Chapter 95: Chapter 78: Lin Feng at Mid-stage Tier 1, Explosive Gun Power

The significance of taming the Rock-Horned Horse far exceeds imagination.

But once the initial excitement passed, everyone quickly realized that such an unconventional method requires equally stringent conditions.

First is the preparation of venom, which must address a continuous and stable supply of insect poison, followed by extensive experimentation on dosage and paralysis level for Rock-Horned Horses of different Evolution Levels.

Moreover, to establish a large settlement like the Four Major Villages, with a scale of thousands of people, requires long-term accumulation and is not simply a matter of a single technology.

Taming the Rock-Horned Horse is just a fundamental lifeline for village building; many other conditions need to be met as well.

But even so, if we can indeed poison a Tier One Male Rock-Horned Horse, the value of this vial of venom in Lin Feng’s hand alone is equivalent to thousands of points.

Moreover, selling it to a needy Nongzhuang Village could see the price skyrocket several times.

Now gradually calming down, Lin Feng decided to first verify the effect of the venom to see if it can truly poison a Tier One Rock-Horned Horse.

This task can naturally be added to the next hunting expedition.

As for now, it’s better to continue absorbing the rewards from hunting the entire herd, doubling the team’s strength.

Without disrupting everyone’s visions for the future, Lin Feng glanced at the time: it’s the third day, morning at nine o’clock, and he began to speak slowly:

“For now, let’s do this. Everyone has been tired for a day; let’s first recover, eat some Enhanced Meat, and at one o’clock in the afternoon, after five hours, we will collectively start the Tier Jump Evolution.”

Liu Qian and Ah Lian nodded.

The former saw Lin Feng put away the venom, take out another stronger Evolution Agent, and realized he intended to evolve from Early Stage to Mid-stage…

Immediately proposed:

“Since we have time, let’s go help Ding Yi collect venomous insects from the city ruins together!”

Ah Lian and Ah Ming exchanged glances, nodded, and stood up.

After the three left, only Lin Feng, Chen Shanshan, and Liu Mingfei remained in the tramcar.

At this moment, Liu Mingfei, after consuming sixty kilograms of Level 13 Horse Meat, successfully evolved to Level 12 and is currently aiming for Level 13.

Chen Shanshan, on the other hand, with a smaller physique, ate less but also required less for evolution, becoming a Level 12 Evolver after consuming only forty kilograms of Horse Meat.

However, a smaller physique means less energy storage and lower sustained combat capability compared to male evolvers like Lin Feng and Liu Mingfei.

Lin Feng had the two of them stay by his side.

Just like during a Tier Jump Evolution, he tied himself to a bed laid flat on the seat.

Only now, the ropes and woven ropes might not withstand Lin Feng’s extreme outburst.

With over three tons of explosive force at Level 13, losing control could mean nearly four tons of power, capable of shattering the tram’s iron shell with a single punch.

The consequences are unimaginable.

So Chen Shanshan and Liu Mingfei need to work together to suppress Lin Feng, who might lose consciousness and enter a frenzy.

After binding his feet, Lin Feng looked at the nervous Chen Shanshan squatting beside him and offered comfort:

“There’s only a slight possibility; don’t worry too much. It’s just a small stage improvement, not as intense as a Level 9 Enhanced Tier Jump Evolution. It should be done in about an hour.”

After speaking, Lin Feng drank the Level 14 Evolution Agent he held in one go.

The Evolution Liquid rich in Life Source Material instantly released within him, unlocking the shackles of Evolutionary Cells.

Chen Shanshan and Liu Mingfei immediately stepped forward and tied Lin Feng’s hands under the bed frame.

Then they watched the man before them with solemn expressions.

Though Lin Feng closed his eyes, his consciousness remained.

While this Life Source Material was equally fierce, developing and reshaping the Level 13 Evolutionary Cells within his body, discarding many useless gene sequences, enhancing the parts more suited to the evolutionary form, allowing these cells to better adapt to the optimization effect of the Source Material.

Ultimately evolving into Level 14 Evolutionary Cells, capable of possessing over four tons of power.

Though the painful transformation process was somewhat familiar, it was not as painful as a Level 9 Enhanced Tier Jump Evolution, where Lin Feng fainted directly.

Perhaps it’s related to his body size and strength Level.

On the foundation of Level 13 Evolution, the minor degree of metamorphosis from Early Stage to Mid-stage had a low level and depth of transformation.

It’s equivalent to a process from three to four, a 25% improvement, whereas the previous Tier Jump Evolution was a leap from zero to one.

Thus, Lin Feng, who didn’t faint, naturally didn’t enter the Spirit World for an awakening trial again.

His internal superpowers didn’t undergo significant changes either.

After a prolonged and intense transformation, the Level 14 Life Source Material successfully evolved the Level 13 cells within Lin Feng into Level 14, while most of his other muscle cells also rose to Level 13.

Now Lin Feng has laid a solid foundation with three tons of base power and can continue to pursue stronger Evolutionary Power.

An hour passed…

With the absorption of Life Source Material completed, Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes, sweating all over.

Next to him, Chen Shanshan held two small fans, blowing air on Lin Feng from the sides to lower his temperature.

During the evolutionary transformation, his entire bloodstream circulation increased by several times, and so did his metabolism, making his whole body seem like it was boiling, causing a rapid rise in body temperature.

The only way to lower the temperature was through profuse sweating.

When the Level 14 Evolution finished, the internal turmoil subsided as the Life Source Material merged into the cells.

However, subsequent evolutionary transformations continued, albeit not as swift and intense as right after drinking, through the subtle and continuous absorption of energy for gradual improvement.

