End of the World: My Items Can Be Upgraded Infinitely.

Chapter 137 Lin Feng's strength, responsibility, and the Thirteenth Division's visit
Led by the Land Cruiser, the fleet docked at the entrance of the wormhole to greet the Chief Petty Officer who had returned safely.

Faced with the battleship-shaped chariot that was more than 20 meters long and six or seven meters wide, Qin Hu and others were shocked beyond words and just stood there in a daze.

On the lines on both sides of the flaming hull, there were several 200mm caliber cannons. Even the shooting windows of the remaining eight tanks were equipped with multiple cannons of the same caliber, as well as countless heavy machine guns.

A rough calculation shows that there are forty or fifty howitzers and hundreds of heavy machine guns. This kind of firepower is comparable to that of an artillery battalion and an infantry regiment.

But in Qin Hu's opinion, the most important thing is the extremely strong maneuverability of the convoy, or land fleet, in front of him.

Judging from the speed they just came at, it should be no less than one hundred yards, which is faster than the maximum burst speed of the second-order tiger-spine worm. This means that the fleet owned by Lin Feng can fight while moving, take the initiative to attack, and directly eliminate all Zerg from a long distance.

And this is in the city that has been reduced to ruins. If it were on the plains in the suburbs, the maneuverability would be even greater.

As long as the ammunition is sufficient and the firepower is strong...

With just the hundred or so men under Lin Feng, they are able to contain the expansion and invasion of the Zerg outside the second line of defense.

Thinking of this, Qin Hu realized that the city turned into ruins and the Zerg restricted area filled with smoke were not the result of a war between humans and Zerg, but the work of the fleet in front of him, which consisted of only a hundred people.

It seems that there is no need to worry too much about weapons and ammunition.

No wonder Lin Feng dared to go deep into the underground insect nest with only one person, and no wonder the group did not encounter any obstacles on the way back.

It turned out that the black-backed insects and tiger-backed insects had been suppressed by the fierce firepower on the surface, and could only hide in the insect nests, trembling.

The Queen Mother of the Underground would not let everyone go so easily. She was probably overwhelmed by the situation on the surface.

At present, it is just a simple ground suppression. With the successful return of Lin Feng and the others, the fleet can completely fire at the underground wormhole and seal the entire Zerg and bury it underground.

Without air circulation and soil accumulation, the red beetles cannot dig far, let alone deep.

In the end, they had no choice but to return to the surface and choose to fight a decisive battle with Lin Feng's fleet.

While Qin Hu was thinking about how to maximize the role of this fleet, Lin Feng had already sent people to put the biological materials dragged to the surface into the opened front port of the warship and store them in the storage space.

As for the complete insect corpse that Qin Hu wanted to take back, Lin Feng asked the chariot behind to put it on the roof and transport it back to the defense line.

It was a journey of seven or eight kilometers and we arrived quickly.

During this period, Qin Hu brought the wounded and boarded the chariot where Li Ran was. He also met many old subordinates who survived the defeat of the first line of defense. They had basically been listed on the list of missing and killed. He didn't expect that one day he would be able to meet them in Lin Feng's place.

After some greetings, Qin Hu told Li Ran what he had seen and heard in the underground insect nest, and that the Wucheng defense line was difficult to hold, among other bad news.

Li Ran was his former personal guard, and now he serves as the pre-war commander here at Lin Feng. Qin Hu needs to inform him of a lot of new information so that he can be prepared in advance.

After all, the entire southern region in the future will have to rely on the forces under Lin Feng.

What made Qin Hu feel a little relieved was that from Li Ran's reply, Lin Feng planned to continue staying in Wucheng to prevent further Zerg invasion.

He did not take seriously the incident in which the 13th Division was accidentally bombed because of the spy Cheng Zhan.

With such a powerful fleet, it will definitely reduce most of the defensive pressure for the defenders in the second line of defense.

Looking at the high wall fortress appearing in the distance, Qin Hu narrowed his eyes slightly and told Li Ran to inform Lin Feng to stop here. They would drive back the last few hundred meters on their own.

After receiving the request, Lin Feng immediately ordered the car to stop.

