the car, and let the apprentice in the passenger seat take over the steering wheel.

He then personally came before Lin Feng:
"The water inlet of the water storage truck is located at the top of the rear of the truck. It is best to use a water pipe to transport the water after opening it."

As he spoke, Liu Mingfei climbed onto the top of the water tank of the transport vehicle, turned on the valve, and opened the inlet.

Lin Feng nodded, and then he saw the guards at the stern of the warship, a patrol team composed of assistant priests and combat priests, appearing overhead.

Three or four of them jumped down, pulled out a water jug ​​about 30 centimeters thick from the back, and then a late-stage first-tier captain on top of them struggled to turn on the water valve.

Lin Feng remembered this valve. When he first arrived in Oasis Town, it was Holy Spring Day. After the Holy Spring Ceremony and prayers, the bishop personally turned it on and then gave fresh water, representing the gospel of the Holy Spring, to forty or fifty thousand wasteland people.

Now, thanks to the patrol captain's strenuous efforts, the main water valve finally loosened slightly, releasing a powerful flow of water that passed through the hoses held by the team members below and entered the transport vehicle.

Clear, transparent fresh water flows into the tank at high speed, creating a cloud of white bubbles that burst and disappear in an instant.

This is the source of life in the wasteland.

It was also the key advantage that allowed the Lord of the Holy Spring to carve out a bloody path from the chaotic world where heroes rose up and defy the heavens to become a god.

The wasteland desert, where the sun rises for three days, is never short of energy sources. The key is how to convert the light source into the chemical energy needed for life.

The key to this is the scarcity of water resources.

With such a large freshwater reserve, the convoy had the confidence to travel long distances through the wasteland. Otherwise, if a water shortage occurred, the entire team would face disintegration.

As the water filling continued, the water level gradually rose. Although Father Suan said it was three hundred tons, Lin Feng estimated that about four hundred tons had actually been poured in at this moment.

Such a generous gesture was clearly because Father Su An needed Lin Feng to report intelligence, which is why he was providing more assistance.

Once the tank was nearly full, Lin Feng told Liu Mingfei to drive back first.

Watching the water tanker drive away, Lin Feng knew it was almost time for him to set off.

Not long after, a man and a woman stepped off the Oasis warship.

The man was none other than Father Su An, fully armed and clad in the Undying Holy Armor, while the woman beside him was none other than Shen Yue, who had already advanced to the late stage of cultivation.

This guy has now become a senior deacon, and according to internal church regulations, he can apply to be transferred back to the front-line holy city and remain in the bishopric.

She also made significant contributions during Li Hao's rebellion and the crisis of the Wilderness Wolf Clan's attack, earning enough merit to allow her to return to the Holy City.

There's no need to stay in this poor, remote place any longer.

Father Su An approached, took out a black box, and handed it to Shen Yue, who was standing to the side, saying:

"This is the combat module inside the Undying Holy Armor. It records the combat process and energy fluctuations."

"It will be kept by Shen Yue, who will also accompany your team to the Holy City."

"We'll decide based on the actual situation. I estimate she'll set off early and blend into the team."

Lin Feng nodded. The church would definitely not trust him to entrust something so important directly.

If they were to change course and flee en route, it would take more than a week for the Holy City to receive the news...

The longer you delay, the greater the variables.

After the handover, Shen Yue put away the combat module and smiled at Lin Feng:

"Greetings, Chief Lin! We're cooperating again!"

(End of this chapter)