Wasteland Area Map?!

"I'll take this one as my priority too!"

Without a word, Li Ye took the Instant Cup Noodles Blueprint.

Seeing him smile and tuck the blueprint into his chest, Li Jin and Lei Jian couldn't help but sigh inwardly at the same time.

"This kid's eye for things is really sharp!"

Next, the three of them turned their attention to a Level 2 item.

[Item Name: Goblin Gold Medalist's Baseball Bat]

[Item Level: Level 2]

[Effect: Upon hitting a target, causes stun for 3 seconds.]

The three of them looked at this Level 2 item with complex expressions.

For lone wolves and bounty hunters, this was a very powerful weapon for solo combat in the wilderness. However, for an entity the size of a Mobile City, its effectiveness was minimal.

The Level 2 items dropped by this wild BOSS clearly had their good and bad points, and their luck this time wasn't great.

After a round of bidding, Lei Jian finally acquired the Level 2 item for 2,000 Crystal Coins.

The reason he was willing to bid was to fulfill his dream of owning a Level 2 item.

For the remaining three items, the three of them decided to bid on them as well.

Li Ye bid for the Foreman's Universal Wrench, while Lei Jian bid for the Foreman's Vest and the Goblin Water Canteen.

The money from the auction, along with the Crystal Coins, Coal, and other spoils of war dropped by the BOSS, were divided equally among the three of them.

All three parties were quite satisfied with this outcome.

As for Lei Jian, the lord, he enjoyed collecting a series of Level 1 items with magical functions, especially combat-oriented ones. In his words, equipping himself with Level 1 items and fighting monsters in the wild felt incredibly satisfying. This Level 2 weapon was quite good for him.

As for the travel canteen, he was inseparable from this item with its magical function, stating that he would absolutely not sell it.

As for Li Ye, it went without saying. On the surface, he seemed to have lost out, but in reality, he was quietly striking it rich. As long as he could gather enough resources, he could advance to a Level 2 city.

The Foreman's Wrench was naturally left for Lin Wu.

After dividing the spoils, the three parties exchanged their hostages.

"I hope that for our next collaboration, we won't need to exchange hostages anymore," Lei Jian said with genuine emotion.

Li Ye nodded.

"Mm."

After these two collaborations, trust had gradually been built up between the three parties. This was something precious and rare on the wasteland where order had collapsed and human hearts were unpredictable.

Li Jin heartily embraced them both.

After that previous setback, Azure's situation had been somewhat difficult. However, after these two collaborations, it had gradually begun to improve.

Not only were there these spoils of war, but the Gross Mine also had plenty of remaining mineral resources. After clearing out the remaining Goblins, the three parties divided up their respective mining areas.

Li Ye briefly took stock of the personnel he could currently mobilize.

This time, Tomorrow had no casualties, but 15 people were injured. Including those who had not yet recovered from previous injuries, the total number of casualties had reached 22.

This was equivalent to half of Tomorrow's current personnel.

This was mainly because the monsters in the wasteland were too hardcore, even the Goblins were no exception.

If it were just Tomorrow, they wouldn't have been able to take the Gross Mine at all.

In comparison, Conqueror had a staggering 79 people due to having slaves. Although Azure did not have slaves, it still had 62 people.

While chatting with Lei Jian, Li Ye inadvertently learned that newcomers who joined Conqueror became slaves, but after completing a certain amount of work, they could become Normal Residents.

Although being a slave was hard, at least there was a promotion channel, which could give people a sliver of hope.

In the following time, Li Ye arrived at the storage room of the Gross Mine.

To his surprise, in addition to the City Advancement Blueprint, the storage room also contained precious ores stored by the Goblins.

320 units of Copper Ore, 164 units of Silver Ore, and 75 units of Gold Ore.

This was already equivalent to over 10,000 Crystal Coins.

He quickly called for people to transport these minerals back to Tomorrow and deployed mining personnel.

Except for Tang Fang, who was waiting in the cockpit, and the Lookouts stationed at the Watchtower, everyone else entered the mine to mine.

He, on the other hand, returned to his room and slowly opened the City Advancement Blueprint.

[Level 1 Mobile City Advancement requires the following Level 1 resources:]

[Iron Ore: 2000 units]

[Wood: 2000 units]

[Fuel: 2000 units]

[Saltpeter: 2000 units]

[City Alloy: 1000 units]

[City Structure Blueprint: 1]

[City Crystal: 1]

"These conditions are too harsh!"

Li Ye couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Iron ore, wood, fuel, saltpeter – these Tier 1 resources were manageable. A few weeks of saving could gather them.

As for City Alloy, crafting 1 unit required 1 unit of iron ore, 1 unit of copper ore, and 1 unit of any rare mineral vein.

Shadow, Thunder, Light, Frost, or Wind-eroded ores would all suffice.

