Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 335 Changes, Discussions, and the Attack on the Templars
The once bustling streets of Shangmin District were as prosperous as they were in the old Earth era. The living standards and daily life of the residents were exactly the same as before, and even more vibrant and sophisticated.

After experiencing the rebellion instigated by local families such as the Li family, and the sudden attack of a town-destroying beast...

The Shangmin District is now gradually declining.

They were initially unaware of their fate and future, but after Lin Feng acquired ownership of a hundred of the upper-class citizens from the bishop, and then relied on Rong Yan for selection...

The news spread immediately.

Almost all the residents of Oasis Town are aware of the earth-shattering changes that are about to take place.

This transformation is closely related to every survivor in the oasis, but those who are most affected are the former high-status, pampered oasis residents.

Those who benefited from this transformation were actually the most impoverished people.

The latter has very little value in the current Oasis Town system, so it only receives a few liters of filtered water from the church every Holy Spring Day to maintain a minimum level of survival.

However, as settlements expand, a large number of impoverished people need to become followers of the church, or rather, church slaves who participate in its construction.

Although the work was arduous, at least the church was willing to provide food and lodging, allowing the refugees to survive in peace.

However, for the upper class who have no combat ability or value to be driven, their only use is their carefully nurtured, evolved bodies.

The evolved beings from other villages also have the value of assisting the Holy See in managing tens of thousands of religious slaves. Meanwhile, evolved beings in the early to mid-stages of the first tier can also participate in construction with their own strength.

The upper-class citizens, raised in the oasis from childhood, enjoy privileges comparable to those of a second-tier powerhouse, and many of them have never even experienced the scorching sun...

Their bodies were untouched by pollution, their skin delicate and tender, making them even more suitable for sale as high-class slaves.

While helping Oasis Town get rid of this heavy burden, it can also extract the maximum value in one go.

However, this approach is far too cruel for the people of the oasis.

From a person of noble birth who is untouched by worldly affairs to a lowly slave in the sewers, such a dramatic change in status is not something everyone can accept.

Especially for the young people who have just been born, they have not yet enjoyed their first hundred years, but they have to endure such hardships together.

Fortunately, the bishop also gave them a way out.

That means joining Lin Feng's team and demonstrating one's value in this town-level beast calamity.

For Lin Feng, a newly emerging second-tier evolver, the foundation of his forces is the weakest among the second-tier powerhouses in the Oasis.

The small convoy, which initially consisted of only thirty or forty people, urgently needed to recruit a group of new members with clean backgrounds who could be trusted.

However, the standard of trust obviously cannot rely on verbal declarations of loyalty. The best way is to ensure that the people under your command cannot betray you.

In other words, they would find it difficult to survive after leaving Lin Feng's team.

Therefore, they must rely firmly on Lin Feng and the power granted to them by this leader in order to survive.

The upper class happens to fit this description.

However, before the transformation, one needs to be able to endure the harsh environment of the wasteland.

However, compared to the fate of slaves who have no control over their own lives, working for Lin Feng and relying on this rising second-tier powerhouse is clearly the best way out for the upper class.

Among them, the one who changed the fastest and seized the opportunity the most promptly was Rong Yan, the canteen manager in the Upper District, who was in the late stage of the first rank.

Although she has left her status as an upper-class citizen and become a senior manager on the Oasis warship, she still has Rong Zhiyun and Rong Xuan, her children from the upper-class community.

In order to save them and also to gamble on her own future, Rong Yan decisively joined forces with Lin Feng, demonstrating her value and gaining his trust.

As for the other oasis inhabitants, those with the will to survive naturally signed up to leave the safe oasis warships and join Lin Feng's forces to fight against the wasteland wolf army.

Those who are still observing have already missed this opportunity to change their tragic fate.

Now that the crisis of the town-level beast calamity has been resolved...

The remaining two thousand or so people will also face their final fate.

There was no joy of surviving a catastrophe, but rather fear of being a slave.

With Lin Feng's arrival, the sense of fear instantly overwhelmed the hearts of the residents who were still hiding inside the house.

Immediately, some bold citizens broke the curfew and rushed out to Lin Feng, kneeling down and saying:

"Your Excellency, please take me with you!"

"I am willing to join your team, leave the Oasis warship and head to the wasteland to fight against the wolf army together!"

"My lord, I'm willing to do anything, as long as you can take me away and free me from my status as an upper-class citizen!"

