Mobile City Travel Guide

Chapter 125 Wandering in the Desert Continent

The Mo people's progress is much faster than they imagined.

Their unique arthropod structure makes them natural industrial marvels, and with men, women, and children all pitching in, the entire city fortress was bustling with activity.

Cutting, welding, riveting, hoisting... With hundreds and thousands of Mo people working in an orderly and coordinated manner, the skeletons of mobile cities are taking shape at a speed visible to the naked eye.

With the addition of a chassis, outer shell, cabins, and various buildings, the mobile city gradually became complete, and in just a few days it became a functional physical entity.

Not only that, the Mo people also prepared naval aviation components in advance so that they could migrate across the ocean.

After completing their mobile city, the Mo people began busily stuffing it with various foods and supplies. During this time, more than half of the Mo people folded up and shrank their bodies, entering a state of hibernation.

To make better use of the space, they transformed their bodies into neat, block-shaped blankets, which were then carefully carried one by one into the hibernation pods by their companions.

Li Xin witnessed this scene firsthand and found it both funny and amazing.

This perfectly illustrates the saying that every world has its own unique characteristics, and every original civilization has its own wisdom for survival.

Once everything was ready, the two set off together.

To facilitate the loading of tanks and fighter jets, the Mo people also specially created two new types of mobile cities.

One type resembles a giant hovercraft, used to carry various tanks, armored vehicles, and ordinary vehicles. The other type resembles a land-based aircraft carrier, with a huge and wide deck.

As for the mechs, they are too large to be contained by the mobile city, so they can only follow along and serve as the escort team.

Before leaving, the Mo people looked longingly at the K-78 city fortress where they had lived for so long.

What they regretted most was the mecha factory that they were forced to abandon.

This is the core building of the fortress, which houses advanced mechanical equipment and forms the basis for their fight against the monsters.

"It's alright, nothing is more important than people," the leader comforted everyone. "As long as people are still alive, everything will be alright."

On the day of departure, the weather turned against us, with an extremely fierce sandstorm.

According to Li Xin's personal observation, this sandstorm was equivalent to a Category 12 typhoon, with the dust rising up obscuring the sky and reducing visibility to a minimum.

Even the sun overhead was obscured, leaving only a blurry halo.

Thanks to its massive size and desert mode, the Spark was able to hold on relatively steadily, while the K-78 team's mobile city, being smaller, was instantly blown to the brink of collapse.

Seeing this, Li Xin simply had the mobile cities follow behind the Spark.

This mobile city, with its massive size, moved steadily ahead, clearing a relatively smooth path for the smaller mobile cities behind it.

At first, Li Xin thought the sandstorm was just a natural phenomenon, but he soon realized he was wrong.

At the heart of the sandstorm, dozens of enormous figures appeared and disappeared.

Those were monsters at the kilometer level. They stretched out their long necks and huge heads from the sand and dust, their enormous bodies appearing and disappearing in the sand and dust, and their appearance was quite similar to a land version of a plesiosaur.

"This is a Level 3 monster, the Long-Necked Sand Dragon," Mick said over the comms. "They possess the ability to manipulate air currents and sand, making them extremely troublesome monsters."

"Can you even manipulate air currents and yellow sand?" Li Xin asked in surprise.

"That's nothing special, Mr. Li Xin," a high-ranking official said. "Some monsters can even manipulate the weather, creating thunderstorms, blizzards, torrential rain, and other weather phenomena over a very wide area."

"Yes, the sky no longer belongs to us," another high-ranking official echoed wistfully. "I really don't know when our civilization will be able to take it back from the monsters."

Due to electromagnetic interference and the sandstorm, everyone's voices were intermittent.

I paused for a moment before leaving Xin.

"Take it back? According to you, the monsters have already multiplied in the sky?" he couldn't help but say.

Mick nodded.

"Yes."

Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, and many of them have already settled in the sky.

Not only is there electromagnetic interference covering the entire world, but there are also electromagnetic pulses high in the sky. Electronic vehicles will die if they come into contact with these things.

For the Mo race civilization, which is currently modernized and highly dependent on electronic technology, reclaiming the sky is an extremely difficult task.

However, without reclaiming the skies, this civilization cannot eliminate electromagnetic interference and therefore cannot form a unified information network to command operations.

This is already a case of being stubborn and blocking both ends.

