Mobile City Travel Guide

"Slow down, slow down."

Under Li Xin's command, the robotic arm slowly placed the damaged aircraft onto the deck.

Once the cabin doors opened, he could see the two native inhabitants of the world inside.

They are thinner than humans, with slender frames, prominent knuckles, very white skin, and long ears.

This is probably a brother and sister; the brother is about fifteen or sixteen years old, and the sister is about twelve or thirteen.

At first, the brother and sister stared at the crowd in utter terror, their shoulders hunched and trembling like two small animals dragged out of their den. After a while, the sister was the first to calm down and tentatively opened her mouth to say something. Her brother was taken aback, then echoed her with a few words.

Because of the language barrier, the two sides exchanged a series of words and gestures, completely failing to understand each other's meaning.

Li Xin simply built a translator in the production workshop, but although the thing looked ingenious, the content it translated was completely nonsensical.

He couldn't help but sigh.

"Sigh, let's evolve it first."

From the moment this aircraft appeared, the existence of civilization in this world was already established; the only question was whether it was advanced or backward.

He has now received a reward of 1000 evolution points.

【Item Name: Translator】

[Description: A sophisticated but still imperfect translation device. To make it work properly, you'll likely need to further develop and refine the chip and translation system.]

[Evolutionary Branch:]

[Traveler of All Realms: It can translate the languages ​​of any world.] - 1100 Evolution Points

[Terren Federation Support Beacon: Evolves into a walkie-talkie capable of communicating with the Terran Federation and calling for support. Each activation summons a squad of Federation Marines as reinforcement (Cooldown: 72 hours). Note: Each upgrade increases the size and equipment level of the reinforcement force, and reduces the cooldown.] -1500 Evolution Points

[Warp Psychic Communicator: It allows you to connect to the warp in any world and establish direct communication with the Chaos Gods. Caution: Do not be easily swayed by them.] - 7000 Evolution Points

Li Xin frowned in surprise; he hadn't expected the evolutionary branches of this translator to be so outrageous.

Without much thought, he naturally chose the first evolution branch, which only cost a small amount to obtain a universal communicator, making it extremely cost-effective.

Since I had 100 points left from last time, I was able to make a purchase this time.

The moment payment is confirmed, the translator begins to evolve. Its originally simple text box instantly transforms into a holographic image. Language graphs, voiceprint models, semantic networks, and many other systems and images begin to rotate and intertwine, ultimately condensing into a concise interface.

Li Xin picked up the communicator and looked at the brother and sister.

"Hello, hello, can you understand me?"

The brother and sister were taken aback when they heard the translation from the equipment, and then nodded hesitantly.

"Why are you here?" the younger sister asked first, her voice timid.

Li Xin was slightly taken aback, then answered.

"We are a civilization on the move, and we just happened to be passing through your world."

Through conversation, he learned that the brother and sister were named Matthew and Amy, and they called themselves Sky Travelers. The aircraft they flew was the most common "Windcatcher-X1," which they leased from the Federation and had spent two years accumulating work points for.

As they spoke, the brother and sister glanced at it with a mixture of regret and heartache.

Li Xin's expression flickered upon hearing this.

Federation? Work points? Common models? It sounds like this primitive civilization is ruled by a federation, uses work points to organize production and labor, and even civilians travel by various kinds of flying machines—this style has a strong steampunk feel to it.

"So how do you usually accumulate work points?" Lu Chen asked with great interest.

Upon hearing this, Matthew, the older brother, started counting on his fingers.

"Working in federal agencies, hunting aerial creatures, joining exploration teams to log and mine on outlying islands..."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the sea of ​​clouds above and the black fog below.

"Of course, the jobs that give the most work points are high-level pioneering and exploration of the Black Fog."

Li Xinyan glanced subconsciously at the sea of ​​clouds and the black fog.

High-altitude exploration, as the name suggests, involves flying and exploring at high altitudes, which is obviously not an easy task.

As for exploring the Black Mist, that's even more unbelievable. He's already witnessed its strangeness and destructive power. How exactly can he get down there?

Noticing that he was looking down at the black mist, his sister Amy continued to speak.

"That is the Mother of Mist."

"What?" Li Xin was taken aback.

"This is the being we have believed in for generations, and the true God whom the church has always revered," Amy whispered. "He possesses extraordinary power and protects all living beings."

Li Xin and Lu Chen couldn't help but exchange a glance.

It sounds like the Sky Wanderers clearly regard this black mist as an extraordinary deity, but that's not surprising. Judging from this aircraft, the Sky Wanderer civilization's technological level is probably not high, and it may even be in a stage of ignorance and backwardness. At this stage, people are often accustomed to putting things they cannot understand on a pedestal.

"Do you know why this black fog suddenly rose?" he asked again.

He learned a shocking truth from the brother and sister.

The rising black fog is a frequent sight; it rises every so often, sometimes by tens of meters, and sometimes by hundreds of meters.

The kind of thousand-meter-level events that happened not long ago are extremely unusual.

"The adults in town say that this thing has been rising for over a thousand years, and it has risen by almost 20,000 meters so far!" Matthew said, frowning.

Amy quickly pinched him.

"It's the Mother of Mist! If the church deacons hear you spouting such nonsense, you'll be in for a beating!"

Li Xin nodded slightly.

This exchange unexpectedly revealed a lot of crucial information to him.

"Could you tell me the size of your federation? And how advanced is your technology?" he continued.

Matthew was about to speak when Amy grabbed him and gave him a look. He immediately understood and remained silent.

Li Xin naturally understood their meaning. The brother and sister were naturally wary of such a group of people who had suddenly appeared and a mobile city.

He didn't seem to care much and casually waved his hand.

Then, he began to observe the nearby aircraft with great interest.

Back on Earth, he had read many steampunk novels and watched many steampunk movies out of interest, and sometimes fantasized about living in that era.

To his surprise, the aircraft appeared both advanced and outdated.

Its materials are outdated; the frame of the machine is made of cast iron, and the materials used for splicing are all sheet metal or brass, with a rough surface, and you can even feel the air holes from the casting.

What's advanced is its manufacturing process; all the joints are perfectly fitted, incredibly fine, and you can hardly feel the seams when you touch them.

"It seems that the technological level of this aerial civilization is far higher than I imagined!" he thought in surprise.

Just then, his clothes were gently tugged.

He turned his head and saw that it was Amy.

"Excuse me... could you take us back to town?" she asked timidly.