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

Chapter 177 Wind Wing Insects, Mass Production, Departure for Jincheng
Hearing Lin Feng's question, Long Yi put away his affected acting skills, slowly stood up, and then asked:
"Batch-produce these membrane wings. Are you trying to create a group of flying soldiers?"

The biological armor on Lin Feng's body can enable him to fly, which Ling Yi knew.

The source of this function is the synthetic material provided by the pair of muscular membranous wings on the back of the green-winged insect, which is then integrated into the armor by Lin Feng's special abilities.

At this moment, Lin Feng was looking at the broken second-order insect eggs. The waste liquid was mixed with the insect tissues peeled off from Zhang Liying's body, including fragments of the transparent membrane wings of the green-winged insect.

After taking these off, the girl's skin recovered and became smooth and flawless. When she left, she finally revealed a smile from the bottom of her heart.

Long Yiben thought that Lin Feng called him to make use of the biological mother nest's stripping and purification ability to reduce the infection of Zerg genes and extend the combat life of the genetic assimilation regiment under his command in the future.

But his real purpose...

But it made Long narrow his eyes and ask a question in return.

Hearing the other party's question, Lin Feng nodded and admitted:
"That's right. The number of blue-winged insects is very small, and the wind-winged insects have not even been seen yet, which makes it difficult to collect biological materials related to flying..."

Lin Feng shifted his gaze from the Zerg organization on the ground to the biological mother nest behind Long Yi.

After the peeling surgery, it remains active and can be transformed for other uses.

"If this biological factory can mass-produce the materials I need, you can propose any conditions."

Not only does the armor need to be integrated with membrane wings to synthesize the ability to fly, but even the future dreadnoughts and their replicas will need to use the membrane wings of flying insects to provide the additional attribute of ground effect flight.

This is also the reason why they can ignore terrain factors and roam freely on land.

When the Dreadnought was upgraded to the pinnacle of the second stage, its average speed was no different from that of the Winged Chariot. This was because the second-stage orange-quality membrane wings had not yet been obtained...

That's why its driving speed has stagnated.

Green-winged insects are rare in number, and wind-winged insects are even more elusive, cruising above the clouds without revealing their true forms.

I had never thought about this problem before. The team I led at that time only consisted of dozens or hundreds of people. As long as we went through a few more battles, we could collect the required flying membrane wings.

But now, Lin Feng has more than 5,000 second-level legions and combat soldiers under his command. Even if only one-tenth of the elite troops are equipped with flying armor, they still need to hunt down more than 500 green-winged insects.

Not only is it time-consuming and laborious, but it may also be noticed by the Queen Mother who will set up an ambush, which is extremely dangerous.

In the future, as the number of combat soldiers increases, the demand for flying will only become more and more urgent.

Clustered flying soldiers have the best timing and terrain in direct battles with the Zerg. If each of them is equipped with a shotgun, they can break into the rear of the Zerg tide and start killing indiscriminately.

In this way, even an elite team of dozens of people can suppress a swarm of tens of thousands of insects within a few minutes.

Although the firepower of the dreadnought battleship is enough to destroy any Zerg, once Lin Feng has chosen a base and established his roots, he will face the same dilemma as the current federal capital...

When surrounded by several or even dozens of Zerg queens, the demand for air strikes and the pressure on air defense will increase exponentially.

So now we must plan ahead and make preparations early!

Especially since the decisive battle of Wucheng is imminent, if we can train a group of flying soldiers before the decisive battle, perhaps there will be unexpected miraculous effects!
After hearing Lin Feng's answer, Ling Yi was silent for a moment and then slowly spoke:
"Do you know why there are so few second-level wind-wing insects?"

"Because their production cost is extremely high. Flying ability and spiny worms are not compatible. You have also been to Shen Jie's world of killing and understanding the environment of the spiny star. Spiny worms have never evolved flying genes since ancient times..."

"So the Green Winged Bugs and Wind Winged Bugs are actually the product of genetic fusion. Their flying membrane wings are derived from the flying species that the Zerg found on other planets. They created first- and second-order flying soldiers to deal with the enemy's air force."

"The cost of producing a green-winged insect is about ten times that of an ordinary black-backed insect, and the cost of producing a wind-winged insect is even higher, reaching more than twenty times that of a second-level tiger-backed insect."

"That's just one point. Compared to the production cost, the food they need to survive is more than ten times that of spiny worms of the same level. After all, the energy consumption in flight is proportional to the flight speed. Green-winged insects need to re-eat to recharge after flying for two or three hours, and second-level wind-winged insects need to eat even more frequently."

"So flying Zerg are relatively rare on the battlefield, and they are rarely used to attack ground enemies because the cost is too high and each one is precious."

"Many Zergs that have not been hit by air strikes have not even had their queens breed second-order windwings. The same amount of biomass can be exchanged for twenty tiger-spine insects, which is the most cost-effective."

