Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 5 Tier 1 Weapons - Falcon Assault Rifle
After quickly reading through the five intelligence reports in front of him, Li Ye frowned slightly.

Compared to the previous round of intelligence, this round of intelligence is obviously much worse, with the most valuable piece of intelligence being only a rare-level piece.

However, this also confirms the rules of the system.

He rubbed his eyes, rallied his spirits, and began analyzing the intelligence.

This time it's news about the Azure again. The mobile city has regrouped, conquered a monster that occupied a mine, and the lord has also survived.

What interested Li Ye the most were the fourth and fifth pieces of information.

8门普通火炮、14挺重机枪、4支车队、战斗人员96人、各类枪支120余支，甚至还有两门1级火炮！
The Scarlet Hound's armament was staggering; its combat power was enough for it to destroy a town at will.

"There are mobile cities with such high combat power in the wasteland?" Li Ye was stunned.

At the same time, a question gradually began to creep into his mind.

Why did the Scarlet Hound have 96 combat personnel? Did these personnel engage in manual labor on a daily basis, or were they solely focused on combat? If the latter, how many slaves were needed to support them on a daily basis?
Soon, a guess popped into his mind.

The Scarlet Hound may not have as many people as one might imagine; the vast majority of its inhabitants are combatants.

Their primary way of life is to sustain themselves through war.

Kill monsters, attack survivor towns, capture resource points, and even hunt other mobile cities.
This method is much faster than manual labor, farming, and resource gathering.

These types of mobile cities are often referred to as "predatory cities".

At this moment, Li Ye can only pray in his heart that he will not run into the Scarlet Hound.

Then, he looked at the fifth piece of information.

The day after tomorrow morning, a kobold caravan will appear in Thunder Canyon.

The wasteland is teeming with monsters, who are often hostile to humans and will attack immediately upon encounter. Defeating monsters may yield crystals, materials, weapons, items, or even valuable blueprints.

Monster caravans are an extremely rare and special case. The monsters in the caravans are all neutral, and humans can freely trade and interact with them.

The intelligence system has clearly pointed out that as long as the candles are handed over to the kobold caravan, there is a chance to exchange them for something good.

Li Ye nodded thoughtfully; this fifth piece of intelligence was the most valuable in this round.

There are currently two boxes of candles in the warehouse on Tomorrow. I wonder what good things we can exchange them for.

After planning how the Tomorrow should proceed, he slowly walked towards the cockpit.

As arranged by Li Ye, the group was divided into several shifts to take turns on guard duty. Since it was already night and visibility was obstructed, the people temporarily acting as lookouts on the watchtower had gone back to rest and would continue their shifts the next morning.

As I walked down the gangway from Liye, all I could see was darkness.

The only light came from the searchlights shining ahead and the scattered lights flickering on the Tomorrow.

In the driver's seat, Tang Fang was resting with his eyes half-closed, and Lao Zhou was by his side.

Upon seeing Li Ye approaching, they quickly stood up.

"Xiao Fang, turn the Tomorrow around and drive 5 kilometers northeast," Li Ye said. "Then we'll go to Thunder Canyon."

Tang Fang and Lao Zhou exchanged a glance, both looking surprised.

From their and everyone else's perspective, starting this morning, Li Ye seemed to have awakened some kind of supernatural ability, enabling him to know things in advance.

But for those who trust Li Ye, this is not necessarily a bad thing.

Before long, under the illumination of the searchlights, an unpolluted freshwater lake came into view.

As Li Ye manipulated the controls, a breach opened on the Tomorrow, and a huge pipe was inserted into the lake.

On the dashboard, the freshwater level is rising slowly.

The pumped fresh water will be stored in the Tomorrow's water tower, which currently has a capacity of 3000 units.

This is just a standard-level water tower; a level 1 water tower could store an even greater amount of fresh water. Unfortunately, Liye currently does not have the design blueprints for a level 1 water tower.

Watching the freshwater levels gradually increase, Tang Fang and Lao Zhou felt much more at ease.

Li Ye then opened a map and carefully noted the location of the freshwater lake on it.

It's called a map, but it's actually mostly blank, with many unexplored areas.

While waiting for the water tower to fill, the three chatted idly.

Immediately afterwards, they all looked at a spot on the dashboard.

[Mobile City Energy Remaining: 11%]

"Don't worry," Li Ye said reassuringly. "We still have plenty of level 1 iron ore. If all else fails, we can use it as fuel."

The energy supply of mobile cities is quite remarkable; they can be replenished simply by inputting coal, ore, oil, wood and cloth used for combustion, or even garbage. Garbage provides very little energy, while coal and oil provide a much higher amount.

Upon hearing this, Tang Fang's brows furrowed instantly.

"Brother Li, could you please not use iron ore?" he said pitifully. "It's really a waste."

Li Ye nodded as well.

Tier 1 iron ore is an essential resource for upgrading production in mobile cities, so using it as fuel is a bit of a waste.

“We still have 11% energy left, which should last us a few more days,” he said. “If things really don’t work out, we can use iron ore.”

As he spoke, he gently patted the two of them on the shoulders.

"Get some rest, everyone. We still have work to do tomorrow."

As the new day dawned, Tomorrow arrived at Thunder Valley.

Li Ye, who was on the watchtower, picked up his binoculars and looked into the distance. Before long, he spotted the kobold caravan mentioned in the intelligence report.

He then gave instructions to Tang Fang through the loudspeaker on the watchtower, ordering the Tomorrow to approach the kobold caravan.

As the distance gradually shortened, he was able to see the entire kobold caravan.

The caravan included a dozen or so kobold merchants riding ponies and carrying large and small bundles. To Li Ye's surprise, there was also a group of kobold cavalry guarding the caravan.

"We're so lucky, Brother Li, we actually ran into a monster caravan!" Tang Fang's excited voice came through the megaphone.

Li Ye smiled faintly upon hearing this.

It wasn't luck.

As the Tomorrow came to a stop, Li Ye and Lao Zhou, carrying two boxes of candles, slowly walked towards the kobold caravan with several companions.

The kobold merchants were initially very wary, but when they saw the half-box of candles that Li Ye had displayed, they were all taken aback, and then excitedly jumped off their horses and ran towards him.

Li Ye first took out a candle from the box and tentatively waved it in front of them.

How much is this candle worth?

A kobold merchant pondered for a moment, then took out a level 1 ore that was completely black from his bag.

"This is... Shadow Ore?" Li Ye was taken aback.

Shadow ore is a rare resource, produced only by rare veins like Shadow Veins, and a single piece can fetch a considerable amount of money.

He thought for a moment and then handed over half a box of candles.

"What about this?"

The other kobold then rummaged through his bag and magically produced something.

【Item Name: Portable Travel Refrigerator for Caravans】

Item Level: 1

[Bonus effect: Energy consumption reduced by 20%]

"Half a box of candles can be exchanged for a level 1 item?" Li Ye was surprised.

Although this energy-efficient refrigerator is very good, he doesn't currently have that need.

After thinking it over for a while, he simply handed over both boxes of candles.

"What about this?"

This time, the kobold merchants were all excitedly in an uproar. They swarmed in front of Li Ye, desperately pulling out items from their packs to trade with him.

After a dizzying display, Li Ye noticed something.

[Falcon Assault Rifle - Design Blueprints]

【Item Name: Falcon Assault Rifle】

Item Level: 1

[Additional effects: 1. Accuracy +2% 2. Damage +6%]

[Crafting Requirements: 50 units of iron ore (Level 1)]

"This is great!" His eyes lit up immediately.

(End of this chapter)