Mobile City Travel Guide

Chapter 118 The Origin of the Monsters (4K)

After hesitating for a moment, Mick made a request.

He hoped that Li Xin could help transport him and his damaged mech back to base.

After thinking it over, Li Xin agreed to his request.

The reason for agreeing was that Mik could be used as a stepping stone to establish communication and contact with the Mo tribe civilization, and even obtain resources.

A native civilization that can communicate is always better than a native civilization that is hostile or even malicious.

Initially, Li Xin planned to transport the mecha directly to the deck of the Starfire and bring it back, but the thing was over a hundred meters long and simply couldn't fit in there.

"How about we use my mobile city to tow it back?" he suggested.

Mick shook his head repeatedly.

"No, if we drag this mech back, the wear and tear along the way will be too great!"

After thinking for a moment, Li Xin suddenly had a brilliant idea.

Or we could use the magic-suppressing stone wing machine to carry them back.

This thing has the "Titan's Grip" anti-gravity suspension system.

This method is indeed feasible; with just the combined efforts of four anti-magic stone wing machines, the mech was steadily lifted up.

As for the scattered fragments and parts of the mobile phone armor, Li Xin dispatched floating tanks to absorb them all with their magnetic arrays.

To be fair, these vehicles are not only useful in combat, but also very useful for scavenging scrap metal. One after another, the hover tanks sucked up all the scrap metal of various sizes along the way, and then floated back to the deck via the hover array, piling it up in the designated location.

Seeing this, Mick was speechless and filled with envy.

"Your human civilization's technology is just too advanced!"

Li Xin smiled slightly.

It's not human civilization, it's just the Spark.

After collecting all the materials, the Starfire set off in the direction indicated by Mick.

Li Xin entered the driver's seat and started the city radio.

However, the channel only played a series of chaotic and jarring noises, as if it were being severely interfered with.

"What's going on?" He couldn't help but frown.

Mick, who had followed, offered an explanation.

Several years ago, monsters had already taken over the skies of this world.

They also emitted electromagnetic interference that covered the entire world, disrupting the communications of the Mo people civilization.

This means that the Mo civilization could only conduct short-range communication.

In reality, all the continents have been out of contact with each other for a long time and have no idea about each other's situation.

Li Xin's expression turned serious.

Completely occupying the sky? Electromagnetic interference covering the entire world?

Is this monster really that powerful?

"Monsters are not only diverse in type, but their abilities are also incredibly varied," Mick explained. "And what we just killed was only the lowest level, Level 1 monster. So far, the highest level monster we've encountered is Level 4."

Li Xin froze, a bead of sweat silently sliding down his forehead.

He originally thought that what he had just encountered was a monster at the ceiling level in terms of size and strength, but he did not expect it to be the weakest level 1.

I dare not even think about going any higher.

Several hours later, the Spark arrived at its destination.

"K-87" City Fortress.

The most prominent form of survival for the Mo people at present.

In summary, this is a city surrounded by a huge armored wall.

The city wall is hundreds of meters long and is entirely constructed of thick alloy armor; the thickness of the wall is immeasurable.

The walkway above the city wall is equipped with countless heavy machine guns, city defense artillery, missile launchers, and heavy fire bunkers.

In fact, when Li Xin heard the term "city fortress" from Mick, he almost couldn't hold back.

This reminded him of a famous Chinese science fiction movie.

However, in reality, this city fortress is quite in line with the current form of the Mo civilization.

It can defend against monster attacks, and its interior allows for survival, farming, and development.

"So, isn't this just a mobile city that can't move?" Li Xin thought to himself.

The leadership of City Fortress K-87 expressed their deepest gratitude for the assistance provided by the Spark.

the reason is simple.

Compared to mechs, pilots are more valuable.

A qualified pilot requires countless resources to train, and Mick is the best pilot in the K-87 City Fortress.

Although the Mo Clan civilization acted very friendly, they dared not enter the city fortress at all, and even kept the Starfire several kilometers away.

As for the mechs he brought back, he placed them nearby, and they were taken back by transport vehicles deployed from City Fortress K-87.

On the other hand, Li Xin was also very curious about the scene inside the city fortress.

