Chapter 80: Chapter 67: Duncan and Lisa, Spirit World

“Doesn’t seem too smooth, does it? Is it because he doesn’t like us since there are no beauties in our team?”

Seeing Lisa walking over with a crestfallen look, a teammate leaned against the tram door and teased.

Ignoring his jest, Lisa walked into the car.

Old Duncan opened his eyes, waking from his rest:

“What’s wrong? Is he deeply entangled with the Holy Spring Sect?”

Lisa sighed softly and shook her head:

“Their squad has gotten involved with the Li Family from Nongzhuang Village and clashed with an old Evolver, so they must become Evolvers quickly to break the deadlock.”

“I estimate their contact with the Holy Spring Sect was also to seek backing and protection, but judging by his urgency, it probably didn’t work out.”

“The real purpose of Lin Feng Squad’s mission this time has never been to capture Rock-Horned Horses alive, but to become Evolvers quickly. Catching horses is merely to ease relations with Nongzhuang Village.”

“And now, by choosing Rock-Horned Horses as the path of evolution, it’s essentially a gesture of allegiance. As long as there is no irreconcilable conflict, the Li Family certainly won’t abandon such a highly potential Evolver.”

“By then, all crises can be resolved at ease.”

“So clearly, he has only one path to choose.”

Old Duncan nodded after listening and slowly spoke:

“Lin Feng’s decision is correct.”

“Going to the ruins to obtain pure Life Source Material is just an illusory goal, but a Tier One Rock-Horned Horse Corpse is a tangible solution.”

“Lord Bai always says that destiny cannot be defied. Since things have come to this, you should give up on this thought and prepare well for your Purity Evolution at the Taishan Ruins.”

“With the resources we’ve accumulated this time, plus four live Rock-Horned Horse foals, it’s enough to exchange for a portion of Life Source Material.”

Lisa said, somewhat startled:

“But this opportunity… is prepared for you, Captain!”

Old Duncan shook his head:

“I’ve overdrawn my Life Force from overusing my superpowers. Even if I complete Purity Evolution, future growth will be very limited…”

“Evolving through Rock-Horned Horses is good too.”

“But you’re different, you’re still young, just in your early twenties, with great potential for the future. Later, follow Lord Bai, see more of other countries on the wasteland, maybe you’ll meet past relatives and friends.”

After finishing, Old Duncan closed his eyes and continued to rest. Capturing live horses earlier took a significant toll on his condition.

Lisa looked at the “elderly” man in front of her, somewhat dazed.

In fact, Old Duncan wasn’t old at all, he was only thirty-six this year.

But he’d been crawling through the wastelands for sixteen years.

Ten years ago, during late Stage enhancement, Lord Bai saved him unintentionally, and he awakened the Giant Strength Superpower of the Physical Class. After that, he followed the Lord, hiding in Oasis Town.

Because he was a premature awaken of superpower, Duncan was young and ambitious back then, eager to achieve Purity Evolution and become a strong person who roams the wasteland like Lord Bai.

Only, this wait lasted ten years.

Facing repeated dangers and overusing his powers during the past decade, his Life Force was overdrawn, making him appear like a forty-six-year-old despite being thirty-six.

As for Lisa herself, she was a newly awakened wasteland survivor that Old Duncan saved three years ago in the United States across from Lu Province.

Over the years, Old Duncan treated her like a daughter, not only helping her enhance to Level 9 but also imparting substantial wasteland survival experience.

The sudden separation now made Lisa unable to accept or adapt for a moment.

She just wanted to stay by Old Duncan’s side, continue being that carefree girl, living, hunting, and getting stronger together with everyone.

Instead of leaving alone, entering such an utterly unfamiliar environment.

For a moment, Lisa suddenly understood why Lin Feng would refuse firmly.

Just like the tense Duncan Squad…

On the other side, in Lin Feng Squad’s camp, Ding Yi, along with Liu Qian, Ah Lian, and Ah Ming, the four women wore plastic gloves, carefully continuing to dissect a Rock-Horned Horse corpse, extracting Biological Photovoltaic Panels beneath its Transparent Armor.

Apart from Evolutionary Meat, this was the most valuable part of a Tier One Rock-Horned Horse.

The medical first aid box Ding Yi purchased contained a pack of masks and several pairs of white latex gloves, just right for use.

Actually, after stripping off the evolved meat of horse heart and loin, the evolutionary cells left within the Tier One Rock-Horned Horse’s corpse were minimal, significantly reducing the threat level to Enhanced People.

But a bit of caution never hurts.

Liu Mingfei stood on the side, keeping watch.

Sweating profusely under the sun, but everyone periodically lifted their heads, glancing at the tram nearby.

Lin Feng and Chen Shanshan were inside.

One undergoing unconscious evolution awakening.

The other fully armed, on alert.

