Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded

Chapter 650 - 311: Last Conversation, Winds of Freedom, Golden Era (Part 2)

"But with the birth of a large number of high-tier believers, problems also follow."

"That is, these Tier Three believers, especially the powerful ones in the late stage, are themselves a threat to the slumbering gods."

"So they are likely to become food for the gods, or be dealt with before the gods fall asleep."

"Otherwise, during the gods’ slumber, they might plunder the source, seizing the gods’ power, just like what Wolf Ao did in the Fallen Wolf Valley to the Tier Three body of the Wolf King in the Wolf King’s Tomb."

"This was my initial view: after the Master of the Holy Spring went to sleep, the Secular Faction wanted to usurp divine authority, first driving away the death agent appointed by the Saint Master, and then the Undying Saint allied with other archbishops of the Holy City to suppress the Primordial Sect that originally followed the Saint Master."

Saying this, Lin Feng looked at the "Holy Spring Sect" in his hand, then looked at the old man in front of him, continuing:

"And these views were all verified in your subsequent introductions."

"However, these secrets were originally told to me by the Leader of the Salvation Army, Bai Ye."

"Back then, the City of Salvation wanted to research Pure Source Material and promote Purity Evolution, but was jointly suppressed by several top forces. As a survivor of the City of Salvation, Bai Ye naturally didn’t have much good feeling towards the Shepherd’s Method of the top forces."

"She personally also pursued Purity Evolution, wanting to create an evolution path unique to herself, then build a spaceship to escape this despairing world..."

"I digress, but that’s roughly it."

Lord Bishop coughed, nodded, and said:

"She was right, the wasteland desert now is a despairing world..."

"With the three suns in the sky, like drivers with whips, constantly flogging the creatures on the surface, who continuously hurry along, leaving no moment for humanity to catch its breath and develop the entire civilization."

"And above humanity, major top forces and Tier Three Kings have established Royal Cities, continuously absorbing the remaining human survivors or the new generation, becoming containers for spreading their own evolution paths."

"Even the Holy See of the top forces and the Northern Giant Enterprise Alliance are replicating this process, allowing countless talented evolvers to step onto the fusion evolution path, never escaping the influence of the Lord of Faith."

"Over time, the entire Wasteland World will ultimately become a breeding ground for a group of high-tier evolvers, with human descendants nothing more than servants of high-tier beings."

"Whether striving hard to break through bottlenecks to become a powerful evolver, only to face such a world, will feel an immense despair..."

"You either keep striving, hoping to become one of them before the path is completely closed or, like Bai Ye, choose to escape this despairing world."

"Of course, there’s one last option..."

As he spoke, Lord Bishop looked at the man in front of him, suddenly changing the subject:

"Has Zong Shiyue awakened?"

Lin Feng instantly felt his hair stand on end, his hands involuntarily reaching for the Armor-Piercing Cannon and High-Explosive Rapid-Fire Cannon at his waist.

But seeing Lord Bishop’s serene expression, Lin Feng realized that the other party was already a dying man who couldn’t even wield a chicken...

There was no need to test himself now; even if they revealed their cards, there was no need to wait till now.

So Lord Bishop mentioning this clearly had another implied meaning.

Lin Feng slowly withdrew his hands, placing them on the initial edition of "Holy Spring Sect" before him, staring intently at the old man, suddenly smiling as he spoke:

"He woke up, made a deal with me, wanting to leave the Taishan Ruins and head to the wasteland, to exact revenge against the gods who once destroyed his transcendence to godhood."

Lord Bishop nodded and then said:

"Do you think this is fair?"

"As a corrupted evil god, for Zong Shiyue to complete his revenge, he must have a vast amount of biomass to reshape his Evil God’s Body..."

"This means countless creatures in the wasteland, especially humans in settlements, will be polluted, turned into mutants."

"And this contamination will spread like a virus in an exponential manner, until it triggers a biotic cataclysm that engulfs the entire wasteland world!"

Lin Feng’s expression remained unchanged, his gaze cold:

"If their deaths can create a new world of unrestricted freedom for the survivors, I think it’s all worthwhile."

"There’s no bloodless revolution, attempting to change the direction of an entire group from the top down, not even a god can achieve that."

