Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 161: Micro-Manipulation Master (4K)

Although Li Ye really wanted to know how many monster-moving cities were in the Terranis Ocean.

But the map is covered with countless points of light, too many to count.

A rough estimate puts the number at over a thousand.

Instead of that, Li Ye's gaze fell on the top left corner of the map where Tomorrow's Alliance was located.

"How come it has regressed so much again?" he exclaimed in surprise.

Unable to discern directions in the foggy sea and having drifted for several hours in the dark, the Tomorrow Alliance had essentially returned hundreds of nautical miles, only to find themselves further and further from their destination.

Thinking of this, Li Ye couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"These monsters are damned! I just wanted to mine some ore!"

He then sighed helplessly, picked up the walkie-talkie, and ordered Tomorrow Alliance to continue heading southeast.

In the time that followed, Li Ye no longer wandered around the watchtower or the cockpit as usual, but instead stayed in his room with great interest, continuing to fiddle with the map that only he could see.

This map will last for one week, which is enough time for the Tomorrow Alliance to cross the Terranis Ocean and reach the Southern Continent.

The map displays moving cities, and even the ethnic groups are shown.

Humans, Nagas, Merfolk, Minos, Kobolds, and Crocodiles.
The number of cities moved by both sides is completely disproportionate.

Soon, Li Ye noticed a bright spot on the map.

It is located northeast of Tomorrow Alliance, always maintaining a certain distance, seemingly tracking.

Its data was clearly displayed on the map.

The Naga's level 3 submarine is 6 nautical miles away.

Its owner, the level 2 Naga mobile city, is located 78 nautical miles away.

"Good heavens, they're still following us!" Li Ye was stunned.

Upon closer reflection, it's likely that this level 3 submarine spotted them while the Tomorrow Alliance was sailing towards the Black Mist Sea, and subsequently tracked them and relayed the information.

This is why more than a dozen monster-infested mobile cities came to besiege Tomorrow's Alliance.

"We need to remove this nail."

Li Ye sneered as he picked up the walkie-talkie and immediately issued a series of orders.

On the upper deck, the Vanguard gunship slowly took off and began its routine patrol with the Tomorrow as the center point.

Although the Class 3 submarine was on alert, it immediately realized that it had not been exposed after noticing the flight path of the gunship and that the other side was just conducting a routine patrol.

However, as the Vanguard gunship passed over the waters where it was located, the bomb bay suddenly opened, and a large number of MK6 depth charges were poured out.

At the same time, Tomorrow accurately launched two Black Shark torpedoes in its direction.

All of this happened so suddenly that the Class 3 submarine had no time to react.

Despite the Naga's urgent attempts to dive and evade, it was ultimately too late.

Several MK6 depth charges exploded near the submarine, and the high-pressure shock wave struck the hull at a speed of over a thousand meters per second. The submarine's steel hull was dented like an iron can being hammered by a giant, and several rivets were blown off.

Two torpedoes hit the hull directly, creating some wounds that allowed seawater to rush in.

The submarine then performed a series of emergency evasive maneuvers.

"It seems that the power of the Level 2 depth charge and the Level 2 torpedo is still a bit lacking."

Looking at the submarine still moving on the map, Li Ye sighed with emotion.

"In that case, let's continue."

At his command, the Vanguard gunships continued to drop bombs with precision, and Tomorrow launched another torpedo.

This time, the Class 3 submarine could no longer hold on.

Torpedoes and depth charges blasted open numerous gaps, instantly denting and damaging its outer shell. Seawater rushed in at a pressure of tens of tons per second, and many compartments deformed under hydraulic pressure.

It slowly sank during the violent underwater explosion.

After seeing the submarine's light disappear on the map, Li Ye nodded.

"We took it down."

"Leader, why did they suddenly open fire? Were there enemies just now?" Zhou Xing's puzzled voice came through the walkie-talkie.

Not only him, but Yang Zheng and Fang Yong also asked questions with doubt.

From the perspective of the three, Tomorrow and the Vanguard gunship suddenly opened fire in a certain direction, as if they had spotted some enemy.

Li Ye smiled slightly.

"It's nothing, I just pulled out a nail."

Although he was a little hungry, he didn't care about eating and continued to study the map.

Li Ye wanted to find Storm Island on the map, but Storm Island is not within the scope of mobile cities, so it was not displayed.

