Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 138 Maneuvering and Evasion on the Plateau! (4K)

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Just as Li Ye was about to press further, he suddenly heard a low, muffled sound, like thunder, coming from afar.

He turned his head and saw more than a dozen blazing orbs of light hurtling towards him from the sky.

They left long, fiery tails in the air, like falling fire meteors.

On the distant mountain ridge, a dozen or so enormous insectoids were prominently displayed.

They resemble beetles in shape, possess incredibly sharp mouthparts, and their mouths are filled with blazing flames.

Firefly.

Zerg low-tier ranged heavy support unit.

It is about 12-15 meters long, with its mouth accounting for one-third of its body length, and rows of compound eyes on both sides of its mouth.

The artillery bug has an extremely hard exoskeleton, capable of withstanding fire from small to medium caliber weapons. However, its movement is correspondingly slow; through wiggling of its ventral legs and short-range digging, its maximum speed is only 20 km/h.

Its weapon is a high-explosive energy bomb synthesized within its body.

Within its horizontal firing range, the cannon worm can bombard targets within 800-1200 meters.

If it's an elevation angle, then it's 2500-3000 meters.

The cannon bug doesn't need a gunner to operate it; it has evolved a completely integrated firepower structure from birth. These enormous creatures possess unexpected computational abilities, capable of calculating the wind speed, angle, and tilt of the energy projectile required to fire.

The explosions shattered the silence of the snow-capped mountain as these burning high-explosive bombs hurtled through the air, leaving scorching trails in the thin atmosphere.

The first energy blast landed on the edge of a glacier on a snow-capped peak near the Tomorrow, causing a massive explosion that sent the millennia-old ice layer collapsing and huge chunks of ice being lifted up by the shockwave.

The second energy blast struck the snow slope, triggering a chain reaction of avalanches. Thousands of tons of snow poured down like a white tidal wave.

Then came the third and fourth shots.
The towering flames illuminated the entire plateau, and the heatwave from the explosion melted the snow within a radius of hundreds of miles, with countless pieces of ice and rocks raining down.

Li Ye covered his ears tightly, as if the whole world was spinning in a deafening explosion.

The Alliance of Tomorrow was unharmed.

While traveling, Elder David warned everyone that in battle they should lean against the snow-capped peaks.

Everyone was completely baffled at the time, but now they understand perfectly.

With the snow-capped peaks as their support, the Tomorrow and the Peacekeeper remained unscathed. The Iron Whale and the Engineer, however, did not participate in the battle.

The forward-deployed War Sword M3 became the primary bombing target.

The vast majority of energy projectiles hurtled toward it.

"It's over!" Li Ye thought to himself, "This is bad."

The War Sword M3 is currently located halfway up a snow-capped peak, more than two thousand meters above the ground.

It was also modified for high-altitude climbing, making it extremely slow.

At that speed, the War Sword M3 had no time to evade the bombing.

It was destined to be shattered into pieces.

Just then, War Sword M3 suddenly made an unexpected move by leaving the wilderness.

In an instant, it retracted all the rock anchors at the bottom, and as these thick steel pillars retracted, the mobile city slid down at an astonishing speed!

At the same time, it also stopped the hydraulic system of the omnidirectional track cluster, so that the track plates no longer exert force to fix the ice layer.

Immediately afterwards, its left track cluster braked suddenly, while the right track spun at full speed, dodging the incoming artillery fire with a thrilling drift!

During this period, a large number of folding sails were deployed on its upper deck.

These folding sails all unfold in the opposite direction, creating enormous air resistance.

As the War Sword M3 sped forward over the snow-capped peaks, the reverse-deployed sails exploded with a deafening roar, instantly taut and transforming the gale into an invisible giant hand that prevented the city from plunging off the cliff.

Using the immense inertia generated by the sudden unfolding of the sails, the War Sword M3 began to drift laterally.

As the inertial drift gradually weakened, the previously stalled omnidirectional track clusters and rock bolt anchors restarted, beginning to slow down the city.

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, the War Sword M3 finally arrived steadily at the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, no one could express their shock in words.

It turns out that mobile cities can also maneuver and evade obstacles on plateaus!

Li Ye gazed at the War Sword M3, which was slowly starting up again, and a look of sincere admiration appeared in his eyes.

Maneuvering and evading obstacles in high-altitude areas is a skill that only highly qualified helmsmen can perform.

The opening and closing of the omnidirectional track clusters and rock bolt rivets, the timing of unfolding the folding style, and the avoidance of inertia through drifting.
If any of these actions are overlooked, the mobile city will face destruction and loss of life.

