Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 344 Surgery, Tough Times, Accelerated Growth

After returning to the convoy, Chen Shanshan took the dilapidated bus directly to the area where the logistics department was located and found the test vehicle where Ding Yi lived.

Although there wasn't much experimental equipment inside, all the medical supplies for the team, including the Chinese herbal medicines collected along the way, were stored there.

Ding Yi immediately came to check on the situation and quickly determined the extent of Lao Huang's injuries and the reason for his unconsciousness.

That means the brain is damaged and requires a delicate procedure like craniotomy to drain the fluid.

However, the Linfeng camp simply lacked the technology and surgical facilities necessary for the procedure.

We can only see if rescue can be carried out in Holy Spring Village or on the Oasis warship.

After learning about this, Lin Feng handed it over to Rong Yan, the deputy in charge of the logistics department.

Although Holy Spring Village has the surgical facilities, it lacks the appropriate surgeon and can only seek help from the more professional church deacons on the Oasis warship.

Upon receiving the order, Rong Yan immediately spoke:

"No need to bother..."

"The Oasis Middle School I selected for you, Chief, has members who are skilled in surgery. Whenever someone in the Oasis District is injured or needs a cesarean section, it is this doctor who performs the surgery."

Upon hearing Rong Yan's reply, Lin Feng's eyes lit up. Such professional and technical personnel were exactly the kind of members the team needed most at the moment.

The more than two thousand residents of the Upper District form a small, isolated society, an Eden in the wasteland. Without the pressure of survival, its members can naturally cultivate their own interests and hobbies as they grow up.

Although most of them lean towards art and culture, these are hobbies and interests that have little practical value and are more about spiritual development...

But there are also important professions, like surgeons, that truly ensure the continuation of human life and reproduction.

Lin Feng then said:

"If you're confident, then let's try it in Shengquan Village. I remember there's a professional surgical laboratory in the village that can provide a sterile surgical environment."

Ding Yi and Chen Shanshan nodded.

The birth of the first evolved being in the team was when Chen Shanshan underwent an evolution surgery performed by a church deacon in Holy Spring Village.

During this time, he also awakened his initial Dark Domain ability, and the dark scenes left a deep impression on everyone.

Recalling these details, Lin Feng realized that Father Su An may have already noticed that Chen Shanshan's awakened superpower potential was enormous and had intricate connections with the Eternal Night Empire in the far north.

However, the latter and the Holy Spring Church are separated by a top-tier, first-class power corporation, and are separated by thousands of kilometers, so they basically have no connection.

Once the treatment plan was determined, everyone acted immediately without delay.

Rong Yan sought out Shang Min, a doctor, to conduct a preliminary professional diagnosis of Lao Huang. Then, under Lin Feng's personal guidance, they went to Shengquan Village.

Because Holy Spring Village cooperated with Lin Feng's caravan and fought side by side, it did not suffer much impact or damage from the Wilderness Wolf Clan during this town-level beast plague.

It remains exactly as it was before.

The only change was that the laughter and joy that once filled the campus had been replaced by a group of busy figures treating the wounded from the five villages.

This was an order given by Father Suan.

Because the entire Oasis Town will become the property of the Church after the Holy City Diocese takes over.

Industrial workers and ordinary residents are all important assets of the church. Reducing the casualty rate is to make up for the church's losses.

The arrival of Lin Feng and his group also attracted a lot of attention.

The main problem is that Lin Feng's team is too unique.

Not only am I a second-tier powerhouse, but I also have a giant wolf of leader rank following me.

If it weren't for the little girl sitting on the wolf's back, who is none other than Father Suan, the village chief of Holy Spring Village and now the most powerful person in Oasis Town, many of the injured evolved beings would probably have already experienced stress reactions.

Even so, the appearance of the group still caused quite a stir.

Soon enough, two mid-stage second-tier assistant priests stepped out from the crowd to greet Lin Feng.

As the greatest contributor to resolving the town-level beast calamity crisis, Lin Feng's legendary achievements have been widely circulated in Oasis Town.

Especially when the carcasses of the two Tier 2 Wild Wolf behemoths were transported back to the camp by heavy trucks and placed in front of everyone, the silent shock was far more impactful than any form of propaganda.

As two official assistant priests came to inquire, Lin Feng also expressed his needs, wanting to borrow the surgical test vehicle in Shengquan Village.

One of the deacons then took his leave, as this matter required prior consultation with Father Suan, since it involved core secrets such as the sacred spring water.

The other person continued to greet the group and led them to the front of the camp.

