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

Chapter 181 Micro-nuclear warheads, human gene completion plan
"Miniature nuclear warhead?"

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and confirmed it again.

Ling Shuyan nodded:

"That's right. Each nuclear warhead taken out of the intercontinental missile can be detonated individually through a code. It has an explosive power equivalent to 50,000 tons of TNT, enough to wipe out any life within two kilometers of the explosion center!"

"Even if the Zerg Queen is made entirely of tiger-spine worm jaws, she can hardly withstand its devastating blow!"

She knew very well that for Lin Feng, who had already reached the peak of the second stage, he was still willing to take over the remnants of the Thirteenth Division of Lu and lead them to hold the front line, even at the cost of precious second-stage insect eggs to help them advance to the second stage, as well as the current genetic modification surgery.
Everything is for one thing...

That is to kill the high-level Zerg Queen to complete the promotion to the third stage!

Become the first third-level awakener on the blue planet!
The attraction of a miniature nuclear warhead, combined with a second-level awakener, can rush into the underground Zerg nest. Even if the Zerg queen cannot be completely killed, it can slow down their expansion attack to the greatest extent.

This was Qin Hu's last resort, as he decided to fight to the death.

But in Ling Shuyan's opinion, Lin Feng can definitely use humanity's only remaining weapon better than Qin Hu to accomplish the feat of killing the Queen Mother for the first time.

What she needs to do is to gain the maximum exchange benefit possible.

Therefore, the more second-stage insect eggs there are, the better.

Lin Feng, who got a positive answer at this moment, frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

Just as Ling Shuyan mentioned intentionally, everything he did now was to kill the high-level queen mother and enter the third-level life form.

But the Zerg Queen is not so easy to deal with. Apart from the hundreds of thousands or even millions of Zerg under her control, her own strength should not be underestimated.

After all, it is a third-order life form that exists in reality.

It is completely different from the third-order king spiny worm in the artistic conception world.

According to Ling Yi, the king worm was just a condensation of artistic conception energy, and at most it only showed one third of its strength in the real world.

Even so, if the three of them wanted to kill him together, they still had to use all their skills and use the disaster of the collapse of their artistic conception to severely injure the opponent.

There is only a glimmer of hope within those few minutes.

And then he would have to face the third-order Queen Mother in reality. Her body was as huge as a mountain and contained tremendous vitality. It would be difficult for Lin Feng alone to kill her completely even if the Queen Mother lost her ability to move.

It’s just like challenging the final boss in a game.

In order to cause effective damage to the Queen Mother, Lin Feng chose the third piece of bound equipment and locked on the high-burst melee weapon, the Tiger Tooth Chainsaw Sword.

Otherwise, with just a long-range electromagnetic cannon, it would be difficult to break through even the solid armor of a high-level queen, let alone hurt it.

Even a lv29 second-stage peak tiger-spine worm has the rock-hard attribute of thick armor all over its body, and the queen who can give birth to it will be even more difficult to deal with.

By then, with the lv29 Tiger Tooth Chainsaw Sword, which has a damage of up to 4.5k, the damage is estimated to be reduced to less than , plus the other benefits of the Queen Mother, and the terrifying health recovery speed...

It is difficult to kill the Queen Mother in full health in a short period of time relying solely on the damage of equipment.

The longer the battle in the underground insect nest drags on, the more dangerous it will become.

Delay would lead to changes. Whether it was the large number of second-level tiger-spine insects coming to support from the Jiangbei Queen Mother, or the other party, after feeling the danger of life, not hesitating to sacrifice his own level and launching the Divine Domain Advent...

The metropolitan showdown is a decapitation operation, causing unpredictable effects.

Therefore, it is necessary to have a powerful weapon that can instantly seriously injure the high-level queen mother, first reduce its vitality by more than 50%, so that it cannot summon the divine realm, then the subsequent finishing blow will be much easier.

Lin Feng’s previous plan was to rely on Long Yi.

