Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 8 The Strange Mobile City That Arrives

There are a series of resource points in the wild.

Forest farms, mines, veins, lakes, and even oil fields
Mines are among the most common resource locations.

It can extract a range of resources needed by mobile cities, such as iron ore, copper ore, and saltpeter.

Upon entering the watchtower, Li Ye immediately picked up the binoculars.

He soon spotted the mine the lookout had described.

The mine is occupied by a group of snake-men. Snake-men are level 1 monsters that are tall and treacherous. They have hands and feet, often walk upright, and look more like lizards.

There were about forty or fifty snake-men in this group, the vast majority of whom were snake-men laborers, while the rest were snake-men overseers and snake-men guards.

The snake-men laborers are level 1 monsters of normal difficulty. They wear dirty work vests and are currently working hard, swinging pickaxes to mine.

The snake-man overseers and snake-man guards were elites; the former carried whips and blades at their waists, while the latter wore armor and were equipped with swords and shields, and were much taller and stronger than the snake-man laborers.

Li Ye put down his binoculars.

“We’re going to take over this mine. Old Zhou, go get some men.”

As Lao Zhou went to answer the call, he began to seriously consider how to fight.

For a mobile city, attacking resource points is no child's play.

You need to compare the strength of both sides beforehand, prepare weapons and ammunition, gather manpower, and choose the right time to attack.

Unlike zombies that mindlessly chase survivors, snake people are intelligent monsters. They know how to use weapons, dodge bullets and artillery fire, and even build fortifications.

Fifteen minutes later, Li Ye was ready.

He transferred 15 men, including Lao Zhou, from the Tomorrow to the battle. Four of them were responsible for operating heavy machine guns on the Tomorrow to provide fire support, while he led the rest to attack the mine.

Of the newly produced Falcon assault rifles, Li Ye kept one for himself, and the rest were distributed to Lao Zhou and his companions. The rest of the men carried pistols.

Upon seeing the enemy approaching, the snake people stopped working and immediately charged out of the mine with great ferocity.

Li Ye squinted, aimed, and then fired.

A few seconds later, he realized that he might have been worrying too much.

As a Tier 1 weapon, the Falcon Assault Rifle is incredibly powerful. The muscular bodies of the Snakemen laborers are like paper in front of it, torn apart by bullets in an instant.

As for the elite snake-man overseers and guards, they could only withstand one or two more bullets.

After the first round of gunfire, a large number of the snake-men had been taken down.

After another round of gunfire, the snake people's morale collapsed, and many of them chose to turn around and run away.

Li Ye easily captured the mine without suffering any casualties.

After confirming that the mine was safe and that no snake people were alive, he waved to Tomorrow.

The new residents, armed with pickaxes, rode down the elevator platform and entered the mine to begin mining.

In the following time, Li Ye began searching for the snake people's corpses.

After all, monsters drop loot after you kill them.

The Serpent Man laborers only dropped some crystals and a few scattered iron ore and cloth. The elite Serpent Man overseers and Serpent Man guards, however, dropped much better loot; some dropped 30 crystals at once, while others dropped 10 units of iron ore at once.

To Li Ye's surprise, he also found a design blueprint on one of the snake-man guards.

【Item Name: Hair Dryer】

Item Level: Common

[Additional effects: None]

[Crafting Requirements: 2 units of iron ore (Level 1)]

"hair dryer?"

While surprised, Li Ye also found it somewhat comical. The daily fresh water supply of the Tomorrow was only enough for drinking; brushing teeth and washing one's face were luxuries, let alone washing one's hair.

However, he never thought he had too many design blueprints.

Incidentally, the zombies that previously invaded the Tomorrow also dropped loot, but very little, only a few crystals in total.

This is why lords avoid zombie hordes at all costs.

Because it is not only dangerous, but also poor.

To increase efficiency, Li Ye simply had the combat personnel from earlier join the mining operation.

The mine is not large; according to his estimate, it can produce about two to three hundred units of iron ore, as well as a small amount of copper ore and saltpeter.

Just as he returned to the cockpit of the Tomorrow to drink water and rest, the lookout's extremely tense voice suddenly came through the loudspeaker.

"Oh no! A mobile city is coming towards us!"

Li Ye suddenly stood up, spilling all the water in his hand. Tang Fang, sitting next to him, also turned pale instantly.

"Have everyone in the mine evacuate immediately!" Li Ye ordered immediately. "Send men to the heavy machine gun position. Tang Fang, after the men are evacuated, increase the speed of Tomorrow to maximum."

After he finished speaking, he sighed inwardly with extreme helplessness.

I'm really unlucky. I just captured a resource point and then ran into a mobile city.

It should be noted that Tomorrow's shells have been used up, and heavy machine guns are unlikely to cause damage to a moving city, so they have no means of attack at all.

Although I was very reluctant to give up this newly acquired opportunity, I had no choice but to back down now.

Just then, a surprised voice came from the lookout's mouthpiece.

"Wait a minute. That's strange. Why did that mobile city stop a kilometer away?"

Immediately afterwards, Li Ye and Tang Fangfang heard the horn of the mobile city.

The flute's two long notes followed by one short note express a desire to communicate.

Mobile cities don't have public communication channels. Over time, they developed a way of communicating using the length of their horns.

This method is quite effective; it maintains a safe distance while still allowing you to clearly understand the other person's meaning.

In the wasteland, mobile cities are often in competition or even hostile to each other.

When the two mobile cities meet, they will immediately maintain a safe distance and enter a state of high alert.

After all, the fastest way for a mobile city to develop is to hunt down another mobile city.

If you succeed, all of the other party's resources and people will belong to you.

Most importantly, you can also go to the other party's production workshop and plunder all of their production projects through the Lord's Bracelet—this is the biggest upgrade for mobile cities!

Li Ye arrived at the watchtower with some skepticism and picked up a telescope to look at the moving city.

Judging from its size, it is also a level 1 city. The city has suffered damage in many places, and even the water tower was destroyed.

Recalling the intelligence he had seen before, Li Ye realized that this level 1 city was the Azure, the level 1 city that had failed to attack the Gross mine.

The other side repeated the two long and one short whistle sounds. To express its sincerity, it voluntarily shut down its fire and removed its cannons and heavy machine guns.

Then, it sent an off-road vehicle toward Tomorrow.

The SUV stopped 300 meters away from Tomorrow, and two people got out and started waving their hands at Li Ye and the others, seemingly trying to communicate.

Li Ye then sent Lao Zhou with a few people over.

Ten minutes later, Lao Zhou returned to his side and brought news from the other party.

“This city is the Azure, and their lord wants to make a deal with us,” he said. “The two men also said that, as a sign of sincerity, their lord will personally come to meet with you.”

(End of this chapter)