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

Chapter 172 Preparation, Night Talk, lv29 Dreadnought
When Lin Feng looked at Shen Jie, he also caught a glimpse of the faint blood-colored energy fluctuations emanating from him, distorting the space around him.

That is the embodiment of the mood of killing.

Just as Long Yi said, Shen Jie has not yet completely mastered it, so he is unable to control it freely, and people around him may be affected.

Lin Feng could only observe the ghostly fluctuations of the killing mood when he used the identification skill.

The introduction about it in the appraisal made Lin Feng feel a little worried and fortunate.

Worried about the horror of the killing state, even though it can directly provide a 100% bonus to physical attributes, the cost of opening it and the requirements for ending it are actually too harsh.

What begins with killing must end with killing.

Even if Shen Jie kills a being of the same level and activates the killing state, his physical attributes can get a 200% bonus, reaching a terrifying 2850 or more. However, the price of doing so is not just the drop in mental attributes, but he has to kill ten beings of the same level to remove the influence of the killing state...

This means that every time the killing intent is activated, it must be in the midst of a group battle, and it must be a final fight to the death.

It’s still good that we are in the second stage now. Although the second-stage Zerg are not as common as the lower-stage ones, there are at least hundreds or thousands of them in each swarm...

Especially the Queen Mother of Haicheng, which is in the middle stage of the third stage and can even mass-produce a large number of cheap second-stage warrior hunting insects.

Shen Jie, who has mastered the killing intent, is their natural enemy and absolute nemesis!
But Shen Jie can't stay in the second stage forever.

After he kills the Zerg Queen and enters the third stage, gathering more than ten Zergs of the same level will be more difficult than challenging the King Spine Worm in the killing state.

Although with the assimilation form, it can have a three-fold physical attribute improvement, allowing Shen Jie to cross three small sections in the early stage of the third stage and challenge the existence of the middle stage of the third stage...

But the problem remains the same.

The higher the level, the fewer individuals there are. At this moment, there are only about a thousand third-level queens in the entire Blue Star. Every time the killing state is activated, eleven third-level Zergs must be killed. Otherwise, Shen Jie will be controlled by the killing state and continue to deteriorate until he becomes a bloodthirsty beast.

In comparison, the simplified version of the skill that he copied and imitated from the killing state, Bloodthirsty Berserk, although not as perverted as the original, at least did not have any other costs and side effects.

Thinking about it this way, facing the two choices given by the Spine God in the Source of Artistic Conception, it is indeed wiser to answer three questions.

After all, if you are not a Zerg, even if you obtain the Zerg's artistic conception, the cost of using it is still not low, and you may even be restricted in many ways.

This is also why, although the sutures of different races can concentrate on the advantages of each race in the early stage, once they enter the third stage or step into cosmic life, the cost of genetic chimera will be completely exposed.

They cannot successfully grasp the artistic conception of genetic inheritance, just like Shen Jie at this moment.

If Lin Feng had chosen the former and obtained one of the three realms of the Spine King, without the Zerg gene as a carrier, the rejection reaction of forced fusion might be more serious.

Through the feedback from the appraisal, Lin Feng quickly deduced a lot of lessons. Seeing that everyone was present, he coughed lightly and announced:

"The battle in the north of the city has ended successfully!"

"A great victory!"

"Although we encountered a sneak attack from the Queen Mother of Sea City during the process of recovering the spoils, this loss can be completely ignored compared to the feat we accomplished and the improvement in the overall strength of the team..."

"The bodies of the soldiers who unfortunately died in the battle have been preserved and brought back. After recording their identity information, a cremation ceremony will be held tomorrow. As long as their relatives can be found in the future, the pension that belongs to them will be delivered to their relatives in full."

"All the soldiers who died on the battlefield and made sacrifices to resist the Zerg invasion, regardless of their merits, are worthy of our remembrance!"

Led by Li Ran and others, the audience burst into thunderous applause.