Relying on her infinite reproduction state of mind, she interfered with the Queen Mother of Jiangbei, and then coordinated with Shen Jie's killing state of mind to concentrate fire and severely injure the Queen Mother as quickly as possible.

However, the success rate of this operational plan is still less than 60%, and all hopes are placed on Longyi.

If Shen Jie is unable to join the battle...

He had no choice but to expend upgrade energy, activate the genetic radiation skill, delay the target queen's awakening, and use electromagnetic cannons and tiger-tooth chainsaw sword to inflict as much damage as possible on the opponent within a few seconds.

Only when the opponent's health value drops below 50%, Lin Feng and others have a chance of winning. Otherwise, the divine domain will descend, and both sides will suffer heavy losses and there will be no chance of survival!

However, this extremely dangerous and uncontrollable first-attack plan can now be directly carried out with miniature nuclear warheads.

Increase the combat success rate to over 80%!

Compared with this, a few second-order insect eggs are nothing.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng had already made a decision in his heart, but he still shook his head calmly:

"Nuclear bombs are too dangerous. They are a double-edged sword."

"Just as you said, even if it is a miniature nuclear warhead installed in a missile, the explosive power of a single one can reach a terrifying TNT equivalent of 50,000 tons, and the explosion of just a few kilograms of TNT can flatten an entire building..."

"With such a dangerous weapon, do I have to sacrifice a group of second-level legion warriors to kill the high-level queen mother?"

"Besides, my goal is to kill the opponent alone and become a third-level awakener, rather than letting it die in a nuclear explosion."

"Besides, even if this Zerg Queen is very powerful and not completely killed by the nuclear bomb, how can I find it in the destroyed underground Zerg nest?"

Sighing softly:

"In the final analysis, the conditions for using nuclear bombs are too harsh. They are only suitable for blocking the expansion and invasion of the Zerg. For me, there is actually no reason to stick to them."

Looking at the plump woman in front of him who was extremely nervous and trying hard to hold back her trembling, Lin Feng shrugged with a look of regret:
"Sorry, although the power of a nuclear bomb is indeed great, it is not suitable for my situation. Rather than using a bunch of second-level insect eggs to exchange for a deterrent that cannot be formed, it is more practical to transform them into real second-level awakeners!"

Ling Shuyan took a deep breath and calmed herself down.

Although she thought Lin Feng would hesitate, she didn't expect that the other party had so many concerns, even listing the many disadvantages of nuclear bombs.

And what he said is not wrong.

She couldn't argue with that.

Not all great power is a good thing. If you want to kill the Queen Mother with a nuclear bomb, you must be able to accurately lock the target's position in advance.

Otherwise, the Federation’s initial “decapitation plan” would not have been in vain.

Several other nuclear-armed countries in the world have already conducted related nuclear strike tests, and the results were just as expected, with mediocre effects.

A few of them can only temporarily slow down the Zerg's advance.

But soon the distorted insect swarms that absorbed the nuclear radiation would leave their flesh filled with death radiation in front of the battle line to contaminate human soldiers.

Who would be willing to die by relying on nuclear bombs, an attack method that kills one thousand enemies but injures eight hundred of your own people, unless it is absolutely necessary?

Although the nuclear bomb is effective in Lin Feng's plan to become a third-level awakener, the conditions for it to be effective are too harsh and the degree needs to be strictly controlled.

But Ling Shuyan couldn't give up.

If the deal is reached and she gets a batch of second-order insect eggs in return, it will not only be helpful to her research, but the headquarters will also provide more support to the Jincheng Research Institute.

Moreover, the human gene completion program is completely controlled by the research institute, which is independent of the military. In order to prolong their lives, the superhumans hatched and cultivated by the program must naturally obey the orders of these researchers.

This means that the institute’s voice will increase dramatically in the future and it will no longer need to rely on other forces.

When Ling Shuyan sent the research data on the second-order insect eggs back to the main hospital, the other party introduced the gene completion plan to her, emphasizing the importance of obtaining active insect eggs.

We must get the living second-level insect eggs back from Lin Feng at all costs!

