Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 119 Continental Auction House, and Oil Drilling (2.8K)

The human forces marched forward in a grand procession and eventually crossed the rift.

What lay before them was a vast, boundless plain.

As far as the eye can see, there is no obstruction, and the horizon forms a perfect arc. The sky occupies most of the field of vision, and the clouds hang low as if they could be reached.

The plains are covered with an endless sea of ​​grass, which undulates with the wind like waves.

In addition, a large number of flowers, grasses, trees and shrubs are planted deep within it.

Countless dinosaurs also roam the plains, foraging, resting, or raising their young.

Upon seeing the large human procession approaching from the rift valley, the dinosaurs froze, their eyes filled with wariness.

Immediately afterwards, they quickened their pace and left.

Natural L3 sounded its horn, roughly indicating that the journey was over and the team was disbanding.

The bounty hunters, the survivor convoy, and the mobile city dispersed, heading in different directions.

The three mobile cities of Tomorrow Alliance headed north.

Watching the departing Nature L3, Li Ye pondered for a moment before heading towards the upper deck.

He piloted the goblin helicopter to Nature L3.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else you need?" Niels, who was receiving him, asked with a puzzled look.

"Where are you headed next?" Li Ye asked.

He inquired about the situation because he felt there was a possibility of future cooperation with the Titan Throne.

"Oh, you mean this?" Niels suddenly realized.

He told Li Ye that Nature L3 was expected to stay on this giant plain for about a week to survey the vegetation and capture some dinosaurs for research.

"OK, thanks."

Back on the deck of the Tomorrow, Rino, who had just stepped out of the helicopter, suddenly heard a beeping sound.

He subconsciously glanced at the lord's bracelet on his left wrist.

"What's going on this time?"

The lord's bracelet displayed the following words.

"The auction house in the Western Wilderness Continent will open in three days."

After being stunned for more than ten seconds, Li Ye finally came to his senses.

"A city auction house in the Western Wilderness Continent?!" His eyes were filled with disbelief.

As the name suggests, this is probably the city auction house that circulates throughout the continent.

Resources from all 22 regions will be available for auction.

Li Ye was instantly overjoyed.

At that time, the resources circulating in the city's auction houses will be far more than imagined.

As long as you have enough crystals, you can instantly purchase a fully equipped mobile city from scratch.

If Tomorrow can seize this opportunity, it can reach level 2 with full configuration, or even be promoted to a level 3 city!
It might be able to develop land forces, naval fleets, and air combat capabilities.

This will significantly advance the planned departure time!
As he thought about it, Li Ye clenched his fist.

In any case, Tomorrow must seize this opportunity.

With the city auction house open, crystal coins have become the most important resource.

If you have money, you can basically buy anything you want.

"Fortunately, this time the resource information has been updated to an epic level." Li Ye was relieved.

It should be noted that the Tomorrow Alliance only has a little over 10,000 crystal coins in total, which is far from enough to meet their needs.

The three mobile cities continued their journey northward.

The Engineer originally had two Goblin Oil Exploration Vehicles, but Li Ye requested Zhou Xing to build six more.

Zhou Xing hesitated considerably about this.

This is equivalent to consuming 900 units of level 1 iron ore, which is enough to craft quite a few items.

"Do as I say!" Li Ye waved his hand.

The Engineer then dispatched eight oil exploration vehicles to begin searching for oil fields in the northern region.

The area was so vast that the three mobile cities looked like tiny black dots on the ground as they moved.

During this period, the escort engineer of the Tomorrow and Iron Whale completed his promotion.

In fact, the Engineer's inventory doesn't even have enough Level 1 resources.

However, Li Ye had already considered this point. When the main force was moving forward and when the territory was trading, he specifically went to other lords to ask for some level 1 resources.

A few hours later, an oil exploration vehicle was the first to discover an oil field.

According to the data, this oil field is of medium size.

"There really is an oil field!"

Zhou Xing and Fang Yong immediately became excited.

Li Ye smiled faintly.

If they knew that the northern region was full of oil fields, they would probably be astonished.

"Since there are oil fields, it means that this area is very likely full of oil fields," he thought to himself.

At this moment, the three mobile cities are located in a large sedimentary basin.

From high above, this large sedimentary basin appears as a huge bowl-shaped depression, surrounded by mountains and highlands.

Its edges are steep fault cliffs, while its interior is an open alluvial plain with a gentle, mirror-like surface and occasional low hills.

Upon arriving near the oil field, the three mobile cities began extraction operations.

