Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 132 Theme: Migration (4K)

Tomorrow quickly reunited with its companions.

It slowly slowed down, lowered the lifting platform, and retrieved the first and second convoys and the Storm infantry fighting vehicles.

On the upper deck, Black Hawk helicopters and Vanguard gunships landed in succession.

The residents who had been taking refuge came to the deck and began clearing away the zombie remains and carrying out routine city maintenance and obstacle removal.

Li Ye let out a long sigh of relief.

The battle was so thrilling that Tomorrow almost couldn't hold on several times.

In fact, only firepower of its caliber could barely withstand the zombie horde.

After drinking water and resting, my heart gradually calmed down.

The Alliance of Tomorrow is now safe.

However, this safety is only temporary; the zombie horde will eventually sweep across the entire eastern Jurassic Zone.

The Alliance needs to enter the high-altitude area as soon as possible.

Currently, these four mobile cities are traveling together across the vast plains.

After sounding a whistle, the Engineer slowly sailed toward the vicinity of the Tomorrow.

The robotic arms, cranes, and work claws on this engineer-type mobile city deck started up in sequence to begin repairs on the Tomorrow.

"That's really good." Li Ye couldn't help but nod.

While resting, Li Ye also asked the Engineer to help unload the Level 1 steam crossbows that hadn't been used for a long time from the deck.

Just then, a long, drawn-out neigh suddenly came from afar.

Looking towards the sound from the wilderness, they discovered a massive herd of dinosaurs marching on the distant horizon.

The towering Brachiosaurus herd marched heavily at the front, their long necks resembling a moving forest.

Following closely behind were groups of Triceratops, their thick head shields gleaming bronze in the sunset.

The pterosaurs circled low in the air, emitting sharp cries.

Several young ankylosaurs stumbled and fell behind their mother.

The massive and majestic Tyrannosaurus Rex guarded the sides of the procession.

On the plains, sparse velociraptors occasionally swept by, clearly serving as scouts for this dinosaur column.

Upon seeing the approaching mobile city of humans, the dinosaur herd made little move and continued on their way.

Clearly, the pterosaur had already delivered the message.

To combat the zombie horde, the two sides cooperated briefly, and both sides needed to migrate to escape.

Li Ye nodded slightly.

"That'll do."

On the plains, human mobile cities and dinosaur herds moved slowly in parallel lines, without disturbing each other.

Traveling at full speed, the team arrived at the eastern edge of the Jurassic region two or three days later.

The majestic Lydon Mountains then come into view.

At the foot of the snow-capped Xuefeng Mountains, a vibrant scene unfolds.

The lush alpine meadows spread out like a soft carpet, dotted with wildflowers.

In the deep canyon, a rushing stream plunges down, splashing white waves among the jagged rocks, while tranquil alpine lakes are like jewels set among the mountains.

The dinosaurs gradually relaxed and began to rest on the spot.

Li Ye looked at the dinosaurs with a surprised expression.

These dinosaurs had amazing stamina, advancing almost day and night during this period.

They only occasionally stop to rest, drink, and eat when passing through jungles and lakes.

Some elderly dinosaurs that could no longer walk abandoned their migration and chose to become food for carnivorous dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor.

Although the scenery was beautiful, I couldn't feel at ease being away from the wilderness.

The horde of zombies is still behind and will catch up soon.

Tomorrow's Alliance needs to quickly transform into a climbing city and begin its migration in the plateau region.

The West Wilderness City Auction House is still open, where you can purchase the corresponding climbing city accessories.

While pondering, Li Ye glanced at the dinosaurs one last time.

This group of dinosaurs was quite large, numbering in the tens of thousands.

In order to survive, they also have to migrate to the plateau region.

As Li Ye watched, a question involuntarily popped into his mind.

Could dinosaurs survive in high-altitude areas?

He had searched for this information online when he was in college.

It was said at the time that sauropod dinosaur fossils from the Jurassic period had been unearthed on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, proving that dinosaurs could adapt to high-altitude environments.

Some large dinosaurs could maintain their body temperature through the characteristic of giant body homeothermia, while small dinosaurs could rely on their own feathers for insulation.

"By the way, these dinosaurs evolve very quickly. In just a few days, the Mist Slayer Dragon evolved a smoke effect that could suppress zombies." He thought to himself, "They must be able to evolve their bodies to adapt to survival on the plateau."

In the following time, Li Ye dispatched a Black Hawk helicopter to pick up Zhou Xing and the other two and bring them to the Tomorrow for a meeting.

