Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 320 The Amazing Indigenous Civilization (4K)

After the battle, Li Ye, as usual, began to take stock of the spoils.

Although this battle was difficult, the Tomorrow Alliance managed to eliminate several hundred gaseous creatures.

Judging from the dropped resources, they are all clearly level 5.

I didn't bother looking at the usual iron ore, coal, cloth, crystals, and finished products; I went straight to appraising the level 5 blueprints.

One Tier 5 city building upgrade blueprint, and three Tier 5 design blueprints.

The first set of design drawings surprised him.

Item Name: "Avici Hell" Nuclear Bomb

[Level: Level 5]

[Additional effects: 1. Explosion radius +200% 2. Damage +100%]

[Requires: 300 units of iron ore (level 5), 100 units of nuclear fuel (level 5)]

Judging from the design drawings, the "Hell of No Return" nuclear bomb has a futuristic appearance.

Its main structure is a smooth, streamlined ellipsoid, about 2.5 meters long and 1.2 meters in diameter. A pulsed energy ring surrounds the center of the projectile, which emits a cold, eerie light when activated.

"That's really great," Li Ye exclaimed sincerely.

The Winter God nuclear submarine of the Tomorrow Alliance can now carry nuclear weapons and be deployed globally on the planet Azure for extended periods.

Alternatively, nuclear warheads could be mounted on intercontinental ballistic missiles for long-range strikes—it should be noted that the Tomorrow's "Sky Spear" intercontinental ballistic missiles are immune to electronic jamming.

The second set of blueprints was for a satellite weapon.

【Item Name: "Eternal Frost Eye" Satellite Weapon】

[Level: Level 5]

[Additional effects: 1. Freeze range +300% 2. Freeze speed +100%]

[Crafting Requirements: 400 units of Iron Ore (Level 5), 400 units of Frost Ore (Level 5)]

According to the design drawings, the satellite weapon is designed to project a low-temperature plasma beam toward the Earth's surface, instantly drawing away heat from the target area and causing the temperature to drop sharply to below 150 degrees Celsius.

Within 10 seconds, it can freeze the surface of the earth within a 5-kilometer radius, including soil, water bodies, and buildings.

The Eye of Eternal Frost satellite weapon also inherits the consistent characteristics of frost-type weapons, which is that it makes frozen targets extremely vulnerable.

Overall, it's not bad; Tomorrow Alliance now has one more long-range, wide-area strike weapon.

The third set of design drawings is for individual combat.

【Item Name: "Zero Point Vision" Tactical Eyepiece】

[Level: Level 5]

[Additional benefits: 1. Dynamic battlefield analysis 2. Thermal imaging/night vision/smoke visibility 3. Network connectivity for real-time sharing of combat information]

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

Li Ye nodded in agreement. Overall, the quality of these three Level 5 design drawings was acceptable.

As for the Tier 5 city building upgrade blueprints, after much thought, he decided to upgrade the nuclear power plant first.

Escorted by the troops, Tomorrow Alliance began its advance.

A few hours later, the group discovered the floating icebergs.

These alien glaciers, composed of solid helium and methane, float above the clouds like diamond dice casually tossed by ancient gods.

To Li Ye's surprise, he actually saw some humanoid creatures on several floating icebergs.

These humanoid creatures have a striking appearance.

They seemed to be nothingness created from a cosmic rift, their bodies not of ordinary flesh and blood, but rather of a fluid, energy-flowing state, shimmering with an eerie light, and occasionally radiating violet, dark green, and azure energy pulses.

The humanoid creature's head, torso, and limbs were all wrapped in layers of cloth. It had no facial features, its limbs were unusually thin, and its movements often appeared unnaturally twisted, as if it were not bound by the laws of physics.

Moreover, each humanoid creature was wrapped in strips of cloth of various sizes.

At this moment, the humanoid creatures are holding translucent pickaxes, seemingly mining on a floating iceberg.

When they saw the Tomorrow Alliance approaching, they all stopped and looked at the creature—although the humanoid creature had no facial features, Li Ye could sense their gaze.

