Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 309 "Humans" in the Inner Earth (4K)
This is a volcanic area.

Looking out, the entire volcanic area resembles the earth's primordial furnace, burning with thick smoke and raging fire.

Thousands of volcanic cones, like the fangs of a giant, pierce through the scorching earth's crust, creating a magnificent, apocalyptic scene on the land.

The crater of the active volcano continuously spews forth golden-red lava waterfalls, and the scorching lava flows along crystallized gullies, eventually merging into the sea of ​​fire.

What's most surprising is that a great many subterranean plants also live here.

Flame ferns cling to volcanic rock walls, crystal mushrooms spread across the cooled lava fields, and lava thorns have roots that penetrate directly into the fissures of the scalding lava, converting minerals from the lava into nutrients for growth through special biological conduits.

In the heart of this infernal realm where death and life intertwine, stands a supervolcano. Its crater is tens of kilometers in diameter.

What made everyone even more uneasy was that it was an active volcano.

"Alliance Leader, I think we should leave here as soon as possible." Fang Yong wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"I agree as well," Yang Zheng seconded.

"On the way out, let's scout out this volcanic area and see if there are any level 5 monsters or mutated creatures we can hunt," Zhou Xing suggested.

Li Ye naturally nodded in agreement.

This volcanic area is really unsettling, and these active volcanoes are like a ticking time bomb, ready to erupt at any moment.

That will be enough to give the Alliance a hard time.

“Let’s go,” he said.

Based on reconnaissance reports from reconnaissance aircraft, Tomorrow Alliance quickly determined a route leading inland.

The Alliance will set off in a grand and imposing manner tomorrow.

Just as Zhou Xing had guessed, there were indeed Level 5 mutated creatures in the volcanic area.

These mutated organisms are all tar-type without exception.

Shaped like a giant slug, its body constantly oozing scalding tar, it is a tar-covered worm that can crawl on vertical volcanic rock walls.

The carapace is made of solidified tar and volcanic rock, allowing the lava turtle to swim freely in lava lakes.

Tar jellyfish floating in the volcanic gas layer, with countless tar tentacles hanging down.

The tar tree spirit has tar tentacles as its branches and roots that can directly penetrate into magma to draw energy.

The variety of tar-mutated creatures is simply dazzling.

Fang Yong's gaze was fixed on the lava turtles that were swimming freely and lazily in the lava lake.

"My lord, why don't we catch a few and keep them as pets?" he couldn't help but say.

Li Ye couldn't help but shake his head.

“Fang Yong, the surface temperature of these tar-covered creatures is often over 100 degrees Celsius. You’d get burned just by touching them,” he warned. “Moreover, this is a level 5 mutated creature with extraordinary combat power. Are you sure you can handle it?”

After being reminded by Li Ye, Fang Yong had no choice but to reluctantly give up the idea.

Tomorrow Alliance will then accelerate its departure from the volcanic area.

Hunt these mutated creatures along the way to obtain the resources they drop.

The lethality of ordinary Tier 4 combat vehicles and Tier 4 firearms is extremely limited, so we can only rely on the gravitational wave controller.

Under the influence of gravity, countless tar-producing organisms were executed in a concentrated manner.

However, an unexpected situation suddenly occurred a dozen minutes later.

The earth began to tremble.

It wasn't a tremor in one direction, but rather a chaotic pulse coming from all directions.

An active volcano was the first to spew out a sulfurous column of smoke, like a giant gray-yellow sword piercing the sky.

Ground temperatures began to rise strangely, and bubbles began to rise from lava rivers and lakes.

Immediately afterwards, thin streams of molten gold began to seep from the edges of many craters. These scalding mineral solutions meandered down the rock fissures, melting the rocks like wax wherever they went.

Li Ye realized something, and his expression changed slightly.

This volcanic area appears to be on the verge of a massive eruption!
He immediately ordered the Tomorrow Alliance to leave the area at full speed.

A few minutes later, a smaller volcano erupted first.

Without warning, without gradual progression, there was only a deafening explosion that shattered eardrums. Immediately following were volcanic bombs shooting into the sky, each trailing a long plume of smoke, tracing a deadly parabola in the air.

Magma erupted from the fissure like an angry python, and the high-pressure lava formed a hundred-meter-high wall of fire that swept outwards.

Then came the second and third volcanoes, and the entire volcanic belt began to resonate.

Those giant volcanoes that have not yet erupted are poised to burst forth. Each pulsation of theirs causes the ground within a radius of dozens of miles to undulate like waves.