So he changed his approach.

Mobile cities are often stationed on Storm Island. You can find the mobile island by looking for areas on the map where human mobile cities are concentrated.

However, what puzzled him was that the human-made mobile cities on the map were completely scattered.

Not only that, the monsters' mobile cities are hunting them in hordes.

This situation doesn't look good.

While pondering in the wilderness, a spot on the map caught his attention.

From the southeast, a level 2 mobile city then appeared.

The map shows its data in detail, including latitude and longitude.

The Minotaur assault-type mobile city is located 95 nautical miles away at 18°7'S, 165°8'E.

Its configuration includes a Tier 2 airship, a Tier 2 mini-submarine, a Tier 2 speedboat, and a Tier 2 artillery.
Li Ye then closed a list of level 2 items, as well as level 1 and normal items.

This long string of data is really too much of an eyesore on the map, even obscuring the points of light representing moving cities.

For him, the default enemy mobile cities he encounters have Tier 2 artillery, Tier 2 city armor, and a range of Tier 2 vehicles.

With the current strength of Tomorrow Alliance, they are capable of dealing with it.

The most important thing to watch out for are the level 3 items that these monsters use to move cities.

Therefore, he set the screening level to 3.

This minotaur mobile city is clearly unaware of the Tomorrow Alliance and continues to advance unnoticed.

Given the gradually decreasing distance between them, they will meet in a little over an hour.

Li Ye thought for a moment and then came up with an idea.

"Yang Zheng, prepare the electromagnetic railgun and fire along the line at 18°7'S, 165°8'E." He gave the order over the walkie-talkie.

While preparing to fire in accordance with orders, Yang Zheng expressed his doubts.

"Leader, you can actually provide such accurate data? What exactly is in that direction?" he asked in surprise. "Also, the Peacemaker doesn't have a radar system, so I can only aim and fire based on my intuition."

This didn't surprise me.

Radar is a high-level item, and ordinary level 1 or 2 mobile cities simply cannot have it.

But in order to make the electromagnetic railgun work better, he would have to find a way to get one for the Peacemaker in the future.

While surprised, Yang Zheng also expressed his concerns.

The cost of an electromagnetic railgun is not low. Each projectile consumes 100 units of level 2 iron ore, and the railgun itself will also suffer some wear and tear.

In fact, if it weren't for the side effect of a 20% reduction in wear, it would wear out even faster.

If the electromagnetic railgun is completely damaged, it will require a large amount of level 3 iron ore and corresponding parts to repair.

This is why Yang Zheng is so cautious about each firing of the railgun. "Just do as I say," Li Ye said.

A few seconds later, the electromagnetic railgun on the Peacemaker opened fire.

Through the map, Li Ye could clearly see the light spot of the minotaur's mobile city flashing rapidly—a signal that it was under attack.

Then, the point of light slowly disappeared.

"They actually managed to kill it!" he exclaimed in surprise.

The electromagnetic railgun, with its full map coverage and ultra-long-range strike capability, is simply too powerful! It's enough to kill an enemy from a thousand miles away in one shot!

Overjoyed, he picked up the walkie-talkie again.

"Yang Zheng, how much level 2 iron ore did you just mine in the Black Mist Sea?"

"There are probably more than 2500, right? What's wrong, Alliance Leader?"

Li Ye paused for a moment, then spoke.

"Keep them all to replenish my railgun projectiles. And from now on, every time the railgun fires, it will follow my instructions."

Yang Zheng immediately hesitated.

For the Peacemaker, 2500 units of Tier 2 iron ore are enough to produce a large number of shells, supporting several rounds of powerful and concentrated firepower.

He felt a pang of heartache at the thought of spending so much iron ore to build the projectile.

But he eventually agreed.

"Okay, I will do as you say."

Because he was really hungry, Li Ye had no choice but to go to the public canteen for a meal.

In the room, he continued to look at the map intently.

Now, a mobile city belonging to the human faction has appeared a dozen nautical miles away from the Tomorrow Alliance.

Fifty or sixty nautical miles behind it, five mobile cities of monsters were in pursuit.

Upon discovering the Tomorrow Alliance, the human mobile city immediately emitted two long and one short whistle sounds, indicating its desire to communicate.

Li Ye then dispatched a Black Hawk helicopter to pick up several of the other party's close associates and bring them to the deck.

