Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 175 Iron Ore Freedom! (4K)

This time, not only Li Ye, but also Zhou Xing and the other two were alarmed.

The four of them then took the elevator platforms of their respective mobile cities to the ground and headed towards the excavated mobile city.

During this time, Li Ye noticed that the three of them didn't seem as excited as he had imagined.

"What's wrong? Don't you want to upgrade to a Level 3 mobile city?"

Zhou Xing and the other two exchanged glances, their faces showing signs of boredom.

After all, their mobile cities are not assault-type and do not have the huge demand for population and space to accommodate vehicles like the Tomorrow.

Through Tomorrow's production workshop, they can still obtain the necessary Tier 3 city parts and Tier 3 vehicles, and even achieve full Tier 3 configuration in the future.

The same thing happened when Tomorrow was promoted to level 4.

After listening to the three people's ideas, Li Ye nodded repeatedly.

That makes a lot of sense.

However, we can't give up on that level 2 city crystal no matter what.

To his surprise, the underground mobile city did not bring Tier 2 city crystals.

"So what did you bring?" he asked curiously.

The lord smiled slightly.

"Something more precious than city crystal."

Under Li Ye's curious gaze, he took a box out of his pocket.

Inside the box was a set of design drawings.

【Item Name: City Forging Plant】

[Level: Level 3]

[Additional Effects: 1. Transforms any metal into steel. 2. The steel produced can be used as iron ore. 3. The forging plant can produce steel of up to the same grade. The quantity of steel produced depends on the quality of the metal and the grade of the iron ore used.]

[Requires: 500 units of level 3 iron ore]

After carefully reading the design drawings, Li Ye came to his senses, and an unprecedented fervor appeared in his eyes.

These Tier 3 city buildings are absolutely amazing!
In fact, the furnace on Tomorrow can also produce iron ore, but overall it is not as efficient as the steel mill, and it can also produce steel equivalent to level 2 or higher iron ore.

With it, Tomorrow can continuously produce level 1-3 iron ore.

This way, he wouldn't have to go through the trouble of searching for iron ore resources in the wild every time.

Items made from steel are of higher quality than those made from iron ore.

In a sense, this design blueprint is indeed more valuable than a Tier 2 city crystal.

Although its price may not be as high as the latter, the fact that Tomorrow, which has just been upgraded to level 3, got it means that it has saved them a lot of trouble.

"This was specially arranged for you by Bishop Hiss after he learned that the Tomorrow had been promoted to a level 3 city," the lord emphasized.

"I see. He really put his heart into it," Li Ye remarked.

So that's what happened with the report Heath submitted, mentioned in the previous intelligence report.

Not only that, the lord also brought three gifts.

A comprehensive set of professional knowledge books on steel forging.

A set of books on aircraft expertise covering the entire Air Force system.

A set of books on tank and armored vehicle expertise covering the entire army system.

Like the naval ship books that Bishop Heath had given him before, they were all published by the Church of Apocalypse.

Li Ye was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

If he were to collect them himself, it would take him an unknown amount of time, money, and effort, and he might not even be able to collect them all.

This time, the gift that Bishop Heath brought him was truly wonderful.

"I must say, I owe your bishop a huge favor," he said with emotion.

The other party simply smiled slightly.

"He is now an archbishop."

"Given Bishop Heath's character, he'll definitely make you repay this favor. Be prepared."

The lord seemed very busy; after exchanging a few brief pleasantries with Li Ye and the others, he drove away from the city.

Looking at the underground mobile city that had re-burrowed into the ground, Zhou Xing couldn't help but sigh.

"Traveling underground is really safe. It's like traveling smoothly across the entire continent. You can go wherever you want. I really want a mobile city that digs underground."

Li Ye then carefully read the design drawings.

The Level 3 forging plant has a series of industrial equipment such as scrap steel crushers, electric arc furnaces, continuous casting machines, heavy forging presses, and hot rolling mills.

It is not built entirely automatically like a production workshop; it requires human operation.

Smelting and forging.

Rolling and forging.

Support role.

Management and logistics.

Technical maintenance.

If you calculate it item by item, you'll need at least 50-100 people.

To increase efficiency, multiple shifts need to be set up, which requires more workers.

Moreover, building a steel forging plant does not guarantee a continuous supply of steel.