The crowd rushed forward, kneeling in front of Lin Feng, begging this second-tier master to save their lives.

Lin Feng frowned slightly. Among the people in front of him, there were not only mid-stage first-order evolved beings, but also many young people under the age of thirty.

Many young and beautiful women even leave their tops open, showing off their enviable figures and fair, delicate skin.

These are extremely scarce resources in the wasteland.

Even ordinary first-tier female evolvers do not have such a graceful figure.

Especially her fair and flawless skin, a rare find in the wasteland.

They need to grow up in a stable and clean environment from childhood, without being exposed to direct sunlight or any pollution.

Unless you spend a lot of money and carefully nurture them, they are extremely rare among ordinary evolved beings.

Even if an evolved being can optimize their physical appearance during a leapfrog transformation, the traces of aging caused by ultraviolet radiation in their early years, as well as the wear and tear from combat training, have already become genetic characteristics that are deeply ingrained.

Although equally beautiful, it still cannot compare with the Shangmin in terms of details.

However, the upper class is only suitable as playthings or pure-blooded experimental subjects. They are extremely unsuitable for the wasteland environment, which means they are destined to have little value for improvement.

Like a group of carefully bred pet dogs.

From the perspective of Lin Feng's second-order evolution level, that's exactly the case.

The people before them were less like evolved beings and more like a pile of objects or pets.

Therefore, he remained completely unmoved by the pleas and temptations of the common people, and directly released his second-tier aura.

The powerful aura and oppressive force instantly frightened everyone present, and the church patrol, sensing the danger, quickly arrived.

The person in the lead was Shen Yue, who had entered the later stages of her life.

The latter smiled slightly at Lin Feng, then ordered his subordinates to drag the people on both sides away and lock them inside the house.

In just over ten seconds, a path was cleared for Lin Feng.

Shen Yue led the way for Lin Feng:

"Lord Suan has been waiting for a long time. Please come with me, Chief Lin. It's in the church district."

Lin Feng hummed in agreement and followed.

The two left the Upper District and entered the cathedral. Inside the cathedral, an elderly man with white hair sat quietly in the main seat on the pulpit, below whom were Father Su An, Bai Ye, the leader of the Salvation Army, and the president of the Hunting Wilderness Guild.

The three were talking in hushed tones, discussing whether the wasteland wolves might turn around and launch a second sneak attack.

Upon seeing Lin Feng arrive, the three of them immediately came forward to greet him.

The people present here now constitute the strongest force in the Oasis.

Father Su An smiled, a smile he hadn't shown in a long time, and nodded to Lin Feng in praise:
"Chief White has already recounted the battle process and details to me. This crisis was resolved ahead of schedule thanks to your resourcefulness, decisiveness, and firearms abilities."

"The town-level beast calamity has been initially resolved, and the reward promised by the church will remain unchanged. You should also select the personnel and equipment you want to take with you as soon as possible, in order to avoid any unforeseen complications."

Lin Feng nodded, and then said:

There's something I'd like to mention beforehand.

Father Su An narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded gently.

Lin Feng then revealed his plan to divide the spoils:

“Originally, 30% of the manpower and equipment were provided. I want to change that. In terms of specific sources, 7% of the 30% will come from Nongzhuang Village, and the remaining 2% will come from Shuguang Village and Jiche Village.”

"The main reason is that the team has just been expanded and established. For the extension of the rock horned horse industry, there is not much demand for photovoltaic panels and electric vehicles. On the contrary, the rock horned horse itself needs the breeding industry to provide a large amount of evolutionary flesh and blood to meet the needs of the members."

"I wonder if the church will agree to this."

Upon hearing Lin Feng's additional conditions, Father Su An fell into deep thought.

Originally, the bishop personally agreed to a 30% reward, meaning that as long as Lin Feng ran fast, even if people from the Holy City came to take over, the responsibility would fall on the bishop.

Now, Bishop Zhang Hui is about to pass away.

As the saying goes, once a person dies, their debts are wiped out, and they generally won't pursue the matter any further.

But now Lin Feng's demand is tantamount to taking away about half of Genji Farm Village in Oasis Town.

The bishop would never have agreed to such an outrageous request. The one who should be held responsible is Father Suan, who is currently in charge.

When the time comes to hand over power to the monks of the Holy City, it will be difficult to justify the situation.

Seeing Father Su An's hesitation, Lin Feng added:
"These seven quotas taken from Farm Village, totaling about 1,300 people, will be used to give 400 of them to the Salvation Army as compensation for supporting Oasis Town."

