Chapter 43: The Predatory Cities Alliance?!

At the young man's suggestion, Li Ye changed his member name to Tomorrow. "Welcome to our Mobile City Alliance," he said. "I'll be off now. After all, I still have to carry out the Lord's orders—to search for mobile cities in the wild and recruit them." Watching his off-road vehicle drive away, Li Ye turned his attention to the A4 communication channel. At this moment, the members in the communication channel were chatting. 【Moonshadow: I've already explained the situation in the city ruins. It's very dangerous here, so everyone should try to avoid this area when traveling.】 【Bronze Wanderer: Sincerely appreciate your intel.】 【Vanguard: Yes, currently, Bronze Wanderer and I have avoided the city ruins and chosen to detour through the western route to Serene Lake. Though there are more mountains and the path is long, at least it's safe.】 【Echo: I just blasted a large Monstrous Town and unexpectedly harvested 125 units of Light Ore. Anyone need it? I can bring it to you.】 【Vanguard: Light Ore, huh? Then please bring some for me. Let’s price it at 35 Crystal Coins per unit. Also, if any of you collect Light Ore, please bring it to sell to me. I'd really appreciate it.】 Li Ye immediately joined the chat. 【Tomorrow: Hello, everyone.】 【Moonshadow: Oh, another new member. Welcome, welcome.】 【Bronze Wanderer: May I ask about your current strength? How many Regular Cannons and Regular Heavy Machine Guns do you have? How many vehicles in your convoy? What Level 1 weapons do you possess? Do you have any Level 1 Cannons or even Level 2 items?】 【Vanguard: Welcome aboard, Tomorrow. Please don’t mind my brother’s rather blunt questions. In fact, every member discloses this kind of data when joining, myself included.】 【Tomorrow: No worries, I understand. I currently have 6 Regular Cannons, 8 Heavy Machine Guns. My Level 1 weapons include the Peregrine Falcon Assault Rifle and the Gale Rocket Launcher. Additionally, I have 2 Level 1 Cannons and a Level 1 off-road vehicle. As for Level 2 items, I don’t have any.】 Li Ye slowly typed out this line on the screen. At the same time, he was a little surprised. He hadn't expected the Lords of Vanguard and Bronze Wanderer to be brothers. At present, joining this communication channel was very beneficial for Tomorrow. It allowed access to intelligence and trading of resources. Therefore, disclosing combat strength data according to the rules was necessary. But out of caution, Li Ye deliberately hid the existence of City Camouflage as a trump card. He couldn’t fully trust this Mobile City Alliance. After all, in a post-apocalyptic world, people were unpredictable. The only one you should trust was yourself. 【Moonshadow: ...This new member is quite strong. He even has a Level 1 Rocket Launcher and two Level 1 Cannons. His strength is only second to the boss and Echo.】 【Echo: No, most of my combat power lies in Cannons. In terms of overall strength, Tomorrow is second only to the boss.】 The "boss" they mentioned was probably referring to Vanguard. 【Lin Ou: Which region are you currently in?】 【Tomorrow: I’m currently in the outskirts of the city ruins. Moonshadow, you said this place is dangerous. Is it because of the monster Mobile Cities and monster fortresses in the city center?】 【Moonshadow: No... it’s far more than that. There's also a Predatory Cities Alliance in the city ruins. They number at least six or more. I advise you to leave immediately!】 Li Ye was shocked upon hearing this. There was actually a Predatory Cities Alliance in the city ruins? And with over six of them? Just thinking about how Tomorrow had been unknowingly moving through this area made him break into a cold sweat. 【Moonshadow: The members of this Predatory Cities Alliance are named after Tarot cards—like Death, The Hanged Man, The Chariot, and so on.】 【Vanguard: It was thanks to Moonshadow’s warning that Bronze Wanderer and I decided to take a detour. By the way, Tomorrow, I should let you know—we’re currently planning to head north to Serene Lake together and have agreed to meet at the edge.】 【Bronze Wanderer: Would you like to join us? Everyone’s going, except for Lin Ou.】 【Tomorrow: Hmm, I was actually already planning to go to Serene Lake. By the way, why can't Lin Ou come?】 【Echo: Because it's currently in the Mobile Maze in the east.】 Through Lin Ou’s description, Li Ye got a general understanding of the Mobile Maze. This Mobile Maze had gigantic walls that moved at intervals, generating new terrain. Inside the maze were some mines, oil fields, forests, as well as monster strongholds and towns. There weren’t many Mobile Cities wandering inside. Lin Ou was still doing fairly well. The only regret it had was discovering a Wild BOSS inside the maze that it couldn't defeat with its current strength. The other members in the communication channel could only sigh at this. Vanguard suggested Lin Ou try to find other cities in the maze to collaborate and possibly take it down. Feeling a bit emotional, Li Ye suddenly remembered something and quickly typed on the screen. 【Tomorrow: By the way, have you encountered Azure and Conqueror? One is in the western part of the Wasteland Zone, and the other in the south.】 【Vanguard: If you’re referring to the western region, Bronze Wanderer and I once came across a red-painted Mobile City. Its treads were quite unique—they could even climb through the mountains.】 【Vanguard: Speaking of the southern region, I did see a Mobile City heading toward the southern edge. Not sure if that was Azure.】 【Tomorrow: Thanks. That should be them. By the way, what region lies south of the Wasteland Zone?】 【Vanguard: That’s the Level 1 region—the Desert Zone. At first, we were planning to head there together, but we gave up considering its dry climate and scarce resources.】 【Tomorrow: Alright, thank you very much for the intel.】 【Vanguard: No problem. Now, back to our previous topic... Based on everyone’s current stats, there are over 60 Mobile Cities in the Wasteland Zone, more than 4 Level 1 Fortresses, and over 70 Survivor Towns. The total population is estimated to be over 100,000.】 【Vanguard: As for Level 2 Fortresses and Level 2 Mobile Cities... none have been encountered yet, so still unknown.】 "So that's how Vanguard is using the alliance’s advantage to start collecting data on the Wasteland Zone!" Li Ye was surprised. However, due to the limited number of members and the unexplored areas, the current data was still highly inaccurate. In truth, the only one who truly understood the Wasteland Zone was Li Ye himself.