A Guide to Farming in a Mobile City-Chapter 175 : Giant Version of “Hide and Seek”

Chapter 175: Giant Version of “Hide and Seek”
After hearing this term from Xie Jie, Li Ye clearly sensed something was wrong.
“What is a Commander Giant? Can you explain it to me in detail?”
There was a noticeable pause on the other end of the walkie-talkie.
After more than ten seconds, Xie Jie slowly began to speak.
“An extremely small number of Giants evolve intelligence, and among those intelligent Giants, some go through a secondary evolution.”
“A Commander Giant is such a secondary-evolved intelligent Giant.”
“He can establish a mental link with brainless Giants within a certain range and operate them for combat.”
Hearing this, Li Ye couldn’t help but feel a jolt in his heart.
“Then does a Commander Giant have any identifying features? Can we find him quickly?”
The answer Xie Jie gave was no.
Commander Giants had no obvious external characteristics. That meant any Giant one encountered could be a Commander Giant.
The deadliest part was that, in order to avoid being discovered, the Commander Giant would disguise himself as an ordinary Giant, hiding among the crowd.
Every time a Commander Giant appeared, it brought enormous casualties to the Seventh Division of Embers.
Li Ye couldn’t help but shake his head upon hearing this.
The pressure this time was truly immense.
Right now, there were still a few hundred Giants left in the city ruins. They came in all types, including Athlete Giants, Celebrity Giants, and so on. If they were controlled by a Commander Giant, the trouble it would cause was too severe!
At present, the Tomorrow couldn’t easily give up on this patch of city ruins—on one hand, to obtain the dropped Level 3 Blueprints from slaying Giants; on the other, to extract metal from the city to forge Level 3 Iron Ore.
Yang Zheng and the others, listening on the walkie-talkie channel, also began to feel uneasy.
“Actually, everyone doesn’t need to be too anxious,” Xie Jie tried to comfort them. “The Commander Giant’s mental power is limited. At most, he can control 100 Giants at the same time.”
Li Ye couldn’t help but shake his head again.
A hundred Giants were already troublesome enough. Under the reinforcement of the Commander Giant, they essentially became 100 intelligent Giants.
Even if they merely charged in formation, the Tomorrow Alliance would be overwhelmed.
At that moment, he suddenly realized a problem.
“Xie Jie.”
“What is it?”
“These Giants are huge in size and move frequently—don’t they consume a lot of energy?”
Perhaps sensing Li Ye’s line of thought, Xie Jie gave a bitter smile and spoke.
“At the beginning, the original founders and companions of Embers thought the same as you.”
“But soon they discovered that Giants seemed to have no need for food. They only occasionally needed to drink a bit of water.”
“After years of observation, it was found that Giants had clearly evolved a perfect internal energy cycle system—essentially a perpetual motion machine. They mainly replenished their energy by absorbing sunlight.”
“Giants can withstand extreme heat and cold and survive in all kinds of harsh environments.”
A trace of surprise couldn’t help but flash in Li Ye’s eyes.
Enormous size, immense strength, and an internal energy cycle system that could only be described as a cheat.
Giants were practically the perfect creatures of the wasteland.
The only flaw was that most Giants lacked intelligence.
Or perhaps, no matter how perfect a creature, it must have its shortcomings.
Li Ye decided to temporarily postpone the operation to annihilate the Giants and focus instead on locating the Commander Giant.
【7. The Southern Continent has a total of 27 regions, with an average level of 2.7 and a maximum regional level of Level 4. (Intelligence Value: Epic)】
Staring at this freshly updated Epic-grade Intelligence, Li Ye lightly nodded.
This time, he finally had some intuitive understanding of this unfamiliar continent.
The Southern Continent had even more regions than the Western Wasteland Continent.
What concerned him the most was the phrase “average level of 2.7.”
That meant this continent had no shortage of Level 3 regions.
If the average level had been above Level 3, he might have had to consider making a run for it.
During these past two days, aside from waiting for this Intelligence to refresh, Li Ye had also been discussing with everyone how to find the Commander Giant hiding in the city.
Now, the few hundred Giants had already gathered at the city center.
Once any Black Hawk Helicopter or gunship dared approach on its own, the Giants would pick up remnants of buildings from the city, crush them into chunks, and hurl them with force.
This kind of giant stone rain, thrown with immense strength, was deadly to airborne vehicles.
After the initial anxiety passed, Li Ye's mindset had actually gradually relaxed.
