【Holy Saint: The Western Wasteland Continent isn’t very dangerous. Everyone can develop here with peace of mind.】
【Holy Saint: Or rather, if you can develop to the standard I mentioned.】
"You’re saying not to go to sea..."
Li Ye carefully pondered Bishop Heath’s words.
To be fair, these words didn’t seem to carry any ill intentions. After all, the intelligence had already revealed that all 22 regions of the Western Wasteland Continent were Tier 1 to Tier 2 in scale.
A typical Tier 2 Mobile City could safely develop in the Western Wasteland Continent, as there would hardly be any powerful enemies in the wild.
It was clearly a dinosaur lurking in the underbrush.
Its head was low to the ground, with a long and sturdy tail, sharp teeth and claws, and a lean, agile frame.
"That’s... a Velociraptor?"
Li Ye was alarmed.
The size of this Velociraptor also gave him an uneasy feeling.
Typical Velociraptors were about 1.5 to 2 meters long, but this one had grown to over 4 meters.
In the wild, it posed a significant threat to humans.
Through the binoculars, Li Ye observed the Velociraptor’s movements.
It was quietly watching Tomorrow from a distance.
"What is it thinking? Does it see Tomorrow as prey?" Li Ye wondered.
In truth, among all the dinosaurs, the one he was most interested in was the Velociraptor.
As a carnivorous dinosaur, the Velociraptor was far smaller than other predators.
But unexpectedly, it possessed exceptional agility, excellent vision and hearing, and had sharp teeth and a strong jaw capable of easily crushing the bones of its prey.
More importantly... it was very intelligent.
They knew how to lie in ambush along forest edges and near fixed water sources, and even understood teamwork.
Under Li Ye’s gaze, the Velociraptor stared at Tomorrow, the Tier 2 Mobile City, and its eyeballs rolled in contemplation.
Following its line of sight, Li Ye turned to see the heavy machine guns and cannons mounted on Tomorrow’s deck.
"So this thing was evaluating our strength?"
Li Ye immediately began thinking carefully.
Judging from the Velociraptor’s actions, could it be that it and its companions had previously hunted human Mobile Cities?
After a moment of silence, the Velociraptor squinted its eyes and gave a slight shake of its head, as if it had made some kind of decision.
As a dinosaur, its facial expressions were remarkably vivid, much like a seasoned human hunter.
This Velociraptor quickly darted out of the grass and sprinted away into the distance.
Before leaving, it let out a cry toward the Brachiosaurus and tilted its head toward Tomorrow, seemingly as a reminder to be cautious.
That Brachiosaurus immediately stopped feeding and turned its head to look at Tomorrow in the distance.
Through the binoculars, Li Ye clearly saw the expression in its eyes.
Unease, vigilance, hostility...
It was hard to imagine that such a massive creature would display such an expression.
Immediately after, the Brachiosaurus slowly stepped away.
Li Ye pondered for a moment and waved over Old Zhou.
"There’s something off about this Tier 2 region. Tell the combat personnel to be ready for battle at any moment."
Then, he looked at the System Panel.
【Time until next Intelligence Refresh: 1 day 12 hours 51 minutes 31 seconds】
【Number of Intelligence Reports: 6】
"This time the refresh interval is four days. The intelligence value shouldn’t be bad."he muttered to himself.
In the following time, Li Ye activated the Tier 2 City Radio.
The communication channel of a Tier 2 City Radio was limited to members within the same region, so once Iron Whale and Engineer entered the Wormhole and transferred to the Cretaceous Zone, Li Ye could no longer contact Fang Xing and Zhou Yong.
Now that Tomorrow had entered the Cretaceous Zone, they could resume contact and communication.
As the K1 City Communication Channel was activated, Iron Whale and Engineer came online one after another.
【Engineer: You’ve entered the Cretaceous Zone too, Leader?】
【Tomorrow: Yeah, just arrived.】
【Iron Whale: What’s the current situation in the Eternal Night Zone?】
Li Ye then briefly relayed the situation in the Eternal Night Zone.
Upon learning that Tomorrow had managed to buy valuable time for the human forces, the two of them let out a sigh of relief.
Then, they informed Li Ye of some news.
The dinosaurs in the Cretaceous Zone were extremely dangerous.
Not only were they intelligent, but they even knew how to hunt human convoys, attack human towns, and even hunt human Mobile Cities.
After entering the Wormhole, Iron Whale and Engineer were transported into a massive rift valley.
At first, upon seeing the vegetation and dinosaurs in the Cretaceous Zone, they had been delighted.
But that joy didn’t last long—soon, the dinosaurs began to attack en masse—or rather, to hunt them.
One was a Defensive-type Mobile City, the other an Engineer-type, both lacking in combat capabilities and immediately thrown into chaos.
According to Zhou Xing, the intelligence of these dinosaurs was absurd. They often launched surprise attacks at night and knew how to scatter their formation to evade bullets and cannon fire.
They even used sacrificial attacks to deplete enemy firepower.
These dinosaurs displayed tactical cooperation too, with thick-skinned, tough dinosaurs at the front and agile, nimble ones weaving between them.
What sent chills down Zhou Xing and Fang Yong’s spines the most was that these dinosaurs even knew how to cripple a Mobile City’s mobility.
Tires and treads were their primary targets.
After narrowly escaping a coordinated dinosaur ambush, Iron Whale and Engineer were forced to disguise themselves as a mountain once again.
