A Guide to Farming in a Mobile City Chapter 250 : The “Small Cities” Within Each Floor and Satel

Chapter 250: The “Small Cities” Within Each Floor and Satellite Launch

Although Li Ye always paid attention to people’s livelihood, a Mobile City ultimately had to prioritize security above all else.

The iron ore they acquired and the steel they produced were first used to build the Land, Sea, and Air Combat Forces and replenish combat resources.

Seeing the uncertain expression on their lord’s face, the mbers of the City Committee clearly realized what he was thinking. The previously lively atmosphere of the discussion gradually cooled.

Sitting to the side, Lin Xia gently bit her lip. Her eyes flickered as she looked at Li Ye with unease.

“Is it not possible?”

Li Ye ca back to his senses and shook his head apologetically.

“I’m sorry. It’s not possible.”

After all, the resources required this ti were far from small. When Tomorrow was promoted to Level 4, it had consud a full 8,000 units of Level 3 steel, instantly exhausting the Tomorrow Alliance’s current resource reserves.

However, many city and town ruins still remained in the Peninsula Zone, which could be gradually scavenged in the future. Moreover, there were still a number of Mobile City and vehicle wrecks waiting to be salvaged from the sea.

Since the construction plan did not receive Li Ye’s approval, the atmosphere suddenly beca sowhat awkward.

After thinking for a mont, Lin Wu proposed a compromise.

“Then let so residents build their own houses first,” he said.

According to his idea, Tomorrow could allocate part of its iron ore resources to produce rebar while also preparing timber and concrete.

Residents could then purchase these building materials using Contribution Points and construct their own houses.

As for the engineering vehicles needed for construction, they would be provided by Engineer. Combined with the drones previously delivered to it—equipped with engineering accessories—the construction process would beco much easier.

“That idea is indeed feasible,” Li Ye said thoughtfully. “It would also greatly recycle the Contribution Points held by the residents.”

Naturally, Tomorrow’s official administration would not build houses for residents for free.

This was the sa reasoning behind why the Three Major Human Organizations only gave people in the wasteland Level 0.5 Mobile Cities.

Things obtained too easily were rarely cherished.

“Not only will the building materials require Contribution Points to purchase, but even the construction services provided by Engineer will require paynt,” Li Ye said slowly.

By constructing houses in batches, the pressure on Tomorrow was greatly reduced.

After confirming this project, everyone continued discussing the urban transportation plan.

Urban transportation was essentially infrastructure ant to improve residents’ lives and would mainly be concentrated in the mid-level Residential and Living District where people lived.

The upper and lower levels had much less demand for transportation.

“So urban transportation will mainly be constructed in the residential areas,” Lin Wu summarized.

Li Ye made a decision.

In the future, Tomorrow would gradually abandon the residents’ “hotel-style room” accommodations, eventually allowing every resident to have their own house.

These houses would be constructed on new floors, and urban transportation would be built simultaneously.

In addition, a series of public buildings and facilities would also be constructed.

In this way, every new floor would resemble a small city.

After bringing up this point, Li Ye couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

Only now did he truly understand the aning of a “Mobile City.”

While feeling excited, everyone also realized sothing.

This ti, they would be constructing each floor according to the standard of a small city.

Thinking about this, worry appeared in Lin Xia and the others’ eyes.

This was an extrely heavy project. They feared their capabilities might not be enough to handle it properly.

However, Li Ye had already prepared a solution.

“I will contact the Apocalypse Sect through the satellite phone and ask them to provide a detailed city planning blueprint based on a Level 4 city,” he reassured them. “At that ti, you can simply plan according to the blueprint.”

“With our current relationship with the Apocalypse Sect, they’ll probably give it to us for free,” Lin Wu said.

Li Ye was sowhat surprised when he heard that.

Without realizing it, the relationship between the Tomorrow Alliance and the Apocalypse Sect had grown so close.

When he first learned about the Apocalypse Sect’s existence, he had been extrely cautious.

Once the decision was made, Li Ye imdiately exited the training scene and contacted Albert via satellite phone to explain his request.

“Of course we can give you the blueprint for free!” Albert said. “The Peninsula Zone mining project you transferred this ti has greatly helped us with the large project we’re about to begin.”

As the interdiary between the Tomorrow Alliance and the Apocalypse Sect, Albert had also received rewards.