After introducing the Zerg's flying units, Ling Yi looked down at the fragments of membrane wings in the cocoon egg skin:

"So if you want to use a biological nest to synthesize membrane wings, you will have to spend thousands of tons of fish meat in the early stages to build a nest that can hatch membrane wing structures."

"After that, the production cost is that every ten tons of fish meat can produce a pair of membrane wings, and ten tons of meat is enough to satisfy the needs of ten thousand people to survive for two days."

"The cost of doing this is not low. Once the biological mother nest is built, it is very troublesome to move it. The reason why the Zerg invasion and expansion are so slow is that the mother nest in the underground cave needs to be disassembled, transported, and rebuilt."

"There is no point in defending Wucheng. There are plains on three sides and Taihu Lake behind us. There is no place to defend and no place to retreat."

"Even if you want to build it, you can't do it in Wucheng. Maybe you can try it in Jincheng, which you plan to take over later."

"But let me make it clear in advance that I won't do this for nothing."

Long Yi stretched out his right index finger and shook it:
"When the decisive battle is over, all the subordinate Zerg of the Queen Mother in Jiangbei will belong to me."

"After the queen is killed, these Zerg will be leaderless and flee in all directions. It will take time and effort to kill them, and the gain will not outweigh the loss."

"Then you can just follow me and sneak in. After you kill them, you can take over the out-of-control swarm of insects and then launch a surprise counterattack against the Queen Mother of Haicheng."

"Well, this is a perfect plan, right?"

"And it's good for both you and me."

Lin Feng chuckled:
"It's a good plan. You can kill someone with a borrowed knife. It will also be a good opportunity to continue to block the attack of the Queen Mother of Haicheng, allowing your Queen Mother to successfully enter the third stage."

Long Yi smiled faintly. These were her original private plans. After observing Shen Jie and the other person, she gained a new understanding of how humans get along with each other.

So he took the opportunity to tell it to let Lin Feng know his follow-up arrangements.

Being honest with each other is the first step to building a closer relationship.

Fortunately, Lin Feng didn't mind anything and just continued to speak:

"In the final battle, I just want to kill the queen and complete the transformation of the team. You can do whatever you want with the rest. But before that, you have to build the biological mother nest first. After you follow me to Jincheng tomorrow, find a place to build it."

"I will prepare the necessary materials in advance."

After that, the roar of an engine was heard outside the house, and the ground and the entire building also shook slightly.

They should be the soldiers who went out for actual combat training and returned with the dreadnought.

Lin Feng walked to the door, turned around and left a message:

"Clean up this place and leave no evidence."

Then leave the experimental building.

As Longyi looked at his departing back, he controlled the biological mother nest to shrink and dissolve, while narrowing his eyes, thinking secretly about something.

On the other hand, after listening to the reports of Chen Yanyan and the front-line commanders, Lin Feng concluded: "This victory is the debut of the dreadnought battleship. It can effectively deter the ambition of the Queen Mother of Haicheng and buy precious preparation time for the final decisive battle."

"But you are lucky to win this time. Because in the encounter in Changcheng, most of the new second-level Zergs under the Queen Mother, such as the long-range attack pulse scorpion and the tank flame armor that is completely immune to shotgun damage, were eliminated by me and Captain Shen Jie in advance, resulting in the Queen Mother of Haicheng not sending them out this time."

"Otherwise, according to your attack strategy, as long as the Pulse Scorpion is a few kilometers away and the pulse cannon is fired from a distance, there will inevitably be serious casualties!"

"Next time during training and actual combat, remember to send out a few scout teams, select the elite soldiers in the team, and then have the members of the regiment lead them to go deep behind enemy lines, conduct long-range reconnaissance in advance, and eliminate the second-level Zerg hiding in the cave."

"But this mission is quite difficult. After the new flying armor goes into mass production, we will form a flying battalion that will be responsible for hunting down the Zerg air force and attacking the new second-tier Zerg hidden behind the Zerg tide!"

Upon hearing the new news announced by Lin Feng, all the commanders present showed expressions of excitement and anticipation.

After all, the ability to fly is definitely a life-saving weapon on the battlefield, and it can also double your combat strength.

The effect brought about will be a qualitative leap just as Lin Feng introduced.

This will change the battlefield ecology in the future.

Surface combat, which previously was limited to the sand table, suddenly became three-dimensional, from two-dimensional to three-dimensional. War strategies and troop deployments also had to be changed accordingly to adapt to new offensive means.

The applause died down, and Lin Feng nodded:
"Let's adjourn the meeting. The captains of the chapters please stay for a while."

After everyone left, only Lin Feng and eight team leaders were left.

There are a total of nine late-stage second-order fully awakened people on the battlefield. Any single one of them would be a capable presence in any organization on Blue Star today.

But in Lin Feng's eyes, this is far from enough.

