Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 313 The Giant Tower in the Desert (4K)
Fang Yong couldn't help but touch his bald head, a few drops of sweat sliding down his cheek.

"It seems my guess was a bit too conservative, Alliance Leader," he said slowly. "This isn't a wild boss at all, but a royal monster."

"How is that possible?" Li Ye was both amused and exasperated.

Although he didn't know the details of the giant sandworm, he still had a general idea.

Emperor Monster.

Creatures that have evolved themselves to the pinnacle and stand at the top of the food chain.

After battling "The Prodigy" Had and "The Fire Eater" Gidon, Li Ye gained a clear understanding of the Emperor Monster.

Just by observing the opponent's imposing presence, one can vaguely sense whether the opponent is indeed an Emperor-level monster.

But the giant sandworm in front of him didn't give Li Ye that feeling at all.

"Keep bombing!" he ordered.

To everyone's surprise, the giant sandworm's biofield lasted only a short time. It could no longer be activated after just a few moments.

The Peacemaker's electromagnetic railgun immediately struck its body head-on.

The giant sandworm's body was pierced straight through, leaving an absolutely smooth circular notch, with the muscle tissue and silicon-based skeleton at the edge exhibiting a perfect mirror-like cut effect.

Immediately afterwards, the railgun projectile triggered a cavity effect, creating a perfectly spherical cavity with a diameter of over a hundred meters inside its body. The cavity walls exhibited a crystallized, glassy luster.

The giant sandworm convulsed in agony, emitting an unprecedented wail.

"Did this electromagnetic railgun take it all down with just one shot?" Yang Zheng asked in surprise.

"I don't think this giant sandworm is very high-level," Zhou Xing guessed.

Li Ye remained cautious, and only after confirming that the giant sandworm was dead did he send people to search for its corpse.

He didn't care about the level; given the size of the giant sandworm, it was sure to drop a lot of resources.

However, the people sent by Liye touched the corpse of the giant sandworm and their faces showed astonishment.

"My lord, the giant sandworm didn't fall at all."

"What did you say?" Li Ye's expression changed slightly.

Yang Zheng and others also learned of this news through the communication channel.

The group immediately went to the giant sandworm carcass.

Li Ye reached out his hand towards the giant sandworm corpse with some skepticism.

It really didn't fall.

He realized something, and a bead of sweat immediately slid down his cheek.

This means one thing.

This giant sandworm is neither a monster nor a mutated creature that descended upon Amat due to supernatural modifications.

It is a native species of this desert planet.

"The ecological environment of this alien planet is truly amazing; it can actually nurture monsters of this caliber."

The crisis was thus easily resolved.

Just as Li Ye was about to give the order to leave, someone suddenly made a request to him.

That was Veronica, the head of the human research team.

She stated that she wanted to obtain the giant sandworm's blood, flesh, spinal cord, and brain tissue for research.

Having learned from the experience of not having a suitable research environment on the planet Serandis, the research team is now fully prepared.

When they were stationed on the Tomorrow, they brought a large amount of research equipment and set up a temporary laboratory on the Tomorrow so that they could obtain local biological and environmental samples for research when they arrived on Amat.

Li Ye immediately agreed.

After Veronica left excitedly, Lin Wu went to find Li Ye again.

“Now that we have super mobile suits, can we build the Planet Cutter Energy Phase Blade device?” he asked.

Li Ye paused for a moment, then shook his head.

This devastating weapon requires a super mobile suit powered by two solar cores to operate.

It's not as easy as it seems—it's not as simple as just building another super solar furnace and installing it to make it work.

Super mobile suits need to undergo dual-furnace testing until their stability reaches over 80% before they can be put into use.

“We now have a Level 5 city simulation training pod, which is a time flow ratio of 1:360,” Lin Wu reminded. “We can arrange for personnel to enter the training pod to conduct dual-core testing, which will actually only take a few days.”

Li Ye fell into deep thought.

His idea is actually very simple.

The Planet Cutter Energy Phase Blade Device is only useful in large-scale battlefields with thousands of troops or in projects on a continental scale.

