Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded-Chapter 477 - 237: Li Mingquan’s Betrayal, An Unexpected Outcome
Upon hearing Li Mingquan’s hushed words, Lin Feng was stunned for a few seconds, then burst into laughter:
"Li, you’re joking. Right now, the Li Family has the upper hand. By winning more than one match in the Late Tier One arena fight, all it takes is a two-out-of-three victory in the Tier Two battles to secure the win."
"The future owner of Oasis Town is likely to be named Li!"
Li Mingquan chuckled twice, but his pale complexion showed no signs of improvement. He lowered his voice and continued:
"Even if there’s such an opportunity, I’m afraid I won’t be able to witness it personally..."
"Leader Lin, you might not be aware, but our family’s ability to win a match in the recent battle relied on the participants fighting desperately, igniting their lives to unleash the full potential of the Rock Horse Armor."
"I didn’t know there would be such strong side effects. Yet, just as the first battle ended, my nephew Li Dehai, the most talented of the Li Family’s fifth generation, who is not even eighty, ascended to become a Level 19 Evolver and captured the next Tier Two position..."
"His talent is no lesser than mine, yet he ended up in such a state!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Feng roughly understood why Li Mingquan had spoken those words earlier.
It turns out this guy was worried that he too would be sacrificed by Li Hao, becoming an evolutionary sacrifice for the Biological Demon Armor.
But upon closer thought, it’s indeed possible. After all, Li Hao, once a presence on the Celestial List, was ambitious in his youth. Having receded into the shadows for centuries, he now wishes to fight fate before turning five hundred, so naturally he doesn’t prioritize the family much.
People like this, who are selfish and self-centered, always put personal gain first, and Li Mingquan is nothing more than a decently talented member of his grandson’s generation.
Though he was nurtured as an heir, if Li Hao can advance further, even if it requires sacrificing the heir, it’s not too big of an issue.
It has now been confirmed that Life Farm holds the technology for the Rock-Horned Horse evolutionary pathway, enabling advancement to Late Tier Two.
Lin Feng speculated that they might even have already mastered the Tier Three advancement for the Rock-Horned Horse.
As for the technological path, he hadn’t thought of it before, but after the emergence of the Biological Demon Armor, Lin Feng immediately had a groundbreaking idea.
The autonomous evolution and conscious awakening within the Demon Armor might not be incapable of evolving into Tier Three evolutionary cells for the Rock-Horned Horse as a semi-living entity.
By engraving battle experiences into the genetic sequence, one could grow stronger with each battle, akin to the normal path of Tier Three advancement.
The existence of Tier Three evolution achieves true immortality by resolving issues in the Second Stage, wherein the individual experiences premature aging due to prolonged life, such as memory gradually blurring and spirit decaying.
Therefore, Tier Two Evolvers mostly have a lifespan of around a thousand years.
If it lasts longer, consciousness will gradually blur, and brain cells will reach their operational limits. Even if they continue to divide into new tissues, they cannot inherit previous memories.
Ultimately, they become a soulless zombie without self-awareness, muddleheaded and wandering.
In the Tier Three evolution stage, self-awareness, including spirit and memory, can be recorded in the gene.
Doing so ensures resurrection through the proliferation of the minutest body cells, as long as complete destruction is avoided.
This achieves the effect of immortality.
Meanwhile, the high energy density of Tier Three cells can form genetic radiation, gradually influencing or even distorting the gene sequences of surrounding life forms.
If Life Farm controls the Tier Three Rock-Horned Horse gene, the organization can eventually command the entire wasteland, boasting up to a million Rock Horse Warriors.
And for Li Hao to seize a share of this, to compensate for the regrets accumulated over the years, to realize that dream which once seemed impossible...
Then everything becomes reasonable.
What are mere subordinate families? If Li Hao can become a rare Late Tier Two Rock Horse Warrior or even a Tier Three Horse King...
By then, he could easily re-establish families like these second-tier ones with a finger snap.
Moreover, stronger than the current Li Family, able to provide more evolutionary resources.
Hence, to win the arena fight and gain the upper hand, Li Hao must ensure the two-out-of-three Tier Two battle victory in the following three days.
Attending himself is inevitable, but if he has to fight for three consecutive days, it will certainly impact the subsequent Oasis Key handover unnecessarily.
To increase the chances of winning, probing and gathering intelligence are necessary.
That is to use every means to compel the Oasis Church to reveal their trump cards first.
The leaders of the other two villages, Dawn Village and Mechanical Village, would never succumb to Li Hao’s pressure; they would only add fuel to the fire when advantageous.
Rather than a generous act like offering consequential help against the Tier Two Desolate Wolf Warrior dispatched by the Church, risking their lives to gather opponent’s combat intelligence.
So, the best candidate in Li Hao’s hand is undoubtedly the family’s only Tier Two member.
At this moment, Lin Feng’s face confronted Li Mingquan, whose face was dull and heart full of despair.
This guy once basked in glory in Oasis Town, backed by the Li Family and Patriarch Li Hao...
Now, when it’s time for him to contribute, he only thinks about preserving his life.
Indeed, they are superficial and unreliable.
However, as a potential adversary, Lin Feng hopes for more people like him.
Inside, Lin Feng was filled with scorn and disdain, but outwardly he remained calm and reassuredly said:
"Li, you’re overthinking it. Are you referring to the participant who disappeared during the Battle Armor match in the first arena fight?"
