Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 225 The Ice Dome Research Base and the Spider Demons' Special Skills (4K)

Instead of recalling the fleet, Liye continued to deploy it in the nearby waters. As for the fleet's food, fresh water, and supplies, the Asahi was responsible for replenishing them.

The Engineer then dispatched a goblin exploration vehicle to begin surveying oil and gas fields in the area.

"So, are we going to explore deeper into the Frigid Continent next, Alliance Leader?" Fang Yong asked.

Li Ye gently shook his head.

He doesn't have that plan at the moment.

Tomorrow Alliance should try to establish a foothold in this level 2 area first.

The coastline must also be protected to prevent any unforeseen events.

In the following period, he made a special trip to meet with Whiteman.

"Bishop Whiteman, you said that the Titan Throne has established a research base in the Arctic. Where is it located?"

Whiteman smiled slightly.

He told Li Ye that the level 2 area they were in was called the Tundra region, and the research base he had visited earlier was located in the Tundra region.

Upon hearing this, Li Ye was pleasantly surprised.

"I would appreciate it if you could show me the way; I would like to visit this research base," he said.

The two then boarded the Black Hawk helicopter on the deck.

Back when they were setting off for the Arctic, Li Ye had specifically asked the Engineer to help modify the Tomorrow's vehicles and weapons to prevent freezing. After a week of hard work, the modification work was completed.

Before leaving, Li Ye specifically told his companions and Lin Wu to be careful, and that he would be back soon if nothing unexpected happened.

After Whiteman pointed out the direction of the research base, the Black Hawk helicopter took off.

The weather in Arctic is very cold.

As soon as I stepped into the helicopter before the cabin door was closed, a cold wind howled in, and even my breath condensed into tiny ice crystals, forming a hazy mist inside the cabin.

An hour later, Whiteman spoke slowly.

"We've arrived. Prepare for landing."

Li Ye, who was dozing off, came to his senses and looked ahead, only to see a mountain peak.

When he looked at Whiteman with a puzzled expression, the latter nodded slightly.

The Titan Throne Level 3 Research Base, "Ice Dome".

The main structure of the base is completely hidden inside the mountain.

The thick rock layers and thousands of meters of permafrost provide a natural protective barrier, enabling it to withstand the most extreme blizzards and temperatures of tens of degrees below zero in Arctic.

After getting off the helicopter, Whiteman chuckled and led Li Ye to an inconspicuous ice crevice.

"This is the entrance to the research base. Please come in with me."

The two then entered the crevice, while the driver remained in place to await further instructions.

After stepping into the ice crevasse and advancing several dozen meters, Li Ye discovered that it was a sloping tunnel hundreds of meters long.

Upon closer inspection, he also discovered a hidden camera overhead.

When the camera was moved away from the field and looked at it, it shook slightly, as if to signal something.

“The people of the Titan Throne know we’re here, and they’re prepared to receive us. An old friend of mine works here,” Whiteman cautioned. “If it’s a monster invading, it will be dealt with by the weapons lurking in the rifts.”

A few minutes later, the two reached the end of the crevice.

There stood a massive, heavy mechanical door.

Whiteman opened his arms and shouted at the massive mechanical gate.

"Oleg, I've come! Aren't you going to come and greet your old buddy?"

As if in response to him, the mechanical gate slowly opened, and a figure emerged.

He was a Western man in his fifties, tall and strong like a bear, wearing a faded white winter coat and a hat with ear flaps on his head.

The two then embraced.

“Oleg, researcher at Dome Base, T7 level,” Whiteman introduced to Li Ye.

Before Li Ye could speak, Oleg looked at him.

"Hey, who's this kid, Whiteman?"

Upon learning that Li Ye was a lord of a level 3 city alliance, his expression instantly turned solemn and respectful.

There was even a hint of surprise.

"Can you tell me about the size of your city alliance?" He rubbed his hands together excitedly.

After listening to Li Ye's introduction, he couldn't help but nod repeatedly.

"The setup is pretty good! Perfect timing, we have a lot of work that we don't have anyone to do yet!"

"Live? What kind of live?" Li Ye asked in surprise.

Oleg waved his hand.

"Come on in, we can talk on the way."

Through Oleg's explanation, Li Ye quickly learned what the so-called "living" he mentioned meant.