There were also hundreds of church students there, mostly teenagers or children under the age of sixteen. Those over sixteen had been conscripted to the front lines to provide logistical support and defend the rear lines.

A significant portion of these children were orphans whom Father Suan bought from slave traders and brought to Holy Spring Village to cultivate new talent for the church.

But some of them came from other villages, especially the fifth village.

Instead of returning to the camp in the Fifth Village to help their biological parents through the crisis, they remained in Holy Spring Village at their parents' behest.

Because it's obvious to anyone with eyes that, given the devastating beast calamity facing the town, Holy Spring Village has a much greater chance of surviving than Fifth Village.

Originally, Lao Huang also wanted his son, Huang Xinming, to stay in Shengquan Village and observe for a while.

As a result, this guy ran away and came back halfway.

Thanks to his timely escape, he managed to give Old Huang, who was on his deathbed, some meat soup, which barely stopped the injury from worsening.

Now, returning to their old school and seeing many familiar friends as well as many classmates who are no longer there, Huang Xinming and Su Yueyue, the two children, stood there bewildered.

Like many of his peers, he was filled with confusion.

Lin Feng noticed this and sighed softly.

That's how the wasteland is; nobody knows whether an accident or tomorrow will come first.

Achieving a peaceful and stable life is already a rare privilege.

Most children experience cruel separations and deaths early in their childhood, and are forced to grow up prematurely, facing the survival pressures of the real world in their teens.

Not long after, Father Suan came out of the village office and stood before the crowd.

After understanding the situation, they immediately agreed to do Lin Fengxing a favor and opened the door to the surgical laboratory.

Make it possible for surgeons to perform surgery on Lao Huang.

However, there is one condition: the surgery must be performed under the supervision of the technical assistant in charge of the evolutionary surgery to ensure the safety of the laboratory.

Lin Feng naturally had no objections.

The surgery began quickly, and the anesthetic was administered.

The doctor's sharp scalpel precisely cuts open the patient's scalp...

More than an hour later, the fluid accumulation in the brain area and the intracranial hemorrhage were completely resolved.

Thanks to his level nine enhanced human status and three times the self-healing speed of an ordinary human, he was barely able to withstand such injuries.

After the surgery, the technical assistant who came out with them also spoke to comfort everyone, and said to Lin Feng:

"He's out of danger. Go back and feed him more liquid food. With some rest, he should wake up soon..."

"However, the intracranial hemorrhage and high pressure from the fluid buildup have been compressing the nerves in the cerebral cortex for too long." "Perhaps some of his past memories will be lost after he wakes up, but with subsequent recovery, he should be able to remember them again. Even if he cannot recover them completely, he can reshape his past memories through evolution."

"However, the patient's physical condition is somewhat poor, so when choosing the evolutionary path, it's best to prioritize stability and avoid the risk of pursuing xenogeneic evolution..."

Lin Feng nodded.

The meaning of the sacrificial offering is clear: Old Huang is old, and with this severe injury, the heterogeneous evolutionary path that requires intense genetic fusion to achieve future evolution is no longer suitable.

It can only undergo fusion and evolution with the Holy Spring Cult.

Or it could be the forbidden evolution of Immaculate.

It's obvious that Lin Feng will choose the latter.

The deal with the Salvation Army can effectively conceal and explain the origin of the Immaculate Evolvers in their ranks.

After resolving the matter, everyone returned to camp.

Before leaving, Father Su An stopped Su Yueyue and asked her to stay in Shengquan Village, clearly to give her his last instructions.

Once the Holy City Diocese arrives to take over Oasis Town, Father Suan, who will be in charge there, will return to the Holy City...

It was clear that they could no longer keep Su Yueyue, this poor soul suffering from the curse of the blazing sun, by their side.

They could only entrust the care to Lin Feng.

This farewell may be the last time we meet, and we don't know when or if we'll ever have the chance to see each other again.

After all, the curse of the blazing sun would seep into Su Yueyue's bones as she grew, taking root in her body like a malignant tumor.

Given the resources of the Lin Feng team, it would be difficult for them to go to such lengths to save Su Yueyue as Father Su An did.

The current solution is to use the power of the Holy Spring, combined with the evolution path of the Wasteland Wolf, to suppress the spread of the Sun Curse.

Father Su An could provide the former, but fortunately, after experiencing the town-breaking beast calamity, Lin Feng's team had collected enough wasteland wolf corpses, especially second-tier wasteland wolf behemoths. Through research on the evolutionary essence within their bodies, they were able to initially establish a mature wasteland wolf evolution path.

