Mobile City Travel Guide

Chapter 122 "The Messenger" and News from the Outside World

After an unknown amount of time, the battle finally came to an end.

Nuclear Storm received support from the six-legged dragon during its battle with the Tyrant. The dragon used its agile mobility to restrain the Tyrant's movements, and the weapons on its six arms attacked in turn, causing the Tyrant to be overwhelmed.

Nuclear Storm seized the opening and used its pair of alloy iron fists to repeatedly strike the Tyrant, directly killing it.

On the other side, the Bronze Caster successfully defeated the Sonic Wave in a one-on-one fight, but at the same time, its own armor was also destroyed by the Sonic Wave attack. At this moment, most of its armor plates have fallen off, and a large number of pipelines are exposed.

With the first four Level 2 monsters dead, the remaining Level 1 monsters posed no threat and were quickly dealt with one by one.

Recovering mechs, repairing city walls, clearing the battlefield, caring for the wounded, and assessing losses... City Fortress K-78 was extremely busy.

Li Xin was not idle either.

For him, the battlefield held invaluable spoils.

That's the monsters' genes.

He used the Anti-Magic Stone Wing to collect the genes of every monster in the Gene Manual.

Soon, rows of genetic data appeared before his eyes.

The monsters' genetic values ​​are all higher than imagined, especially their genetic stability, which is all at least A-level, and some are even S-level.

"Are the genes of this species all so stable?" He frowned.

After conducting several trial hybridization experiments, the success rate of achieving the new discovery was higher than expected. The experimental results were almost entirely superior varieties, with rare occurrences of aberrations and gene corruption.

This means that the Mo people's explanation is correct: it is precisely because of the stability of their genes that monsters are more likely to mutate, thus evolving into thousands of different forms.

After putting away the gene manual, Li Xin fell into deep thought.

This monster is far more complex than he imagined.

He also learned some unexpected news while communicating with Mick through the communication channel.

K-78 has been out of contact with the outside world for five years. The last communication was with a helicopter sent from a city fortress hundreds of kilometers away.

This electromagnetic interference, covering the entire world, is like an invisible wall, turning every city fortress into an isolated island.

During the rest period, a roaring sound suddenly came from afar.

On the distant horizon, a mech slowly appeared.

It is much smaller than a normal mech, and its appearance is similar to the half-human, half-vehicle Firepower Crimson, but its structure is more slender, its speed is faster, and it is painted with camouflage desert paint.

This mech is not equipped with any weapons. Its outer layer consists of either solar panels for charging or external fuel tanks and storage boxes.

Messenger-X3 mech.

The Mo Clan civilization specially developed these mechs for long-distance migration and to facilitate communication between various city fortresses.

After all, the electromagnetic interference was so severe that they could only establish communication through such rudimentary means.

In addition to the pilot, there are three crew members on the X3 mech.

This time, they brought with them orders from the Supreme Command of the Etheria Continent.

"Currently, the Ink Clan civilization has launched an offensive to reclaim the continent of Eseria," the lead pilot said. "All city fortresses must either gather their forces at designated locations or proactively hunt monsters."

This "battle for control of the mainland" actually began a month ago.

In order to establish contact with the city fortresses across the continent, the Supreme Command dispatched 35 messenger mechs to communicate with the city fortresses along the route from north to south.

The crew had no electromagnetic navigation or satellite positioning; they found their way here purely by relying on map indexes.

Upon hearing this, Li Xin shook his head repeatedly.

Without a unified communication network, intelligence can only be transmitted by mechs on foot, and there is a serious lag in the issuance and execution of orders. How can this war be fought?

He was not optimistic about this battle for control of the mainland.

According to the crew members, they traveled south and found that everyone was in poor condition.

Some city fortresses are facing severe shortages of supplies, unable even to maintain and supply their mechs. Others, burdened by prolonged pressure and despair, have erupted into serious internal conflict. Still others have been breached by monsters.

The meeting began quickly.

In addition to the senior management and crew of City Fortress K-78, Li Xin was also invited to participate, in the form of a drone.

After all, the Starfire demonstrated powerful firepower in the battle, not only taking down the two Level 2 monsters, the Electromagnetic Lizard and the Acid, but also performing outstandingly in subsequent battles.

The crew members were extremely shocked by the group of humans who had traveled from another time and the mobile city they were traveling in.

"Human civilization? Mobile cities?" one member exclaimed in surprise. "We need to report this to Supreme Command immediately!"

The pilot seemed hesitant.

"But we are on orders to deliver the message of a counterattack, and we are not even halfway there yet."

At this moment, a high-ranking officer from K-78 spoke with a solemn expression.

