Mobile City Travel Guide

The next morning.

As always, she simply dressed and washed up before leaving the room.

The rain was still falling outside, but it had lessened considerably. The mountains in front of me were shrouded in a hazy rain and mist, like a watercolor painting blurred by water.

When he arrived at the watchtower as usual, he found someone there. But this time it wasn't the elven prince Elarian, but the human ranger Sean.

The other person waved to him and then made room for him.

"It's quite surprising that the strangers visiting our world are also human, and even traveling in such amazing vehicles," he said.

Li Xin nodded, walked to his side, and leaned on the railing with both hands, looking out at the gray and white distance where the boundary between mountains and sky was indistinguishable.

"Yes, we'll be going to many more worlds in the future," he said.

After a brief exchange, he learned roughly about Sean's past.

This human hero was born in a small village in the northern part of the continent that was ravaged by orcs. He grew up in a state of constant displacement and learned superb combat skills through repeated escapes from death.

"Rest assured, my mobile city has ample firepower and can guarantee your safety," Li Xin said casually. "However, please try to take cover if you encounter any danger."

Sean, who had been gazing at the scenery in the distance, suddenly turned around, his face full of disbelief.

"What did you say?"

Li Xin shrugged.

Even the greatest hero fears a kitchen knife.

As heroes of their respective races, Shane, Elarian, and Torg may be highly skilled in martial arts. But the orcs are simply too fierce. If they swarm in and start hacking and slashing, they will be overwhelmed within seconds.

So rather than letting them participate in the battle, it would be more practical to let the Starfire use its machine guns to mow them down.

Seeing Li Xin's expression, Sean roughly guessed what he was thinking and shook his head, both amused and annoyed.

"Okay, so we were underestimated after all."

Li Xin waved his hand, about to reply with a smile, when suddenly he heard a roaring sound.

He was slightly taken aback at first, but then his face lit up with joy.

There are no machines or engines in this world; the only thing making that noise must be our fellow countrymen's mobile cities.

However, he was stunned when he looked in the direction of the sound.

At the bend in the mountain pass ahead, a winding track stretches out. The track is covered with intricate magical patterns, always looking brand new.

In the distance, a dwarven train rumbled toward them. It was mainly made of wood and wrought steel, with a simple and heavy design. The front of the train was square, the carriages were angular, and the train body, like the tracks, was covered with intricate magical patterns.

It runs fast and smoothly, with a speed almost comparable to modern high-speed trains. It also makes very little noise, and its chimney doesn't spew out thick black smoke.

If you look closely, you'll find that the train's magical patterns resonate rhythmically with the patterns on the tracks—this is probably its source of power.

"Oh, this is the dwarven magic train," Sean remarked casually. "It's primarily powered by magic, driven by magical circuits."

Li Xin nodded slowly, his eyes full of surprise.

As he continued forward, he witnessed another incredible scene.

In a region utterly devastated by a great war, the dwarves are rebuilding their homes.

A group of dwarves used magic to easily lift up the corpses, house ruins, armor, weapons, and rubble scattered throughout the battlefield and transport them to their respective areas.

A group of dwarves wielded enchanted pickaxes, quickly and efficiently leveling the ground.

Another group of dwarves were responsible for transporting various building materials such as timber, stone, and forged steel. They used magical power to make tons of building materials float overhead and begin construction on the spot.

With their collaborative efforts, one new village and town after another rose from the ground at a visible speed.

The most outrageous one was a mountain modification project.

The dwarves planned to transform a tall, solid stone mountain into a large forge so that they could forge various tools and provide heat to nearby villages and towns.

There weren't hundreds or thousands of people as expected; they only sent one dwarf wizard.

He slowly closed his eyes atop the mountain, placed his hands on the rock face, and softly chanted an incantation as his lips moved. Vast magical power seeped from his palms into the mountain, spreading rapidly downwards like tree roots, forming a huge and intricate magical circuit from top to bottom.

After completing this task, the old dwarf opened his eyes and suddenly channeled a large amount of magic into them.

boom!

The entire mountain trembled violently, and countless stones and rocks were scattered out.

After the smoke cleared, a huge and precise forging furnace had taken shape. All its structures naturally formed according to the direction of that magical circuit: the furnace cavity, air ducts, flue gas outlets, cooling tanks... every component fit together perfectly, without the slightest error.

"this......."

Upon seeing this scene, Li Xin was so shocked that he was speechless.

It turns out that magic can also be a powerful force of production!

He had to admit that his understanding of the world was too one-sided.

"At this rate, the world probably won't need an industrial revolution, will it?" he thought to himself.

Through magic, this world has found a completely different path. Given time, it will surely develop into something far more powerful than Earth.

In fact, the Starfire has already entered the territory of the Dwarf Kingdom.

On the way to Xin, we also saw a magnificent kingdom-like building.

It was a giant stone dam.

The main body of the dam is constructed from countless massive, angular granite blocks, each several meters square and weighing tens of tons. The blocks fit together so tightly that not even a piece of paper can be inserted between them.

According to the dwarf Torg, this was built by the dwarf kingdom using magical power, and the stones were naturally moved easily using magic.

If you look closely, you will find that the surface of the dam is covered with fine, magical loops that glow with a faint blue light, extending from the top of the dam all the way to the depths of the bedrock at the bottom.

This is used to stabilize the dam body. The magic loop will provide real-time feedback on data such as water pressure, rock displacement, and earthquakes. Once there is an anomaly, it will automatically adjust to distribute the stress throughout the dam body and prevent local collapse.

In other words, this wall will "protect itself".

"The water stored in our kingdom is almost equivalent to half an ocean!" Torg added enthusiastically, hands on his hips. "There are more than a dozen dams like this!"

Li Xin had no doubts, because the lake was indeed extremely vast, stretching as far as the eye could see. The Xinghuo ship would need several days just to pass under the dam.

"Understood! We will allow you to pass immediately!"

Upon seeing the clearance certificate provided by Li Xin, the arriving dwarf officer saluted him.

As he nodded, Li Xin glanced around, a strange look appearing in his eyes.

Because tens of thousands of dwarven troops were deployed along the route, and there were countless fortresses and strongholds. While the dam was important, it didn't theoretically require so many troops to guard it.

Having roughly guessed his doubts, the dwarf officer shrugged.

"To be honest, Angmar's army has already marched into Eldens."