But 1000 units was outrageous. That was enough to craft 3 Frost Cannons.

As for the City Structure Blueprint, it was a resource that only elite or higher monsters had a chance to drop, and the drop rate was extremely low.

When Li Ye was at Roland Fortress, he had heard a bounty hunter mention that a fortress had once auctioned off this City Structure Blueprint for 57,000 Crystal Coins.

As for the City Crystal, it was priceless.

The entire region could only produce less than a handful of them.

"I'll take it slow," he said, wiping the sweat from his forehead. "Although it's difficult, at least there's some hope now."

In the following time, he began to do one thing.

That was to search the goblin corpses.

At this moment, the Gross Mine was littered with goblin corpses.

The three lords had divided the areas and were searching the goblin corpses within their respective zones.

For Mobile Cities, monster corpses were also a type of resource.

They dropped Crystal Coins, Fabric, Iron Ore, and other resources, and occasionally dropped finished weapons, equipment, and blueprints.

Li Ye began to search the goblin corpses.

This time, he was surprisingly patient, as each search felt like a lottery.

However, the goblins seemed to be as poor as zombies. Their corpses usually dropped Fabric and Crystal Coins, and if he was lucky, 1-2 units of Iron Ore. Elite goblins dropped only slightly better, yielding some common finished products like knives, guns, or furniture.

Just as Li Ye was sighing repeatedly, he unintentionally found something on an elite goblin.

[Green Source Poultry Feed - Blueprint]

[Item Name: Green Source Poultry Feed]

[Item Level: Tier 1]

[Effects: 1. Increases the growth speed of fed poultry and livestock by 10%. 2. Reduces the chance of poultry falling ill by 20%.]

[Crafting Requirement: 1 unit of Grain]

[Note: The higher the grade of Grain used, the better the effect.]

"Tier 1 Poultry Feed?" Li Ye's eyes lit up.

This was a very good find. The Tomorrow already had a few pairs of chickens and ducks, and Morning Light Wheat had been planted.

Once the Morning Light Wheat ripened, he would set aside some to craft feed for the chickens and ducks.

Li Jin and Lei Jian had average luck with the goblin corpses, only managing to pick up blueprints for a few common items, mostly furniture and household goods.

Upon learning that Li Ye had found such a good item, they both became envious.

The Azure and Conqueror had also planted Morning Light Wheat and had recently harvested a batch. Thus, they asked Li Ye to help process it into Green Source Poultry Feed.

Li Ye also took the opportunity to "shear" them a bit, taking some of the feed.

He casually grabbed a handful of feed and examined it closely.

This Tier 1 feed had a smooth surface, uniform color, moderate hardness, and even emitted a faint fragrance.

Li Ye nodded in satisfaction as he looked at it.

With this Tier 1 feed, the growth rate of the poultry on the Tomorrow would significantly increase, ensuring a steady supply of meat and eggs in the future.

"This haul is quite good," Li Ye said with genuine emotion, looking at the list in his hand.

This time, he had mined a total of 1021 units of Iron Ore, 103 units of Copper Ore, 33 units of Silver Ore, and 15 units of Gold Ore from the Gross Mine.

As for the Frost Ore he had been longing for, there was none.

Including the over 500 units of Iron Ore from the wild boss share and the over 100 units of Iron Ore dropped by goblin corpses, his total haul this time was over 1700 units of Iron Ore.

The drops from the goblin corpses were also included in the statistics. Overall, the drops were mostly Crystal Coins and Fabric, with occasional common-grade weapons and furniture/household items.

The biggest gain was undoubtedly this Tier 1 Poultry Feed Blueprint.

By this time, the Azure and Conqueror had also finished their mining. The three Mobile Cities set off together to return to Roland Fortress, preparing for their routine rest and to digest their gains.

On the deck, Li Ye opened the Intelligence System.

During the days spent attacking the Gross Mine, that Epic Intelligence Report had been refreshed, and even its cooldown had finished.

[1 day 19 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds until the next intelligence refresh]

[Intelligence Count: 5]

"The intelligence refresh took a full 2 days this time, so the value should be good too," Li Ye mused. "Never mind that, let's see what the epic intelligence report is about first."

To his surprise, this epic intelligence report was particularly special.

[5. Wasteland Zone map has been completed. (Intelligence Value: Epic)]

[Click here to view]

"Intelligence can actually be displayed in the form of a map?" Li Ye was astonished.

As he clicked with doubt and anticipation, a map appeared before him.

From the map, the southern region of the Wasteland Zone was distributed with areas like the Fire Feather Forest, Thunder Canyon, and Rotting Lands. This was where Li Ye and his group were currently located.

The central region consisted of a vast expanse of city ruins, along with a giant forest.

The eastern region was a mobile maze of astonishing scale.

The western region was a continuous stretch of mountains.

As for the northern region, it was a large freshwater lake named "Serene Lake."