Some valleys began to collapse, forming huge volcanic craters, while other areas rose up strangely, becoming lava gestations that would give birth to new volcanoes.

Li Ye looked towards the supervolcano located in the very center of the volcanic zone.

A few seconds later, it also erupted.

The crater, tens of kilometers wide, opened suddenly like a gaping maw of an abyss amidst a thunderous explosion!

The first thing to erupt was not magma, but hundreds of billions of tons of ultra-high-pressure gas and volcanic ash, which instantly formed a pillar of destruction nearly 100 kilometers in diameter.

At the moment of eruption, the rock layers at the edge of the crater collapsed like a fragile eggshell, and hundreds of meters of rock were thrown into the air, breaking into countless burning meteorites that dragged long tails as they crashed into the earth hundreds of kilometers away.

Immediately afterwards, large amounts of lava began to erupt from the crater.

This viscous lava surged towards the sky like a reversed, blood-red waterfall, transforming into a fiery rain that covered the entire volcanic area at its highest point.

In fact, each "raindrop" is a clump of lava meteorite the size of a house, which is enough to create a fiery crater with a diameter of a kilometer when it hits the ground.

The dome was completely obscured, and volcanic ash clouds engulfed the upside-down peaks, turning the entire volcanic area into a pitch-black midnight.

At this very moment, countless lava meteorites are hurtling toward the location of Tomorrow Alliance.

Li Ye made a decision immediately.

"All mobile cities converge around Tomorrow! Fang Yong, activate the gravitational wave controller for defense!"

As the gravitational wave controller on the Iron Whale was activated, an invisible gravitational defense network was formed over the Tomorrow Alliance.

The first wave of incoming lava meteorites suddenly slowed down strangely, as if falling into an invisible gel, with lava droplets splashing from the surface suspended in mid-air in a manner that defied the laws of inertia.

As the gravitational wave controller increased its power, an independent gravitational vortex formed around each lava meteorite, and these intricate force fields manipulated the falling objects like invisible fingers.

Some lava meteorites were torn into hundreds of pieces by a sudden increase in local gravity, disintegrating in the air into a harmless lava rain.

Some were cleverly altered in trajectory, falling along the gravitational curve towards a predetermined area.

To expedite the escape, Li Ye directly ordered all five mobile cities of the Tomorrow Alliance to take off simultaneously.

A few hours later, Tomorrow Alliance finally drove away from the volcanic area.

The process wasn't actually that thrilling; Tomorrow Alliance didn't even use their trump card, the Level 6 Iron Curtain Device.

After escaping danger, Li Ye began to take stock of the resources dropped by the tar monsters.

Due to time constraints, not many tar monsters were hunted, resulting in a limited amount of level 5 iron ore, coal, saltpeter, and cloth. However, four blueprints were obtained.

A Tier 5 weapon upgrade blueprint.

Three Level 5 design drawings.

The first design drawing was of a rather novel type; it was a shell.

【Item Name: Time-Anchored Shell】

[Level: Level 5]

[Additional effect: Explosion radius +100%]

[Crafting Requirements: 30 units of iron ore (Level 5)]

Judging from the design drawings, the time-anchored projectile resembles a spacetime vortex frozen in time by violence. Its main body is composed of countless interwoven metal rings, each ring shimmering with a dark blue light.

According to the description, the manufactured shell casing will vibrate at a tiny frequency.

Upon triggering and detonation, a time-anchored mine slows the flow of time within the blast radius by 100% for 30 seconds.

In other words, all objects within the range will be significantly slowed down.

With the "explosion range +100%" buff, the range of time-anchored shells has increased to 300 meters.

Li Ye nodded in agreement.

It features automatic sensing and adsorption tracking, as well as an explosion range of 300 meters.

This thing is really good.

The second set of design drawings really surprised him.

This is a giant amphibious combat vehicle.

【Item Name: "Abyss ST-9000" Mechanical Giant Shark】

[Level: Level 5]

【附带效果：1.防御力+90% 2.粉碎穿透能力+100% 3.速度+40% 4.地下挖掘效率+70%】

[Crafting Requirements: 500 units of Iron Ore (Level 5), 150 units of Precision Land/Naval Vehicle Components (Level 5)]

The mechanical giant shark is over a hundred meters long. Its body is streamlined and covered with smooth, obsidian-like armor, with fine hydrodynamic grooves covering its surface.

