Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 345 A Bountiful Gain, Hibernation Pod and Su Yueyue
"The combat team led by Chen Shanshan collected a total of 450 corpses of evolved wild wolves, with about 500 tons of flesh and blood."

"Including the 1,858 collected before, there are a total of 2,308."

"The skinned wolf weighs about three thousand tons. If the wolf bones are removed, about two thousand five hundred tons will remain. After removing the internal organs, the remaining flesh and blood will weigh about two thousand tons..."

"The processing is still in progress, but we have already determined the approximate evolution level of all the corpses."

"The first-stage evolved wild wolves make up the majority, totaling 1,600. Among them, the level 10 and 11 evolved wild wolves are the most numerous, so the final processed product will contain a considerable portion of level 9 enhanced meat."

"In addition, there are about six hundred mid-stage first-tier evolved wild wolves, three hundred level fourteen evolved wild wolves, two hundred level fifteen evolved wild wolves, and one hundred level sixteen evolved wild wolves."

"These are important sources of meat, weighing two or three tons, and can provide a large amount of first-stage to mid-stage evolution meat."

"Moreover, it can extract up to a thousand doses of mid-stage first-order evolution agent from the evolutionary flesh rich in source matter."

Lin Feng nodded. As a mid-stage first-order evolved life form, all the flesh and blood tissue in its body had transformed into evolved cells, and even its fur was at the early stage of first order, which could provide a large amount of evolved jerky.

Ding Yi turned the page and continued:

"The biggest haul this time is the remaining corpses of about a hundred evolved wild wolves. These are all late-stage Tier 1 leader-level giant wolves..."

"There are sixty level seventeen giant wolves, thirty level eighteen wolves, and ten level nineteen wolves that are just one step away from becoming second-tier wild wolf giants."

"They are all over ten meters tall, with the largest, level nineteen, reaching fifteen meters in length and weighing between five and ten tons..."

“Each one is comparable to a tank or a regular transport vehicle. Although the proportion of flesh and blood they contribute is not large, it is the essence of the essence…”

"A rough estimate suggests that there are about 100 tons of evolved flesh and blood in the late stage of the first tier. However, more than 80 tons of them are level 17 evolved flesh, 20 tons are level 18, and less than 3 tons are level 19."

"Fortunately, we have extracted enough late-stage evolution agents to produce as many as 150 doses. This means we can cultivate 150 first-tier late-stage evolvers, or 25 level 19 powerhouses..."

"This scale of power is formidable even within Storm City."

Lin Feng nodded. It was about the same as his estimate. These late-stage first-tier evolved flesh and blood could serve as combat reserves for late-stage evolved individuals or meet the daily consumption needs of the second-tier evolved individuals in the team.

One hundred tons of late-stage flesh and blood, after dehydration, will yield at least fifty tons of jerky. Even if all the late-stage evolution agents were converted into one hundred and fifty late-stage evolvers, it could still sustain the team's consumption for two years.

For a considerable period of time, this small settlement under Lin Feng's command will no longer have to worry about food.

Of course, these gains were merely nourishment for cultivating his subordinates' power. The only truly useful acquisitions for Lin Feng were the two largest and strongest second-tier wild wolf behemoths.

Lin Feng then asked:
"How much did you weigh the remaining two giant wild wolves?"

Ding Yi nodded:

"We used a mobile weighbridge found in Motorbike Village to weigh them. The level 22 Wild Wolf Beast weighed about 70 to 80 tons, while the largest one, which evolved to level 23, weighed a full 100 tons..."

"Although the steel mane on its surface and the alloy wolf bones supporting this enormous body account for a large proportion of its weight, at least half of it is still evolved flesh and blood."

"There are nearly a hundred tons of level 19 evolved meat here alone, as well as more than a ton of early-stage second-order evolved meat rich in life essence."

"Even though the second-tier wild wolf behemoth is dead, the wild wolf aura emanating from its second-tier cells is so strong that ordinary first-tier evolvers dare not approach it. Only those in the late first-tier stage can barely withstand the pressure."

"The specific dissection will have to be done by you and Chen Shanshan. If anyone else attempts to dissect it rashly, they could easily be invaded and infected by the second-order cells inside the giant wolf beast."

Lin Feng nodded, agreeing with it.

After undergoing two transformations, the second-stage life form is a completely different species from the first-stage evolved form.

The two people are on completely different levels of life.

Moreover, second-order evolved cells are more aggressive and can even maintain a basic survival consciousness and exist independently after the main body dies, or remain in a dormant state to survive for a long time.