To avoid attracting attention, the mobile cities slowed their pace, trying to make no sound. Meanwhile, in the distance, level 3 monsters roared deep within the sandstorm, their sounds echoing through the dust.

It took four or five days for Xinghuo and the K-78 team to leave the area affected by the sandstorm.

What appeared before them was a vast salt flat.

Looking out, the entire plain was cracked into irregular polygons and covered with a thick layer of white salt, with a lot of brine seeping out from the cracks.

The land was almost barren, with many animal skeletons scattered about.

Nevertheless, this saline plain is far from as peaceful as one might imagine.

Because this place is home to hundreds and thousands of "acid" monsters.

These level 2 monsters are surprisingly social creatures, preferring to gather around the Lushui Lake in the plains. During the day, they lie on the ground basking in the sun, and at night, when the temperature drops sharply, they huddle together for warmth.

As for their food, it is the highly saline soil beneath their feet—presumably to neutralize the acid in their bodies and make them feel more comfortable.

These level 2 monsters lowered their heads and devoured large chunks of the land, leaving the plains pitted and uneven.

Li Xin frowned. The acid monster was disgusting and extremely destructive.

To ensure safety, he deployed his fighter squadrons outwards to bomb any acidic monsters that attacked along the way.

During this period, the reconnaissance aircraft deployed abroad also transmitted a shocking image.

The female acid monsters were seen digging deep pits in groups and laying many eggs in them. However, each litter contained only two or three eggs at most.

The thought of how much more acid would appear in the future made Li Xin feel utterly disgusted. He immediately ordered the fighter jets to bomb it.

During his journey, he also made a copy of the mainland map of the K-78 team and studied it carefully.

In general, the continent of Eseria is an oval shaped like a north-south axis, with a complex and diverse topography.

The western coastal area is relatively flat, with narrow plains, while the central and eastern areas are higher in elevation and consist of large areas of desert and wasteland.

The city fortresses of the Mo tribe civilization are mostly located in the southern part of the continent, while the monsters mainly occupy the northern part.

Currently, the Supreme Command's "recapture of the mainland" plan is in full swing.

However, based on what I saw along the way, the war was not progressing as optimistically as I had imagined.

Due to the combined effects of "global electromagnetic interference" and "city fortresses," the internal divisions within the Mo race civilization are already quite severe. It's unclear whether this applies to other continents, but at least it's the case on the continent of Etheria.

On this desert continent, numerous factions have emerged among the more than two thousand city fortresses.

The "pro-war faction" is clear in its stance and fully responds to the call.

The "wait-and-see" faction, who change course with the wind.

They are the "self-preservationists" who hold fast to their own territory, or even "establish themselves as kings."

The "opportunists" are those who feign participation but actually profit by falsely reporting material needs and exaggerating war damage.

Moreover, the entire desert continent is also home to various forces, large and small.

Rebels.

Black market traffickers who roam the city fortresses, specializing in smuggling ammunition, fuel, medicine, intelligence, and military supplies.

Several city strongholds unite to control and manage a neutral force in a region.

Desert pirates who possess private armed forces and mechs and specialize in raiding and guerrilla warfare.

The city fortress was breached, and groups of refugees wandered around.

In summary, the situation I witnessed along the way was utter chaos.

Not only Li Xin, but even the Mo tribe members in K-78 felt their scalps tingle.

People were already isolated from information, and now that they have begun to migrate, they have discovered that the situation on the mainland is far worse than they imagined.

During this time, Li Xin asked a question that he was very interested in on the communication channel.

The monsters are so big, what do they usually eat?

According to his calculations, given the size of the monsters, the creatures of this world simply could not supply them.

Once the available food has been consumed, the monsters will fight each other due to food shortages.

The communication channel immediately fell silent.

After a moment, Mick gave his answer.

The monster possesses a powerful metabolism and can eat almost anything: soil, mud, rocks, mineral veins, seawater, and so on.

In extreme environments, they can enter a dormant state and go decades without eating or drinking.

Initially, the Mo tribe civilization envisioned the same thing as Li Xin.

boil!

They should hold on as long as possible until the monsters have eaten everything in the world, and then starve to death because the food is exhausted, or even kill each other.

In reality, however, the monsters were far more resilient than the Mo people.

Mo scholars estimate that even if a comet were to collide with a planet and the Mo civilization were to be wiped out, the monsters would still be able to survive.

"Therefore, there is only one way for us to take back this world."

Mick said in a deep voice.

"Defeat them head-on, fair and square."

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