Chapter 63: Chapter 57: Final Preparations, Wilderness Journey Begins

“Light Bus lv10, Red Quality”

“Basic Attributes: Defense 60; Durability 7/10; Top Speed 2km; Consume one Life Value to restore one point of Durability”

“Extra Attributes: Gear Speed Regulation (1/2km/h)”

“Evaluation: The most basic wasteland electric vehicle, can only be used as a means of transportation to relieve the fatigue of long journeys. It still needs improvement to serve as a mobile refuge in the wasteland. Try to make more modifications and upgrades, and a future mobile fortress awaits you. It is recommended to first improve the quality power of the photovoltaic panels and upgrade the power system. Surplus electricity can then drive more appliances such as fans, air conditioners, and induction cookers.”

The attributes of the light bus aren’t particularly outstanding, and although it’s rated as a Level 10 item, most of the factors are due to its large size.

Just like a bicycle is also a Level 10 item.

Currently, items with excessive surface area and weight cannot be upgraded by the upgrade system. However, Lin Feng believes this is not related to the system but rather that the Life Energy within him is insufficient to support the consumption of upgrading and modifying large objects.

The consequence of forced upgrading is overstretching one’s Life Force, resulting in level drops, or even shortening of one’s lifespan.

Therefore, the current approach to upgrading the Level 10 light bus can only start with the components, such as the quality of an individual photovoltaic panel.

Using the humble approach of gradual accumulation, ultimately achieving a qualitative leap in one of the light bus’s attributes.

For example, upgrading twenty lv6 inferior photovoltaic panels by one level requires twenty Life Value points, necessitating at least twenty pounds of Level 9 Enhanced Wolf Meat jerky.

Upgrading to lv8 ordinary photovoltaic panels requires forty points, enough to consume all the Level 9 Wolf Meat stocked by the team.

Fortunately, during this bus order handover, Liu Mingfei and Lin Feng utilized their experience and knowledge to identify various hidden issues, obtaining a compensation deduction of two hundred and fifty points.

That is more than enough to purchase inexpensive Level 9 Rock-Horned Horse Enhanced Meat.

But there’s no rush for this matter, let’s take the task first.

Following Chen Shanshan into the second floor of the guild, they sought out orders on the bulletin boards filled with bounty orders, excluding capture missions.

For example, from Dawn Village, there’s a bounty order for Tier One Rock-Horned Horse’s photovoltaic back armor, as well as for batteries and brushless motors.

These three bounty orders also have no time or quantity limits, but engineers from Dawn Village are all relatively meticulous and not in a hurry, only providing a rough estimate of rewards. The specific quote depends on the quality of the materials.

And there’s no gimmick of promoting to Oasis Upper Class.

So they are neither conspicuous nor popular.

According to Lin Feng’s intention, Chen Shanshan accepted these three bounty orders from Dawn Village.

On the bulletin board at the Mechanical Village at the back, most of the bounty orders were related to vehicles, along with some repair tools. Lin Feng merely glanced over it and memorized the content to retrieve later if found along the way.

Holy Spring Village didn’t have any relevant bounties.

Primarily because there are few qualified to post them.

As for the final Oasis bounties on the wall, Lin Feng found no change from the previous day, filled with various entertainment items, so he decided to take up the task after obtaining them or having a clue.

Thus, they accepted a total of four tasks and left the second floor of the guild.

Returning to the first-floor hall, Lin Feng mentioned to Chen Shanshan that he needed a hundred points to buy Enhanced Meat.

Without hesitation, she handed him a total of one hundred fifty points.

Walking to the meat store, the butcher store manager had a strong impression of the handsome man before him, immediately recognizing him as the Mid-Stage Enhanced Human who recently bought an Advanced Enhancer from him.

And in just a few days, the man had grown into a Level 9 Enhanced Person, his promotion speed comparable to a rocket.

“So, are you going to exchange Level 9 Enhanced Meat for points again this time? I don’t sell Evolution Agents here.”

The butcher lifted the balance scale, ready to receive goods.

Lin Feng shook his head and waved his Points Card:

“I’m here to buy jerky, Level 9.”

The butcher was a bit stunned and then said:

“Going out for tasks? Level 9 Enhanced Meat sells for seven to eight points per kilogram. How much do you plan to buy?”

Lin Feng nodded, recalling that the purchase price for Level 9 Enhanced Meat was about five to six points. The butcher store manager was quite fair, not opening a lion’s mouth:

“One hundred and fifty points, how about twenty-two kilograms?”

Such basic consumables like Enhanced Meat are very precious to the deserters outside but are not scarce for the Four Major Villages, who can cultivate and breed them through Nongzhuang Village.

The profit is low, relying on volume to make money.

The butcher’s manager stuck his wide-backed cleaver into the nail board, hesitated for a moment, then nodded:

“Alright, because of the large quantity, I’ll give you a 3% discount.”

“But keep in mind, all I have here is Level 9 Rock-Horned Horse meat from Nongzhuang Village. Its Energy density isn’t as high as wild ones. If you rely on eating it for enhancing, you’ll need to eat two more pieces.”

“If you’re only supplementing nutrition and recovering state, it isn’t much different from wild horse meat.”

With that said, the butcher cut a small piece of Level 9 horse meat jerky and tossed it to the man in front of him.

Lin Feng took it, put it in his mouth, chewed a few times, confirmed that it was fine—one pound of meat could restore one Life Value—and nodded his agreement.

In the end, he spent one hundred fifty points to buy twenty-two kilograms of Level 9 Enhanced Horse Meat jerky, equivalent to restoring a total of forty-four Life Value.

This was entirely sufficient to upgrade twenty square meters of photovoltaic panels to Level 8.

As for Chen Shanshan, she purchased some necessary items for the car from Liu Mingfei, including lubricant, hook net bags for securing goods, and towing ropes, among others.

The most expensive were the seven small electric fans, each thirty centimeters wide, installed at the headboard and driver’s seat to alleviate the heat during long-distance travel.

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