If things really didn't work out, they would simply give up on clashing head-on with the Giants and return to sea mode, cruising along the coastline in search of a new landing area.
But Xie Jie was truly unwilling to give up.
It was rare to encounter a Level 3 Mobile City, and there was a chance to clear out all the Giants in the city ruins. When the time came, the Seventh Division could take control of the entire city.
Such a massive victory—he simply couldn’t let go of it.
“Let’s hold on a little longer. We’ll think of a way,” he said earnestly.
A few minutes later, a voice came through the walkie-talkie from a member of the Seventh Division.
“, about a hundred Giants are heading toward your Tomorrow Alliance. Estimated time of arrival: ten-odd minutes. Please prepare for combat.”
As an intelligent Giant, the Commander Giant had clearly already noticed the human Mobile City on the coast. For that reason, he needed to repel it—or even destroy it.
Li Ye pondered for a moment before nodding.
“Then we’ll fight them.”
He then picked up the walkie-talkie and began issuing a series of orders.
The Tomorrow Alliance and the Seventh Division personnel equipped with Level 3 Firearms and Jetpacks boarded the Bullfrog Vehicles one after another, preparing for departure.
“Xie Jie, this group of around one hundred Giants must be hiding the Commander Giant, right?” he asked.
“Hard to say,” Xie Jie replied. “While linking mentally and controlling its companions, the Commander Giant also gains their vision. Commander Giants are extremely cautious and will never appear on the frontlines. They only hide in safe places.”
“That’s really troublesome.”
The Tomorrow activated City Camouflage, blending seamlessly into the surrounding environment. The Engineer headed off to seek refuge farther away.
Li Ye then boarded a gunship and flew toward the city.
To avoid being struck and downed by the rubble hurled by the Giants, the gunship would cruise at high altitude.
The high-altitude view was excellent, offering a complete panorama of the city.
Li Ye’s gaze quickly fell upon those roughly one hundred Giants.
They weren’t charging in formation but rather dispersed in small groups, heading toward the Tomorrow Alliance.
At first, Li Ye was puzzled, but he quickly figured it out.
The Commander Giant must have noticed when the Peacemaker executed the Giants earlier, hence why it commanded the Giants to spread out.
It had to be said, the shock effect of a volley from twelve Level 3 Cannons was quite formidable.
“Yang Zheng, this time it’s really tricky—we’re essentially fighting one hundred intelligent Giants,” Li Ye said. “Use the Electromagnetic Railgun freely, just focus on eliminating as many Giants as possible.”
“Understood.”
As the Bullfrog Vehicles began firing in succession, the combat personnel soared toward the city at remarkable speed.
With the aid of Jetpacks and Anchor Claws, they landed steadily throughout the city.
“Be careful. This time, you’re facing intelligent Giants,” Li Ye reminded them.
At the same time, he observed the situation in the city from above through the Observation Scope.
On a certain street, three Residential Giants were slowly advancing.
They no longer had lifeless eyes or silly grins—there was now a clear sense of alertness in their expressions.
Nearby, a five-man squad from the Seventh Division was darting between buildings at high speed, searching for firing positions.
The next second, all three Residential Giants reacted simultaneously.
They swiftly swung their arms, smashing down on the building where the squad was located! Several buildings were instantly flattened, dust billowing.
But that strike was narrowly evaded by the squad thanks to a sudden burst from their Jetpacks.
Once they regrouped atop a nearby skyscraper, they began firing in bursts.
Their target—was the Giants’ eyes.
However, this time, the three Residential Giants raised their arms in unison to shield their eyes.
The bullets from the Level 3 Firearms only shredded their arms into mangled flesh.
Simultaneously, the three Residential Giants charged at the building with sudden speed!
Within seconds, that skyscraper was brought down under their combined assault.
“They’re really tough...” Li Ye couldn’t help but shake his head.
This scene was playing out all across the city.
Humans and Giants had become locked in a drawn-out struggle.
Soon after, piercing waves of sound echoed from afar in the city.
The humans who had been engaged with the Giants were forced to cease combat and quickly seek cover, hands pressed over their ears.
Their eardrums throbbed in pain, and blood slowly trickled from their ears.
Li Ye immediately looked toward the source of the sound and spotted a Celebrity Giant.
This Celebrity Giant, by appearance, was a male around fifty years old.
He wore a crisp tailcoat, stood tall with a graceful posture, and had a long, elegant neck.
At that moment, he was singing at full volume, his expression vivid.