"Judging from their actions, these humanoid beings are probably not monsters or mutated creatures that have descended due to supernatural modifications, but rather native civilizations," he thought to himself.

The research team members were extremely excited.

"This is undoubtedly an energy life form!" the old professor exclaimed excitedly.

So-called energy life refers to life that exists in the form of pure energy.

Energy life forms do not have fixed five senses, but they can form a "sensory field" by interfering with the surrounding magnetic field, and perceive all the subtle changes in the outside world.

They can also communicate with each other. They don't need to rely on language; they only need to adjust the magnetic field within a certain range to encode information into a fixed frequency and transmit it to each other.

Veronica was also deeply moved.

"We should have realized long ago that a civilization capable of surviving and developing in the harsh environment of an atmospheric planet must consist of individuals who are either gaseous life forms or energy life forms."

Li Ye's gaze was fixed on those humanoid creatures.

The Alliance of Tomorrow has just arrived on the planet Aetheria, and can use these energy lifeforms to obtain information about the planet.

But he had a question in his mind.

On a planet with an atmospheric atmosphere like Aetheria, there are simply no conditions suitable for developing industry. How were the pickaxes in the hands of these humanoid beings made?

His doubts were quickly answered.

These humanoid creatures suddenly moved; the translucent pickaxes in their hands gradually turned into liquid and quickly shrank back into their bodies.

Li Ye then realized what was happening.

It turns out that humanoid beings possess the ability to control the energy within their bodies and create corresponding objects.

Furthermore, the humanoid creatures' physical forms also changed.

The liquid energy circulating within their bodies began to transform, forming wings on their backs.

The humanoid creatures flapped their wings and slowly flew toward the Alliance of Tomorrow.

The Allied forces immediately went on high alert, ready to open fire at any time.

After all, no one knew anything about the humanoid creatures, whether they were benevolent or malevolent, let alone what their attack methods were.

Having probably sensed this, the humanoid creatures stopped moving and made a series of gestures.

Veronica was slightly taken aback when she saw it.

"It seems like they want to communicate with us?" she asked hesitantly.

Out of caution, Li Ye only allowed one humanoid creature onto the deck of the Tomorrow, and deployed dozens of fully armed special forces around it for security.

He and Veronica were several hundred meters away from the other side.

The person responsible for communicating with the humanoid creature was the city AI, Novi. Surprisingly, the humanoid creature mastered human language in just a few minutes.

"Hello, my name is Neox," he said politely.

Li Ye picked up the handheld computer and began a remote communication with Neox.

After some communication, Li Ye learned the following information.

Currently, the native civilization existing on the planet Aetheria is the "Void Civilization." And all individuals within the Void Civilization are of the Neox type.

Eternal lightning storms, entangled magnetic field networks, quantum fluctuations in supercritical fluids.
The unique and extreme climate of the planet Aetheria gave rise to the ethereal civilization.

Each ethereal spark of consciousness is born at the boundary between the iridescent cloud layer and the plasma corona layer. When the gas in the iridescent cloud layer rises to the plasma corona layer, it disintegrates into a supercritical fluid.

Under the combined influence of planetary rotation and magnetic fields, these supercritical fluids gradually become stable and begin to exhibit life-like characteristics, such as phototaxis, electromagnetic memory, and self-repair.

After a long period of accumulation, it eventually formed an energy life form called the ethereal spirit.

Li Ye quickly asked the question that concerned him most.

That is, how the ethereal civilization fights against the monsters and mutated creatures that have descended upon the planet due to supernatural modifications.

Neox shrugged, seemingly unconcerned.

"To be fair, these monsters and mutated creatures are powerful, but they have absolutely no impact on our Void Spirit Civilization."

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Neox's casual remark caused everyone present to fall silent.

As he said, the ethereal beings, as energy beings, have no physical form. Monsters and mutated creatures cannot attack them at all under normal circumstances.

If the Void Spirits are to be killed, the only way is through high-tech means—however, this gaseous planet has no conditions for developing industry, let alone technology.

The monsters that descended upon this planet simply did not have the conditions to form a monster civilization.

Therefore, for the entire ethereal civilization, supernatural modifications are like tickling them.

