Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 158 Mobile City Economics and the Essentials of Daily Life (4.2K)
Using the islands of the Terranis Ocean as anchor points, they joined forces to create a semi-circular island chain that would blockade the southern part of the Western Wilderness.

Through this island chain, the monsters completely blocked the sea route from the Western Wilderness Continent to the Southern Liuzhou Continent.

Any human faction that travels along this route will encounter fierce attacks from these monster civilizations.

"I see!" Li Ye couldn't help but take a deep breath.

He understood everything in an instant.

The regional level of the Western Wilderness Continent is between level 1 and 2. Once a typical mobile city reaches level 2 with full configuration or is promoted to level 3, the resources produced by the continent will no longer be sufficient to meet the city's development needs.

Therefore, setting sail to other continents became an inevitable choice.

Knowing this, the monsters joined forces to create the island chain.

Maintain the island chain to prevent any human city from moving overseas to other continents and forcing them to return to the Western Wasteland.

If the monsters form a huge island chain encircling the entire continent, then the development of mobile cities for the human forces in the entire Western Wilderness Continent will be locked at level 1-2.

Song Jing told everyone that this island chain was established at the behest of the Monster World Organization.

The monster civilizations of the Terranis Ocean were very obedient. Instead of evolving through killing and consuming each other, they united and carried out the orders of their superiors.

Or perhaps, no matter how much infighting there is within, when it comes to dealing with humans, the monsters are naturally united and spare no effort.

"Now that an island chain has formed in the southern seas, what about the situation in the northern and central seas?" he asked the other person, turning his head.

In response, Song Jing gave a concise answer.

"Intense competition."

After processing the information, Li Ye continued to ask questions.

"How many world-class organizations are there in the human race right now?"

"There are only three in total," Song Jing replied calmly.

"What about the monster side?"

“Three too,” Song Jing replied, his expression unchanged.

Li Ye's eyes lit up immediately.

"Could you please tell me about these three world-class monster organizations?"

"Feel sorry."

Song Jing shook his head.

"At my level, I don't usually have access to much information about world-class monster organizations."

"However, I can tell you the names of these three monster world-class organizations."

"Listen carefully, they are the War Alliance, the Union Church, and the Chosen One."

Li Ye nodded and silently memorized the three names.

After ending his conversation with Song Jing and the other two and saying goodbye, he made a decision.

Tomorrow, the Alliance will rest on Storm Island for a day to conduct routine maintenance, troubleshooting, and personnel preparation. Early tomorrow morning, everyone will head to the Black Mist Sea to mine the veins.

When Li Ye returned to the deck of the Tomorrow via the elevator, Lin Wu came in his wheelchair and handed him a list.

The list clearly shows the various expenses incurred by the neighborhood committee when purchasing goods at the Chiji District market.

Each project was listed in detail and clearly.

Li Ye then looked at the list carefully. It contained design drawings for basketball courts, badminton courts, ping-pong tables, and various types of balls.

He then looked up at Lin Wu. The latter shrugged.

"Have you forgotten? I mentioned this to you before in the Eternal Night District. This is also to enrich the lives of the residents of Tomorrow."

Li Ye thought about it and realized it made sense; life in the mobile city was indeed very monotonous. Apart from working and fighting, people basically spent their days wandering around the mobile city or simply staying cooped up in their rooms.

The idea of ​​relaxing in the wilderness is simply impossible. People in the wasteland have a natural distrust and insecurity about the outdoors, and they start to panic once they leave the mobile city.

The design drawings for the sports venues and equipment purchased by the city's neighborhood committee are all of ordinary quality, generally priced between 100 and 500 crystal coins.

These design blueprints naturally need to be input into the production workshop by Li Ye, who, as the lord, must consume resources to create them.

Incidentally, although there were design blueprints for a football field and a football at the market, Lin Wu and his group did not buy them because the field would take up too much space.

Space on mobile cities is extremely valuable. Unless you have a high-level mobile city, you might not be able to build one.

Furthermore, playing card design blueprints are also sold at the market.

The neighborhood committee initially wanted to buy it, but considering that gambling is indeed not good and can easily lead to a loss of ambition, they gave up on the idea.

"Alright, I've confirmed it." Li Ye handed the list back to Lin Wu.

The latter did not take it, but instead took out a pen from his pocket.

"You need to sign to confirm," he reminded him.

After signing the form and handing it back to Lin Wu, Li Ye pushed his wheelchair all the way to the production workshop.

He input the design drawings into the production workshop and selected the first floor area of ​​the middle layer, and began construction of this series of sports venues on the spot.