He jumped off the warship and came to Qin Hu and others who had already taken away the insect corpse and were preparing to leave.

If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the last time the two meet in recent times, and it may also be their farewell forever.

After all, in the battle to defend the federal capital, even if Lin Feng went there, he would not be sure of winning. Even escaping from the encirclement in the end would depend on luck and he had to pray that he would not be blocked by the queen mother group.

But Lin Feng knew better that Qin Hu had made up his mind, and no amount of persuasion would change his determination to "die".

The federal capital must be defended, and fleeing without a fight would mean surrender. Without legitimacy, the federation would exist in name only.

Even if the defense war ultimately fails, it can slow down the progress of the Zerg invasion on the entire northern front, thereby buying time for the relocation and retreat of heavy industries in the rear states.

With the breach of Wucheng's first line of defense, all the survivors' attention is now focused on the federal capital, hoping that humanity's first defensive victory can be achieved there.

However, the capital city with a population of tens of millions is far from comparable to Wucheng, and it will naturally attract more Zerg queens to surround the capital city from all directions.

Just like the Taihu Lake sandwiched between Jincheng and Wucheng, it has become the object of competition among many queens near Jiangnan in their efforts to upgrade and attack as quickly as possible.

So when waving goodbye to Qin Hu, Lin Feng specifically reminded him:

"The third-stage Queen Mother is not the end point of the Zerg's evolution. They are targeting the capital, and their target is the millions of survivors and awakened people in the city who have not yet moved away."

"The Queen Mother of Haicheng only broke through the first line of defense and entered the middle stage of the third stage in one fell swoop. She can hatch new second-stage Zergs and control more tiger-spine worms..."

"Once the capital falls, the queen who wins will grow to an incredible level. So, if you are still here by then..."

Hearing Lin Feng's words, Qin Hu's eyes widened. After taking a deep breath, a hint of madness flashed in his eyes, and then he interrupted in a hoarse voice:
"Don't worry... I know what to do."

"In the defense of the capital, there were only genetic warriors who died bravely, and no survivors who surrendered or were captured alive..."

Lin Feng looked solemn and nodded slightly.

They watched as Qin Hu and the surviving team members dragged the huge corpse of the Pulse Scorpion and headed towards the second line of defense. After the city gate was opened, several armored vehicles drove out and carried them into the city smoothly.

Lin Feng then returned to the battleship and ordered his troops to return to the Zerg hinterland...

A visit to the insect nest was fruitful.

Not only did he obtain the materials for the new second-level Zerg, but he also obtained a powerful melee weapon, which will give him more trump cards to break through the defense when fighting against the Queen in the future.

Upgrade the Tiger Tooth Chainsaw Sword to level 29, with a basic damage of 900 points. Combined with the extreme speed cutting attribute, it can burst out five times the basic damage of 4500 points.

Even if the Queen Mother's armor is one meter thick, she can still break through the defense within two or three seconds, and then continue to bombard with electromagnetic cannons...

As long as there is health bar, there is no need to worry about not being able to kill.

Even if the health points are tens of thousands, it's just a matter of firing a few more shots.

As for now, it is not time to retreat.

Just as Qin Hu said before he left, if the Zerg offensive could be suppressed on the surface, all that would need to be done afterwards was to deal with all the connecting holes in the entire Zerg nest.

On the one hand, it can isolate their oxygen and prevent the red beetles from continuing to dig holes and expand. On the other hand, it can also block the delivery of all nutritious food.

Make the Zerg busy repairing the wormhole.

Lin Feng thought it made sense.

So he ordered the fleet to go deep into the Zerg hinterland and fire several artillery shells at each wormhole entrance to ensure the collapse of the wormhole tunnel.

Block the connection channels between insect nests.

The Zerg army in the third-level hive not only lacks the necessary oxygen intake, but also converts liquid hydrogen in the body to release energy to sustain life activities.

At the same time, it can also cause the deeper secondary insect nests, and even the mother nest 500 meters below, to fall into a slump.

Unfortunately, Lin Feng originally planned to return underground and go to the second-level insect nest to find out if he could be lucky enough to find some second-level insect eggs to help the chainsaw sword quickly complete the upgrade.