"What is the current situation on the continent of Eseria? How many cities and fortresses remain? What is the total number of monsters?"

The crew members exchanged glances and then pulled out a map.

The map was covered with dense markings.

Before the war for control of the continent began, the Mo Clan civilization had a total of 2423 city fortresses on the continent, which varied in size.

The crew also made a series of color markings on the map based on the conditions along the route.

Green indicates that the city fortress is in a healthy state and ready for combat.

Yellow indicates that the city fortress has certain problems, such as insufficient resources, heavy casualties, and a lack of mech resources.

Red indicates that the city fortress has either fallen or been destroyed due to internal strife, making it completely unable to cooperate in combat.

Overall, red and yellow are the most common colors.

According to rough estimates, there are approximately 30 monsters on the continent of Eseria. Level 1 monsters make up a significant proportion, followed by Level 2 monsters, while Level 3 and Level 4 monsters are fewer in number.

"There are 30 of them?" a high-ranking official couldn't help but complain. "That means each city fortress would have to fight over 100 monsters on average?"

"The situation is far from ideal," another high-ranking official said. "The vast majority of our city fortresses are in poor condition, and the pressure on us will only increase after the war begins."

The pilot of X3 paused for a moment, then added a sentence.

"Actually, this is a rough estimate from a year ago," he said. "There are probably even more monsters now."

For a moment, the conference room fell into a long silence.

From the perspective of the higher-ups at City Fortress K-78, they neither agreed to send mechs to the designated location nor wanted to take the initiative to hunt monsters.

After all, the K-78 city fortress was quite powerful, and they preferred self-preservation to combat.

Just maintain the status quo.

The crew members seemed unfazed, saying nothing more than a sigh.

"Many city fortresses gave the same answer as you," one of them said.

"I'm sorry, but we need to prioritize our own survival over reclaiming the mainland," a high-ranking official said apologetically. "In the past few years, the K-78 city fortress has only encountered attacks from level 1 and level 2 monsters. We haven't even seen a level 3 or level 4 monster once."

The crew members couldn't help but exchange glances.

"Don't you know? Level 5 monsters have already appeared on the continent of Etheria."

"What?"

The higher-ups were stunned for a moment.

A level 5 monster? What exactly is its combat power?

"I've heard that a level 3 monster can single-handedly take down a well-equipped city fortress," someone said bitterly. "As for a level 5 monster, its combat power is unimaginable."

"That's something those large or even mega-city fortresses should be thinking about," someone replied coldly. "They possess massive amounts of technological, industrial, and military resources, as well as super mechs."

Li Xin didn't say anything, but stayed in the corner and watched quietly.

Having heard all this, he already knew that the outcome of this mainland counter-offensive would not be good.

"By the way, are you aware of the situation on other continents?" another high-ranking official asked.

The crew members shook their heads repeatedly.

Currently, the Mo Clan civilization on the mainland can only communicate through messenger mechs, and other continents are often out of contact with each other.

If we want to know, we can only send someone across the ocean.

The round trip took a considerable amount of time, and the news brought back was often severely delayed.

"However, I heard that a few years ago, a team from the continent of Terrasis visited our land," the pilot said. "According to them, the situation on Terrasis is alright."

Terrasis is also a supercontinent, belonging to the rainforest continent, with abundant water and vegetation and diverse species.

The crew still wanted to make a last-ditch effort to persuade the higher-ups at K-78 City Fortress.

"Your city fortress is in such good condition that it is capable of participating in this continental counter-offensive," the pilot earnestly advised. "Even if you don't go to the designated location to gather your forces, it would be good if you went out to hunt and kill monsters as much as possible in peacetime. That would also be a contribution to this war."

"Yes, think about our civilization, and our fellow citizens," a crew member echoed.

The higher-ups seemed unmoved by this.

Since electromagnetic interference has covered the entire world and urban fortificationism has become prevalent, the Mohist civilization may not even have the concept of "civilization" anymore.

We are all isolated islands to each other.

The long-term lack of communication has made the concept of hierarchy in civilization even weaker.

Compared to contributing manpower and effort, people tend to stick to their own side.

Seeing the other party's attitude, the crew members were extremely helpless and shook their heads and sighed repeatedly.

Even so, they were still responsible for continuing the mission.

As he was leaving, the pilot seemed to remember something and turned back to speak coldly to the higher-ups.

"Did you think city fortresses were safe? Now the monsters have evolved ways to breach city fortresses," he said.

The higher-ups were immediately taken aback.

"What do you mean by that?"

The pilots and their companions did not answer; they boarded the messenger mechs and left without looking back.