Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded

Xu Wanfeng was momentarily stunned, but quickly regained his composure and stepped aside to clear the way:

"The President is in the office on the second floor, let me take you there."

Lin Feng nodded, but Xu Wanfeng was still standing in place, looking behind the man.

Lin Feng turned around and saw Xu Wanfeng staring at the Divine Dog behind the Hunting Wilderness Guild, which had transformed from an ordinary wolf dog into a giant wolf.

The latter’s massive form frightened many Hunters in the guild, making them tense and shiver.

Lin Feng thought about it and then said to Chen Shanshan beside him:

"Take Yueyue and the Divine Dog, go play somewhere else, or visit old friends. After this trip, the next time we return here is uncertain, maybe we’ll never come back to Oasis Town in our lifetime."

Chen Shanshan nodded. She originally wanted to follow Lin Feng and join in the discussions, but considering she was heading to Holy City and might not return, she decided to seize the moment to say goodbye to old friends.

Su Yueyue, lying on the Divine Dog nearby, also shouted out:

"I want to find Huang Xinming and other people..."

Upon hearing this name, Lin Feng and Chen Shanshan exchanged a glance and soon a chubby youngster’s image and a familiar middle-aged uncle popped into their minds.

Chen Shanshan immediately said:

"I don’t know if Old Huang has survived, this time if we can take him along to Holy City."

"His driving skills are decent, he could become a permanent resident of Fifth Village, he used to be a top-notch Hunter, just never had a chance to achieve Tier One Evolution."

Lin Feng nodded and said:

"No problem, anyway we have plenty of people and vehicles, another spot won’t hurt, tell him to come if he wishes."

Earlier, when Lin Feng’s convoy first recruited, they only planned to take in twenty or thirty people due to extremely limited spots.

The recruitment focused on young, promising Hunters and Deserters.

At the time, the convoy in Oasis Town was still a minor faction, whose benefits might not compare to the comfort and freedom of being a permanent resident of Fifth Village.

Even if Old Huang came along, he could only start from the bottom in logistics.

And Old Huang in Fifth Village at least had his own small accommodation van, a middle-upper level status in the village.

No need to give up the permanent resident status and follow Lin Feng to continue adventuring in the wasteland.

Besides, his son Huang Xinming needed to complete schooling at the Holy Spring Village Church School founded by Father Su An and become a Church Cultivator, leaping into a Green Oasis Upper Person.

Most importantly, Old Huang was already old; in his thirties, he had a body of someone in their forties or fifties. Even if he followed Lin Feng’s convoy to continue adventuring, he couldn’t progress further in the future.

Better to stay in Oasis Town and nurture his son while enjoying his retirement.

But now Lin Feng’s team has expanded from fifty to several hundred times larger, with a thousand-member team that can easily include Old Huang.

His son could also train after adulthood to become a convoy driver or join a combat team.

The current issue is whether Old Huang and his small van survived the attack of this town-breaking beast calamity.

If they met danger...

It may leave a mere regret.

After all, for Chen Shanshan, Old Huang provided a lot of help during her toughest times.

It was also Old Huang who hosted Lin Feng at the cheapest fare when he first arrived in this world and slept peacefully.

The latter even taught him many Oasis Town basics, making him Lin Feng’s first wasteland friend besides Chen Shanshan and Ding Yi.

As Chen Shanshan took the Divine Dog and left...

Numerous Hunters nearby secretly sighed in relief.

Facing the oppressive presence of a leader-level giant wolf, is much more intimidating than a Tier Two powerhouse.

Lin Feng then followed Xu Wanshuang to the second floor of the guild, and met Xu Wanfeng, who was handling documents in the President’s office.

Unlike Lin Feng’s great success, the invasion of the Desert Wolf Race brought far more loss than gain to the Hunting Wilderness Guild in Fifth Village.

The corpses of several hundred Evolved Desolate Wolves can’t compare to the personnel losses and weapon degradation.

This urgent statistics result is also necessary for negotiations with the Salvation Army later.

Xu Wanfeng must prove his own and his guild’s value to gain the approval of Tier Three King candidate, Leader of the Salvation Army, Bai Ye, and begin further cooperation between the two forces.

But now Xu Wanfeng’s greatest concern is that the Hunting Wilderness Guild has few usable members left in the oasis.

Due to the Desert Wolf Race attack, many dedicated subordinates of the guild sacrificed to protect it, leaving only temporarily recruited Hunters, who may lack loyalty.

It’s highly possible they’ll be attracted to the Salvation Army and directly leave the guild to join Bai Ye.

If the Hunting Wilderness Guild has no one to utilize, even if they provide resources for exchange, it will be hard to gain power and influence in the newly constructed Tier Three Royal City.

No matter where, fists are always more effective than any advantage; they always rank first.

Even if the Hunting Wilderness Guild focuses on trading services, it requires a strong enough force to maintain the trading platform.

Fortunately, Lin Feng’s arrival gave Xu Wanfeng a gleam of hope.

After Lin Feng explained his problem, hoping the Hunting Wilderness Guild could help recruit forces, forming a team of eleven thousand five hundred people, breaking away from Oasis control to join the Salvation Army...

This large number of people obviously cannot harbor goodwill or trust towards the former Wandering Force.

Some experienced Hunters among them, like the temporary guard team recruited downstairs, dealt with many Wandering Forces during bounty missions.

Their cruel and cunning actions clearly couldn’t compare with large factions abiding by rules and maintaining order.

As a significant force, the Hunting Wilderness Guild is regarded as on par with the Church in the eyes of Hunters and many Deserters.

Especially in Fifth Village, the guild’s words are more influential than the Church.

The guild gave them a lifeline and it’s the existence of the guild that provides the space for them to become stronger and move up as long as they try.

This opportunity to change destiny allowed the guild to gain immense trust among the surviving populace.

If the Church buys off upper-tier Evolvers, then the Hunting Wilderness Guild roots in the wasteland’s masses, cultivating millions of Hunters.

It selects a few powerful ones, grants them the Hunter title, strengthens the ties, and expands their own influence for mutual benefit.

The existence of the Hunting Wilderness Guild solves resource allocation issues and is also a means to stabilize the masses.

Those capable can reverse fate through the guild, while those not, settle for being bottom-tier believers under the Church.

Now, with the reform of Oasis Town imminent, the Hunting Wilderness Guild will play its role in leading capable survivors from the Oasis to change their fate from becoming Teaching Slaves.

The accumulated reputation will be realized through the trust of Hunters and Deserters.

It simultaneously solves the issue of underappreciation by the Salvation Army due to insufficient workforce in the Hunting Wilderness Guild.

After all, a sudden influx of over ten thousand Deserters makes it difficult to manage newcomers with only two to three hundred Salvation Army soldiers.

The Wandering identity is also not trusted by many Hunters.

This is when both parties need the Hunting Wilderness Guild as an intermediary to connect.

Thinking this, Xu Wanfeng and Lin Feng reached a consensus.

Not only agreeing to Lin Feng’s request but also launching immediate action.

Through the Hunting Wilderness Guild’s transport vehicles equipped with extended loudspeakers, and attached speakers on nearby transport vehicles, they announced this message across the camp of Fifth Village:

"Everyone in Fifth Village, all permanent residents, Hunters, and Deserters, after this battle, you have become the ultimate survivors..."

"But the danger has not been lifted, the future journey remains fraught with peril!"

"We have no industry support, no further guarantees, only by finding another path, leaving the vicinity of the Scorching Sun Forbidden Area, can we change our fate..."

"Now, there’s a path that needs more than ten thousand members to join us!"