The Apocalypse Sect imdiately transmitted the blueprint to Holy chanism C21. Li Ye then dispatched a Swordfish Mini Submarine to the sea area where it was located to retrieve the blueprint.

Afterward, he directly uploaded the blueprint into the City Simulation Training Pod and activated it within the scene.

When Li Ye reentered the virtual Tomorrow, a fully planned small city had already appeared on the floor before his eyes.

He sat down again and admired it together with the others.

Like a modern city, the small city inside the floor had a clear and complete road network.

Six-lane main roads, four-lane secondary roads, and narrow alleys and one-way streets forming the branch routes.

Li Ye checked the data. According to the standard that roads occupied 15%–20% of the city’s land area, the total road area would be approximately 1.1–1.45 square kiloters.

To make travel convenient for residents, the city also deployed buses, bus stops, and corresponding bus routes.

The only slightly awkward issue was the height of the small city.

Tomorrow had a total height of only 480 ters. With 48 floors, the average height per floor was just 10 ters.

When Tomorrow was still a Level 3 city, Li Ye had already learned a painful lesson when the Vehicle Warehouse was unable to accommodate ships.

Therefore, when Tomorrow was promoted to Level 4, he deliberately made adjustnts in the Production Workshop.

Not only was the Vehicle Warehouse floor height increased significantly, but he also increased the height of the mid-level residential floors.

Every floor where residents lived was now 20 ters high.

Floors that were not residential areas were adjusted to heights between 3 and 5 ters.

For a city, however, a 20-ter floor height was still sowhat limited.

This height could only support small houses for residents. High-rise buildings were out of the question.

“As for skyscrapers, we’ll consider them when Tomorrow becos a Level 5 Mobile City,” Li Ye thought.

“By the way… can we open an automobile shop now?” soone asked.

Li Ye nodded gently.

With the current size of the floors, vehicles could indeed be driven.

However, Tomorrow currently had very few vehicle production projects.

The only car residents could buy was a Rolls-Royce.

“How about this—you City Committee mbers make a list of the daily vehicles you want to purchase, and I’ll contact Bishop Albert through the satellite phone to procure them,” he said.

The City Committee mbers quickly added more requests.

Not only daily vehicles, but also blueprints for roads, buildings, and various public facilities.

“Add them. Add whatever you want,” Li Ye nodded.

After all, they were only ordinary-grade items and wouldn’t cost many Crystal Coins.

Thus, the city construction project was finalized. It would beco the City Committee’s main focus for a long ti.

Just as Li Ye was about to announce the end of the eting, Lin Xia gently shook her head at him.

“Is there sothing else?” Li Ye asked in surprise.

From Lin Xia, he learned that the City Committee was preparing to establish a new departnt.

The Ga Departnt.

This departnt would mainly use the simulation training pod to create a series of imrsive panoramic gas for residents, allowing them to experience them in exchange for Contribution Points.

After all, the Level 4 Simulation Training Pod was already extrely realistic. Ordinary people could hardly distinguish reality from simulation once inside, making it ideal for panoramic gas.

Thinking about it, Li Ye couldn’t help but sigh.

Things he had never experienced on Blue Star were now being experienced here.

He was a passionate Steam gar—he had played Stardew Valley, Don’t Starve, GTA, Dark Souls, God of War, Elden Ring, The Legend of Zelda, and Black Myth.

He agreed that the Ga Departnt could be established, and he would personally provide ideas for the panoramic gas.

After confirming these matters, the City Committee finally let Li Ye go.

After arranging personnel to salvage Mobile City and vehicle wrecks from the target sea area, Li Ye returned to his room. With a sigh of relief, he lay back down on his bed.

“…So tired.”

Three days later, early morning.

On Tomorrow’s deck, Li Ye gazed into the distance.

There stood a newly constructed Level 4 Rocket Launch Platform.

Its scale was much smaller than those on Blue Star, but its structure was extrely compact and efficient.

Whether it was the launch pad base, the service tower, or the tracking and control station, everything appeared delicate and compact.

Level 4 Rocket Launch Platforms owned by human Mobile Cities focused primarily on flexibility and low cost.

After all, monsters were everywhere in the wasteland. To survive, humans had to keep migrating with their Mobile Cities.