To his surprise, this mobile city was actually the Silver Messenger that the Tomorrow Alliance had previously rescued in the Valley region.

Upon discovering that it was the Tomorrow Alliance, Lord Zhang Tao decided to personally come and communicate with Li Ye.

He delivered two pieces of bad news to Liye.

Storm Island was attacked by a swarm of giant fish and has been destroyed.

Upon learning the news, the monster civilization immediately began to annihilate human forces in the Terranis Ocean.

"Thank goodness I ran into you!" he breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's return to the Western Wilderness together; it'll be good to have someone to look after us on the way."

However, he was stunned when he learned that the Tomorrow Alliance would not be returning with him, but would continue to Nanliuzhou.

"Isn't that a bit too risky!"

Li Ye gently shook his head.

Crossing the Terranis Ocean might have been risky in the past, but now that he had a map to rely on, he felt much more confident.

This time, Zhang Tao was caught in a dilemma.

There are now only two routes for the Silver Messenger.

First, continue your solo adventure, dodging countless monsters and moving cities, and escape back to the Western Wilderness.

Secondly, they will join forces with the existing mobile city alliance to cross the Terranes Ocean and reach the Southern Liuzhou.

Moreover, Tomorrow Alliance's configuration is indeed quite good, and they can certainly guarantee safety on the road.

The thought of this unknown new continent filled him with a sense of anticipation.

There will be many new areas there, and the Silver Messenger can continue to develop.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and nodded sharply.

"Okay, then I'll go with you!"

Li Ye embraced him to show his welcome.

To facilitate communication, he handed Zhang Tao a walkie-talkie.

After sending Zhang Tao and the others back by Black Hawk helicopter, he returned to his room and looked at the map, lost in thought.

The map shows that the five monster-infested mobile cities are accelerating their pursuit.

Two Naga assault mobile cities, one Tauren defensive mobile city, one Merfolk assault mobile city, and one Kobold fire support city.

The Minotaur city has level 3 city armor.

At the current rate, they will catch up soon.

Considering that the strength of both sides is not much different and that his side has a full map advantage, Li Ye decided to start a war.

He immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and issued the order to prepare for combat.

Zhang Tao was somewhat dumbfounded, while Zhou Xing and the other two were much calmer.

Over time, they have become immune to Li Ye's extraordinary decisions.

"Understood, we will prepare for battle immediately."

The Iron Whale turned around and headed ahead of the enemy's attack.

The Peacemaker began loading various types of artillery shells and fitted the electromagnetic railgun with newly manufactured projectiles.

The Tomorrow launched the first and second convoys and destroyers in sequence via the elevator platform. Black Hawk helicopters, Seahawk anti-submarine aircraft and Vanguard armed gunships took off one after another, and the combat personnel on the deck quickly got ready.

The Silver Messenger has also begun its operational deployment. It is equipped with two Tier 2 Shadow Cannons, and its surface combat force mainly consists of a group of small submarines.

Li Ye's gaze fell upon the monsters' mobile city.

"Yang Zheng, have your electromagnetic railgun fire in the direction I'm telling you," he commanded. "The exact location is 60°1N, 150°6W."

"clear."

As the Peacemaker's electromagnetic railgun fired, Li Ye saw the enemy's fire support city lights flicker noticeably a few times.

The flickering amplitude is very low, so the damage is probably not significant.

"It must have only hit the flank," Li Ye thought to himself.

Since there is no radar to indicate direction, the hit rate of electromagnetic railguns is actually not high; it was already considered good if they could hit the target in the past.

In the time that followed, the lights representing the enemy city remained lit, clearly indicating that it was still alive.

Looking at the map, Li Ye saw that the enemy dots were rapidly dispersing, indicating that they had been alerted by the electromagnetic railgun.

The light spot in the fire support city moved very slowly, probably because it was hit by the projectile and its propulsion system was damaged.

"Yang Zheng, how long until the next electromagnetic railgun is ready?" he asked.

"About 6 to 10 minutes."

"Continue to fire according to my instructions," Li Ye replied. "That electromagnetic railgun shot just now alerted the enemy, and they are spreading out and moving."

"Enemy? What enemy?"

"5 monster-moving cities".

Li Ye spoke softly.

"If we're lucky, we can take them all out before they get close."

"At that time, everyone will be able to access these mobile city resources."

(End of this chapter)