Chapter 167: 3rd-tier Region, Eerie 3rd-tier Monster
"It's about ti to begin exploring this area."
Inside the vehicle warehouse of Tomorrow, Li Ye spoke to Lin Wu and the others.
At this mont, the warehouse had already secured Fleet One, Fleet Two, and the destroyer.
The speedboats and Swordfish mini-submarines were manageable, but accommodating the destroyer was a bit more troubleso.
The vehicle warehouse was only about ten ters tall, whereas the destroyer stood at a towering forty to fifty ters.
This was mainly due to the various weapon systems, masts, and command tower mounted on its deck.
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As such, Li Ye had to specially instruct the Engineer to dismantle the components on the destroyer's deck before storing it piece by piece in the vehicle warehouse.
For quite a long ti to co, this batch of mariti combat vehicles would need to remain sealed inside the warehouse.
Taking over their role would be Fleet One, Fleet Two, and the Storm Infantry Vehicle from before.
"The external combat power of Tomorrow must be improved as soon as possible," Li Ye thought.
After advancing to a 3rd-tier Mobile City, Tomorrow now resembled a mobile island—an overly conspicuous target in the wild.
Its massive fra brought with it a large population, abundant resources, and high vehicle capacity—but also great mobility challenges.
Tomorrow could no longer maneuver as flexibly as when it was a 1st-tier or 2nd-tier city, let alone evade tactically.
It was now limited to a maximum speed of 30 kiloters per hour.
This large and easily targeted body, combined with sluggish speed, further increased its reliance on sea, land, and air combat power.
Combat vehicles on land, sea, and air could act as forward shields, fending off enemy vehicles and Mobile Cities, thereby protecting Tomorrow.
At this thought, Li Ye suddenly had a mont of clarity.
A 3rd-tier Mobile City essentially served the role of an aircraft carrier.
As for 4th-tier and above Mobile Cities, there was even less need to elaborate—they were larger in size and made even bigger targets in the wild, with even higher demands for comprehensive combat power.
Following this line of thought, he began to consider City Wars.
For a 3rd-tier Mobile City, the wilderness now more closely resembled a dark forest.
Once a target was exposed, it ant enduring long-range strikes from enemies, as well as aggressive advances from sea, land, and air combat vehicles.
The slow movent speed would make it difficult to retreat.
And it wasn’t just them—the sa applied to their enemies.
In City Wars, whoever exposed themselves first would fall into a severely passive disadvantage.
Despite this, Li Ye was not blindly pessimistic.
After all, a 3rd-tier Mobile City could build even more powerful city components and various types of vehicles.
First, there must be engines, tires, tracks that could increase the city's speed, and possibly even teleportation equipnt.
Second, a 3rd-tier Mobile City’s combat power included aerial units, ground tanks, and naval fleets.
Third, Tomorrow had an energy shield and city camouflage as protection—and in the future, there would certainly be all kinds of 3rd-tier items that could conceal movent.
After sorting through his thoughts, he waved his hand to signal everyone to begin preparations for regional exploration.
At present, although the Tomorrow Alliance had already landed on the southern coast of Liuzhou from this shore, the group still didn’t know the tier level of this region.
Out of caution, Li Ye made thorough arrangents.
The four Mobile Cities remained stationary, while six Black Hawk helicopters were sent out for reconnaissance.
They would determine the tier level of the region based on the resources discovered and the monsters encountered.
If it was a high-tier region, the Tomorrow Alliance would imdiately revert to sea-based travel modifications and follow the coast of southern Liuzhou in search of a new landing zone.
If it was a low-tier region, like 1st or 2nd-tier, then they could proceed unimpeded.
They might even attempt to take control of the entire area and seize its resources.
At this thought, Li Ye couldn’t help but feel so regret about abandoning the Valley District for the sea voyage.
Ten minutes later, one of the Black Hawk helicopters sent back a report.
It had discovered a monster on the outskirts of a ruined city.
Li Ye simply took the elevator to the upper observation tower and picked up the binoculars to look in the direction the pilot had indicated.
After clearly seeing the monster’s figure, he froze on the spot.
It was a giant over a hundred ters tall.
The giant’s appearance was almost no different from a normal human, dressed in an office worker’s suit.
Only, he didn’t seem to possess much intelligence, with drool dripping from his mouth and a silly grin on his face.
At this mont, the giant was flailing his limbs, trying childishly to catch the Black Hawk helicopter in front of him.
The latter naturally wouldn’t let him succeed, quickly gaining altitude and escaping.