After boosting morale, Lin Feng continued:
"The victory in Jiangbei County proves that our team is fully capable of defeating the Zerg Queen!"

"In the next step, our strategic goal will change from defeating the Zerg invasion and curbing the Zerg's expansion to completely eradicating the Zerg in a certain area."

"That is to defeat the insect swarm and kill the high-level queen!"

"Only in this way can we truly eliminate the insect swarm!"

“This unprecedented great plan requires the concerted efforts of all of us.”

"The soldiers and defenders on the defense line must hold their ground, protect the base camp, and contain the Zerg. The main fleet needs to fight against the low-level Zerg tide and keep them all on the battlefield. As for the most important second-level legion, your mission is the heaviest and most dangerous..."

"You need to follow me and rush into the underground Zerg nest, sweep out the second-order Zerg, destroy their foundation, and fight your way through a passage to the mother nest to create favorable conditions for the decisive battle with the Queen Mother!"

"This will be the final battle of the Wucheng blocking war!"

"The Zerg Queen in Haicheng is more anxious than us. She is using all means to increase her strength and expand her power!"

"So in the coming days, we must focus on this strategic mission and train even harder!"

"We will continue to work hard for a few more days, and once we win the decisive battle, we will retreat to Jincheng and rest for a while."

"By then, we will also give everyone a rotating vacation!"

After this announcement, the applause was noticeably louder.

The team members present also showed enthusiastic expressions. After all, being able to kill a high-level queen meant that their force already had the capital to survive in the apocalypse.

It is even several times stronger than any human resistance force on the Blue Planet at this moment.

After the decisive battle, the boring and difficult Wucheng battle is about to come to an end.

After being on edge for more than a month, everyone can finally get a long-awaited rest.

No organization or group can continue to fight for too long under the high pressure of fierce battles.

Unless, like the Zerg, they first castrate their self-consciousness and turn people into machines.

But humans are different. Everyone thinks independently and has their own desires.

The top leaders need to transform the fruits of victory into power, and the lower-level soldiers also have their own corresponding needs.

The premise of painting a big pie in the sky is that the pie really exists. It is not enough to just realize it through improved strength. After the strength grows, it must also be given a corresponding status.

Only in this way can continuous positive motivation be formed.

This is why Lin Feng would rather spend food resources to feed the more than 100,000 survivors in Jincheng.

Their existence is the logistical service for these 5,000-plus combat troops, constituting the last link in the bottom layer of power. The incentive of strength and status can also allow the combat system to receive a steady supply of reinforcements.

Form a good closed loop.

Before the apocalypse broke out, Lin Feng could no longer tolerate the empty promises of his superiors and bosses, so he resolutely broke off relations with them.

When you work hard to reach this point, you will naturally not make the same mistake again.

Especially in today's turbulent times, the will of the people is the key to achieving great things.

After announcing the strategic mission of the decisive battle, Lin Feng immediately dismissed the commanders among the soldiers, and then looked at the remaining 158 second-level awakeners present.

Among them, eight late-stage second-order fully awakened people, represented by Shen Jie and Liu Yi, are now each serving as the commander of a team.

But the position and title of district captain obviously cannot match their strength and status.

In order to stimulate the legion's stronger combat effectiveness, it is necessary to restructure it and give it a higher status.

Looking at the more than 150 second-level awakeners present, Lin Feng thought for a moment and said:

"The legion composed of second-level awakeners will be the core and soul of this team. Compared with other organizations, second-level awakeners are treated as honored guests and praised to the sky, and they are no longer ordered to participate in front-line battles..."

“But for me, it’s different.”

"Because you are the backbone of the fight against the Zerg, and you are also an important existence in resisting the second-level Zerg. Naturally, you should be more brave and good at fighting, and you need to experience the tempering of war!"

"Only in this way can humans truly have hope of defeating the Zerg!"

