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

Chapter 175 Zhang Liying, the First Battle of the Dreadnought

Shen Jie struggled for a moment and said:

"Liying's condition is getting worse and worse..."

"She was already very resistant to the Zerg's genetic assimilation. After entering the second stage, her permanent characteristics were distorted, covering her neck and chin..."

"I could clearly feel that she was becoming more and more inferior in self-esteem and began to fear other people's gazes. She kept locking herself in her room and didn't want to see anyone."

"Although no one will care about this, and when assimilation surgery becomes popular, the genetic warriors who represent absolute power should attract much attention."

Lin Feng probably understood Shen Jie's concerns and nodded:
"Are you worried that Zhang Liying will become depressed if she continues to isolate herself like this?"

Shen Jie sighed and agreed.

The two people who lost their parents and survived the life and death in Haicheng have already formed a strong dependent relationship.

And Zhang Liying is Shen Jie's spiritual anchor.

If Shen Jie had not been thinking about Zhang Liying who was waiting for him to come back alive when he was in the mood of killing, he would have been lost in the endless desire for killing and would have sunk into eternal damnation.

However, after Shen Jie returned safely, Zhang Liying's mental state deteriorated.

Especially last night, after encountering Long Yi, it sounded the alarm for Shen Jie.

The other party might have ulterior motives, but the reminder he left at the end was not a lie.

Zhang Liying's mental state was already very bad, and the slowly proliferating beetle armor on her body continued to erode her will.

For other awakened abilities, it might not be a big deal, but for devouring and assimilation, as long as the Zerg genes are ingested, they will be unconsciously optimized and transformed into more advanced cells of the Zerg.

Evolving and becoming stronger is an instinct that no one can resist.

Zhang Liying's depressed state will undoubtedly accelerate this transformation.

Until he completely turned into a bug man and lost himself.

Seeing Shen Jie nod, Lin Feng sighed softly,
"It got serious after you came back. Maybe it was because of you."

Shen Jie was stunned for a moment, but then reacted:
"You mean that the Zerg characteristics in me have faded after the rebirth of the killing state..."

Lin Feng nodded and continued to reason:

"That's right. In the past, you two could still keep each other warm and comfort each other. Now, you have absolute strength and have eliminated the influence of the Zerg gene on your appearance..."

"This makes it hard for Zhang Liying not to have wild thoughts."

Shen Jie frowned slightly and shook his head:

"No way, we've been together since school, I won't abandon her."

"I guess it's because of that incident..."

Lin Feng was slightly stunned:
"What about you eating insect flesh on the day of the disaster?"

Shen Jie smiled bitterly. That was the darkest experience he was most reluctant to recall. But now it was a matter of Zhang Liying's life and death. After struggling for a while, Shen Jie sighed:

"Yes……"

"I'm sorry, Brother Feng. I lied and concealed the details of what happened."

As he spoke, Shen Jie lowered his voice and looked towards the university gymnasium in the distance, feeling somewhat heavy:
"In fact, what we ate that night was not insect meat. The flesh of the red beetles was eaten by other survivors, but they died of poisoning not long after."

"In the second half of the night, we were sweating profusely due to the thrilling experience during the day. We were both so weak that we couldn't stand up. If we didn't replenish our water and food, even if we made it to the next day, we wouldn't be able to escape. We would only die."

"So, under my suggestion..."

"Zhang Liying and I drank the blood of the dead survivors. The toxins in the insect flesh were diluted in their bodies. When they entered our bodies, they only made us feel hot and it didn't kill us. Not only that, but it helped us recover, just like we took stimulants."

"But after that, the experience of that night has been haunting Liying like a nightmare. I originally thought that this matter would fade away and be forgotten as time goes by, but I didn't expect that after we became awakened, the superpowers we awakened happened to be inextricably linked to the experience of that day..."

"The ability to devour and assimilate has once again awakened Liying's painful memories, especially when she awakened for the second time, when large areas of Zerg tissue appeared on her body."

