Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 150 The Artifact of a Defensive City (4K)

Bishop Evan immediately responded.

Upon discovering the wormhole, the Holy Light dispatched a reconnaissance robot into it to detect its signals and confirm its location.

Then everyone quickly learned that the wormhole teleported them to a level 2 area - the maze area.

Li Ye nodded slowly.

Through Bishop Evan, he finally learned the name and class of the area.

According to Bishop Even.

The Labyrinth Zone is the largest area in the Western Wilderness Continent, located in the very center of its northern part. This area boasts countless massive city walls, some hundreds of meters high.

These walls will constantly move, generating new obstacles. New terrain elements such as lakes, mountains, forests, and plains will also be created and generated within the maze.

“Thank you for sharing your information.” Li Ye shook hands with him. “By the way, do you need natural gas?”

Bishop Evan shrugged.

He was leading a retreating force, and now that there was naval support, he really didn't need these resources.

The two then waved goodbye.

At this time, the Black Hawk helicopter that Tomorrow had sent out to mine minerals also returned, bringing back 234 units of level 2 lava ore.

Compared to level 1 lava ore, level 2 lava ore produces more powerful projectiles.

Considering that there might be a level 1 lava vein in the valley area controlled by the Tomorrow Alliance, Li Ye was not in a hurry to use this batch of ore to make cannonballs, but instead stored it away.

Over the next two days, Tomorrow traveled through several regions via wormholes, eventually arriving at the Red Ridge region.

"finally reached."

Li Ye let out a long sigh of relief.

This time, the wormhole teleported Tomorrow to the southern region of the Red Ridge area.

Looking into the distance, one sees the continuous Lydon Mountains.

At that moment, a sound suddenly came from afar.

Looking out from the wilderness, they spotted a level 1 mobile city slowly approaching.

Upon closer inspection, it was clearly the Conqueror.

The other party clearly didn't recognize Tomorrow. After all, the latter had already been promoted to a level 2 city, and its appearance was much larger than before.

Faced with this "unknown" Level 2 mobile city, the Conqueror began to slowly retreat.

Lei Jian only felt relieved and went to the deck of the Tomorrow after Lao Zhou drove an off-road vehicle to explain the situation.

Black Hawk helicopter, Vanguard gunship, Blood Ripper, Tier 2 Frost Cannon and Lava Cannon, and various Tier 2 weapons.
Looking at the configuration of the Tomorrow, Lei Jian was immediately dumbfounded.

"I have to say, your development speed is simply phenomenal!" he exclaimed.

Li Ye smiled and waved his hand.

If the other side knew that Tomorrow was already preparing to upgrade to a Tier 3 city, and that the progress was already more than halfway done, they would probably be shocked.

“I’ve decided to stop wandering and settle down in the Red Ridge District,” Lei Jian said. “It’s relatively peaceful and stable here, and I can live here with peace of mind.”

Li Ye nodded.

Actually, he already knew without the other party even having to say it.

In the following period, Lei Jian also took him to meet the Vanguard Alliance.

Upon meeting again, both sides were filled with emotion.

The Vanguard Lord informed Li Ye that they were preparing to join Bishop Heath's forces and launch a counterattack along the Heavenly Road to the Eternal Night District.

"If you come too, we can travel together."

Li Ye politely declined the other party's offer.

Currently, the goal of the Tomorrow is still to open up a sea route to Nanliuzhou.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two said their goodbyes.

The Tomorrow then headed south.

The Apocalyptic mobile city "Saint" and Bishop Heath were located there.

Li Ye wanted to discuss a big business deal with him.

"I must say, you are much younger than I imagined."

In the cathedral on the upper deck of the Saint, Bishop Heath shook hands with Li Ye and expressed his heartfelt emotions.

Li Ye then stated his purpose directly.

“Bishop Hiss, I’ve heard about your plans for the Sky Road and the counterattack against the zombie civilization.”

"So you intend to join us?" Bishop Heath asked.

“No.” Li Ye shook his head. “For such a large-scale mobile city operation, you must need to purchase a lot of resources. Therefore, I plan to sell you some natural gas.”

As he had anticipated, the other party was indeed currently short of natural gas.

After all, natural gas can serve as an energy source for mobile cities, with similar efficiency to fuels processed from oil.

It is even cleaner and more environmentally friendly.

“So how much natural gas do you actually have?” Bishop Heath asked.