For example, what is the internal structure of the city like, and how do the Mo people live their daily lives?

He quickly came up with a solution.

He built a drone in the production workshop, equipped it with a camera and network, and used it as his stand-in to go into the city with Mick.

From the perspective of the drone, the view of the city fortress K-87 is clearly displayed before our eyes.

A city fortress is not only a city, but also a fortress, and a complex of industrial centers, agricultural bases, and living spaces.

Each city fortress is a self-sufficient steel island, possessing a complete energy system, food production system, and industrial production line.

The cities vary in size, with populations ranging from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions.

City fortress K-87 is of average size, with a total population of several hundred thousand, an army of 3, and 23 mechs.

Taiwan has 4 marine units and 2 air units.

Its interior is much more cramped than Li Xin imagined, with the space mainly allocated to the core buildings for production and daily life, while the Mo people live together in the form of dormitories.

Judging from the scenes inside the city fortress, the Mo tribe's technological level was slightly higher than that of modern human civilization. Both sides were roughly equal in terms of fighter jets and tanks.

Mechs are the only exception.

Mecha hangars and supporting repair shops, food factory clusters, hydroponic vertical farms, large water storage facilities, factory complexes, collective dormitories... As far as the eye can see, everything in the new area is a highly functional building.

Life for the Mo people in their city fortresses was not good either.

To reduce defensive pressure, the size of the city fortress was significantly reduced, far smaller than that of a typical city.

Furthermore, the priority given to allocating space to core buildings further compressed the living space of the Mo people.

Their food is rationed, consisting mainly of insect-derived protein, hydroponic vegetables, and nutrient solutions, and is measured precisely in grams.

The dormitory room is for 8 people, and all the tables and cabinets are shared.

Because it is located in a desert continent, water is a scarce resource, and the city fortress is mainly maintained through a circulating water system and deep underground pumping equipment.

Water, like food, was rationed, and taking a bath was something they didn't even dare to dream of.

During the visit, I glanced at the countdown timer as I left.

[Remaining time to travel to the next world: 59 days, 19 hours, 2 minutes, and 15 seconds]

"This time it'll be two months," he thought to himself.

The time frame wasn't long or short, but the situation in this world was far from ideal.

In addition, he glanced at the panel again.

The new tasks have been updated.

[1. "A First Try": Participate in defeating 3 level 1 monsters. Reward: 1000 Evolution Points]

[2. "Hello, Monster": Investigate the origins of this monster creature. Reward: 2000 Evolution Points]

[3. Monster World Traveler: Achieve a distance of 3000 kilometers in the current world. Reward: 3000 Evolution Points]

Overall, the difficulty and rewards are fairly average.

At that moment, Mick and a group of senior executives were leading him on a tour, so he simply asked questions through the drone's communication system.

"Where did this monster come from?"

Upon hearing this, Mick and the executives exchanged glances.

One of the executives paused for a moment, then spoke quietly.

"Since you're so interested, let us tell you all about it."

Please be patient, because the story is a bit long.

It all started from the beginning.

Even after settling on land, the Mo people maintained an amphibious lifestyle. Therefore, after developing on land, they turned their attention back to the ocean, exploiting marine resources on a large scale and even building unique underwater cities.

However, compared to land-based cities, pollution in marine cities is much more difficult to manage.

After all, there is land on the mainland, which can be disposed of through incineration, landfill, sealing, and other methods.

The ocean is water that is everywhere.

At that time, the Mo civilization was focused on large-scale development of land and sea, and did not consider much else. They simply and crudely adopted a method of discharging all underwater cities on-site.

Even land-based cities are dumping garbage and industrial pollutants into the ocean in large quantities.

The result of this behavior is that the ocean has been polluted to an unprecedented degree, with the pollution even settling deep beneath the seabed.

As a result, a massive environmental protection movement has even emerged within the civilization.

Severe pollution has led to the mass death of marine life and even resulted in numerous genetic mutations. However, the world's oceans also harbor many giant creatures that have withstood pollution with their remarkable resilience, even experiencing a series of genetic mutations.

Through a series of coincidences, the first monster appeared thirty years ago.