Using the life energy of the second-order insect eggs and the characteristics of metamorphosis to achieve the transformation and birth of supermen. After analysis, Ling Shuyan believes that the only thing the Federation can currently offer that is attractive to Lin Feng is the thousands of nuclear warheads that were secretly stored in the past peacetime.

But now Lin Feng's analysis has shattered Ling Shuyan's only remaining hope...

After forcing herself to calm down, Ling Shuyan made a concession:
"Although the micro-nuclear bomb does not match your plan, it is suitable for ambushing the Zerg in advance. For you, the entire southern part of the Federation, with a strategic depth of more than 1,000 kilometers, will definitely allow you to find a suitable ambush opportunity."

“Just because you don’t need it now doesn’t mean you won’t need it in the future.”

"Besides, our nuclear warheads are quite clean. The slight nuclear contamination they cause is not a big threat to the second-level awakeners."

"Even if it is not useful now, it will definitely be useful in the future. As you said, nuclear bombs are a strong deterrent even if they are not used, especially when your power is further developed. In the safe zone behind, the confidence that nuclear bombs can provide is not something that second-level insect eggs can buy."

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and relaxed slightly:
"So how many eggs do you need to exchange for a miniature nuclear warhead?"

Ling Shuyan swallowed her saliva, suppressed her inner excitement and nervousness, and finally came to the most important last moment. She asked tentatively:
"Fifty?"

Lin Feng's face turned cold. Fifty nuclear bombs, isn't this too much?

Although he still has more than 170 second-level insect eggs in his hands.

A total of 380 pills were transported out from the underground hatching nest in Jiangbei. Excluding the 150 pills used by the first-stage late awakeners, there were still 230 pills left. Yesterday, Chen Yanyan used less than 50 pills in order to reach the perfection of the second-stage late stage as soon as possible.

At this moment, Ling Shuyan took out fifty insect eggs, which was equivalent to taking away one third of Lin Feng’s remaining stock!

Although after killing the Queen Mother and entering the third stage, there are still many opportunities to seize the second-stage insect eggs, or even hunt the third-stage early Queen Mothers in other areas...

But Lin Feng has always been a man who never suffers a loss. If he agrees so easily, all the previous performances would be in vain.

He immediately asked in a cold voice:
"Fifty?!"

"Do you think my family runs a Zerg hatchery?"

"Fifty second-order insect eggs are equivalent to fifty second-order awakeners. If you are a little more ruthless, you can directly give birth to a late-stage second-order perfect awakener. With such a high value, if you take it to the federal high-level officials or the military, who can't be exchanged for a nuclear bomb?"

"I think those who hold great power would be happy to use a few nuclear bombs in exchange for the stability of their own position."

"Especially since this is just a nuclear warhead, without an advanced missile propulsion system, the warhead itself is of little value!"

"Director Ling, it seems that the sincerity of the Biological General Hospital is not very high. If I need it, perhaps the senior leaders of the Thirteenth Division would be more suitable trading partners!"

"No, no, no, these can all be discussed, we can discuss them!" Ling Shuyan hurriedly explained, fearing that this would upset Lin Feng and cause the deal to fail.

After a pause, Ling Shuyan looked at the second batch of second-level awakeners who were about to undergo gene implantation and walked into the operating room, then continued:
"Then...how much do you think is appropriate?"

Lin Feng smiled coldly and slowly raised his hand.

Ling Shuyan was stunned for a moment, and asked in a low voice with some disbelief:
"Five... five?"

Lin Feng nodded:
"Five second-level insect eggs for one micro-nuclear warhead, not too much, not too little, just right."

"This is my bottom line. If you think it's not enough, you can exchange it for more nuclear bombs. I'll eat as many as you can get."

Seeing the embarrassment on Ling Shuyan's face, Lin Feng raised the corners of his mouth slightly and spoke slowly:
"You have to think it over carefully. Once I release the news about the second-level insect eggs, I think the high-ranking officials in the rear safe zone will definitely be willing to pay a higher price to trade even one."

