Ark, I became a mobile city, but the moon city

Hearing Texas' words, Lin Yi couldn't help but feel overjoyed. But he forced himself to maintain a calm expression, not letting his emotions show.

But in fact, Lin Yi was doing some calculations in his mind while cheering.

When Texas exchanges monsters for madness, it is quite easy for him to take some commission as surplus value... In addition, if the scope of human activities expands, then Lin Yi can also obtain more bonus madness.

All in all, I made a fortune!

Isn’t this making a fortune?

Lin Yi's heart was filled with joy for a moment. But when he looked up, he saw that the sun was already setting, and he paused for a moment.

"It's getting late... Let's go to bed first. We can get back to this tomorrow morning. There's no need to rush."

Lin Yi looked at Texas and said this softly. Texas nodded, agreeing with Lin Yi's words.

Then, Lin Yi walked out of the room, picked up a bed from the pile of wood outside, and moved it into the compartment of the cabin, using it as a temporary residence in Texas.

"I hope you are a gentleman."

Before entering the temporary residence, Texas glanced at Lin Yi from the corner of his eye and said with a faint smile.

Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, then replied with a smile:

"I'm a clean person."

Then, the door closed, and the two of them lay down on their beds. Various thoughts flashed through Lin Yi's mind.

Texas seemed to have established basic trust in him, otherwise she wouldn't have spoken like that at the time... This was a good thing, he could get more out of her later.

As for the issue of expanding the safe activity area... Lin Yi recalled the necessary conditions in his mind.

First, the number of hostile monsters in the area must be small enough, and second, the border area needs to have "defensive" capabilities.

The judgment of defensive ability is quite lenient. As long as the monsters in the suburbs don't rush in, even if you have such ability... the monster's attack is random, and if you can't withstand the attack, the scope of your safe activity area will be reduced.

In the past ten days, the scope of the safe activity area has gradually shrunk to today's scope under such circumstances.

As for the question of defense... Lin Yi decided to use doubts to fool around for the time being. Although it probably wouldn't have any effect, it was still better than nothing.

First expand the territory and get the madness. Once you have the madness, you can consider the subsequent issues such as maintaining a safe range of activities.

And it was precisely because of this decision that Lin Yi did not let Texas start work immediately.

After all, the current number of questions is not enough to defend ourselves. We should let these guys dig out steel flowers for another night and increase the number of them.

However, besides this, there is one more thing to do...

As Lin Yi pondered this, his thoughts fell on a question that was working. The question froze for a moment, then strode off into the depths of the city's suburbs.

Although Lin Yi has always been the will of the city, he actually does not know every place in the city.

After all, the current "city" was too small, mostly just suburban areas. Therefore, Lin Yi's mind scan range was limited. If he ventured a little deeper into the suburbs, he'd be unable to see anything.

Therefore, tonight, Lin Yi decided to let the robot take a few steps deeper into the suburbs to see what kind of sacred place there was...

After yawning and giving the command to "keep moving forward", Lin Yi's consciousness temporarily became silent and he fell into a short sleep.

........................

The next morning.

Sunlight poured into the room, dyeing the ground golden. Lin Yi sat up, slowly walked down from the bed, snapped his fingers, and a set of clothes appeared on his illusory body.

Then, he glanced at the next compartment out of the corner of his eye and confirmed that Texas had not woken up yet.

Come to think of it, it's only six in the morning. Even so, Texas will probably wake up soon...

I might as well take this opportunity to check and verify the results of last night.

Lin Yi was very curious about what the person he sent out to explore yesterday had discovered.

Thus, almost impatiently, Lin Yi's consciousness descended upon that questioning being...

Then, his eyes became serious, his original joyful expression disappeared, and a sense of horror arose in his heart.

In his sight, the question he sent out yesterday had already collapsed halfway. However, that was not a rest...