Li Ye smiled slightly.

"Not many, only around 53000 units."

During these past few days of travel, the Engineers and their crews have been continuously delivering fully loaded natural gas tanks.

Zhou Xing also attached a note to the natural gas tank, informing Li Ye that the current progress of natural gas field extraction has reached one-third.

Although the resource transmission device consumes a lot of resources, it is the only way to sell the natural gas.

Li Ye silently estimated the price in his mind.

Previously, natural gas sold in the sedimentary basin was only 9 crystals per unit. But that was because everyone was scrambling to buy it at the West Wasteland auction house. In reality, the price of natural gas could be higher.

Thinking of this, he immediately spoke.

"Let's set the price at 12 crystals per unit."

However, to Li Ye's surprise, Bishop Hiss was not only efficient in his work, but also ruthless in his bargaining, cutting the price down to 6 crystal coins in one go.

“Right now, only the Apocalypse Church can handle so much of your natural gas,” he said calmly. “Otherwise, you’ll have to sell it piecemeal, and that would take forever.”

Li Ye was surprised.

Even so, you can't haggle like that!

After some haggling, the two parties finally settled on a price of 9 crystal coins.

After the goods were delivered, Bishop Heath paid the full amount.

There were a total of forty or fifty bundles of crystal cards.

As he counted the number of crystal cards, Li Ye's brow relaxed.

As expected of a world-class organization, they can come up with so much cash in one go.

"In the coming days, I must speed up the procurement of supplies," he thought to himself.

The legendary intelligence alert would disappear in three days, and it had already taken him four days to reach the Redridge District.

In addition, we need to set aside a day to get back to the valley area.

In other words, he can only stay in the Red Ridge area for about two days at most.

"Do you have a market here?" he then asked Bishop Heath.

Bishop Heath nodded.

As a rare quiet and safe area, the Red Ridge Ward usually sees a lot of people coming and going from the city.

With humanity now preparing a counterattack plan, the number of mobile cities has naturally increased significantly.

To this end, the Church of Apocalypse and the Titan Throne specifically designated an area as a market to facilitate various trade activities for the lords.

With the endorsement of these two world-class organizations, everyone felt very secure when trading, and there were basically no problems.

They soon arrived at the market that Bishop Heath had mentioned.

It was a spacious area with dozens of mobile cities parked there, creating a rather lively scene.

Some of these mobile cities were formed by voluntarily joining the ranks of the Bishops of Heath, while others came from other areas in the northern part of the Western Wasteland specifically to trade here.

The market was filled with countless goods: furniture, household items, appliances, blueprints, weapons and equipment, urban infrastructure, iron ore, coal, and fuel.
There are all kinds of common and high-level items, which is dazzling.

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

Now, Tomorrow can once again embark on a large-scale procurement spree.

The first item he inquired about was a level 2 city crystal.

After all, the priority is to be promoted to level 3.

However, there are no Tier 2 city crystals for sale in the market.

Li Ye sighed softly.

In that case, we can put aside the various level 2 resources needed for promotion to level 3.

Since the Alliance is preparing to set sail tomorrow, the funds he has on hand will be used first to enhance the combat effectiveness of the alliance members and the naval combat capabilities.

"Let's see if there are any good level 3 items in the market first," he thought. "Ideally, something that can instantly boost combat power."

Soon, a level 3 item came into his view.

It was an ancient and heavy giant hexagonal metal pile, hundreds of meters high, with a base diameter of about fifty or sixty meters, made of composite forged steel.

Item Name: "Titan's Grip" Magnetic Adsorption Device

[Level: Level 3]

[Additional effects: 1. Absorption range +30% 2. Defense +40%]

[Note: This device consumes 60% of its energy per hour when activated.]

As the name suggests, this level 3 item is a super-enhanced version of a giant magnet.

Its effective range is 1 kilometer, and the magnetic effect gradually increases as the distance decreases.

Ordinary vehicles and steel-reinforced structures within a 1-kilometer radius will be affected and slowly drawn in. If they do not accelerate to escape, they will be attracted to the device by the immense magnetic force as the distance decreases.

The "Titan's Grip" magnetic adsorption device does not provide 360-degree all-around coverage—if it does, the mobile cities that install it will be the first to suffer.

This giant metal stake has six planes in total. Users can open any plane in any direction to make it emit magnetic waves. The magnetic waves spread out in a huge fan shape.