“The zombie horde is just behind us; we have to move towards the highlands,” he said. “Does anyone know of any urban equipment needed for climbing these mountains?”

Zhou Xing then spoke.

"I know."

In the wasteland, mobile cities offer a variety of ways to survive.

The most widespread and common type is terrestrial migration.

Secondly, there is aerial migration, as well as migration over lakes and even oceans.

The migration of mountains is a unique race track.

Making a living in the mountains has the following advantages.

First, due to the complex terrain of the mountains, there are very few monsters and mobile cities, making it seem very safe.

Secondly, the mountains contain inexhaustible resources such as iron ore, coal, and timber.

With few competitors and abundant resources, many mobile cities choose it.

However, there is another downside to the migration of the mountains.

That is, there are very few human forces in the mountains: survivor towns, bounty hunters, survivor caravans, and even mobile cities and fortresses.
They are almost impossible to encounter.

This makes it difficult for mobile cities to communicate with the outside world, conduct territory trade, and obtain intelligence.

Migrating through the mountains also requires collecting a series of urban accessories.

First is the omnidirectional track cluster, composed of hundreds of small, independently driven track modules, each equipped with a hydraulic adjustment device to adapt to a certain degree of sloping rock surfaces. The track surface has densely packed tungsten steel grip teeth, which, when deployed, can penetrate rock formations for stable movement within the city.

Secondly, there are rock bolt anchors, which are giant hydraulic rivets distributed across the city's foundation. These rivets can be launched tens of meters into the mountainside in an instant, securing the city's main structure with high-tensile steel cables. The anchoring process can also trigger small-scale landslides.

Next is the gyro stabilization chamber that must be installed inside the city. This is a liquid mercury balancing sphere used to balance the various forces that the moving city experiences as it climbs.

Finally, when traversing ice-covered plateaus, the mobile city will need to be equipped with an ice-clearing sequence. This sequence features rows of rotating titanium alloy ice-breaking wheels, primarily installed along the edges of the mobile city's path, to crush glacial obstacles. Incidentally, the safest mode of migration is underground. This also requires the mobile city to be equipped with a series of underground excavation accessories.

You'll encounter virtually no enemies underground, making it very safe. However, it's also incredibly boring. The entire underground mobile city requires you to constantly burrow through the rock formations, 24/7, with no sunlight, no scenery, making it somewhat oppressive.

Compared to cities of similar size, underground mobile cities are only half the size or even less. This is primarily to reduce energy consumption and stress during underground movement.

"In short, we need to purchase enough of these four types of urban accessories I mentioned," Zhou Xing concluded.

He specifically added that the omnidirectional track cluster, rock bolt anchor, and ice blade removal sequence can all be Level 1 or even ordinary level, but the gyro stabilizer must be Level 2.

The reason is simple: a level 2 mobile city is already a behemoth, and the various forces it experiences while moving and climbing are far greater than those experienced by a level 1 city, thus requiring a better gyro stabilizer for balance.

After some discussion, the four learned of something rather awkward.

The four lords combined had less than 10000 crystals.

This is mainly because everyone was spending money like crazy to upgrade their characters during the city auction period.

"How about we sell some oil?" Zhou Xing suggested.

While selling oil, Tomorrow Alliance also stored a large amount of oil for its own use.

Among them, the largest number are those that survive in the wild.

Not only that, he also filled all of his vehicles with fuel.

“Now that we’ve stopped extracting oil, we need to process the oil into fuel. Our four Level 2 mobile cities consume a lot of fuel every day. If we can’t find fuel in the future, we might have to go back and buy it.” Li Ye turned around and said, “Don’t we still have a batch of natural gas stored up? Why don’t we just sell it?”

Zhou Xing and the others nodded in agreement.

After selling some of the natural gas, Tomorrow Alliance finally had some money on hand.

Li Ye then purchased the blueprints for four city components, as well as the materials needed to build them, and produced them one by one by consuming iron ore.

The Engineer was on the move again, helping its companions remove their original tracks and install a series of urban climbing accessories.

As an engineer-type mobile city, its conversion speed is much faster than that of ordinary cities.

A few hours later, all four mobile cities were completed.

Li Ye nodded and then waved.

"Set off."

Led by Tomorrow, the four mobile cities slowly entered the plateau region.

They quickly crossed the tranquil and beautiful foothills.

At this moment, what appears before them are intertwined, overlapping peaks covered in ice and snow.

