Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 340 A clearly stated price, repeated invitations, politely declined.

After Lin Feng finished speaking, Bai Ye immediately understood his meaning: he didn't want the first-stage purification potion, but instead coveted the second-stage resources.

That is, the second-order evolution agent.

Whether it's regular Rockhorn Evolution Agent or purified potion after filtration, Lin Feng accepts it all.

However, the value of such resources far exceeds that of a single stage.

Although both have clearly marked prices, the Level 10 Evolution Agent, which sells for 1,000 points in the Wilderness Hunter Guild, is obviously no match for the Level 20 Evolution Agent, which costs 200,000 points per vial.

After all, even two hundred level 10 evolution potions couldn't be exchanged for one level 20 one.

The former is merely an accumulation of quantity, allowing for horizontal expansion of power, while the latter directly elevates the level of strength, raising the upper limit of power.

Just like an ordinary force, no matter how many Tier 1 Evolvers it has, it can only be considered a third-rate caravan or a small gang. But as long as there is a Tier 2 Evolver leader, it can be considered a second-rate existence, or a gang that can be called a name.

First-tier evolution resources are merely commodities in circulation, while second-tier resources involve many other additional considerations.

The ability to alter the power structure of a region alone can bring even greater added value.

Therefore, resources in the second stage cannot be sold and traded at will like those in the first stage; there must be a deeper level of consideration.

This is especially true for Bai Ye.

She knew very well that this was very likely her last deal with Lin Feng before advancing to the third rank.

Once he successfully arrives in the Holy City, he will inevitably experience a period of rapid rise and advancement, thanks to his mastery of firearms abilities.

At that time, the second-stage resources, including the mid-stage of the second stage and even the still unstable late-stage Rockhorse evolution agent, will be readily available to Lin Feng.

However, right now in Oasis Town, the only way Lin Feng can obtain the second-tier Rockhorn evolution agent is through the Salvation Army led by Bai Ye.

The Oasis Church had no reserves, and even if the five villages had some reserves, they were all exhausted during the attack by the Wasteland Wolves.

The journey to the Holy City was fraught with uncertainty, especially with a pack of wolves lurking behind them.

A convoy that has expanded to a size of over a thousand people is no longer as easy to manage as before. During a rapid march, it is easy for people to fall behind or neglect the rear.

Therefore, the best solution is to improve the team's strength in order to cope with any sudden changes that may occur at any time.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye slowly spoke:

“As you know, we also need second-tier life essence to create more second-tier evolvers to assist me in managing the Salvation Army.”

"After leaving Oasis Town, we will head north to a public migration route in the north to acquire resources and prepare for our advancement."

"So if you're willing to join us and go with us, then the second-tier evolution potion will be easy to discuss..."

Lin Feng frowned slightly.

Before heading to the Oasis warship to receive a new mission from Father Suan, he might still agree to Bai Ye's request.

After all, Lin Feng himself still has many secrets.

Aside from the evil god organization hidden within the convoy, the flesh and blood of the third-tier wolf king, his identity as an immaculate evolver, and the fact that he possesses an upgrade system, are all things that cannot be discovered.

In Oasis Town, where there was no Tier 3 King in charge, things were alright. It was only when the Bishop was in his pseudo-Tier 3 state that he accidentally discovered the existence of Zong Shiyue and Wolf King Ao, as well as Wugou's evolved identity...

However, once you arrive in the Holy City, you will find as many as seven third-tier bishops in the bishopric, as well as three kings stationed in the three large first-class faction branches within the large gathering area.

There were as many as ten third-tier beings who were able to detect and discover Lin Feng's secrets at close range.

Therefore, Lin Feng's initial plan was to wander around the outskirts of the Holy City, silently improving his strength while slowly venturing deeper into it, trying to avoid direct contact with third-tier kings.

Once one's evolution level reaches the late stage of the second tier, one can utilize the abundant power of one's origin to conceal one's true nature.

Now, Bai Ye's suggestion to head north to the area between the two top powers, seeking opportunities amidst the turmoil, is also a good option...

Unfortunately, Lin Feng received a crucial mission at the last minute: to escort vital information to the Holy City.

This matter concerns his future permission to establish a town-level power, and Lin Feng does not want to break with the church yet.

Especially as a greater crisis looms over the Holy City Church.

He could only refuse the conditions offered by Bai Ye:

"I'm sorry, my caravan is just getting started. We haven't even established a stable business yet, and we can't even guarantee our basic needs. So we have no plans to go north for the time being."

"Let's stay behind the Holy City, develop for a while, and then talk about it after things have stabilized."

