Chapter 3

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

What came into view was piles of ores arranged by kind on the ground! There was copper ore, iron ore, silver ore, and gold ore! There was also some food such as dried meat, rice, rice noodles and so on, but not much.

Among them were about two tonnes of copper ore, one tonne of iron ore and one tonne of silver ore. As for the gold ore, this was a little less, only half a tonne!

Luo En looked at the mountain of ores in front of him. Even though he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked. One must know that these ores were extremely rare resources in the world that Luo En was in in his previous life! Yet, they appeared here in tonnes!

Copper ore could be considered the most extensively used and most common ore in this world. Everything to be built required copper. For example, some of the cannons in the city were made of copper.

Iron ore was even rarer than copper ore. Iron ore was usually used to make parts of mobile cities. A small mobile city required at least tens of thousands of tonnes of iron ore. Iron ore was also the common currency of this world. In this apocalyptic world, people usually traded iron ore and food.

It followed that silver ore was even more rare. Its main purposes of use were for making mining machines and radiation-protective suits. This did not mean that mining machines made from iron ore and copper ore could not be used, but the mining speed of such machines was much slower than those made from silver ore.

Moreover, for the most part of ore mining, one had to go underground, and the radiation underground was very strong. Ordinary people could only last three minutes at most under such radiation. Beyond three minutes, they would either mutate into monsters or die.

Hence, the radiation-protective suit was especially critical!

As for gold ore, it was even more remarkable. How expensive gold was required no further mention! It was the same in this world. It could be said that the amount of gold ore a mobile city possessed basically determined the might of the mobile city.

Gold ore, like silver ore, could be used to make mining machines and radiation-protective suits, but no one would be extravagant enough to use gold ore to make them.

The most important function of gold ore was to make various high-tech items. For example, the control chip in a drone required gold ore!

Luo En looked at the ores and muttered excitedly, “So much! Devour them all! Let’s see what changes would happen to the System!”

[City Lord System: Devour completed.]

[City Lord System: Congratulations to the host for obtaining 11,200 Evolution Points]

The mechanical voice of the System slowly sounded. Immediately, the piles of ores in front of him disappeared into thin air.

As Luo En listened to the voice in his mind, he looked at the Evolution Points on the System panel. At that moment, he also understood the exchange rate for the conversion of ores to Evolution Points.

One tonne of copper ore was equivalent to 100 Evolution Points, one tonne of iron ore was equivalent to 1,000 Evolution Points, one tonne of silver ore was equivalent to 5,000 Evolution points, and one tonne of gold ore was equivalent to 10,000 Evolution Points!

After clearing his mind, Luo En turned and left.

Old Chen, who was outside the door, saw Luo En walk out and quickly walked in.

However, what he saw was a mess. All the ores on the ground had disappeared! Only some food remained!

Old Chen looked at what was before him and he slumped to the ground. He was filled with extreme regret. Even his lips were trembling. “The ores are gone! Gone…”

Those ores had been mined by him and Luo En’s father little by little over a long period of time. Now they were just all gone like this. With the ores gone, it meant that all hope could only be on Luo En.

Yet, from what he knew, Luo En was utterly a prodigal. Placing all hopes on him would come to naught!

At the thought of this, Old Chen could not help but sniffle. He sat on the ground and cried.

“Is the mobile city we built going to be destroyed…”

…..

Over at the other side, after Luo En left the Resource Room, he headed to the control room according to the memory in his mind.

“Greetings, City Lord!”

Along the way, there were people greeting him respectfully from time to time.

Luo En nodded and continued toward the control room.

“Where is the City Lord going?”

“That’s right! Shouldn’t the City Lord be going to the command room at this time?”

“I think he’s just afraid. When White Tremor Mobile City arrives, we’ll surrender immediately. That way, we can leave a good impression on them!”

“Xiao Wang! We’ll escape later. With this mobile city as our cover, the chances of us escaping are still very high. It’s better than waiting for death here!”

After Luo En left, the group immediately started discussing.

…..

Soon, Luo En arrived at the control room.

After sitting down, Luo En turned on the System; he planned to evolve the things in the city.

There were many things to evolve in the mobile city, such as engines, cannons, caterpillar tracks, city expansion, and so on. Of course, as the things to evolve were different, the Evolution Points required would also be different.

Evolving an engine would require 10,000 Evolution Points, while evolving a cannon would require 8,000 Evolution Points. As for evolving caterpillar tracks and city expansion, the Evolution Points required would be even higher.

Evolving the engine would increase the moving speed of the mobile city from 100 kilometers per hour to 300 kilometers per hour, and the power consumption would also be optimized. Cannon evolution could increase the range of the cannon from 10 kilometers to 30 kilometers, and its power would also increase.

“Reporting! Reporting to the City Lord! The White Tremor Mobile City behind is only 31 kilometers away from us! What should we do?” A man in uniform ran in hurriedly at that moment and reported, panting.

Luo En nodded and said, “Alright. You may leave. Guard your post!”

The enemy’s mobile city is getting closer and closer to me. Furthermore, their mobile city is much larger than mine. The cannons on it must have a longer range and are more powerful than mine. Therefore, I can’t fight them head-on. In this case, it should be to evolve the engine!

Hmm… That’s right. Judging from the speed of their mobile city, it should be 150 kilometers per hour. With the speed of 300 kilometers per hour, we will definitely be able to escape their pursuit! After the man left, Luo En stroked his chin and pondered carefully.

Then, Luo En clicked on the Evolution Points.

[City Lord System: Please choose what you wish to evolve.]

The System’s voice sounded.

“Evolve the engine!”

[City Lord System: Evolving the engine …. Engine evolved successfully!]

The System’s voice sounded, and the mobile city shook.

The engines below suddenly roared even louder, and the mobile city advanced at 300 kilometers per hour.

The people in the White Tremor Mobile City behind him were all stunned when they saw this. They couldn’t help but curse. “F*ck! What’s going on? Why did they suddenly become so fast?”

The group of people stared at each other, thoroughly astonished. The cooked duck had flown away just like that?

The mobile city Luo En was in gradually disappeared from the field of view of the White Tremor Mobile City..