Instead, the entire robot was dismantled into scrap metal, sheet metal, gears, screws, and other things scattered on the ground. The impact was caused in an instant, otherwise it wouldn't have shattered so thoroughly. Lin Yi knew in his heart that this could definitely not be done by scavengers; they didn't have the strength to do it.

Lin Yi opened his mouth, and for a moment, his heart was in a mess.

There is no doubt that the person who was sent out encountered an accident on the way.

And now, Lin Yi knew what lay deep in the suburbs.

There, there are terrifying monsters.

There are terrifying monsters that may attack his safe area at any time.

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Chapter 9: 9 Texas's Revenge Plan

"No...no..."

At this moment, Lin Yi was pacing back and forth in the room, feeling a little less irritated.

In reality, everything in the city was steadily improving. After a night of scraping away at the steel, the Doubt had multiplied to twelve. As a basic border defense and production unit, it was perfectly adequate.

No matter how you look at it, this is a promising start.

However, every time Lin Yi's consciousness returned to the shattered fragments of doubt, his mood would sink to the bottom.

We should have been prepared long ago. The suburbs of a city couldn't possibly be filled with ordinary monsters like scavengers...

However, Lin Yi never thought that these monsters would be so close to him.

Distance... According to Lin Yi's estimation, the suspicious person he sent out last night advanced a maximum of six kilometers, and then was completely scrapped.

Lin Yi's detection range for the city is three kilometers in radius...

In other words, according to the most optimistic estimate, somewhere six kilometers away, there is an extremely powerful monster that can easily and easily crush everything that Lin Yi is now painstakingly developing.

When she thought of this imminent crisis, Lin Yi couldn't help but purse her lips, and a trace of worry arose in her heart.

It's like a sword of Damocles hanging over our heads, which is worrying.

Is it possible that destruction could come at any moment...?

Lin Yi murmured in his heart, then suddenly stood up and asked a question again.

No, he had to send another question out.

He had to gather as much information as possible...to determine whether that thing would pose a threat to the city.

If so, Lin Yi must develop with all his strength to fight against the risk of destruction that exists at that moment.

You have to hurry up.

Lin Yi, feeling the urgency of time again, breathed a sigh of relief. He frantically arranged his schedule in his mind while sitting at the table thinking.

It definitely couldn't be a scavenger. Neither could a whale. The possibility of a blood demon was questionable. But, to be honest, Lin Yi felt that an abnormality was more likely.

After all, Lin Yi knew that in the suburbs of the city, there existed some original fantastical beings that were born directly from the emotions of the "primitive river" and were now hanging out with those monsters in the suburbs.

Finally, Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief and had to wait nervously for the news from the question that was sent out, and at the same time let that question retrieve the body of his companion, so that he could create a new question.

At the same time, Texas had woken up from his sleep and walked out of the room. Lin Yi raised his head and looked at the clock beside him. The time now showed half past six.

"Good morning, Lin Yi... Is there something on your mind?"

Texas came out and greeted them first, then she noticed at a glance the anxiety that was almost overflowing from Lin Yi's face.

"Well... sort of. I woke up this morning and suddenly realized that the situation was a little bad. I originally thought that the city was not as dangerous as I thought, but now it seems that I underestimated it."

Lin Yi smiled at Texas, then shook his head, as if speaking to Texas, or perhaps to himself, and said:

"Don't think too much for now. Just get to work."

Texas glanced at Lin Yi, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

She could clearly see that Lin Yi seemed to be facing some kind of dilemma. This dilemma brought him tremendous pressure, so much so that Lin Yi's mind was now filled with the thought of seizing every moment to work...

Texas sighed when she thought of this, but she just followed Lin Yi silently.

At this time, it would be too arrogant to persuade Lin Yi not to be too anxious.

All Texas could do was to help Lin Yi achieve his goal as much as possible, so that Lin Yi could feel a little more at ease.

However, as he walked past Lin Yi, Texas still spoke softly:

"Lin Yi... I know you're probably worried about your safety..."

