Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded-Chapter 305 - 167: Oasis Informants, Maneuvers on All Sides, Patriarch Li
Because of this move, it can send a signal to Oasis Town, especially to the Li Family:
The newly-advanced Tier Two Evolver, who is also a Gunpowder Ability User with strength comparable to a Rock Horse Warrior, will stand with the Church, assisting the Holy Spring Sect in suppressing the great family’s rebellion.
In this way, the entire Li Family, including his associates, will become more hesitant and indecisive.
Most importantly, the irreconcilable conflict between the Li Family and the Holy Spring Sect in Oasis, due to years of accumulated limitations in their own development, means that unless the Li Family gives up further opportunities and becomes enslaved...
There is no turning back for the Li Family now.
However, Dawn Village and Mechanical Village, which stand with him, and the wavering Governor Han Tao have not completely offended the Church and still have room to maneuver.
So the Church, before preparing to go all out and fight recklessly, will surely focus on intimidation.
If the rebellion crisis can be dismantled without bloodshed, minimizing casualties and damage, that would be ideal.
Moreover, the Oasis is accelerating its pace, from originally traveling about eighteen point five kilometers per day to over twenty kilometers.
All these measures are continuously applying pressure on the rebels, forcing them to abandon their actions.
Currently, if the Li Family leaves with their clansmen and part of the Nongzhuang Village’s industry, becoming a second-tier force with a scale of a thousand people in the Wasteland, the Church might even give them a free pass.
But to give up like this, the Li Family definitely wouldn’t be content.
The prosperity of Oasis Town today was built by several major local families, who developed under the Church’s suppression, having to meet the demands of the Moonlit Ceremony every two weeks, sacrificing many of their clansmen. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Especially the younger generation, many talented descendants who awakened rare Spiritual-Class superpowers, have all been absorbed into the Upper District of Oasis, becoming observers of the Restricted Area.
So, having made such a significant contribution, leaving in disgrace, the local major families surely wouldn’t be content with not trying to seize control of Oasis.
Then, they would pilot the Oasis Battleship and leave.
This mobile base filled with water resources could survive for half a year even if it ventured into the Wasteland Desert, and with full utilization, even longer.
And as long as they take it away, they could easily establish a large settlement, gaining favor and recruitment from all sides.
Currently, the Church wants to coerce everyone into giving up rebellion, but the Li Family also has reasons they cannot avoid rebelling.
There will inevitably be a battle between the two sides.
Even if the Li Family chooses to surrender from the beginning, because of their growing strength and accumulated foundation, they would become a target for the Church.
Even with continued suppression, future prospects cut off, it would still be hard to put Lord Bishop at ease.
The best solution would be to erase the entire Li Family, replacing them with someone with no background but capable of managing the scene to take over Nongzhuang Village.
So, the Church’s initial choice was the recently rising Lin Feng.
And at this moment, Lin Feng’s appearance was seen by many spies, becoming the Church’s heavy blow against potential enemies.
In the church basement, after finding two pieces of frozen meat, Lin Feng followed Father Su An, swaggering out of the topmost layer of Oasis.
The entire process was unimpeded, with no incidents.
Everyone knew that the Church’s investment in Lin Feng was lavish, clearly prepared for the upcoming battle.
As Lin Feng left Oasis, the news also reached the Oasis Stern Area, inside a certain luxurious bedroom.
This is the residence of the Governor, and also where the Patriarch Li of the Li Family resides.
The now over five-hundred-year-old Li Hao still maintains an imposing middle-aged appearance, with slicked-back hair parted three-to-seven, and temples flecked with white.
Although Tier Two Evolvers are nominally said to have a millennium lifespan, this is the idealized number.
In reality, after years passing and trials, especially many life-and-death crises where life was overdrawn, and the aftereffects of injuries post-battle, the lifespan of Wasteland’s Tier Two Evolvers is mostly only 70%-80% of the ideal.
Especially after the age of six hundred, their condition starts to steadily decline.
Just like the aging process of birth, old age, sickness, and death, the brain’s consciousness and energy gradually cannot keep up with the Tier Two body, causing internal cells to deteriorate.
So, the time left for Li Hao is limited.
Over these centuries, he could only raise his strength from Mid-Tier Two Level 24 to Level 26, and in the past century, he hasn’t advanced at all.
The stagnation in Evolution Level advancement also accelerates the onset of aging, and after six hundred, even with opportunities, the effectiveness of absorbing Source Material is greatly reduced.
He is unwilling for his life to stall here!
However, the resources available to the Li Family and Nongzhuang Village can only reach an upper limit which merely maintains Li Hao’s state from deteriorating.
To go further, they must overthrow the Church above, to control the entire Oasis Town, using vast resources to break through the late-stage barrier...
Become a Tier Two Late Stage Evolver and make a charge towards Tier Three King!
And the reason and motivation for Li Hao daring to take action against the Church and seek control over the Oasis Battleship comes from a piece of news from the Holy City Life Farm.
Li Hao, as a standout on the Rock-Horned Horse Path and a pioneer of this Alien Evolution Path, also received assistance and investment from the Life Farm in his early years.
The establishment of Nongzhuang Village was supported by technical help from the Life Farm.
The relationship between the two sides is very close; Li Hao had provided the Life Farm with his Evolutionary Cells, thereby participating in an important project.
