Devouring City: My Mobile City Evolves Infinitely - Chapter 17

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

As time clicked away, the two sides fought intensely.

Initially, the ammunition on Luo En’s side had long run out, but a batch of ores mined earlier enabled Luo En’s side to manufacture as they fought. However, as the firing rate became too rapid, the manufacturing plant in order to catch up with the rate of use could only manufacture crudely, resulting in the wastage of a lot of resources.

“What should we do? We just escaped not long ago and had thought our woes were gone. Now that we are attacked again, are we really going to be captured as slaves?”

“Why don’t we flee! How can we defeat Black Dragon Mobile City? Furthermore, after the previous escape, our mobile city can no longer survive this.”

“I’ll choose to trust the City Lord! Flee? That’s a cowardly act!”

The people in the shelter argued.

“What fleeing! If not for the City Lord, we would have long been captured as slaves. It was the City Lord who gave us the privilege to live in this world. Now that we are in a crisis, even if we can’t help the City Lord, how can we do such an ungrateful thing as running away!”

“Have you all forgotten how the City Lord performed a miracle? All we can do now is to protect our own safety and pray for the City Lord to perform another miracle again! And not speak such disheartening words here!” Just as everyone was arguing incessantly, Wang Cheng stood up and spoke with emotion.

The noisy crowd fell silent.

Wang Cheng was right. If not for Luo En, they would have long been captured as slaves. They would not be eating daily the food they had never imagined, and living far better lives than before.

Captain Wang Cheng is right! We have to trust the City Lord!”

After some silence, everyone began to cheer. They silently prayed that their City Lord could turn the situation around.

At this moment, Wang Yun had bypassed everyone and quietly arrived at the control room.

Looking at a certain button on the console before him, Wang Yun became very excited. He muttered, “As soon as I press this button, the position of City Lord will be within grasp soon!”

As he said that, Wang Yun decisively pressed the button, and also destroyed it to prevent anyone from ever pressing it again. Then, he turned and quickly left the place. Once again, he bypassed everyone and quietly came to the ground.

After Wang Yun had pressed the button, the gear immediately stopped turning. As Luo En’s gunners were about to continue firing, they realized that no shells had been loaded into the cannons.

“Captain Wang Yu! What’s going on? Why are there no more shells?”

The gunners asked in confusion.

Wang Yu immediately replied, “I’ll go and ask the City Lord!”

After speaking, Wang Yu hurriedly ran into the command room and said in a panic, “City Lord! No… Not good! We’re out of ammunition!”

“Huh? That’s impossible. We should be able to last a while longer.” Luo En stood up suddenly from his chair and said in surprise.

Wang Yu also replied in surprise, “That’s right, City Lord. With the ores we have just mined earlier, we can definitely hold out a while longer! But this… what’s going on?”

“Follow me to the control room!” Luo En said quickly.

Then, Luo En strode towards the control room, with Wang Yu following closely behind.

Soon, they arrived at the control room.

Seeing the button for controlling cannon operation destroyed on the control panel, Luo En asked furiously, “Who did this!”

Wang Yu too, saw the state of the control panel. He replied with a stunned expression, “This… I don’t know… It’s impossible for an outsider to infiltrate the mobile city…”

After some thought, Luo En sensed that it must have been Wang Yun. Since outsiders could not sneak in, it could only be done by someone from inside the city. The only person with a motive was Wang Yun. Furthermore, he had not been able to find Wang Yun earlier.

Wang Yun… Great, you have infuriated me!

Luo En thought.

Soon, he quickly calmed down. Now that things had already happened, the most important task was to salvage the situation. Although Luo En was waiting for the resources to be depleted, the same must also happen at Black Dragon Mobile City. However, it was obvious now that Black Dragon Mobile City still had shells.

Luo En immediately said, “Men! Bring Wang Cheng here!”

“Yes, City Lord!” someone from outside replied promptly.

Not long after, Wang Cheng arrived in a hurry and asked puzzledly, “City Lord! Have you called for me?”