"That's why I formed a second-level army to eliminate the second-level Zerg threat under the Queen Mother."

"You are so important, so you will naturally be treated accordingly."

"Today, as the commander of the Thirteenth Division, I personally appoint each captain as the commander of the second-tier legion."

"The combat team you lead has nearly twenty second-level awakeners. The strength is even greater than that of a reinforced regiment. You deserve to be the commander of the regiment!"

"As for the naming of the chapter, you can discuss and decide among yourselves in private."

"Other specific military ranks will be decided by Lieutenant Colonel Li Ran, who is in charge of logistics and personnel, after discussing with the regiment commander."

"Disband!"

After saying that, Lin Feng walked down from the podium amid cheers and encouragement, and followed Li Ran and others into the auditorium.

Now, with the help of the second-level insect eggs, Li Ran has successfully entered the second-level awakener. However, because he is the link between Lin Feng and others and the entire 15,000 people of the 13th Division, he was appointed to be in charge of logistics and personnel and no longer participated in the front-line battles.

When Lin Feng and Chen Yanyan were both out, he would also serve as the temporary supreme commander of the camp to deal with unexpected enemies. In the auditorium meeting room, after a brief discussion...

It was finally decided to award Shen Jie and Liu Yi the highest rank of colonel, the other six were lieutenant colonels, and the remaining members who had just been promoted were captains.

Once they have truly completed the task of killing the second-level Zerg, they will be officially promoted to major.

This makes more sense.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to convince others if one could become a second-level awakener and obtain the corresponding status just by relying on second-level insect eggs.

After a decisive battle a few days later, Lin Feng completed the killing of the Queen Mother and successfully entered the third stage...

Not only will your own strength be greatly improved, but the bound equipment will also be upgraded across levels, so it will naturally be much easier to kill the Zerg queen again.

And each major battle group can also grow fully under his leadership.

From the early stage of the second stage to the middle and late stages!
By then, the decisive battle that Lin Feng imagined might be staged ahead of time!

No matter how many high-level queen mothers and third-order king spiny worms come, they can be easily defeated, or even killed and wiped out, establishing a real safe zone in the doomsday.

It is also the last city of hope for mankind.

With this thought in mind, Lin Feng returned to the battleship with full confidence, ready to welcome its new life.

And in the dead of night...

A woman in a white dress slowly came to the outside of the teachers' and staff's dormitory building.

These are all single-person apartments, which are much better than the student dormitories where ordinary soldiers live, and are naturally allocated to second-level legion members.

Shen Jie and Zhang Liying live here.

Soon, however, a figure left the apartment building and walked towards the chariot parked nearby.

As Shen Jie stepped onto the chariot's doorstep, he suddenly felt something and looked back.

I saw Long Yi, who was wearing a white dress, appear behind me.

Shen Jie frowned slightly and looked sideways:

"Your confinement is lifted?"

The corner of the mouth of the dragon smiled:

"After Lin Feng woke up, Miss Chen released him from detention."

Shen Jie snorted coldly:
"You came to me specifically for the killing intent, or to devour and assimilate my powers?"

Ling Yi shook his head slightly, still smiling, staring at the insect armor on Shen Jie's body:
"Forget about the killing state of mind. That thing is an unstable bomb that could cause a catastrophe at any time. Moreover, you have not yet mastered it. Your integration and understanding of killing are only superficial."

"But if you are willing to cooperate with me in research, such as your gene assimilation ability, perhaps I can help you solve the problem of the killing state..."

As he spoke, he saw Shen Jie gradually turning around and staring at him closely. The smile on his face widened, and he continued:

"In this way, I can also help you solve the problem of your girlfriend's external beetle beetle..."

"You must know that over-assimilation is an irreversible process that has been rooted in our genes. However, my artistic conception ability can completely strip it away and purify it completely from the deepest genetic level."

"Don't forget, you are my masterpiece now. While you were unconscious, I helped you eliminate the assimilation and invasion of Zerg genes in your body."

