Devouring City: My Mobile City Evolves Infinitely - Chapter 5

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Repairing tracks requires 30,000 Evolution Points, and making a new set requires 50,000 Evolution Points. It is worth mentioning that a newly made one will be better than the existing one.

Luo En looked at the information in the System and decided to make a new one!

However, making new tracks required Evolution Points, and Evolution Points required ores for conversion. Hence, Luo En could only wait for the results of the workers’ mining.

Luo En got up and went to the square.

At this moment, the sun was slowly setting in the west, hiding into the horizon at a distance. The clouds beside it seemed to have been set on fire; they were red and beautiful!

Sigh! It’s already the second day since I came to this world… I wonder how my parents are now? They should be very worried about me! Luo En looked at the sunset on the horizon; in his heart he missed his parents dearly.

Darkness had gradually enveloped the whole world. Only the moon hanging high in the sky was emitting a faint light, giving out the only light to the people!

At this moment, the mutated creatures of this world came out from nowhere and wandered around this world. Some of them had the head of a wolf and the body of a human. Some of them had no skin and were all blood red. Some of them had become very tall, about more than three meters tall, and they gave off a foul stench. In short, there were all kinds of creatures, and very strange indeed.

These mutated creatures were not afraid of fire. They were not afraid of bullets; as long as they were not hit right in the centre of their forehead, they would not die. However, these mutated creatures yearned for strong light sources. Upon finding them, they would pounce on them without fear of death. The best way to kill these mutated creatures was to use the large caliber cannons in the city.

However, these mutated creatures were countless at night. And the cannons in the city required fuel and shells, and shells were also made of ores. For the mobile city that Luo En was in presently, the mutated creatures should not to be trifled with.

Once the cannons and ammunition in the city were used up, these mutated creatures would climb up the city and kill all living things within sight.

Thus, most people would hide when night came. They would hide whenever they caught sight of the mutated creatures.

At this moment, Luo En was staring intently at the strange creatures a few kilometers away from the mobile city, and his heart became heavy.

“City Lord! There are mutated creatures outside! What should we do?” A guard came to Luo En’s side and asked anxiously.

At this moment, they had already completely acknowledged Luo En and regarded him as the pillar. Hence, they would report immediately to Luo En whenever there was a situation.

“Don’t be anxious! Pass down the order! Tell the gunners not to act rashly. Our ammunition is insufficient to support reckless indiscriminate usage. I have looked around just now. We are currently surrounded by mountains on three sides. In other words, we only need to watch the monsters in front of us!” Luo En analyzed calmly.

“What if the monsters approached our mobile city?” the person asked.

“Once the mutated creatures come within a thousand meters of our mobile city, we will fire our cannons and kill them!” Luo En’s eyes blazed brightly as he looked at the mutated creatures outside. He clenched his fists and said sternly.

A thousand meters was a distance that Luo En had carefully considered. First and foremost, a distance of a thousand meters would enable the power of the shells to be maximized without disturbing his own city!

Secondly, a thousand meters was a relatively safe distance. Once the mutated creatures within this distance attacked the mobile city, the mobile city would have enough time to react and kill them! If no mutated creatures came within a thousand meters, then the mobile city could also save some ammunition.

This was a good plan!

“As you command! The City Lord is wise! I will pass down the order now!” The guard thought carefully about the rationale, and after understanding it, he could not help but admire Luo En even more.

Luo En nodded and said, “Okay! Go ahead!”

“Yes, City Lord!”

After the guard had left, Luo En went to the control room and pulled down the power switch. He turned off all the lights in the city, leaving only a faint light for the gunners to aim.

“Let’s hope there aren’t too many mutant creatures to —” Luo En sat on a chair and muttered.

Everyone looked outside the mobile city nervously, not daring to slack off for even a moment.

As time clicked away, the sun rose slowly from the east. The mutated creatures outside somehow disappeared mysteriously when the sun shone.

Upon seeing the sun rise, everyone heaved a sigh of relief and slumped onto the ground.

It was too nerve-wracking! In the middle of the night, a mutated creature had approached the mobile city slowly and hovered at a mere distance of about one thousand and one meters away from the mobile city. The gunners were so afraid. Just as the gunners were about to fire the cannons, Luo En rushed over and stopped them.

In fact, Luo En’s decision was right. The mutated creature only lingered there for a few minutes and left. If the cannons had been fired then, the mutated creatures in other areas would all be attracted there by the commotion. Then, it would be real despair!

Currently, they had survived through the night safely; they were in fright but not hurt!

After a short rest, Luo En could not wait to get to the mining site.

At this time, ores were being continually transported from the mining site into the city.

“City Lord! You’re here!” When Luo En arrived, a man immediately came to his side and greeted.

Luo En nodded and smiled. “Thank you for all your hard work. How much ore can this mine extract?”

The man thought for a moment and replied, “City Lord, this mine can extract about 40 tonnes of copper, 10 tonnes of iron, and 1 tonne of silver.”

Luo En frowned and asked, “Why is it so little?”

The man quickly explained, “City Lord! You had not enquired before, so naturally you wouldn’t know. Our mining machine is too backward. Not only is the mining speed slow, but we also can’t mine gold ore!”

I see… It seems that building a new set of tracks will not be completed in a short while. Let’s take it slow! Luo En thought.

Then, he said, “Alright, noted. Continue mining!”

Next, Luo En picked up the walkie-talkie and said, “Everyone holding positions, gather in the conference room!”

Thereafter, Luo En headed towards the conference room.

Before Luo En had arrived at the conference room, there were already many people inside. The captain of the guards, the captain of the gunners, the commander, and so on, were there. At this moment, everyone in the conference room were discussing among themselves.

Most were voices dissatisfied with Luo En. Although what Luo En had done had changed many people’s views on the matter, yet there were still people who did not believe it was done by Luo En. They were unconvinced.

“In my opinion, Luo En doesn’t deserve to be the City Lord! I, Wang Yun, should be the City Lord. I’m older than him and more experienced than him. I’m the undisputed best candidate!” An arrogant voice could be heard in the noisy conference room.

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with white hair and dressed in white. His name was Wang Yun, and he was the commander of the city! It was worth mentioning that Luo En had stayed with Wang Yun for a period of time before he had the fever. Back then, Wang Yun had used imparting his experience to Luo En as an excuse to bring Luo En to his room.

From then on, Luo En’s fever had never subsided.

“Yes! I recommend Commander Wang as the City Lord! Commander Wang is the most qualified person to be the City Lord!”

“Yes! I recommend Commander Wang as the City Lord too!”

“Me too!”

From time to time, people would chime in.

Just as everyone was about to give the City Lord title to Wang Yun on their own, Old Chen walked in and berated, “What are all of you doing? Are you all trying to rebel? Sit down quietly!”

Everyone sat down in silence. After all, Old Chen was the one with the highest seniority in this city. No one dared to disobey him or disrespect him.

At this moment, Luo En walked in. When Wang Yun saw Luo En, his eyes flashed with a subtle sinister look.

Luo En walked to the main seat and sat down. After scanning the room, he said slowly, “I know that some of you are still dissatisfied with my behavior. There’s no need for me to explain anything to you!

“But I only have one thing to say, and that is, don’t forget who gave you a place to live! If it wasn’t for me, all of you would have become slaves and would have died long ago!”

Hearing this, everyone fell silent. Indeed, without Luo En, they would have died.

Luo En looked at the silent group before him and said, “Alright, the reason I called you here is to tell you this one thing.. I plan to build new caterpillar tracks for the city!”