Ark Journey

The progress of a large number of events is being coordinated by Xue Zhi, who is located in the central command tower. He is currently tracking the movement of all personnel, including but not limited to the cleaning of military camps, the movement of members of the integration movement, the status of captured engineers, etc.

Everything went smoothly and everything was progressing in an orderly manner.

Xue Zhi let out a long sigh and flew out of the command tower. He stood on the top of the tower and used the weather core.

Suddenly, the clear night sky was covered by dark clouds, and heavy snow fell from the sky. However, the snowflakes did not fall into the mobile city, nor did they fall on the heads of the members of the Integration Movement who were entering the city. They only fell around.

Heavy snow can obscure vision and movement, prolonging the time it takes to be discovered.

Time passed slowly, and finally everyone boarded the mobile city. One of Xue Zhi's clones and a dozen cadres in charge of logistics were maintaining order in front of the two dormitory buildings.

The two buildings had been reinforced by Xue Zhi with a protective core, mainly because there were places for cooking inside. Xue Zhi was quite afraid that some people who had never lived in such dormitory buildings would use fire improperly and set the two buildings on fire again.

After making sure that no one was left out, Xue Zhi said to the operator:

"Everyone has boarded the ship. Let's set off. We're leaving this place first."

"Which way to go?"

“I remember there was a preset map.”

"Indeed, the targets are the mines mentioned before."

“How many days will it take to arrive?”

"The nearest one will take about seven or eight days."

"This time is enough for us to settle down temporarily. Let's go at this speed. We don't need to go too fast. The heavy snow can cover our tracks."

"Yes."

As the operator performed a series of operations in the command center, the entire mobile city made various noises. Because there were no engineers on duty everywhere at the moment, Xue Zhi released her mental strength to ensure that abnormalities could be discovered at the first opportunity, and prayed in her heart that the journey could be smooth.

The tracks that had stopped for more than ten hours started moving again, and the huge steel structure moved in the wind and snow.

The shock of departure caused a certain degree of unrest among the crowd, but Xue Zhi was there and quickly calmed down the emotions of those people.

"Everyone, don't panic. This is just a normal phenomenon when the mobile city is activated. You need to get used to it."

Xue Zhi's words made those who were worried feel relieved. The various powers he displayed made almost all members of the integration movement recognize him again. Now it is snowing outside but not inside, which is the best proof of his strength.

Tallulah, who was at the end of the team, sighed after calming the people around her.

"Huh, it feels like a dream. A dozen days ago, we were still worried about being caught up and killed by the infected patrol team, but now we have a mobile city to settle down in."

The patriot also sighed.

"Yes."

As members of the Integration Movement entered the dormitory building one after another, Xue Zhi, who was under much less pressure, shifted his attention to other places. Don't forget, this is an industrial mobile city with many working machines, and the raw materials and products they produced are dangerous items such as Originium. Now he is going to shut down all the equipment.

Equipment that can be understood will be shut down directly, and raw materials and products will be stuffed into the corresponding warehouses. The warehouses will then be refreshed with the guardian core. For those that cannot be understood, look for the instructions on site and try to understand them as quickly as possible before shutting them down to prevent accidents.

All of a sudden, there were more than a dozen Xue Zhis in the entire mobile city, dealing with things that needed to be dealt with in various places.

Chapter 41: Afterwards

In the direction of the military camp, the group of people finally managed to clean up the camp that was filled with corpses and various construction debris.

"Finally, it's been roughly dealt with. Xue Zhi, do you plan to put the captured engineers here?"

"Yes, and the captured soldiers."

The clone who was also involved in the cleanup nodded.

"Will there be no trouble?"

"rest assured."

Unlike the cruelty of the previous attack, Xue Zhi exchanged a black body bag for all the corpses she could collect, and marked the bags with names according to the things found on the corpses. Currently, these bags are neatly stacked outside the military camp.

The weather is very cold now, so let’s just forgive these dead for the time being.