Tomorrow's Alliance still needs to collect a large amount of metal and invest it in the steel mill in order to produce steel.

Ordinary metals can be forged into grade 1-3 steel through steel mills, which is essentially a way of converting them into grade 1-3 iron ore.

However, the higher the grade of steel produced, the more metal is required.

Level 1 and Level 2 iron ore can also be processed into Level 3 steel through a steel mill, which is equivalent to upgrading the iron ore to Level 3.

However, the result of crafting is the same as with ordinary metals; the lower the grade, the greater the consumption.

Moreover, there is a 15-30% loss during the manufacturing process.

This means that even if you invest 1 unit of level 3 iron ore, you can only produce 0.7-0.85 units of steel.

Although iron ore freedom has been achieved, new problems have arisen for Li Ye.

That is, how to collect metal.

Cities are places with the most metal.

The steel bars in each building, the abandoned vehicles, the production machinery in the industrial zone, the pots and pans in the buildings, and the steel beams in the large buildings.
In addition, there are subway tracks and trains.

Airplanes at the airport.

In the wild, if you can destroy a mobile city, you can obtain a large amount of metal by dismantling the city, as well as various vehicles that have been destroyed.

"In short, I need a lot of metal."

Li Ye muttered to himself.

He quickly returned to the Tomorrow's production workshop and entered the design drawings.

According to his plan, the steel forging plant should be built on the lower floors, C1-C4.

Initially, the lower level was not included in his city plan.

But industrial buildings like steel forging plants should naturally be on the lower level.

After upgrading to level 3, the lower area became much more spacious, with C1 and C2 both empty.

Li Ye used the iron ore that was supposed to be used to build jetpacks and level 3 weapons to start building a steel forge.

Furthermore, the operation of the steel forging plant consumes a significant amount of urban energy. This aspect requires coordination with the relevant authorities.

At the same time, he summoned the city's neighborhood committee and asked them to select 100 workers within a day.

As for the management of the steel forging plant, the person in charge is a member of the city's neighborhood committee, and the subordinate managers are selected by them.

Workers and managers receive better treatment than ordinary residents.

He then input all three sets of books into the city simulation training pod.

Forging steel is no joke; workers need to be properly trained before they can start working, and they must have a strict awareness of safety regulations.

Li Ye didn't want an industrial accident to occur on the very first day the steel forging plant started operation. The selected workers would undergo a full week of training in the training chamber.

Based on the time ratio, it's equivalent to 144 days. However, after deducting time for eating, resting, and sleeping, the actual training time is much less.

Logically speaking, the steel forging plant should have been built on the Engineer.

After all, it is an engineering-oriented city, which is good at cultivating engineering talents.

However, the engineer still has two shortcomings.

First, as a second-tier city, its space is limited.

Secondly, its total population is only so-so.

With the arrival of a batch of level 3 iron ore from the Embers branch, the Peacemaker upgraded its 12 black iron cannons to level 3.

The power of this fire support city has suddenly increased to a whole new level.

The second round of the Tomorrow Alliance and the Seventh Division's operation to annihilate the giants has begun.

This time, Liye used a new tactic.

To attract the giants' attention and make them easier to shoot, the Seventh Division had many Level 1 speakers—these were manufactured by them through a mobile city.

Li Ye installed these Level 1 speakers into six Black Hawk helicopters, which then played them in the city to attract giants and concentrate them in one location.

This tactic worked, and forty or fifty giants were quickly drawn together.

With silly grins on their faces, they all stretched out their arms toward the Black Hawk helicopters circling overhead.

Some tried to jump up and grab them, causing the ground to tremble when they landed.

The sight of these giants crammed together, their enormous faces piled up in a jumbled mess, was quite unsettling.

As the gunships circled overhead, seeing that the giants had almost all assembled, Rino in the cabin nodded and picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Fire, Yang Zheng."

After the Black Hawk helicopters and gunships took off, all the cannons on the Peacemaker opened fire.

In an instant, several enormous fireballs rose up in the city area where the giants were located.

The raging flames surged up and swept in all directions.

The entire city area trembled amidst the screams.

Buildings and skyscrapers collapsed like building blocks, and flames turned the nearby streets and alleys into flowing rivers of heat.

The asphalt road on the street was boiling, bubbling, burning, and exploding.

"What an amazing power!"

Leaving the wilderness, I couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy.

