Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded-Chapter 469 - 233: Undying Holy Armor, Ascension Potion (Part 2)

Chapter 469: Chapter 233: Undying Holy Armor, Ascension Potion (Part 2)

So, excessive premature stimulation will form a severe shackle on the user’s future Tier Jump Evolution, constantly raising the barriers to advancement.

It’s equivalent to overdrawing evolutionary potential.

Exchanging future aptitude for a temporary outburst in the present.

Although it sounds cruel, when facing a life-and-death crisis, overdrawing evolutionary potential to break the impasse is also a retreat and choice.

And for many Church Cultivators whose potential is exhausted, high-tier Holy Spring Water is a physique enhancement potion with minimal side effects.

It serves as stimulants and adrenaline for Evolvers.

The consequence of excessive consumption is merely weakness for a subsequent period, recoverable in a few months or years.

It is precisely because of this that the Grand Priest, not killed with a single blow, was able to escape and recover, regaining control on the battlefield.

Meanwhile, in the Command Control Room of the Oasis Battleship five kilometers away, the Great Assistant Priest, noticing no fierce fighting coming from the smoke screen, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The crisis has temporarily subsided, and she relaxed slightly, glancing at the man beside her who seemed deep in thought.

Lin Feng then asked,

"Earlier you mentioned the Life Farm, a faction over by the Holy City, right? Could it be related to the sudden mutation of the Rock Horse Warriors?"

The Great Assistant Priest nodded. These intelligence matters unrelated to the Holy Spring Sect had no disclosure prohibition, so she could provide a detailed explanation.

Moreover, the man in front of her will eventually go to the Holy City; with his strength and potential, he can acquire intelligence about the Life Farm, including the secrets behind it, from the Guild.

She just facilitated the introduction:

"That’s right, the Rock Horse Warriors, tracing back their origins, are actually masterpieces of the Life Farm."

"The earliest establishment of the Alien Evolution Path stems from researchers of the Old Earth Era, but this technology was later shelved due to low demand."

Lin Feng acknowledged with a hum, knowing this because Purity Evolution was established later on, and with the emergence of human Kings, Fusion Evolution arose simultaneously.

The alien evolution with very low upper limits, along with risks of mutation or insanity, naturally fell out of favor and became an unpopular evolutionary method.

It was only in small marginal bases, lacking resources, that Alien Evolution was used to handle surrounding dangers.

And after tens of thousands of years, in the Wasteland Era, due to the scarcity of resources, the gods who followed the Shepherd’s Method restricted and controlled Purity Evolution, leading to the rise of Alien Evolution.

With the establishment of breeding systems, it experienced a renaissance, becoming a mainstream evolutionary method on the wasteland.

Seeing Lin Feng, as an awakener from the old era, was well knowledgeable about past events, the Great Assistant Priest didn’t further explain this.

Because in many new wasteland generation value systems, Alien Evolution is the most popular path, the loftiest evolutionary way that most people aspire to and can access.

It’s inconceivable for them to imagine a time when Alien Evolution was unpopular.

Seeing Lin Feng express understanding, the Grand Priest continued to introduce the Life Farm:

"Research during that time stagnated due to various reasons, so research into Alien Evolution stayed at the Tier One to Early Tier Two stage."

"There wasn’t a systematic examination and experiment on the fusion of human and Desolate Beast genes."

"So back then, the term ’Fierce Beast Warrior’ was just a descriptive term until the Life Farm uplifted it to designate a group."

"Its initial founding date is hard to trace, only knowing that the founders originated from a batch of biological chemistry researchers from the old era, accompanied by every large base’s evolutionary research team."

"And after the Wasteland Era, the Life Farm reached the peak of evolutionary research, developing several stable Alien Evolution pathways, with the Rock-Horned Horse being the most representative."

"Even the Church collaborated with them on many biological evolution research projects to uncover the mysteries of Tier Two and even Tier Three Evolution."