For example, the corpses of many second-tier wild wolf behemoths in the ruins of the underground refuge in Mount Tai have remained incorruptible for thousands of years in low-temperature or sub-zero environments, and still retain a certain degree of activity.

A vibrant second-tier body is naturally more active and can even invade other life forms, phagocytose cells to absorb nutrients, and maintain its own existence.

Therefore, even if a second-order life form is completely dead, it cannot be easily dissected by ordinary beings. At the very least, it must wear a biochemical protective suit that isolates it from the outside world, or a sealed power armor, in order to perform a dissection.

During this time, one must also be careful of the sharp steel bristles on their body and the cuts from the wolf bones inside.

Then there are the evolved beings of the Rockhorn evolution path, who are naturally restrained by their natural enemies and are further suppressed by the Wild Wolf Beast.

Even a second-tier early-stage rock horse warrior would find it difficult to maintain composure in the face of a similarly leveled wild wolf behemoth, let alone a first-tier late-stage first-stage rock horned horse evolver.

Therefore, the best solution is to let Lin Feng or Chen Shanshan, both second-tier beings, handle it.

As an Immaculate Evolver, Lin Feng had personally killed the two giant wild wolf beasts, so he naturally had no fear of the lingering power after his death.

As the daughter of a god, Chen Shanshan's bloodline is even more noble than that of the third-tier wolf king, the ancestor of the wolf clan. She is not afraid of living wild wolf beasts, let alone the residual threat of dead wolf beasts.

As for the only two late-stage Tier 1 beings in the team, A-Lian and Ma Chenfeng, who serve as the captains of the combat squads, both are Rockhorn Horse Evolvers. Even if they advance to early-stage Tier 2 Rockhorn Behemoths, they will still have difficulty dealing with two Tier 2 Giant Wolves.

However, using it for stress resistance training, reducing their fear of the giant wild wolves, and suppressing the instinctive rock horned horse genes within them is still very meaningful.

Because in the upcoming wasteland desert, as a large number of evolved wolf carcasses flood the market, and the Wasteland Wolf Clan, led by Wolf Ao, will continue to attack other settlements...

At that time, a large number of Wild Wolf Warriors will definitely be born.

Before them, the Rockhorn Path evolvers were like prey in the eyes of Steppenwolves—weak and powerless.

They will only become objects of plunder and hunting.

Early preparation can also help us cope with future changes in the situation.

After Ding Yi finished her report, Lin Feng slowly spoke:
“Okay, I’ll go with Chen Shanshan on the way and deal with the giant wolf.”

"Now get everyone and the driver ready, we'll be setting off in less than an hour."

Ding Yi nodded emphatically and then went to deliver the leader's orders and notifications.

Twenty minutes later, the Oasis warship slowly docked near the ancient city of Zhoukou.

Beside the intersection of Oasis Avenue, there are still some ancient building remains, as well as broken walls and ruins that have been weathered down to their foundations.

Lin Feng's eyes flickered. After looking at the village for more than ten seconds, he turned back to look at the fifth village at the back of the group.

At this moment, the Hunter's Guild has registered all the recruited personnel and sent them onto all of the guild's transport vehicles.

Many residents who brought their own vehicles followed behind the guild's main force, using chains to pull them along, ensuring they could keep up with the lead during the subsequent acceleration and avoid falling behind in the wasteland desert.

Soon after, Xu Wanfeng, the president of the association, came to Lin Feng in person.

Xu Wanfeng, dressed in power armor, was ready for the long journey: "We can set off now, but we need you to take the lead in taking them with us, otherwise the church won't be able to justify it."

Lin Feng nodded:
"No problem, my team will go first, and you can follow behind."

Xu Wanfeng nodded:

"Okay, I'll go back and prepare."

After handing over the work to Xu Wanfeng, Lin Feng also got up to do one last thing.

He arrived at the village of Holy Spring, which was right next to the convoy, and went to the Silver Label Church in the center of the village for the last time.

At this moment, Father Suan was sitting on the platform, quietly looking at a long silver metal box in front of him.

Lin Feng remembered this thing well; it was the hibernation pod that the survivors had lain in inside the underground shelter.

At the time, this technology was not considered advanced.

Scientists quickly acquired biological hibernation technology by studying the machines inside alien warships. By injecting nutrient-rich fetal fluid, users could enter a fetal state with almost zero metabolism.

It fell into a long period of stillness and dormancy, which lasted for thousands of years.

Of course, there are also some aftereffects.

Even the slowest metabolism allows the body's cells to gradually replace each other.

For example, when an ordinary enhanced human awakens, they will lose their past memories due to the division and replacement of brain cells.

However, after becoming an evolved being, one will recall and fill in the gaps in their lost past.

