Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 140 The Heavenly Road Project! (4K)

"Have we reached the Redridge Region already, Heath?" Victor said slowly. "You're much faster than I expected."

Heath nodded slightly and bowed with one hand on his shoulder.

"With heavy responsibilities on our shoulders, we dare not slack off."

"Let's get straight to the point and discuss the battle plan," Viktor waved his hand. "From which direction do you plan to attack? By sea, land, or air?"

Heath then fell into deep thought.

The northern and southern parts of the Western Wasteland are separated by the Lydon Mountains, also known as the Highlands.

This mountain range is like a natural barrier, severing most of the communication and connection between the north and south of the Western Wilderness Continent.

Only those who can travel between them.
A mobile city in the air.

A mobile city that travels a long sea route along the coastline.

A mobile city built by digging underground.

Wormholes that appear occasionally and can instantly teleport people thousands of miles away.

As the overall commander of the human forces in the Western Wilderness, Hiss has the power to mobilize a huge number of troops.

First, he can command and control the Apocalypse Cult and the mobile cities of the Titan Throne located in the northern part of the Western Wilderness.

Secondly, human mobile cities in various regions of the Western Wilderness also actively participated.

According to estimates, Heath was able to mobilize more than 80 Tier 2 mobile cities of various types this time.

As agreed by both parties, the level of weapons and equipment that can be deployed is level 3.

“Level 3?” Heath nodded slowly.

只要配备上3级火炮、3级飞行载具、3级陆战载具、3级重机枪、3级枪械，人类方就能势如破竹，一路荡平丧尸文明了。

The pressure on him immediately lessened considerably.

After some deep thought.

First, the path through the sky was ruled out by Heath.

Although taking the air route allows one to ignore terrain obstacles and directly cross the Lydon Mountains to the southern part of the Western Wilderness.

However, aerial conversion is a huge undertaking, unlike waterborne conversion, which requires a complete overhaul of the entire mobile city.

Moreover, this project involves more than 80 Level 2 mobile cities, which is far beyond our capacity.

Secondly, land routes are also not very feasible.

The Lydon Mountains completely isolate the northern and southern parts of the Western Wasteland, and the only way to cross them is through high-altitude climbing and modification.

Although the speed of plateau climbing conversion is several times faster than aerial conversion, the speed is extremely slow when crossing plateaus.

After slowly considering these matters, Heath spoke.

"This time we will travel by sea."

He then told Viktor about his plan.

The human mobile cities of the Western Wilderness will gather in a western area near the ocean, and then undergo waterborne modifications together.

This massive force will accelerate along the coastline and reach the basin region in the southern part of the Western Wilderness.

Immediately afterwards, all mobile cities will revert to land-based driving mode, advancing smoothly from the basin area to the Eternal Night District where the zombie civilization resides.

Heath nodded slightly as he thought about it.

This was the safest and most feasible plan he could think of.

However, Viktor shook his head.

"This plan is good, but I think it's still lacking something."

Heath's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this.

"Lord Victor, it seems you have a better idea?"

After coughing violently a few times, Victor slowly pushed the chair back, revealing a map of the Western Wilderness.

Under Heath's expectant gaze, he gently placed his hand on the Lydon Mountains that stretched between the north and south.

"This time, we'll travel by land."

He smiled.

"But it's not a group climbing, modifying, and traversing the plateau route."

Heath was initially puzzled upon hearing this.

But seeing the Cardinal's smile, he seemed to understand, and his pupils slowly dilated.

You don't mean...

Victor nodded.

"Yes, opening up the mountain."

Gather all human engineering-type mobile cities in the northern part of the Western Wasteland, and starting from the edge of the Red Ridge area at the foot of the Lehtun Mountains, open a plateau passage connecting the north and south of the Western Wasteland through large-scale engineering operations.

The human mobile cities will surge southward through this passage. They will begin in the Wilderness District and advance from north to south all the way to the Night District.

"This this"

Heath, who was usually calm and collected, suddenly became somewhat incoherent.

Viktor's plan was far too ambitious.

Just thinking about the massive wave of mobile cities opening up the mountains filled him with excitement.

But in the heat of the moment, he quickly realized something.