The faces of those surrendered soldiers were filled with grief, but thanks to Xue Zhi's strength, they should not have any extra thoughts at the moment.

"Everyone, get out of here. I'll bring those people over."

"Ah."

Frost Star and Alina led their men out of the military camp.

Xue Zhi came to the matchboxes and lifted the magic effect. Suddenly, all the matchboxes collapsed as if they were melting, and then the three thousand people inside floated up to the sky together.

Out of distrust of them, Xue Zhi chose to take them directly there.

Looking at the people floating in the air all around, an engineer couldn't help but sigh:

"What kind of monster did Ursus provoke?"

It didn't take long for Xue Zhi to bring them all to the military camp.

Putting these engineers on the ground, Xue Zhi said in front of them:

"You will live here for the next few days. We haven't touched the supplies inside, so they should be enough for you. There will be guards outside, so if you have any special needs, you can just ask."

He then turned his attention to the surrendering soldiers.

"You guys should live here first, is there any problem?"

These soldiers were already afraid of Xue Zhi, and no one dared to say anything against it.

"No no."

"Row."

After all these people moved into the military camp, Xue Zhi raised her hands and created a layer of soil around them and on top of their heads.

Xue Zhi breathed a sigh of relief after finishing a task.

"Done. From now on, this place will be a prison."

Then he looked at the yetis and other soldiers who had been working hard for almost the whole day.

"Come on, I'll take you to another place. You've been tired all day, so take a good rest first."

"Okay!"

The soldiers let out happy noises upon learning that they could finally take a break.

As time passed, incidents were resolved one by one, Xue Zhi's clones began to disappear, all industrial equipment was shut down, and non-combat members of the Integration Movement moved into empty dormitory buildings.

The fighters also found a place to live. When the Patriots and Shield Guards went to maintain order, another clone of Xue Zhi led the Sarkaz who had captured the target to tidy up the military camp on the other side. Currently all the fighters were resting there.

At one o'clock in the morning, all the integration movement cadres who had no tasks gathered together on the top floor of the central command tower. They moved a few stools and began to discuss whether to attack the city just like they did a few days ago.

But Xue Zhi here turned into a clone, and his original body went to another place to deal with the remaining few very important matters.

Tallulah took the lead in speaking from her seat:

"With Xue Zhi's help, we have roughly arranged all the people, but there is still a lot to do."

“Get familiar with this mobile city.”

"The supplies need to be counted, plus the ones we brought up."

"We can't just sit back and enjoy our savings. We need to find new ways to obtain supplies."

"Those captives also need someone to contact. We need their knowledge. We can't rely on just these few operators to run the mobile city. It would be too stressful for them and it's not realistic."

"Yes, and we need to understand the purpose of the equipment on the mobile city and how it works."

"We have to arrange things for the people we bring with us. Doing nothing will make them useless. Maybe we need to spend a few days to settle down, but we must reach a conclusion among ourselves first."

"We are currently in need of more soldiers, and we can recruit some idle personnel from there. We may even need to convert some of them into police officers. Mr. Patriot, do you know anything about security in the city?"

“Very little, but you can try.”

“Yes, this is a good direction.”

"In addition, we also need to discuss the way forward. This is a new beginning, not an end."

Everyone was discussing future plans, and finally they all looked at Xue Zhi who was silent.

Noticing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he smiled.

"Don't worry about me, just do your thing, I won't interfere with most of what happens next."

At this time, Xue Zhi's body had reached the supporting layer, where there was a lot of idle space, and he was placing soil here to create an underground farmland.

The space is large enough, and all the land is maximized with eighty grids of soil and one grid of water.

Watching the soil gradually become moist, but the water level in the middle did not drop, Xue Zhi touched her chin and thought of something interesting.

"Can I create an infinite water supply at the place where the mobile city pumps water? This way, we can guarantee the water supply. Combined with the food produced underground, this mobile city can basically achieve internal circulation."

Without spending too much time thinking about other things, Xue Zhi continued to build the farmland. What he was currently thinking about was whether to make the farmland fully automatic or semi-automatic.

