Apocalypse: My Items Can Upgrade Infinitely

As Jiang Yun’er subconsciously leaned over and ducked toward Lin Feng’s crotch, a streak of cyan light flashed past, hugging the observation deck’s outer armor.

The flat, sharp tips of its limbs scraped against the railing’s armor, sending up a shower of sparks just inches from the top of Jiang Yun’er’s head.

Had she been half a second later, the blade-like limb would have decapitated her. She would have been beyond saving.

Of course, the Cyan-winged Zerg’s attack pattern was to use the momentum from a high-speed dive, pull up close to the surface, and then execute a reaping attack in a straight, hook-shaped glide.

This prevented it from smashing its head into the ground and killing itself.

However, this added a delay to its attack preparation. Even though its instantaneous glide speed could approach the speed of sound, the one or two seconds it took to pull up gave its target time to react.

Especially since Lin Feng had been on guard the whole time.

He just hadn’t expected the Cyan-winged Zerg to be so clever and cunning. It had discovered the battle here long ago, yet it had spent the entire time hovering directly above the armed RV.

The roof of the observation deck’s hatch was Lin Feng’s only blind spot. It was only about ten square meters, and he wouldn’t normally stick his head out to check it.

He never thought the Cyan-winged Zerg would use this blind spot—the darkest place being under the lamp—to lay an ambush.

’Fortunately, the one risking her neck was just Jiang Yun’er. Even if she had actually died, Lin Feng would at most have felt a flicker of regret for her rare Spiritual Superpower.’

’His brief warning had been pure instinct. If Jiang Yun’er managed to seize the opportunity, it just meant it wasn’t her time to die.’

Thanks to Lin Feng’s shouted warning, Jiang Yun’er had narrowly dodged the Cyan-winged Zerg’s surprise attack.

She felt a fierce wind rush past her head, and then sparks of molten shrapnel rained down on her neck and chest, searing small, crimson marks into her skin...

Wincing in pain, Jiang Yun’er looked up, confused. She saw a blackened, warped gash on the armored guardrail above her, still smoking faintly. A wave of terror washed over her in hindsight.

Her hands, clutching Lin Feng’s pants, tightened their grip.

Lin Feng’s brow furrowed slightly as he reminded her,

"How much longer are you going to hold on? Get in here already! The Cyan-winged Zerg’s next attack is coming!"

Hearing his urgent tone, Jiang Yun’er shuddered. Her whole body was still outside the observation deck. ’If that bizarre cyan light had been just a bit lower,’ she thought, ’how could my small frame have possibly compared to this armor?’

Desperate to save her own life, Jiang Yun’er couldn’t be bothered with dignity.

She had already lost so much just to survive this crisis; swallowing her pride one more time made no difference.

And so, without the slightest hesitation, she dove headfirst between his legs and into the vehicle.

Lin Feng blinked, then burst out laughing.

"Next time you do that, give me a heads-up. I’ll want to get my phone out and record the spectacular moment."

Jiang Yun’er suppressed her fear and reached up to touch her forehead. In her frantic dive, she thought she’d bumped her head against Lin Feng’s thigh.

Hearing his taunt, the joy she felt from surviving her near-death experience evaporated. Mortified, she shot back breathlessly,

"You like having people dive between your legs that much? Watch out for crotch rot."

Lin Feng shrugged and glanced behind them at the relentlessly pursuing Black Spine Zerg Swarm. Several Heavy Machine Guns were still spitting flames, holding back their advance.

But that wasn’t the only source of the threat.

The Cyan-winged Zerg from before wasn’t alone. After its failed attack, more and more cyan shadows appeared over the RV, searching for weak points in the armor and waiting for a chance to dive.

Lin Feng nudged the starlet’s foot with his own.

"Can you stand up?"

Jiang Yun’er shook her head. She really couldn’t go on. The continuous, high-intensity battles, coupled with several near-death experiences...

For an inexperienced Enhanced Person like her, all of her body’s potential had been exhausted. Her only hope would be to achieve her Tier One Awakening right now.

Seeing her lying on the floor like a dead fish—useless and in the way—Lin Feng showed no patience. He grabbed her by the shoulders, hauled her up, and unceremoniously dumped her in front of a Machine Cannon.

"Then don’t stand, just sit. See these two buttons? That’s the trigger. Press them both with both hands!"

