Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 348 Moving Planet (4K)
Li Ye asked curiously.

"Excuse me, what exactly is this 'predatory civilization'?"

The officer then gave a simple explanation.

Predatory civilization.

An alien civilization whose primary activity is hunting other civilizations.

Once successful, the target civilization's technology, population, and resources will be fully absorbed, at which point the predatory civilization's strength will increase dramatically.

In some ways, it's similar to the concept of predatory cities.

Interestingly, there is such a hypothesis in the universe.

Every alien civilization possesses "luck," and by plundering and destroying an alien civilization, one can steal its "luck" and thus become more powerful.

For millions of years, this claim has remained unverified.

Li Ye fell into deep thought for a moment.

He never imagined that the concept of "luck" existed in the universe.

This viewpoint is naturally open to different interpretations.

"By the way, my name is Reggie," the officer introduced himself briefly. "I must say, you've come at just the right time."

"What do you mean?" Li Ye asked, puzzled.

Reggie shrugged.

"The K8 planetary group will begin its migration in one day, heading to other places."

"Is that so?" Li Ye suddenly realized.

For a moment, he couldn't help but feel excited.

Now, I can witness the spectacular migration of planetary groups.

The alien civilizations of the K8 planetary cluster were extremely welcoming to the Tomorrow Alliance, who had traveled from afar. Almost every alien civilization tried its best to invite the Tomorrow Alliance to visit their home planet.

While exchanging messages, Li Ye glanced at the system panel.

The sixth intelligence report has been updated.

[6. The ruler of the Level 5 Super Monster Civilization "Origami Civilization" carries a Level 5 City Crystal. This Level 5 Monster Civilization belongs to the Chosen Ones. (Intelligence Value: Epic)]

"City Crystal? It's here already?" Li Ye exclaimed in surprise.

However, the Tomorrow Alliance is still exploring the outside world and cannot return to Weilan Star for the time being.

While receiving guests from afar, the K8 planetary group also began its migration work in an orderly manner.

The first task is to dismantle the space orbit.

Or it could be described as a giant network of interconnected orbits in space between planetary clusters.

This steel network, forged by the planetary civilizations, once kept interstellar trains flowing like blood cells in an artery, but now it needs to temporarily shut down.

The entire process can be described as a silent industrial epic.

First, all interstellar trains still in orbit received the highest priority instruction to quickly head towards the nearest space hub station.

As the last interstellar train entered the station and the station gates closed, the inertial stabilizing force field that maintained the orbital shape was also shut down.

The eerie blue light that stretched across millions of kilometers of orbit faded and went out rapidly from afar, like a drawn thread, as if the universe had blown out a string of lights.

Then, the space orbit began to deform and fold—the orbit is not a single piece, but is formed by hundreds of millions of standardized giant modules docking in space, which is actually somewhat similar to the modular manufacturing of mobile cities.

Countless tracks began to stack up like a giant bird gathering its feathers, reducing their volume.

The signal towers, maintenance arms, and lighting arrays also began to deform and fold automatically. The most spectacular were the giant truss structures supporting the tracks; they did not simply break, but rather, like the supports of oversized telescopes, they retracted section by section, accompanied by the hissing of the hydraulic system.

Finally, the interstellar engineering ships deployed by various civilizations in space orbit began the recovery operation.

These spacecraft extend their massive mechanical arms, several kilometers long, to nimbly capture and retrieve returning orbital modules, then systematically transfer them to a nearby space storage platform that resembles a moving mountain.

The whole process was carried out in an orderly manner.

The second task was to dismantle the entire gravitational array system of the K8 planetary group.

Gravity array systems are a technology that can only be described as a miracle in the universe.

One of its uses is to maintain the stability of planetary groups, ensuring that the planets are aligned at predetermined distances, and to precisely regulate planetary orbits, tides, and even rotation.
In fact, the K8 planetary cluster is not even close to being considered large in the McCallum system.

Some planetary groups start with hundreds of planets, and some even have stars.

Upon learning of this from Reggie, Li Ye was filled with emotion.

"There is always someone better than you."

The core of the gravitational array system is the gravitational tuner distributed at key gravitational equilibrium points in the planetary group.