Among the top combat forces, only himself and Shen Jie have the ability to fight against the peak second-level tiger-spine worm alone, and Wei Ya who can face the queen mother directly, and have the strength to challenge her!
So Lin Feng needs stronger cutting-edge power:

"Regarding the genetic modification plan that the federal leaders have been promoting before, also known as genetic warriors, you should have a general understanding of it, especially the veterans of the 13th Division."

"Colonel Qin Hu, a second-level awakener born in the Thirteenth Division in the past, is such a genetic warrior."

"In fact, there are natural genetic defects in the physical attributes of humans. This will cause the awakeners who naturally enter the second stage after killing the tiger-spine worm to be much weaker than the tiger-spine worm in terms of physique."

"But don't worry. Drinking the organic nutrient solution from the second-level insect eggs you killed will repair this defect during the awakening process."

“But just repairing it is not enough.”

"The warrior hunter worms that were stitched and hatched by the Zerg Queen are also the humanoid second-level Zerg that caused the tank's loss. They are synthesized from Zerg genes and human brains. They have the powerful physique of the Zerg and the spiritual wisdom of humans. Their strength is far superior to that of human awakeners of the same level."

"In the future decisive battle, we will engage in close combat with them."

"In order to reduce unnecessary losses..."

"So I plan to conduct a preliminary trial of the Gene Warrior Project. Anyone who is willing to undergo surgery to integrate Zerg genes to gain a strong physique can submit an application before tomorrow morning and go to Jincheng with me tomorrow morning to undergo the surgery."

"Don't worry, the success rate of the operation is 99%, and the safety is absolutely guaranteed. After becoming a genetic warrior, you will receive a 100% bonus to your physical attributes. This means that an awakener in the early stage of the second stage can directly reach the strength of the middle stage of the second stage with the bonus of physical enhancement ability."

"But everything has a price."

"In the future, genetic warriors will easily fall into mental confusion and develop defects such as Zerg limb characteristics, just like what happened to Captain Shen Jie before. But we currently have corresponding solutions to purify these pollutions."

"Anyway, you can consult Captain Shen Jie about the specific situation. This is not mandatory, it's just a quick way to become stronger. Let the members decide for themselves."

"As long as the future genetic warriors can overcome the difficulties, they will be able to grow into a powerful person like Captain Shen Jie who can stand on his own."

"Okay, let's notify them."

After saying that, Lin Feng stood up and left the meeting room.

Then he found Chen Yanyan and Li Ran, informed them of tomorrow's travel plan, and asked them to arrange the subsequent training.

"Shen Jie will stay. Now, apart from me, he is the only one who can deal with a group of second-level Zerg, especially the warrior hunters. I am worried that the Queen Mother of Haicheng will send some here to test the situation or sabotage the camp. In this case, Shen Jie will come forward."

"Don't worry, I will be back the day after tomorrow at the latest. Don't worry about my safety. Just stay on guard at all times!"

……

After dinner, Lin Feng centralized the processing of the biological materials collected during the day.

Thousands of pairs of black-spine insect jaws can be used to synthesize a large number of level 10 red armor, or be equipped with level 19 red armor to greatly enhance the defense capabilities of grassroots commanders.

With less than a hundred pairs of tiger-backed worm jaws remaining, Lin Feng first upgraded his Flying Tiger Armor to the maximum level:
「Flying Tiger Armor lv29/29, orange quality」

"Durability: 10/10, Defense 1000, Basic Form: Arm Guard, Full Body Armor, Tiger Bug Power (Unconditional)"

"Variant: Absolute Defense, Explosive Scale Armor, Flight Mode, Charge Call, Upgrade Reserve: 16"

"Upgrade conditions: Incorporate a gold-quality material"

Because no other materials were added, the efficiency of the simple orange-quality giant jaw decreased as time went on. In the end, only the basic defense power increased, and even the new variant state did not appear.

However, after reaching the maximum level, the conditions for upgrading to a higher level will show the quality of the materials for the next stage.

Gold quality material, corresponding to the third stage.

Lin Feng instantly thought of the golden light that appeared in Long Yi's eyes when he activated his spiritual realm ability before.

It seems that the Queen Mother must have the third stage golden variety material.

If the second-level battle group is powerful by then and can directly drag out the corpse of the high-level queen mother, maybe they can fuse and upgrade the lv29 dreadnought battleship!
However, if it wants to achieve a cross-level upgrade and kill a high-level queen, it still needs to continue looking for one.

The Huaicheng area further north of Jincheng is also full of large lakes and reservoirs, and the other three queens that invaded Jiangnan Province should all be there.

While Lin Feng was combining the remaining orange jaws into level 20 black tiger armor, he was thinking about the future.

After a night of rest with Chen Yanyan...

The next morning, when he arrived at the square, he saw sixty or seventy second-level awakeners who had come to submit their applications, including the leader of the second-level awakening regiment.

Looking at the two regiment leaders, Lin Feng nodded:

"lets go!"

"Remember to bring the corpses of those second-level tiger-back worms!"

"They are one of your Primarchs!"

(End of this chapter)