Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 218 Money, Money, Money! (4K)

In the lord's room on the upper deck of the Tomorrow in the Western Wilderness Continent, Li Ye was planning how to use the large sum of money at hand.

Through Heath's connections, he was able to directly contact the official shops of the Church of Apocalypse.

Heath stated that the Church of Apocalypse has a dedicated trade department, which possesses virtually any blueprints and items that the Outer Wilds might want to purchase.

All Li Ye needed to do was list the purchases and pay with crystals, while Heath would help contact the Trade Department and finalize the deal through the Saint's resource transfer device.

During this period, the Tomorrow Alliance earned a large amount of crystal coins by selling oil extracted from the mountains of the wasteland.

Adding to his previous gains in the Terranis Ocean, Li Ye now has over 200 million crystals on hand.

The Apocalypse Church directly bought up all the idle Level 1 and 2 design blueprints he had on hand.

Out of curiosity, Li Ye asked Heath about the purpose of the Apocalypse Church's acquisition of the blueprints.

The other party provided a brief explanation.

First, it is used to support low-level human factions in the wasteland.

Secondly, they can be displayed in official stores for continued sales and revenue generation.

In fact, the Apocalypse Church offered a discount when acquiring these blueprints.

Not only it, but also the Titan Throne and the Iron Brotherhood. In a sense, these three world-class organizations are secondhand dealers in the wasteland.

In the past, Li Ye could never have imagined that he would have so much money on hand—back when Tomorrow was still a level 1 city, he would be overjoyed to earn tens of thousands of crystal coins.

He has already planned how to spend the money.

First, purchase a Level 3 city upgrade blueprint to lay the foundation for Tomorrow's account to upgrade to a Level 4 city.

Second, purchase a Tier 2 city upgrade blueprint and structural blueprint to complete the classic Tier 2 mobile city upgrade set, enabling Tomorrow Alliance to have a second Tier 3 mobile city.

Third, purchase urban components and blueprints to enhance the Peacekeeper, Iron Whale, and Engineer.

Fourth, purchase some design blueprints for naval, land, and air combat units.

Fifth, as usual, a sum of money is allocated to the urban neighborhood committee to purchase design drawings for clothing, food, housing, and transportation.

From Heath, Li Ye briefly learned about the current prices.

The price of a Level 3 city upgrade blueprint is 50 crystals.

The price of a Tier 2 city upgrade blueprint is 30 crystals, and the price of a structure blueprint is 28 crystals.

City crystals of any grade are priceless and unavailable for purchase.

In addition, promotion drawings and structural blueprints are controlled resources and are generally not sold to outsiders.

However, considering the good reputation of the Tomorrow Alliance, the Apocalypse Church agreed.

"Speaking of which, are Level 3 structural blueprints available for sale, Archbishop Hiss?" Li Ye asked.

"Yes, there are, but the price is around 50," Heath replied.

He sincerely offered a suggestion: since Liye doesn't even have city crystals yet, there's no need to rush to spend a lot of money to buy this structural blueprint.

When you are recruited by the three major human organizations in the future, you can simply provide a structural blueprint as your reward.

"I see, thank you for reminding me." Li Ye nodded.

He glanced at the promotion blueprints as well.

The following level 3 resources are required to upgrade a level 3 mobile city to level 4.

Iron ore: 8000 units

Timber: 8000 units

Fuel: 8000 units

Saltpeter: 8000 units

[City Alloy: 4000 units]

[Urban Structure Blueprint: 1 copy]

[City Crystal: 1 piece]

Li Ye silently began to plan the fourth-level advancement of Tomorrow.

Now we have the blueprints for promotion.

Level 3 steel can replace level 3 iron ore; you only need to collect the metal resources and invest them in the steel mill.

Level 3 timber can be obtained by planting level 3 pine trees, which is the easiest way to obtain it.

For Tier 3 fuel, you can purchase upgrade blueprints to upgrade the goblin processing device on the Engineer, and gradually accumulate it. With the Energy Windmill sequence, Tomorrow Alliance's mobile cities will not lack energy, but land, sea and air vehicles will still need fuel.

Level 3 saltpeter and Level 3 city alloy are obtained through field mining and foreign trade.

Overall, the biggest challenge lies in the level 3 city crystals.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Heath.

"Archbishop Hiss, can the Church of Apocalypse sell level 3 city crystals?" he asked.