"The physique of a second-level awakener is different from that of a first-level awakener. Each of them is like a little superman. They may not be able to deal with second-level Zerg, but with the help of weapons and equipment, suppressing ordinary awakeners is just a matter of a few moves!"

At this point, Lin Feng's voice gradually lowered, but it was like a devil's whisper:

"Your plan with Qin Hu is too obvious. Those old guys won't let him do whatever he wants."

"A city full of monsters made of genetic warriors, what reason is there to defend it? The federal capital needs to be defended because it is the only remaining symbol of hope for mankind."

"What Qin Hu did is like drinking poison to quench thirst."

At this point, Ling Shuyan's face turned pale, and she suddenly felt cold all over. The air in her lungs seemed to be sucked out, and she felt stuffy and suffocated, swallowing up the rationality in her brain.

Lin Feng looked at the next round of surgeons and continued expressionlessly:

"I am still willing to cooperate because of the human gene completion plan you mentioned. The superhumans created will at least be pure-blooded humans."

"Rather than a hopeless genetic warrior."

"Perhaps you don't quite understand what I'm saying now. Once the Superman Project goes smoothly, those third-level awakeners will give you the answer."

After saying this, Lin Feng slowly raised his hand:

"Five. This is the bottom line I give for the sake of the future of mankind..."

"If five isn't enough, you should seek help from someone else. I will seek cooperation from the top brass of the Federation. I think after seeing the performance of the Gene Warriors, they will be more eager to improve their own strength."

Hearing this, Ling Shuyan realized that if this deal failed, it would not only affect the headquarters' Superman program, but even her genetic modification project.

The purpose of her cooperation with Qin Hu is to use the overwhelming gap in strength after the defense of the capital to replace the power of the current top leaders, and then gather the strength of the whole country to counterattack the Zerg.

If Lin Feng were to be released now and allowed to make deals with the federation's top leaders, the current power gap between the two sides would soon be narrowed.

Thinking of this, Ling Shuyan gritted her teeth and agreed, regardless of the bottom line of ten coins given to her by the headquarters:

"Okay! Five is five!"

"I will notify the main hospital and they will deliver the micro-nuclear warheads the day after tomorrow at the latest. I hope that Mr. Lin will also deliver the promised second-level insect eggs here by then."

Lin Feng nodded and smiled faintly:

"Don't worry, I have enough in stock. I don't need these seventeen or eighteen. If you have more nuclear bombs, you can exchange them all. I will accept any offer."

"Although I don't know why the Biological General Institute has nuclear warheads, I still want to remind you that the power that can form a deterrent is the real power."

"The nuclear warhead in your hands is just a hot potato. It is more important than anything else to turn it into a high-level superman with multiple superpowers as soon as possible!"

After saying this, Lin Feng slumped down on the bench, closed his eyes and rested, not saying any more.

After hearing these "heartfelt words", the distress on Ling Shuyan's face quickly relaxed.

Lin Feng has thoughtfully helped her think of a response strategy.

As for the source of the nuclear bomb, it was naturally arranged for genetic warriors such as Qin Hu.

The top brass originally planned to launch a long-range attack to suppress the Zerg invasion, but after learning about the underground nuclear explosion decapitation plan proposed by the headquarters and Qin Hu, they readily nodded in agreement.

After all, it can kill the Queen Mother and solve the hidden dangers of the Gene Warriors at the same time. What reason is there to refuse this action that kills two birds with one stone...

At this moment in Jincheng Research Institute, Ling Shuyan thought of her response and pushed up her glasses:
"Then Mr. Lin, please take a rest first. If you need anything, you can find the staff outside and they will arrange it for you."

"I have to report the situation to the headquarters, so I need to be away for a while. Please forgive me."

Lin Feng waved his hands and was too lazy to open his eyes.

After this tall woman from the north leaves...

Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes and looked at Long Yi who was staring at him with a smile.

The woman's face was as cold as ice, and she spoke in a low voice:
"The Human Gene Completion Project..."

"You are playing with fire..."

(End of this chapter)