Apocalypse: My Items Can Upgrade Infinitely

Lin Feng’s convoy stopped in front of the hotel, quickly drawing everyone’s attention.

He then ordered the four Battle Group Leaders to unload the two remaining Tier Two Zerg Eggs from the heavy truck, seal the cargo bay, and then arranged for several Tier Two Legion members to stand guard in shifts.

This was to ensure that the three black boxes within were completely secure.

As for the device containing the detonation codes for the nuclear bomb, Lin Feng kept it on his person along with the rest of his gear.

Only after finishing all this did he lead his team toward the crowd gathered at the hotel entrance, all waiting for their leader’s arrival.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lin Feng followed Han Yuxin’s lead and slowly entered the hotel.

"Princess Betty has arrived. She’s in the conference room upstairs, discussing the specific details of our collaboration with us."

Han Yuxin said as they walked.

Within the temporary base, both the original residents and the newly arrived survivors regarded Betty and her group with curiosity and a faint, underlying hostility.

After all, due to a shortage of personnel, the crude management style that had formed within the base was actually beneficial for the vast majority.

Those at the bottom could hide their daily gains, while those in the middle could line their own pockets and start to slack off.

However, this did not serve the interests of Lin Feng and the other leaders.

Simply feeding over one hundred thousand survivors was meaningless in itself. Beyond forming the foundation of his faction, they needed to possess a high degree of organizational and executional capability.

Only then could they provide a continuous stream of logistical support and troop reinforcements to the front lines.

How to provide just enough for them to eat and meet their basic survival needs, while also making them willingly choose to stay and desperately fight to contribute to the entire faction...

This became the most pressing issue at hand.

And mastering this was an art in itself.

Lin Feng nodded.

"You handle the negotiations for now. As for the specific demands and conditions, just follow my previous instructions."

Han Yuxin was secretly delighted but feigned confusion.

"You’re not going to see her? Princess Betty hasn’t said a word this entire time. I think she wants to negotiate with you in person."

"They seem quite impatient."

Lin Feng grunted noncommittally.

"There’s no rush. Let them stew for a bit. Place the two remaining Tier Two Zerg Eggs somewhere conspicuous and have the Tier Two Battle Group members guard them."

"Then arrange for us to meet over lunch."

Lin Feng then went to an office on an upper floor of the hotel.

There, Ling Yi was playing an offline game with Liu Yueqi and Jiang Chengcheng, looking bored.

With the network down, only the most basic communications could be maintained. TVs and computers were essentially useless bricks.

Being unable to surf the web would undoubtedly slow her progress in understanding human civilization.

Seeing Lin Feng return, she asked:

"Did you get them?"

Lin Feng hummed in acknowledgment.

"Three."

The corners of Ling Yi’s mouth curled up slightly.

"Have you figured out where to plant them? I can control a swarm of Red-Armored Beetles to track or attack a High-tier Mother Empress."

Lin Feng nodded. He already had a highly viable plan for planting the nuclear bombs. When the time came, he would just need Ling Yi to cast a wide net along the subway lines to confirm the target’s route.

This would also prevent the Jiangbei Mother Empress from detecting them, which would expose their true intention of forcing a decisive battle in Wu City.

Of course, only a preemptive ambush could successfully inflict heavy damage on a High-tier Mother Empress. Otherwise, if she detected the threat—even with only a few seconds of reaction time—she could use every trick in the book to escape with her life.

This was especially true given that a Zerg Race Mother Empress’s Spiritual Attribute Value was extremely high, making their danger perception absolutely top-tier.

Lin Feng immediately changed the subject.

"Right, what can you tell me about the Mother Empresses in the area north of the river—the northern part of Jiangnan Province?"

Ling Yi’s brow furrowed slightly, a golden glint flashing in her eyes before she quickly answered:

"Besides the one in Hai City, there are four others. Two of them have formed an alliance to carve up the two great lakes in the central region of Jiangnan Province and the fertile land surrounding them."

"This puts the Jiangbei Mother Empress in a very awkward position. To her north, she’s isolated by two other Mother Empresses who are about to reach the Tier Three Middle Stage. Meanwhile, the Hai City Mother Empress across the river has already devoured the defenders of the Wu City frontline to evolve. If this continues, the one caught in the middle is bound to be the first to be consumed when the Mother Empress wars begin."

"That’s why when the Hai City Mother Empress proposed they collaborate—by moving the dangerous Tier Two Tiger Spine Zerg production line to the area north of the river—she had no choice but to hold her nose and agree."

"She’s the one providing the territory, the labor, and taking all the risks, and all she gets in return is one-third of Taihu Lake and its surrounding resources."

"It’s a good thing we destroyed that underground hatchery Nest. Otherwise, at a rate of one hundred per day, we’d be facing an overwhelming swarm of three to four thousand Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs in half a month."

"The pressure on the front lines would have skyrocketed."

"As for the last one, she’s in the far north of Jiangnan Province. Due to the distance, she’s focused on the adjacent Qilu Province to her north and doesn’t pay much attention to events in the South."

"By now, she’s probably already joined the chaotic free-for-all in Qilu Province."

Lin Feng nodded, considering how to break the future stalemate.

Ling Yi guessed his thoughts and asked bluntly:

"After you kill the Jiangbei Mother Empress, are you thinking of heading north to target the other Tier Three Early Stage Mother Empresses?"

Lin Feng nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Not just the northern part of Jiangnan Province. Zhezhou to the south will also be our hunting ground in the future."

"If there are only five or six Mother Empresses per province, the Federation’s two-thousand-kilometer coastline might not be enough for me to evolve."

Ling Yi gasped. She felt as if she were unleashing a ravenous beast and couldn’t help but offer a word of caution.