A Guide to Farming in a Mobile City-Chapter 192 : Monster Civilization in the Level 4 Zone

Chapter 192: Monster Civilization in the Level 4 Zone
Carefully thinking about it, it was probably because they realized the situation was unfavorable and that they had suffered severe damage, so the enemy chose to retreat.
After all, their aerial forces were tied down, their mobile city combat cluster and land forces were completely wiped out. This Level 3 city was now isolated and helpless. If they did not flee, they would truly become lambs awaiting slaughter.
High above, the outcome of the battle between both sides’ fighter jets had already been decided.
The defenders at the A9 checkpoint destroyed two enemy fighter jets and one bomber at the cost of losing one of their own aircraft.
The remaining enemy fighters chose to retreat.
Although one aircraft was lost, the pilot survived by ejecting from the cockpit.
In the following time, Li Ye became extremely busy.
First, he had to arrange for personnel to recover the city’s vehicles and the wreckage of mobile cities, sending them to the steelworks to be reforged into iron and steel.
Second, he had to confirm which vehicles and projects would be produced next.
Third, he had to arrange for men to collect the loot dropped by the Hyenafolk. Counting the mobile city combatants and the land forces, this battle wiped out more than a thousand Hyenafolk in total, producing an immensely abundant harvest of loot and resources.
Ten minutes later, one combat personnel responsible for searching the Hyenafolk loot hurried back.
“Lord, we’ve found something good!” he exclaimed, waving a newly acquired blueprint in his hand excitedly.
Li Ye grew curious.
“What kind of blueprint could make him so excited?” he thought.
When he took the blueprint and looked at it, he froze.
【Item Name: General-purpose Drone】
【Level: Level 3】
【Attached Effects: 1. Mobility +30% 2. Energy consumption -10%】
【Crafting Requirements: 20 units of Level 3 Iron Ore, 5 units of Level 3 Precision Flying Vehicle Components】
【Note: By collecting various drone parts and weapons, you can enhance the drone.】
“This really is a good find.”
The applications of drones were simply too broad.
First, they could be equipped with reconnaissance modules to conduct low-altitude scouting.
Second, they could be fitted with light machine guns, micro missile launchers, or high explosives, capable of precision strikes against enemy buildings, vehicles, and personnel.
Third, they could be issued to special forces for various unconventional operations.
Fourth, they could secretly transport key supplies, or even be used in the mobile city itself during downtime for tasks like delivering packages and food.
Caught up in these possibilities, Li Ye couldn’t help but grip the blueprint tightly.
On Blue Star, drones had already been deployed extensively on the battlefield, even transforming the entire land warfare system.
In some regions, both sides of the battlefield had already begun employing drones heavily, launching bombardments against enemy fortresses and military facilities.
As long as the Tomorrow Alliance used them properly, drones could become devastating weapons on the battlefield.
And their production cost was not high, allowing for mass production.
Thinking of this, Li Ye couldn’t help but grow contemplative.
Level 3 precision components required not only iron ore and copper ore, but also silver ore.
In the future, the Tomorrow Alliance’s demand for silver ore would greatly increase.
Not long after, another combat personnel returned with a new blueprint.
The moment Li Ye saw it, his eyes lit up.
【Item Name: RKG-3 Anti-armor Grenade】
【Level: Level 3】
【Attached Effects: 1. Explosion radius +30% 2. +20% damage against vehicle-type targets】
【Crafting Requirements: 5 units of Level 3 Iron Ore, 3 units of Level 3 Gunpowder】
“Another great find!” he exclaimed in amazement.
With this, his special forces equipped with jetpacks and camouflage combat uniforms would have their combat strength raised to an even higher tier.
Although he was excited, Li Ye also realized a problem.
Special forces only performed exceptionally well in ruined city terrain. If placed on open plains, their effectiveness would be greatly reduced.
“In the end, they can’t be used as the main combat force on the battlefield,” he sighed.
But in the current Southern Continent, littered with ruined cities, special forces could still play an immense role.
Aside from anti-vehicle Level 3 grenades, Li Ye also hoped to obtain anti-infantry Level 3 Fragmentation Grenades, as well as the even more powerful Level 3 C4 Explosives.
While Li Ye was still fervently busy handling matters, an unusual disturbance arose somewhere in the Southern Continent.
The Yan Desert Zone suddenly began to tremble faintly, the tremors seemingly emanating from deep underground.