The giant stood dazed where he was, staring wide-eyed at the ascending helicopter overhead, drool still flowing from the corner of his mouth.
"This is definitely a high-tier region!" Fang Yong concluded. "A low-tier region wouldn’t just casually spawn such a bizarre and massive monster."
"Why would there be a monster so similar to humans? It really feels unsettling," Yang Zheng muttered.
"Anyway, let’s use the Black Hawk’s firepower to test his tier," Zhou Xing suggested.
With a single command from Li Ye, the Black Hawk helicopter unleashed a barrage of firepower on the giant.
As it fired, he observed closely.
The bullets and missiles from the Black Hawk helicopter had limited effect on the giant, only managing to cause so minor wounds.
From the firepower's result, the giant was neither as fragile as a low-tier monster, nor as impervious as a high-tier one.
"This should be a 3rd-tier monster," Li Ye judged.
"The electromagnetic railgun is ready, Alliance Leader," Yang Zheng reported. "Should we use it to blast the giant now?"
Li Ye was about to nod in agreent, but after so thought, he asked,
"Yang Zheng, how many railgun shells does the Pacifier currently have?"
"Twenty-two," Yang Zheng replied.
The reason there were still so many was because the Pacifier had devoured a large amount of 2nd-tier iron ore after destroying the Naga civilization.
This had not only allowed it to mass-produce railgun shells, but also replenish several rounds of artillery support.
Li Ye gently shook his head.
"Better to save them. I’m afraid they won’t be enough."
Not enough?
Yang Zheng was montarily confused but quickly understood Li Ye’s aning.
This giant didn’t appear to have much intelligence and seed like just an ordinary 3rd-tier monster.
This was undoubtedly a 3rd-tier region, and there were likely many more ordinary monsters like this one.
Not to ntion elites, elite leaders, and even wild BOSS-level giants.
Thinking of this sent a chill down his spine.
"Understood, Alliance Leader."
At this mont, the giant turned his head and looked toward the coastline.
His gaze instantly locked onto Tomorrow—it was simply too conspicuous.
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the giant spread his arms and ran over with bouncing steps.
His face was full of a joyful, silly smile.
As if a child had seen his beloved toy.
Everyone’s mood instantly tightened.
A monster over a hundred ters tall, with an appearance nearly identical to a human, charging at you with a grin—this pressure was simply overwhelming!
One had to know that even a 3rd-tier Mobile City was only 240 ters tall, and this giant already made up most of that height.
As for a 2nd-tier city, the giant was about the sa height.
In other words, if a 2nd-tier city were entangled up close by such a giant, it would basically be a nightmare.
That was why Zhou Xing and the others were under even more pressure than Li Ye.
Li Ye imdiately picked up the walkie-talkie.
"Take it down."
A steel behemoth appeared from the high-altitude clouds.
It was none other than the Vanguard Gunship.
At the beginning of the external exploration, Li Ye had deployed it along with the Black Hawk helicopters.
As the Vanguard Gunship opened fire, the giant was instantly blasted all over with wounds, blood gushing endlessly.
He stretched his hand toward the gunship, eyes wide, crying helplessly like a child—clearly not understanding why he was being attacked.
"Disgusting," Li Ye frowned.
As a human, what he couldn’t stand the most—
Was monsters that resembled humans.
An appearance identical to a human, paired with an enormous body—this giant had precisely stepped on his bottom line.
"Look closely, Alliance Leader, this monster can actually heal itself!" Zhou Xing exclaid.
Li Ye raised his binoculars and looked again, discovering that the wounds on the giant’s body were indeed slowly recovering.
He imdiately picked up the walkie-talkie.
"Increase firepower. Blow that thing to pieces."
A few minutes later, the giant could no longer hold on, collapsing heavily to the ground.
Li Ye then sent out an off-road vehicle to check the drop.
Thirty-two units of 3rd-tier iron ore, 321 crystal coins.
Compared to 1st-tier and 2nd-tier iron ore, 3rd-tier iron ore was larger and heavier—almost the size of a washbasin—and its surface faintly shimred with a flowing light.
He couldn’t help but nod.
This drop was decent, enough to recover so of the bullet and shell costs spent by the gunship.
Over the next few minutes, the remaining five Black Hawk helicopters returned one after another, each bringing back reports.
The ruins of the city were full of wandering giants.
In addition, there were also so survivors exchanging fire with the giants.
"Survivors?" Li Ye was taken aback.
