Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded-Chapter 546 - 267: The Reward for Repelling the Beast Tide—Town-level Battleship! (Part 2)

Chapter 546: Chapter 267: The Reward for Repelling the Beast Tide—Town-level Battleship! (Part 2)

Lord Bishop slowly raised his hand, interrupting Lin Feng:

"No need to rush to defend yourself, this doesn’t violate the rules of the Holy Spring Sect, after all, we haven’t entered Fallen Wolf Valley or plundered Source Material from the Wolf King’s Tomb."

"Besides, there’s not much time left for the Wolf Race."

"In a few hundred years, the Evil God’s Body will decay, the radiation pollution at the bottom of the ruins will no longer require sealing, and our protection agreement with the Desert Wolf Race will automatically become invalid."

"By then, the Tier Three Body of the Wolf King in Fallen Wolf Valley and the Wolf King’s Tomb will become an ownerless treasure trove, and all the top forces in the wasteland will go to take a share."

"It’s just that the Wolf King’s Flesh in your hands may become a hot potato."

"After all, with the Desert Wolf Race attacking first, when the Wolf Race Leader’s Tier Two Desolate Wolf Beast approaches Oasis Town, it will sense the Tier Three Flesh of the Wolf King and detect the presence of this holy relic in your squad."

"By then, even if you lead your team to escape Oasis in advance, you will be pursued by the Wolf Race all the way."

At this, Lord Bishop’s mouth twitched slightly, as if he had already figured out Lin Feng.

And the latter was naturally aware of this fact.

It seems this fierce battle is unavoidable.

Lin Feng could either now lead his convoy and break through from the north, south, east, or west before the Desert Wolf Race’s encirclement fully forms.

Or he could follow Lord Bishop’s arrangement, gathering the Five Major Villages to fight the Wolf Race to the death after Li Hao’s demise.

Lin Feng took a deep breath, adjusted his mindset, and began prioritizing his own interests to gain greater benefits:

"I can stay and use a large amount of firearms to help Oasis Town overcome the crisis and repel the beast tide..."

"But the corpses of the Desert Wolves alone aren’t enough to make my team take such a big risk."

"Moreover, I still need to promise some benefits to the villages, so the leading Evolvers won’t flee before the battle."

Seeing Lin Feng start to negotiate conditions, Lord Bishop not only showed no displeasure but rather nodded in agreement with his words, and presented the prepared reward:

"Currently, Oasis Town and the Church don’t have many resources to spare..."

"So if you can save a significant number of permanent residents from the Five Villages of Oasis and the Deserters, you can take away some of those willing to leave with you after repelling the Desert Wolf Race."

"As long as it doesn’t exceed thirty percent, I can agree to this in advance as the bishop of the Oasis Church."

"That means if you rescue one hundred Evolvers, you can take away thirty of them, and if you save one thousand permanent residents, you can take away three hundred."

"In this way, your convoy can upgrade and expand to the scale of a small settlement, possessing at least a few thousand members."

Hearing Lord Bishop’s promise, Lin Feng’s eyes lit up. This was indeed a good deal.

After all, as Lord Bishop mentioned, the most important resource today is actually population.

Especially healthy, unevolved humans at the bottom, who have unlimited potential.

Whether cultivating Purified Evolvers, pursuing Alien Evolution, or breeding Rock-Horned Horse Warriors or Desert Wolf Warriors, all require a large population base.

Even when Lin Feng ascends to Tier Three and explores his own evolutionary path, he will still need a large population to withstand and absorb his radiation energy, becoming his followers and providing a continuous source of Life Source Material.

This will meet the daily needs of a Tier Three King.

Including Leader of the Salvation Army Bai Ye, who painstakingly infiltrated the Taishan Ruins and schemed for decades at Oasis Town, all to obtain a comprehensive industry capable of supporting and protecting tens of thousands of people.

Now, all of this is laid out before Lin Feng, like the foundational basis for a King’s Business within reach.

But he wasn’t overwhelmed by Lord Bishop’s rosy depiction of the future. Instead, he calmly spoke:

"I don’t need that large a population because even supporting them is a considerable expense."

"Moreover, I don’t have an urgent need to expand my influence quickly, as the path of evolution gets increasingly difficult the further you go, especially the Rock-Horned Horse Path, which caps at Late Tier Two and makes it impossible to become a King in this lifetime."

"So thirty percent of the population is already beyond my capacity, and taking more is meaningless."