"This will reduce the burden on the church."

"It's like receiving two payments, which will make things easier for the Holy City to explain later."

"After all, as an external force, the Salvation Army's hiring of a peak second-tier being to help them, along with an evolution team of several hundred people, is not too high a price to pay."

Upon hearing Lin Feng's plan, Father Su An's worry turned to joy, and he readily agreed:

"Okay! If that's the arrangement, then there shouldn't be any major problems!"

"Go and do it as soon as possible. I'll be there in the Holy City."

"Apart from these, you can take any surviving deserters you want. After all, without your final rescue, they would hardly have had a chance of survival."

"Okay, let's get down to business."

"Lin Feng, how much of a chance do you think the Wasteland Wolves still have left to pursue and counterattack?"

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, then looked at Bai Ye beside him. Although the latter did not speak, he raised an eyebrow and seemed to be thinking when Lin Feng proposed the reward of four hundred people.

Seeing this, Lin Feng directly offered his own analysis and insights:
"There will be no shortage of pursuit and harassment along the way. Unless the wolf clan can confirm that the Holy City's support forces have arrived, there will definitely be small packs of wolves that are unwilling to give up and will follow them all the way."

"As for a counterattack and a second war, it's probably not very likely. After all, Lang Ao is already seriously injured and is unable to fight again in the short term."

"Of the remaining three giant wolf beasts, two have already been killed by cannon fire, and the remaining one is slightly wounded."

"After finally repelling them, the two giant beasts should have retreated to the right side of Oasis Avenue. It is estimated that they saw that the plan to encircle and annihilate the Salvation Army had completely failed and decided to hunt down the fleeing Han Tao."

"By the way, about Han Tao..."

Father Suan sighed:

"I've already learned about this from Chairman Xu, but I never expected that Governor Han would be so cowardly, thinking of escaping alone when surrounded by a pack of wolves."

“If it weren’t for the rescue operation, his actions would have been considered desertion.”

"But no one expected that Oasis Town would escape unscathed in the end. If we had stayed, we might have become one of the heroes and gotten a share of the spoils."

"Being hunted down by Wolf Ao and the giant wild wolf is a fitting retribution; he's reaping what he sowed!"

Lin Feng nodded. If it weren't for Han Tao's extraordinary move, Lang Ao probably wouldn't have chosen to give up the attack and retreat so easily.

After all, if there's a way out, no one will risk death to continue fighting.

It is estimated that Han Tao has already been devoured by wolves, and even if he manages to escape, he no longer poses a threat to me.

After hearing Lin Feng's insights, Father Su An breathed a sigh of relief and addressed the crowd:

"Now that everyone is in agreement, let's resolve the crisis. It's estimated that the pilgrimage convoy heading to the Holy City will arrive at the oasis in about half a day, led by Father Wan Hai."

"Lin Feng, you and Chief Bai should leave before the Holy Spring Day. At the three-way intersection ahead, leave the Oasis Avenue and head west, directly crossing that wasteland."

"This way, we can avoid the procession from the Holy City and get on the main migration route ahead of time."

After speaking, Father Su An took out a certificate and handed it to Bai Ye:

"This is a pardon certificate issued by His Holiness the bishop. It bears the emblem of the Holy Spring. Within the territory under the jurisdiction of the Holy See, if you encounter a group that tries to stop you, you can show it to them and they will let you through."

"The pardons for the Salvation Army still need to be reviewed and approved by the Holy City before being sent to the major Holy Cities and then distributed to the town-level forces. This process will take at least several months. For now, you can use this one."

"By the time the badge loses its validity, the news of the pardon will probably have already been communicated."

Bai Ye nodded, accepted the badge with a respectful expression, and then took his leave.

Xu Wanfeng, who was standing next to him, also followed them out of the church.

Only Father Suan and Lin Feng remained, along with the unconscious bishop.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Father Su An slowly put away his smile and looked at Lin Feng with a solemn expression.

The latter immediately caught his breath.

A bad feeling welled up in Lin Feng's heart.

Father Su An glanced at His Excellency the Bishop before speaking in a low voice:

"problem occurs……"

"The support force sent by the Holy City, a large contingent led by a knight commander, should have arrived at Oasis Town half a day ago according to the plan."

"They were attacked in the ancient city of Zhengzhou, a hundred kilometers ahead, and most of their members are missing..."

(End of this chapter)