Life on a Mobile City

A few days later.

On the Watchtower, Li Ye lowered his binoculars and narrowed his eyes as he felt the gentle breeze blowing toward him.

The past two days had been unexpectedly peaceful. They had not encountered a single monster.

Yet his heart had not relaxed much because of it.

The Wasteland Zone would be completely destroyed in three months.

This matter was like a Sword of Damocles, hanging over his heart at every moment.

Tomorrow urgently needed to develop, yet they had discovered no resources these past two days.

Realizing that his thoughts had grown somewhat anxious, he quickly shook his head.

"Don't let your mood get too bad. This new day has only just begun."

Then, from the Watchtower, he looked down over the entire Tomorrow.

As a Level 1 City, Tomorrow was approximately 125 meters long and 80 meters wide, usually traveling at a speed of 10 to 30 kilometers per hour.

It was divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower.

The upper level was the Noble District, occupying roughly 5% of the entire Mobile City's space. The Noble District enjoyed the best sunlight and air, as well as a small garden, an observation deck, and several spacious rooms. The former lord, his family, and his trusted aides had lived here. Incidentally, the Watchtower where Li Ye stood was also located on the upper level.

The middle level was the Commoner and Living District. It was the largest area, occupying about 70% of the entire Mobile City's space. The residential area, farmland, Water Tower, warehouses, and other facilities were located here. The rooms on the middle level were nowhere near as spacious as those above, with each room measuring only nine square meters.

The lower level was the Power and Slave District, taking up 25% of the space. It housed the city's power system, fuel chamber, cockpit, Production Workshop, warehouses, and crane.

Generally speaking, a Level 1 Mobile City had a standard maximum population capacity of one thousand people.

In truth, it could hold even more, as long as everyone squeezed in a little tighter.

However, in reality, few Level 1 Cities ever reached the standard population of one thousand. After all, this was a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where the pressure of survival greeted them the moment they woke each day. More people meant greater consumption of Food and Fresh Water, while a Mobile City's resources were limited to begin with.

As he descended the Watchtower, Li Ye casually swept his gaze across the upper level.

He, Old Zhou, and the others now lived on the upper level. Not only were the rooms spacious, but they also had furniture such as wardrobes, desks, and bedside tables. Their living conditions had improved vastly compared to when they had been slaves. Li Ye currently occupied the lord's room, which not only had a Simmons Bed, but even a private bathroom.

When his gaze passed over the small garden and observation deck, Li Ye frowned slightly.

To him, those two places were truly somewhat superfluous.

Space on a Mobile City was limited to begin with. Instead of keeping the small garden and observation deck in a place with such excellent sunlight, they might as well tear them down and turn the area into farmland for growing food.

Following the gangway, Li Ye slowly made his way toward the middle level.

Along the way, he passed several busy people. They were the newcomers cleaning Tomorrow.

Tomorrow was still short on manpower. The newcomers were not only responsible for gathering resources, but also for tending the fields and handling cleaning work in their spare time.

Li Ye also glanced at the fields, which were filled with pale blue leaves—the Blue Heart Potato Seeds planted a few days ago. In a few more days, they would be ready for harvest.

As he wandered around, Li Ye took a bun from his pocket and began chewing on it.

Because supplies were limited, Tomorrow could currently only implement the Supply Ration System. Normal Residents received one unit of Freshwater, one bun, and two potatoes each day.

Combat Personnel, meanwhile, could receive two units of Freshwater and six buns or potatoes.

Specialized personnel such as Combat Captains, helmsmen, mechanics, and lookouts received even more.

Of the twelve people who had followed Li Ye in the uprising, Tang Fang was the helmsman. Old Zhou served as his deputy while also acting as Combat Captain. Li Ye had assigned the rest as Combat Personnel, responsible for fighting outside and maintaining order aboard Tomorrow.

At that moment, Old Zhou was leading several Companions on patrol. Li Ye gave them a slight nod, then continued eating his bun.

In the apocalypse, development was only possible with a trustworthy core group.

Before long, he reached the lower level. He had barely taken a few steps when he heard Tang Fang's excited cry from the cockpit.

"You're amazing, Brother Lin! Following your method, setting up the autopilot program was so much easier!"

Li Ye entered the cockpit. Tang Fang stood excitedly before the control console, while Lin Wu, the bespectacled young man Li Ye had just recruited, stood beside him.

The little girl Lin Wu had brought with him, Xiao Yao, was there as well.

She held the wheelchair behind Lin Wu. Upon seeing Li Ye, she timidly shrank back—she had happened to hear him say that day, "If you two can't prove useful, I really will throw you both off."

Li Ye looked at Lin Wu with surprise.

Over the past few days, Lin Wu had not disappointed him. He had kept Tomorrow's maintenance work in perfect order.

What surprised him even more was that Lin Wu was actually capable of serving as a helmsman. He knew every step of the operating procedures by heart and could even teach Tang Fang how to set up driving programs.

This man might become an enormous help in Tomorrow's future development. If only his body were healthy!

As Li Ye silently watched Lin Wu, a trace of regret flashed through his eyes. Over the past few days, he had seen Lin Wu cough up blood more than once.

Considering that being a helmsman required remaining on duty for long periods and consumed a great deal of energy, while Lin Wu's health was far too poor, Li Ye ultimately did not appoint him as helmsman. Instead, he decided to select and train another person from Tomorrow himself.

That way, the new helmsman could take turns driving Tomorrow with Tang Fang and ease his burden.

Although they could set up an autopilot program, Tang Fang still had to remain in the cockpit at all times while Tomorrow was on autopilot in order to prevent anything from going wrong.

In fact, since taking over the position of helmsman, Tang Fang had never left the cockpit except to use the toilet. He even ate and slept here.

Naturally, the new helmsman would be chosen from among his own people. Though the newly recruited newcomers all seemed capable enough, Li Ye did not dare take the risk.

He then called the Companion he had selected into the cockpit and had Lin Wu and Tang Fang teach him.

In addition, the Companion assigned as lookout had also voiced his own thoughts to Li Ye.

Rather than serving as a lookout, he wanted to become Combat Personnel and charge into battle alongside Old Zhou and the others. That day, as he watched Li Ye and Old Zhou spray the Snake People with Assault Rifles, he had been itching with envy atop the Watchtower.

Li Ye agreed to his request and said he would find a way to recruit a lookout as soon as possible.

After completing this series of arrangements, Li Ye brought up the system panel.

Now, a new round of intelligence had refreshed.

This time, it had refreshed one ordinary report, one excellent report, two rare reports, one outstanding report, and one Epic Intelligence Report!

The first five intelligence reports had already been clearly listed, while the Epic Intelligence Report was still refreshing.

Li Ye quickly began reading the new intelligence reports.