Once a launch platform had been used, it was usually dismantled and recycled back into steel in the City Steel Mill.

On the launch pad, Tomorrow’s newly manufactured Tiansuo-3 Rocket stood quietly.

Its slender body glead with cold tallic light in the morning sun. The rocket, dozens of ters tall, consisted of multiple precisely connected stages.

Mounted on it was the Planet Echo Satellite.

Originally, Li Ye thought that once he gathered the blueprints for a Level 4 Satellite, Level 4 Rocket, and Level 4 Rocket Launch Platform, he could launch a satellite.

However, he felt sothing was missing, so he called Albert.

Albert reminded him that besides those three items, the Mobile City also needed to install the Level 4 city building Satellite Control Station.

Otherwise, even if the satellite were launched into outer space, it could not be controlled.

“Thank you for the reminder!” Li Ye said in sudden realization.

The blueprint for this Level 4 city building was not cheap. It cost 200,000 Crystal Coins—even after the friendly discount from the Apocalypse Sect.

Considering the Tomorrow Alliance’s good reputation, the Apocalypse Sect allowed Li Ye to pay the debt later.

Li Ye felt no pressure about this debt. The Tomorrow Alliance now had many ways to earn money.

Inside the control room of the rocket launch platform, a group of staff mbers were busy working intensely.

From the beginning of the project until now, only three real days had passed.

But during these three days, they had almost lived inside the City Simulation Training Pod.

With the 1:72 Ti Flow Ratio, even after subtracting ti for sleep and als, they had trained inside the simulation for several months.

During that period, they simulated more than a hundred rocket launches.

Not only them—the satellite operators trained the sa way.

One person even said he could no longer distinguish whether he was in reality or simulation.

When they finally exited the simulation training pod, everyone appeared slightly dazed.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6…

As the countdown ended, the launch officially began.

A blinding orange-red fireball erupted beneath the rocket. Dozens of engines roared simultaneously, spewing plasma flas with thousands of tons of thrust.

Evaporated cooling water instantly turned into vast waves of milky-white vapor.

The entire launch platform was swallowed by rolling smoke. Only the rocket’s exhaust fla split through the chaos like a giant sword, illuminating several kiloters around as bright as day.

Under everyone’s gaze, the rocket slowly lifted off the launch platform.

At first, it resembled a silver feather lifted by an invisible hand.

Then its speed increased rapidly. Amid violent vibrations, it broke the sound barrier, leaving diamond-shaped Mach rings behind its tail.

As the rocket entered the atmosphere, scorching gases drew a twisted trail across the deep blue sky.

The first stage completed its mission and separated.

The second-stage engine ignited precisely on schedule, pushing the remaining body toward space.

After reaching the boundless void of outer space, the rocket’s engines finally fell silent.

In the silent environnt of space, only distant starlight and the blue curve of the planet remained in the background.

The passenger—the Planet Echo Satellite—separated from the rocket and drifted toward its designated direction.

This Level 4 satellite began unfolding in space.

Its main body emitted faint motor sounds as its folded solar panels slowly expanded like origami.

Small thrusters emitted plus, adjusting the satellite into its operational posture.

Inside Tomorrow’s Satellite Control Station, everyone stared at the screens without blinking.

In the circular hall, dozens of displays flickered with blue light, illuminating the excited and tense faces of the staff.

A few seconds later, a clear green waveform suddenly appeared on the main console screen.

A staff mber jumped to his feet in excitent.

“Satellite signal captured! Band lock successful!”

The entire hall instantly erupted in cheers.

Applause thundered everywhere.

At the center of the giant screen, the Planet Echo Satellite transmitted its very first greeting from the vastness of space to the planet below.

“Orbital paraters confird!” another staff mber said. “Perigee 782 kiloters, apogee 798 kiloters, inclination 97.6 degrees—exactly as expected!”

Li Ye suppressed his excitent and slowly nodded.

Now, the Tomorrow Alliance finally possessed its own satellite.

Through the images transmitted from space, everyone clearly saw the entire planet.

The vast curved horizon glowed with a soft blue halo against the black universe.

White clouds wrapped around it like gauze, tracing the flow of the atmosphere.

Continents and oceans were clearly visible.

One person stared at the screen and murmured in awe.

“So… this is the place where we’ve always lived…”