Apocalypse: My Items Can Upgrade Infinitely

Chapter 247: Chapter 154: Victory in the First Battle, Ling Yi is Tempted, Re-entering the Hive (2)

The Electromagnetic Cannon provided the strongest and most direct boost to Lin Feng’s power out of all his equipment.

Ling Yi stared at the muzzle of the cannon in Lin Feng’s hands, a pensive look on her face.

’If he can so easily deal with the Tier Two Zerg Race with the help of such powerful equipment, then perhaps the conditions I mentioned before really have a chance of being met.’

Most of the Zerg Race’s hatcheries were inside Second-Level Nests. Some particularly cautious Mother Empresses would even build their Tier Two hatcheries near the Nest at the very bottom.

If Lin Feng’s strength hadn’t grown much, Ling Yi didn’t think he would have any chance of penetrating a Second-Level Hive.

After all, just having a Third-Level Hive conquered was a completely acceptable loss to a Mother Empress. She wouldn’t send a large number of Tier Two Zerg Race to intercept them.

But near a Second-Level Hive, the wide tunnels were garrisoned by swarms of Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs!

With just Lin Feng and the other eight Tier Two Awakeners, it was impossible to defeat hundreds of Tiger Spine Zergs in such a confined space!

However, seeing that Lin Feng now possessed such immense firepower all by himself, Ling Yi felt it was worth the risk.

’I could even use this opportunity to plunder this Mother Empress’s biological resources and strengthen myself!’

Just then, the first Swarm attack, under the intense firepower from the fortified building, was coming to an end.

The human side had won a great victory!

Not only were there no casualties, but they had also completely annihilated three to four thousand Black Spine Zergs!

As the few remaining stragglers from the Swarm retreated under the Mother Empress’s command, the team members let out a cheer.

But Lin Feng showed no signs of joy.

With two hundred Awakeners armed with Shotguns, this victory was only to be expected.

Besides, the battle had just begun. The Zerg Race hadn’t retreated far, nor had they completely abandoned this small riverside county town. Instead, they were hiding nearby, waiting for an opportunity.

Lin Feng immediately summoned the members of his Tier Two Corps:

"Pass down the orders. Every ten squads will form a platoon, with a platoon leader and a deputy platoon leader appointed. A total of ten platoons."

"Then, send out half of the Warriors to clean up the battlefield and collect the Black Spine Zergs’ Giant Mandibles. The Awakeners will be responsible for patrol and security, while the Enhanced People will handle the cutting and transport."

Shen Jie nodded and led the team members to relay the orders.

A few minutes later, three hundred fifty Warriors filed out of the fortified hotel and began cutting up the Black Spine Zerg corpses a hundred meters away to collect the Giant Mandibles.

The other half of the members remained upstairs, cautiously observing their surroundings to prevent another Swarm attack.

Seeing that Lin Feng had not given the order to withdraw and was planning to stay, Ling Yi asked, a little confused:

"What’s the point of collecting these ordinary Giant Mandibles? Carrying them will seriously slow the team down. Or are you planning to leave some soldiers behind in the building to guard the spoils?"

"Sending them directly back isn’t realistic either. It would take too long."

Lin Feng shook his head, opened his backpack, and took out a few tube-like nutrient sticks.

These were a welcome gift Ling Shuyan had brought for Lin Feng when she came to discuss their cooperation. They were another new product from the Biological Research Institute—high-energy nutrient supplements.

They could provide an Awakener with ample nutrition.

Although not as good as the Organic Nutrient Liquid from Tier Two Zerg Eggs, it was extremely fast-acting for Awakeners.

Back at the Underground Zerg Nest on Wu City’s first line of defense, Qin Hu and the others had ingested this to replenish their bodies and swiftly recover their physical condition after a fierce battle.

However, the ones they took had an extra ingredient.

It could stimulate the form of Zerg Gene Assimilation to maintain a continuous combat state.

The side effects were just a bit severe, which was also one of the drawbacks of being a Genetic Warrior.

The ones in Lin Feng’s hands, however, were just simple, composite high-energy nutrient supplements.

They had a higher calorie count and more comprehensive nutrition than compressed, portable military rations. At the same time, the gel-like fluid could be absorbed faster by the stomach and intestines.

It was very suitable for Lin Feng’s current needs.

While sipping the salty and sweet liquid food, Lin Feng replied:

"Before, I only had a hundred or so men under me, so they were easy to feed. Now I have over five thousand, so no resource can be wasted. These few thousand pairs of Black Spine Zerg Giant Mandibles are enough to equip five hundred Enhanced Warriors."

As soon as he finished speaking, Giant Mandibles began to be delivered to the hotel’s first-floor lobby. Lin Feng had the two hundred and fifty Enhanced Warriors who were upstairs take off their Lv9 Red Armor and then proceeded to perform a Tier Jumping Upgrade on them.

Since there was a sufficient supply of Giant Mandibles this time, Lin Feng immediately upgraded each suit to Red Profound Armor, bringing it to Lv13 with 90 points of Defense Power. Even if they were unlucky enough to be attacked by Black Spine Zergs, they could barely hang on to their lives.

After about two hours and one rotation of the dispatched Warriors, they finally collected all the Giant Mandibles. As for the small number of Zerg corpses more than two kilometers away, he didn’t let them go any further because it was too dangerous.

A total of over three thousand four hundred pairs of Giant Mandibles.

Lin Feng upgraded the Red Armor of five hundred Warriors to Lv13 or higher Red Profound Armor. The team’s overall combat effectiveness had now risen to a new level.

And having witnessed everything that happened before her, Ling Yi’s eyes went wide with disbelief.

Only now did she finally understand why the great Zerg God, the Mother of Life, hadn’t erased her after she awakened her free will, but instead ordered her to secretly assist Lin Feng.

Because his Heaven-defying Superpower truly gave him a chance to help the Zerg Race escape their fate of being used as tools of war and enslaved.

This unlimited synthesis Superpower not only made Lin Feng completely invincible among those of the same tier, but also allowed his soldiers to easily defeat enemies that outnumbered them several times over.

At the same time, like the Zerg Race, he could adopt a model of sustaining war with war, becoming stronger and more courageous with each battle.

And what made them even stronger than the Zerg Race was that Lin Feng’s Warriors were all intelligent humans, with combat skills far superior to those of the Low-tier Zerg Race, which lacked the ability to make independent judgments.