Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded-Chapter 459 - 228: Gift and Sigh of the Master of the Holy Spring, Holy Spring Scripture_2
Zong Shiyue’s Path of Transcendence, although it took a long time, he claimed it had been nearly ten thousand years, but the transformation did not require sleep.
Moreover, there was no need to seize different Tier Three Source Material.
But the only flaw, and the greatest flaw, was that over the long period, there were too many uncertain risk factors, especially those gods on the path of the Shepherd’s Method...
Power already above Tier Three, although needing periodic hibernation to ease the evolutionary conflicts within the body, the divine power within was genuine.
During this time, this group of gods who quickly rose through mutual bickering and plundering started trying to destroy or suppress other evolver seeking the Path of Transcendence.
To this day, it has solidified to the point that even the Shepherd’s Method must be strangled in the cradle, as all top factions forbid the existence of Purity Evolution.
To prevent threatening their own ruling order.
Now aside from the top forces under the gods, others can only barely survive on the edges...
Theoretically, this path has been paved.
If development continues, sooner or later, a being that encompasses all paths of evolution will be born.
The sigh of the Master of the Holy Spring, whether it is the dead end of the Shepherd’s Method or if there is an internal problem in the Holy Spring Sect.
Now the Church, under the leadership of the Undying Saint, the Master’s agent, has completely stood its ground.
Becoming one of two top factions, holding its own against the Giant Enterprise Alliance to the north, the latter having a god, a Final Producer from the Old Western World.
As for other alliances, like the King’s Alliance, and the Eternal Night Empire further north, they cannot really compare with the Holy Spring Sect.
First-tier factions vary in levels.
The most basic are the Royal City Influences established by Tier Three Kings, mostly based on a Town-level Battleship or Mobile Castle.
Their strength is actually just a bit stronger than top second-tier factions, but with a Tier Three King present, their risk resistance is exponentially heightened, calmly weathering various crises.
Unless an accident befalls the Tier Three King, the Royal City will always exist.
And more advanced ones, like the Hunting Wilderness Guild, are joint forces recognized officially by the Holy Spring Sect, allowed to operate within the Church’s influence, assisting in developing new Settlements.
These forces are also called Large Factions.
Since they haven’t surfaced and lack a clear ruling foundation, their true strength is known only to a few top-level individuals.
Apart from these commercial-like organizations, the rest are large factions established by long-famous kings of Late Middle Stage of Tier Three.
They often have more than one Royal City, at least three Medium to Large Settlements, sometimes even establishing small countries through their efforts.
Occupying certain global routes, charging passage fees, or operating other industries under this pretense.
Somewhat like small countries occupying special terrain during the Old Earth Era.
These small nations exist in the gaps between top forces to reduce direct friction between major countries, sometimes facing threats from both sides, caught in the middle uncomfortably.
Even accidentally becoming fierce battlefields in conflicts, plunging the whole country into turmoil, creatures suffering.
Like the King’s Alliance in the south, occupying territory between 20 to 30 degrees north latitude, the former tropical region is led by myriad Royal Cities of various sizes.
Because it’s the direct point of Three Days in the Sky, it’s high temperature all year, even in the Safe Zone inland, it’s forty to fifty degrees.
Edges near the Scorching Sun rise to seventy to eighty degrees, making it uninhabitable even for Rock-Horned Horses, with fixed water sources lamentably scarce.
So the Holy Spring Sect won’t bother conquering, as the ruling cost in such barren land exceeds the profits, better to let it run wild and reap when needed.
And the top among first-tier factions are, naturally, the Holy Spring Sect and the Giant Enterprise Alliance.
With divine backing, they occupy the most fertile land and soil, providing for dozens of powerful Tier Three Kings...
The future can follow the great god to unlock the apocalypse of Three Days in the Sky, leading Earth’s beings into a perfect new world.
Such a beautiful future, if it weren’t for Lin Feng harboring the Upgrade System secret, he might consider joining, taking this shortcut.
The Master of the Holy Spring left this sigh, apparently not a Shepherd’s Method path issue.
Could it be internal conflict within the Holy Spring Sect.
The Primordial Sect, worshiping the Holy Spring Scripture, following the secular faction of the Undying Saint, along with other groups.
After the Holy Spring Master fell into deep sleep, internal fragmentation rapidly occurred within the Sect, forming a situation of faction proliferation.
The power struggle among Great Holy Cities was quite severe, as today’s Oasis Bishop Zhang Hui was the former Tier Three Bishop contender who failed.
Still, despite this, all factions are constantly unified in external wars and suppression.
As long as stability continues, someday in the future, once the Master of the Holy Spring awakens from slumber, everything will improve.
Unless...
The Master of the Holy Spring never wakes.
Like Zong Shiyue as a transcendent evolver, unable to make that final step.
That’s why the Master of the Holy Spring sighs helplessly.
Or perhaps...
Lin Feng thought of one last possible reason.
The sigh might be related to him.
After all, this pure Origin Energy had finally merged within Lin Feng, directly fulfilling his only flaw in Spirit Attribute.
Could the Master of the Holy Spring have discovered his own Purity Evolution, or seen the existence of the Upgrade System.
Either is a result Lin Feng cannot bear now.
But why did He sigh...
Could it be foreseeing his own transcendence success, sweeping away the flawed evolution path like the Shepherd’s Method into history’s dustbin.
Returning human survivors and descendants to the orthodox path of Purity Evolution.
And neither is something Lin Feng can intervene or resist now.
Thinking of this, Lin Feng tucked the Oasis Key into his chest again, carefully checking his own state, confirming there was no contamination from the Power of the Holy Spring...
Then he learned from a nearby cultivator outside the house about the location of the Church’s library area.
After receiving and hearing the sigh of the gift from the Master of the Holy Spring, Lin Feng knew he had formed a deeper connection with the Church.
He needed to understand this organization cloaked in divine authority, its philosophy and goals, its past and future.
Upon entering the library, Lin Feng was guided by a documentation cultivator to the records and chronicles section, where he began reading the contents documented within.
Soon, Lin Feng’s gaze was attracted to a book.
Embedded at the bottom of a neglected bookshelf, there was a fist-thick black book shoved into a corner.
When Lin Feng pulled it out, a thick layer of dust had accumulated on the top pages, as if neglected for hundreds of years.
And on its thick cardboard cover, the words Holy Spring Scripture were boldly printed, in rare gold lacquer.
It’s estimated to contain lots of gold powder, still shining brightly after centuries.
The bottom of the cover printed with small words of the seventh edition, clearly modified scriptures.
Presumably deviating somewhat from the original edition.
But it does not hinder Lin Feng from understanding that prehistoric era, the rise of the Master of the Holy Spring, and the rise of the Holy Spring Sect.
As the pages slowly turned over...
The headline appeared:
He said, let there be water 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
End of the Old Earth Era, survivors hid in underground shelters to avoid the engulfing cold of eternal winter.
After countless years, the earth was covered by three suns, shining from near and far, illuminating the planet in three directions, forming the apocalypse of Three Days in the Sky.
The frozen oceans instantly evaporated, and the scorching sun destroyed most shelters.
The underground shelter in Zhuma City experienced a water supply system failure, forcing millions of survivors to the surface, living furtively under the scorching sun like snakes, mice, and insects in the dark.
Until the Master’s appearance.
Finding the source of water from the city’s sewers.
Lin Feng was absorbed.
Suddenly a cup of water was handed over.
Looking up, it was Shen Yue:
"Why the interest in reading today?"
