Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 146 Traveling Cities (4K)

As of now, the Tomorrow's combat capabilities across land, sea, and air are as follows.
On land, the first and second convoys plus Storm infantry fighting vehicles.

In the air, there were six Black Hawk helicopters and Vanguard gunships.

Ocean, originally consisting of four Class 1 speedboats, as well as newly expanded Class 2 speedboats and Class 2 mini-submarines.

Just assigning personnel to these land, sea, and air vehicles has already required a significant number of combat personnel to be deployed.

Not only that, but there was also another group of combat personnel on board the Tomorrow who operated the cannons and heavy machine guns, as well as those who were responsible for patrolling, maintaining order, and guarding the deck.

"So, our combat personnel have now reached 247," Lin Wu concluded.

Upon seeing this number, Li Ye couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.

Keep in mind that there are only about 500 people on board the Tomorrow, and almost half of them are combat personnel.

It makes Tomorrow seem like a predator of the city.

"In short, for future development, we must increase the population," Lin Wu said.

"So how many people do we need to recruit this time?" Li Ye asked.

"Two thousand would be best," Lin Wu replied.

Li Ye nodded.

There's no need to worry that so many people flooding in will cause chaos on Tomorrow.

After all, Tomorrow's management system has gradually improved, with the establishment of a city neighborhood committee, a stable management team, and a strong fighting force.

On the other hand, the vast majority of survivors enter the mobile cities simply to survive. They will only rebel if they absolutely cannot survive.

Overall, the Tomorrow's current living resources are quite good.

It has drinking water supplied by the Jieyuan water purification system, and the public canteen provides vegetables, fruits, chicken, duck, eggs, and fish every day.

Ordinary people don't come in as slaves; they start as residents at the T7-3 level.

If you want to increase your rank, you can become a combatant and instantly become a T4-3 level.

The neighborhood committee will issue them resident identity cards, allowing them to earn contribution points through their work and use them to purchase various supplies on weekdays.

"Speaking of which, are the living resources on the Tomorrow enough to support the 2000 newcomers?" Li Ye asked.

“You don’t need to worry about that,” Lin Wu replied. “The Tomorrow Ship currently has plenty of land, and a batch of crops is harvested every one or two weeks, so there is enough food.”

"That's good."

A few hours later, the Tomorrow, having reorganized its naval combat forces, led its companions out to sea.

Meanwhile, the Peacekeeper, which was originally on land, also completed its conversion to seagoing mode with the help of the Engineer.

After a long journey, Tomorrow Alliance arrived at the area with a high concentration of natural gas fields.

It was already morning.

Upon waking from his sleep, Li Ye went to the watchtower, picked up his binoculars, and began to look out.

This sea area is relatively remote, so there shouldn't be any trouble from Tomorrow Alliance's mining operations.

The land, namely the plateau region, lies a few dozen nautical miles to the west.

The exploration of the natural gas field was naturally entrusted to the Engineer.

However, at this moment, this engineer-type mobile city couldn't help but feel a little awkward.

The main reason is that it does not have any engineering-type marine survey vessels.

However, its Level 2 Goblin Oil Exploration Vehicle cannot go into water.

Fortunately, Li Ye intervened in time to resolve the problem.

He dispatched six Black Hawk helicopters from the deck to transport the goblin oil exploration vehicle and conduct surveys around the area.

The goblin oil exploration vehicle was quite heavy, and it took two Black Hawk helicopters working together to lift it.

They then split into three groups and traveled in different directions.

A dozen minutes later, all three groups had located the natural gas field.

"There are so many natural gas fields?" Zhou Xing's surprised voice came through the walkie-talkie.

Yang Zheng and Fang Yong were also surprised.

Li Ye smiled faintly.

If the three of them knew that the number of natural gas fields in this sea area was about the same as that of sedimentary basins, they would probably be so shocked that their jaws would drop.

The several mobile cities then began mining operations separately.

Extracting natural gas from underwater fields is actually quite similar to extracting it from land.

A gap was opened at the bottom of the mobile cities, and an automated drilling rig was extended to slowly probe into the seabed.

As hydraulic drills tore through seabed rock and reached the gas field, a steady stream of natural gas was pumped through pipelines into storage tanks on the mobile city.

Several tens of minutes later, Li Ye briefly summarized his gains.

The gas field he was mining was of medium size and produced a total of 921 units of natural gas.