"You should know this better than I do!"

Hearing Lin Feng’s firm tone, Lord Bishop took a deep breath, an angered expression suddenly showing a trace of comfort, and continued:

"You’re right, what you said is correct..."

"This world is slowly rotting away, like a stagnant pool, without a ripple for thousands of years."

"To make a change, just a few people’s efforts are far from enough; only by demolishing the upper layer’s foundation can they be pulled down from the divine altar."

"It’s a pity, it’s only now that I understand this truth, indeed the older one gets, the less daring one becomes..."

As Lord Bishop was lost in recollection, Lin Feng leafed through the "Holy Spring Sect" in his hand, finding the events in the Holy See that occurred when the Master of the Holy Spring decided to sleep thousands of years ago.

Sure enough, he found the content he had speculated.

The matter that could make the entire high hierarchy of the Holy Spring Sect collectively opposed, surely went far beyond the threat brought by the late-stage Tier Three archbishops.

Because with just these few top players, it’s impossible to control everything after the Master of the Holy Spring’s slumber by covering the sky with one hand.

It must be a matter jointly acquiesced by all the high hierarchy of the Holy See, including all Tier Three bishops and even strong Tier Two beings.

To achieve their common interest, unless the Master of the Holy Spring did some earth-shattering deeds before going to sleep.

As the content in the book became evident, Lin Feng soon saw a Chapter title that stood out from the rest of the content:

This Chapter title was "Golden Era"

Recorded was how after reviving the death agent, the Master of the Holy Spring decided to change humanity’s enslaved fate and alter the future’s single evolution path...

In the following hundred years, not only did public settlements begin to advocate for Purity Evolution, but even within the Holy See, Purified Evolvers were accepted and Pure Source Material researched.

The wind of freedom blew under the jurisdiction of the Holy See.

Countless types of superpower genes were fully explored, with those possessing Tier Three potential reaching over a hundred kinds.

The evolution paths burst forth like bamboo shoots after rain, sprouting everywhere, a freedom of evolution surpassing any previous era, dazzling like gold on barren land.

However, all this touched the interests of the original high hierarchy of the Holy See, leading to the number of priests on the Holy Spring Path being reduced to less than ten percent within a mere century.

While the Master of the Holy Spring liberated humanity from the shackles of enslavement, it placed the Holy See, which maintained order, on the fire, becoming an obsolete thing about to be abandoned.

So during this golden era swept by the wind of freedom, with the Master of the Holy Spring’s slumber, it abruptly ended, and the world embraced a more conservative backlash.

What was once not banned, like Purity Evolution, was directly strictly prohibited, and even Pure Source Material became a taboo existence.

The previously undivided Primordial Sect severely splintered, eventually leaving only a small group of faithful believers, gradually marginalized within the Holy See.

This conformed to the interests of the upper hierarchy of the Holy See, and the number of priests on the Holy Spring Path sharply declined to merely a fraction within a century.

When Lord Bishop saw that Lin Feng’s attention had been captured by the content of the Holy Spring Sect book, he snapped out of his thoughts and softly said:

"What she said was correct..."

"The world is slowly rotting away, only by shaking the foundational structure can we drag them down from the divine altar."

"I hope you can walk the unfinished path of Zong Shiyue and leave another possibility for humanity’s future."

"Go ahead, and create the new path."

With that, Lord Bishop pulled a mechanism.

The background wall of the secret chamber suddenly fell, revealing the bow glass of the Oasis Battleship.

Lin Feng’s eyes were drawn back from the "Holy Spring Sect" at his hands as Lord Bishop spoke again, looking at the man in front of him, and suddenly said:

"Take this as a word of advice:

"Without separation, there can be no true evolution—Zong Shiyue’s ambition once threatened the powers of this world. Are you ready for the same fate, Lin Feng?"

Lin Feng chuckled quietly: "What you said, it seems now is the time for me to fulfill what Zong Shiyue left undone, charting a new path of evolution. Only then can humanity break free from this bleak world."

Lord Bishop stared deeply at him, not saying a word, and suddenly transitioned the conversation:

"Take the course of the Holy Spring Path, dear Lin Feng, for it’s the only course that will lead you and humanity to salvation, not their doom."

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