As for its weapons, this vehicle has completely abandoned all long-range armaments; its only weapon is a triple chainsaw jaw mounted in its mouth.

The first layer of jaw teeth consists of 120 rotating alloy serrated grooves, with an opening and closing speed of 5 times per second and a bite force of 1200 tons, equivalent to 300 times the bite force of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The second layer of jaws consists of six sets of hydraulically driven steel grinding discs, rotating at 4500 RPM. This layer of jaws is specifically designed to process the prey caught by the first layer of jaws, shredding it into metal fragments several centimeters in size.

The third layer of jaw teeth consists of 12 telescopic piercing spears located deep in the throat, which can extend up to 15 meters in length. The spear tips are equipped with high-frequency vibration modules, specifically designed to penetrate the weakest points of the composite armor.

In the water, the mechanical giant shark is the nightmare of all ships.

On land, it burrows underground and swims like a fish in water.

"Without ranged weapons, isn't this the same role as the Armored War Bear?" Li Ye pondered.

For land or sea warfare, perhaps we could build a few mechanical giant sharks.

Moreover, large vehicles like the Mechanical Giant Shark could actually be equipped with a super solar power plant to further enhance their performance—although Li Ye felt that doing so would be a bit too extravagant.

The third set of design drawings is for an assault rifle.

【Item Name: Energy Assault Rifle】

[Level: Level 5]

[Additional effects: 1. No recoil 2. Damage +70%]

[Crafting Requirements: 50 units of iron ore (Level 5)]

"An energy-type assault rifle?" Li Ye asked in surprise.

It seems that once the mobile city reaches level 5, it has officially entered the realm of energy.

This Level 5 assault rifle features a faceted, dark gray composite armor body with lines as sharp as industrial-grade diamonds. It is approximately 90 centimeters long, with a thicker front end than traditional rifles, and a tapered rear end that conforms to an ergonomic, variable stock.

A semi-transparent blue-purple energy conduit runs through the center of the gun, with fluorescent energy flowing inside, pulsating like a biological blood vessel when charged.

The magazine compartment has been replaced with a hexagonal prism-shaped quantum battery compartment, with holographic digital indicators of remaining energy floating on its surface.

Once the Alliance's iron ore resources become plentiful, Li Ye will be able to produce a batch of energy assault rifles for special forces.

As for the Tier 5 weapon upgrade blueprint, it was used by Li Ye to upgrade the Silent Reaper sniper rifle—after all, it had always performed very well.

"The quality of these drawings is not bad," he remarked.

In the time that followed, Li Ye began to observe the new area before him.

This new area is much more normal compared to the previous volcanic zone.

Looking out, countless weathered rock pillars, like the finger bones of a giant god, rise from the cracked yellow sand, forming a staggered forest of stones.

The smallest of these stone pillars is hundreds of meters high, while the tallest is hundreds or even thousands of meters high. Their surfaces are covered with spiral erosion patterns, which cast jagged shadows under the light from the dome, cutting the entire area into a dark and intricate chessboard.

The ecological climate of this stone forest isn't much better.

The heatwave distorted the air, and the relentless gale, carrying sand grains, scraped against the stone pillars, producing a sharp whistling sound.

The few remaining murky pools are home to drought-resistant plants, and occasionally strange, mutated creatures come to drink from them.

Li Ye's gaze immediately locked onto one spot.

Between the two stone pillars, there was a rickety wooden suspension bridge.

"Who built this thing?" He was slightly taken aback.

His first thought was of a level 5 monster civilization.

But upon closer reflection, it's impossible for a level 5 monster civilization to have built such a dilapidated wooden bridge.

"Could they be subterranean people?" he wondered.

After all, on Earth, the existence of humans in the inner world was once a hot topic.

According to scientists who support this hypothesis, subterranean humans are not descendants of immigrants to the Earth's surface, but rather an ancient branch of independent evolution.

Their ancestors may have been primitive tribes that fell into the Earth's core due to geological upheavals in ancient times. After tens of thousands of years of isolation and evolution, they eventually adapted to the extreme environment of the inner Earth.

According to popular belief, the skin of subterranean humans should be pale and luminous—due to a long-term lack of sunlight.

Their hair is vestigial, and their vascular network is clearly exposed.

Just as Li Ye was puzzled, several figures slowly appeared from the side of the pontoon bridge.

He picked up his binoculars and saw their faces and builds clearly.

Those were indeed human, but they were "stone men".

(End of this chapter)