Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded

Lin Feng nodded slightly.

He then bid farewell to Father Su An:

"See you in the Holy City then!"

The latter hummed a reply and then stepped forward:

"I happen to have some matters to handle in Holy Spring Village too, so I can see you off then..."

Lin Feng nodded.

The three of them then turned around and ran towards the Five Major Villages behind them, while the villages and Deserters who had fallen behind were also quickly catching up to the Oasis Battleship ahead.

Once both sides joined forces, it would be the complete town of Oasis.

Upon returning to the camp of the convoy, Lin Feng saw that the current team had grown several times larger, comparable to the former Five Major Villages.

Meanwhile, Nongzhuang Village on the side was already in a state of disrepair, with few people in sight.

After all, in a village of 2,300 people, taking away 1,300 at once meant removing about 60% of its members and industry, leaving only the former 40%.

A significant portion of those remaining were members of the Li Family.

Most of the people in Nongzhuang Village who truly mastered breeding technology had been taken away, leaving only some who were just filling the numbers, as well as a few who, though experienced, were too elderly and frail to endure the toil of a long journey.

And dozens of old, weak, and sick Rock-Horned Horses.

The once-thriving Nongzhuang Village, which had a population of up to 3,000 permanent residents, now had less than 1,700 people, and its former glory had long faded to decline.

In contrast, the situation in Dawn Village and Mechanical Village was much better, as Lin Feng only took 150 people from their industries out of about 1,500.

Reducing by only one-tenth of their size didn’t affect the entire village significantly.

But this outcome wasn’t what they wanted, as without the raw materials provided by Nongzhuang Village, their industries would gradually wither away too...

Unfortunately, the leaders of the two villages hadn’t thought of this when causing trouble.

Although they could protect their villages, they couldn’t provide shelter for Nongzhuang Village. After losing two Tier Two Evolvers, the Li Family preferred to sell Nongzhuang Village for a good price, rather than becoming church slaves forever, without a day to rise.

Adding to this was the past actions of the original Patriarch Li Hao. Although Lord Bishop promised not to pursue the matter further, with Lord Bishop about to Return to the Divine Kingdom, his promise could only ensure that the Oasis Church wouldn’t immediately settle the score with the Li Family...

Who could guarantee that once the Holy City Diocese took over, facing the heavily damaged Oasis Town, they wouldn’t take their anger out on the Li Family, setting an example to warn the surviving forces in the Oasis.

It was the indulgence of the remaining Li Family members that led to the decline and decay of Nongzhuang Village.

However, in a way, this was also a good thing for the Holy City Church taking over Oasis Town later, as there was no need for the tedious suppression and disassembly of local forces.

Lin Feng had already dismantled the largest faction for them, and the other two villages, Dawn Village and Mechanical Village, were unlikely to become significant threats.

Moreover, out of the 1,300-plus breeding technicians, not all belonged to Lin Feng. Four hundred had to be allocated to the Salvation Army as compensation for their risky assistance to Oasis Town.

Additionally, there were redemption quotas for the Li Family, about 150 people.

So Lin Feng had at most 750 breeding technology members under him, and he also had to allocate 20 out of 120 Rock-Horned Horses to the Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army made concessions in this aspect.

Because they had more resources, with reserves of Rock-Horned Horse Meat and young Rock-Horned Horses caught in the Wild Rift.

So, compared to live Rock-Horned Horses, they needed technicians for breeding and raising the herds more urgently.

Four hundred technicians were enough to care for about forty Rock-Horned Horses, laying an important foundation for future expansion.

Lin Feng had 750 technicians and about a hundred Rock-Horned Horses in hand.

Sufficient to provide two early Tier One adult Rock-Horned Horses daily for the convoy as a regular meat supply.

This would greatly alleviate the food shortage of the convoy.

When Lin Feng arrived at the core of the camp, Ding Yi, who was doing statistical summaries, immediately handed over her work to her deputies Rong Yan and her daughter Rong Zhiyun.

Then came to report the results:

"The technicians and industries have now been sorted and transferred from the Three Major Villages. According to the list provided by Zhao Mingsheng, all breeding members and their families from Nongzhuang Village have been taken away."

"Some troublesome individuals have been handed directly to the Salvation Army."

"For the remaining three hundred quota selected from Dawn Village and Mechanical Village, we followed the advice of the mechanical maintenance captain, Master Cheng Wentian."

"After selecting one hundred and fifty people from each, we handed over fifty to the Salvation Army from each."

"We took away one hundred people and a large number of photovoltaic panels, batteries, and motor systems from Dawn Village, as well as war chariots and transport carts from Mechanical Village."

"Except for their original industry vehicles and living quarters buses, these resources can create 200 war chariots and transport vehicles, providing jobs and accommodations for a thousand people."

"This foundation lays a solid base for the future expansion of the convoy."

Lin Feng nodded, acknowledging that for a freshly started convoy starting from scratch, there was a shortage of everything.

Hence, they needed to extract more resources from the Three Major Villages.

After all, if it’s free, why not; otherwise, they would need to buy anew in the Holy City.

Ding Yi then made a summary: