A Guide to Farming in a Mobile City
Chapter 45: Ants Moving Home

Li Ye couldn’t bear to look away for a moment.

High defense, amphibious, self-repairing, and equipped with its own weapons.

This level-2 vehicle was simply amazing!

Most importantly, it was a finished product, ready to use the moment it was exchanged.

If it were just a blueprint, Tomorrow wouldn’t be able to build it anytime soon.

“No matter what, I have to redeem this level-2 item!” Li Ye thought to himself. “Come to think of it, this intelligence really is excellent.”

In a battle with an enemy Mobile City, this Storm Infantry Vehicle would undoubtedly play an unimaginable role.

It could be deployed as a vital combat unit, its high defense allowing it to charge through enemy machine gun and cannon fire, while its amphibious capability made it more flexible in combat.

Then, reluctantly, he looked at the level-1 items again.

No wonder it was a neutral Wild BOSS — the level-1 items it offered were far more valuable than those from neutral caravans or Monstrous Towns.

The level-1 defensive building, Goblin Fortress, required only 100 units of iron ore and could be constructed nearby with a mechanical arm into a sturdy fortress, complete with heavy machine guns and cannons for defense. This was extremely useful when the Mobile City needed to defend a fixed location in a positional battle.

The level-1 firearm, Goblin Bandit Machine Gun, forged from 60 units of iron ore, had astonishing firepower against Zombie Swarms and monsters — although still slightly inferior to the heavy machine gun.

The level-1 City Sail and level-1 Steam Bed Crossbow went without saying, and this time it even offered the blueprint for a level-1 cannon.

As for level-1 alloy and level-1 Vein Crystals, those were also on Li Ye’s wishlist.

Greedy as he was, Li Ye couldn’t help but sigh.

Although these items were valuable, they were also extremely expensive.

Especially the Storm Infantry Vehicle, which shockingly cost a whopping 28,000 Contribution Points.

Sir Henry even cheerfully reminded him that the availability period this time was only three days.

Li Ye suddenly felt overwhelmed.

Back in Spore Town, after three days of exhausting effort, he had only managed to save up eight or nine thousand Contribution Points. How could he possibly gather 28,000?

“Sigh, if I can’t collect enough, I’ll at least try to redeem the level-1 alloy first.” He sighed.

After all, level-1 alloy was one of the materials required for upgrading to a level-2 city.

Before leaving, Li Ye worriedly glanced at this Wild BOSS.

There was no doubt that others would soon discover this Wild BOSS and start frantically collecting coins and artwork.

But the Storm Infantry Vehicle was a unique offer — Sir Henry had opened it only to him, meaning no competition.

Still, the pressure on Li Ye was immense, since he had to gather 28,000 Contribution Points in just three days.

The situation in this city ruin was extremely complex. Not only were there Goblin forces and the Predatory Cities Alliance, but also many lone-wolf Mobile Cities, Survivor Caravans, Bounty Hunters, and communities.

With too many wolves and too little meat, competition would become extremely intense.

Everyone would fight tooth and nail over the coins, even to the point of bloodshed.

Li Ye didn’t even dare to hope he could redeem one or two other items — he just hoped to grab whatever he could.

After returning to Tomorrow, Li Ye immediately gathered the crew.

Except for the Helmsman and the Lookout, everyone else was mobilized to search the city ruins for Goblin Coins and precious artwork.

Following the appearance of Sir Henry, the Wild BOSS, a large number of Goblin Coins had been scattered throughout the city.

These coins were about the same size as human currency, but the image on the front was of a grinning Goblin in a top hat, flashing a set of gleaming white teeth.

As for the precious artworks, these referred to valuable paintings, antiques, collectibles, and the like. In the post-apocalyptic world, no one had cared about these things, let alone collected them.

But now, they had suddenly become extremely valuable.

Li Ye dispatched all the personnel he could mobilize to search the nearby streets and alleys for Goblin Coins.

As for Convoy One and Convoy Two, he sent them out to search for museums, galleries, and similar buildings in the city to see if they could find any precious artworks.

An hour later, Li Ye reviewed the current results.

The scattered Goblin Coins in the city were decent in number — every few minutes, they could usually find one or two. With luck, they might even discover a Goblin Coin Pouch, which contained 5–10 Goblin Coins.

So far, Li Ye had collected a total of 58 Goblin Coins.

As for Convoys One and Two, they had found a rusted knight’s helmet in a wealthy villa.

A team member brought it to Sir Henry on a motorcycle and exchanged it for 50 Goblin Coins.

Li Ye couldn’t help but frown.

At the rate of collecting fifty to sixty coins per hour, plus maybe one artwork, they would be lucky to bring in 100 Goblin Coins per hour.

Even with a three-shift rotation running 24 hours a day, at most they could gather 7,200 Goblin Coins in three days.

And that was assuming they could find one artwork every hour — in reality, the number of Goblin Coins they could acquire would be even lower.

What made his mood even worse was the news from Convoys One and Two: many people in the city had already discovered Sir Henry, and the news was spreading.

According to the convoy members, the teams, Mobile Cities, and Bounty Hunters they passed on the way were all frantically searching for coins and artwork.

Li Ye’s expression grew increasingly grim.

If he thought about it carefully, the most advantaged competitor among them was undoubtedly the “Tarot” Predatory Cities Alliance.

They had brought seven full Predatory Cities here, with abundant manpower and resources, allowing them to search for coins at will, assault Goblin strongholds, and destroy Goblin Mobile Cities and fortresses.

Most of the good things Sir Henry offered would end up being snatched by them.

Three hours later.

Li Ye gloomily counted the Goblin Coins he had gathered.

Only 143 coins.

And during this time, luck had been terrible — they hadn’t found a single artwork.

Additionally, Convoy Two brought back more news.

The Goblin Fortress standing in the city had already fallen, and that Goblin Mobile City had also been destroyed.

“This must be the work of the Tarot Alliance,” Li Ye said.

For the united Predatory Cities Alliance, this kind of task was incredibly easy.

Not only could they obtain iron ore, coal, fuel, and other resources from the fortress and Mobile City, but they would also receive a total of 4,000 Contribution Points — enough to redeem two or three level-1 items.

Combined with the Goblins, fortresses, machine gun nests, and cannon emplacements destroyed during combat, they could accumulate a massive amount of Contribution Points.

Just as Li Ye looked on in frustration, a voice sounded behind him.

“Perhaps... we might have a way to gather 28,000 Contribution Points.”

Li Ye turned to see that it was Lin Wu.

“Looks like you already have an idea. Let’s hear it,” he raised an eyebrow.

Lin Wu pushed up his glasses and said softly.

“The method I’m thinking of... is to move like ants.”