Shen Jie took a deep breath, his face changing from gloomy to bright:
"It turned out to be you. You left me with nothing. I entered the killing state like a blank sheet of paper, wasting a round of rebirth in vain!"

Long snorted, with a hint of displeasure in his tone:
"Don't do that. When you were in a coma, you had already been over-assimilated to an irreversible level. 70% of your body tissues and organs have been covered with Zerg genes. Apart from your brain, heart and lungs, you no longer look like a human being."

"If you enter the killing state in this state, how long can your sanity and self-awareness last?"

"Can you resist the invasion of murderous emotions!?"

Shen Jie's face turned pale after hearing what Long Yi said.

Thinking back carefully, the actual situation was exactly as Longyi said.

Without her help, there was no way he could have woken up from his state of mind, and there was no way he could have achieved the final victory afterwards.

But her purpose now is no different from Ling Shuyan, whom Lin Feng found last time, which is to obtain the perfect human gene combination sequence.

But Ling Shuyan is, after all, a researcher and scientist on the human side, and the results of her research are beneficial to humanity as a whole, and the woman in front of her is the incarnation of the Queen Mother.

If the Zerg Queen obtains her own genes and extracts the perfect warrior hunting insect gene sequence, it will definitely be a threat to future humans.

It is estimated that she has already obtained her own genes, except for the female part from Zhang Liying.

Thinking of this, Shen Jie's eyes gradually deepened:

"Heh...without Brother Feng's permission, don't even think about getting a hair of Liying."

Lingyi shrugged:

"It doesn't matter. It's just the lack of females. It's the same to me. Most warrior hunters are genderless. On the contrary, your research progress on genetic warriors is too slow to keep up with Lin Feng's needs."

"Maybe one day, he will take the initiative to bring it up."

"See you tomorrow. Keep an eye on your girlfriend. She seems to be in a more unstable state than you."

After saying that, Long Yi's figure disappeared into the darkness, leaving Shen Jie alone. He took out the luggage from the chariot and hurried back to the apartment.

…………

In the late night, near the battleship, two women were toasting each other and enjoying a midnight snack.

Chen Yanyan raised her glass:
"How about it?"

Ling nodded slightly and picked up the red wine glass:
"No problem. But he is not proficient in the state of mind, and the cost of activating and releasing it is probably not small."

"We must be prepared for this. Even warrior insect hunters may lose control under the command of the Queen Mother, let alone humans."

Chen Yanyan hummed:

"Gene Warrior Project, I hope you can help Jincheng Biological Research Institute to speed up the progress. We don't have much time."

The corners of his mouth slightly raised:

"The Queen Mother's artistic conception ability is innate, including her talent in biotechnology, which is completely different from your human research ideas. If you do too much, it will be easy to be exposed in the future. The other Zerg Queen Mothers are not fools."

"I can only give one or two instructions at most."

"Don't worry. I have already contacted and arranged with the queen mother in Jiangbei. Everything is going according to plan."

After saying that, she drank the wine in the glass, found it tasted good, licked her red lips, and filled her glass again.

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Chen Yanyan stood up immediately:

"Take your time to drink. I'm going back now."

As Long Yi looked at the other person's figure and boarded the battleship, an orange light flashed in his eyes and the smile on his lips became even wider.

Inside the battleship, Lin Feng asked curiously:

"What are you talking about with her?"

Chen Yanyan stepped forward and hugged her man, shaking her head:
"It's okay. It's the beheading plan she proposed privately. I want to confirm it again."

Lin Feng nodded, without thinking too much, and then looked at the panel in front of him:

"Land Cruiser successfully upgraded to level 29!"

「Dreadnought lv29/29, orange quality」

"Basic defense 600, damage 400, average speed 200km, endurance limit 2000km"

"Additional attribute: Land navigation"

「Added additional attributes:
indestructible……

Super firepower..."

(End of this chapter)