Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 72 Upgrading batteries, active trams, and farewell
Lin Feng thought that the male rock wildebeest he had caught was about to die.

After all, he had such a serious injury, and when he was subdued, Chen Shanshan grabbed his neck and punched him several times, hitting the horse's head hard.

As the three of them lifted it up, it basically stopped struggling in the second half of the journey, and its breath gradually became weaker.

After carrying it back to the camp with great difficulty, Lin Feng was ready to evolve himself to the next level, but Old Duncan took out a bottle of water with sugar and salt and poured it into the rock wildebeest's mouth.

The stallion, who had been unconscious, suddenly regained consciousness, changed from his half-dead and listless state, and struggled to break free from the knots on his limbs.

The wounds on the horse's body quickly scabbed and stopped bleeding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Lin Feng and Chen Shanshan were both a little surprised.

The rock wildebeest's self-healing speed is truly amazing, much faster than that of humans.

After taking the cub out of the cage and stuffing the first-level male rock wildebeest in, old Duncan stood aside with a long-lost, heartfelt smile on his face, and became talkative.

Introduced to Lin Feng and the others:

"The self-healing abilities of evolved wild beasts are very strong, especially the males responsible for combat. As long as there is no heavy bleeding or direct damage to vital parts such as the heart or brain, they can usually survive any serious injury."

"It's the same for Evolvers, but we're too small and look more fragile. We can't compare to wild beasts, but our recovery speed is several times faster than that of a Level 9 Enhanced Human."

"So I would like to thank you both for your help this time."

"Without you, it wouldn't have been so easy to capture a level 13 male rockhorn beetle."

Lin Feng nodded. This rock-horned horse will definitely be able to evolve smoothly to the middle stage of the first stage, and there is even a certain chance of being promoted to the leader level of the late first stage.

A rockhorn horse with such potential is second only to the leader level in value. Not to mention the qualifications of being a citizen of the oasis, it can at least be exchanged for more than three opportunities to evolve.

No wonder old Duncan was so happy.

After expressing his gratitude, old Duncan immediately asked his team members to take Lin Feng and the other two to dismantle the battery pack.

Three sets of batteries were removed from their active electric vehicles, and the batteries from two mountain bikes were removed, for a total of five sets of batteries.

The weight reaches more than 100 kilograms.

"The battery is quite old. It was in this condition when I bought it. If you need it later, you can go to the engineers at Shuguang Village and spend some points to refurbish it, or trade it in for a new one."

He personally covered the male rock wildebeest in the cage with a layer of black cloth to prevent it from struggling. After finishing, old Duncan walked over quickly and introduced them to each other.

At this time, Lin Feng squatted down and checked the battery pack. The result appeared in the corner of his eye:
"Low-quality lead-acid battery level 6, white quality"

Basic Attributes: Can store 1.5 kWh of electricity; Remaining lifespan: 480 hours; Durability: 8/10; Can consume one health point to upgrade

Note: Long-term use will reduce battery life and shorten its service life; continuous use for 60 hours will slightly reduce battery life.

Evaluation: Hand-refurbished, old-fashioned lead-acid batteries. Slow charging and discharging, low storage capacity, and low energy release efficiency. Other than safety, they offer no other advantages. They can withstand the roughness of wilderness roads. Each battery pack provides a range of seven kilometers, and when combined with a photovoltaic circuit, can maintain a maximum speed of twenty kilometers per hour.

Old Duncan was still introducing:

"One set can store two kilowatt-hours of electricity, and it takes less than an hour to fully charge. This can provide the van with a range of ten kilometers. Five sets can add an additional fifty kilometers. Combined with the original power, even if you stay here for a few more days, you can easily catch up to Oasis Town, which is a hundred kilometers away."

Lin Feng nodded. He had become immune to the false advertising of the shops in Shuguang Village.

They basically exaggerate the introduction of one level.

Poor quality products are treated as ordinary products, ordinary products are treated as high quality products, and high quality products are treated as high-end products.

However, as long as the item is in hand and has not been scrapped, no matter how poor the quality is, for Lin Feng it is just a matter of upgrading time and a few points of health.