On this permafrost at an altitude of several thousand meters, four steam-powered behemoths began their migration.

Their chassis' omnidirectional tracks roared, each track plate, over a meter wide, embedded with spiral tungsten steel spikes that pierced deep into the rock with the pulsation of the hydraulic system. Scalding hot exhaust steam spewed from the gaps between the tracks, condensing into mist in the sub-zero air.

Extending from the city's base are arrays of rock bolt anchors. These thick steel pillars are hammered into the ice layer with thousands of tons of force every few seconds, and the shockwaves generated at the moment of anchoring tear spiderweb-like cracks in the glacier.

As the city moved forward again, rock spikes and steel pillars were once again pulled from the ice, carrying large chunks of ice that shimmered with a deep blue hue.

Located in the heart of the city, the gyro-stabilized cabin is operating steadily. This giant sphere filled with liquid mercury constantly fine-tunes its center of gravity through a complex gear system, counteracting the various forces it encounters as it climbs the city.

The most spectacular part is the ice-clearing sequence at the front, which consists of multiple sets of serrated ice-breaking wheels, each ten meters in diameter. These giant machines are currently rotating at high speed, shattering the glacier's protruding ridges into diamond-like ice crystals.

At this moment, Li Ye had already put on a down jacket.

After entering the plateau area, the temperature dropped sharply.

Apart from the patrolling combat personnel, all the residents of the Tomorrow have returned to their rooms.

Some residents' rooms happen to have steam pipes running through them, and the hot air coming out of the pipes provides them with free heating.

Li Ye walked to the lookout tower and looked around at the Tomorrow and its other companions.

At this rate, traveling about 100 kilometers a day would be considered quite good.

As he watched the Jurassic-Cretaceous region recede into the distance, he gradually felt at ease.

At least for the time being, zombies will not enter the plateau area.

At the same time, Li Ye couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

Now, the entire southern part of the Western Wilderness Continent has completely fallen.

After conquering the Jurassic-Cretaceous region, the zombie civilization will move south to attack the archipelago region.

This level 2 area will probably be difficult to defend.

The Valley region that the Alliance will be heading to tomorrow is probably one of the few remaining pristine areas in the southern part of the Western Wilderness.

Just then, the Peacemaker, the Engineer, and the Iron Whale all sounded their horns simultaneously.

"What's wrong?" Li Ye immediately tensed up.

Upon closer inspection, the three mobile cities were still steadily climbing.

Relieved, he immediately understood.

Is there something you want to discuss with me?

Li Ye dispatched a Black Hawk helicopter to pick up the three lords.

He soon learned the reason.

Because of the hasty trip to the high-altitude area, none of the three cities had prepared warm clothing.

“No need to buy from the auction house, I’ll make them for you directly.” Li Ye waved his hand. “You guys take stock of the number of warm clothes you need and send over the fabric. Once they’re made, I’ll send a Black Hawk helicopter to transport them to you.”

After finishing their discussion, the three boarded a Black Hawk helicopter and returned to their respective mobile cities.

Li Ye looked at the Black Hawk helicopters parked on the deck, lost in thought.

High altitudes are actually not friendly to air vehicles.

For every 1000 meters increase in altitude, engine power decreases by 10-15%, rotor efficiency drops sharply, and metal fatigue is accelerated as a result.

Furthermore, sudden air currents may form on the plateau, causing helicopters to dynamically stall.

The magnetic field at high altitudes can also cause navigation systems to malfunction and vehicle fuel to shrink due to low temperatures, resulting in inaccurate fuel gauge readings.

In addition, there is altitude sickness.

When climbing mountains, the convoy of mobile cities cannot deploy, and when encountering enemies, they can only rely on artillery and flying vehicles to engage in combat.

Because it is in a climbing state, the moving city moves very slowly, almost like a stationary target.

"Come to think of it, we shouldn't encounter any enemies in the high-altitude area," Li Ye thought to himself.

After all, the high altitude and harsh climate here make it undesirable even for monsters.

The Tomorrow Alliance is probably the only active force here.

Meanwhile, on the eastern edge of the Jurassic-Cretaceous region, at the foot of the Lydon Mountains.

With a roar from the lead dinosaur, the dinosaurs that were resting, eating, and drinking got up and marched towards the plateau in groups.

In order to survive, they began to migrate, just like humans.

Upon exposure to the low temperatures of the plateau, many dinosaurs let out unbearable roars.

Immediately afterwards, their bodies began to undergo some slow and subtle changes.

(End of this chapter)