As a Level 4 zone, the Yan Desert Zone possessed an environment of extreme hostility.
Its average temperature reached over 3,000 degrees.
This meant that any ordinary lifeform stepping into the Yan Desert Zone would instantly vaporize.
To all outsiders, this was a barren, lifeless land.
Yet, there were still signs of life within.
Amidst the lava ravines and endless sea of sand in the Yan Desert Zone, there existed a Level 4 Monster Civilization—the Fire Elemental Civilization.
The Fire Elementals had no flesh and blood. They were composed of superheated plasma, molten cores, and blazing willpower.
In this extreme land, they had built a realm of their own.
The Fire Elementals had no firearms, no vehicles, and no mobile cities.
Their greatest weapon was themselves.
Their bodies radiated temperatures above 1,000 degrees. Any target they touched would instantly be reduced to charcoal.
Due to their unique forms, they were exceedingly difficult to eliminate with conventional weapons.
Even if reduced to the tiniest ember, as long as they were given flame and heat, they could be reborn anew.
The Fire Elementals were not a single kind.
For example, the Blazing Guardians, towering a hundred meters tall.
The Blazing Archers, capable of firing flame arrows from a distance.
The Blazing Raiders, swift and agile in movement.
In the deepest part of the Yan Desert Zone, their ruler lay dormant.
In a sense, the Fire Elemental Civilization was also a Super Monstrous Civilization capable of sweeping across the entire continent.
But compared to the Giant Civilization or the Zombie Civilization, the Fire Elemental Civilization was unexpectedly restrained.
They guarded only their patch of land within the Yan Desert Zone.
The extremely hostile environment ensured that the Yan Desert Zone remained free of invasion by other monster civilizations in the Southern Continent, and even inspired fear in them.
However, the Yan Desert Zone still had occasional visitors.
That was Level 4 and above Human Mobile Cities.
The abundant wild resources within the Yan Desert Zone lured them in droves.
To adapt to the zone’s intense heat, these mobile cities had undergone a series of modifications.
Surprisingly, the Fire Elemental Civilization showed a peaceful stance toward these intruders.
As long as the human mobile cities did not act excessively, the Fire Elementals turned a blind eye.
This monster civilization understood a truth.
It was never weakness or humility that caused a civilization’s downfall—rather, arrogance and hubris were.
Therefore, when it came to outside contact, the Fire Elemental Civilization remained extraordinarily cautious.
The greatest reason was the continent-wide war between humans and monsters that had shaken them decades ago.
That war had swept across the entire Southern Continent, nearly reducing the land to ashes.
Within a single year, the human forces had constructed the continent-level project—the “Great Wall.”
For over fifty years since, the Great Wall had stood in the continent’s central region, forcibly dividing the East and West.
The monster side, victorious in the end, had rapidly rebuilt the Southern Continent in a short time.
What terrified the Fire Elementals was that both the human and monster sides had deliberately held back their strength during that war.
Both sides had limited their forces to within Level 3.
Before the war began, the first consideration was not how to annihilate the enemy, but how to avoid escalation into an uncontrollable conflict—one that could even spark a global war.
The true strength of world-class human and monster organizations was far beyond imagination.
As a Level 4 Monster Civilization, the Fire Elemental Civilization was powerful, yet for both sides to wipe it out would be as effortless as brushing a grain of sand from the table.
What horrified the Fire Elementals most was that they could not even imagine what method would be used to destroy them.
Thus, they chose humility.
The monster world-class organization “Natural Selection” had noticed the Fire Elemental Civilization long ago and extended an invitation.
But the ruler of the Fire Elemental Civilization had cautiously and humbly declined the invitation from Natural Selection.
The envoy sent by Natural Selection was not particularly angry about this.
“What a pity. One Elemental Civilization has already joined our organization and is wholeheartedly serving us,” he said with slight regret. “You too could have achieved great things within Natural Selection.”
Most Fire Elementals led boring lives, wandering aimlessly in the Yan Desert Zone day after day.
Sometimes they gathered in groups, merging into a colossal Fire Elemental, shaping themselves into flying birds, roaming beasts, or even mobile cities.
Sometimes they converged into a vast sea of flame, surging and flowing across the Yan Desert Zone. Yet they always obeyed the rules, never leaving the zone on their own.
After playing around, the Fire Elementals dispersed again, continuing their aimless wandering.