“Lord Victor, the Liedun Mountains are a full two thousand kilometers long,” he said hesitantly.

Viktor simply smiled faintly.

"Only 2000 kilometers!"

"With the capabilities of a Level 2 engineer-type mobile city, it can travel 5-10 kilometers in a day in the plateau region."

"This time, we can mobilize more than 10 Tier 2 engineering cities in the north, as well as a large number of Tier 1 engineering cities."

"We can open up more than 100 kilometers of roads in the plateau region in a single day. Within a month, this passageway connecting the north and south will be completely open!"

Heath couldn't help but take a deep breath.

It must be said that Cardinal Victor had a much longer-term vision than him.

Following Viktor's train of thought, he figured out the series of things that followed.

This walkway through the Lydon Mountains was not only for the convenience of human attacks.

Currently, almost the entire southern part of the Western Wilderness Continent has fallen, with the basin area, Jurassic area, wilderness area, and Gobi area all occupied by zombie civilization.

This means that the original power structure in these regions has been reshuffled.

After the zombie civilization is destroyed, these areas will become empty zones within the faction.

At that time, the human side and the monster side will once again engage in fierce competition.

The human faction, which controls the north-south corridor, can continuously transport northern forces to the south through the corridor, giving them a significant advantage.

More than that.

Under normal circumstances, the monsters would not tolerate the humans opening up this passageway.

But this time the situation is different. The zombie civilization has seriously threatened the survival of both the human and monster factions in the Western Wilderness, and both sides' world-class organizations must intervene.

The monsters naturally understood the intentions behind the walkways that the humans had built for their attack.

Perhaps they will tacitly agree, or perhaps humanity will have to make compromises.

After thinking it all through, Heath couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"As expected of a cardinal, he is indeed shrewd and calculating."

Seeing his expression, Victor smiled gently.

“You are a good young man; perhaps you will become a cardinal someday.”

Young people?

Heath was taken aback.

In fact, he is already 45 years old this year.

But from Viktor's perspective, he does seem like a "young man".

Coming to his senses, he couldn't help but look at Victor.

This cardinal is very, very old.

Upon realizing this, Heath was suddenly startled. He had heard Victor's speeches when he was four or five years old. Now, forty years later, Victor was still alive.

How old is this cardinal now?

Seeing Heath's hesitant expression, Victor spoke calmly.

"I'm almost 100 years old."

Heath was taken aback.

Viktor casually picked up a cigarette and took a leisurely puff.

"Don't make such a fuss. There are several old monsters like me among the cardinals. I'm probably the youngest among them."

Heath nodded and took a deep breath to calm his thoughts.

He looked at Viktor and asked the question he most wanted to ask.

"Lord Victor, what will become of the monsters?"

Heath already had a rough estimate in his mind.

The human side will deploy more than 80 level 2 mobile cities this time.

The number of monsters will only increase.

Viktor took a drag of his cigarette and gave his reply.

This time, the monsters will use naval power and travel by sea.

They will land in the southernmost desert region of the Western Wilderness Continent, and travel from south to north through the desert and wasteland regions before reaching the Eternal Night Region.

Heath was relieved to hear this.

In comparison, the monsters have to traverse one more area than the humans, meaning they have a longer journey.

At the same time, he couldn't help but frown.

“This isn’t right, Lord Victor.”

"According to the agreement of silence, both sides can only mobilize forces from the Western Wilderness this time. Why can the monsters be mobilized from the sea?"

Viktor waved his hand gently.

"Article 53 of the Continental Agreement states that any two powers within 500 nautical miles of the coastline of any continent shall be considered powers within that continent," he said calmly.

"The Continental Agreement?" A hint of surprise flashed in Heath's eyes.

"Yes, it's an agreement reached between humans and monsters a very, very long time ago, even earlier than the Silence Agreement. It started with only thirteen articles and was continuously supplemented over the next few hundred years."

Viktor answered.

"You are still too young, there are many things you don't understand yet."

Seeing Heath's eyes flicker as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, he smiled and said...

"If you want to know more, keep climbing."

Heath was stunned. He never expected that the words he had once spoken to his second-in-command would now be said to him by Victor.

After nodding, he fell into rapid thought.

This time, the monsters will mobilize all their forces within a 500-nautical-mile radius of the entire continent's coastline.