During this time, they even witnessed a Tier 2 Mobile City being completely destroyed by the dinosaurs.
【Engineer: Right now, we don’t dare move. The moment we start, the dinosaurs will come for us.】
【Tomorrow: Got it. I’ll set off now to rescue you. By the way, how’s your food and freshwater supply?】
【Iron Whale: Not much left, but enough for a few more days.】
【Engineer: Yeah, worst case, we chew bark.】
【Tomorrow: Hang in there. I’m coming.】
After learning that the Tier 1 City Crystal and Structure Blueprint were secured, Zhou Xing was visibly thrilled.
He had thought collecting those resources would take a long time. He didn’t expect to complete it all in one go.
Li Ye was also overjoyed.
The Tomorrow Alliance would soon possess a Tier 2 Engineer-type City. With proper investment and cultivation, it would play a massive role in the future.
After the exchange, Li Ye closed the K1 City Channel.
Now, Tomorrow needed to locate the giant rift valley as soon as possible and rescue their comrades.
By dusk—
"It’s still there."
Staring at the figure in his line of sight, Li Ye slowly furrowed his brows.
It was that same Velociraptor.
Throughout Tomorrow’s journey that day, Li Ye had seen the Velociraptor multiple times.
It always kept its distance, using the grass and forest as cover to tail Tomorrow.
At the same time, frequent dinosaur cries echoed from afar.
The dinosaurs seemed to be communicating about something.
Li Ye’s brows gradually tightened.
He was becoming increasingly certain—Tomorrow had been targeted by the dinosaurs.
So he immediately made the decision to place everyone aboard Tomorrow on the highest state of alert.
At that moment on the deck, all combat personnel had already taken their positions in front of the heavy machine guns and cannons.
Convoys One and Two and the Storm Infantry Vehicle had been deployed on the lift platform, ready to be dispatched at any moment.
And on the upper deck, all three Black Hawk Helicopters were already in position,
As for the Ordinary Residents, Li Ye had ordered them to return to their rooms for shelter.
At this moment, Li Ye suddenly had an idea.
The Residential and Living District had weak defenses. If external enemies invaded the deck and reached the mid-level, Ordinary Residents would be easily harmed or even killed.
Previously, while operating in the Eternal Night Zone, the Living Corpse Shells used by the Zombies had posed a tremendous threat.
Perhaps Tomorrow ought to find a place to establish a shelter, so that during critical battles, the residents could be protected.
After all, population was a vital resource for a Mobile City.
As night gradually fell, the land was engulfed in darkness.
In the dark, the dinosaurs’ exchanges became increasingly frequent.
The people aboard Tomorrow also grew more and more tense.
A few minutes later, no more dinosaur sounds came from the distance.
Everything returned to silence.
...Did those dinosaurs give up?" a combat personnel asked nervously.
The companions standing nearby exchanged glances, expressions uneasy and unsettled.
But Li Ye gently shook his head.
"No, they’re about to begin."
"Ning Wen." he spoke into the voice tube, "Fire flares. Illuminate this area."
Tomorrow did not have its own Level 1 Flares project. The Level 1 Flares it used were supplied by Engineer.
This was the benefit of the City Alliance—members could take what they needed and complement one another’s shortages.
Accompanied by a series of sharp sounds, a barrage of Level 1 Flares shot skyward, illuminating the area in brilliant light.
Li Ye paused in thought, then once again spoke into the voice tube.
"Ning Wen, how many Frost Shells do we have left?"
"Reporting to the Lord, last time to break through, you ordered me to use the Frost Cannon to its fullest. So I didn’t really save any," Ning Wen replied. "Right now, only two rounds remain."
"Alright, better than none," Li Ye sighed. "Fire on my command."
"Understood."
Soon after, faint tremors came from the ground.
From the distant horizon, a cloud of rolling dust rose up—a tremendous Black Tide surged forth.
"They’re coming!"
Li Ye quickly picked up the binoculars and looked.
He immediately saw hundreds, thousands of charging dinosaurs.
Velociraptors, Triceratops, Shantungosaurs, Stegosauruses, Iguanodons...
What shocked him even more was that a dense Black Tide also appeared in the sky.
Looking closely, it was an endless swarm of Pterosaurs!
With an unstoppable momentum, the dinosaurs charged straight toward Tomorrow.
Li Ye immediately waved his hand.
"Commence battle!"
Tomorrow’s Cannons fired in unison, and the dense barrage instantly engulfed the dinosaur horde.
The lift platforms dropped—Convoy One and Two, along with the Storm Infantry Vehicle, drove down to the ground and accelerated into a charge.
On the deck, all three Black Hawk Helicopters took off one after another, streaking away swiftly.
Just as Fang Xing and Zhou Yong had said, the dinosaurs understood tactical coordination.
Leading the front were hordes of Ankylosaurs. Their sizes were also far beyond ordinary Ankylosaurs, reaching lengths of over ten meters.
What shocked Li Ye was that the bodies of these Ankylosaurs were covered in armor plates as thick as City Armor—Shells had no effect on them!
Not only were they incredibly defensive, but they also ran with great strength and speed—like thunder rolling across the earth.
"Could it be that these dinosaurs have also evolved?"
Using the Ankylosaurs as front-line meat shields, the dinosaurs accelerated their charge once more.
Li Ye thought for a moment, then made a decision.
"Ning Wen, use the Frost Cannon to bombard those Ankylosaurs."