Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 261 Exploring the Sea of ​​Stone (4K)

Li Ye nodded slowly and carefully put away the recall device.

Before setting off, he made a special trip to meet with the lord of the mobile city on the Titan's throne.

He was a middle-aged man with an Asian face, named Fang Ying.

Fang Ying wore glasses and had his beard neatly shaved, making him look quite refined.

After shaking hands and exchanging greetings with Li Ye, Fang Ying gave a brief introduction.

The mobile city he was in was called Nature H6, and he was traveling to the Abyss of Rock to study the ecology of this elemental plane.

As a lord, he is a Tier 5 member of the Titan Throne, holding the position of Doctor.

Just as Li Ye predicted, Nature H6 also has countless monster employees—a feature clearly characteristic of Titan's Throne.

Noticing Li Ye's gaze, Fang Ying shrugged.

"These monster employees are only level 1 or 2. We need to protect them if we head to the Rock Abyss."

"So you mean there are high-level monster employees in the Titan Throne?" Li Ye asked.

Fang Ying smiled slightly and offered no further explanation.

As the teleportation device was activated, the crystal array on its obsidian door frame burst forth with a dazzling amber light, and thousands of lightning-shaped energy lines raced wildly across the stone surface.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, a singularity of absolute darkness suddenly collapsed in front of the device, and then the singularity suddenly expanded to form an elliptical light gate with a length and width of more than ten kilometers.

Such a magnificent sight drew exclamations of admiration from everyone in the Tomorrow Alliance.

"Hopefully, this time I can be teleported to a good location," Li Ye thought to himself.

He then waved his hand sharply and ordered them to set off.

The six mobile cities of the Tomorrow Alliance then sailed into the portal in a grand procession, with H6 following closely behind.

After passing through the portal, Li Ye arrived at the Abyss of Rock.

He was stunned when he saw what was happening in front of him.

He was currently inside a gigantic cave, and inside the cave was...
A sea of ​​stone composed of countless rocks.

Some rocks stand upright like knife edges, forming undulating waves of stone.

Some curled up into a vortex shape.

More often, they are squeezed and folded together.

What's most surprising is that the entire sea of ​​stones maintains a perfect wave rhythm.

The stone sea also contains countless islands of all sizes, all of which are petrified.

Li Ye picked up the binoculars and carefully looked at one of the islands.

The island is covered with countless stone trees, their canopies transformed into exquisite mineral crystals. Some have leaves made of agate, subtly shimmering with iridescence. Others have canopies composed of crystal clusters, their colors shifting with the light. The branches of these stone trees even retain the dynamic curves of a tree swaying in the wind.

What surprised him most was that when he switched his gaze back to the sea of ​​stones, he found that the sea of ​​stones was slowly rising and falling, and there were even waves surging.

Tomorrow Alliance and Nature H6 are currently located on the shore of the Stone Sea.

Li Ye immediately took the elevator to the ground, rushed to the shore, and reached out to touch the sea of ​​rocks.

What he touched was not hardened rock, but a highly solidified viscous liquid.

In Liye's hands, the slime gradually turned into rock.

After some testing, he discovered that the rock was incredibly hard.

"This is just too amazing," he murmured.

"Looks like we're in luck." A voice came from behind.

Li Ye turned his head and saw that it was Fang Ying.

The Titan Throne doctor slowly approached him, bent down, grabbed a piece of slime, and quietly watched it solidify into rock.

"This sea of ​​stones alone is enough for us to study for quite some time."

Li Ye gently shook his head.

He didn't come here to do research; he came to mine the veins and collect resources dropped by monsters.

But then again, this sea of ​​stones is truly amazing.

It might just be the tip of the iceberg in the deepest abyss.

"Can you pinpoint our exact location in the Rock Abyss, Dr. Fang Ying?" he asked.

Fang Ying gently shook her head.

“It’s hard to say. You know how big the Abyss of Rock really is,” he said calmly. “It’s practically a small world. I think there should be signs of life in this sea of ​​rocks.”

Signs of life?

Li Ye subconsciously turned his head to look at the sea of ​​stones in front of him.

Can life really survive in an ocean made of rock?

Half an hour later, his understanding was overturned.

There are indeed various Level 4 mutated creatures in the Stone Sea.

A giant rock-shelled tortoise with a body length of over ten meters, a carapace completely mineralized into a plate structure, and limbs evolved into paddle-like stone fins.