Natural gas, like oil, can be used as fuel for mobile cities, so the price is similar. Converted to crystal coins, it's equivalent to over 9000 crystal coins.

In addition, natural gas can be used for heating, cooking with gas stoves, and so on—but not many Tier 2 mobile cities would use it so extravagantly.

During this period, new natural gas fields were constantly being discovered, and the four mobile cities were simply overwhelmed with work.

"My God, we're really going to make it big this time!" Fang Yong's excited voice came through the walkie-talkie.

As the lord of the defensive city Iron Whale, his favorite thing is fuel.

As long as there is fuel, the Iron Whale will have plenty of power.

Zhou Xing, on the other hand, is making a big move.

He discovered two adjacent large natural gas fields.

Given the scale of the drilling rig used to create the mobile city, it will take a very long time to complete the extraction.

Therefore, the Engineer was tasked with building a drilling platform at sea.

As an engineering collector, Zhou Xing collected Level 1 design drawings of offshore drilling platforms.

Building a drilling platform requires 900 units of level 1 iron ore, which is a bit expensive.

However, the Tomorrow Alliance acquired a five-figure amount of level 1 iron ore in the Valley region, which will allow Zhou Xing to unleash his full potential.

With a roar, the Level 2 engineer-type mobile city began to work, with the robotic arms, claws, and cranes on the deck being driven in sequence.

The robotic arm began to drive the hollow steel columns, which had been built in the production workshop, into the predetermined positions.

On the deck, cranes lifted the completed octagonal pontoons into the water one by one. These huge pontoons deployed hydraulic supports as they entered the water, resembling mechanical water lilies blooming on the sea surface.

The working claws then began to hold them in place.

With the completion of the lower hull, or floating structure, of the drilling platform.

The Engineer used cranes to lift the drilling deck, engine room, derrick, anchor winch, anchor chain, drilling rig, and other components manufactured in the production workshop onto the lower hull and began assembly.

During this time, the mechanics and apprentices on the Engineer came to the deck via a lift platform and began welding and riveting work.

It must be said that the engineering capabilities of a Level 2 mobile city are quite astonishing. Within a few hours, a drilling platform was completed.

Driven by the engineers, the drilling platform officially began operations.

It is stabilized on the floating sea surface by a series of anchor chains, and a high-strength drill bit is started to penetrate the seabed rock layer. After each section is drilled, a casing is inserted to fix it and prevent high-pressure gas from breaking through the rock layer.

When the drill bit hits a rock formation containing natural gas, a continuous stream of natural gas is transported up through pipelines.

This drilling platform simultaneously drives multiple pipelines to extract two large natural gas fields.

If Li Ye were present, he would have found that the Engineer was far more professional than he had imagined. The natural gas extracted from the drilling platform would be transported to the Engineer via pipeline, where its specially constructed equipment would perform three-stage gas-liquid separation.

The first stage separates free water and solid impurities from natural gas.

Secondary separation removes the condensate oil.

Three-stage separation finely filters out the tiny particles inside.

The Engineer also has a Level 1 simple separation compressor project, which has now been completed.

The machine will liquefy the extracted natural gas and then store it in storage tanks.

Compared to land-based platforms, offshore drilling platforms have a unique advantage.

That is, it is not fixed to the seabed, but has a floating structure.

After the nearby natural gas field is exhausted, it can be towed by a mobile city to other natural gas fields to continue extraction.

After a day's work, Li Ye briefly reviewed his achievements.

A total of 12521 units of natural gas, equivalent to 10 crystal coins.

The most outrageous thing is that this is just the beginning.

Feeling completely satisfied, Li Ye stroked his chin and began to think about a question.

With so much natural gas, we need to find a way to sell it and turn it into cash.

Last time in the sedimentary basin, Tomorrow Alliance had all the advantages of timing, location, and people.

It has abundant oil fields, recruited mobile city thugs, and the assistance of the West Wilderness City Auction House.

They mined and turned the money into cash almost effortlessly.

But this time it wasn't so comfortable.

"How about we ship this batch of natural gas to Storm Island, which the Silver Messenger lord mentioned, for sale?" he thought to himself.

However, his thoughts changed the next day.

Because that legendary intelligence report has already been updated.

And its content is actually related to wormholes.