"It's actually a pretty good thing," Li Ye thought to himself.

The only place that can install the Titan's Grip device is probably a defensive mobile city.

This type of city is dynamic, fast, and highly defensive.

This means that it can quickly approach target vehicles and buildings using its high speed and activate the device to attract them.

Or, in a city battle, charge near the enemy's mobile city, use a device to restrict its movement, and then ram it.

In addition, it has high defense, so there is no need to worry about enemy fire at close range.

Having made up his mind, Li Ye immediately spoke.

"How much does this thing cost?"

The seller of this Tier 3 item is a lord of a Tier 2 assault city, and he is offering it for 17 crystals.

Li Ye couldn't help but stroke his chin.

The price isn't too expensive.

On the battlefield, defensive cities are actually somewhat cumbersome.

If the Titan's Grip device is loaded, its effectiveness is elevated to another level, and it can even be described as somewhat terrifying.

After some haggling, the two parties finally agreed on a price of 16 crystal coins.

The Tomorrow then arrived and used a crane to lift the Titan's Grip device onto the deck.

Looking at the newly purchased level 3 items on the deck, Li Ye couldn't help but feel happy.

At that moment, Lin Wu arrived, leading members of the city's neighborhood committee.

Li Ye quickly learned of their purpose.

Since there are rare market days, the neighborhood committee wants to continue purchasing some living-related design drawings.

There's no need to pursue high-level items; ordinary or level 1 items are sufficient.

Ordinary design blueprints are usually worth between 100 and 500 crystal coins, with some better ones costing at most a thousand.

The amount applied for by the city neighborhood committee from Liye was not much, only 10000 crystal coins.

Li Ye immediately agreed and gave them a bundle of crystal cards.

At the same time, he informed the members of the city's neighborhood committee that they must list the grade and cost of each purchased item in detail.

After receiving the funds, the staff of the neighborhood committee immediately set off.

But Lin Wu did not leave.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else?" Li Ye asked, puzzled.

Lin Wu then reminded him of something he had forgotten.

Having finally arrived in the populous Red Ridge District, Tomorrow needs to continue recruiting.

After all, when they set out, their goal was to recruit 2000 people.

However, in practice, it is not so easy to implement.

In the past few days, Tomorrow has been frequently traveling between wormholes in various regions in order to keep up with its journey, and has not had any time to recruit people.

"The 200 or so people we recruited in the desert area have been working together well in the past three days."

Lin Wu said.

"Let's take advantage of these next two days to recruit a few more people. Otherwise, we won't be able to find any jobs when we get back to the valley."

Li Ye nodded in agreement.

There are far too few people.

Following this round of procurement at the Red Ridge District market, Tomorrow's range and quantity of combat vehicles will be expanded once again, requiring more manpower.

“I plan to recruit another 1500 people this time,” Lin Wu said.

After a moment of contemplation, Li Ye shook his head.

"No, this is too much. I don't think we can digest it all in a short time."

"This time, let's recruit 500 people for now."

"Try to hire individual workers, lone wolves, or people with families. If they are technical talents, we can offer them generous terms."

"By the way, when recruiting, please also introduce the Tomorrow's ranking system to them, and emphasize the preferential treatment for combat personnel."

After explaining all the details, Li Ye assigned Lao Zhou and several companions to Lin Wu, instructing him to take charge of personnel recruitment.

He then counted the remaining crystal cards.

There are still two or three hundred thousand left.

This is enough for him to buy one or two level 3 items.

Li Ye then continued strolling through the market.

Soon, a level 3 item caught his attention.

That was a huge thing.

A rather impressive Tier 3 destroyer.

The seller turned out to be the leader of a level 2 city alliance.

"Aren't you guys keeping this for yourselves?" Li Ye asked curiously.

The seller then briefly explained the reason.

Bishop Heath reminded them that the city alliance had no plans to go to sea.

Therefore, this Tier 3 ship seems somewhat redundant.

Therefore, he plans to sell this destroyer in exchange for a large sum of money to purchase Tier 2 artillery, Tier 2 vehicles, and Tier 2 flying vehicles.

"That makes sense."

Li Ye nodded in agreement.

After all, most mobile cities are primarily for survival and development.

It's rare to see someone as single-mindedly focused on going to sea, or even exploring the world, as him.

(End of this chapter)