Li Ye subconsciously looked at the screen, where a message had appeared.

【War Sword M3: We are born to fight.】

When the smoke cleared, the snow-capped peaks were unrecognizable. The ice had shattered, the rock walls had collapsed, and the once tranquil and pure white world was now scorched black by the gunfire.

[The Peacemaker: Report! These artillery bugs are using the flanks of the snow-capped peaks as cover, making it difficult for my artillery fire to hit them.]

[Tomorrow's Ship: I'll handle these.]

On the distant snow-capped peaks.

Seemingly realizing that their attack had failed, the fireflies emitted low hissing sounds.

Their compound eyes on either side of their mouths blinked, as if they were communicating.

Immediately afterwards, intense heat surged forth from inside their mouths once more.

Just then, a deafening roar suddenly came from high above.

The fireflies seemed to sense something and all looked up at the sky.

A colossal creature broke through the clouds and hurtled toward them.

That was clearly a Vanguard armed gunship.

The cannon worms clearly sensed the threat posed by the aerial behemoth and instantly let out a sharp screech in unison.

The ice and rock layers around them immediately broke apart, and a large number of Frostblade Beasts and Digger Beasts swarmed out, using their bodies as human shields to protect the Cannon Bugs.

"The Vanguard gunship has locked onto multiple targets simultaneously," the crew member said softly. "Initiate maximum firepower."

The gunship's BK-27 rotary heavy machine gun opened fire, the high-rate bullets turning the ammunition belts into crimson whips that swept across the swarms of insects on the snow-capped peaks.

During this time, the Odin's Hammer 105mm heavy howitzer in the middle of the fuselage also opened fire, and the bomb bay under the belly of the gunship opened, with more than a dozen MK80 general-purpose bombs falling vertically.

The entire snow-capped peak was immediately engulfed in a raging inferno. The shockwave generated by the universal bomb spread out in a circle, and the high temperature of several thousand degrees instantly vaporized the swarm of insects into charred remains.

“Very good!” Li Ye nodded sharply.

In this way, the threat of mobile cities is eliminated.

[War Sword M3: Impressive, I didn't expect you to have a Tier 3 flying vehicle. Now we can continue advancing.]

[The Peacemaker: Report, the next artillery support will be ready in 5 minutes.]

[Tomorrow: Things are going unexpectedly smoothly. Should I send the gunships directly to the rear to bomb the Zerg base?]

[WarSword M3: Don't do that! The Zerg swarm has anti-air firepower!]

[War Sword M3: There can be no oversights when dealing with the Zerg swarm; we must proceed with a steady and methodical approach!]

[Tomorrow's issue: Understood.]

The Tomorrow Alliance will continue its advance alongside the War Sword M3. The War Sword M3 has now deployed a large number of combat forces to the outside world.

The light airship sped past, unleashing a barrage of firepower on the swarm of insects on the ground.

The jet aircraft accelerated forward to meet the oncoming wind-swept dragon.

The spider tank, equipped with eight mechanical legs, moved nimbly along the front line, constantly firing at the insects that emerged from under the ice.

Some of the Spider Tanks were also equipped with a knight in powered armor, who, with a cigarette in his mouth, pulled the trigger and fired at the top of his lungs.

Although the Zerg were numerous, they were simply unable to withstand such concentrated firepower.

Human-made mobile cities are gradually being developed.

Upon seeing the fungal carpet so close at hand, Li Ye couldn't help but frown.

[Tomorrow's Report: Elder David, should we dispose of these fungal mats?]

[War Sword M3: Ignore it. Once the Earth-Eroding Beasts that sustain its secretions are gone, these fungal carpets will slowly evaporate and disappear.]

[War Sword M3: In fact, these fungal carpets are surprisingly clean, composed entirely of organic matter.]

Just as the two were talking, a deafening roar suddenly came from the distant sky.

Li Ye frowned instantly.

Judging from the scale of the sound, it was clearly a giant creature.

[WarSword M3: This is really bad. I didn't expect the Zerg swarm to even build Ultralisks.]

[Tomorrow’s Issue: Thunder Beast? 】

[Warsword M3: That's a Zerg ground heavy combat unit, a war fortress on the battlefield.]

A distant tremor came from ahead, growing ever closer.

Li Ye turned his head and saw a giant insectoid beast, about two or three hundred meters long, rushing towards him.

Its body was covered by layers of dark purple bio-armor, and its surface was covered with thick blood vessels. Above its mouth was a bony jaw that was tens of meters long and shaped like a giant scimitar.

This insectoid behemoth possessed dozens of pairs of compound eyes, each covered by a translucent crystalline membrane, and its pupils emitted a dark red, menacing light when they contracted.

