Leaving the guild with weapons and equipment, I rode the tricycle back to Holy Spring Village.

Upon arriving at the temporary camp in the village, Lin Feng immediately used the greatest gain from this trip, the Level 16 Evolution Agent.

After consuming a kilogram of Level 15 Evolutionary Meat and fully recovering, he laid down on the cushion to begin evolving.

A Level 1 evolution within a minor stage does not take long, and since the improvement is limited, the feeling it brings is not very noticeable.

Lin Feng only felt a warm current flowing through his body.

Then, in less than half an hour, the evolution was completed:

"Lin Feng, Level 16/19"

"Life Value: 120, Physique: 120, Spirit: 119; Level 16 attribute upper limit 120"

"Superpower Awakening: Power of Branding (slightly increases the upgrade speed of branded equipment)"

"Item upgrade limit increased to Level 16!"

"Five points of life can be consumed for a tier jump upgrade of a Level 15 Machine Cannon Gun"

Seeing the reminder, Lin Feng immediately took the expensive 12.7mm tungsten core Armor-Piercing Bullet, valued at five points per shot.

"Integrate special large-caliber bullets, consume five points of life for an upgrade?"

After integrating six rounds in one go, he began a further upgrade of the machine cannon gun.

At the same time, Lin Feng also started a large-scale upgrade of remaining weapons and equipment.

From upgrading his secondary weapon AK rifle to a Red Quality Tier Two Weapon after branding, to adding titanium alloy plates to the standard battle armor to enhance defense.

And the durability repair of Level 20 Power Armor, as well as the Demon-Extinguishing Holy Flame...

No, the Demon-Extinguishing Holy Flame still cannot be touched, I need to first inquire Father Su An about information on polluted demons.

Lin Feng withdrew his hand from the Demon-Extinguishing Holy Flame and continued upgrading the seven sets of battle armor.

Upgrading a Level 10 Battle Armor to Level 14 requires consuming twenty points of life.

And a kilogram of Level 15 Evolutionary Meat can restore ten points of life.

Originally when it was fresh meat, it could only restore five points, but after sun drying and dehydration, it naturally doubled.

In fact, Lin Feng can also recover by eating Level 10 and Level 11 Evolutionary Meat, but the speed is too slow, taking over an hour to take effect after eating.

Moreover, their recovery amount is also very limited.

Calculated at a price of two hundred points per kilogram of Level 15 Evolutionary Meat, upgrading a combat suit would cost at least four hundred points.

While an ordinary mid-level battle armor starts at over six hundred points, the slightly better, brand-new ones cost eight to nine hundred.

Converting, it only earns about a hundred points, but the items upgraded by Lin Feng have better performance attributes, and the durability can be directly restored to full.

So Lin Feng would rather choose to upgrade himself.

After consuming fourteen kilograms of Level 15 Evolutionary Meat here, Lin Feng again performed a branding and then upgraded one of his own sets.

The main reason for not continuing to upgrade the battle armor of the team members is that their Evolution Level cannot withstand higher-level battle armor.

Without a power system, high-level heavy battle armor would become a burden for them instead.

After integrating more titanium alloy plates into the battle armor, Lin Feng immediately upgraded to Level 16 Titanium Armor:

"Titanium Armor Level 16, Red Quality, Branding"

"Basic Attributes: Defense 120, Durability 10/10; already upgraded to host level limit"

"Extra Attributes: Titanium Alloy Armor (Defense +20), Weapon Holster (can automatically store weapons of different sizes), Human Engineering Adaptation (matches the body size of the wearer, reduces consumption of state)"

"Note: This armor is only suitable for Level 14 and above Evolvers to wear, reduces Constitution Attribute Value by two points per hour when worn"

"Evaluation: Titanium Alloy Armor offers strong defense and damage reduction effects when worn, can withstand attacks from late-stage tier one life forms, but reduces flexibility and agility in battle and accelerates body energy consumption, please note the usage time limit"

The upgraded battle armor is not bad, but due to the limited enhancement directions given after branding, mainly because of the fewer materials suitable for integration, Lin Feng only chose a weapon holster and body engineering dimensions.

The effect is that after wearing, the weapon can be freely hung on the back or inserted at the waist, and compared to the Titanium Armors of other team members, his has less consumption on the Constitution status.

Reduced from the original five points per hour to two points.

This way, the next mission, after being well-fed and drinking enough, wearing the armor can endure more than five hours of action, fully meeting the combat operation requirements.