According to his estimate, the Tomorrow Alliance will at most only have small-scale skirmishes on Amat.

In reality, building a solar furnace and energy phase blade device also requires a large amount of Level 5 resources.

“Here’s what we’ll do: you can go and arrange for people to start the dual-core testing,” he said.

A few hours later, the reconnaissance plane dispatched by Liye made a new discovery.

According to the pilot's report, he had actually discovered a giant tower that was at least a kilometer tall.

The tower's exterior still retains the classical palace style, but its construction level far surpasses the technological level of people in the old era.

Following the direction indicated by the pilot, Tomorrow Alliance arrived at the location of the giant tower.

Looking out, the giant tower resembles a rusted sword of Damocles, piercing the pale gray sky with an almost blasphemous vertical posture.

It stands two to three thousand meters tall, and its surface is covered with scale-like solar panels—which are probably one of the sources of energy for the giant tower.

The base of the tower appears extremely large and solid, with six giant supporting legs extending out and deeply embedded in the surrounding flowing sea of ​​sand.

Moreover, the tower has twelve prominent structural ridges. They are like the ribs of a dragon, extending from the base to the top of the tower.

The most striking feature is the "wasp waist" structure at two-thirds of the tower's height, where the diameter abruptly decreases by tens of meters, forming a perfect hyperboloid transition zone. This ingenious mechanical design reduces the weight burden on the superstructure.

However, the entire tower is structurally damaged and corroded, clearly indicating that it has been abandoned for a long time.

Li Ye's expression turned serious.

Unexpectedly, the Alliance made such a significant discovery on their very first day on Amat.

Without a doubt, this giant tower was the main living structure of the Amat civilization.

In fact, he should have thought of that earlier.

In the harsh geographical environment and climate of a desert planet, the Amat civilization would have to concentrate its resources and population if it wanted to survive.

Giant towers became their choice.

The Amat civilization can concentrate the construction of farmland, living areas, industrial and energy zones within the giant tower.

If he wasn't mistaken, the interior of the giant tower should be a self-sufficient "mini-society".

By exploring this giant tower, Li Ye can learn a great deal of information about this alien civilization.

The research team stationed on Tomorrow was also extremely excited.

However, for safety reasons, Li Ye first sent a special forces unit into the giant tower to clear a path.

Half an hour later, the special forces confirmed that the giant tower was completely abandoned and posed no threat.

The group then entered the giant tower under escort.

Upon entering the tower, the first thing Li Ye did was take out his handheld computer and summon the city's AI, "Novi." "This tower definitely has a network and system. Let's try to hack into it and get information, Novi."

"receive."

Guided by Novi, Li Ye successfully located the backup hidden energy system on the first floor of the giant tower.

Fortunately, despite being abandoned for a long time, the system can still be started.

However, it can only maintain power supply to the first floor and the elevators inside the tower.

In the following time, with Novi's guidance, Li Ye found the control room on the first floor and connected his handheld computer to the system in the control room.

"Can you do it?" he asked expectantly.

Novi frowned slightly.

"Master, the tower has a powerful firewall, and it will take some time to crack it."

"No rush, take your time," Li Ye replied.

After completing all this, he began to show everyone the interior of the first floor of the giant tower.

This is clearly an industrial and energy zone.

It possesses a core furnace, a heavy industrial zone, a waste treatment layer, factories, and a range of machinery and production lines.

What surprised everyone the most was that there was a nuclear power plant in the industrial and energy zone.

"It's unbelievable that this alien civilization has also mastered nuclear technology?" a researcher exclaimed in surprise.

The accompanying professor spoke softly.

"If they can invent spaceships, mastering nuclear technology is naturally a given."

After a brief tour of the industrial and energy zone, the group took an elevator to begin their exploration of the giant tower.

Just as Li Ye had guessed, the interior of the giant tower was clearly a self-sufficient little society.

It not only has industrial and energy zones, but also administrative, technology, commercial, residential, and agricultural zones.