"I just want to tell you that if you feel too anxious, feel free to tell me. If there is anything I can do to help, I will do my best."

Lin Yi gave him a look of gratitude when he heard this, but Texas ignored it.

Lin Yi was quite nice to her.

Texas thought to himself.

Therefore, repaying the favor should be a natural thing to do.

Then, after walking out of the room, Texas was immediately shocked by the scene in front of her - within the range of her sight, there were five or six tall robots moving around the entire venue, carrying wood on their backs. At the same time, they also cut the wood into planks of uniform size and thickness for further use.

Texas looked at this scene and subconsciously turned back to look at Lin Yi.

"what are these?"

"I've been in the city for half a year, so at least I have some gadgets."

Lin Yi smiled and said, "These things aren't very powerful in combat, so they're quite laborious to clean up. But they're quite good at doing odd jobs, which is why I brought them out today. While you're helping with the cleaning, I'll let these robots do odd jobs and help you with some infrastructure."

In fact, it was precisely because of Texas's arrival that Lin Yi planned to build more basic housing. Firstly, it was not appropriate to live under the same roof with Texas all the time, and secondly, it was to prevent someone from coming to the city in the future and having to sleep on the streets.

Texas naturally understood the first meaning. She raised her head and looked at Lin Yi with a hint of gratitude and sigh in her eyes again.

I am grateful for Lin Yi's kindness and sigh that she has another favor to repay.

As for the construction of the house, since everything was in short supply, Lin Yi had no choice but to use a purely wooden structure. He replaced the joints with mortise and tenon joints whenever possible. If that wasn't possible, he would find a way to use nails.

To be honest, this was not an easy process. At least several times, Lin Yi had to tear down a nearly completed house and rebuild it again because some aspects did not meet the standards.

"Don't think about it for now, Texas. I'll leave the rest to you."

Lin Yi shook his head slowly. He and Texas had already walked three hundred meters, and thus, the human activity zone ended. From here on, scavengers would randomly appear.

At this moment, Lin Yi looked at Texas and asked softly.

"I'm leaving the cleaning work to you."

"learn."

Texas slowly took out his personality card and said so solemnly.

Chapter 10:10 Amber Dusk, Food Chain

No matter how many times he saw it, Lin Yi felt that thumbs were truly violent.

If they are far away, I will shoot them one by one; if they are close, I will smash them to pieces with the butt of my gun.

No matter how far or near you are, no one can escape.

While Texas was clearing monsters in the surrounding area, Lin Yi was also directing the construction of houses at the same pace, and started to stay at the border.

Originally, the human activity area was roughly a 200-meter radius. Now, Lin Yi and Texas needed to clear out any monsters within a one-kilometer radius and establish a garrison as far as possible.

Lin Yi's plan was to build a radius of one kilometer. This would allow for the construction of many facilities... and similarly, this was also the maximum space within which the troops could be stationed.

After a long period of development, Lin Yi already had 25 people under his command. He used five of them as fire starters and as construction workers. The rest were divided into two halves, one for the production team and the other for garrisoning the surrounding area.

The number just meets the border defense requirements for a safe activity space with a radius of one kilometer.

"We don't have enough materials for city walls, and it's too troublesome to build them now. Let's leave it for later."

Lin Yi followed Texas and said to her casually. Texas, covered with a thumb personality, was just indifferent and mechanically killing the scavengers around him.

When you kill a scavenger... you'll feel a sense of pleasure, like joy welling up from the bottom of your heart.

A kind of pleasure that can't be called hatred, but can only be described as morbid satisfaction.

Texas couldn't help but think this in his heart as he acted like a ruthless scavenger and killing machine.

During this time, Texas had also heard Lin Yi say that personality was a form of existence that came from another possibility. And this personality of his should naturally have its own story...

What would the story be? Would it be a story that took place when the city was still prosperous?

For a moment, such thoughts flashed through Texas' mind.