These tuners do not generate gravity, but rather act like cosmic-scale gravitational wave controllers, precisely sensing, deflecting, amplifying, or weakening existing gravitational interactions. They weave a dynamic and stable network of gravitational energy flows between planets by emitting beams of gravitons in complex patterns.

As the gravity array system was completely deactivated, Li Ye vaguely sensed that the meticulously maintained order between the planets had vanished.

From his perspective, the K8 planetary group appears unchanged, with each planet still orbiting in its own path.

But that fundamental sense of alienation could no longer be concealed.

The delicate gravitational tension between the planets disappeared; they were no longer a cohesive whole, but rather became independent, somewhat clumsy and bewildered individuals.

The third and final task then began.

That is the movement of the stars.

Each planet is equipped with a planetary engine. However, unlike the level 6 planetary engine obtained before leaving the field, the planetary engines of the K8 planetary group are more advanced.

According to Reggie, its full name is "Core Excited Directional Spacetime Warp Drive Engine".

Planetary engines do not consume fuel to provide thrust and power for planetary movement. Instead, they generate near-infinite, continuous thrust by directly manipulating the energy of a planet's core and distorting spacetime itself, propelling an entire planet through interstellar migration.

Although a mass migration is planned, some planets in the K8 planetary group will need to remain.

That is a rocky planet that was transported here and whose resources have been exhausted.

Over decades of mining, the rocky planet has gradually become a fragile, hollow, pitted rocky shell filled with abandoned giant machinery. Its mantle has been hollowed out, and its core energy has been completely extracted.

Now, their final mission is to become stepping stones for the planetary swarm's long voyage.

The civilizations of the K8 planetary group installed hundreds of interplanetary thrusters in the weak points of the rocky planets' crusts, not for propulsion, but for disintegration.

As all the interplanetary thrusters activated, a violent surge of plasma swept across the entire rocky planet. The already hollow planet was completely unable to withstand this internal violence. Like an abandoned building blown up by internal explosives, it staged a slow-motion, magnificent collapse in the silent universe, gradually shattering into several huge, still-crushing stellar debris.

Meanwhile, nearby planets activate their gravitational pull, violently "pushing" these shattered, hot planetary fragments, along with vaporized rock clouds, in the opposite direction of travel to generate a reaction force.

With the savage and immense reverse thrust provided by the planetary debris, the planets gained the initial kinetic energy to launch and set off with a roar.

Before long, the eighteen planets of the K8 planetary group set off in a grand procession, leaving behind a new meteorite swarm formed from the debris of the destroyed rocky planets.

The Alliance of Tomorrow was among them, moving forward. "So you're going to take an interstellar orbit?" he asked Reggie.

“No.” Reggie shook his head.

Not only spaceships and mobile cities, but planets can also travel in interstellar orbits.

While interplanetary orbits can accelerate it to speeds of up to 15000 kilometers per hour, they also have a significant drawback.

That means you can't "get off the bus" halfway through.

It's like a tunnel; you can only go back and forth quickly between the two ends, there's no other option.

“We’ve already done our research, and the environment on the other side of the interstellar orbit isn’t very good,” Reggie said.

According to the ideas of many civilizations in the K8 planetary cluster, the new location they chose this time was very remote.

However, without the aid of interstellar orbits, the planets' movement speed is only about 300 kilometers per hour, a speed that the Alliance can still keep up with.

"So how far is the journey exactly?" Li Ye asked curiously.

“About 1300 million kilometers,” Reggie replied.

"Ah, this"

Li Ye couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

At the current rate, it would take at least four or five years for the K8 planetary cluster to reach its destination—but for these technologically advanced alien civilizations, that amount of time is nothing.

These alien civilizations may have modified genes through genetic technology, enabling them to extend lifespans to hundreds or even thousands of years.

According to the K8 planetary cluster's plan, they will capture some resource-rich planets along the way and recruit some new alien civilizations as well.

Soon, Li Ye recalled something and immediately asked a question.

"Mr. Reggie, what kind of race are the alien beasts in the universe?"

Reggie then offered an explanation.