A crystal jellyfish with a canopy made entirely of transparent quartz.

Its eight arms are covered with petrified suckers, which can spray high-temperature acid-etching ink, and its body can liquefy obsidian octopus that passes through the crevices of rocky seas.

The coral rock snake, which can grow to over 100 meters long, is composed of countless tiny stone corals.

A stone seahorse whose entire body is covered with prism-like crystals.

Basaltic sea dragons, reaching hundreds of meters in length, with their vertebrae transformed into jagged rock ridges.

All of this was discovered by the detection instruments of Nature H6.

In the research lab of Nature H6, Li Ye, standing in front of the screen, couldn't help but take a deep breath.

The ecological environment of this rocky sea, or rather, the abyss of rocks, is truly amazing!
But he soon noticed a crucial problem.

The "water" in the Stone Sea is composed of a special viscous liquid, which, although it flows, quickly turns into rock.

So how do these level 4 mutated creatures in the rocky sea manage to swim so freely?

Fang Ying answered his question.

He showed Li Ye a stone seahorse that Nature H6 had just captured.

Although its name sounds harmless, this stone seahorse is extremely ferocious. This level 4 mutated creature has an astonishing jumping ability, with the force even capable of penetrating stone walls.

Natural H6 used a level 4 device to completely control the stone seahorse.

“Look closely at its body surface,” Fang Ying said.

Upon closer inspection, Li Ye discovered that the stone seahorse had a layer of secreted, light mucus on its body surface.

He quickly understood what Fang Ying meant.

"You mean these mutated creatures are able to move around in the stone sea through the mucus secreted by their bodies?"

Fang Ying nodded.

To verify his hypothesis, he used an instrument to extract some mucus from the stone seahorse and then applied it to a rock.

Sure enough, the rock melted into a sticky liquid the moment it came into contact with the slime.

However, this state only lasted for a brief minute.

One minute later, the rock returned to its hardened state.

Li Ye was stunned for a moment. "If I'm not mistaken, this is basically the same ecosystem not only in the Stone Sea, but throughout the entire Rock Abyss," Fang Ying said.

He then came up with a bold idea.

By simply coating your entire body with the slime of a level 4 mutated creature, you can easily swim through the rock walls of the Rock Abyss.

Li Ye nodded slightly.

This approach is indeed feasible, but it's unclear how many level 4 mutated creatures would be needed to extract enough slime to cover one's entire body.

Fang Ying, on the other hand, never fails to make a statement that is anything but shocking.

“This biological slime is incredibly useful; it has both high scientific and practical value,” he said. “So I plan to collect 10 tons of this biological slime here.”

After the exchange ended, Li Ye returned to the Tomorrow.

Now, he has to start arranging the deployment of combat troops abroad.

After all, this is an unfamiliar environment, and enemies might attack at any moment.

With a command from Li Ye, the Starship, Iron Whaleship, and Peacemakership took their positions.

The Marines and Special Forces of the Tomorrow also quickly completed their deployment.

As for why no air or naval units were deployed outside the territory...
The massive cave where the Tomorrow Alliance is located is filled with stalactites that are several meters or even tens of meters in size.

This is an extremely harsh flight environment, where a fighter jet could crash if it is not careful.

Naval forces were even less suited to this situation. Although the rocky sea was in a liquid state, it would quickly solidify into rock, making it impossible for ships to sail on it.

The troops that rely on to hunt level 4 mutated creatures are naturally special forces.

Equipped with an intelligent fire control core and a silencer, the Silent Reaper rifle has transformed into a silent, long-range killer. It can eliminate enemies one by one without them even noticing.

So the special forces members began to eliminate the mutated creatures in the stone sea one by one.

As they pulled the trigger, one level 4 mutated creature after another was silently sniped, their corpses floating on the sea of ​​stones.

During this time, Li Ye carefully observed these things through a telescope.

Any level 4 mutated creature in the Stone Sea is extremely ferocious. He personally witnessed a group of petrified fish devour a large island completely, and a group of stone shrimp fighting so fiercely that they shattered the nearby Stone Sea.

At that moment, Fang Ying suddenly walked over.

He told Li Ye his guess that this sea of ​​stones was quite large and that there might be a level 4 world boss here.

"Level 4 world boss?"

Li Ye was stunned when he heard this, and then a burning light appeared in his eyes.

