Chapter 134: Mobile City Verdant Sky
“Brother Qin, not at all.”
“If Brother Qin is willing to bring people over to support us, of course I welcome you.”
“Open the gate! Let them in!”
Lin Qi looked at the approaching Qin Mu and, without another word, made a gesture for the stationed players to open the gate.
It was very normal in the wilderness for some caravans to go to various gangs’ bases or camps to rest for a night. As long as the caravans were willing to pay the accommodation fee, the various wilderness gangs were very willing, since it was basically free money.
Qin Mu had taken the initiative to bring the search and rescue team over precisely to let him earn a bit. Otherwise, acting in the name of the search and rescue team, no matter where they went, the major wilderness gangs would warmly welcome them. There was no need at all to come to Crimson Moon Mountain, which had only recently been established.
The Da Ye Ying Xiong beside Lin Qi looked at the rather large convoy before him, and his eyes lit up.
“The name ‘search and rescue team’ is appearing for the first time. Why would these people come to our place?”
“I guess it should be a new plot. Maybe there will be some tasks that can be triggered.”
“Should we go say hello to them?”
“What are you thinking? Didn’t you see that even the Master of the Pavilion is not having any dialogue with them? If you mess around and cause dislike, be careful you won’t be able to receive tasks in the future. You’d better obediently play our role as gate guards.”
The dozen or so players guarding the gate slowly opened it while sizing up this sizable search and rescue team, whispering among themselves.
“Many thanks, brother Lin.” Qin Mu turned his head to look at the search and rescue convoy, and a dignified winged man at the head nodded in greeting.
That dignified winged man said nothing. He only spoke respectfully to the winged youth sitting beside him about something unknown. With the winged youth’s consent, twelve medium transport vehicles drove into Crimson Moon Mountain.
The other quasi-martialist level experts of various races who had gotten off followed alongside the vehicles up the mountain.
Only after the convoy disappeared from sight did Qin Mu let out a long breath of relief.
“Brother Qin, what is going on? Weren’t you out doing association tasks? How did you end up with the search and rescue team?” Lin Qi could not help asking curiously as he looked at Qin Mu. “Could it be that some city nearby was destroyed by a monster tide?”
“It’s a long story,” Qin Mu sighed, then asked, “do you have anything to eat here? Let’s eat while we talk.”
“Yes, our martial arts hall has a good restaurant on the mountain. Let’s go talk there.” Lin Qi nodded with a smile and took the initiative to lead Qin Mu up the mountain.
As for the transport convoy of energy ore, it was handed over entirely to the players to take back.
Although transforming the beginner training ground was quite important, compared to the matter of the search and rescue team, it was not worth mentioning.
A monster tide attacking a city was no small matter. Once a nearby city was destroyed, that monster tide would definitely go on to attack nearby cities. Wherever it passed in between would absolutely become a forbidden zone for all races.
If the monster tide came to the City of Light Chasing, his troubles would be anything but small.
On Crimson Moon Mountain, Heavenly Might Restaurant.
After Lin Qi ordered two servings of roasted meat rice, he naturally started talking with Qin Mu about the search and rescue team.
“Brother Qin, what exactly is the situation with this search and rescue team?” Lin Qi asked.
“Just as you thought, a city was destroyed by a monster tide. We went there to search for survivors and gather detailed information,” Qin Mu said with a smile. “But the city that was destroyed is not one of the nearby cities around us. It is a small mobile city, Emerald Sky.”
“A mobile city? Even a mobile city can be destroyed?” Lin Qi could not help but draw in a sharp breath, full of shock.
In the high martial arts world, there were many cities. Most cities survived by being built upon large energy veins, but there was also a small number of cities that roamed across the land. Not only could they obtain large amounts of rare resources, they would also trade with cities everywhere, and the resources they possessed far surpassed fixed cities.
Because mobile cities possessed more resources, their overall strength was much greater than that of fixed cities. Many strong people living in fixed cities would even go to live in mobile cities.
And such mobile cities, besides being very powerful themselves, could usually avoid monster tides in advance.
In the data archives of the City of Light Chasing, over the past hundred years there had been very few cases of mobile cities being destroyed by monsters; more than ninety percent of the time it was fixed cities that were wiped out by monster tides.
“This news is indeed hard to believe, that even a mobile city can be destroyed,” Qin Mu nodded and said slowly. “If a monster tide like that charges toward the City of Light Chasing afterward, I fear it will be far beyond what the City of Light Chasing and the surrounding fixed cities can block. That is why we were sent to investigate.”
“According to its original route, the mobile city Emerald Sky should have passed by several of our nearby cities more than ten days ago, but for some unknown reason, it never appeared.”
“Until yesterday, when the scouting aircraft discovered Emerald Sky. But that mobile city Emerald Sky was already in ruins everywhere, littered with the remains of many monsters. The entire city was only moving slowly forward along its preset route, so the higher-ups speculate that Emerald Sky must have been attacked by a monster tide, and very suddenly, falling with little resistance.”
“Now the city senior officials are very worried. The original intention of the Martial Artist Association was to have high-level experts go investigate, but those city senior officials all cherish their lives. They are afraid some powerful monster might be lying in wait in Emerald Sky, so they sent us, the association’s peripheral members, to scout the way.”
“Those city senior officials are really cautious.” Hearing this, Lin Qi’s expression finally eased a bit. He looked at Qin Mu with a smile and said, “but this also gives you and your people some opportunities.”
“Exactly,” Qin Mu said with a smile and a nod. “Emerald Sky was an extraordinary mobile city. Back then, many genius students from the City of Light Chasing wanted to apply to Emerald Sky’s Martial Artist University. Those genius martial artists also wanted to go to Emerald Sky for training. Now that Emerald Sky has been destroyed, the resources of such a city are beyond imagination. If we can get even a little bit, quasi-martial artists like us would have hope of breaking through to martial artist level.”
“But our search and rescue team is only the second batch. The various gangs and great families in the suburbs who learned of the news earlier have already sent people to Emerald Sky ahead of us. We represent the Martial Artist Association, and at this point, we are basically going to pick at the leftovers.”
“So, brother Lin, do you at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall want to come with us?”
“Our Obsidian Martial Arts Hall can go?” Lin Qi asked in surprise.
A mobile city like Emerald Sky could be called a feast for all the surrounding cities. It was hard to imagine they would casually let others profit from it, especially a wilderness gang like the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. If they dared set their sights on it, the major powers would surely crush them.
“Why not?” Qin Mu said indifferently. “Do you think everyone in this search and rescue team is from the Martial Artist Association? This time the association only dispatched one hundred peripheral members like us. The other two hundred people in the convoy are all experts from major wilderness gangs.”
“And this is only the first batch of people from the major wilderness gangs. The wilderness gangs have only recently received the news as well. Many are currently organizing their manpower. It is probably the same not only in our City of Light Chasing, but also in the wilderness gangs of several nearby cities.”
“The core area of Emerald Sky might be inaccessible to the wilderness gangs, but in the outer regions of the city, the suburban gangs and families cannot stop them. Not to mention, those suburban gangs and families also need the wilderness gangs to handle certain things, so they turn a blind eye.”
“The reason I came with people this time is actually to inform you of this news, so you do not act as foolishly as some other wilderness gangs that, even after knowing the news, do not dare to go take any benefits.”
“The destruction of a mobile city is something that may not happen more than a few times in a hundred years, let alone in our region. If we miss this, even after another hundred years, we may not get such an opportunity.”
“In short, are you coming with us or not?”