Having completed everything, Lin Feng then upgraded the war vehicle, primarily the Level 13 transport vehicle, which was upgraded to Level 16 after adding photovoltaic panels.

First improving the performance, the load should at least double, becoming fifteen tons.

By adding mid-stage Rock-Horned Horse Photovoltaic Rock Plates, each square meter of generation capacity can drive five hundred kilograms of load, forty photovoltaic panels are at least twenty tons, deducting four tons of upgraded self-weight of the vehicle, the transport load is sixteen tons.

Enough for the team to load loot or carry a whole vehicle of supplies, traveling in the wilderness for several months.

After completing all this, the time quickly approached ten in the morning.

By this time, Lin Feng had already consumed twenty kilograms of evolutionary meat, and the Holy Spring Gospel at the tail of the Oasis Battleship was nearing the end of free water distribution.

When all the water is distributed, at twelve noon, the Oasis Battleship will start on time and continue to move forward.

At this time, a cultivator came over to inform Lin Feng that Father Su An wanted him to go to the office.

Lin Feng nodded, picked up the Demon-Extinguishing Holy Flame on the table, inserted it at the waist inside the cloak robe, and followed the cultivator to reach the village chief's office.

As he walked into the familiar room, Lin Feng felt a chill that was different from air conditioning.

Father Su An had a strong two-meter long loin of evolutionary meat in his hand, frozen into a solid block.

The chill emanated precisely from it.

"This is a loin of an eighteen-level male Rock-Horned Horse, containing abundant Source of Evolution inside."

"After the death of a leader-level Rock-Horned Horse from Nongzhuang Village, it was offered to the Church by the Li Family."

Father Su An handed over the horse meat.

Lin Feng took a deep breath and received the heavy piece of evolutionary meat from his hand.

As it was too icy, he placed it on the ground beside him.

"The evolutionary meat, after extracting all Source Material, the leftover meat paste will suffice for the consumption of your mission."

Father Su An spoke slowly, and continued:

"That's also why I proposed to Lord Bishop to use it as the payment for this transaction."

Lin Feng nodded solemnly, realizing that the main point of the conversation was about the mission content within the Taishan Ruins.

Father Su An clasped his hands together, speaking in a low tone:

"Regarding evolution matters, how much do you already know..."

Lin Feng raised an eyebrow, then briefly recounted the rules and frames Lisa had informed him of.

Father Su An nodded and continued:

"Indeed. Among all evolution paths, the ones pioneered by high-tier evolvers are the most suitable for humans, rather than mutated desolate beasts..."

Speaking, Father Su An shifted the topic:

"But to individuals, where lies the features and distinctions between Tier One Evolvers and Tier Two Evolutions? What do you think is the evolution endpoint for humans or life forms?"

Lin Feng frowned slightly, recalling the numerous contents human experts and researchers advocated during the Old Earth era:

"Tier One Evolvers are beings that break human limits, with strength growing from one ton to ten tons, speed from twenty meters per second to a maximum of a hundred meters per second..."

"While immensely powerful, at least they remain within human's cognitive range. Their genes are constantly optimized and modified through level by level evolution, akin to gene-modified beings or enhancers in movies..."

"Tier Two Evolvers, however, were reported to have body structures and genetic sequences entirely different from ordinary humans, even experiencing reproductive isolation."

"Their strength ranges from tens to hundreds of tons, and the ultimate speed approaches the speed of sound!"

"Powerful late-stage Tier Two Evolvers could smash mountains with a punch, flatten buildings with a kick, resembling movie Little Supermen except for their inability to fly..."

"It can be said Tier Two Evolvers, besides still having human appearances, are essentially another life form, even some depart from the realm of human society."

Lin Feng narrated the research news of those years.

Father Su An nodded patiently listening.

After speaking about Tier Two, Lin Feng took a deep breath:

"As for above Tier Two, and subsequent human evolution directions..."

"Experts, through studies on the proliferation and replication of evolutionary cells, the iteration and metamorphosis of genes, believe Third Stage Evolvers gradually detach from carbon-based life, or even our cognitive realm of life..."

"Toward the end of Old Earth era, human society, through battles with mutated creatures, successfully gave birth to several Third Stage Evolvers."

"With such strength, their every move resulted in landslides and earth fissures, akin to humanoid nuclear bombs. Unfortunately, upon advancing, they formed their factions, claiming kingship..."

"Ceasing acceptance of any institutional aid and research."

"Therefore, mankind knows very little about Third Stage Evolvers."

"And the experts termed the ultimate life evolution..."

"As the 'Ultimate Life'!"

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