Flanking him were three Knight Giants clad in heavy armor and wielding massive spears and shields, guarding him tightly.
When the gunship opened fire from above, the Knight Giants raised their shields in unison to block the firepower.
Li Ye frowned slightly, then picked up the walkie-talkie.
“Yang Zheng, blast them.”
With the coordinates provided by Li Ye, Yang Zheng commanded the Peacemaker to open fire.
The Celebrity Giant and the Knight Giants were instantly engulfed in overwhelming firepower.
The obnoxious singing came to an abrupt stop.
With the obstruction gone, the combat personnel resumed their battle with the Giants.
Li Ye quickly sensed something was off.
The Giants at the frontline were unknowingly clustering together.
After thinking it through, he instantly realized the truth.
“All combat personnel, cease fighting immediately and get as far from that area as possible. If you can’t, find cover!”
Seconds later, the Giants in the distance simultaneously grabbed nearby building debris, crushed it into rubble, and hurled it toward that area.
In an instant, the sky became blanketed with countless dense black dots.
Rubble tore through the air like meteors, accompanied by sharp screeches as they slammed into the ground. Some were ablaze from friction, glowing red-hot, while others shattered mid-flight, becoming an even denser stone storm.
The area turned into a scene of complete apocalypse.
Skyscraper glass curtain walls shattered like fragile ice under impact, steel frames bent and snapped, and entire buildings collapsed with deafening roars.
Rows of buildings were collectively pierced, walls split open with jagged cracks, and dust and debris poured down like waterfalls.
Sidewalks and roads were blasted into deep craters, flying rubble swept across countless streets like buckshot.
The entire area was like a forge being hammered repeatedly by a divine giant—tremors rocked the ground, and dust filled the air.
Even the Giants within that area weren’t spared. The rain of rubble tore their bodies to pieces, blood and flesh flying.
But soon, their formidable regenerative abilities began to take effect.
Lure the enemy together, then execute by artillery.
The tactic used by the humans had been learned by the Commander Giant.
He first sent a portion of the Giants to the frontlines as bait, letting them gather intentionally or unintentionally, which in turn caused the humans fighting them to cluster together.
Then he quickly manipulated the distant Giants to collectively hurl a rain of rubble.
Li Ye couldn’t help but let out a sigh.
From the moment he realized what was happening and gave the warning, to the Giants launching the rubble strike, only a few seconds had passed.
The combat personnel definitely wouldn’t have been able to react in time.
Even if they did manage to react and hid inside buildings, those buildings had already been ravaged by years of decay and were completely incapable of withstanding a rubble bombardment.
There were bound to be casualties this time—and not a small number.
With his command, the gunships launched bombing runs from high altitude, thoroughly eliminating the wounded Giants.
The Commander Giant still didn’t dare to direct the remaining Giants to charge in formation.
Because the cannon bombardment from the Peacemaker was simply too intimidating.
If the Giants dared to charge en masse, it would amount to a collective execution.
But if they advanced while scattered, they would have to confront humans equipped with Level 3 Firearms and Jetpacks.
In the meantime, they also had to endure the Peacemaker’s Electromagnetic Railgun bombardment, the gunship strikes, and the Iron Whale equipped with the Crusher Jaws.
Up to this point, the Iron Whale had already executed seven Giants.
This defensive-type city equipped with the Crusher Jaws had practically become the reaper of Giants.
Any Giant that was rammed head-on would become a mangled corpse within seconds—so broken it defied description.
The intense trauma inflicted in such a short time completely prevented the Giants from using their powerful regenerative abilities.
And as he watched one Giant after another being shredded and torn apart, Fang Yong, that burly man, couldn’t help but let out a low hum.
The Giants had tried to destroy the Iron Whale and the Peacemaker, but the two vehicles covered each other in perfect coordination, supported by the combat personnel’s firepower and assistance from the gunships.
On top of that, the Tomorrow would occasionally provide supporting fire, alongside Convoy One and Two and the Black Hawk Helicopters working in concert, which shattered the Giants’ momentum several times.
In the end, only a few scattered Giants were forced to retreat back to the city center.
Seeing all this, Li Ye quietly let out a sigh of relief.
This battle clearly wasn’t as difficult as he had imagined.
The gunships cruising at high altitude soon began their return.
As one of the gunships landed on the deck, Li Ye stepped out of the cabin.
He immediately began tallying the casualties.
Half an hour later, he received the .
This time, the Tomorrow Alliance and the Seventh Division had suffered a casualty rate of 23%.