A Guide to Farming in a Mobile City Chapter 255 : City Warfare Within the Atmospheric Ocean

Chapter 255: City Warfare Within the Atmospheric Ocean

Li Ye was instantly dumbfounded.

Advancing a Mobile City to Level 4 did not rely involve upgrading the technology tree and military strength—

The expenses were also astronomically high!

However, as the core combat power of a Level 4 city, Mobile Warriors absolutely had to be built.

Moreover, the Tomorrow Alliance was currently expanding within the Floating Island Zone. If an aerial combat-type Mobile Warrior could be produced, it would undoubtedly greatly increase their combat strength!

Thinking of this, Li Ye proposed a request to Albert.

Could the Apocalypse Sect provide all these Blueprints at once and allow the Tomorrow Alliance to slowly pay off the remaining debt over ti?

“I believe that should be possible,” Albert answered.

The main reason was because the Tomorrow Alliance’s reputation was genuinely excellent, and they had also contributed greatly.

Hearing this, Li Ye could not help sighing emotionally.

All of this had truly been accumulated little by little through his own hard work and actions.

Once production in the workshop was completed, he boarded the transport aircraft and returned once again to the Floating Island Zone.

Pilots for the Swiftblade Single-soldier chs had already begun training. With the City Simulation Training Chamber’s 1:72 ti ratio, they would only require one day of training before becoming operational.

During the following period, Li Ye began selecting a new island for the Tomorrow Alliance forces to establish their encampnt.

Initially, his target was a Frost Floating Island over ten kiloters away.

This island slowly drifted through the cloud sea like a forgotten frozen planet.

Countless jagged crystalline mountain ranges grew across the island’s surface. Those blade-like ice spikes pierced toward the sky at gravity-defying angles, refracting ghostly blue-green auroras while rotating.

The underside of the island possessed thousands of inverted icicles hanging downward like the fangs of so giant beast toward the cloud sea below. When sunlight struck them from specific angles, these icicles projected distorted shadows magnified dozens of tis larger, causing the entire underside of the island to be shrouded in constantly twisting darkness.

However, after Li Ye attempted landing on the island, he quickly gave up.

The Frost Island was simply too cold.

Soon afterward, he selected a new target.

A Natural Island dozens of kiloters away.

The instant Li Ye saw this island, he could not help but sigh in admiration.

It was simply too beautiful.

Looking into the distance, the entire Natural Floating Island resembled an erald dream suspended within the heavens, supported by countless intertwined ancient tree roots and porous floating rocks naturally forming its foundation while slowly drifting amidst the cloud sea.

The entire island was completely wrapped in layer upon layer of lush green vegetation, appearing from afar like a giant piece of wrinkled green velvet.

Countless giant trees and rivers of varying sizes stood upon the island. The rivers wound throughout the island and ford over twenty suspended waterfalls, their waters torn apart into pearl-like mist by ascending air currents during their descent.

Nurous creatures also lived upon the Natural Floating Island.

Cloud-wing Foxes possessing translucent mbrane wings capable of gliding between the islands upon air currents.

Crystal-scale Cloud Pythons lacking conventional scales, their bodies instead covered in transparent crystalline bone plates.

Mist-shadow Apes with abnormally elongated limbs and bodies entirely covered in gray-white fur.

Hollow Giant Slugs reaching three ters in length, their back shells evolved into honeycomb-like buoyancy chambers.

The Tomorrow Alliance forces imdiately advanced toward the Natural Floating Island.

“This really has broadened my horizons,” Li Ye sighed emotionally.

Ever since transmigrating into this world, he had never seen so many Mutant Creatures.

Thinking carefully about it, this Level 4 region was practically a paradise ecosystem for Mutant Creatures.

While stationed upon the Natural Island and gradually exploring the Floating Island Zone, the Tomorrow Alliance forces could simultaneously hunt Mutant Creatures there to obtain dropped resources.

However, what Li Ye did not expect was the arrival of an uninvited guest.

It was a demon rapidly flying toward them from afar.

A Reconnaissance Aircraft Demon.

Its nose lacked a cockpit, replaced instead by distorted tallic facial features stretched unnaturally wide. Its lower jaw tore all the way to its ears, revealing gear-like teeth interlocking together.

The Reconnaissance Aircraft Demon’s body was also not forged from tal, but instead consisted of so grotesque fusion between living flesh and machinery—

Dark-red tendons wrapped around rusted rivets, hydraulic pipes pulsed like writhing blood vessels, and the exhaust vents emitted not smoke, but black blood mist carrying the stench of sulfur.

The Reconnaissance Aircraft Demon appeared extrely vigilant. After noticing the human military forces upon the Natural Island, it rapidly turned around and retreated, disappearing without a trace.

Even the Tomorrow Alliance’s aerial forces could not catch up to it.

“Never expected there to actually be reconnaissance aircraft-type demons,” Fang Yong said in surprise.

Li Ye lightly shook his head.