"Aim at the Black Spine Zerg Swarm behind us! Shoot the ones in the front!"

"Just press it once at a time, got it?!"

Lin Feng’s voice was so loud it drowned out the nearby Heavy Machine Guns, snapping Jiang Yun’er to her senses.

Seeing his fearsome expression, she nodded quickly to show that she understood.

Lin Feng took a deep breath, his tone icy.

"Make yourself useful. Otherwise, you’ll end up just like that employee you threw out earlier."

Startled, Jiang Yun’er quickly placed her hands where Lin Feng had indicated and began to aim and fire.

With the added firepower of the Machine Cannon, the pursuing Black Spine Zerg Swarm was quickly suppressed. Lin Feng walked to the edge of the observation deck and shouted down to Chen Yanyan:

"Divert half the Heavy Machine Guns to fire at the sky! Aim if you can, but if you can’t find a target, just spray wildly!!"

Lin Feng knew Chen Yanyan could only divide her attention so much; she couldn’t possibly drive while also shooting backward and at the sky simultaneously. The Cyan-winged Zergs were extremely difficult to target, and her visibility from the driver’s cabin was limited.

Having her divert five Heavy Machine Guns to fire at the sky was merely to disrupt the Cyan-winged Zergs’ attacks.

After all, the Divine-level Pistol Replicas had unlimited ammunition and no Cooling time. Even though their Damage was only 40, it would only take one or two shots to destroy the low-Defense Power Cyan-winged Zergs’ Flying Ability.

By diverting five Heavy Machine Guns to suppress the Cyan-winged Zergs’ assault and restrict their movements, Lin Feng could lock onto them using the Eye of Death, an Extra Attribute of his Level 17 Grenade Cannon, for pre-aimed targeting.

However, the pistol in his hand had just finished its Upgrade:

[Grenade Cannon LV 18/19, Red Quality]

[Upgrade Points: 37/10, Damage: 170, Effective Range: 8 km, Remaining Bullets: 4500/4500]

[Extra Attributes: Bullet Recovery 1/s, Spatial Magazine 4500 reserve, Eye of the Death God 0/50, Firepower Coverage Damage 30+20/s]

[New Firepower Coverage Change: Covering Area upgraded to 1,000 square meters]

[Evaluation: This is a super-weapon with the power of a 155mm Grenade Cannon. Its bullets have been enhanced multiple times, creating a 10-meter-diameter blast of destruction upon impact. Kill targets to gain Upgrade Points.]

This Upgrade had directly increased its Basic Damage by 20. With 170 Damage, Lin Feng could now take out even a Tier One Late Stage Black Spine Zerg with a single shot.

The other stats hadn’t changed much, but for the Firepower Coverage attribute, both the base damage and charged damage had increased by ten points.

A one-second charge could now unleash an area-of-effect attack dealing 50 Damage.

And most importantly, the Covering Area had increased tenfold. Against a dense Swarm, he could now hit over a hundred Black Spine Zergs at once.

With 50 Damage per square meter, each Black Spine Zerg would take at least 200 points of Damage.

When it came to repelling the Zerg Race’s offensive, Firepower Coverage was definitely far more useful than the Eye of the Death God.

For anti-air combat, however, the Cyan-winged Zergs were several times faster than the Black Spine Zergs, and their flight patterns were difficult to predict.

Against highly mobile enemies, the usefulness of the Eye of the Death God became apparent.

After spending only a second or two reviewing the changes to its Attributes and initiating the next round of Upgrades, Lin Feng raised the dark muzzle and activated the Eye of the Death God on the cyan lights darting across the sky.

In an instant, his consciousness fused with the pistol, entering a transcendent state where man and weapon became one.

One, two, three...

The flight paths of the Cyan-winged Zergs grew clear in his vision. Each completed pre-aim locked onto a target for a tracking headshot.

Fifteen seconds later, when there were no new targets left in his field of vision, Lin Feng pulled the trigger...

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Fifteen shots in a row!

Fifteen fiery, dazzling fireballs, each ten meters in diameter, blossomed in the sky.

Seeing the Cyan-winged Zergs utterly annihilated, turned to dust without a trace, the corners of Lin Feng’s mouth turned up slightly.

’As expected,’ he thought. ’Instead of increasing precision by a factor of ten, it’s far better to just increase the kill radius tenfold.’