Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 40 Evolver, Breakfast, Willing to Serve

Father Su An's gaze lingered on Lin Feng, Chen Shanshan and A Lian, while Liu Qian, who came to help, was ignored.

After all, she is only a mid-level sixth-level enhancer, and she still has a long way to go before becoming an evolver.

Lin Feng helped Chen Shanshan, who was sitting on the chair, up.

Su An looked at the girl with some surprise:

"Although I'm already level nine, I'm seriously injured. I need to rest and recover for a while. I'll start evolving again when I'm in better shape."

"The evolution process can take as long as half a day or as short as five or six hours. It's very physically and mentally taxing. Forcing her to evolve in her current state would be very risky."

Hearing this, Lin Feng asked in confusion:
"Aren't evolutionary agents and strengthening agents different? Don't you just need to drink it?"

Father Suan smiled:
"If we can achieve evolution simply by extracting the pure energy liquid from the evolutionary flesh of a first-level desolate beast and drinking it, then wouldn't we be able to achieve the same level by simply consuming it? Why bother with the tedious process of synthesizing an evolutionary agent?"

Amidst everyone's puzzled gazes, the priest explained:

"The transition from an enhanced human to an evolved one is a great leap in the level of life, and a qualitative improvement."

"Humans who have achieved evolution are called New Humans. They are separated from ordinary enhanced humans and are called Evolved."

"However, achieving evolution naturally is extremely difficult. One needs to go through several life-or-death crises and survive desperate situations before there is a chance of achieving a breakthrough."

"But this kind of passive evolution has a very low probability of success and an extremely high mortality rate. It was eliminated long ago in ancient times."

"The earliest evolutionary pioneers discovered that consuming the flesh and blood of evolved beasts could also speed up blood circulation in the body, just like taking stimulants, causing a sharp increase in physical strength. They used this to break through the limits of enhanced humans and become evolvers."

As he spoke, Su An turned sideways and looked at the round glass window of the church:
"But the consequences of doing so are extremely serious."

"Unlike consuming enhanced meat during the Enhanced Human stage, as a Level Nine Enhanced Human, consuming the flesh and blood of a Level One Evolved Wild Beast is like injecting a large amount of veterinary hormones into a young child, forcing him to grow rapidly."

"Doing so will, at best, leave behind many side effects, such as life-threatening consequences, lack of stamina, and physical incoordination. At worst, it can be even more serious, affecting brain function, making it impossible to maintain concentration, leading to neurological and mental illnesses, and so on..."

"The results of evolution are not only related to the energy concentration contained in the flesh and blood of each evolving wild beast, but also to the individual's physical fitness and adaptability."

"In short, if a strengthened person directly ingests the evolved meat, the negative impact on themselves will be extremely significant, and the risks are also very high."

"Fortunately, after so many years of research, humans have successfully explored and optimized a complete set of evolutionary transformation surgeries, and simplified them into a drug injection model."

"The technology to develop and refine the evolutionary agent is only in the hands of the Li family, one of the three major families in the Oasis, that is, the Farm Village, and the church."

"The Li family's refining technology comes from the breeding of rock horn horses, and the refining of first-level rock horn horses."

"And we, coming from the holy spring blessed by the Immortal Saint, can cleanse the dirt and impurities in the flesh and blood of mutated wild beasts, retaining only the purest evolutionary factors."

"After the injection, safe and stable evolution can be achieved."

Just as he finished speaking, a bell rang quietly in Shengquan Village.

Father Suan then bowed his head and devoutly drew the Holy Spring prayer ritual on his chest with his fingers.

Lightly draw circles and tic-tac-toe patterns.

At the same time, he whispered:

"Praise the Holy Spring..."

Lin Feng and his companions had never been in contact with the church, so they quickly followed the example of Chen Shanshan, lowering their heads and reciting silently.

As the three bells rang out and after a brief prayer, Father Suan raised his head again and opened his mouth to invite:
"It's time for breakfast. I need to rest for a while before I can inject the evolution agent. You all have been very helpful this time. We are guests of the church, so let's have a meal together."