"Now she has regarded this ability as a curse, a punishment from heaven for cannibalizing our own kind..."

After saying that, Shen Jie shook his head helplessly.

Because I was busy participating in the battle, I ignored Zhang Liying's changes in mentality and didn't pay much attention to her inner thoughts, which led to the current situation.

Lin Feng’s analysis made sense to a certain extent, but that was only the direct cause. The fundamental reason was the nightmare that had already formed in Zhang Liying’s heart.

In the long run, even if Shen Jie used his military achievements to exchange for second-level insect eggs and let her upgrade them to become stronger and resist the genetic invasion of the Zerg...

But after reaching the peak of the second level, one will inevitably enter the Zerg's artistic conception trial.

At that time, the nightmare in Zhang Liying's heart will definitely be materialized in that artistic conception world.

And then it would surely engulf her mind as well.

In this case, it is even more important to eradicate the nightmare as soon as possible, so that Zhang Liying can get out of it and no longer be trapped in the past.

After telling the truth and his plans, Shen Jie looked at Lin Feng for an answer.

After hearing the whole story, Lin Feng clicked his tongue. The situation was indeed a bit tricky.

Especially right now, we need to concentrate on preparing for the war and have no extra energy and time to deal with this matter.

After thinking it over, Lin Feng could only agree:
"This matter is difficult to resolve in a short time. Let's do this. Let Lingyi remove the Zerg genes from her, assimilate them, restore her human body, and let her go out more often..."

"After the decisive battle in Wucheng is over, we will discuss this matter in detail in Jincheng."

"If, as you said, entering her spiritual world can directly kill the concrete nightmare, then everything will be easy. If not, we can only see if there is a professional psychologist among the survivors in Jincheng who can provide her with psychological counseling."

After saying that, Lin Feng patted Shen Jie on the shoulder:

"I'll talk to Long about it later. I'll be there to watch her the whole time, so she won't do anything outrageous. Besides, this is a piece of cake for her. It only took her a few minutes to repair your broken body."

After getting Lin Feng's promise, Shen Jie finally showed a relieved expression and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

"Thanks, Brother Feng."

Lin Feng hummed:
"Go ahead and train your second-level warriors well. They are all carefully selected. I will announce a big event to them tonight."

Shen Jie's eyes lit up, and he wanted to ask what it was, but in a flash he thought it was probably related to the genetic warrior transformation plan.

After the two said goodbye, Lin Feng found Long Yi who was enjoying the cool in the shade of the tree pavilion. After he told her about Zhang Liying, she nodded:
"No problem. I heard that you plan to use their original genes as the original genes to genetically modify other awakened ones?"

Lin Feng shrugged and admitted generously:

"Yes. Their assimilation ability is equivalent to the slow combination of Zerg and human genes. It has a perfect fit and can speed up the researchers' perfection."

Long Yi smiled:
"Finding questions based on the answers will definitely be quick."

"But if we do this, these genetic warriors will be equivalent to copies of Shen Jie. For the Queen Mother, she only needs to analyze the genetic sequence of one of them to have an impact on the entire legion of genetic warriors."

"At the very least, they will lose their ability to fight. At the worst, we can directly control and command them to turn against their own side in battle and transform them into warrior insect hunters."

Lin Feng hummed:
"I know that, but their spiritual power is at the second stage, much higher than that of ordinary tiger spine insects. As long as they don't get too close to the queen mother, there shouldn't be much of a problem."

"Tomorrow I plan to take the members of the Second Order Corps who are willing to go to Jincheng for surgical transformation, and you will follow me and go with me."

The cricket narrowed its eyes slightly:

"You want me to experiment in advance to see the range of the Queen Mother's influence on it? And the time it takes to achieve control?"

Lin Feng smiled slightly:
"Not only that. The success rate of the current surgical transformation has not reached 100%, so I hope that you will observe on the sidelines, but you need to control the situation behind the scenes. If an accident occurs, use your ability to rescue those members of the legion who have fallen into the mutation."