In today's wasteland, hibernation pods, which were once commonplace, have become the most valuable auxiliary products.

After all, the accumulation of resources in the wasteland is not as unimpeded as it used to be. It often takes years or even decades to accumulate to a certain level.

If a superior being uses a hibernation pod, they can maintain their physical state indefinitely, unaffected by entropy increase, aging, and the passage of time, remaining forever in the juvenile development stage.

For example, the Salvation Army leader, Bai Ye, relied on his spatial abilities to remain in the second-order evolutionary infancy stage for four or five hundred years.

They haven't even lived to be one-tenth of their lifespan.

However, thousands of years later, most hibernation pods in underground shelters can survive in a sealed environment, but once exposed to air, they will oxidize more quickly, then rot and rust, turning into a pile of scrap iron.

Therefore, although hibernation pods are highly technologically advanced, only those hibernation pods that can be taken out of the country are valuable.

And the machine in front of Father Suan at this moment...

It was a biological hibernation pod that would never have existed in a remote and impoverished place like Oasis Town.

As for the person lying inside, it was naturally Su Yueyue, the adopted daughter whom Father Su An had been treating, whose marrow had been invaded by the curse of the blazing sun.

Lin Feng slowly walked to the front of the stage and saw Su Yueyue wearing a white bio-gelatin suit, lying quietly in the nutrient solution in the hibernation pod, like a delicate porcelain doll.

Inside the hibernation pod, there were many IV tubing inserted into the girl's body, injecting her with holy spring water while monitoring various bodily data to ensure that the spread of the blazing sun curse's energy could be suppressed.

At this moment, Father Su An slowly spoke:

"Is it time?"

Lin Feng nodded:
"We'll be leaving in ten minutes."

Father Su An then stood up and looked at Lin Feng:

"The Oasis warship has stopped, and I should now fulfill my duties as acting bishop, inheriting Bishop Zhang Hui's will, and offer my final prayer on Holy Spring Day..."

"Let the remaining survivors experience the baptism of the Holy Spring's Gospel one last time..."

As he spoke, Father Suan turned his head to look at the girl in the hibernation pod, his eyes flickering:
"I'm leaving Yueyue in your care."

"The holy spring water stored in the hibernation pod will sustain her for the next year. During this time, I will have the high priest of the Wild Wolf Warriors secretly contact you and send more holy spring water."

"Given Su Yueyue's current condition, she needs to soak in the holy spring water for a week each time before she can go out and move around for two days."

"The hibernation pod must be kept powered on, and one can only enter it to begin a period of rest after undergoing a baptism."

"The holy spring water will conceal Su Yueyue's aura, so even if she arrives in the Holy City, she won't be detected by the other third-tier bishops. You can rest assured about that."

"I can no longer continue my research on the evolutionary path of the Steppenwolf, so I can only entrust it to you."

"Once the technology matures, we can gradually modify Su Yueyue to upgrade her cell level and better resist the scorching sun curse."

"Finally, once I am promoted to bishop, I will come to take Su Yueyue away. Until then, I cannot have any contact with her, and even if we meet by chance, I must pretend not to know her..."

"I hope Yueyue can understand..."

Lin Feng nodded. The Holy Spring Sect and the Blazing Sun Sect were irreconcilable enemies, regarding each other as mortal foe.

In order to eradicate the followers of the Cult of the Blazing Sun, any individual infected by the Blazing Sun Curse, from the lowest-ranking members or wasteland wanderers to the highest-ranking members of the cult, would be immediately executed to prevent future troubles.

If Father Su An's unauthorized rescue and upbringing of Su Yueyue, who is afflicted with a curse, is revealed, both will suffer severe consequences.

For now, the only option is to keep her in Lin Feng's team.

Anyway, the convoy already has the evil god Zong Shiyue, the third-order flesh and blood consciousness of Wolf King Ao, and the remnants of the Blazing Sun Curse.

Lin Feng nodded, agreeing to all of Father Su An's requests.

There was no other way. The fact that he was able to achieve so many victories, quickly assemble a team of a thousand people, and successfully leave Oasis Town all depended on the person in front of him negotiating with the Holy City Diocese.

Seeing Lin Feng nod earnestly, Father Su An breathed a sigh of relief and patted Lin Feng on the shoulder:

"Alright, I'll arrange a special transport vehicle to store hibernation pods and follow your team."

"It's getting late, let's go."

Lin Feng hummed in agreement, then said:
"Um, there's something else..."

"The reward that His Holiness the bishop promised was 30% of the survivors' quota, but now more than 10,000 people, both permanent residents and wildlings, are also going to be taken away..."

(End of this chapter)