Once a stable Steppenwolf evolution agent is developed, there will be an opportunity for Su Yueyue to undergo a qualitative evolution.

This allows one to gain the physical strength to resist the curse of the blazing sun, eliminating the need to overdraw one's life force.

Father Su An was seen holding Su Yueyue's little hand as they headed deeper into Holy Spring Village...

Looking back at Lin Feng, who had witnessed this scene, his eyes narrowed slightly as he pondered the words the bishop had spoken to him in his final moments, through a brief period of lucidity...

Father Suan had grand schemes.

He is very likely the mastermind behind this series of events, or rather, his purpose in voluntarily applying to come to the remote and impoverished Oasis Town on the edge of the scorching sun zone was certainly not just to cover up Su Yueyue.

Clearly, there are other ulterior motives involved.

After all, if Su Yueyue wanted to alleviate or eradicate the Flame Curse within her, she should stay far away from Oasis Town.

Lin Feng believed that within the vast territory ruled by the Holy Spring Church, there couldn't possibly be only one place like Oasis Town, which could be far from the Holy City Bishopric and escape the detection of the third-tier bishops.

They could go to the area ahead, or to a region in the North where the blazing sun energy is weak, to resolve the curse within Su Yueyue.

After Father Su An arrived in Oasis Town, Su Yueyue's curse not only showed no signs of abating, but instead intensified under the constant exposure to the scorching sun of the forbidden zone.

Only now do they need to be soaked in the holy spring water for a long time before they can come out for a stroll from time to time.

They are completely unable to have a normal childhood.

Therefore, His Excellency the Bishop's words deserve careful consideration.

Father Su An harbored deep hatred for the Lieyang Cult.

This hatred clearly didn't stem from what he saw and heard during his wasteland travels; after all, no one would risk their life for a group of people they have no connection with.

Especially in the eyes of second-tier evolved beings, ordinary enhanced humans are no different from monkeys.

Evolutionary changes in physiological structure have enabled complete reproductive isolation between the two species.

They became two different species.

Therefore, there is even less reason for the Sun God Cult to hold a grudge against all the Wanderer factions because of their evil deeds in the wasteland.

But Father Suan's disgust for the wanderers was a genuine expression of his feelings.

A person can pretend to love another person, but cannot hide their hatred for their enemy.

Father Suan's radicalization must be related to the events happening around him.

Lin Feng felt it was time to take a look at the records about the Blazing Sun Cult in the Holy Spring Scripture, as well as the major events that had occurred in the last few hundred years.

However, these events are not recorded in much detail in the publication of "Holy Spring Cult". If you want to know more, you have to go to the Holy City of Storms ahead to find relevant information.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng turned around and followed the group back to the camp.

At this point, it was still six or seven hours' journey to the agreed-upon ancient city of Zhoukou.

After arranging the affairs, Lin Feng returned to the Wild Wolf Chariot and decided to get some rest before the team set off.

After all, he had been fighting for two days and two nights in a row, including two high-intensity battles, which had severely depleted his energy.

After the dust settled, Lin Feng still had to force himself to listen to his subordinates' reports and attend the Oasis aftermath meeting. By now, he was already at his last gasp...

Physical exhaustion is manageable, but the real challenge lies in mental fatigue. While the body can be relieved through short rests and replenishment of energy and nutrients, mental exhaustion requires a long period of rest to recover.

Lin Feng desperately needed a good rest right now.

To achieve deep sleep.

Inside the Wolf Chariot's bedroom, Lin Feng removed his power armor, washed up, ate some level 20 evolved meat, lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, and drifted off to sleep...

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Six hours later, on the eve of departure.

The Oasis warship has slowly come to a stop.

Lin Feng was awakened by Chen Shanshan, who was waiting outside. He suddenly opened his eyes and felt refreshed.

I changed into casual clothes and went outside.

Chen Shanshan, Ding Yi, and others were already waiting outside.

Lin Feng scanned the crowd, then spoke:

"Are you all ready?"

Everyone nodded together.

Lin Feng hummed in agreement, dismissing the others and letting them return to their posts to continue working, leaving Ding Yi alone to listen to her final summary report.

Ding Yi, holding a pile of materials, pushed up her glasses:
"The statistics have been compiled. The combat team led by Chen Shanshan has collected a total of 450 corpses of evolved wild wolves, with approximately 500 tons of flesh and blood."

"Including the 1,858 we collected before, the total is..."

(End of this chapter)