Mobile City Travel Guide

"Mr. Li Xin, could you please help me?"

Peter asked expectantly.

"What's wrong?" Li Xin asked, rubbing her eyes in surprise.

Early this morning, while he was still fast asleep, there was a rapid knocking on his door.

"I feel it!" Peter exclaimed, his voice brimming with barely suppressed excitement. "An ancient magical treasure lies buried in these mountains, and it's no small amount!"

According to Peter, this morning, while meditating in his room as usual, he suddenly sensed a surging, ancient source of magic. Its magical concentration was so high that it was almost overflowing, like a spring that had been suppressed by a stone, continuously gushing out water, which could not be suppressed no matter what.

This could be a forbidden scroll, a fragment of an artifact, or even the legacy of an entire ancient wizard's tower.

Upon hearing this, Li Xin felt much more refreshed.

"Really?"

He never expected to be so lucky; he had only been traveling and yet he had such a reward.

An ancient magical treasure! Just from the name, you know it's something extraordinary. If I just grab a little bit, won't I be able to take off like a rocket?

But according to Peter's investigation, the treasure is located beneath a nearby mountain several hundred meters high.

"Is that so?" Li Xin pondered for a moment. "Actually, it's not that troublesome."

After all, mobile cities inherently possess powerful engineering capabilities.

After a period of intensive preparation, a comprehensive engineering plan was finalized.

The first step was for Xinghuo to use the engineering equipment on its deck to drill blasting holes in the rock face on the side of the mountain, then fill them with engineering explosives manufactured in the production workshop and detonate them, directly blowing up the entire mountain.

The second step was to quickly clear away the mountain debris to create a clearing for excavation. This was mainly handled by the city's cranes and anti-magic stone wing machines.

The third step is to set up an excavation platform on the spot and use a drill bit to advance vertically.

A few hours later, the Spark, with everything ready, began operation.

The mobile city slowly approached the selected mountainside rock face. The robotic arm and working claw equipped with drill bits operated steadily. In an instant, rubble flew and dust filled the air as rows of blasting chambers and holes were excavated, and high-yield engineering explosives manufactured in the production workshop were filled in one by one.

After loading was completed, Xinghuo moved to a safe location and was detonated remotely.

"boom--"

Hundreds of blast chambers and holes exploded simultaneously, causing the entire mountain to tremble violently, and countless cracks spread rapidly from the summit to the base. Then, a massive column of cloud erupted from the crater, followed by a deafening collapse!

After the smoke from the explosion cleared, what appeared before us were several small hills of rubble.

The Starfire resumed its journey and began clearing the wreckage. At this moment, the Anti-Magic Stone Wing Machines once again demonstrated their incredible power, exhibiting an absurd lifting force to hoist the stones, which were several times their own size, steadily into the air and quickly transferred them to the distant dumping area.

The engineering equipment on the city deck was also busy, working together to clear the remaining stones of various sizes.

In no time, a neat, flat area was cleared out.

Steel beams, trusses, platform panels, guardrails, ladders... Xinghuo transported all sorts of prepared parts to the ground and began assembly.

Soon, a modern excavation platform rose from the ground, and on top of the platform, a huge hydraulically driven rotary drilling rig was installed.

With a roar, the drill bit slowly drove into the ground, and a large amount of gravel gushed out from the hole.

The team protecting the box was immediately dumbfounded.

Li Xin smiled slightly.

"See that? That's the engineering power of mobile cities," he said proudly.

But upon closer reflection, the engineering prowess of the magical world is also remarkable, after all, I had previously witnessed dwarven wizards using magic to construct mountain forges.

He returned to the driver's seat and looked at the various excavation data displayed on the screen.

100 meters, 200 meters, 300 meters... The excavation was progressing smoothly, and his heartbeat gradually quickened without him realizing it.

Peter sensed that the magical treasure was about 500 to 600 meters deep, and he would soon have it.

However, just as they reached the target depth, something unusual suddenly happened.

"Buzz—!"

A glaring red alarm suddenly popped up on the screen, its piercing siren tearing apart the silence of the cockpit.

500℃, 800℃, 1200℃... The temperature sensor readings at the tip of the drill bit were skyrocketing, instantly exceeding the load-bearing limit!

The entire drill bit quickly began to melt and deform, turning into a pool of molten steel within seconds.

"This is probably... some kind of protective magical restriction?" Li Xin exclaimed in surprise.

But this conjecture was quickly refuted.

The next second, a violent roar suddenly came from underground, followed by the earth shaking and tremors throughout the entire area!

Li Xin and the excited Peter exchanged a glance, and their expressions immediately changed.

"Retreat immediately!"

The Spark quickly started up and hastily evacuated the current area.

The two rushed to the deck, gripped the railing, and looked back.

The ground began to heat up gradually, radiating intense heat from beneath. It quickly turned a deep red-hot color, even softening and flowing, while the entire excavation platform standing above it completely melted away.

Then, a giant hand made of flames reached out from below.

"My God, what incredible thing have we dug up..." Peter muttered absentmindedly.

A few seconds later, a creature hundreds of meters long emerged from the ground.

It was a humanoid creature made entirely of blazing flames, with a pair of enormous demonic horns, its entire body covered in a cracked, dark red magma shell, and countless ancient, heavy chains and runes wrapped around it.

Everything it passed through was evaporated and melted; rivers turned into steam, soil and rocks melted into magma, and the air was distorted into an unbreathable heatwave.

"The Balrog! It's the Balrog!"

Peter seemed to wake from a dream and exclaimed in surprise.

"This is an ancient creature powerful enough to rival the gods. It was probably dormant, and we've awakened it!"

The next second, the fire demon turned its gaze to the Starfire not far away.

"Run!" Li Xin shouted.

The Xinghuo rocket started its engine at full power, accelerating through the mountains.

The Balrog roared and began to give chase.

It was like a moving volcano, burning everything in its path. Trees and vegetation began to spontaneously combust hundreds of meters away, grasslands were scorched, curled up, and turned to ash, and rocks melted into lava before they even came into contact with it.

When passing by the mountain peaks, the mountains are like butter touched by a red-hot knife, easily melting and collapsing.

The Starfire unleashed its full firepower, raining down bullets and shells upon the Flame Demon. However, the bullets melted into pools of dark red molten iron the moment they touched its surface. The shockwaves from the Tiger Crouching Cannon were utterly ineffective, and even the beams fired from the floating cannons dissipated rapidly upon impact.

Perhaps it had become impatient with being disturbed, the Flame Demon slowly opened its huge maw, gathered its strength, and spewed out a flame beam that was hundreds of meters long!

It hurtled toward the Starfire at an incredible speed, causing mountains to melt and the ground to collapse in its wake!