"So for me, it's more worthwhile to directly improve my own strength than to blindly expand the scale of my influence."

"The purpose of establishing a small force now is to obtain a continuous supply of resources to help us break through our own strength."

"So let's get straight to the point and name your price. What price do you want to sell it for?"

Bai Ye sighed softly. For her and the Salvation Army, the best outcome would be to develop together with Lin Feng and then bring him into the royal city.

Although Xu Wanfeng, the guild leader of the Fifth Village's Wilderness Hunting Guild, has already submitted a cooperation application, the Salvation Army's expansion and development will undoubtedly proceed much more smoothly with the addition of the Wilderness Hunting Guild.

All kinds of resources can be obtained directly from the guild through trading...

But Xu Wanfeng is ultimately backed by the Hunter Wilderness Guild.

A large, top-tier power spanning the wasteland.

This also means that the Hunting Wilderness Guild under Xu Wanfeng can only be a collaborator who hitches a ride on development, and cannot be closely bound to Bai Ye's Salvation Army, sharing its rise and fall.

Therefore, Bai Ye wanted Lin Feng to join, especially since Lin Feng was a gun-wielding ability user. In the early stages of the newly built royal city, Lin Feng could greatly make up for the lack of firepower in the Salvation Army, thus creating a powerful deterrent effect in the northern region surrounded by powerful forces.

However, the other party was focused on developing quietly, staying away from the chaotic land, and heading to the Holy City of the Church where order still existed, where they could improve step by step.

Bai Ye then spoke:

"In that case, let's go by the market price. A level 20 common Rockhorn Evolution Agent costs about 200,000 points, while a pure second-tier Evolution Agent costs about one million points."

Which one would you like to change to?

Lin Feng shrugged and said decisively:

"Naturally, it's the former. After all, even I, as the leader, am only at the early stage of the second tier. Where would I find the resources to cultivate a second-tier Immaculate Evolver?"

"If it's 200,000 per item, then the exchange rate, based on the slave market price, is about 500 points for a level 9 permanent resident of the Fifth Village, and 200 to 400 points for an ordinary wildling. Let's calculate it on average, so it's about 300 points." As he spoke, Lin Feng paused, quickly calculating the approximate size of the current survivors in his mind.

The fifth village has five or six thousand permanent residents, most of whom survived. He can take about 1,500 of them with him.

Secondly, there were the wastelanders at the very back of the Oasis Town group. Originally numbering at least 60,000 to 70,000, they had suffered countless casualties from the raids by the wasteland wolves.

If Lin Feng hadn't led his convoy to the rear for rescue operations upon his return, the casualty count could have easily exceeded half.

Of the current 60,000 to 70,000 people living in the wilderness, about 20,000 have died or been injured, leaving about 40,000 strong and healthy people.

Lin Feng can take at least ten thousand of them with him.

Thinking of this, he slowly began to speak:

"I can probably provide you with 1,500 permanent residents of the Fifth Village, all of whom are at the ninth level of enhancement. Many of them are young and strong. As long as you provide the most basic life essence, they can become evolvers."

"Use this promise to attract them. These people have experienced a town-breaking beast calamity and will inevitably have a stronger and more urgent desire for evolution."

"In addition, there are about 10,000 wasteland people whose basic strength has generally been enhanced in the mid-to-late stage. After all, they have been wiped out by the wasteland wolf clan. Those who were only enhanced in the early stage have basically been eliminated."

"The problem of the barbarians is easy to solve. We can promise them permanent residency, that they will become true subjects of a large royal city in the future, and that they will have ample food to support them..."

"These conditions are enough to make starving people, who are barely able to eat, give their lives for the Salvation Army."

"In total, a level 9 enhanced permanent resident is worth 750,000 points, and 10,000 wasteland residents are worth 3 million points, for a total of 3.75 million."

"Based on market value, it can probably be exchanged for eighteen to nineteen level 20 Rockhorn Evolution Potions."

Upon hearing the amount of Lin Feng's transaction, even Bai Ye, who had witnessed the glorious era of the City of Salvation, couldn't help but gasp.

It should be noted that eighteen doses of Tier 2 early-stage evolution agent are enough to create eighteen Tier 2 Rock Horse Warriors. This force, even in a first-rate power's royal city, can account for about half of the high-level combat power.

The Salvation Army, with its foundation in the Royal City, could barely support its dozen or so second-tier evolved beings thanks to the support and resources provided by the Holy City.

The majority of the resources of the royal city are used to support third-tier kings. Unless a city occupies a monopolistic and stable resource or industry, it can only support at most thirty or forty second-tier beings.

