Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 349 Successive Evolutions, the Third Second-Tier Candidate

"Picometer-level source material filter level 20, orange quality, brand"

"Basic Attributes: Maximum aperture 100 picometers, life essence within the initial stage of the third stage, impurity filtration rate 100%; can be used 1 time; has been upgraded to the host's level limit."

"Evaluation: Can perfectly filter out the alien genetic impurities in the early stage of the third stage life essence, obtaining pure essence to achieve pure evolution; each refresh costs ten health points and can be reused."

"Note: Pure Tier 3 life essence cannot be preserved in an environment with impurities. To maintain its purity and immaculate state, it needs to be immediately stored in a low-temperature, sealed, clean space."

"Note: You can use the power of branding to combine and synthesize the third-order source material collector and the source material filter."

This was a spur-of-the-moment upgrade that Lin Feng made after advancing to the second tier, obtaining this filter that can filter out atomic-level genetic information from the third-tier origin.

At that time, I had just killed three second-tier corpse wolves in the tunnel inside the Mount Tai ruins, so I planned to use the evolution meat dug out of their bodies.

Having been transformed into a third-tier wolf king's body and subjected to years of radiation, the corpse's evolved flesh has become rich in some of the third-tier wolf king's essence and contains a small number of third-tier cells.

Using a level 20 source material filter, we might be able to extract pure third-order primordial power.

However, Lin Feng was unable to provide a pollution-free environment at the time, so he temporarily gave up and decided to use the flesh and blood of the early-stage third-tier wolf king to study the evolution path of the wasteland wolf first.

In fact, let alone the current wasteland era, even in the old Earth era, it would be difficult to create an absolutely pollution-free and enclosed space.

After all, planets themselves are full of biological information.

Even in the deepest, most barren deserts, where plants and insects struggle to survive, large numbers of bacteria and microorganisms can still exist.

The biological information they leave behind is so small that even a nanometer-sized filter cannot remove it.

The 20-level picometer filter is used to filter out all biological pheromones, leaving only the purest original substances.

Only in this way can the polluting information existing in the third-order origin be filtered and intercepted as well.

Although Lin Feng already possesses this technology, the environmental conditions for implementing the filtration are too harsh, and even if pure primordial substances are filtered out, they cannot be preserved in time.

He had discussed this with Bai Ye back during the Mount Tai Ruins operation.

The latter, as an awakened individual with spatial abilities, should be the person in the world most likely to create a sterile environment.

After all, no life can survive for long in a vacuum environment. As long as the space is expanded in an already sterile environment, the pure source can be perfectly preserved.

This is also why the original source of evolution was able to arrive on Earth in its purest form.

The wreckage of the alien warship was already drifting in sub-zero temperatures, but after atmospheric friction, it reached temperatures of several thousand degrees Celsius...

Under extreme cold or heat, any biological pheromones will be purified and cleared on the spot.

Before being able to leave the planet and travel to deep space, Bai Ye's spatial abilities are indeed one of the few ways to create and preserve the pure origin.

Currently, Bai Ye does not yet possess the ability to filter out impurities from the source of a third-tier king. Although Lin Feng can filter them out, he is unable to preserve or use them.

If the two sides cooperate, they might be able to create the first artificially cultivated, accelerated third-order evolved being in the wasteland era.

This will allow us to overcome the three-stage evolutionary process that has plagued humanity for tens of thousands of years and master the technology for stably cultivating three-stage beings.

In this way, it can also provide the foundation for the two to fight against top-level large forces, destroy and dismantle the current order of the gods' rule, and provide the power for high-level evolution.

After all, the reason why the Holy Spring Cult and the Giant Enterprise Alliance were able to dominate the wasteland was not because of the gods behind the scenes, but because of their own large number of third-tier beings.

They exploited the evolutionary pathways of the gods behind them to obtain a sequence that allowed them to rapidly advance to the third-tier king level, enabling them to reliably mass-produce third-tier kings...

This gives them an overwhelming and absolute advantage.

Even now, thousands of years after the gods have vanished and fallen into slumber, it still firmly holds sway over the wasteland, remaining an unshakeable top-tier power.

But what if Lin Feng also possessed this ability, and had a greater diversity of primal power than the third-tier kings who followed the gods…

So even if we face joint suppression from top powers, or even a multi-party encirclement like the former savior city...

It's not impossible to fight one's way out.

Pave your own path to godhood and transcendence!
As for now, the level 18 filter is sufficient to purify and filter the second-order life essence, which can meet Lin Feng's needs.

