Li Jin's Ill-Fated Memories (3.2K)
Li Ye couldn't help but freeze.
"Killing one Goblin can drop a luxury-car blueprint? What kind of luck do you have?"
The bounty hunter scratched his head.
"I don't know. I've always been lucky."
Li Ye took the Rolls-Royce Blueprint from him and fell into deep thought.
To think I'd cross over into a post-apocalyptic wasteland and actually have a Rolls-Royce to drive. My life really is getting better!
But after thinking it over, he realized that this luxury car wasn't practical in the wasteland. It consumed too much fuel and required frequent maintenance.
With just fifty more units of Iron Ore, he could build a Level 1 Off-road Vehicle.
He immediately shook his head.
"No."
Next, he looked toward the Goblin Helicopter.
Item Name: Goblin Combat Helicopter Item Level: Level 1 Additional Effect: Speed +10% Materials Required: 150 units of Iron Ore (Level 1), 10 units of Air Vehicle Parts (Level 1) Note: The Production Workshop does not possess the blueprint for this item, so it cannot be manufactured.
For a Mobile City, an aircraft was extremely valuable.
It could not only carry out missions such as reconnaissance and aerial fire support for the Mobile City, but its deck could also provide a place for the aircraft to land and refuel. The two could support each other, producing tremendous results.
In the end, the bounty hunter bundled the helicopter together with its blueprint and sold them to Li Ye for 3,000 Crystal Coins.
Earning 3,000 Crystal Coins from one trip was extremely profitable. For the time being, he planned to relax properly.
In fact, Li Ye could also have chosen to kill and rob them.
But considering the current size of Tomorrow, there was no need to do something like that.
If he wanted Li Ye to take action, there had to be at least a whole row of helicopters.
"Pleasure doing business with you." He shook the bounty hunter's hand and prepared to leave.
The other man hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Wait. You seem like a decent person, and you didn't try to rob me out here in the wilderness. I'll give you this blueprint I got in the canyon as well!"
"Hm?"
Li Ye turned back in surprise.
The bounty hunter pulled another blueprint from his clothes.
Item Name: Streamlined Wetsuit Item Level: Common Additional Effect: None Materials Required: 50 units of Cloth (Level 1)
"Oh?" His eyes immediately lit up.
To the bounty hunter, this was merely an ordinary blueprint that did little to improve his own strength. At most, it could be sold for a few hundred Crystal Coins.
But to a Mobile City, its benefits were enormous. It would definitely come in handy once they went out to sea, and sometimes it was impossible to find one even if they wanted to collect it.
He thanked the other man and accepted the blueprint.
After returning to the deck, Li Ye took the two blueprints from his clothes and examined them.
Although the Wetsuit Blueprint was only of common quality, it was already an excellent functional item.
The Rolls-Royce Blueprint, while impractical, could be entered into the Production Workshop's collection.
In fact, he rather enjoyed collecting blueprints. It was like a player collecting an illustrated catalog of various equipment and items in an online game.
Most importantly, he could actually manufacture the things in the catalog.
Li Ye soon made up his mind.
In the future, whenever he had some spare money, he would collect more blueprints. Even if he never used them, merely seeing them arranged in rows inside the Production Workshop was pleasing to the eye.
Then he reached into his pocket and touched it wistfully.
After all that spending, his Crystal Coins were nearly depleted again.
Over the next period of time, he used the Lifting Platform to move the Goblin Helicopter onto Tomorrow's deck, then arranged for Lin Wu to inspect it.
After checking it over, Lin Wu discovered that only the bolts around the propeller had come loose. Once they were tightened, the helicopter could fly.
After conducting a cautious study, the two discovered that the Goblin Helicopter was unexpectedly easy to operate.
Its instrument panel was far simpler than a human one, making everything clear at a glance. Its control system consisted of little more than a collective lever, a cyclic stick, rudder pedals, and a throttle.
Li Ye even found a Goblin idiot's guide to helicopters inside it.
Under his careful operation, the helicopter actually managed to take off.
However, because of its crude construction, it looked as though it might fall apart at any moment while flying.
Li Ye flew the helicopter around the ground at low altitude for several laps before returning to the upper deck.
During that time, he took special care to inspect the helicopter's firepower. It had two machine guns mounted on its left and right wings, while its bomb bay held six bombs.
As a Level 1 vehicle, it was very fast, but its construction was extremely fragile. It could easily be pierced by gunfire, causing the fuel tank to catch fire and explode.
Still, for the Goblins, this already counted as a fairly impressive aerial combat force.
Over the next period of time, Li Ye ordered Tomorrow to head toward the Rotting Lands to collect the small Oil Field.
Because the Oil Field was located underground and could not be seen from the surface at all, he could only send Lin Wu out with the outdated petroleum exploration equipment in the warehouse to conduct a survey nearby.
After confirming the location, an opening appeared at the bottom of Tomorrow. An old automated drilling rig extended out and began slowly rotating into the ground. Its hydraulic drill bit roared as it tore through the rock strata, eventually reaching the oil-bearing layer.
An oil pipeline extended from the drilling rig and began siphoning the petroleum. The thick oil was then pumped into the fuel tanks inside the Mobile City.
Because the Oil Field was small, the work was finished in just half an hour.