First, the underground kingdom of the Spider Demon civilization in the Frostbite Continent has attracted the attention of the Titan Throne, and multiple research bases deployed across the continent have begun investigations. However, they currently lack the number of mobile cities they have and must recruit from outside.

Secondly, humanity has decided to initiate a continent-wide project, the "Underground City Hive Network," in the Arctic. As the name suggests, this involves constructing multiple underground cities beneath the continent, interconnected by major transportation routes, to house the human forces gathered in the wasteland. The Tundra region, where the Tomorrow Alliance is currently located, is included in this plan.

Third, several monster civilizations from other continents are currently heading towards the Arctic Ocean by sea, and the human forces are preparing to prevent them from landing and even destroy them.

As with his previous intelligence readings, Rino quickly digested the information.

Just as he was about to ask a question, Oleg handed him a bottle of wine.

"Mr. Oleg, this is..."

“Let’s have a drink first.” Oleg gestured with his chin toward him. “It’s cold here, a drink will warm you up.”

Li Ye turned to look at Whiteman and found that Oleg had also shoved a bottle of wine into his hand at some point.

He was too lazy to refuse any longer, so he simply opened the bottle and took a big gulp.

After taking that bite, my body did feel much warmer, but my head also started to feel a little dizzy.

After considering it for a moment, he spoke.

"Mr. Oleg, you said that multiple monster civilizations are heading here from the sea. What exactly is going on?"

Oleg began to answer his questions.

Throughout the week, the Monarch monster Jormungandr continued its rampage, frequently causing earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions.

She turned many continents upside down.

Whether it's the remaining human forces and mobile cities in the wasteland, or the monster civilization that occupies the wasteland, they are all forced to begin migrating and seeking refuge.

Oleg specifically emphasized that the vast majority of them were levels 1-3.

Human mobile cities and monster civilizations at level 4 and above were basically unaffected.

For those refugees at levels 1-3, the only option is to migrate to continents or oceans as far away from Jormungand as possible.

He told Liye that Nanliuzhou is also currently affected, with frequent earthquakes and tsunamis.

However, the scale was not as severe as that of Donghuazhou and Yanglanzhou.

When Yanglanzhou was mentioned, the man, who was as big as a bear, couldn't help but shrug. "Oh, that continent is gone now, it's become the Yanglan Islands."

Li Ye's expression turned serious.

He was somewhat aware of the level 3 monster civilization in Nanliuzhou.

Werewolves, ghouls, Frankenstein's monster, gargoyles, gnolls, giants.
If these level 3 monster civilizations were to land in the Frozen Continent, they might cause a huge uproar.

He then turned to look at Oleg.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Oleg, shouldn't we humans indiscriminately attack these monster civilizations that have come from Southern Liuzhou seeking refuge?"

Oleg shrugged.

He told Li Ye that the current human forces were simply too busy to handle everything.

“Young man, don’t assume that a world-class human organization can command many high-level mobile cities.” He hesitated, then stopped himself from speaking.

For humanity at present, the Tomorrow Alliance, which has "just happened" to arrive in the Arctic, is exactly the manpower they urgently need.

“Exploring the underground kingdom of the Spider Demon civilization, constructing dungeons, and preventing the monster civilization from landing at sea,” Oleg counted on his fingers. “You can all do all of these.”

Li Ye didn't rush to agree.
He is naturally willing to contribute to his fellow human beings and serve world-class organizations, but he cannot work for free.

"I need to figure out what I want before I agree," he thought to himself.

Just then, a calm voice came from not far away.

"Oleg, you've been drinking again, haven't you?"

Upon hearing this, Oleg's expression changed, and he looked as helpless as a child caught red-handed.

Li Ye followed the sound and saw a person.

She was an elderly woman with an Asian face, who looked to be in her sixties.

Although her research coat was old, it was very clean and ironed without a single wrinkle. Her gray hair was tied up in a bun at the back of her head, and her wrinkled face resembled an ancient book weathered by wind and sand. Combined with her calm expression, she exuded an air of authority without anger.

"This is Professor Lin Mei, the head of the Ice Dome Research Base, a T4 level researcher," Whiteman introduced softly.

Li Ye then stepped forward to shake hands and gave a brief self-introduction.

As they shook hands, Lin Mei looked at Oleg and sighed softly.

“You had gastrointestinal surgery at headquarters a few months ago, and you couldn’t control yourself from drinking again after you came back.”

The latter scratched his head apologetically.