He did not ask Old Duncan to make things difficult for him. After all, he was also a victim of a black-hearted shop and did not know how to distinguish between good and bad. Lin Feng took the battery and left Duncan's team camp and returned to his own team.

Then he called Liu Mingfei to assemble the battery.

When ordering this tram, Lin Feng had already taken into account the later installation of batteries, so he reserved space for battery loading in the original design of the Motorcycle Village and Shuguang Village.

It is placed under the trunk of the tram.

The two-square-meter groove is divided into ten grids.

Wires are reserved on both sides to connect the photovoltaic panels and then to the motor through the battery, providing more powerful power for the tram.

While Liu Mingfei was assembling, Lin Feng was also upgrading the five sets of low-quality level 6 batteries one by one.

During the upgrade, Lin Feng also discovered a benefit, that is, after becoming an evolver, he can upgrade low-level white quality equipment to level nine in one go.

You only need to spend the corresponding points, and you no longer need to upgrade level by level as before.

So Lin Feng ate the evolved meat pie while upgrading the five sets of batteries.

After consuming 15 health points, upgrade all batteries to level 9:
「High quality lead-acid battery lv9, white quality」

Basic Attributes: 3.0 kWh of battery life; 10 hours of service life remaining; 10/ durability; health points can be consumed for upgrading.

Note: Long-term use will reduce the battery life and shorten its service life; continuous use for 100 hours will reduce the battery life slightly.

Evaluation: While these brand-new lead-acid batteries still have some inherent drawbacks, they're more than adequate for long-distance off-road driving. Each battery pack provides 15 kilometers of range, and five packs provide a total of 75 kilometers. Combined with the photovoltaic circuit, they can maintain a top speed of 30 kilometers per hour.

It’s a pity that there are only five sets now. If they were all filled, we could run 150 kilometers.

Although compared to the old Earth, where new energy vehicles could easily travel 600 to 700 kilometers, or even thousands of kilometers, this distance was of no practical value...

But this is an old-fashioned lead-acid battery. If it can be replaced with a lithium battery with higher energy density, Lin Feng believes that even a thousand kilometers is not a dream.

Although lithium batteries have many advantages, their biggest drawback compared to old-fashioned lead-acid batteries is instability.

Especially on bumpy roads.

Lin Feng still remembers that there were many electric cars on the road back then. Every time he passed a speed bump, he had to slow down and drive carefully, for fear that the vibration would affect the chassis battery pack.

Therefore, lithium batteries are only suitable for use on flat roads. It is not realistic to use them on rugged wastelands.

After completing the assembly and upgrade of the battery, this basic tram was finally converted into an active tram:

Light passenger car level 10, red quality

「基础属性：防御60；耐久度10/10；最高速时30km；已升级至宿主等级上限」「额外属性：档速调节(共四挡，速度分别为1、5、10、30km/h)」

"Note: After installing the battery pack with the additional power source, the vehicle will gain an additional 50 kilometers per hour in speed. At a load of 2.5 tons (less than 75% of the vehicle's capacity), the maximum speed reaches 5 kilometers per hour, which can be sustained for 7.5 kilometers, after which it will drop to kilometers per hour. At an approved load of tons, the maximum speed is kilometers per hour; with an excess load of tons, the maximum speed is kilometers per hour."

Sure enough, after becoming a half-step active electric vehicle, the attribute strength of the tenth-level light passenger vehicle has been comprehensively improved.

At standard speed, the load is increased to 7.5 tons. Excluding the weight of the vehicle body and personnel equipment, it can also carry up to five tons of materials.

It is equivalent to three first-level female rock wildebeests, or two male rock wildebeests.

In this way, Lin Feng's team does not have to worry about the load-bearing problem limiting everyone's hunting plans.

After all, no matter how many rockhorn horses are hunted, they have to be transported back to Oasis Town to be exchanged for points and used to purchase equipment.

Otherwise, if you keep it in your hands, you will not be able to finish eating several tons of dried horse meat even in half a year.

In order to bring back enough prey, you need to have enough power to catch up with Oasis Town.

This is also the reason why Lin Feng doesn’t want anything else but the battery.