7. Within the next week, numerous wormholes will appear in the Western Wasteland. One will appear in the Valley region within one hour. Starting from the coast of the Valley region, travel 25 kilometers forward, then 15 kilometers southeast to find the wormhole. (Intelligence Value: Legendary)

Current number of wormholes: 301

[The following is a map showing the locations and distribution of all wormhole teleportations (this map will be available for one week).]

When Li Ye clicked with some skepticism, a map of the entire Western Wilderness suddenly appeared before his eyes. The map detailed the location of each wormhole, the destination it would teleport to, and how long the wormhole would last.

Some wormholes are one-way teleportation, while others are two-way teleportation.

Li Ye rubbed his eyes in surprise.

It must be said that the value of this legendary intelligence was surprisingly good.

So, an idea immediately came to mind.

The Tomorrow Ship continuously jumps through wormholes, using them to travel to other areas of the Western Wasteland to sell natural gas.

Using this method, it could even leap to the northern region of the Western Wilderness in a very short time to conduct exploration.

The intelligence report mentioned that the Red Ridge District was the starting point for the human forces to open the Sky Road.

With so many mobile cities under construction, there will certainly be a huge demand for energy.

As long as the Tomorrow can reach the Red Ridge area, there will be no problem selling the natural gas.

During this period, you can also try to purchase the resources needed to upgrade to a level 3 city, find out the whereabouts of the level 2 city crystals, and get some level 3 blueprints.

After all, Tomorrow has a level 3 city resource teleportation device.

The device comes in pairs.

There was one on the Tomorrow, and the other was given to a companion.

Once the lord's bracelet is successfully linked, the two mobile cities can transfer resources to each other.

In other words, even when the Tomorrow is transported to other areas of the Western Wasteland via a wormhole, the Engineer can use another device to continuously transport the extracted natural gas over.

Without hesitation, Li Ye immediately ordered the Tomorrow to depart and return to the valley area.

Prior to this, he specifically dispatched a Black Hawk helicopter to bring the three lords to the deck of the Tomorrow and explained a series of matters.

Zhou Xing and the other two were stunned by Li Ye's words.

In their eyes, Li Ye seemed to have divine assistance, and almost everything went smoothly for him.

However, for them as companions, this is not a bad thing.

“We definitely need to find a way to sell the natural gas we extract,” Zhou Xing nodded. “While exploring other areas through wormholes, you can also purchase the resources needed to upgrade to a level 3 city, and try to buy some level 3 design blueprints as well.”

Although it was confirmed that they would be setting off, Li Ye still had some concerns.

Tomorrow is a major fighting force in the alliance. If it is suddenly absent, it will be difficult to respond to its companions in time if something happens.

Therefore, he made the decision to leave the newly built first and second fleets of the Tomorrow to his companions.

This significantly enhanced their defensive capabilities in this sea area.

After arranging everything, the Tomorrow, fully loaded with more than 10,000 units of newly extracted natural gas, set off for the return valley region.

A few hours later.

"Why did you suddenly come back?"

On the shore of the valley, Mick stared in astonishment.

Galus, who was lying on the ground, wagged its tail as if to greet Tomorrow.

Tomorrow then began its land-based conversion.

Since it would take several more hours for Tomorrow to complete its land-based driving modifications, Li Ye and Mick started chatting.

During this time, he noticed that Gallas, who was lying on the shore, had recovered much from his injuries.

This imperial monster can even sit up.

The fixing plate on its left claw has also been removed.

It must be said that the Emperor Monster's vitality and regenerative ability are truly formidable.

Now, Galas is able to go out to sea to hunt.

However, its abdominal wound has not fully healed, making it move somewhat slowly.

As the two chatted on the deck, Gallas slowly straightened up and looked at the Tomorrow.

Judging from its gaze, it seemed to be looking at Liye rather than at Tomorrow, the mobile city.

“Don’t be surprised, it’s watching you,” Mick explained. “Gerals knows you are the lord of this mobile city.”

Li Ye took a deep breath.

After spending these days together, he had gained some understanding of the Emperor Monster.

These giants are absolute top-tier numerical monsters, and incredibly intelligent beyond imagination.

Thankfully, their numbers are limited, otherwise this planet would be ruled by them.

Just then, Garras let out a low growl.

Using the monster language translator in his hand, Mick conveyed the meaning to Geras the Wilderness.

"It is very grateful for your and your companion's help these days. If you need anything, please let it know."

(End of this chapter)