This is also why the higher the level of the Evolver, the greater the need for food intake.

For Lin Feng now, ordinary low-level horse meat has no nutritional value at all.

Level 9 Enhanced Meat can barely fill the stomach, and the meat of the corresponding level inside an Early Tier One Desolate Beast makes one feel somewhat full after consumption.

To truly recover status and enhance physique, only by consuming meat of the same or higher level can one maintain the current Mid-Tier One power level.

Otherwise, without eating meat of the same or higher level for a long time, one may become extremely weak and unable to exert the true strength of Level 14.

At this moment, Lin Feng drank a large bottle of water, took the towel handed by Chen Shanshan, and while wiping the sweat off his body, checked the personal attribute data with the corner of his eye:

“Lin Feng, LV14/19”

“Life Value: 100, Physique: 100, Spirit: 99; LV14 attribute upper limit 100”

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

“Item upgrade upper limit increased to LV14!”

“You can consume 5 Life Value points to perform a tier jump upgrade on the LV13 Explosive Gun”

As expected, the change is not very big, just a certain improvement in the speed of branded equipment strengthening upgrades.

Lin Feng then drew the heavy Explosive Gun from his waist.

In the cumulative evolution over the past dozen hours, Lin Feng did not forget to upgrade it either.

However, the branding enhancement upgrade process is relatively slow, taking three to four hours to complete.

Such a long enhancement process, however, seems very worthwhile to Lin Feng.

At present, the Level 13 Explosive Gun, after continuously strengthening the power of the Blast Bullet three times, saw a significant increase in damage:

“Explosive Gun LV13, Red Quality, Branded”

“Basic Attributes: Damage 99, Effective Range 1500 meters, Damage Coverage 8 meters, Remaining Explosive Shells 150; Can consume five Life Value points for an upgrade”

“Extra Attributes: Bullet Recovery 1/1h; Space Magazine 150 rounds; Area Damage (coverage radius 8 meters, center 1 meter damage 99)”

“Note: Can freely switch back to LV9 Precision Handgun”

“Evaluation: This is a powerful hand cannon, with power comparable to a 35mm caliber grenade sniper, firing explosive shells loaded with powerful explosives, capable of easily shattering a 20cm concrete wall; such great power also brings terrifying recoil, even a Tier One Early Stage Evolver can barely manage it; the 8-meter radius fragmentation damage is suitable for mid-to-long-range firepower strikes, in close combat please be sure to avoid affecting oneself.”

After reading the introduction, Lin Feng believed that now the Level 13 Explosive Gun could definitely one-shot kill a Desolate Beast of the same level, even a Rock-Horned Horse with maxed-out armor defense could have its rock armor shell blasted apart by a single shot.

The caliber of the gun barrel expanded from the original 20mm to over 30mm, easily allowing two fingers to fit inside.

The rear drum expanded by 50%, bigger than Lin Feng’s two fists, with the whole body of the gun evolving in volume and weight towards an absurd direction.

With a gun body over half a meter long and weighing forty pounds, holding it felt like a lump of heavy iron.

A Level 9 Enhanced Person would need to hold the gun with both hands, estimating that the recoil from launching powerful explosive shells could directly break the arm bones of the Enhanced Person, dislocating the scapula.

Fortunately, Lin Feng has evolved to Mid-Tier One, possessing a basic strength of three tons, able to handle it easily.

And the next upgrade requires Lin Feng to carefully consider the specific direction of strengthening.

“Currently available upgrade directions for LV13 Explosive Gun:

Range, ammunition capacity, shooting speed, bullet power”

“Note: Special branding enhancement does not affect the basic improvement of other fundamental attributes”

The range can enhance the maximum strike distance; given the current power of the Explosive Gun, not only can it cover a radius of 8 meters, and there will be no attenuation in damage power hitting within a meter.

So precision is no longer important.

As long as it can hit the target, even a Mid-Tier One Rock-Horned Horse would be severely injured.

The ammunition capacity does not need consideration, as 150 explosive shells are completely sufficient for a battle.

As for the attribute of shooting speed, consideration is needed, because there is currently no additional display of shooting speed, relying entirely on Lin Feng’s finger to pull the trigger.

Like in the beginning, the Explosive Gun does not have Automatic Mode.

And the firing frequency of Blast Bullets, under the influence of recoil, Lin Feng, to maintain its hit rate, at most can only achieve one shot per second.

But when facing many Tier One Rock-Horned Horses, especially the upcoming more arduous task of capturing Male Rock-Horned Horses,

Shooting speed is the extension of firepower!

Much more effective than simply enhancing the power of Blast Bullets, after all, increasing the firing speed to two rounds per second leads to a more direct growth in damage than boosting a single shell by 10% in damage.

Previously, Blast Bullet damage was too low, unable to quickly break through the rock armor defense, but now the damage meets the requirement, so naturally other aspects should be enhanced as well.

For example, the attack coverage brought by an increase in shooting speed.

Lin Feng hesitated for a moment and finally chose to enhance the shooting speed specifically.

After making the choice, he then consumed five Life Value points to upgrade the LV13 Explosive Gun.

Then Lin Feng slung the Explosive Gun back at his waist, preparing to upgrade another important equipment in front of him.

It is the LV10 Light Bus everyone is using.

This time the enhancement, Lin Feng plans to focus on the area of armor.

To improve the safety of this mobile dwelling place!

While eating Level 14 Evolutionary Meat Paste to quickly recover Life Value status, he thought about the Light Bus’s next upgrade plan.

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