Chapter 153: Chapter 115: Reflections on the Meaning of Purity Evolution

The group of seven people and one dog returned to their familiar war vehicle.

Liu Mingfei was responsible for driving the vehicle, controlling the direction.

Lin Feng sat in the passenger seat, looking back at the other five in the back row, as well as the Divine Dog lying under the seat.

Slowly, he raised the question that Father Su An asked him two hours ago:

“Before explaining everything, I want to ask…”

“What do you think evolution is, and what will its endpoint be?”

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After more than an hour, as Oasis Town faded into the distance, the entire assembly site also moved away from the attacking Scorching Sun Forbidden Area behind it, embarking on a journey again with tens of thousands of resting Deserters.

The significance of Holy Spring Day is manifold, although its ultimate goal is simply to help humans, investigate information about the Scorching Sun Forbidden Area, and seek the traces of the Yang Nie’s presence…

But the bi-weekly rest still gives the majority of the Deserters, exhausted from long-distance raids, a chance to catch their breath.

They receive a “free” water supply.

Completing the final piece of the Oasis’s mission puzzle.

Thus, in the first week after the oasis’s activation, most Deserters can still keep pace with Oasis Town, but in the second week, they will gradually fall behind.

Just like Chen Shanshan’s deserted village squad back then.

However, there’s no need to worry; the dead Deserters won’t become fuel for the Yang Nie’s creation.

First, thousands of Deserters won’t die en masse, and second, those weeded out have mostly lost their lives and dried up before the Scorching Sun Forbidden Area covers them.

Of course, in the barren Wilderness, even humans themselves are a resource.

The dead Deserters, including their bodies, will become nourishment for others to continue moving forward.

This is a despairing world.

Even becoming an Evolver only grants one the qualification to barely survive, avoiding the remaining dangers in the Safe Zone carefully.

For instance, tens of thousands of Desert Beast Groups, or the King’s Forbidden Area left by ancient battlefields…

Unfortunately, this time for the Taishan Ruins task, Lin Feng’s squad will encounter the two most dangerous entities.

Upon hearing the evolution theory for the first time…

Among the six people in the squad, only Ding Yi, with her evolved brain, could best comprehend it.

Next were Ah Ming and Liu Qian.

Chen Shanshan, with no grasp of it, was the one exception.

This person only had elementary knowledge, hadn’t finished even basic education, and her understanding of biology was still stuck at the Animal World level.

She couldn’t grasp the traditional evolution theory of “survival of the fittest” and much less the concept of individual evolution today.

In truth, besides her, the rest of the team, including Liu Mingfei and Ah Lian, who hadn’t studied for many years, also only half understood it.

But all three were very clear on one point: this mission to explore the ruins would be highly challenging and full of danger.

Lin Feng finally brought out the Tier One Holy Water that Father Su An had given him.

This is a Church Relic, undiluted Tier One Holy Water, its effect comparable to Tier One Life Source Material.

But its essence should be the ultimate cells released from the body of the great Master of the Holy Spring, worshipped by the Church, constantly proliferating and dividing.

Just because it’s of human origin, the high-grade cells cause smaller side effects upon invading and assimilating the human body, without external pollution or mutation, making the effect of enhancing the Evolution Level more evident.

However, this evolution path essentially involves consuming the fragments of the Master of the Holy Spring’s body, realizing evolution and strengthening through His power.

As Lin Feng introduced the properties and effects of Holy Water to his current team members, he recalled Lisa’s words.

The significance of Purity Evolution is to follow an independent evolution path by not relying on any other higher lifeforms’ Source Material.

Because there are no constraints or limitations, Purity Evolution’s potential and upper limit are the highest.

So Lin Feng quickly speculated that joining the Church and following the Holy Spring evolution path would limit evolution to Tier Three in the future, like needing approval from those above, such as the Master of the Holy Spring’s deputies, Human World Apostles, or the Undying Saint.

The stronger one becomes, the closer to the path’s endpoint, the more one becomes a puppet in the hands of the path’s holder.

As for the Rock-Horned Horse path relied on by the Li Family, that is far inferior, as the bloodline evolution upper limit for this Mutated Desolate Beast, the Rock-Horned Horse, is only Tier Two, Clan Leader Level.

Therefore, the Li Family, no matter how they expand and strengthen their power, will never birth a Tier Three King to become a ruling Royal Family of the region.

Lin Feng naturally does not want to be shackled. For him, evolution means not just becoming stronger but pursuing freedom.

Using others’ power for evolution and strengthening seems convenient and quick initially…

But there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

This saying holds absolutely true even in today’s wasteland.

So, seeing his potential, Lisa strongly recommended the path of Purity Evolution.

However, with the Upgrade System in place, Lin Feng naturally does not have to worry about the alienating impurities in the Evolutionary Source Material.

“Tier One Holy Spring Water Level 19, Red Quality”

“Holy Water from the blessing of the Master of the Holy Spring, containing the Disintegration Cells of the Lord, can exterminate gene pollution sources, has a Demon Special Attack effect, and can be applied to weapons by sprinkling.”

“Note: Consuming five Life Value points can remove the Holy Spring Cells in the Holy Water, but it will also lose its gene-cleansing effects.”

As expected, a concentrated version of Holy Water, as Father Su An said, the Level 19 quality is enough to exterminate any Tier One Mutant, even severely damaging Tier Two.

The fundamental reason is the strength of the Master of the Holy Spring, an existence beyond a Tier Three King, revered as a god by later human generations.

Cleaning the gene pollution left by a Tier Three King naturally poses no problem.

After Lin Feng explained the purpose of Holy Spring Water, Ding Yi, who had processed everything, was the first to speak:

“So, aside from Chen Shanshan, all of us are on the Rock-Horned Horse evolution path?”

Lin Feng frowned slightly, contemplating whether to reveal the truth to everyone.

But he instinctively felt that the Purity Evolution requiring Clean Life Source Material must be of extremely high value…

Moreover, the purpose of the Lisa Squad’s dealings with the Salvation Army was likely to acquire Clean Life Source Material for achieving Purity Evolution.

Connecting this to Father Su An’s church, which despises the Wasteland Wanderers…

Lin Feng knew that in Oasis Town under the Church’s rule, Purity Evolution was an absolute taboo.

After all, to a Church that worships the Master of the Holy Spring, a group of maniacs wishing to blaze their own evolution path, whether evolving to a Tier Three King or dreaming of becoming divine…

Is considered unacceptable blasphemy!

Thinking of this, Lin Feng silently nodded, not disclosing the upgrade filter’s 100% impurity gene removal effect.

Yet, Ding Yi, who was staring at Lin Feng, still detected something unusual in the man’s expression but did not voice it.

She continued smoothly, saying:

“The Rock-Horned Horse’s upper limit is only Tier Two, but that’s definitely enough for us. In this lifetime, we don’t aspire to become powerful Tier Two Evolvers, living for a thousand years…”

“But Chen Shanshan might, in her lifetime, evolve into the legendary Tier Three King?”

Chen Shanshan smiled, then looked at Lin Feng.

She was worried that Lin Feng would feel frustrated and disheartened about the Rock-Horned Horse matter.

But in reality, Lin Feng had already prepared for himself,

a unique path of Purity Evolution.

The reason for Lin Feng’s silence lay in his pondering of how he could secure his own path to Purity Evolution.

And with the additional help of the upgrade system, Lin Feng naturally wasn’t concerned about extracting clean Evolutionary Source Material from the evolution impurities.

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