Having witnessed Chen Shanshan surpass Tier Evolution, they all knew during the awakening process, uncontrolled superpower eruptions could easily occur, so it must be handled carefully.

And at the moment, Lin Feng, unconscious in the awareness, found himself in a strange space.

He saw the Level 9 Precision Handgun in hand, and the Level 9 Steel Combat Suit on his body.

Both were items he had branded before.

Appearing beside him now as Branded Equipment.

Lin Feng lifted his head, looking around the surrounding space.

My perspective was in the boundless darkness of outer space, and in front of me appeared a massive light blue planet, rotating from east to west.

Instinctively, I thought this was Earth.

But Lin Feng quickly realized that Earth rotates from west to east, and from his current position in the northern hemisphere, it should be rotating counterclockwise.

But the planet before him was the exact opposite.

Nearby, there was neither the original Sun nor today’s Three Days in the Sky.

This was a mysterious unknown planet.

Why would it appear in his consciousness world, could it be related to the upgrade system?

Lin Feng raised his hand and looked at the Level 9 Precision Handgun in it. It, along with the combat suit, was branded equipment, which is why it appeared here.

On the safety switch, there was a brand of his own design, a schematic of an atom and orbiting electrons.

Once this tier-jump upgrade awakening was complete, his imprint ability would be raised again like Chen Shanshan’s, forming a complete version of the superpower.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng controlled his consciousness body, flying rapidly towards the planet below.

After landing on the planet’s surface, he saw a vast stretch of land with a herd of Rock-Horned Horse Beasts.

Lin Feng’s eyes slightly narrowed, further confirming the environment before him was his spirit consciousness world.

The herd of Rock-Horned Horses was a scene he saw in reality during the Rift Valley migration, retrieved from his memory.

And in the midst of these horse herds, Lin Feng also saw a simple black door standing at the center.

Sensing something, he immediately realized that this door was his chance to leave this place.

The passage behind the door connected to the real world.

Lin Feng then flew forward, but before he reached the black door’s handle, he was knocked away by a Tier One Rock-Horned Horse.

The next moment, his consciousness body reassembled at the back of the migrating beast herd, still holding the same precision handgun.

Lin Feng’s expression was solemn.

It seems this is a trial, a challenge.

Only by killing the herd of Rock-Horned Horses and opening the black door could he pass the trial and allow his consciousness to return to the real world.

His only reliance now was the branded Level 9 Precision Handgun in his hand.

Lin Feng took a deep breath, raised his gun, and began firing a volley at the herd of Rock-Horned Horses.

The herd did not scatter but continued to guard the black door.

The Wolf Fang Bullet with 45 damage points, when shot at the Tier One Rock-Horned Horse Armor, only caused minor damage, with little effect.

Lin Feng changed tactics, using precision targeting to aim at the weak points of the Rock-Horned Horses, the head and eyes.

Initially, his accuracy was not high, as the targets were in motion, constantly moving, so he hit only one or two shots per ten rounds.

But the Level 9 Precision Handgun had ample ammunition, with as many as 1000 rounds, and it regenerated one round per second.

There was no worry about running out of bullets at all.

And through such training, Lin Feng continuously improved his shooting skills, initially with a hundred percent accuracy within 200 meters, enhancing to definitive kills within 800 meters.

He could even accurately hit a moving egg from 400 to 500 meters away.

This was fed by over tens of thousands of bullets and hundreds of Tier One Rock-Horned Horses.

But as Lin Feng’s accuracy increased, he gradually discovered a problem.

That was, like him…

The Rock-Horned Horses could also refresh and resurrect after death.

The total number always maintained around a hundred heads.

Unless his kill speed could surpass the resurrection speed of the Rock-Horned Horses, even if he shot accurately, he would get ambushed and overwhelmed under the galloping hooves.

Lin Feng then sped up his shooting speed, enhancing his reaction capability.

Then he flew into the horse herd, attempting to kill the Rock-Horned Horses charging at him while holding down the door handle.

But, unfortunately, no matter how he sped up his reactions, he could manage only in one direction, and even if he could kill two Rock-Horned Horses per second, he would be knocked away by a third coming from another direction.

Revived and refreshed again…

Lin Feng looked at his gun.

The Wolf Fang bullets of just the Precision Handgun couldn’t suppress the firepower of the entire herd of Rock-Horned Horses.

Unless he could upgrade the Precision Handgun to a higher-level weapon!

Thinking of this, a reminder appeared before Lin Feng’s eyes:

“Power of Branding fully awakened!”

“Consume the Level 1 Evolution Level to preemptively achieve tier-jump evolution for weapons of the same level?”

Lin Feng’s face instantly lit up with joy:

“Upgrade immediately!”

“Enhancement direction, bullet power!”

Soon, the revolver-style large-caliber pistol in his hand upgraded to a hand cannon with a caliber of over 20mm!

“Explosive Gun Level 10, Red Quality”

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