“Yes, there are some, but not many,” Heath said. “However, I can help you secure the authority to purchase city crystals.”

"Really?" Li Ye's eyes lit up immediately. "Then how much does it usually cost?"

“Let’s start at 300 million,” Heath replied.

Upon hearing this, Li Ye couldn't help but gasp.

But then I thought, if the alliance works hard, they can still raise the money.

The silence protocol is now ineffective; simply wiping out a level 1 or 2 monster civilization will yield substantial profits.

Alternatively, you can kill a large number of level 3 monsters to obtain level 3 blueprints and sell them.

The Tomorrow is now almost fully developed at Tier 3, with most of the necessary features. The Tier 3 blueprints acquired in the future will primarily be sold to generate revenue.

"As the level increases, the efficiency of resource acquisition in mobile cities also gradually improves," he remarked.

At levels 1 and 2, Tomorrow was indiscriminate in its use, taking any design blueprints it came across.

Heath stated that the higher the mobile city level, the more frequent the foreign trade becomes.

In the following period, Liye continued to make purchases.

他购置了一批3级冰霜矿石、3级熔岩矿石和对应的3级稀有水晶，一口气为平定者号打造了6门冰霜火炮和6门熔岩火炮。

This made Yang Zheng extremely excited.

The Peacemaker itself has a range of Tier 2 shell production programs, such as gas shells, smoke shells, armor-piercing shells, and high-explosive shells.

To this end, Li Ye specially purchased four Tier 3 shell upgrade blueprints and had the Peacekeeper upgrade them all to Tier 3.

The regular cannons on the Peacekeeper can further enhance their bombardment power by loading these Level 3 shells.

Now, the Peacemaker only needs to arrange the firing cycles of the deck guns to continuously launch artillery bombardments.

Then he looked at Fang Yong and Zhou Xing, who were standing to the side, and showed them the three-piece set of level 2 city promotion that he had prepared.

"Now, let's discuss whose city should be promoted to level 3."

To his surprise, Fang Yong and the other two exchanged glances and took a step back in unison.

Li Ye was initially puzzled, but quickly figured it out. Through the successful upgrade of Tomorrow, Fang Yong and the other two understood exactly what a Level 3 mobile city was like.

Overall, cities that are aggressively promoted to level 3 benefit the most.

For defensive cities, the massive size of a level 3 mobile city makes it difficult for them to accelerate their advance. As for fire support cities and engineer cities, upgrading to level 3 at most only gives them more space, allowing them to carry more artillery or engineering equipment.

Furthermore, the sheer size and slow movement of a Tier 3 city make it difficult to escape in the wild. If exposed on the battlefield, it will face significant trouble.

Most importantly, Fang Yong and his two companions were primarily focused on survival in the wasteland, unlike Li Ye who wanted to build a small society in the city. Therefore, their need for population and urban space was very low.

Li Ye believes that people's views on high-level mobile cities are ultimately somewhat one-sided.

High-level mobile cities will definitely include defensive, engineer, and fire support types. They can certainly play an unimaginable role by adding various city accessories and modifying the city.

It's just that people can only access low-level mobile cities right now, so they have limited experience with them.

After hearing Li Ye's words, the three of them changed their views somewhat.

After discussion, everyone decided to first upgrade Zhou Xing's engineer ship to a level 3 city.

The Engineer's promotion to Tier 3 means that its urban space and deck space have increased several times over, and it can be equipped with more robotic arms, claws, and cranes.

As long as the right personnel are assigned, it can play a huge role.

The thought of a Tier 3 engineer city appearing in the alliance made everyone excited.

"Does this mean we'll have a chance to build a mobile island in the ocean?" Yang Zheng suggested.

After pondering for a moment, Li Ye gently shook his head.

"It's not enough to just upgrade the Engineer to Level 3; we also need to collect a complete set of Level 3 engineering blueprints for it."

Then he bought several more blueprints.

Design drawings for a Level 3 bulletproof helmet.

Upgrade blueprints for Tier 3 Energy Shield Device.

Level 3 energy-saving drawings—for resource transfer devices.

He handed over the remaining hundreds of thousands of crystal coins to Zhou Xing, instructing him to purchase level 3 design blueprints and city components to make the Engineer ship as well-equipped as possible.