They needed no rest, no food or drink, and faced no threats to survival.
Today, their lives were the same as ever.
They too felt the tremors from underground, gazing at each other in puzzlement.
The yellow sands of the Yan Desert Zone trembled in silence.
At first, it was just faint ripples, like invisible hands stirring the surface of water. Then the entire desert convulsed like a human body in spasm.
The sand boiled, the horizon warped into waves, and an immense pressure surged upward from the Earth’s core.
Suddenly, a fissure ripped open the ground, stretching hundreds of meters.
Amid the thunderous roar of sand collapsing into the depths, a massive claw, hundreds of meters wide, emerged and clutched the edge of the crack.
Next, a colossal beast roared as it burst out from underground.
Its eyes blazed like scorching suns, smoke billowed from its mouth, and its body was as towering as a mountain.
That was none other than the “Fire-Eater” Gidun.
After resting deep within the mantle layer for a long time, this Emperor-class Monster had returned to the surface.
Shaking off the sand, Gidun narrowed his eyes slightly.
The Yan Desert Zone’s extreme environment was, in fact, quite comfortable for him.
The Fire Elementals exchanged wary glances and retreated cautiously.
But Gidun paid them no mind. Instead, he voraciously absorbed the heat energy of the Yan Desert Zone.
The molten patterns across his obsidian-like body grew brighter and brighter.
This Emperor-class Monster seemed to be gathering power in preparation for something.
By the lake in the Basin Region, the Tomorrow was continuously drawing water.
After all, with the population suddenly surging to around 10,000, daily water demand had spiked sharply.
Since they were not near the ocean, the Tomorrow had no endless supply of water, and freshwater rationing was required.
At present, the Tomorrow had no Level 3 Water Tower production project, so Li Ye had no choice but to build multiple Level 2 Water Towers to expand the city’s storage capacity.
To accelerate steel production, Li Ye had also built a steelworks for the Engineer.
As an engineering-type mobile city, the Engineer’s personnel were already accustomed to engineering training, so they quickly adapted to forging metal.
With two steelworks operating simultaneously, the Tomorrow Alliance’s efficiency in producing Level 3 steel increased substantially.
Li Ye first produced two City Camouflage Devices in the Production Workshop and assigned them to the Peacemaker and the Stellar.
Thus, all five of the Tomorrow Alliance’s mobile cities were now equipped with Level 3 City Camouflage.
Back when he had built City Camouflage Devices for the Iron Whale and the Engineer, Li Ye had already applied an Energy-saving Blueprint to this project, greatly reducing its energy consumption.
Li Ye was also considering how best to utilize the Basin Region’s metal resources.
Beyond producing land and air combat vehicles, the Tomorrow’s internal construction also required Level 3 steel.
Seizing this rare moment of steel abundance, Li Ye decided to build four more Energy Windmill Arrays to achieve energy independence.
With five Energy Windmill Arrays combined, the city’s daily energy output was considerable.
For the Tomorrow, this meant not only sufficient energy, but also surplus.
This surplus city energy would be used to provide electricity for residents.
Moreover, the Tomorrow would open household appliance stores, selling various appliances to the residents.
The Tomorrow already had several household appliance projects. After the naval battle in the Taranis Ocean, they had also seized some projects from the Naga City.
Li Ye had even asked his companions for additional projects.
As a result, the Tomorrow now possessed a well-rounded household appliance program.
The reason for supplying electricity and selling appliances was twofold: to improve the residents’ living standards and to make Contribution Points more valuable, motivating people to work harder for the Tomorrow.
Most of these household appliance projects were ordinary or Level 1, with a few Level 2 among them.
Li Ye had no strict requirements, as long as the appliances could meet the residents’ daily needs.
He gathered Lin Wu and the City Committee members to announce this plan.
The City Committee members were delighted and showed great initiative.
“So how soon can electricity use be implemented, Lord?” someone asked.
“Within this week,” Li Ye replied.
Since the Basin Region’s metal resources were flowing in endlessly, they could extract as much as they liked.
Whether for military preparedness or daily life, as long as it could improve things, they would build it.
The prices for household appliances and electricity per kilowatt-hour were quickly decided.
Out of caution, Li Ye decided to limit each person’s electricity usage at the start.
Once the City Committee had tallied daily electricity consumption and confirmed that it would not affect the Tomorrow’s operations, resident electricity use would gradually be opened up.