This was a barrage from a full twelve level-three cannons; the power was enough to level a small island.

He began to observe the giants through the glass mirror of the gunboat.

The vast majority of the giants were beyond dead, their bodies reduced to burning remains.

Only a few giants survived by sheer luck, but their injuries were so severe that they were barely recognizable as human.

However, their self-healing abilities kick in at this moment, and they begin to slowly repair their bodies.

Seeing this, Li Ye had no choice but to order the gunships to finish off the enemy.

After witnessing the gunship finish off the remaining giants, Xie Jie, who was sitting in the helicopter, picked up the walkie-talkie.

"The tactic of gathering the Titans together and executing them with a single cannon shot is indeed feasible and very effective."

"Leader, how about we try gathering a hundred giants next time?" Yang Zheng suggested.

Soon, Li Ye arranged for the second round of concentrated artillery fire.

This time it went smoothly again, and the giants were blasted to pieces.

"That's really good." Li Ye couldn't help but nod.

In this way, a quarter of the giants in the city ruins have been eliminated.

The northeastern perimeter has now been cleared.

After the fire was extinguished and it was confirmed that all the giants were dead, the Rino sent people to collect the giants' corpses.

The loot distribution plan remains the same as before.

The iron ore allocated to both sides will be used first to craft level 3 firearms and jetpacks, while level 3 items and level 3 blueprints will belong to Tomorrow Alliance.

Although giants are troublesome as level 3 monsters, they drop a lot of good items.

Although there are no finished level 3 products this time, there are two level 3 design blueprints.

Level 3 energy-saving drawings.

Design blueprints for the Level 3 individual combat camouflage uniform "Spirit Fox".

Li Ye's gaze first fell on the Level 3 energy-saving blueprint.

So-called energy-saving blueprints are used on any urban building and urban components to reduce their energy consumption to a certain extent.

Level 3 energy-saving drawings are applicable to targets at or below Level 3.

Currently, the main energy-consuming items on the Tomorrow are:

Level 2 energy shield device.

Level 2 city radio station.

Level 3 forging steel plant.

Level 3 urban camouflage.

The city radio station and the steel mill can be set aside for now.

The energy shield device consumes energy based on the damage dealt to the target, so the energy-saving blueprint is actually not very effective.

As for the urban camouflage device, after the energy-saving blueprints are used up, it consumes 2% of energy each time it is turned on, and the energy consumption to maintain the camouflage is 3% per hour, which saves a lot of energy.

Li Ye then decided to first use the city camouflage device.

After all, level 3 city camouflage is really useful, and besides, Tomorrow is currently in a level 3 city, making it too easy for targets to be exposed in the wild.

There will definitely be many places where urban camouflage devices will be needed in the future.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ye looked at the second set of design drawings.

【Item Name: "Spirit Fox" Individual Combat Camouflage Uniform】

[Level: Level 3]

[Additional effect: Dynamic camouflage]

[Crafting Requirements: 50 units of Cloth (Level 3), 20 units of Precision Clothing Accessories (Level 3)]

Precision clothing accessories require 1 unit of iron ore, 1 unit of copper ore, and 1 unit of silver ore to craft.

After carefully reading the design drawings, he learned the following information.

First, under full power, the Fox camouflage uniform can maintain its disguise for up to 4 hours. However, it requires city power recharging.

Secondly, after inputting the design blueprints, the camouflage uniform's battery is unlocked. Consuming 5 units of any level 3 rare ore allows you to craft a battery that provides 2 hours of continuous power. The battery can also be recharged using city energy resources.

"What a good thing!"

Amazing to leave the wilderness.

He quickly realized something and scratched his head.

From this perspective, the development of special forces is actually progressing faster than that of naval, land, and air combat forces.

However, in urban warfare, special forces did not play as significant a role as the former.

Moreover, while this level 3 camouflage uniform is powerful, it requires a lot of resources to craft.

Just then, a Black Hawk helicopter he had sent out to scout the city center brought back a message.

The giants wandering in the city ruins all gathered in one direction.

Upon hearing this, Li Ye immediately sensed something was amiss and picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Do you know what's going on here, Xie Jie?"

After a moment's thought, a few beads of sweat appeared on Xie Jie's face.

"If I'm not mistaken, a Commander Giant should have appeared in the city."

(End of this chapter)