The so-called "mythical beasts" can be seen as animals that are found throughout the entire universe.

But these animals come in all shapes and sizes, and there are thousands of species.

The most "bug-like" thing about the mythical beasts is that, while possessing powerful physiques, they also have the intelligence to develop scientific and technological knowledge.

"Is that so?" Li Ye couldn't help but ponder.

So the alien beast Cyke that we encountered in the Stellar Prison did indeed possess the technology of the Unified Theory.

“For example, the alien beasts could also create the interstellar orbit that your Tomorrow Alliance encountered before,” Reggie said.

"Is that so?" A hint of surprise flashed in Li Ye's eyes.

“Not only that, there are also alien civilizations in the universe,” Reggie said seriously. “Alien civilizations will mine planetary resources and build planetary clusters just like intelligent civilizations. In short, anything that intelligent civilizations can do, alien civilizations can also do.”

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During the exchange, Li Ye also took the opportunity to visit the military capabilities of the K8 planetary group.

For a planetary cluster to establish itself on the edge of a chaotic galaxy, it needs to maintain a strong military force.

The entire K8 planetary cluster has more than two hundred space fleets.

Moreover, each planet is also equipped with countless planetary main cannons, space missile launchers, and energy beam bombardment clusters.

And planetary weapons.

Located deep within the planetary mantle, with its muzzle penetrating the crust, the Earth's core pulse cannon often shares an energy source with planetary engines.

A gravitational star gun, consisting of a massive array of gravitational field generators positioned at the planet's poles, using the entire planet's mass as a base and lens for firing.

A polar-axis railgun array located at both ends of a planet's rotation axis, using the rotational energy of the entire planet for auxiliary acceleration, and launching pure metal projectiles the size of asteroids.

"This setup is more than enough to fight in Star Wars," Lin Wu couldn't help but say.

“By the way, Mr. Reggie,” Li Ye said, “since this journey is 1300 million kilometers long, the K8 planetary cluster should be able to leave the edge of the star system by now, right?”

After he finished speaking, he noticed a hint of surprise on Reggie's face.

Moreover, it was the kind of expression that said, "You seem to have no common sense about interstellar travel."

So Reggie patiently explained to Li Ye.

The edge of a galaxy is not the "corner" in the conventional human understanding.

It is an incredibly vast region that encompasses the entire galaxy.

If we consider the main body of the McCallum Galaxy as a round pancake, and assume its diameter is approximately 22 centimeters.

The diameter of the "edge" that encloses this pancake exceeds 100 meters.

"Is that so?" Li Ye asked in surprise.

He truly hadn't expected that the edge of the galaxy would be so much larger than the main body of the galaxy.

Just then, alarms suddenly sounded throughout the K8 planetary cluster.

"What's wrong?" Li Ye asked instinctively.

Reggie's expression immediately became wary.

"The enemy is attacking! Their target is our planetary cluster!"

A few seconds later, the K8 asteroid group confirmed the target of the attack.

The alien beast race known as the "Star Pythons".

Star python cubs are hundreds of meters long at birth and have an unimaginable growth rate; theoretically, adults can grow indefinitely.

They resemble giant snakes, their bodies covered in jet-black scales that absorb all radiation and light, and are capable of counter-detection, making them almost invisible in the starry sea. Their form is not a standard snake shape, but rather a creature that combines features of snakes, annelids, and dragons.

The Star Python's main attack methods are pure and brutal, consisting of simple physical constriction and body slapping.

A sufficiently large star serpent will directly coil around the target planet and shred it to pieces.

However, the fact that the Star Python has only one attack method does not mean that it is a low-intelligence beast.

In fact, individual star pythons possess highly developed hunting intelligence. They can quickly analyze the technological level, weapon effectiveness, and tactical patterns of their prey and make targeted adjustments in the next hunt.

“In short, this is a huge problem!” Reggie said. “I’m sorry I can’t chat with you any longer, I have to go and command the fleet in battle.”

Li Ye nodded in understanding.

Then, he stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought.

"Why don't we let the Tomorrow Alliance participate in this battle and test the strength of this alien beast?"

(End of this chapter)