While city ruins were indeed suitable for human survival, this was a 3rd-tier region—the pressure was simply too great.
"These survivors must be living in a community form," he thought silently. "We need to send soone to contact them, establish communication, and gather so intel."
One of the Black Hawk helicopters also brought back good news.
Fifteen kiloters to the southeast, there was a 3rd-tier mine.
Li Ye’s eyes lit up at the news.
He was currently very short on 3rd-tier iron ore.
However, things did not go as smoothly as expected.
Three giants resembling miners were still wandering the 3rd-tier mine.
"The difficulty’s not that high," Li Ye thought.
If it was just three giants, the Tomorrow Alliance could handle them.
The four Mobile Cities assembled and slowly headed southeast.
Before long, Li Ye saw the 3rd-tier mine.
The mine was just over ten ters tall, with three giants standing beside it.
These giants wore miner vests, held pickaxes in their hands, and had silly grins on their faces.
Upon seeing the human Mobile Cities, joy imdiately spread across their faces, and they ran over waving their pickaxes and dancing clumsily.
These hundred-ter-class monsters ran with uncoordinated, chaotic movents. As they flailed their limbs, they carried a childlike clumsiness—along with terrifying destructive power.
The ground trembled beneath their footsteps. Along the way, ruined houses were effortlessly knocked down and trampled underfoot, with dust rolling in thick clouds.
Li Ye frowned, then waved his hand.
"Open fire!"
With his order, the cannons of Tomorrow and the Pacifier opened fire in an instant.
Violent explosions quickly engulfed the giants.
Since it was only 2nd-tier scale, it could at best be called suppressive bombardnt.
The giants’ bodies suffered little damage.
The gunship erged from the clouds and began raining down firepower wantonly.
As for Fleet One, Fleet Two, and the Storm Infantry Vehicle, Li Ye did not deploy them for combat.
The reason was simple—these 2nd-tier vehicles were nothing but toys to hundred-ter-tall 3rd-tier giants.
At the sa ti, the Iron Whale accelerated and began its charge.
During the charge, the Titan’s Grip device on its deck activated, instantly pulling away the pickaxes from the giants’ hands.
As tools of the giants, these pickaxes were seventy ters long and looked extrely sharp.
They were capable of posing a huge threat to human Mobile Cities.
If the giants got close, a single swing could shatter a city's deck structure.
After losing their tools, the giants' attention was drawn toward the Iron Whale.
The latter suddenly increased its speed and ramd into them.
Although only a 2nd-tier Mobile City, the Iron Whale charging forward was like a giant artillery shell—its kinetic energy was overwhelming even for 3rd-tier monsters.
The frontmost giant was instantly smashed, his body collapsing as blood spurted from his mouth, flying backward.
The other two giants were also successively knocked into the air, suffering various degrees of fractures.
Seeing this, Li Ye nodded slowly.
The tactic was indeed effective.
The gunship swept overhead, continuing to bombard from above.
At that mont, a massive silhouette suddenly appeared in the distance.
It was unmistakably a foreman-like giant.
He wore a tilted miner's helt, a protective suit, and carried a pickaxe over his shoulder—he looked like an elite monster.
"Use the electromagnetic railgun to blow him away, Yang Zheng," Li Ye ordered.
Upon seeing the four human Mobile Cities, the foreman giant imdiately began charging over.
As an elite monster, he moved faster and was more agile.
Only, his intelligence still seed low—while running, the tilted miner’s helt slid down over his eyes, blinding him and sending him stumbling about like an idiot, crashing through multiple ruined buildings along the way.
"Damn it, stop running around!"
Yang Zheng growled through clenched teeth.
Due to the foreman giant's erratic movent, he couldn’t get a proper aim to fire.
After more than ten seconds, the foreman giant finally gave an opening.
Having fallen to the ground, he slowly got back up and adjusted his helt with his hand.
Then he looked toward the nearby Mobile Cities, an unrestrained silly grin spreading across his face.
In the next mont, his body suddenly suffered a devastating blow—his upper torso was completely blown off.
"Hoo!"
Yang Zheng exhaled deeply.
That scene gave him an unprecedented sense of relief.
At the sa ti, the Iron Whale and the gunship finished off the three miner giants.
The Tomorrow Alliance’s first battle upon arriving in the new region ca to a successful end.
Seeing the situation, Fang Yong couldn’t help but sigh.
"Thankfully these giants aren’t intelligent. Otherwise, I really wouldn’t know how to deal with them."
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