"If you want to do semi-automatic work, you have to give some people jobs."

Soon, Xue Zhi made a decision. He only exchanged for some birth-inducing lamps from the Mysterious Era module, as well as the matching plant element jars.

After planting various things and placing fluorite to provide them with sufficient light, Xue Zhi put up the growth-inducing lamp.

"I'll have to put another set of alchemy equipment here in the future. The things on this land should also be able to provide relevant elements. Hey, collecting biomass can also provide some jobs. I'm really a genius."

After working until about two in the morning, Xue Zhi finally turned most of the support layer space into farmland. The main crops grown there were wheat, potatoes, corn and other crops that could be used as staple food, followed by carrots, cabbage, onions, green leafy vegetables and the like.

After he finished his work, the discussion at the command center also produced preliminary results. Most people had been busy all day, and they went to the dormitory building next door to rest yawning.

Although the original control personnel also lived in this dormitory building, the doors and windows of their rooms were sealed by Xue Zhi to prevent those people from causing trouble at night.

Chapter 42: Brother, why are you in my room?

After everyone left, Xue Zhi said to the operators who were still at their posts:

"You've been tired all day, you guys should go back and take a rest, I'll just watch over here."

"Is everything ok? I see you haven't stopped all day."

"Don't worry, I'm different from most people. I don't need too much sleep, so I can handle it."

"Then we'll go take a rest."

"Ah."

In the end, only Xue Zhi's clone and some flashing screens were left.

Xue Zhi's real body has now flown outside the mobile city.

"Let me see where the water inlet is located."

The water supply of mobile cities is a big problem. Usually, enough water is stored inside to meet the needs of all parties, and corresponding water circulation and purification equipment are used to improve the utilization rate of water resources. When replenishment is needed, a thick water pipe will be extended to obtain water from the external environment.

After wandering around outside for a long time, Xue Zhi finally found a huge pipe opening that protruded at least one meter with the help of her clone.

The diameter of the water pipe is three meters, but such a thing cannot be seen as very big when installed on the mobile city. Hanging in front of it, Xue Zhi can see that the inside is pitch black, which should be due to the related blocking and filtering equipment not being turned on.

"It's big enough, but is there really a river here that big enough to fit this thing in?"

Xue Zhi didn't know much about the terrain in Ursus, but even if there was such a wide river, he still had to chisel through the top layer of ice to get water in winter, which was obviously a bit troublesome.

After exchanging a large number of building blocks, Xue Zhi started working.

He surrounded the water outlet with Guardian Glass, a transparent block that could not be destroyed by physical means. Even the World Collapse Pickaxe could not do it. The final appearance was a huge square with a length, width and height of nine meters, and the pipe outlet was in the center of the square.

The next step is to put water in it. In order to speed up the process, Xue Zhi did not exchange the bucket, but exchanged it for the universal fluid unit in IC2 - water. This can be stacked up to 64, which is much more convenient than having to exchange a bucket for each one put in.

Seeing the infinite water formed, Xue Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, but a question lingered in her mind.

[This doesn't seem to conform to the law of conservation of matter? Where does the extra water come from? ]

Xue Zhi pondered this question in her mind, but did not stop her hands. The question was just out of habit. If it works, there must be a reason for it.

However, in a place that Xue Zhi could not notice, his body's energy consumption suddenly increased a little, but such a tiny energy consumption did not make him feel it.

After filling the entire glass room, Xue Zhi was somewhat thankful that the wall here was very flat, otherwise he would have to spend some effort to ensure that no water would leak out.

After collecting the unused blocks, Xue Zhi flew a little further away so that she could see the entire structure more clearly.

"It's pretty nice, and the water is clean without Originium, which can also reduce the pressure on the purification system."

The glass house filled with water looks like a neat blue gem. The golden light and the runes that appear from time to time on the guardian glass add a sense of mystery.

A nine-meter-long thing may seem very large on flat ground, but it is just a small piece on the moving city.