"I'm sorry, Professor Lin, I will definitely be more careful in the future."

Lin Mei shook her head gently, seemingly used to such "promises".

Then she turned to look at Li Ye, her eyes lighting up slightly.

"A Level 3 city alliance? Perfect, we're in dire need of manpower."

Before Li Ye could speak, she added another sentence.

"Don't worry, we certainly won't let you work for free. You should come up with a quote first, and we'll report it to higher-ups after we've considered it."

Li Ye was momentarily stunned.

This old lady was much more straightforward and direct than I had imagined.

But this is good too, it saves a lot of trouble.

After thinking for a few minutes, he put forward his conditions.

First, a three-tiered urban structure blueprint.

Second, a complete set of books on nuclear technology, nuclear power plant operation, mobile suit piloting, and aircraft carrier piloting.

Third, design blueprints for a Level 4 nuclear power plant, a Level 4 nuclear bomb, a Level 4 mobile suit, a Level 4 nuclear reactor, plus any number of Level 3 design blueprints.

After hearing Li Ye's reply, Lin Mei gently shook her head.

"Your judgment is indeed excellent, but what you're asking for is really too much."

After some bargaining, Lin Mei only agreed to one or two of Li Ye's demands.

As for the third requirement...
“These Level 4 design blueprints you proposed are indeed a core necessity for Level 4 cities,” she said earnestly. “However, the drop rate for these blueprints is very low; even the three major human organizations don’t have many, and they are controlled resources. If you don’t mind, I can apply for processing qualifications for you.”

Li Ye gently shook his head.

For mobile cities, building is worse than buying – that remains an eternal truth.

"Professor Lin, can I understand it this way: as long as the Tomorrow Alliance makes enough contributions, it can obtain these design blueprints from the three major organizations as a reward?" he asked.

Lin Mei was taken aback, but immediately nodded gently.

"That's one way to understand it."

With the agreement reached, Tomorrow Alliance was effectively recruited, and its Engineers would naturally be deployed to carry out dungeon construction.

“I must warn you, those nuclear technology books you want won’t be so easy to get,” Lin Mei cautioned. “Before that, the three major human organizations will review the Tomorrow Alliance.”

“You can rest assured about that, Professor Lin,” Whiteman said. “The higher-ups have already recorded Tomorrow’s Alliance, and they have a very high opinion of it.”

"Is that so? Then the review should be easy to pass."

The group chatted as they walked, and Lin Mei gave Li Ye a brief tour of the Ice Dome Research Base.

The main body of this base is a cluster of circular cabins made of high-strength, cold-resistant steel.

These cabins are strung together like pearls on the hollow mountain rock face and connected to each other by suspended metal corridors.

The main control module is located at the very center, surrounded by laboratories, energy stations, fields, aquaculture areas, and living quarters for nuclear personnel.

The base walls are covered with embedded displays of various sizes, monitoring all kinds of data in Arctic Asia in real time.

The most abundant data is on the spider demons.

Through the screen, Li Ye could clearly see what the level 3 monster looked like.

The spider demons are fifty to sixty meters tall. Their heads have three pairs of irregularly arranged compound eyes, and below them are two pairs of constantly opening and closing chelicerae, with spirally arranged crystalline teeth covering their inner sides.

They have a special spinning system on their abdomens, which allows them to spray out various special types of spider silk according to different needs.

For example, load-bearing spider silk has a tensile strength that is a hundred times that of an equal amount of steel.

Magnetic spider silk specifically designed to target enemy vehicles and mobile cities.

It is a memory metal spider silk that can sense temperature and automatically contract to strangle its prey when heated.

It is a viscous, acid-corroding spider silk that is splashed on the surface and has high corrosiveness.

Flammable and explosive spider silk.

The camouflage spider silk wrapped around the body for disguise.

As he looked around, Li Ye stopped in his tracks, a strange look appearing in his eyes.

Clearly, these special spider silks are what the spider demons evolved from.

Lin Mei and the others stopped in their tracks.

“The Spider Demons are amazing, aren’t they?” Oleg asked. “Their monster civilization doesn’t have any vehicles or mobile cities.”

"Then how does the Spider Demon civilization wage war against other nations?" Li Ye pressed. "Are individual Spider Demons very powerful?"

Lin Mei nodded.

"That's for sure; a weak monster civilization can't survive in the wasteland."

(End of this chapter)