Mobile City Travel Guide

"Oh my god..." Lu Chen murmured.

At this moment, not only Li Xin, but also he and the others were watching the battle.

The power displayed by the Holy Machine U2, or rather the Cult of Myriad Machines, is unbelievable to anyone.

Before he could finish speaking, another loud bang echoed across the battlefield.

A mechanical warship was shattered to pieces by a single blow from the giant whale, its hull breaking in two. But soon, the flying debris hovered in mid-air, and the broken keel, twisted skin, broken pipes, scattered circuit boards... all the parts began to reassemble with dazzling speed and precision, quickly piecing themselves together and being reborn as a new warship!

Li Xin's expression gradually became solemn. He leaned on the railing, looking at the warships and aircraft on the battlefield that were shattered and reassembled, shattered and reassembled again. An unprecedented chill welled up in his heart.

These are an indestructible bunch of machines.

"How did this organization develop to this level?" he wondered silently.

The giant whales realized this at that moment, and their rows of eyes gradually revealed confusion and bewilderment, and even a hint of fear.

David and his followers maneuvered the warships and aircraft, unleashing a full-scale, all-encompassing barrage of firepower, exploding one blazing fireball after another on the giant whale's massive body.

Even with its powerful self-healing abilities, the giant whale couldn't withstand the relentless, layered bombardment. Under the enemy's barrage of fire, the behemoth gradually became exhausted.

David calmly gave the order.

"End it."

At his command, warships detached from the battlefield and slowly ascended into the sky.

During this process, their hulls began to deform, gradually transforming into one huge and heavy mechanical sword after another.

They hang above the giant whale, like a silent and cold sword of Damocles.

The whale noticed them too. It struggled to raise its head, and the shadows of these mechanical giant swords were reflected in its dim eyes, but to no avail.

Soon, all the mechanical giant swords fell.

The first sword pierced the whale's head, the second severed its spine, and the third pierced its abdomen... As one mechanical giant sword after another fell, the beast convulsed violently before its body stiffened abruptly, and then its eyes lost their luster.

.......

"This would be a wonderful souvenir."

David reached out and gently touched the giant whale eyeball that he had just removed.

"I will keep it carefully in an anti-corrosion crystal core jar as my new collection," he said to Li Xin, his tone as calm as if he were talking about an ordinary ornament.

At this moment, all the mechanical constructs have been recovered, the warships have been dismantled, the fighter jets have returned to their nests, the turrets have been detached from the floating islands and mountains, and thousands of parts have been precisely reassembled, spliced, and interlocked in mid-air, transforming back into this ancient and imposing mobile city.

Li Xin also returned to this mobile city.

"So, are you impressed by the power we've demonstrated?" David asked. "Interested in joining us?"

Although it was an invitation, the mechanical bishop's tone wasn't particularly enthusiastic; it even carried a hint of casualness. He quietly gazed at Li Xin, awaiting his reply.

Li Xin thought for a moment and shook his head.

"Your strength is indeed formidable, so powerful that it leaves me speechless and even makes me yearn for it," he said frankly. "But I still think the human body is better."

David nodded slightly.

"Very good." His tone remained calm, revealing neither disappointment nor approval.

To Li Xin's surprise, the Myriad Machines Cult had no intention of disposing of the enormous whale carcass, which was as large as a mountain.

There was no skinning, no bone removal, no blood or flesh harvesting, and very few people even approached it.

David casually instructed two of his followers to pick an eyeball—to them, it was as easy as picking a wildflower while passing through a grove of trees.

"These flesh-and-blood creatures aren't worth much," he said casually. "But those guys from the Chosen Ones would probably be very interested."

Li Xin remained silent, staring at the giant whale's carcass with a flickering gaze.

Bishop David seemed to read his mind and gently waved his hand.

"Forget about getting whale meat and whale oil," he said. "We've tested it, and it's been deeply contaminated by the black fog. The tissues are full of mutated cell structures, and even a small bite will cause mutations."

As if to confirm David's statement, the giant whale's eyeball, which had just been placed in the preservation jar, suddenly twitched and burst forth with countless dense tentacles that clung to the inner wall.

Li Xin could only sigh.

Under his helpless gaze, the whale's carcass began to slowly sink, the black mist below churning up like countless soft hands supporting it. The whale's back disappeared into the mist, followed by its head, then its tattered whiskers and tail fin, and finally even its drooping tail was swallowed by the mist.

It was as if they had returned to the embrace of the Mother of Mist.

Just as he was about to leave, Li Xin suddenly realized something and quickly turned back to look at David.

"Excuse me, Bishop David, are you familiar with the Ark organization?" he asked.

The other party nodded slightly.

"I know, a stagnant human organization." He spoke calmly, his tone as indifferent as if he were commenting on an outdated relic. "If there's anything admirable about them, it's perhaps their unwavering dedication and effort to preserve the human race... But they haven't chosen the right path of development like we have, so they've remained unable to move forward."

As he spoke, the bishop lowered his head, his gaze falling on his cold and precise mechanical body.

"You need to understand one thing, young man."

He said it word by word.

"The endless journey through countless worlds is not a curse, but a blessing."

Back on the Starfire, Li Xin fell into deep thought.

David was quite surprised that he considered the Ark Organization "second-rate." But what unsettled him even more was that... human civilization didn't seem to be a monolithic entity.

In his mind, all of humanity should naturally stand together, supporting each other through one world after another.

But reality is clearly not like that. The Church of Myriad Machines and the "natural selection" mentioned by David both seem to have chosen their direction and developed.

It might even go against the very nature of humanity.

At this moment, the Holy Machine U2 has been restarted, and the mobile city has changed direction and sunk back into the black mist.

Li Xin stood at the edge of the deck, silently watching it sail away.

"Let's go," he said softly.

The Starfire restarted, slowly turned, and headed in the opposite direction from the Holy Machine U2.