This time, he built 10 small basketball courts, badminton courts, and table tennis courts in one go.

During this time, Lin Wu handed over another list.

Upon closer inspection, Li Ye discovered that it was actually an application from the city's neighborhood committee to open a barbershop.

The barbershop is an official franchise of Tomorrow's News. Each haircut will contribute 15 points.

The city neighborhood committee had already purchased the design drawings for items like scissors, razors, and combs.

The reason for building sports venues and opening barbershops is to facilitate the consumption of residents' contribution points.

In fact, Tomorrow's contribution points are equivalent to "city currency" that can only circulate internally.

Once they're outside, they're worthless.

After a thorough investigation, the neighborhood committee found that residents had accumulated more and more contribution points.

Currently, there are only a few ways to reclaim contribution points for Tomorrow.

First, the daily food and drinks at the public canteen.

Second, a small public bathhouse that is open periodically.

Overall, they are all pitifully barren.

“That makes sense.” Li Ye nodded slowly.

His original intention in establishing the contribution points system was to motivate residents to contribute more to Tomorrow.

For the current residents of Tomorrow, contributing points at most allows them to eat and drink better, access more fresh water for brushing their teeth and washing their faces, or even take a luxurious bath.

To put it bluntly, contribution points don't reflect much value.

In the long run, residents will feel that the points they contribute have limited uses, and their enthusiasm for work and combat will decline.

"It's not just barbershops; the neighborhood committee will explore more ways to open up public shops in the future," Lin Wu said. "Through these public shops, we can amplify the value of contribution points and continue to motivate residents."

Li Ye patted Lin Wu on the shoulder and nodded sincerely.

Lin Wu's thinking was indeed more thorough than his.

“Then, let’s open a furniture store as well,” he suggested.

The Tomorrow ship has many ordinary furniture production projects, and the only thing it consumes is wood. It consumes few resources and can also recover contribution points, killing two birds with one stone.

Following Li Ye's train of thought, Lin Wu continued speaking.

In addition to ordinary wooden furniture, there should also be recliners, small sofas, Simmons mattresses, curtains, mats, and other furniture to increase the number of furniture items as much as possible.

In addition, the newly purchased Level 1 plastic design blueprints can now be used to create plastic cups, basins, bags, chairs, and other items.

In the future, when there is a market, the city neighborhood committee will still apply to Liye for funds to purchase blueprints for ordinary furniture and daily necessities.

Not only furniture stores, but also food stores can be opened on Tomorrow Ship.

However, the snacks and treats currently available on Tomorrow's Ship are pitifully few, consisting mainly of instant cup noodles, whole-wheat biscuits, and sachima (a type of Chinese pastry). Therefore, the city's neighborhood committee later added another item to its procurement list, such as potato chips, bread, cakes, and chocolates.

“Currently, the living space for ordinary residents on Tomorrow is limited, totaling only 9 square meters,” Lin Wu said. “This space can’t hold much furniture, let alone household appliances such as air conditioners, electric fans, and kettles.”

“Once Tomorrow is upgraded to a Level 3 mobile city, there will be much more space.” Li Ye continued along his train of thought. “When the residents have more space, they will naturally spend a lot of contribution points to buy large furniture and household appliances.”

Lin Wu nodded.

"If we can provide electricity to all the Tomorrow ships and make sure they all have access to electrical appliances, then the recycling of contribution points will be much easier to handle."

Lost in thought, Li Ye shook his head.

The Tomorrow Ship currently has over a thousand crew members, and the daily electricity consumption of these crew members is an astonishing figure. It's hard to imagine just thinking about it.

Just then, a deacon of the Apocalypse Church from Storm Island arrived on the Tomorrow and found the two of them.

"Our bishop has arranged some small gifts for you."

Thanks to Professor Hao's reminder, Song Jing and his two companions learned that Tomorrow was the mobile city that destroyed the Flesh Furnace.

So they decided to give Tomorrow a small gift.

Level 2 crop: Shadow Kelp.

Level 2 crop: Sea Breeze Sorghum.

Level 2 crop: Giant soybean.

Grade 2 crop: Silver Needle Bean Sprouts.

"Not bad." Li Ye's eyes lit up instantly.

These are clearly crops grown on Storm Island.

In the wasteland, exchanging crop seeds is a popular practice among friendly factions. It's inexpensive and quite practical.

Incidentally, the level crops that appear in the wasteland are initially all level 1.

To upgrade them, you need to consume a level 2 upgrade blueprint.

The same applies to levels 3, 4, and 5.