"I prioritize quality over quantity when it comes to population."

"I need technicians from the Li Family and the Three Major Villages, including the Rock-Horned Horse breeding industry from Nongzhuang Village, motor and photovoltaic panel experts from Dawn Village, and automotive assembly workers from Mechanical Village."

"Additionally, some Upper Class citizens from the Upper District of the Oasis Battleship as direct recompense."

The last time the Oasis Key was handed over, Lin Feng realized that Lord Bishop knew he was a Purified Evolver. But compared to the Rock-Horned Horse’s evolution path...

The difficulty of advancing through Purity Evolution is actually greater.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t be the foundation that enabled the Salvation Army’s rise.

After listening to Lin Feng, Lord Bishop squinted his eyes, realizing that the other party clearly knew what he needed.

And wasn’t blindly pursuing the expansion of influence or basking in the glory of high power and controlling the life and death of thousands.

But Lord Bishop also understood Lin Feng’s needs and how to effectively address them:

"Who said that the Rock-Horned Horse tribe is limited to just Tier Two? Human biological laboratories had already cultivated super Rock-Horned Horse cells with Tier Three strength through numerous genetic samples thousands of years ago."

"Unfortunately, at the time, due to limited sample capacity, and the unrestrained and bottomless genetic experiments, it triggered a biochemical catastrophe that swept the wasteland, causing all major forces to put a halt to related experiments."

"But whether it’s the Tier Three evolution of the Rock-Horned Horse tribe or other evolution paths, they have all been verified. It just requires enough resources to be valuable in cultivation and refinement."

"And the Church doesn’t place much value on these because most top forces hold several Tier Three evolution paths. This is also why Li Family’s Li Hao is so eager to seize control of Oasis."

"Because resources are the fundamental aspect of everything."

"As long as you have sufficient resources, no matter how difficult the evolutionary path is, you can always find a breakthrough."

After speaking, Lord Bishop hinted quite obviously while staring at Lin Feng and continued:

"With your evolutionary talent, coupled with your firearms superpower, your future achievements are bound to be limitless."

"Even if you walk an especially arduous evolutionary path, you still have the potential of a Tier Three King, and most importantly, you are still very young. This is your greatest advantage."

"With nearly five hundred years ahead of you, to accumulate enough strength and resources to launch your final strike."

"As for now, let’s do as you say. If you save enough permanent residents, I’ll let you take away ten percent of the technical personnel and related industries."

"However, as for the Upper Class from the Oasis Battleship, I can only give you a quota for one hundred people. These two thousand carefully nurtured Upper Class members are the most valuable treasure of Oasis."

"After the diocese hands over in the future, they’ll be the main source of funding for establishing a new diocese."

"And you wanted to recruit from the Upper District, so just deduct from this one-hundred quota."

After a period of deep thought, Lin Feng finally nodded in agreement:

"Okay!"

"But I have one last condition."

Lord Bishop frowned slightly, gesturing for Lin Feng to say what came next.

Lin Feng took a deep breath, looking around the secret chamber:

"Before that, I want to tour the interior of the Oasis Battleship or inspect its construction blueprints."

"If I ever have the opportunity to become a Tier Three King in the future, I wish to personally build such a town-level battleship, a moving fortress on the wasteland!"

Hearing Lin Feng’s bold words, Lord Bishop was first taken aback, then laughed heartily:

"Good, you have ambition!"

"Do you know that this battleship, if placed elsewhere, could serve as the capital of a small kingdom!"

"Most ordinary top forces on the wasteland are built by those early Kings, and often just linked mobile structures. Only a few can construct an integrated war fortress."

"A super battleship like this one, containing vast amounts of advanced pre-cataclysm technology, is irreplaceable even if we sold everyone in Oasis Town."

"Its significance involves core technologies from back in the day, and though somewhat incomplete now, it is far beyond what ordinary top forces can match."

"Or why else do you think Li Hao covets it so much, willing to stake his and his entire family’s life to gamble for control of Oasis?"

"Young man, it’s good to have dreams..."

After a spirited speech, seeing the serious and earnest demeanor of the man before him, not like a joking face, Lord Bishop restrained his thoughts, pondered for a moment, then nodded:

"Alright, I promise you."

"After gaining the Oasis Key and visiting the garden, you likely now understand the great weapon of Oasis."

"Since the core isn’t involved and doesn’t touch upon battleship secrets, I’ll arrange for someone to take you there!"