Li Ye took stock of their gains.
There were 231 units of petroleum in total.
Petroleum could be processed into fuel through the Production Workshop, and fuel was the best resource for replenishing a Mobile City's energy. Not only that, but the Off-road Vehicle and Goblin Helicopter also required fuel.
Considering that Tomorrow might unlock the plastic project in the future, and that manufacturing plastic required petroleum, coupled with the fact that Tomorrow's energy was currently within the safe range, Li Ye did not process the petroleum. Instead, he stored it away.
After that, he set out for Roland Fortress and began preparing for the most important matter at hand—attacking Gross Mine.
Azure and Conqueror were still undergoing repairs and preparations inside the fortress. Li Ye quickly found Li Jin and Lei Jian and told them the news.
Upon learning that another Wild BOSS had appeared, Li Jin and Lei Jian were both startled. Their eyes then instantly grew feverish.
They had already witnessed the drops from a Wild BOSS.
"This time, we'll still need to cooperate wholeheartedly like before," Li Ye said.
Seeing Li Jin and Lei Jian nod, a trace of relief flashed through his eyes.
Fortunately, Azure and Conqueror happened to be there, and everyone had worked together once before, so they could still trust each other. Otherwise, Tomorrow alone truly would not be able to take Gross Mine. Not to mention obtaining the City Advancement Blueprint.
"By the way, where is Gross Mine? Which of you has information about it?" Lei Jian asked.
Li Ye immediately looked at Li Jin.
The information had only provided news of the Wild BOSS's appearance. It had not mentioned the location of Gross Mine.
Only Azure, which had once suffered defeat at Gross Mine, knew where Gross Mine was and what monsters guarded it.
Whenever Gross Mine was mentioned, an expression appeared on Li Jin's face as though he had been chased and bitten by a pack of vicious dogs.
According to him, Gross Mine lay 180 kilometers northwest of Roland Fortress.
It was a sizable mountain range rich in mineral resources.
The monsters guarding Gross Mine were Goblins.
"Goblins?" Li Ye asked in surprise.
On the wasteland, Goblins were considered the most common Level 1 Monster.
They were short, devious, and cowardly, with green skin and a pair of narrow red eyes.
They were among the weakest monsters and could be killed with ease.
Moreover, the drops from these Level 1 Monsters were terrible. Most of the time, they dropped only one or two Crystal Coins, or nothing at all. If one was lucky, they might drop some Iron Ore and Cloth.
"Goblins alone managed to damage Azure that badly?" Lei Jian asked skeptically.
Li Jin quickly shook his head.
"You don't know how absurd the Goblins there are," he said. "Listen carefully."
When Gross Mine was first discovered, Li Jin and the people of Azure were overjoyed.
After all, a mine produced several times more resources than a Mine.
It might even produce a series of Rare Ore Veins, along with even more precious crystals.
Especially after discovering that the monsters guarding the mine were merely Goblins, they were ecstatic.
Compared with Snake People and Boar People, such monsters were utterly insignificant.
Considering how complicated conditions in the wilderness were, with accidents liable to happen at any moment, it was possible that another Mobile City might discover the mine. To avoid unnecessary delays, Azure quickly mobilized its combat personnel and began attacking Gross Mine.
However, as soon as the battle began, everyone sensed that something was wrong.
The Goblins of Gross Mine quickly assembled and began firing back with artillery and Heavy Machine Guns.
What they had built on the mine was not just tunnels, but also vast numbers of trenches, fortresses, and other defensive structures.
The Goblins were highly trained and extremely numerous. Their artillery and Heavy Machine Guns were impossible to count, and the dense web of fire instantly swept over Azure.
They had even sent out rows of helicopters to strafe and bomb Azure's deck.
Whenever a helicopter was shot down, the Goblins would heroically pilot it into Azure.
For a time, everyone aboard Azure felt as if the entire mine was firing at them.
Meanwhile, their Heavy Machine Guns and artillery inflicted limited damage, because most of the Goblins were hiding inside trenches and fortresses, while their own Heavy Machine Guns and artillery were often positioned at elevated locations.
What terrified them even more was that the Goblins brought out two Level 1 Artillery pieces.
Li Jin immediately ordered Azure to retreat at full speed.
However, one Level 1 Artillery shell still struck Azure, instantly making the entire Mobile City tremble.
Azure barely escaped with its life.
When they tallied the losses afterward, the entire Mobile City had suffered severe damage, and there had been heavy casualties. Li Jin himself had even been seriously injured and knocked unconscious at the time.
Even now that he had recovered, Li Jin still felt shaken whenever he brought it up.
After hearing the story, Li Ye and Lei Jian exchanged a glance, solemnity appearing in their eyes.
They had not expected Gross Mine's defenses to be so outrageous.
"Looks like we need to think this through carefully," Lei Jian sighed.
"So this Goblin Helicopter came from Gross Mine." Li Ye suddenly understood.
He thought for a moment before speaking.
"Tomorrow has a helicopter. I can send it to reconnoiter the mine, figure out the positions of their fortresses and artillery, and then join the battle," he suggested.
Li Jin and Lei Jian were instantly stunned upon hearing this.
"What? You actually have a helicopter?"
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