"Every second-level awakener is precious. I don't want to take any risk and waste it on the operating table."

Longyi frowned slightly:

"Why bother? Just give me the blood tissue of Shen Jie and his girlfriend, as well as hundreds of tons of fish meat. I can help you complete the transformation before tomorrow, and turn all these 150-plus Level 2 Awakeners into powerful gene warriors!"

Lin Feng laughed:
"That is your artistic conception ability. It cannot be fixed and become a reserve technology that can be used at any time. The significance of the birth of gene warriors is not only the enhancement of their own strength, but also the hope for human survival..."

"Besides, what's the difference between the gene warrior born from your hands and the warrior hunter bug? Except for the normal brain, the gene warrior needs to be fully armed to compete with the warrior hunter bug at the same level." "The cost of creating him is much higher than that of the deformed one that is directly stitched together with flesh and blood."

Long nodded slightly, which was why she had no interest in genetic warriors.

The main reason is that the cost is too high. First, a second-level human awakener must be created, and after the transformation, a complete set of equipment must be added to him so that he can be slightly stronger than the warrior hunter.

Whether they can be suppressed firmly depends on the genetic warriors' own combat experience and combat wisdom.

That is the training and military exercises that Lin Feng is currently conducting.

It takes a lot of time, sweat, and even blood to obtain it.

Therefore, this model is fundamentally not applicable to the Zerg system that has been transformed into a war machine.

It was not until this moment that Long Yi suddenly realized why Lin Feng did not guard against him and obtain the genetic sequences of Shen Jie and Zhang Liying. This was because for the Zerg, apart from being able to analyze them in advance and create genetic warriors from them, they actually had no additional benefits.

On the contrary, if any queen wants to imitate the Zerg version of genetic warriors, it will waste a lot of energy and resources.

Thinking of this, Long nodded slightly:
"You are quite right. Moreover, the Queen Mother would never accept the birth of a perfect being with both physical and mental strength among the Zerg."

"Just the warrior hunter bugs with elementary intelligence have the potential to get out of control. Trying to use human awakeners to create genetic warriors is simply digging your own grave."

Lin Feng shrugged and said jokingly:

"Who knows? Maybe you could try something like the social experiment you did in Jiacheng."

"Perhaps they can become your loyal genetic warriors..."

Long's face turned dark. He had created the experimental field on a whim, but it has now been abandoned.

The experiment was ultimately declared a complete failure.

Although humans have highly developed brains and can absorb the life energy carried by the Zerg and start awakening and evolution, they are also unable to achieve a perfect state of control.

The smarter and more useful humans are, the harder they are to control.

For example, the person in front of you.

And that became the dark history of Long Yi's playing house, which was mentioned and ridiculed by Lin Feng many times in the future.

As for now, Long stepped forward and kicked hard, but Lin Feng dodged it easily.

Then he waved his hand and walked towards the fifteen flying wing chariots in the dock square.

After the damaged tanks were repaired, it was already noon.

At this moment, the nearby tanks suddenly started on their own, drove to the sides of the dreadnought, and slowly stopped.

Lin Feng then raised his head and saw Chen Yanyan standing at the bow of the ship with an excited look on her face, waving at him.

Returning to the battleship, I saw Chen Yanyan stretching her hand above her head with her five fingers spread out as if she wanted to grasp the entire sun. While controlling the battleship, she could also control fifteen chariots.

The spiritual fluctuations emanating from her body have already reached the late second stage of perfection.

Lin Feng smiled faintly, witnessing the birth of the fearless captain:

"Chen Yanyan, lv29/29"

"HP 960, Vt 920, SPR 1080"

"Super Power Awakening - Mechanical Pioneer"

"Note: The spiritual attribute value has exceeded the limit, and an additional supernatural effect is obtained: Life Link"

"Life Link: Deeply bound to the Dreadnought, when it suffers damage, 50% of the reduced health is shared with the battleship itself. When inside the armor, it will also gain bonuses to the battleship's basic attributes, defense +1000, damage +800."