Therefore, lords of mobile cities will prioritize upgrading staple foods or crops with strong functionalities.

These four level 2 crops are worth more than 4 crystal coins in total.

In addition, there are boxes of squid, eel, ribbonfish, and small yellow croaker fry.

This time, Li Ye remained silent.

The reason is simple: after experiencing the attack by the giant fish, he was already somewhat fearful.

The Tomorrow ship itself kept freshwater fish, but he had no desire to eat them at all.

"Let's accept it," Lin Wu comforted him. "That way, our meals on the Tomorrow will be much more abundant."

Li Ye reluctantly nodded in agreement.

"On another note, can we keep these marine fish alive?" he asked hesitantly.

"Leave it to me," Lin Wu said.

When Li Ye was about to share some seeds and fish fry with Yang Zheng and the others, the steward stopped him.

“Your companions have received theirs as well; Bishop Song Jing has already sent others to deliver them.”

"I see. Your bishop is really thoughtful," Li Ye remarked.

After seeing the deacon off, the two continued their conversation.

Li Ye looked at the four bags of crop seeds in front of him with great delight.

Overall, these crops are quite valuable.

Sorghum is a staple food, soybeans can be pressed for oil, and bean sprouts are nutritious and produce a lot of food.

"We can try to be self-sufficient in oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar now," Lin Wu suggested.

Currently, all the cooking oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar on the Tomorrow are purchased from outside sources.

Now, with the population suddenly growing to over a thousand, the demand for these seasonings has also increased dramatically.

There are blueprints for oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar on the wasteland. As long as the corresponding resources are consumed, they can be manufactured in the production workshop.

But it tastes quite bad.

Therefore, people in the wasteland often make their own things.

In addition, with a range of high-quality crops, the oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar produced also have a very good taste.

Li Ye pondered this carefully.

The Tomorrow Ship now has level 2 soybeans. Once a batch of soybeans matures, they can be pressed for oil.

The remaining soybean residue can be used to feed poultry and livestock.

Salt is mainly obtained by evaporating seawater and washing it through crystallization.

For soy sauce, you can use Giant soybeans and Morning Breeze wheat as raw materials.

As for vinegar, you can use sea breeze sorghum or sun-dried apples as raw materials.

"If what you're saying is true, then we can indeed achieve self-sufficiency in oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar," he said.

Considering that Lin Wu was too busy, Li Ye handed over the task to the city neighborhood committee for preparation.

When the topic of neighborhood committees came up, Lin Wu casually reminded him of it.

"We need to recruit more members for the urban neighborhood committees. The current 10 people are simply not enough to handle the situation."

Li Ye nodded.

The neighborhood committee is a highly competitive position among residents, offering power, status, good benefits, and safety.

He could already foresee the bustling scene during the election campaign.

As a new day dawns, the four mobile cities of Tomorrow Alliance set off.

Therefore, Li Ye specifically inquired with Song Jing and the others about the Black Mist Sea and the Old Era Ark.

The three men told him in detail the location of the Black Mist Sea, but they knew nothing about the old-era Ark.

On the deck, Li Ye slowly opened the system panel.

At this very moment, that epic piece of intelligence has been updated.

6. A Level 2 Naga civilization exists on Star Sand Reef in the southwest of the Terranis Ocean. The Naga ruler, "Naga King Vasuki," wears a Level 2 city crystal embedded in his crown. His Level 2 mobile city is the "Trident." (Intelligence Value: Epic)

Li Ye felt both delighted and melancholy upon receiving this intelligence.

Although the location of the city crystal is known, it is clearly not so easy to obtain.

He had already witnessed the strength of a level 2 monster civilization in the Eternal Night Zone and the Northern Ice Plains Zone.

Although the Tomorrow Alliance has a good configuration, it is no match for a level 2 monster civilization.

What troubles Li Ye the most is that level 2 monster civilizations definitely have level 2 mobile cities, and there must be quite a few of them, and they may even be equipped with level 3 items.

"Why are the monsters in the wasteland so outrageous?" He couldn't help but scratch his head.

There was only one solution that Li Ye could think of.

That is to find a way to persuade the three administrators of Storm Island to call on the human forces stationed on the island to assist the Alliance of Tomorrow in attacking the Naga civilization.

But that's highly unlikely.

Tier 2 city crystals are the most valuable items among Tier 2 items. Every Tier 2 city would want them, and even if you didn't sell them, they would still be worth astronomical sums.

Which faction would be willing to work for the Tomorrow Alliance for free?

This time, Li Ye could only sigh in vain.

(End of this chapter)