However, it is more important to curb the expansion of the Zerg at the moment.

Moreover, the appearance of the warrior hunter insect also dispelled his idea of ​​acting alone.

The threat that monster poses to the awakened is greater than that of the late-stage second-stage tiger-spine worm. Lin Feng would rather fight against ten late-stage second-stage giant worms than be surrounded and hunted by ten warrior hunting worms.

Moreover, according to the identification information, the warrior hunters they encountered in the hive before were only second-order early-stage Zergs below lv24, while the middle and late-stage ones have not yet been sent out by the Queen Mother.

Maybe it has just been developed and has not yet evolved to that level, but the fact that it does not exist now does not mean that it will never exist in the future.

Next time we go deep into the insect nest, we will need to lead a group of fully armed second-level awakeners to deal with the warrior hunter insects with high attack and low defense. The shotgun has a power of up to 190 points. It forms a defensive formation and is placed in the underground insect nest, which is just right!
Lin Feng was planning his next trip to the underground insect nest, and the sound of artillery fire rang out again...

This time, the objects of destruction were no longer just the gathering places of the swarm. All the wormhole openings on the surface were bombarded by artillery fire and collapsed and submerged one by one.

At this moment, the sky was gradually getting darker, and the sun had already set in the west. The dark blue starry night, accompanied by the appearance of the moon, gradually enveloped the earth. In order to finish today's work as soon as possible, after solving all the wormholes between the two lines of defense, Lin Feng directly ordered to bombard the first line of defense that had been eaten away by the Zerg.

After dozens of shots, the collapsed main fort and city walls, like the outpost where everyone was originally located, sank into a deep pit, completely burying the entrance underneath.

There were a total of one hundred main forts, twenty kilometers long, and it took two hours to destroy them all.

After doing all this, Lin Feng saw that it was getting late, and the 5,000 spare ammunition for the tank's artillery had been used up by more than half after being fired all afternoon, and it would take some time to replenish them.

At this time, the Zerg's expansion progress was pushed back outside the urban area of ​​Wucheng, ten kilometers away from the second line of defense, so they could breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

Lin Feng then ordered his troops to turn back and return to the camp to rest.

I looked at the time and it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

The difficult battle that was imagined before became unusually easy after Lin Feng and Qin Hu went deep into the insect nest, slaughtered the second-order tiger-spine insects, and disintegrated the offensive of the new second-order Zerg.

After all, in the underground Zerg nest, the Zerg's home turf, the Queen Mother can't do anything to the human awakeners, so she naturally won't send a large Zerg army to the surface to get killed.

We rushed back to the temporary camp, exhausted.

Everyone had experienced a thrilling battle, or it would be more appropriate to say a car race. Although their bodies were a little tired at the moment, their spirits were extremely excited.

Especially in front of the defenders of the 13th Division, his former teammates and the veterans who looked down on him, he shined brilliantly. With only a fleet of 150 people, he easily suppressed the advancing Zerg swarm...

If we tell others about this victory, who would believe it?

Looking outside, the soldiers gathered in the parking lot surrounded by tanks, built a bonfire in the center, and talked about what they had gained from today's battle.

At present, more than half of the team members have successfully entered the late stage of the first stage. The only thing missing from the second stage deep awakening is a second stage Zerg, or a second stage Zerg egg in the hands of the sergeant.

Lin Feng stood quietly in the bow, looking down at his soldiers. He wanted to give them a few words of admonition, asking them not to be arrogant and complacent.

But on second thought, this was one of the few big victories against the Queen Mother of Haicheng, and it should not dampen the morale of the team members.

After thinking for a while, Lin Feng suddenly thought of something else that could kill two birds with one stone.

So he turned around and asked:

"How many second-stage insect eggs are there?"

Chen Yanyan came over after taking a shower and wiped her hair:

"You upgraded and killed thirty-three. I used one, so I have sixteen left. What's wrong?"

Lin Feng has been on a slight upswing recently, and that’s enough.

Then he walked out of the bow and stood outside the battleship.

The soldiers who were having a bonfire party quieted down when they saw the sergeant.