For those who arrived at the Wild Rift, facing the migrating beasts was like guarding a mountain of gold.

The only problem was how to transport more gold and bring it to the market to cash it in.

Now that the problem has been solved, Lin Feng is in a good mood and is ready to plan his next move.

On the other side, Duncan's team had completed their mission, packed up and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, old Duncan brought Lisa to say goodbye.

Lin Feng put down the dried meat in his hand and walked towards the two of them.

Old Duncan thanked again with a touch of emotion:
"This operation was originally planned to take four or five days, but we didn't expect it to be completed in less than two days..."

"Thank you, Captain Lin, for your help. If you need any help in the future, just let me know."

"We'll complete the handover and return to Oasis Avenue in three days. See you in Oasis Town then."

Lin Feng nodded. If it weren't for the gathering of beasts in the rift valley below, it would have ended in a few days. He also wanted to follow Duncan and his party to contact other forces in the wasteland and obtain more information.

Oasis Town is still too small, and the wasteland information that can be obtained from it is too narrow and somewhat one-sided.

After thanking him, Old Duncan regained his serious expression and said solemnly:

"With your current strength, hunting a herd of rock wildebeest outside the Gulf Rift shouldn't be a big problem. However, capturing live horses, especially first-level male rock wildebeests, is still somewhat dangerous. Please be careful."

"Secondly, don't hunt rock wildebeest too frequently. This will cause different herds to converge and follow the leader for self-protection."

"Leader-level rock wildebeests are very aggressive and will actively drive away potential enemies. If you encounter one, be sure to stay away."

"The last thing is to go down to the bottom of the rift valley. Wait until all the rockhorn herds have left. If you want to go in and pick up the horse carcasses, try to stay away from the deepest caves in the rift valley."

"I heard there are unknown dangers there. Someone once saw a series of dark shadows emerging from the pool while exploring. They also heard a low, hoarse roar, which was definitely not the neighing of a rockhorn horse..."

"In short, be careful."

After saying this, Old Duncan left.

Then Lisa stepped forward, took out two ropes with three grappling hooks from behind, and handed them to Lin Feng:
"If you want to catch a live horse, this should be useful. But it takes some experience to learn. I grew up on a farm in the old days and learned a little from my dad and brother, so I picked it up quickly."

"The hooping technique isn't too difficult, just practice more and you'll be fine."

"This skill is quite useful in the wasteland. You can practice it more when you have nothing to do."

Lin Feng took the two loop ropes:

"Thank you, I'll practice."

Lisa hummed twice, then looked down at her toes, a little hesitant...

Finally, with a slightly red face, she mustered up the courage to speak:

"I will continue to study rockhorn horses in the future. When I can cultivate a leader-level or even a clan leader-level one, you can come and exchange it for the evolution essence!"

"Although the rock wildebeest's evolutionary pathway has low potential, at least the technology is very mature and its growth rate will be very fast, so there's no need to worry too much."

Lin Feng nodded. So that’s what happened.

So he smiled and replied:

"I understand. Thank you in advance. If you need anything in the future, as long as the compensation is in place, you are always welcome."

Lisa hummed, nodded with a smile, turned around and caught up with old Duncan's back.

Watching Duncan's team get on the tram and start the train to go away, Lin Feng held the loop rope in his hand and felt a little emotional.

"Tsk tsk~"

At this time, the sound of A Lian smacking her lips came from behind.

Lin Feng turned around and saw that several girls in the team were looking at him. Although their expressions were different, they all contained a teasing tone.

A-Lian and A-Ming looked like they were watching a show, especially the former who wanted to encourage Lin Feng to catch up.

Liu Qian and Ding Yi were a little depressed.

Chen Shanshan changed the most. She looked at Lisa with some hostility in her eyes.

In the driver's seat of the tram, Liu Mingfei leaned against the window, looking envious:
"Captain, why don't you go learn a foreign language?"

Lin Feng rolled his eyes at everyone:
"We're the only team left now, shouldn't we be happy? With so many wildebeests, no one's going to compete with us!"

"Get ready, let's start the next hunting operation!"

(End of this chapter)