After seeing Chen Yanyan's identification results, Lin Feng was shocked.

The permanent spiritual attributes accumulated before allowed Chen Yanyan to successfully break the limit at this moment, and the additional effect of feedback was another attribute of the Mechanical Pioneer, Life Link.

Not only can the dreadnought directly share half of the damage suffered by Chen Yanyan, it is equivalent to a 50% damage reduction buff and having two lives. At the same time, as long as it is inside the battleship, it will share the battleship's basic attributes.

The defense increased by 1000 and the damage increased by 800, which not only made up for the shortcomings in defense, but also greatly improved Chen Yanyan's melee strength.

This also solves another problem.

That's the attack of the warrior hunting insects!

In future battles with the Zerg army, the dreadnought, as an important stronghold for long-range strikes, is likely to be besieged by a large number of warrior hunters.

They will try every possible means to enter the warship and kill the operators inside.

This was already evident during the encounter in Changcheng.

Now that Chen Yanyan has the effect of life link, she is no longer afraid of the warrior hunting insects, whether in defense or attack.

Holding a chainsaw sword in hand, he started killing everyone.

After Chen Yanyan tried it, she turned around and looked at Lin Feng:

"I can probably fight with all my strength for three or four hours now before my mental state becomes fatigued and my control over the ship decreases. But it's more than enough to participate in a battle."

Lin Feng nodded:
"It's definitely enough. I don't think any Zerg group can last more than an hour under the bombardment of the Dreadnought."

"So when the time comes, you have to dodge first and attack at a proper rhythm so as not to scare away our precious upgrade experience packs."

Chen Yanyan nodded a few times, her anticipation already evident in her words, and she was just waiting for Lin Feng to give the order.

Lin Feng looked at the time and it was already twelve o'clock noon, so he said:

"Don't worry, the soldiers are still eating, and they need to rest after eating. Li Ran and his team plan to gather at 1:30 to conduct actual combat training."

"Then let them and the Zerg witness your power together!"

Chen Yanyan curled her lips:
"Okay, then I'll go cook for you first! You've been up all night and in the morning, you must be starving!"

Lin Feng waved his hand:
"You know, I've been lying on my stomach for a long time. Fortunately, I haven't moved much, so I haven't consumed much."

Chen Yanyan walked into the battleship's living area, turned around and stuck out her tongue:

"Wait for me twenty minutes!"

After a simple meal and rest, the afternoon practical training is about to begin.

Five thousand soldiers were divided into two groups. One group continued to defend the defense bunkers, and the other group entered the ruins in the east of the city and fought guerrilla street fighting with the Zerg that occasionally poked their heads out of the underground wormholes.

After clearing out these minions, more than 2,500 soldiers followed the chariot and went deep into the suburbs.

The dreadnoughts were hidden at the rear of the team, always observing the situation at the front, ready to provide fire support at any time.

Sensing the appearance of a large number of awakened and enhanced humans, the Zerg could not resist the temptation and took the bait.

Sent out tens of thousands of black-backed insects and a dozen second-order tiger-backed insects to test the human side's strength.

This swarm of insects was quickly suppressed by chariots and a second-level regiment.

The soldiers in the back row used large-caliber rifles to complete the finishing work of killing and obtain upgrade energy.

Soon, the Queen Mother, who had tested the approximate strength of mankind and confirmed that there was no ambush, directly controlled tens of thousands of black-backed insects and hundreds of tiger-backed insects, intending to severely damage the human defenders.

When they rushed to the human formation one kilometer away with their powerful firepower...

At this time, the human line did not collapse and retreat, but continued to hold its ground, looking as if it was determined to fight the Zerg to the death.

Just when the Queen Mother of Haicheng thought she was about to succeed!

In the direction of Wucheng in the distance, dozens of bright yellow tracks suddenly passed by...

After a hundred years, the dreadnought roars again!

Blast the era of iron ships and cannons into reality!
(End of this chapter)