Mobile City Travel Guide

The Starfire continued its slow journey, and the various vehicles deployed to the outside world continued to transport back various resources like ants carrying grains of rice.

Even after the communication ended, Li Xin's heart remained restless.

Even Lu Chen and his companions were so shocked that they couldn't come to their senses for a long time.

"Is the situation... really that complicated?" someone exclaimed, speechless.

"Mm." Li Xin nodded.

Therefore, the zombie-infested mobile city I encountered was just the tip of the iceberg; behind it was actually an entire zombie civilization.

How many people does this mobile civilization have? How many mobile cities does it have? What is its level of technology and military capability?

Everything remains unknown.

The scenery on both sides of the Starfire continued to flow, everything was tranquil and beautiful, but he could not settle down.

According to Lord S2 of the Celestial Machines, the border region has a total population of over a billion. If it were a zombie civilization...

But leaving the border is not as easy as it seems. As the center of the magical world, it is unprecedentedly large, with an area equivalent to one-third of the entire continent!

The only thing that Li Xin was fortunate about was that the terrain was mainly flat plains, which meant that Xinghuo did not need to trek through mountains and rivers as before, and could simply travel at full speed.

Over the next few hours, he witnessed an astonishing scene.

Led by the three races of humans, elves, and dwarves, and followed by countless other races, everyone is tensely preparing for war.

Camps of various ethnic armies were set up, with all kinds of supplies, weapons and armor piled up like mountains, and war supplies were being transported from afar.

After asking a passing dwarf soldier, he finally understood what was going on.

The entire western part of the continent has fallen into the hands of the old Angmar forces.

A few weeks ago, a demon army of millions had already advanced towards the border region, so the forces in the border region began to urgently redeploy troops to defend it—which is why the monarchs said they could not redeploy troops when they met.

Today, the border area has become a powder keg ready to explode.

What made Li Xin unable to contain himself was that the most important thing human civilization was busy with was selling weapons in the border area.

Firearms, grenades, machine guns, modern artillery, off-road vehicles, tanks, helicopters... From individual weapons to heavy equipment, from conventional ammunition to special explosives, humans sell all kinds of modern weapons at the border in order to obtain various resources such as vegetables, fruits, grains, ores, steel, and enchanted tools.

These gadgets were surprisingly popular, since the main force of the old Angmar army consisted of orcs with anti-magic abilities, and modern weapons with high lethality were undoubtedly the best way to deal with them.

At this very moment, countless mobile cities are parked at various points along the border, diligently peddling all kinds of guns, ammunition, and vehicles.

The various ethnic groups in the border region were extremely enthusiastic.

An elderly high-ranking human wizard picked up an AK47 and, after firing a burst of shots, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

After test-driving a tank, a dwarf king poked his head out, excitedly clenched his fist, and shouted, gesturing for his ministers to hurry up and buy it.

An elven general lovingly stroked his newly purchased sniper rifle, while disdainfully tossing aside his war bow, which had accompanied him in battle for many years.

"..." Li Xin fell silent.

He could imagine what it would be like when the war started.

Then, he touched his chin with great interest.

Selling weapons is a good approach, since all that's needed is the production capacity of a mobile city and a few resources, in exchange for various tangible resources.

As for the consequences of the proliferation of modern weapons... they humans will only stay in this world for three months, and then they will travel to another world. They don't care about the devastation!

Therefore, he chose to join decisively.

Compared to ordinary mobile cities, the weapons and vehicles sold by the Starfire are far more powerful.

Flesh Butcher Machine Gun, Tiger Crouching Cannon, Anti-Magic Stone Wing Machine, Hover Tank, City Machine Gun... In an instant, all races from the border region flocked to the scene, scrambling to buy them in a frenzy.

The best-selling item was actually the magic-blocking stone-wing machine.

There are two reasons.

Firstly, with this vehicle, the border allied forces will be able to contend with the enemy's accompanying wizarding corps when facing the Demon King's army. This will eliminate the previous awkward situation where "I can't use magic against orcs, but orcs can use magic against me."

The second point is more nuanced. Regardless, the old Angmar forces will eventually be destroyed. The competition among the world's races will continue, and magic will remain their most powerful weapon. Whoever possesses more magic-breaking vehicles will have a military advantage.

Li Xin didn't pay much attention to these little schemes of the native civilization; he was only concerned with selling goods.

Over the next few days, the production workshop of Xinghuo operated day and night, selling batch after batch of firearms and vehicles.

In return, they received mountains of gold, silver, copper, and other coins.

Li Xin first used this huge sum of money to improve his family's collection of magic books, forming a complete system from beginner to master. This preparation would come in handy when the Starfire had the opportunity to develop a magic system in the future.

Following that, he purchased a large quantity of metal resources, grains, meat, vegetables, fruits, and livestock. He also acquired 2000 units of mithril to complete his mission.

Incidentally, this metal isn't nearly as expensive as depicted in movies and novels. This is mainly because the people of this world have developed mithril refining techniques using magic—which once again made him marvel at the powerful productivity of magic.

"By the way, should we buy some ancient books, paintings, or other artworks as souvenirs?" Lu Chen suggested.

"Okay." Li Xin nodded.

This could be considered a way of leaving a memento in this world. He simply built a memorial hall in the city to house souvenirs from different worlds.

He already knew how to use the 2000 new evolution points.

Hours later, a brand-new and massive city building took shape on the deck of the Starfire.

This is an assembly plant.

Lixin plans to use it to share the finished product assembly work in the production workshop. After all, the latter is limited in scale, and it would be too troublesome to produce large-scale vehicles such as submarines and ships in the future.

In this way, the production workshop only needs to manufacture parts, while the assembly plant is responsible for assembly. The clear division of labor between the two doubles the efficiency.

When his gaze fell on the assembly plant, a series of data immediately came to mind.

[Item: Assembly Plant]

[Description: A large industrial building representing a mobile city. To make it function, you need sufficient energy, skilled workers, and reasonable wages and work systems.]

[Evolutionary Branch:]

[Enhanced Components & Energy-Saving Circuits: Optimized factory power distribution system, reducing energy consumption by 15%] 300 points

【未来科技·XT-7型一体化装配工厂：1.组装效率+70% 2.故障率降低至0.0001%】-1200点进化点数

[Factory "L9": This factory looks no different from a regular assembly plant, but the items it produces will possess a very high degree of self-awareness and refuse to serve their owners, even attacking them.] - 2000 Evolution Points

Li Xin frowned and looked at the third evolutionary branch.

This is the second evolutionary branch of this type since the previous vending machine X-7. These things are basically extremely bizarre and extremely powerful.

他选择了购买了第1和第2个进化分支。不仅如此，他还特地又花了300点强化了节能迴路，使其从原本的「减少15%能耗」提升到了「减少30%能耗」。

The main reason for evolving the assembly plant was to prepare for the large-scale production of tanks, fighter jets, and ships in the future.

Now, he is increasingly looking forward to the "vehicle explosion" of the Starfire.