When these numbers are added together, it will be an astonishing figure.

As he pondered, his brows furrowed involuntarily.

On the ocean, humanity has always been at a disadvantage.

There are far more monsters in the ocean than on land.

He instinctively pressed his temples and sat down with difficulty.

It must be said that the amount of information contained in this conversation was truly immense.

Even Heath, who is usually quick-witted and decisive, found it somewhat difficult to digest.

During a break, Heath suddenly noticed something.

His pupils dilated instantly, and his heart pounded wildly.

"The Wasteland! Lord Victor! The monster forces are about to sweep across the Wasteland!"

He suddenly stood up.

"This time, that world-class monster organization will definitely be involved. They will absolutely take action against the suppression devices in the wasteland!"

Seeing that Viktor remained unmoved and took a light puff of his cigarette, he was initially taken aback, but then realized something.

"Lord Victor, could it be that..."

"Yes."

Viktor answered calmly.

"This is the compromise made by humanity."

This time, the monsters' world-class organization tacitly agreed that the humans could open up a highland passage across the Lydon Mountains.

In return, the humans are not allowed to interfere with the monsters' actions against the suppression devices in the wasteland.

Heath slumped into the chair, a wave of helplessness washing over him.

As the commander of the human forces in the Western Wilderness Continent, he was able to rally the human forces throughout the northern part of the continent, making him seem all-powerful and influential to outsiders.

But he was merely a pawn in the power struggles of world-class organizations.

The old man calmly smoking in front of me is the one playing the game.

"I've said enough. Go ahead and do it, Heath."

Viktor waved his hand.

Seeing Heath nod and stand up from his chair, looking somewhat weak, the old man smiled again.

"One day, you too will become the one playing the game."

"Furthermore, this plan is called the Heavenly Road."

"The Heavenly Road?" Heath pondered the phrase carefully.

"Yes!"

Victor nodded.

"There is an old saying among the people of the East in the old world."

"When people are united, they can move mountains."

"Only by persevering through setbacks can one achieve success in the end."

The old man stood up and spoke in a firm and resounding voice.

"If there's a mountain in front of you, move the mountain. If water surges, control the water. If the sky collapses, mend the sky!"

With the Apocalypse Cult issuing a general mobilization order in the northern part of the Western Wilderness, the human forces in the north mobilized in a grand manner.

Tier 2 mobile cities from various northern regions flocked to the Red Ridge District.

The Red Ridge District is located on the edge of the Lydon Mountains, and several Tier 2 engineer-type mobile cities have arrived.

These steel behemoths slowly advanced across the plateau, their engineering tracks compacting and tamping the land along their path.

The mechanical arms on their decks emerge one after another, some responsible for crushing the rock layers blocking the way, some for hoisting away huge obstacles along the way, and some for sweeping the broken rocks to both sides.

With a roar, the high-speed steam cranes reached the edge of the deck along their moving chassis. Their robust steel supports were driven deep into the ground, and brass boilers spewed white steam in the cold wind, powering the winch and pulley system. The taut steel cables hummed as they lifted massive boulders weighing several tons along the way.

The mechanical claw operates at high frequency, tearing through the rock face along the way. Each time it operates, high-pressure steam gushes out from its pipes, condensing into rolling clouds in the cold plateau air.

The clicking of gears meshing, the whistling of steam being released, the groaning of steel cables rubbing together, and the muffled sound of rock strata cracking under the mechanical claws.

The entire plateau echoed with the rumble of metal.

After ending the call, Heath stood on the deck of the mobile city, gazing intently at the scene, his heart pounding with emotion.

In the old days, to carve out a 2000-kilometer-long passageway across the plateau, it would have required a construction team of at least 100,000 people and thousands of excavators, bulldozers, pavers, and road rollers.
In addition, several thousand vehicles are needed to transport earth and rocks, as well as millions of tons of paving materials, explosives, and steel.

The construction period is 5-10 years.

Now, thanks to the work of mobile cities, this walkway will be completed within a month.

As he thought about it, Heath's chest heaved violently, and his emotions surged.

The old man's bold words echoed in his ears once again.

"Only 2000 kilometers!"

(End of this chapter)