This means a huge amount of level 4 resources, several level 4 items, and one level 5 item that drops regularly!
But his inner fervor quickly subsided.

The combat power of wild bosses gradually increases with level. The Tomorrow Alliance, which has just reached level 4, is not yet fully developed and obviously cannot hunt them.

Most importantly, the environment of the Stone Sea is simply too unique. The Tomorrow Alliance's naval and air forces cannot be fully deployed at all, which is a significant disadvantage.

If that level 4 world boss is hiding deep in the Stone Sea, the Tomorrow Alliance has absolutely no way to deal with it.

"Sigh, I guess I'll just have to stick to shooting down mutated creatures and collecting their loot," he thought to himself.

An hour later, the first sniping operation came to a temporary end.

The sniping process was not as easy as imagined, because most of the level 4 mutated creatures lay dormant in the sea of ​​rocks and only occasionally surfaced to breathe.

They are also very alert and cautious. When they realize that a companion has been shot nearby, they will often dive into the sea of ​​rocks and only quietly emerge after more than ten minutes.

Li Ye was in a dilemma again.

This time, we sniped over two hundred mutated creatures, but the question is, how do we collect them?
Ships simply cannot navigate through the sea of ​​rocks.

Sending out special forces equipped with jetpacks? That idea is somewhat feasible, since some parts of the rocky sea are solidified, which special forces members could use as footholds.

The problem is that there are simply too many Level 4 mutated creatures in the Stone Sea. They move freely within it using the mucus they secrete. If special forces enter the Stone Sea, they will be attacked immediately.

Fortunately, Fang Ying helped Li Ye solve this problem.

He requested a batch of drones from Nature H6, which were equipped with Level 4 adsorption accessories, enabling them to easily pick up objects.

Using these drones, Fang Ying transported the level 4 mutated creatures that had been sniped to the beach one by one.

He wasn't helping for nothing; he made his own demands in return.

The fallen mutated creatures were returned to the Wilderness, while their corpses were returned to Nature H6, so that their secreted mucus could be extracted on a large scale.

Li Ye readily agreed; it was just a small favor for him.

For a time, iron ore, saltpeter, coal, cloth, crystals, and finished products of level 4 and below were in high demand.
The spoils piled up like a small mountain in front of Li Ye.

There are also 4 sets of drawings.

1 naval vehicle upgrade blueprint, 3 design blueprints.

Naval vehicle upgrade blueprints are used to upgrade cruisers—although cruisers haven't been built yet, as long as the production workshop has this project, they can be upgraded.

As usual, Li Ye began to appreciate the design drawings.

He was particularly pleasantly surprised by the first set of design drawings.

【Item Name: Electromagnetic Pulse Grenade】

[Level: Level 4]

[Additional effect: Electromagnetic pulse range +50%]

[Crafting Requirements: 10 units of Iron Ore (Level 4), 5 units of Thunder Ore (Level 4)]

"I never expected there to be this type of grenade."

Electromagnetic pulses are undoubtedly a deadly weapon against vehicles.

This undoubtedly greatly enhances the special forces' anti-vehicle capabilities.

但是这4级手雷的造价同样不低，一个就需要10单位4级铁矿，还要5单位的4级雷霆矿石。

After a battle, level 4 iron ore and level 4 thunder ore were used up in no time.

"Speaking of which, the jetpack needs to be upgraded to level 4," Li Ye thought to himself. "And the climbing grappling hook is only level 1, so I need to upgrade that as soon as possible."

The second set of design drawings is for urban building types.

【Item Name: City Data Center Base Station】

[Level: Level 4]

[Additional benefit: Provides network access]

[Crafting Requirements: 300 units of iron ore (Level 4)]

[Note: You can build a substation by consuming 100 units of level 4 iron ore, which will give the target carrying the substation the ability to connect to the base station network.]

Upon realizing that his mobile city would soon have internet access, Li Ye became quite excited.

But upon closer reflection, he realized there was nothing to be excited about.

The internet is just a medium; what matters is the content and its creators.

Tomorrow only has an empty network; at most, it can only upload and store data, connect the card reader to the network, and share data in real time.

But something is better than nothing.

Li Ye decided to wait until after leaving the Rock Abyss to purchase design blueprints for laptops, desktop computers, and mobile phones.

At the same time, a question popped into his mind.

Are there handheld computers or computers with chips implanted directly in the human body that connect to the internet among high-end computers?

(End of this chapter)