Luo En pointed to the destroyed button and said to Wang Cheng, “Can you fix it?”

Wang Cheng looked in the direction Luo En pointed. He stepped forward and inspected for a while before replying, “Sure! But it will take some time!”

“How long will it take?” Luo En continued.

Wang Cheng thought for a while and said, “A conservative estimate is five hours!”

“That’s too long! Nevermind, you should repair it first!” Luo En replied anxiously.

“Yes!”

Wang Cheng clearly knew the seriousness of the matter. He immediately took the specialized equipment and started to repair it.

It would take too long. Currently, the mobile city could not hold out till after the repair was done.

“Can this be the time to just let them attack now… but Black Dragon Mobile City still has ammunition…” Luo En muttered anxiously.

At this moment, Hei Long and the others were welcoming the arrival of Wang Yun.

Wang Yun entered the mobile city and said with a smile, “Hei Long City Lord! We meet again!”

Hei Long returned the smile and said, “Yes! How did things go for Commander Wang? Our mobile city has suffered heavy losses!”

Wang Yun came beside Hei Long, sat down and responded with a smile, “Don’t worry! I’m here to tell you a piece of good news! I’ve destroyed the control button for the operation of their cannons. Now, they can’t fire any more shells!”

Everyone present was shocked. They expected Wang Yun to do something, but they had not not expected him to do something so drastic!

Hei Long asked in surprise, “Really?”

“Yes!” Wang Yun nodded.

When Hei Long heard the confirmed news, he laughed and said, “Good! Commander Wang is indeed trustworthy!”

“I’ve already completed my mission. Now, it’s your turn. I hope that Hei Long City Lord doesn’t forget our agreement!” Wang Yun said with a smile.

“Of course! Men! Take good care of Commander Wang!” Hei Long replied happily.

Immediately, two men came up and led Wang Yun away.

After Wang Yun had left, Hei Long immediately ordered, “Fire!”

A loud boom followed, and a shell shot out, flying rapidly towards Luo Yang Mobile City.

This time, Luo Yang Mobile City could not fire any shells to block the shell that was coming right at it.

An explosion sounded. A large number of buildings in Luo Yang Mobile City collapsed and became a stretch of ruins.

Everyone looked at what was happening in front of them in despair and fell into panic once again.

“City Lord! What should we do?” Wang Yu asked anxiously.

Luo En did not pay attention to Wang Yu’s words. He kept staring at the cannon muzzles of the Black Dragon Mobile City and thought to himself, Should I let them out… No! Wait a while… just a while!

At this moment, when Hei Long and his men saw that Luo Yang Mobile City had not fired any shells in defense, they realised the authenticity of Wang Yun’s words and cheered.

Immediately, Hei Long said decisively, “Continue firing!”

“City Lord! Not… not good! We are out of ammunition!” At this moment, a man ran in and said anxiously.

Upon hearing this, Hei Long burst out in shock, “What? No more ammunition? Then go and make ammunition! Use all the ores!”

“Yes!” The man hurriedly took his leave.

After that, Hei Long came to the square. Seeing that there was no more movement from the Luo Yang Mobile City, he felt relieved and muttered to himself, “Once the ammunition is produced, I’ll bash you all up!”

Luo En’s eyes were glued to the screen in front of him. When he saw that there was suddenly no movement from the Black Dragon Mobile City, he thought to himself that Black Dragon Mobile City must have run out of ammunition. Then, a joyful expression appeared on his face.

He immediately took out a small token and pressed it a few times before saying, “We can attack now!”

With that said, Luo En looked at the big screen in front of him. However, this time, he did not look at the Black Dragon Mobile City. Instead, he looked at a relatively flat ground beside the Black Dragon Mobile City.

It was a place that Luo En had carefully inspected previously. There, they could effectively avoid the shelling and could also take advantage of the higher ground.

Right after Luo En had given the order, more than twenty men suddenly appeared on the relatively flat ground, pushing three small cannons to the front.

“Fire!”