Its limbs are extremely strong and powerful, with bone blades extending backward from the joints, and each step is accompanied by a thunderous roar that shakes the earth.

Elder David responded succinctly to this.

[War Sword M3: Deploy maximum firepower.]

In an instant, the three mobile cities simultaneously opened fire.

The Frost Cannons and Lava Cannons on the Tomorrow, the Black Hawk helicopters strafing, and the Vanguard Armed Gunships firing at full power.

The Peacemaker unleashed another salvo of cannon fire, its power as thunderous as a thunderbolt.

The War Sword M3 opened fire at full power, and the entire mobile city erupted in waves of gunfire.

The surging, dense firepower swept over the thunder beast from top to bottom, shattering its hard shell and slowing the rate at which its legs were torn apart.

Even so, this insectoid behemoth still unleashed its ferocity, actually charging forward despite the artillery fire!
"So strong." Li Ye's expression turned serious.

The War Sword M3 boasts an impressive armament, the City Peacemaker is a fire support-type ship, and the Tomorrow is a ship with powerful firepower.

The combined fire of three level 2 mobile cities was actually held off by this Zerg behemoth!
After traveling several hundred meters, the thunder beast finally gave out and collapsed with a mournful cry.

[WarSword M3: Keep pushing. We need to eliminate the Zerg swarm before they can produce more combat units.]

The further you go, the greater the resistance you encounter.

The swarms of insects attacked from almost all directions, and the firepower from the several mobile cities was relentless.

During this period, a large number of insect swarms invaded the deck of the Tomorrow, but fortunately, the deck defenses of the Tomorrow were sufficient and withstood the pressure.

Finally, the Zerg base came into view.

Upon seeing its appearance, Li Ye was taken aback.

It's more like a fortress than a Zerg base.

The fortress seemed alive, resembling a writhing mountain of flesh, covered by a thick outer shell and filled with fungal carpet inside.

Its overall structure resembles a spiral tower, with its base rooted in the earth and its top extending into a huge incubation chamber that continuously spews out fungal mats.

It contains Zerg structures from top to bottom, including hatching nests, evolution chambers, live Zerg turrets, Zerg tunnels, and digestion chambers.

The hatching nest is filled with countless insect eggs, and dozens of larvae hatch every minute.

These larvae crawl into the evolution chamber and then transform into various Zerg units.

[Tomorrow's Issue: Elder David, what's going on here?]

[War Sword M3: That is the Queen Insect.]

[Tomorrow's Issue: What?!]

[War Sword M3: After the location is confirmed, the Queen will transform into various forms to reproduce the swarm. The fortress form you saw is just one of them.]

[War Sword M3: They transform into all sorts of bizarre forms. Can you imagine a queen insect in the form of a mobile city?]

[Tomorrow's Issue: This is unbelievable.]

[War Sword M3: These stationary insect queens are manageable, but the ones that can move are the real trouble. Let's just blast them out.]

Compared to the Thunder Beast, the Insect Queen is much easier to deal with.

Three mobile cities aimed, then opened fire.

This bizarre and magnificent living insect swarm fortress was thus engulfed in raging flames.

During this time, a large number of insect swarms launched a counterattack with hissing sounds, but were ultimately suppressed.

With the destruction of the swarm fortress, the previously surging swarm of insects instantly came to a standstill.

Their movements were no longer coordinated, but became chaotic.

After losing their command center, the insects became no different from ordinary monsters.

They hissed restlessly, paced back and forth, and even wrestled and bit each other.

The scene immediately descended into chaos.

The War Sword M3 was clearly used to this kind of scene and mobilized its firepower to wipe out the insects.

The Tomorrow and the Peacekeeper then joined the ranks.

In the end, the vast majority of insects were wiped out, with only a few managing to escape.

Just as Li Ye and the others were about to give chase, Elder David stopped them.

[WarSword M3: No need to pursue. Killing the Queen Insect has already achieved the strategic objective.]

[War Sword M3: Without the queen's command, even a swarm of thousands is nothing but a disorganized mess.]

[Tomorrow's issue: Received.]

[WarSword M3: Thank you for your assistance; this Zerg crisis has been successfully resolved.]

[Tomorrow's Account: You're too kind. In fact, we've witnessed the threat of the Zerg swarm firsthand this time.]

[War Sword M3: The Iron Brotherhood will remember your contributions. We will not let your sacrifices be in vain.]

[War Sword M3: Tell me, what kind of reward do you want? Anything I can mobilize, I can provide.]

(End of this chapter)