It was probably not limited to that.

The Demon Civilization had most likely already established modernized warfare forces composed of sea, land, and aerial vehicle-type demons.

Tank Demons, Missile Launcher Demons, Fighter Jet Demons, Destroyer Demons, Submarine Demons...

They likely possessed everything imaginable.

“Prepare for the worst, Fang Yong,” he sighed. “I estimate the Demon Civilization’s forces will arrive very soon.”

In truth, after learning from the Intelligence regarding the Demon Civilization’s occupation level within the Floating Island Zone, Li Ye had already ntally prepared himself.

A battle between the Tomorrow Alliance and the Demon Civilization was inevitable—

The only uncertainty was when it would happen.

Comfortably farming Mutant Creatures within the Floating Island Zone indefinitely—

Just thinking about it made it obvious such a thing was impossible.

Li Ye imdiately decided that the military would use the Natural Island as a defensive position and engage the Demon Civilization forces in aerial warfare there.

“Should we call over the Peacemaker and Stardust?” Fang Yong asked.

“There probably isn’t enough ti,” Li Ye answered. “Once a Monstrous Civilization discovers a human force, they’ll definitely strike as quickly as possible.”

To understand the situation more clearly, he dispatched reconnaissance aircraft toward the direction from which the Reconnaissance Aircraft Demon had appeared.

While deploying the forces, Li Ye could not help glancing toward one particular land combat vehicle.

It was precisely the Thunderbolt Transport Vehicle.

This Level 3 vehicle possessing camouflage capabilities had never truly demonstrated its usefulness.

Thinking about the recently acquired Corrosion Throat Single-soldier chs, Li Ye suddenly had an idea.

Load eight Corrosion Throat Single-soldier chs into Thunderbolt Transport Vehicles, then use the Thunderbolt’s camouflage systems to secretly approach the enemy’s main combat force before suddenly launching an ambush from within, creating a devastating “blossoming from the enemy center” effect.

“This should be feasible,” he nodded.

Half an hour later, a reconnaissance aircraft returned with Intelligence.

Li Ye’s prediction had been correct.

A demon force was currently advancing toward the Natural Island where Li Ye’s forces were stationed.

The composition of the enemy resembled a fully modernized military force.

The aerial forces consisted of Fighter Jet Demons, Bomber Demons, Reconnaissance Aircraft Demons, and Helicopter Demons.

The land combat forces consisted of Tank Demons, Missile Launcher Vehicle Demons, Motorcycle Demons, and Off-road Vehicle Demons.

The naval forces consisted of Destroyer Demons, Cruiser Demons, Missile Warship Demons, Submarine Demons, and Speedboat Demons.

Aside from that, there were also nurous infantry-type demons.

Soldier Demons, Sniper Demons, chanical Hound Demons, Artillery Demons, Heavy Machine Gun Demons...

The reconnaissance pilot vividly described the appearances of these demons as well.

The Tank Demon’s head was not a conventional turret, but instead a grotesquely mutated chanical skull. Its main cannon was ford from its split-open lower jaw, while writhing cable tentacles extended from the gaps in its armor plating like veins pulsing with dark-red energy.

The Off-road Vehicle Demon possessed an extrely visually shocking appearance. Its chassis exposed muscle-like hydraulic structures, its tires were composed of hardened flesh, and its front bumper consisted of interlocking fangs.

The Destroyer Demon resembled a chanical giant beast erging from a steel hellscape. Its hull was pieced together from composite armor plating, while energy veins resembling human blood vessels flowed through the seams. Its main cannons were not conventional naval guns, but instead resembled living biological artillery. The missile vertical launch systems upon its deck had completely mutated, each chanical unit transforming into an independent chanical cyst that blood like chanical flower buds during missile launches.

The Submarine Demon possessed a distinctly Lovecraftian appearance, resembling so abyssal monster ford from the blasphemous fusion of steel and flesh. Its outer shell was not cold tal, but rather a twisted construct ford from intertwined dark-red biological armor and rusted steel plating.

“How long until the enemy arrives?” Li Ye asked.

“Judging from their speed, they should arrive in roughly an hour,” the pilot answered.

He also added that the demon force did not contain any Mobile Cities.

“Understood.” Li Ye nodded. “Everyone prepare yourselves now.”

As ti gradually passed, Li Ye finally spotted the demon force through his binoculars.

The first to advance were the demon fighter squadrons.

The Fighter Jet Demons and Reconnaissance Aircraft Demons suddenly accelerated forward, their wingtips dragging blazing dark-red trails that carved savage scars across the sky of the Floating Island Zone. The massive Bomber Demons circled above the clouds like steel vultures.

The naval demons, land combat vehicle demons, and infantry demons followed closely behind.

The Tomorrow Alliance’s aerial forces imdiately engaged the demon aircraft squadrons.

Within the forests of the Natural Island, the Special Forces mbers raised Silent Reaper Sniper Rifles equipped with Level 4 Intelligent Fire-control Cores.