This second-tier picometer-level filter should be properly stored in the warehouse, waiting for the day when Lin Feng advances to the late second-tier stage and begins to consider breaking through to the third tier before taking it out for further study.

Just as Lin Feng was inspecting the filters of different levels and, incidentally, filtering and purifying the remaining level 20 Rockhorse evolution agent...

Chen Shanshan has also completed her level 22 evolution.

After injecting three evolution agents and consuming two pieces of level 20 evolution meat in one go, he successfully advanced further and became someone on par with Lin Feng.

The small-scale evolution within a stage is particularly fast, since the body has already adapted to the intensity of this level, and leveling up is just the proliferation and accumulation of second-order cells in the body.

There wasn't a significant qualitative leap.

Therefore, the entire process can be completed in less than an hour, transforming one into a level 22 evolved being.

Chen Shanshan clenched her fists, feeling the power surging within her body. Even the dark energy she released was strengthened, covering an area of ​​more than ten meters in radius.

In just a moment, one can strip the entire room of all senses and transform into a ghostly assassin.

After sensing the changes in power, it rested for a while before starting the next evolution in earnest.

This time, it will require a full injection of four doses of level 20 evolution agent to allow the evolution cells in the body to transform into level 23 evolution, which is the upper limit of the early stage of the second tier.

At the same time, level 20 evolutionary cells must proliferate throughout the body, accounting for more than 40% of the total body mass, in order to lay a solid foundation for the subsequent breakthrough from the initial stage to the intermediate stage.

Four evolution agents were injected into her body. Immediately afterwards, Ding Yi handed Chen Shanshan three pieces of evolution meat, a full three kilograms of jerky, and a large bottle of ice water to aid digestion and absorption.

Lying on the bed, Chen Shanshan's belly swelled up instantly, but as evolution unfolded, it visibly shrank back down.

The gastrointestinal cells respond to the commands of the body's evolutionary cells and begin to frantically digest and absorb the ingested evolved jerky, transforming it into energy and nutrients, which are then distributed throughout the body.

At the same time, Lin Feng, who was standing to the side, also began to discuss with Ding Yi the specific candidates for the next promotion to the second tier.

Given the future development model of the forces, although Lin Feng is the leader, it is impossible for him to stay in the caravan camp for a long time.

Because relying solely on the car team's business would require at least several decades or even a century to accumulate enough resources to provide Lin Feng with usable second-order evolution resources.

Even if Lin Feng is about to develop an industry based on the evolutionary path of the Steppenwolf, it will still take several years to complete the research, reach maturity and stability, and open up the market for sales and other related development processes.

During this time, Lin Feng couldn't just sit idly by. Time was running out, and besides, he didn't have much time left. He had to complete the advancement from the early to the middle stage of the second tier as soon as possible to gain a certain level of self-defense capability.

After all, at present, he only possesses mid-level combat power and the extreme destructive power to threaten the late stage of the second tier.

However, when faced with well-equipped and systematic armed forces, they still cannot escape being attacked.

Only by advancing to the mid-stage of the second tier can one gain a certain foothold and, with the help of the assembled and synthesized Annihilation Cannon, threaten the third-tier beings.

As for the twenty-sixth level, which is the upper limit of promotion, the accumulation of resources during the promotion phase can be achieved quickly by leveraging the management results of the forces under one's command.

So after discussing these matters with Ding Yi, Lin Feng immediately brought up the current issue:
"Chen Shanshan needs to consume seven evolution agents to evolve to level 23, and I also need to consume four evolution agents, so we will use up eleven here."

"There are twelve in total, and one is left."

"The remaining second-tier evolution resources are only from two early-stage second-tier wild wolf behemoths, one at level 22 and the other at level 23, which can yield a total of seven portions of wild wolf source essence."

"Equivalent to seven portions of Level 20 Evolution Agent."

"The question now is, how many units of source essence will be needed to select the next second-tier candidates, and how will the specific members be chosen?"

Ding Yi frowned slightly, seemed to be deep in thought for a moment, and then slowly began to analyze:

"There's no need to turn the level 20 Wild Wolf Beast's source essence into pure source essence. We don't lack early-stage second-tier evolution resources right now. Even if we sell it to the Wilderness Hunter Guild, we'll only get some points at most."

"It also makes them easy targets for the Holy Spring Cult or other forces."

“Even if there is a Salvation Army background, such an act of overstepping is inherently risky, so it should only be traded when the maximum benefit is achieved.”

