Mobile City Travel Guide

The darkness in my field of vision lasted only a few seconds.

Li Xin soon saw a series of lights appear before his eyes, and the next second, he appeared in a space composed entirely of data streams.

As he subconsciously waved his hand, a semi-transparent control panel emerged from the void, displaying a dense array of options—scene library, vehicle library, weapon library, environmental parameters, personnel management, training records...

Everything is customizable.

"Let's see how it works." He said, and casually entered a few conditions into the control panel—seaside, high cliff, dusk.

The data space before them immediately began to transform, and in a moment it turned into a high cliff located on the coast.

The sky was tinged with a pale orange-red, waves crashed against the rocky cliffs beneath his feet, the sea breeze ruffled his hair and clothes, and seabirds circled in the distance... everything seemed incredibly realistic.

"That's amazing!" Li Xin exclaimed.

But he soon frowned again, because he only had the sense of touch, and lacked all the normal human senses such as taste, smell and even pain. Moreover, the scope of the scene was limited and the level of detail was not high enough.

"It's already pretty good that it's evolved to this extent with only 1000 evolution points," he comforted himself. "When I have more evolution points later, I can strengthen this evolution branch, and then it will become even more realistic."

To Li Xin's delight, the city's AI, Yunzhi, could also be connected to the training pod. This immediately saved him a lot of trouble. Under his command, Yunzhi built a helicopter that was almost identical to the real one and listed a series of courses.

After a brief trial, Li Xin nodded in approval. The method of training pilots through the training cabin was entirely feasible, and pilots for tanks, warships, fighter jets, and other aircraft could be trained in the same way in the future.

After leaving the training ground, he immediately summoned Lu Chen and asked him to select personnel in the city to begin training.

There are still more than ten days left before the end of the aerial world tour, which is enough time for training. When I travel to the next world, I will be able to put the helicopter into use.

In the time that followed, Li Xin went to the field, took out the packet of seeds that Gao Nan had given him, and began to ponder which one was better for advancement.

"Hmm, first we need to evolve a grain as our staple food," he thought to himself.

After careful selection, he chose rice seeds.

【Item Name: Rice (Seeds)】

[Description: A common grain seed, highly adaptable, distributed from tropical to temperate zones. It can be cultivated in paddy fields or dry land, but grows best in warm, humid environments.]

[Evolutionary Branch:]

[Whole-Eat Rice: All parts of this rice variety are edible, including the roots, stems, stalks, and leaves. It has a crisp and tender texture with a subtle sweetness.] - 300 Evolution Points

[Wall Rice: This rice variety specializes in climbing vertical surfaces such as walls and rocks, significantly reducing its water requirements.] - 500 Evolution Points

【"R-573 Type" High-Radiation Experimental Rice: An experimental rice variety with high radiation levels; concentrated mixtures of radioactive isotopes can be extracted from the mature grains.】 -1800 Evolution Points

To be fair, among all grain seeds, quite a few have strong evolutionary branches—some are extremely adaptable and can grow in almost any environment. Some grow extremely fast, from sowing to harvest in just a month or two. Some have astonishing yields, with one acre yielding the equivalent of two or three acres of ordinary varieties.

But the only fully functional and practical one left is the rice seed.

Both "whole-eating rice" and "wall rice" are very practical, especially the latter, which is practically born for mobile cities, a vehicle with scarce farmland and ample vertical space. Moreover, it requires less water, thus saving freshwater resources in cities.

After purchasing the two evolutionary branches, the rice seed did not change much; obviously, we would have to wait until it grew to see any change.

"How do you grow this thing? It should be like a Virginia creeper, right?" he guessed.

The agricultural team responsible for tending the fields was dumbfounded when they heard their lord's orders.

Rice? Grown on a wall?

"Just do as I say," Li Xin replied.

This is just the beginning; there will be more and more outrageous crops on the Xinghuo spacecraft in the future.

So the agricultural team selected a sunny, dry, and well-ventilated wall in the city, brushed on a thin layer of mud, and carefully stuck the rice seeds onto it.

While they were busy, Li Xin had already selected the second bag of crop seeds to evolve.

This time it's corn.

This crop has many advantages, such as being hardy and resilient, easy to store, high in sugar content, and capable of being pressed for oil. Furthermore, corn ears can be used for milling and brewing, while the stalks can be used to feed livestock, compost, or even as firewood.

When he looked, the evolutionary branches of corn came into view.

【Item Name: Corn (Seeds)】

[Description: A common crop, with tall plants that prefer warm, sunny environments and are relatively drought-tolerant.]

[Evolutionary Branch:]

[XM-9 Corn Fragment Grenade: The grown corn kernels transform into throwable fragmentation grenades. Upon explosion, the hardened corn kernels possess penetrating power comparable to steel balls, with an effective kill radius of approximately 8 meters.] - 600 Evolution Points

[Corn Tree: Your corn will no longer grow as stalks, but will develop into a tree, producing more corn kernels. It takes 3 months to mature into a tree, after which it can be harvested every two weeks.] - 1000 Evolution Points

[Immortal Corn: Nourishes the spiritual root after consumption, increasing spiritual power slightly] - 1800 Evolution Points

"Mmm, that feels better..." Li Xin nodded slightly.

Now, he's actually not used to this evolutionary branch being so outrageous.

Undoubtedly, he chose the second evolutionary branch.

The "Fairy Corn" evolution branch is out of the question; you can't cultivate immortality in a mobile city.

The "XM-9 Corn Fragmentation Bomb" seems quite interesting. Imagine throwing a corn cob that explodes with considerable power. As for a solution, there is one—you can simply select a batch from the bag of newly evolved corn seeds in your hand and specifically evolve the "XM-9 Corn Fragmentation Bomb" branch.

In this way, he would essentially own two batches of corn trees: one batch dedicated to producing normal corn, and the other batch dedicated to producing hand grenades.

He was initially tempted, but then thought better of it. If it was just about getting grenades, he could simply produce them in his workshop and evolve them later; that would be far more practical than corn grenades.

There are currently 1400 evolution points remaining. Initially, I wanted to evolve another vegetable or fruit seed, but after thinking about it carefully, I decided against it.

Since we have some spare time this time, we might as well save it for now and decide what to evolve based on actual needs in the next world.