Lin Feng coughed lightly, first affirming everyone's efforts today for successfully suppressing the Zerg invasion, and then turned the topic to the most popular second-level Zerg eggs.

The team members' expressions gradually became serious, fearing that they would miss any words and miss the precious opportunity to advance and awaken.

Lin Feng looked down at everyone and spoke slowly:
"Now, most of us have entered the realm of perfection in the late stage of the first stage, and the rest of the members are almost there."

"The next step is to start the second-level deep awakening. The prerequisite for advancement is the same as when you get the first-level awakening. You need to kill a second-level Zerg."

"The most common one is the second-order tiger spine worm, a giant worm that can directly knock over a heavy tank. Even if you use a shotgun, you can only suppress the opponent, not kill it with one shot."

"As for the other second-order Zergs, I heard from the captain that when you were annihilating the Zerg swarm today, you encountered the new second-order Zerg Pulse Scorpion and Tank Flame Armor..."

"The Pulse Scorpion will hide in the pit, but when facing the Tank Flame Armor, it can't even break its thick armor..."

"It is not an easy task for any first-level awakener to kill a second-level Zerg alone."

"So the fastest way to advance is to obtain the second-level insect eggs from the Queen Mother of Jiacheng."

"But now that you are in the chariot, it seems that you don't have an urgent need to advance, and the number of second-level insect eggs is also very limited."

"The only one who is qualified to receive the reward for today's battle is Captain Shen Jie, who went underground with me. He fought hard against the second-order Zerg in the underground Zerg nest. Not only did he successfully repel the Zerg's attack, he also successfully entered the second-order mid-stage awakening..."

"So, I will reward him with an extra insect egg."

Hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to the observation deck of a chariot, where Captain Shen Jie was sitting.

He is the most powerful awakener in the entire team, second only to the Sergeant Chief in strength...

But those envious gazes shifted from Shen Jie's face to the girl beside him.

This precious second-level insect egg will probably become Zhang Liying's opportunity for advancement.

After all, Shen Jie, who is already in the middle stage of the second stage, can continue to kill insects and become stronger just by relying on his own strong strength and following Lin Feng.

Everyone envied Zhang Liying's good luck, and even more so Shen Jie's fearless courage.

Seeing that the time was right, Lin Feng continued:

"As for you, you will naturally have a chance..."

All the team members present turned their heads instantly and stared at their sergeant.

"And the opportunity is to shoulder your responsibilities!"

"After becoming a second-level awakener, I hope you can follow me into the Zerg nest like Captain Shen Jie and continue to fight the Zerg hiding underground."

"Don't forget that our goal is to kill and expel these alien Zergs and save all humans!"

"Since the Zerg have been beaten and are now locked up, we must take the initiative to attack and use the deaths of the second-order Zerg to pave the way for killing the Zerg Queen!"

“I hope you will think it over carefully before signing up.”

"The second-level insect eggs are not just a reward, but also represent the responsibility that a second-level awakener should shoulder!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Captain Li Ran, who was in the lead, stood up and applauded.

Following his lead, everyone stood up and applauded.

While applauding and cheering, many people also fell into deep thought and confusion.

The danger of underground insect nests is unquestionable.

This can be seen from what happened to the elite team led by Colonel Qin Hu this evening.

Although they also had sophisticated equipment, they still lost several team members, and one even had his thigh broken.

Without the help of the sergeant, Qin Hu and his men would not even have the chance to get out of the insect nest and would have died without a burial place.

I heard that Captain Shen Jie was also seriously injured, and only recovered from his surface injuries by relying on the energy of upgraded awakening. But when he walked out of the wormhole, his tattered armor silently revealed the horror of the underground insect nest.

Lin Feng smiled slightly, and seeing that the effect had been achieved, he waved his hand and turned to leave.

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At 11 o'clock in the evening, when everyone present had gone to bed, the appearance of several armored vehicles broke the silence of the midnight...

Lin Feng frowned slightly, put on his clothes and walked out of the camp.

Li Ran was seen negotiating with his patrol team as they pointed their guns at the crowd getting off the car.

Judging from the other person's appearance, he is from Division 13 of Lu.

Lin Feng's eyes fixed.

He saw several generals.

(End of this chapter)