Chapter 1: The Moving City on the Wasteland

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In the early morning, wind and rain lashed the vast wasteland. Amidst the downpour, a colossal behemoth resembling a small mountain moved steadily forward. Upon closer inspection, it was unmistakably a steam-punk styled mobile city.

Beneath the city, rows of tires and massive tracks powered its movement, complemented by mechanical arms, cranes, watchtowers, cannons, heavy machine guns, searchlights, and a host of other equipment. Buildings, water towers, warehouses, small processing plants, and fields were all meticulously arranged in clear layers from top to bottom.

At this moment, Li Ye stood on the watchtower, clutching a freshly compiled inventory list with a grave expression.

This was his first week since crossing over into this world—a wasteland fraught with danger.

Zombies, mechanical lifeforms, mutated beasts, monstrous civilizations—the reality was far more perilous than he had imagined.

Survivors relied on wondrous “mobile cities,” scavenging resources, recruiting talent, and hunting other mobile cities to gradually strengthen and survive.

This particular mobile city, named Mole, was a low-tier Level 1 mobile city.

On the very first day of his arrival, Li Ye unfortunately became a slave aboard the Mole.

Endless backbreaking labor, abysmal living conditions, meager daily rations of food and water, and frequent brutal beatings from the lord and his enforcers—Li Ye endured it all silently. Outwardly calm, he secretly devised a plan.

He rallied other slaves, prepared weapons, covertly swayed disfavored retainers of the lord, and formulated a rebellion.

Just last night, Li Ye led the uprising.

After a night of bloody combat, at the cost of over half his forces wounded or lost, he successfully seized the Mole, eradicating the former lord and his henchmen.

He was then unanimously chosen as the new lord of this mobile city. With the determination to start anew, Li Ye renamed it Tomorrow.

Inventory list:

- 2 standard cannons, 6 standard shells

- 4 standard heavy machine guns, over 200 standard machine gun bullets

- 6 pistols, over 40 standard bullets, 25 ordinary knives, 2 Level 1 weapons, 87 crystal coins

- 35 units of iron ore, 23 units of wood, 115 units of fresh water, 15 units of gunpowder

- 25 steamed buns, 17 potatoes, 3 cans of meat, half a bag of flour

- Remaining mobile city energy: 15%

Staring at the numbers on the list, Li Ye sighed deeply.

The previous lord had no concept of resource management and squandered everything, leaving only this meager stockpile when Li Ye took over.

Resource scarcity was a pressing problem.

Whether it was the essentials like food and water, or raw materials such as iron ore and oil necessary for production and upgrades, or even ammunition vital for defense, all were in short supply.

Even worse, after the recent power shift, Tomorrow lacked any skilled personnel like mechanics, gunners, lookouts, or combat captains. It barely functioned at a basic operational level.

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