It was a lizard-like monster, level 1, from the ocean abyss 20,000 meters below.

The Mo civilization had a high level of marine development, reaching the point where they could build cities thousands of meters underwater.

However, they did not reach the ocean depths below 20,000 meters.

A lizard monster landed in a coastal city on a continent, causing devastating destruction, killing and injuring millions of Inklings, and leaving most of the city in ruins.

The Mo race civilization used several fighter squadrons and cruise missiles to destroy it.

Scholars investigated the monster's corpse and came to a conclusion.

Ocean pollution has settled tens of thousands of meters below the surface, where giant marine creatures also exist. The pollution has caused mutations in their genes, directly transforming them into monsters.

A month later, a second monster appeared in the ocean.

It was a giant whale covered in armor, hundreds of meters long, that destroyed six underwater cities in a short period of time, causing tens of millions of casualties.

The Mo race civilization was forced to deploy three carrier strike groups to hunt it down, and finally used nuclear weapons as the final blow to destroy it.

Two weeks later, the third monster appeared.

This time it's in pterosaur form, its wings blotting out the sky. The pterosaur monster perches high in the air, even capable of polluting the atmosphere and sending down highly corrosive acid rain.

The environment in the northern part of the continent where it is located has been severely polluted, with soil acidification, water deterioration, and large-scale crop death.

The number of people directly or indirectly affected this time is staggering, reaching hundreds of millions.

The Mo civilization was forced to send out a full 10 fighter squadrons to fight it, and they fought and chased it in the air for several days before finally killing it.

A week later, the fourth monster appeared.

In the first year, dozens of monsters appeared, each with a different type and ability.

The original Mo civilization had countless political states, which were rife with conflicts among themselves.

Now, fighting monsters has become the only theme.

At the joint national conference, the leaders discussed numerous options and finally settled on a plan.

Gathering the power of the entire civilization, build mechs to fight against monsters.

The mobilization of a civilization is extremely terrifying, with countless resources and manpower concentrated in one place.

Just a few months later, the first generation of the "Warhammer" series of mechs was launched.

It stands 115 meters tall, is powered by a nuclear fission reactor, has a heavy alloy armor fuselage, and its joints are driven by large hydraulic systems.

The fully enclosed cockpit is located deep within the chest cavity, and the driver operates it via mechanical linkages and buttons.

The following year, the Ink Clan civilization launched a counterattack against the monsters using warhammer mechs. Initially, the mechs performed admirably, successfully killing many monsters. However, the monsters gradually adapted and became increasingly powerful and difficult to defeat.

During this period, the Warhammer mech also exposed a key problem: it was bulky and inflexible.

Thus, in the third year, the lightweight and fast second-generation Warhammer Jaeger series, "Wave," was born. Based on the first-generation Warhammer Jaeger, the designers made a series of optimizations, giving it a lighter body, faster reaction, and greater explosive power.

Although the Wave Mech is powerful in actual combat, it has not achieved many results.

Because the monsters are also evolving.

The newly emerging individuals have thicker scales, greater strength, faster speed, and more abilities.

Meanwhile, the number of monsters emerging from the ocean is growing exponentially.

Back then, the first continent was completely lost.

In the fourth year, the third-generation mech series "Abyss" debuted. At this time, the war between the Ink Clan civilization and the monsters had reached its climax, forcing them to invest all their resources in mech research and development.

The Abyss Mech not only combines the advantages of the previous two generations of mechs, but also features newly invented plasma chainsaw swords and plasma cannons.

The situation has not improved.

The monsters are evolving faster and faster, and their numbers are increasing.

By the end of the year, three ordinary continents and one supercontinent had fallen into complete chaos.

In the years that followed, the Mo civilization lost more and more land, suffered increasing casualties, and faced increasingly fierce attacks from the monsters.

This civilization, which initially flourished, gradually found its living space being squeezed.

By the thirtieth year, which is now, the Mo civilization has evolved into a form primarily based on city fortresses.

After listening to the senior management's explanation, Li Xin fell into deep thought.

This monster was so powerful that it managed to defeat a powerful modern civilization in just thirty years.

Now, he has a complete understanding of the situation in this world.

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