With assistance from the Intelligent Fire-control Cores, the Silent Reaper Sniper Rifles completed ballistic calibration.

“Everyone ready?” one mber asked. “Three, two, one... fire!”

Everyone simultaneously pulled their triggers.

An Off-road Vehicle Demon was instantly struck.

Its entire body appeared to be violently crushed by an invisible giant hand before imdiately exploding apart!

The hinges shattered first, the doors spun into the sky, and the roof bulged upward beneath imnse pressure before finally tearing apart like aluminum foil. The chassis disintegrated amidst continuous explosions while the still-functioning engine and turbocharger blasted outward like artillery shells.

So mbers targeted the Destroyer Demons instead—

Although anti-materiel sniper rifles possessed trendous destructive power, they ultimately could not destroy an entire destroyer.

Li Ye naturally understood this.

Thus, he ordered the Special Forces mbers to specifically target the enemy warships’ weapon systems for precise elimination strikes.

The bullets accurately penetrated the armor seams of the demon warships’ missile vertical launch systems. At the mont of impact, the launch system casings twisted grotesquely as though torn apart by invisible hands, the armor plates deforming into exaggerated curves before exploding apart like rotten fruit peels.

Other mbers targeted the Helicopter Demons in the sky.

The instant the bullets struck, the Helicopter Demons exploded apart like walnuts crushed by invisible hands.

The Special Forces mbers continuously reloaded, aid, and fired.

With the assistance of the Intelligent Fire-control Cores, their long-range assassinations beca extraordinarily precise and efficient as one vehicle demon after another was consecutively destroyed.

At the sa ti, the two Wave-suppressing Destroyers floating within the Atmospheric Ocean in the distance opened fire.

The decks of the two warships trembled amidst heavy hydraulic noises as rows of square launch silo covers simultaneously opened, revealing pitch-black vertical missile cells beneath.

Accompanied by deafening explosive blasts, Standard-2 Surface-to-Air Missiles and Tomahawk Cruise Missiles shot into the sky like swarms of steel hornets. The missile swarm rapidly split into attack formations at different altitudes, while the white smoke from their solid-fuel rocket engines wove a giant web of death between sea and sky.

At the center of the warships, multiple torpedo launch tubes completed their final firing calibrations before MK46 Lightweight Torpedoes were expelled by high-pressure gas.

anwhile, the 127mm OTO lara Main Cannons upon the decks completed rotation as well. Their hydraulically driven triple barrels adjusted elevation within 0.5 seconds, and the instant the muzzle brakes erupted with circular gas blasts, artillery shells had already torn through the air with screaming force.

The first to suffer devastating casualties were the Submarine Demons.

Just as Li Ye predicted, submarines were not particularly useful within the Atmospheric Ocean.

They neither possessed the powerful long-range bombardnt capabilities of destroyers nor the high mobility of fighter aircraft. Furthermore, the Atmospheric Ocean’s visibility was simply too vast, leaving virtually no stealth capability.

Several Submarine Demons were instantly overwheld beneath concentrated firepower and completely annihilated.

Looking across the battlefield, the two destroyers floating through the Atmospheric Ocean resembled space battleships far more than naval warships. Especially while exchanging fire against the similarly floating demon warships, the atmosphere of space warfare beca even more intense.

At the sa ti, the Tomorrow Alliance’s land combat forces deployed upon the Natural Island unleashed coordinated firepower, while the Demon Civilization’s vehicle demons also began returning fire.

The once peaceful and beautiful floating island region instantly transford into a battlefield filled with smoke and explosions.

As the demon forces landed upon the island, the Tomorrow Alliance’s land combat forces engaged them directly.

Bullfrog chs wildly leaped and darted across the battlefield, slaughtering one infantry demon after another.

Rapid-fire Assault Bikes swiftly maneuvered throughout the battlefield, continuously unleashing bombardnts.

The Leopard 2A7V Main Battle Tanks and Torrent Heavy Tanks fired at full force.

anwhile, the three Protheus units resembled gods of war upon the battlefield, demonstrating overwhelming might. Relying upon their powerful defenses and mobility, they recklessly charged forward, crazily destroying every vehicle demon and infantry demon along their path.

High above the battlefield, the Tomorrow Alliance’s aerial forces fiercely clashed against the demon aircraft squadrons.

The bombers from both sides occasionally seized opportunities to wildly unleash bombardnts upon the ground.

However, the most outstanding perforrs upon the battlefield were undoubtedly the Special Forces mbers wielding Silent Reaper Sniper Rifles.

From the beginning of the battle until now, they had remained hidden throughout the island, continuously reloading, aiming, firing, and assassinating enemies.

The demon forces landing upon the island gradually began struggling to endure the pressure.

The scales of victory slowly began tilting toward Li Ye’s side.

Watching this scene, Li Ye slowly nodded.

Now, it was finally ti to unleash his true killing move.