"Leaders of rebel armies like the Li Family are all Rock Horse Warriors, one of Life Farm’s research achievements."

"Systematizing the Alien Evolution Path completely."

With this, the Great Assistant Priest took a deep breath, observing the changing arena on the screen, speeding up her speech, pointing to the Rock Horse Warriors locked on screen:

"If it were just this, it wouldn’t suffice to confirm Life Farm’s connection; after all, the completion of Rock Horse Warriors happened over three to four thousand years ago..."

"Now, Tier One Evolution-related technology and research have fully been disclosed, and the Rock-Horned Horse Source Material needed for Tier Two Evolution is publicly sold by Life Farm."

"Countless numbers have passed into the hands of other factions or been shared among university students."

"But the disclosed refining principles and sale technologies only involve the early Tier Two, or Level 23 Evolution stage."

"Further advancements to Mid-Tier Two Evolution are farm secrets, purchasable only after passing assessments and becoming an insider member."

"So earlier on, we were secretly monitoring transactions between the Li Family and Life Farm, for developing the Yan Jiao Horse Industry requires technical support and advanced seeds from Life Farm."

"Li Hao’s attainment of Mid-Tier Two Evolution then, though from hunting a Mid-stage Rock-Horned Horse himself, still traces Life Farm’s influence in subsequent minor advancements."

"Unfortunately, we lack direct evidence due to their highly secretive relations, conducting legal exchanges that showed no wrongdoings."

"But now, to gain control over the Oasis, the Li Family stopped disguising and used forbidden substances producible only by Life Farm..."

At this point, Lin Feng followed the Great Assistant Priest’s gaze toward the large screen before them.

Seeing the fully recovered Grand Priest escape the smoke screen, reaching a rocky foot of the hillside, right at the edge of the arena area.

This is an extremely dangerous area.

According to the rules, once one party in a duel leaves the designated arena boundary, it’s an automatic forfeit.

Lin Feng considered this escape as a final option when sparring with Li Hao, planning to exit the arena as a declaration of surrender.

Unfortunately, Li Hao was determined to seriously injure or directly kill Lin Feng.

So Lin Feng, abandoning hope of conceding, fought to break the Rock Horse Warrior’s Invincible Golden Body at the scene.

In official duels, especially in Late Tier One battles, as soon as one party steps out, victory is decided. If the other party pursues relentlessly, a referee will intervene promptly.

While Xu Wanfeng, at Mid-Tier Two, could easily subdue the Battle Grand Priest or a Late Tier One Rock Horse Warrior,

at this moment, the Grand Priest’s presence at the ring edge is not to concede by stepping out but meticulously analyzing and making a strategic choice, gambling on evading a second attack.

In the control room, the Great Assistant Priest slowly revealed the so-called forbidden substance, an important basis for assessing the close ties between the Li Family and Life Farm:

"The sudden burst by the Rock Horse Warrior was due to a simultaneous injection of a special potion developed by Life Farm into battle armor and himself, classified as a Level 1 contraband by the Holy Spring Sect, subject to stricter control than explosives."

"These agents, not derived from high-tier evolutionary cells of Rock-Horned Horses, temporarily boost the pilot’s state, but are stimulants secretly developed to mitigate the explosion defect of Rock-Horned Horse Evolution Path."

"Named Ascension Potion."

"Capable of increasing the user’s physique strength by 50% to 100% in a short period, bursting with more than double the power."

"Yet, due to the overwhelming cost of overdrawing, even Tier Two Rock Horse Warriors hesitate to use it."

"Post-usage negatively affects Evolution Level regression and slashes lifespan due to a massive burn of Life Force."

"Simultaneously, it renders users overly aggressive, easily irritated, and highly combative..."

Listening to the Great Assistant Priest’s descriptions, it perfectly matches the current state of the Rock Horse Warrior...

Images unexpectedly flashed in Lin Feng’s mind.

He pondered aloud:

"Could this Ascension Potion be linked to reproductive hormones?"