Back on the Tomorrow, Li Ye entered the blueprints into the production workshop, upgraded the energy shield device to level 3, and designated the resource transfer device to save energy.

Combined with the original Level 3 urban camouflage and Level 3 signal jamming device, Tomorrow's self-defense capabilities have been significantly enhanced.

According to his plan, each mobile city in the Tomorrow Alliance will be equipped with an energy shield device.

He also created a batch of Level 3 bulletproof helmets and distributed them to special forces and combat personnel.

Zhou Xing then arranged for the Engineer to begin its promotion to Level 3.

After thinking it over carefully, Li Ye reminded Zhou Xing of something.

A Level 3 mobile city is a real behemoth, and its urban space and deck size must be carefully planned.

Thinking about this, he felt a little regretful.

When a mobile city is upgraded, the scale of its floors, decks, and walkways can be planned through production workshops.

At that time, only the fields and a series of shops were preserved in the abandoned area, but the height of the vehicle warehouse was forgotten.

As a result, the vehicle storage area becomes as tall as a regular building, making it unable to accommodate large warships like destroyers.

This results in the need for disassembly and reassembly every time a destroyer is recalled or deployed. It's very troublesome.

"When Tomorrow advances to level 4, we must take remedial action." He silently made up his mind.

By boarding the Sky Dream Island, Tomorrow Alliance arrived at the Southern Ocean.

With a command from Li Ye, the Tomorrow began deploying its troops.

On the A1 deck, the air force units took off one after another.

After the fleet was assembled, it was deployed to the sea.

During this time, Li Ye silently estimated the time.

There are 3 days left until the silence agreement is abolished.

During this period, Tomorrow basically completed its internal integration and assimilation.

Although things were gradually stabilizing internally, out of caution, Li Ye requested that Whiteman and his management team stay on the Tomorrow for a while longer.

During this period, the intelligence was updated several times.

After gathering and digesting this intelligence, Li Ye learned the following key information.

1. In the first few years after the Old World became a wasteland, humanity was in dire straits. The wasteland gods chose to help humanity through the most difficult period, and it gradually developed into what it is today.

2. The control of the Leviathan Ocean by the world-class organizations of both humans and monsters has finally completely failed, and the giant marine creatures in the ocean have now swept across the entire ocean with impunity.

3. The Church of Apocalypse possesses a top-secret research project, personally spearheaded by the Pope, known as Project "The Holy Son." The Church holds extremely high hopes for Project "The Holy Son," believing it will help humanity achieve ultimate victory. However, the dangers of Project "The Holy Son" are also unprecedented.

4. The ruler of the giant civilization is the "King Giant," who possesses the ability to communicate mentally with all giants and even gain their vision. It is under the King Giant's leadership that the giants began their frenzied expansion. The King Giant is currently located in the capital state of the Old Civilization Zone. Due to the slaughter of numerous monsters, the giants' evolution rate and speed have increased, making them even more powerful. Many giants have even reached level 4.

However, the casualty rate of the giant civilization has also risen from 47% a month ago to 89%, clearly indicating that it is nearing its end.

All of this intelligence is of epic quality.

Other intelligence also provided a lot of information.

Thinking of this, Li Ye couldn't help but admire the giant civilization.

Like the zombie civilization, this monster civilization also single-handedly destroyed an entire continent.

Simultaneously fighting against five level 3 monster civilizations.

"Truly a super monster civilization!" he exclaimed.

As for the third piece of intelligence...

The Apocalypse Cult's Holy Son Project? What is that? It seems this world-class organization is cultivating them as a weapon for the final battle?

The first piece of intelligence was simply unbelievable.

“No wonder the Church of Apocalypse worships the wasteland gods so fervently,” he said slowly. “So they really did help humanity!”

But why is that?

Li Ye firmly believes that the wasteland gods are all bad people.

They chose to help humanity, surely for some purpose.

"Was it to support human forces in order to counterbalance the monster forces at the time?"

Li Ye thinks this speculation is very likely.

After all, humanity's power has grown to the point where it can rival the monsters, and the wasteland gods have achieved their goal.

Following this line of thought, Li Ye gradually understood.

The world is not only divided into the human and monster factions, but also into a third-party force: the wasteland gods.

This third-party force is extremely powerful, yet it is always overlooked!

Liye believes
One day in the future, the wasteland gods will surely intervene in this world themselves.

(End of this chapter)