Even if Lin Feng obtained so many resources, he could still use them to cultivate powerful evolvers at the early stage of the second tier, allowing two level 20 beings to advance all the way to level 23.

For example, he himself had been stuck at level 22 for a long time.

This time, it can evolve to level 23, and then try to go a step further and break through to level 24, the mid-stage of the second tier.

Become a powerful mid-game Rock Horse Warrior.

Combined with his awakened firearms ability, he is fully capable of rivaling a late-stage second-tier powerhouse. At that time, even within the Holy City, he will be able to enter the core area and gain a place in the upper echelons of the Holy City.

However, the price of evolutionary resources in the mid-stage of the second tier is already astronomical. According to the pricing standard of the level 20 evolutionary agent, with the price of level 20 evolutionary meat at 1,000 points per kilogram, and the life essence required to extract one dose of evolutionary agent from 200 kilograms, it is comparable to the level 24 evolutionary agent...

Its selling price is as high as 600,000 points.

And this is just the most basic transaction price.

Such strategic resources usually come with many additional conditions.

For example, in the Hunter Guild, one must help the guild complete some threatening bounty missions or join the guild to take on an important position in order to obtain the qualification to exchange for this level of resources.

As the leader of the Salvation Army and a powerful second-tier peak evolver, Bai Ye naturally possessed several mid-second-tier evolution agents.

Moreover, she obtained all of these items by exchanging them with top-tier forces in the wasteland using pure potions, and she encountered several instances of being double-crossed or hunted down, making them extremely hard-won.

These were originally evolutionary resources she prepared in advance for her subordinates, Wang Ye's team.

While early-stage evolution agents can be easily obtained through regular trade, mid-stage evolution agents are generally controlled by top-tier forces and are not easily circulated.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye asked again, unwilling to give up:
"Although the level 20 evolution agent can cultivate early-stage second-tier evolvers, for a small, second-rate force, it is not necessarily better to have more second-tier powerhouses."

"As you said before, the purpose of building and cultivating your own forces is to evolve and improve faster. However, the daily resource consumption will double for each additional second-tier evolver."

"Instead of pursuing power expansion and increasing the number of Tier 2 members, it's better to focus on your own strength and break through to the mid-Tier 2 stage..."

"I have several extremely valuable mid-stage Tier 2 Rockhorse evolution agents. If Chief Lin is willing to come with me to the north, we can work together to make something of ourselves..."

"I'll consider this mid-stage evolution agent a gift to mark our renewed collaboration."

Even the most common Rockhorn Evolution Agent represents mid-stage second-tier strength.

Take Oasis Town for example. There are more than a dozen second-tier evolvers, but only three people are at the mid-stage of the second tier: Li Hao, the head of the Li family; Su An, the priest of the century; and Xu Wanfeng, the president of the Wilderness Hunting Guild.

If we remove Su An, the priest who arrived unexpectedly, then there are actually only Li Hao and Xu Wanfeng.

Even in the Storm Holy City, a mid-stage second-tier evolver could possess a lofty position of power and influence.

At the very least, he would be the leader of a second-rate power, or hold a high position in a large power, serving in the management team.

If Lin Feng can break through to the mid-stage of the second tier, with the help of the upgrade system, he will experience a qualitative leap, and his combat power will increase several times over.

Even when facing late-stage Tier 2 powerhouses, or even peak Tier 2 beings, they can still suppress their opponents with the super-level weapons they assemble and synthesize.

After all, the level 27 Thermal Annihilation Cannon is already enough to make Wolf Ao, a peak second-tier warrior, tremble with fear. Once Lin Feng reaches level 24, he can synthesize a terrifying level 29 weapon.

Its destructive power easily reaches 1,000; even the residual force can break the defenses of a peak second-tier being on the spot.

Unfortunately, I have a more important task at hand.

In addition, Lin Feng had already planned how to obtain the mid-stage second-tier evolution agent.

That means joining the Wilderness Hunter Guild, participating in the King Hunter Project to become a protector, and then gaining the qualification to exchange for mid-stage evolution agents.

While Bai Ye's invitation was very attractive, the northern lands, a region rife with conflict, were also far from peaceful.

After much deliberation, Lin Feng declined Bai Ye's invitation again, and said directly:

"I have no plans to advance to the mid-level for the time being. I'm not even thirty yet, I'm still young. I'll spend a few more years consolidating my strength and building a solid foundation before pursuing advancement. That will be beneficial for my future development."

"Just exchange for a level 20 evolution potion."

"Eighteen branches, that's a total of 3.6 million. The remaining 150,000 points can be exchanged for evolution meat."

(End of this chapter)