The top of the giant tower is a massive airport, housing a range of transportation vehicles including helicopters, airplanes, and spaceships—all of which are old and dilapidated.

When everyone finished their tour and returned to the first floor, Novi brought good news.

She has breached the tower's firewall and gained control of the database.

However, due to years of neglect, the database equipment has become so old that it is difficult to function properly, and much of the information and data has been lost.

After some filtering, Novi extracted a series of key information from the database.

The native civilization of Amat is called the "Nahash" civilization.

The giant towers were the core structures for survival of the Nahash civilization; they built thousands of giant towers on the planet Amat.

The Nahash civilization had an ancient imperial system, and the managers of each giant tower were nobles of the Nahash civilization who were required to swear allegiance to the emperor.

This alien civilization was once prosperous and powerful.

Until hundreds of years ago, a supernatural alteration of the universe occurred, and countless monsters and mutated creatures appeared.

In reality, the Nahash civilization suffered far fewer losses than the Weilan Star civilization.

Because the giant towers they inhabited were essentially fortified fortresses, and the concentration of population, resources, and military power enabled the Nahash civilization to resist the invasion of monsters and mutated creatures.

According to Novi's report, the Nahash civilization's towers came in various sizes, and the tower where Li Ye lived was only of medium size. The largest tower had reached the 10,000-meter level.

Fifty years ago, this colossal tower suddenly initiated an evacuation operation, gradually removing its population and resources. The reason for this is not explained in the database.

This is why no Nahash people's bodies were found in the giant tower, because they had already left.

"This is all the key information I've found, Master," Novi said with a hint of apology.

Li Ye simply waved his hand.

"It's okay, you've done very well."

Now, he has a general understanding of this alien civilization.

Li Ye wasn't in a hurry to leave.

After all, the entire tower contains countless metal resources.

Whether it's the machinery and equipment in the industrial and energy zones, the metal structure of the tower, or the household appliances and metal daily necessities left behind by the Nahash people.

While arranging for people to start collecting resources, Li Ye began to consider something.

That is, should we build a rocket launch platform on-site and launch a rocket to deploy a reconnaissance satellite on Amat?

After all, if you want to survey an entire alien planet, reconnaissance aircraft alone are not efficient enough.

His thoughts were wandering for a moment.

After all, the cost of deploying a detection satellite is quite high.

"Forget it, let's collect all the metal resources first."

To his surprise, Novi made a new discovery in the database.

“Master, the tower also has hidden floors,” she said.

"A hidden floor?" Li Ye asked in surprise. "Where is it?"

"Underground of the giant tower."

What Li Ye didn't expect was that the defenses of the underground hidden floors were extremely thorough, with the doors to the floors alone being nearly 10 meters thick.

Moreover, it has a firewall system that is far more powerful than a database.

Moreover, the gate is covered with countless ancient characters and patterns.

These words and patterns exude a certain magic; if you stare at them for a while, you will unconsciously become mesmerized.

Li Ye shook his head vigorously to clear his mind.

"Can you open this door, Novi?" he whispered.

There must be something incredible inside that door.

“With my current capabilities, the success rate of cracking the firewall is 42%,” Novie replied.

"If we use explosives, can we blow it open?" Li Ye asked.

“I advise you not to do this, Master. Destroying a gate of this level would require an unimaginable amount of explosives,” Novi replied.

"Please don't forget, this is a hidden floor located at the bottom of the giant tower."

"If explosives are used, the entire tower may collapse and be destroyed, and even the inside of the door may be severely damaged by the shock wave of the explosion. At that time, even if we open the door, we will find nothing."

"Let me give it a try."

This time, Novi's work on cracking the code lasted a full day and night.

While Li Ye was sleeping in his room, the handheld computer on his bedside table suddenly turned on, and Novi's figure appeared.

"Master, I have completed the firewall cracking, and the gate can now be opened."

Li Ye couldn't help but get excited.

"Really? Thank you for your hard work, Novi. So what exactly is in this hidden floor?"

Novi provided an answer.

a corpse.

(End of this chapter)