"Moreover, the combat power of the Wild Wolf Warriors can be said to completely overwhelm the Rock Horse Warriors, and they can even easily suppress the second-tier beings of other forces..."

"The value it brings is far more meaningful than the evolution of purity."

"Even if there is a demand for pure source material in the future, we can use the readily available source material of the Rock Horse Beast as a filter material to save costs to the greatest extent."

"So for now, all we have is one pure level 20 evolution agent..."

"As for the two most important candidates, the two battalion commanders of the combat team and the two battalion commanders of the current combat regiment, A-Lian and Ma Chenfeng, they are all evolved from rock horned horses, so their value for promotion has been greatly reduced."

"After all, once the Steppenwolf evolution pathway matures and is stably put into actual production, the advantages of the Rockhorn pathway will be greatly reduced."

“Even a late-stage Tier 1 Wild Wolf Evolver can suppress a Tier 2 early-stage Rock Horse Warrior.”

"Instead of doing that, it would be better to let them not rush to complete their evolution. Instead, we can wait until we are fully developed and have abundant resources before allowing them to advance naturally."

"This can both reduce the consumption of second-order resources and maximize resource utilization..."

Lin Feng nodded. As early as when he was devising how to kill the giant wolf beast, he had thought of A-Lian and Ma Chenfeng, the awkward situation of these old-era Rockhorn Horse Evolvers.

With the arrival of the Wild Wolf Warriors, the Rock Horse Warriors, which are completely countered, will quickly lose their former dominance, except for their lower price.

They then became the biggest victims of the spread through new pathways.

Therefore, even if A-Lian or Ma Chenfeng were to advance to the second-tier Rock Horse Warrior, the benefits would diminish rapidly, so there's no need to waste them.

However, Ding Yi's analysis still has a major problem: when will the evolutionary path of the Steppenwolf be fully understood?

If it cannot be put into practical use in a short period of time, then the conclusions of the above speculations will lose their most important premise and will no longer hold true.

Hearing Lin Feng's confirmation and follow-up question, Ding Yi adjusted her glasses and then said:

"Currently, the main task is to accumulate a large amount of experimental data in order to gradually reduce the risk of failure."

“We already have ample experimental materials. There are more than three thousand samples of first-order early-stage life essence alone. As for experimental subjects, we also have perfect individuals like Shangmin who can provide the most accurate fusion data.”

"And with the cooperation of the divine dog, a living giant wolf..."

"I think I should be able to conquer the entire middle and late stages of the first phase within a month!"

"At that time, we will be able to sell large quantities of Tier 1 early-stage Wild Wolf Potions, exchange them for mid-stage potions at high prices in limited quantities, and keep the late-stage ones for ourselves to use for internal digestion and enhancement."

Lin Feng pondered for a moment, then gently shook his head:

"One month..."

"It's still too long!"

“The Oasis Church, the Wilderness Hunter Guild, the Salvation Army, and even the Li family possess some evolved wild wolf corpses. Although these forces are difficult to analyze and conquer on their own, the top-tier forces behind them will certainly conduct research as well.”

"Leaving aside the Vatican, the headquarters of the Wilderness Hunter Guild certainly has relevant technical personnel, and as for the Life Farm, they are naturally even more interested."

"The Li family will cooperate with them, and the Hunting Wilderness Guild might also cooperate with them, sharing the benefits."

"If we want to gain an advantage, we must be at least two steps ahead of them and have sufficient production capacity to quickly capture the market."

"You can choose any of the technical personnel in the team, and you can also use the civilians. How about half a month?"

Ding Yi hesitated slightly, clearly not very confident about the matter:
"The main issue isn't scale; it's also that my own energy level is easily insufficient, especially in the later stages of first-order research, where personal experience and design inspiration are more important..."

Lin Feng thought for a moment, then spoke:

"Then you will inject and absorb the last remaining level 20 potion, becoming the third second-tier member of the team."

Ding Yi was stunned, clearly not expecting that she would be the final choice for evolution.

Before Ding Yi could speak, Lin Feng added a sentence to dispel her concerns:

“This is the best possible outcome.”

“You are not a combatant, and you don’t usually need to consume too much level 20 evolved meat. Even if you become a second-tier rock horse warrior, it won’t waste too many resources.”

"And right now there's only one level 20 evolution agent left."

"Giving it to either A-Lian or Ma Chenfeng will cause dissatisfaction among the other party, thus creating conflict."

"Although you were in charge of logistics in this operation, you also made great contributions, working with Chen Shanshan to maintain order in the camp."

"As a reward, no problem at all!"

(End of this chapter)