Apocalypse: My Items Can Upgrade Infinitely

Of course, Lin Feng wouldn’t ask these soldiers, who had just survived a life-or-death crisis, to follow him back into danger.

However, now that they had just pledged their loyalty, he needed to deepen that trust, and it couldn’t be a one-way street with only him giving.

At critical moments, they needed to show their loyalty and carry out his orders to make their new allegiance more solid.

The Zerg Race wanted to use humanity’s own beheading strike against him, so Lin Feng, in turn, wouldn’t hold back. He immediately changed direction, heading back to catch them off guard.

Of course, he wasn’t about to send the Awakener team he had worked so hard to cultivate to their doom in the Black Spine Zerg army.

So, the Flying Wing Tank stopped a kilometer away from the outpost.

Lin Feng stepped out of the vehicle and had the convoy behind him use the troop carriers to form a defensive line. Their orders were to clean up the heavily injured Black Spine Zergs remaining after the C4 explosion.

These were living Upgrade Points, free for the taking.

Most of the Awakeners in the squad were still only at the Tier One Early Stage and desperately needed to get stronger.

Afterward, Lin Feng found Li Ran and the others and laid out his plan:

"The Tiger Spine Zergs are in the deep pit beneath the outpost. The explosion destroyed the Zerg Path, so they’re either dead or, at the very least, severely injured."

"The Red-Armored Beetles will dig through to the entrance to save them, but that will take some time. This is our opportunity."

"I need you all here to provide cover for me and to intercept any large Zerg Race forces that might appear."

Everyone nodded. Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief, deeply afraid that Lin Feng, in a moment of rashness, would lead the squad he had just brought out right back to their doom...

Shen Jie, on the other hand, was a little disappointed.

He had hoped to follow Lin Feng into the cavern.

But this mission was extremely dangerous. Lin Feng would likely have his hands full just looking out for himself, let alone bringing someone else along.

Especially since Shen Jie was a crucial part of Lin Feng’s future plans, he couldn’t afford to lose him here.

After signaling for him to stay safely with the squad, Lin Feng called Li Ran over alone before he left.

He was the only unstable element within the squad at the moment.

Unlike the soldiers under them, who had just enlisted and felt no attachment to the Thirteenth Division, Li Ran had been in the army for years. Furthermore, Lin Feng was not Qin Hu, and they didn’t know each other well.

Facing Lin Feng’s silent gaze, Li Ran felt a lump in his throat. He knew what the other man was worried about, so he was the first to speak.

"Before Brother Qin joined the biological experiment program, he instructed me to follow you..." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"The Thirteenth Division’s decision this time also proves they aren’t worthy of my life."

"I don’t have any other ambitions. As long as you continue to resist the Zerg Race’s invasion, I’ll keep following you!"

Lin Feng nodded slightly. On the one hand, he was genuinely short-handed. On the other, Li Ran and the few veteran teammates he brought with him could quickly organize the squad and bring out its fighting potential...

Shen Jie and the others were still too young. Although their individual strength was up to standard, when it came to combat discipline, they were blank slates. They had no idea how to command or organize troops.

Without Li Ran and his men, if Lin Feng had left with Company 201, they would have just ended up as a third-rate gang or a band of thugs.

This was what truly worried Lin Feng.

And now that Li Ran had pledged his loyalty, Lin Feng naturally had to fan the flames, sharing his own thoughts:

"One of the reasons I want to leave now is something Brother Qin once told me. After the battle for Wu City ends and the industrial base in the rear has finished relocating, the Federation will gradually reduce its main logistical support to the South..."

"When that happens, the Thirteenth Division will inevitably collapse, unable to sustain its massive scale of tens of thousands of personnel."

"Second is this ’friendly fire’ missile incident. You must have sensed something was off, right?"

Li Ran took a deep breath and nodded after a few seconds.

"There’s a problem within the Thirteenth Division’s high command!"

Lin Feng grunted in acknowledgment and added:

"There’s a mole, and in all likelihood, it’s a Zerg Race spy."

Upon hearing this, Li Ran’s pupils shrank. His palm, gripping the Shotgun, broke out in a cold sweat.

He had originally assumed this was just the result of an internal power struggle within the Thirteenth Division, an attempt to wipe out the remnants of Qin Hu’s faction.

He never imagined Lin Feng would suggest something as shocking as a Zerg Race spy!

But on second thought, if the Zerg Race Mother Empress wasn’t actually at the location targeted by the missile, didn’t that mean humanity had abandoned multiple defensive strongholds for nothing?

Framed that way, it suddenly seemed much more plausible!

As this thought struck Li Ran, a figure immediately surfaced in his mind. He looked at Lin Feng’s solemn expression and blurted out:

"It’s Major Cheng... Cheng Zhan?!"

Lin Feng nodded and raised a hand to pat Li Ran’s shoulder.

"Don’t leak this to anyone yet. We don’t have any direct evidence. Cheng Zhan is now a Tier Two Awakener, as well as a Major General and the Commander of the Awakened Camp. You can’t just arrest someone like that on a hunch..."

"If he decided to cause trouble, his Superman-like Physique could wipe out more than half of the Thirteenth Division’s high command. At that point, Wu City’s defensive line would collapse without a fight."

"There’s still time. If you can contact those old teammates of yours who sent the message earlier, tell them to start breaking out of the Zerg Race’s encirclement as soon as possible!"

"This is their last chance. You have to be decisive about who to sacrifice and who to abandon."

"The army of Black Spine Zergs that suddenly poured out of the darkness when we broke through earlier proves that the Zerg Race Mother Empress already had contingency plans."

"Her true objective isn’t as simple as just breaking through the defensive line."

"Devouring the tens of thousands of Enhanced People and Awakeners who make up the defensive garrison is also part of her plan."

With that, Lin Feng sighed softly, boarded the Flying Wing Tank, and sped away into the distance.

He left a horrified Li Ran behind, who then ran to a troop carrier equipped with a radio. He ordered the communications officer to contact his Awakener teammates on the main defensive line and tell them to escape.

Meanwhile, after the explosion, the Swarm on the main defensive line, which had been attacking frantically, suddenly froze in place as if their strings had been cut.