A gap is opened at their bottom, allowing an automated drilling rig to extend and slowly rotate into the earth's surface. As the hydraulic drill bit tears through the rock and reaches the oil reservoir, a steady stream of oil is pumped through pipelines into storage tanks on the mobile city.

More than half an hour later, Li Ye briefly took stock of the harvest.

This medium-sized oil field produced a total of 882 units of oil.

If converted to crystal coins, it's equivalent to eight or nine thousand crystal coins.

During this period, another oil exploration vehicle discovered two oil fields.

One is a small oil field, and the other is a large oil field.

Overjoyed, Fang Yong and Zhou Xing couldn't help but wonder.

"Why are there so many oil fields in this area?"

After a brief discussion, the three made a decision.

The Iron Whale was sent to explore small oil fields, while the Tomorrow escorted the Engineer to explore large oil fields.

Upon arriving at their destination, Zhou Xing made a suggestion to Li Ye.

The scale of the large oil field is so huge that it would take a long time to manage just the oil pipelines that transport the city.

Therefore, he plans to build an oil drilling platform here, which will greatly improve the efficiency of oil extraction.

Zhou Xing had already collected the design blueprints for the oil drilling platform, and they were at level 2.

It takes 400 units of level 2 iron ore to build a level 2 oil drilling platform.

As he spoke, Zhou Xing looked towards Li Ye.

Li Ye knew exactly what he meant.

"Okay, okay, I'll get you that batch of level 2 iron ore right away."

After receiving Li Ye's consent, Zhou Xing excitedly rubbed his hands together and turned to his men.

"let us start."

With a roar, the Engineer began its work.

The edge of this engineer-type city slowly opens up, revealing the giant hydraulic struts that retract within.

With the input of a series of Tier 2 iron ore mines, the production workshop was started up, forging the materials needed to build the drilling platform.

The materials arrived on the deck along the conveyor belt and began to be assembled under the operation of robotic arms and claws.

With the support of hydraulic struts, the framework of a drilling platform began to slowly take shape.

The crane then began lifting the heavy beam.

The engineers and apprentices, dressed in their work clothes, began installing various components on the frame and tightening the screws on each part one by one.

In just a few tens of minutes, a drilling platform was completed.

It features robust riveted steel plates and sturdy, massive mechanical oil pipelines.

With Zhou Xing's command, the drilling platform began to operate.

The steam turbine roared, driving the diamond drill bit, weighing tens of tons, to rotate and slowly penetrate the ground.

The drill rod sank section by section, with mechanics and apprentices using hydraulic wrenches to firmly secure each connection, sparks flying and shimmering in the oil.

A series of tremors immediately came from underground.

As the drill bit broke through the rock strata, the pipeline suddenly gushed out the first jet of oil. The viscous oil, carrying a pungent sulfurous smell, sprayed onto the drilling platform.

The mechanics and apprentices cheered and quickly pulled the diversion valve to direct the gushing oil into the giant oil tank.

With the drilling platform in operation, oil from underground is continuously flowing into giant oil tanks at an astonishing rate.

"Such smooth operation!" Li Ye exclaimed.

From building the drilling platform to the collaboration between mechanics and apprentices in oil extraction, the Engineer's entire process proceeded smoothly.

In fact, as an engineering-type city, the Engineers developed its residents into mechanics and apprentices from the very beginning in order to carry out various engineering tasks.

The Engineer also has a city simulation training cabin, where residents train in various engineering techniques on a regular basis.

Because engineer-type cities are so important, some predatory city alliances will not take action after discovering them, but will try to recruit them into their ranks.

"Luckily, we managed to recruit the Engineer back then," Li Ye said thankfully.

Without this engineer-type mobile city, he would only be able to look on with envy and despair.

With the Tomorrow's oil pipeline, it would be a long time before these oil fields can be exploited.

About an hour later, the Iron Whale returned.

Two Level 2 mobile cities stood silently guarding the drilling platform and the Engineer.

In fact, this large sedimentary basin is not peaceful.

Every now and then, a mobile city will pass by.

Among them are predatory cities.

Looking at the drilling platform and the Engineer, which were in operation, they couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

However, upon seeing the Iron Whale and Tomorrow waiting nearby, they abandoned the idea.

In addition, a large number of dinosaurs existed in the sedimentary basin.

Every now and then, dinosaurs would appear in the distance, watching them intently as they left the wilderness.

Seeing this scene, Li Ye couldn't help but frown.

"This place doesn't look very safe."

During the oil extraction, Li Ye casually called Zhou Xing and Fang Yong to a meeting.

The topic they were discussing was, of course, the auction house in the city of Xihuangzhou.

(End of this chapter)