Lin Feng and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. The word "breakfast" seemed extremely unfamiliar to them.

Although everyone has become wealthy, they are not yet so extravagant as to have to eat breakfast every morning.

Generally speaking, if I don’t have any tasks in the morning, I basically spend the time sleeping and resting.

Normally, I either eat before a battle or wait until I'm hungry to eat. It's hard to develop a habit of eating on time when I'm away from home for so many years, and I'm used to being frugal.

As Father Su An left, everyone looked at Lin Feng, who shrugged:

"Let's go. It's a good opportunity to see what the food in Shengquan Village is like!"

Several people followed the monk behind the priest, left the church and went outside, entering a row of houses converted from containers on the right.

The word "canteen" is hung outside the houses in this row. There are five cars and five cargo compartments in total.

Following Father Suan into the last section, we found many children under ten sitting in the cargo compartment. The five-meter-wide compartment housed two rows of dining tables, each one meter wide, with a chair every half a meter.

A fifteen-meter cargo compartment can accommodate one hundred and twenty people at the same time.

By this calculation, the kitchen in the five cargo cars can provide meals for 600 people.

From this, we can roughly calculate that the population of Shengquan Village is actually not large.

Most of them are children who come here to study and learn.

There are probably only about a hundred actual clergy and guards.

It is very different from the other three villages and the fifth village composed of wastelanders.

The dining table in the tail carriage was not full, with one-third of the space empty, with about thirty or forty seats.

Lin Feng and his companions followed Father Su An inside and found a seat at the end of the row of children.

These children are very different from the elementary school students that everyone has in mind.

They were very quiet before dinner.

There was no noisy chattering, nor was there anyone looking around scratching their ears.

It is probably the church's pre-meal etiquette.

Lin Feng thought.

In short, a quiet dining environment will make you feel much more relaxed, and it will also allow you to continue thinking.

Through Father Su An's introduction, Lin Feng quickly discovered two hidden facts from the development background of the evolution agent.

First, the technology for synthesizing and using evolution agents is actually in the hands of Oasis’ top management.

Second, if you want to obtain the evolution agent and become an evolver, you must gain their recognition.

Whether it's through establishing relationships, or the hunters relying on bounty rewards and points redemption to exchange for the opportunity to evolve...

They all had to submit to the existing ruling order of the oasis.

In other words, you have to prove your strength to the three major families and churches in the oasis first, and then make friends with them or declare your allegiance to them before you can truly get the opportunity to evolve.

Once you refuse, the consequences can be imagined.

Lin Feng heard the priest's hidden meaning, but it did not affect his decision.

In this barren and desolate wasteland world, highly centralized rule is needed to maintain long-term stable order.

And violate the order,
Naturally, you have to pay a corresponding price.

As a three-wheeled vehicle loaded with food stopped at the rear of the cargo compartment cafeteria, two female monks used a spoon to scoop up a pot of white paste from the food bucket.

The children in the cargo compartment stood up one by one and lined up, from the innermost to the outermost, and took the full plates from the monks in an orderly manner.

Because Lin Feng and his companions were guests and the priest was also present, the nun took the initiative to bring them five breakfasts.
Lin Feng looked down and saw that it was a starch paste made from plant tubers, filled with fine shredded meat. In addition, each person was also given ten orange-red sea buckthorn berries.

A bowl of meat porridge weighing more than half a pound, plus some fruit after the meal. Lin Feng remembered that he had never eaten so well in his previous life.

After breakfast is distributed and before everyone starts eating, there is a daily prayer ceremony of thanksgiving.

Everyone crossed their fingers and placed them in front of their chests:
"Praise the Holy Spring!"

After a simple ceremony, we started to have breakfast.

Lin Feng couldn't wait to pick up the spoon and taste the bowl of warm meat porridge.

"Isn't it delicious? Come and eat here often when you have the chance."

Father Su, who was sitting opposite Lin Feng, smiled.

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, then replied:

"Sir, we are willing to serve the church."

"I hope you can come forward and help us solve the trivial matters outside the farm village..."

(End of this chapter)