"So what were you and your companions doing on the floating iceberg, Neox?" Veronica asked curiously, standing beside Liye.

Neox casually waved his hand, and the translucent pickaxe from before reappeared in his hand.

"As you can see, my companions and I are mining solid helium and methane on the floating iceberg."

While ethereal beings do not require "food" in the traditional sense, they still need to periodically replenish their energy to maintain the stability of their energy structure. They obtain energy by absorbing and transforming gases.

Solid helium and methane on floating icebergs are among them.

The ethereal beings do not directly devour them, but instead guide lightning or energy beams to break them down back into gas, and then absorb the high-energy electrons within.

"So, this is your food?" Veronica suddenly realized.

As he nodded, Neox's words carried a hint of doubt.

"Why are your forms different?" he asked.

He was referring to Liye and Veronica.

As a researcher, Veronica's mind worked faster than Li Ye's, and she immediately grasped the situation.

As energy life forms born from the atmosphere, ethereal beings have no gender and no ability to reproduce. Therefore, they are curious about the different physiological characteristics of human males and females.

She then gave a brief explanation.

“I see.” Neox nodded slowly.

Immediately afterwards, the ethereal spirit asked another question.

"What is the significance of reproduction?"

After a moment's hesitation, Li Ye gave his answer.

Human beings are undoubtedly fragile.

Their flesh and blood will age and decay with the passage of time, and their thoughts and memories will fade away over time.

But through the continuation of bloodlines, humanity has been able to build a bridge spanning millions of years in the long river of time.

It is precisely because of its own fragility that human civilization possesses a unique resilience.

Each new generation brings a fresh perspective, and every act of inheritance is accompanied by new creations. Human knowledge is constantly reinterpreted in the process of transmission, and culture continues to evolve with each generation. Like a wildfire in a forest, it may seem destructive, but it actually gives birth to new life.

Passed down from generation to generation, life continues endlessly.

The ethereal, however, is entirely different.

Their bodies, made of energy, are sufficient for them to live in the extremely harsh environment of an atmospheric planet, and they even ignore the threat of supernatural modifications.

Unbound by flesh and blood and the fading of memories, ethereal beings can achieve immortality simply by continuously absorbing gas to replenish their energy.

Invincible, immortal.

All of this came too easily to the ethereal beings.

They have no need to reproduce, let alone have the concept of inheritance.

After hearing Li Ye's answer, Neox slowly nodded.

"I see. I have a basic understanding of you humans now," he said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Li Ye was slightly taken aback.

It turns out that it's not just human civilization; other civilizations in the solar system are also trying to make contact and understand each other.

After this exchange, both sides completely let down their guard and officially stood together, shaking hands.

Just as Li Ye was about to ask more questions, Neox waved his hand.

“Why don’t you come with us to see His Majesty King Viloma?” he said. “His Majesty will certainly welcome you, and he knows far more than you might imagine.”

After a moment's hesitation, Li Ye finally agreed.

Neox and his companions then began to guide the Tomorrow Alliance.

This group of floating icebergs is far more vast than imagined.

The ethereal civilization built breathtaking homes within it.

These suspended icebergs, composed of solid helium and methane, were transformed by the spirits into luminous art temples.

The architecture of the ethereal completely subverts the structural laws of the material world.

Hundreds of perfectly geometric structures float on the central ice sheet. They have no fixed form, sometimes unfolding into magnificent domes, sometimes contracting into dazzling prisms. These structures are made of pure light energy, yet they possess a tangible texture.

The icebergs are connected by luminous energy bridges, these translucent corridors shimmering like a galaxy in the twilight. Liquid light flows across the surface of the bridges.

Every landscape here is slowly changing; buildings change shape with the ebb and flow of energy; and roads extend automatically as needed.

The entire city is like a living organism, breathing and growing in the eternal rhythm of light. In this floating wonderland, the ethereal beings have created a perfect habitat that transcends the limitations of matter, transforming the cold, floating icebergs into a vibrant energy paradise.

"Welcome, human travelers from afar, to Star City," Neox said solemnly.

(End of this chapter)