Apocalypse: My Items Can Upgrade Infinitely

Chapter 394: Chapter 205: Trade, Ambition, Emerging Prominence

"Based on the daily consumption for an active worker, we’re looking at one kilogram of rice per person..."

One kilogram of rice might sound like an exaggeration, but faced with everyone’s confused stares, Betty quickly offered a logical explanation:

"Just eating rice without any meat or fat won’t keep you full! Especially with all the manual labor from building fortifications, the daily training for the Support Soldiers and Warriors, and having to go to the edge of the Zerg Race’s territory to kill Red-Armored Beetles, and so on..."

"With just rice and salted fish, a person can easily polish off three large bowls in a single meal. Over three meals, that’s at least six large bowls a day. By that calculation, it’s one kilogram per person, so for 150,000 people, that’s 150 tons of rice per day. Our 60,000 tons would only last 400 days."

"And that’s just the on-paper calculation. We can’t survive on rice alone. Even without meat, we’ll need to organize the elderly, those over sixty, to grow vegetables and ensure a long-term intake of vitamins and other micronutrients."

"So, to sum it all up, the situation is extremely grim. Trying to support an army of ten thousand Awakeners when we’re starting from scratch, relying only on a hundred thousand civilians made up of the old, weak, sick, and disabled..."

"It’s difficult. Very, very difficult!"

After listening to Betty’s outline of the temporary base’s future and the problems she had identified, Lin Feng took a deep breath:

"The food issue is the most pressing. Right now, our only source of protein, the fish, must be prioritized for the combat teams."

"Otherwise, eating only plain rice won’t meet the protein demands that come with their growing Physique."

"As for a source of meat, we can raise more chickens. Try to make sure every able-bodied survivor has something to do."

"In this apocalyptic environment, we are a frontline force resisting the Zerg Race invasion. We are not running a charity, and we have no obligation to just care for them."

"Notify all members that if they want to stay, they must contribute. Even if it’s just raising some chickens, ducks, or geese. Aside from children under the age of twelve, all other personnel must participate in labor."

Having said this, Lin Feng looked toward Han Yuxin:

"Have you been in contact with Hu Fei?"

Han Yuxin nodded in response:

"I have. He’s even more anxious on his end..."

"Right now, the provisional committee in the rear and the War-time Supreme Council, which is trapped in the Federal Capital, are having a serious directional disagreement."

"The former, bogged down by enormous logistical demands, wants to abandon the Federal Capital. The latter, of course, wants to hold on. The Capital is the symbol of the Federation’s existence; if it falls, it means the fall of the Federation. An exiled council would have no authority, and the various bases in the safe zones would naturally start governing themselves, leaving the Federation to exist in name only..."

"Don’t be fooled by how they’re just voicing their different opinions on the surface; behind the scenes, things are already at a boiling point."

"The leaders of the various bases have already formed alliances, preparing to either confront or win over the forces pulling out of the Capital. After all, that’s the last of the Federation’s military elite."

"But the best method is still to arm themselves."

"That’s why Hu Fei’s live Zerg trade has become so hot that it’s nearly impossible to acquire a single specimen."

"According to an informant I have in place, that guy is even thinking about getting into the live Tier Two Zerg business. He really doesn’t know what he’s getting into..."

"After I called to notify him this morning, he said he could bring his team to Jin City as early as tomorrow morning to discuss this big business with you in person."

Lin Feng nodded and added:

"Tell him that besides weapons, we also need a large quantity of meat. As long as he can guarantee our base’s military a supply of meat for the next six months, I might consider selling him Tier Two Zerg Eggs."

Han Yuxin was stunned. Although the three women present had all become Tier Two Awakeners, they were all part of Lin Feng’s inner circle.

Hu Fei, from beginning to end, was just an outsider—nothing more than a partner in a transaction.

A single Tier Two Zerg Egg meant the potential birth of a Tier Two Awakener, and the latter’s power was far beyond anything a Tier One Late Stage Awakener could hope to match.

With power comparable to a minor Superman, a Tier Two Awakener could directly become the leader of a small base or build a faction tens of thousands strong.

A team of Tier Two Awakeners would be enough to shatter the balance of power in the rear safe zones, igniting a bloody storm of power grabs and internal strife.

Besides Han Yuxin, Betty also realized the potential impact of such an action.

But it was no exaggeration to say that any one of Lin Feng’s fully armed Tier Two Battle Groups could completely wipe out all the defense forces in the rear.

For the troops who had fought brutal, grueling battles against the Zerg Race on the front line, returning to the safe zone would be a completely one-sided slaughter.

Even if their Levels and power were identical, there was still a massive gap in terms of real-world combat experience and the application of their abilities.

A flower raised in a greenhouse, no matter how strong, could never defeat a warrior who constantly walks the line between life and death—not unless it was so powerful it could achieve a completely crushing victory.

Therefore, trading Tier Two Zerg Eggs wasn’t out of the question. The key was how to maximize the benefits from the transaction!

Betty and the others had already learned that Lin Feng had previously traded fifteen Tier Two Zerg Eggs to the Federation Research Institute for three miniature nuclear warheads, which had been delivered when Liu Yi and his men escorted the corpse of the Zerg Race Mother Empress back to the base.

The valuation of five Tier Two Zerg Eggs for one nuclear warhead had already been set as a precedent—one established by Lin Feng’s own hand.

Therefore, the baseline price for any future trades could not fall below this standard.

While Han Yuxin was still pondering whether this action would cause turmoil in the rear, Betty had already voiced her opinion:

"The value of Tier Two Zerg Eggs cannot be measured in meat!"

"No amount of food can be traded for a Tier Two Awakener!"

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