Sharing Intelligence and Building Fortifications

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[Vanguard: Thanks for sharing the intelligence, everyone. Now we know exactly how many Tier 2 items the Tarot Alliance possesses. It’s time for us to reveal our own Tier 2 items as well.]

[Vanguard: Even though we are members of the same alliance, I know everyone still has reservations and is afraid to show their cards. But we are now facing a moment of life and death. If we do not unite to resist the Tarot Alliance, we are doomed. Disclosing our Tier 2 items will let us know our true advantages and whether we can coordinate to achieve better results.]

[Vanguard: Well then, I will start first. Aside from the City Radio, I own another Tier 2 item. That is the Tier 2 Ballista - Giant Hunter. The spiderweb bolt fired by this ballista will explode upon hitting the target, generating a large amount of spiderwebs to entangle the opponent. However, I currently only have a single spiderweb bolt, and crafting it requires 100 units of Tier 2 spider silk.]

[Bronze Wanderer: The Tier 2 item I own is the City Accessory - Steel Armor. This city armor can reduce artillery damage by 25%, but its weakness is that it shatters much more easily when attacked by shadow-type weapons. So if the enemy has shadow-type artillery, please prioritize focusing your firepower to destroy it.]

[Roamer: The Tier 2 item I own is the City Accessory - Dash Wheelset, which greatly enhances my mobility. It also features an overload system; under the overload system, my speed can exceed 120 kilometers per hour. If coordinated properly, I can rapidly breakthrough a position before the enemy can react. However, its weaknesses are massive energy consumption and the wheelset will suffer damage. This means I can only use it once during the battle, so I hope everyone times it well.]

Li Ye watched and nodded slightly.

Counting the Tomorrow, the Vanguard Alliance possessed a total of six Tier 2 items, meaning the numerical disadvantage was not significant.

Then, he took a deep breath.

They were at a critical juncture of life and death, and since everyone else had laid their cards on the table, he could no longer hold back his own secrets.

Just at that moment, however, Vanguard spoke up.

[Vanguard: Tomorrow, I believe you also have a Tier 2 item. It's just that you have reservations about our alliance in your heart, so you haven't revealed it.]

[Vanguard: We won't mind. After all, human hearts are unpredictable in the wasteland, and the person everyone should trust most is themselves.]

[Vanguard: You may not trust us, but we will trust you, which is why everyone chose to lay their cards on the table.]

[Vanguard: Whether or not to reveal your Tier 2 item is entirely up to you. Since we chose to accept you, we naturally consider you a companion.]

Li Ye looked at the screen, pondering for a long time. Finally, he slowly typed out a line of text.

[Tomorrow: Sorry, I do indeed have reservations.]

[Tomorrow: But I assure you, I will also regard each of you as companions and give it my all.]

[Vanguard: That is enough.]

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After some discussion, Li Ye and the others finalized their battle plan.

They would fight a defensive battle relying on the terrain of the Twisted Garden.

The Bronze Wanderer would act as the main tank on the front line, responsible for intercepting advancing enemies.

The Echo would sit in the rear, providing heavy artillery fire support.

The Roamer and Moon Shadow would be responsible for guarding the right flank of the formation.

The industrially weak Industrial would serve as reserve strength, ready to fill any line at a moment's notice.

As the two strongest combat mainstays, Vanguard would hold the center of the position, while Tomorrow would independently defend the left flank.

With tasks assigned, the Industrial was the first to move.

The first to activate was the crane on its deck. After mounting the dedicated earth-digging shovel claws, the crane roared to life, easily biting into the ground like a shovel slicing through sand.

After excavating the ground, the mechanical arm activated, planting two Tier 1 city mines into the trenches. City mines were specifically targeted at mobile cities; equipped with vibration sensors, they only reacted to mobile targets weighing over 20 tons.

Crafting a city mine required 50 units of iron ore and 30 units of gunpowder. Its explosive power was astonishing; once triggered, while a mobile city would not be completely blown up, its tires and tracks would be blasted away, causing it to lose mobility—which was already fatal enough in battle.

Immediately afterward, it excavated a Tier 1 trap known as the "Snares Trench."

The so-called snares trench involved digging a long, narrow ditch, driving temporary wooden stakes into it, laying wooden boards across, and covering it with mud again to disguise it as untouched ground.

The weight of a regular convoy would not cause the trench to collapse, only behemoths like mobile cities could trigger it.

Once stepping into the snares trench, a mobile city would pitch forward and collapse into it, unable to move an inch.

If the engine power was insufficient, it would be unable to break free.

One could say this was a rather insidious trap.

After burying city mines and digging snares trenches along all major roads, the Industrial immediately began constructing Tier 1 bunkers and Tier 1 city shelters.

A Tier 1 bunker consumed 300 units of iron ore, and its defensive power was equivalent to Tier 1 city armor. As long as personnel, heavy machine guns, and artillery were supplied to the bunker, it was equivalent to planting a troublesome thorn right in the middle of the battlefield.

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As for the city shelters, they were prepared for Vanguard and Echo, which commanded the center and rear of the battlefield.

The city shelters stood nearly a hundred meters tall with an inverted U-shaped structure, and their sturdy walls were thick enough to withstand multiple rounds of artillery bombardment.

Their primary role was to protect fire-support mobile cities like Echo from enemy long-range artillery bombardment while they provided fire support.

The consumption required to build them was also extremely high, demanding a full 600 units of iron ore.

Such structures could only be afforded and utilized in wars that erupted between mobile city alliances.

With a series of operations by the Industrial, trenches, mines, bunkers, and city shelters were built one by one.

Watching all this, Li Ye could not help but sigh with genuine emotion.

"This engineer is truly useful!"

Beyond constructing battlefield fortifications, the Industrial could also repair vehicles and other mobile cities using the mechanical arms and work claws on its deck.

Within a mobile city alliance, this type of city could play a monumental role.

Yet, on the flip side, very few people on the wasteland were willing to act as such an engineer.

This meant you had to invest resources into the engineering path early on, and you also had to figure out how to acquire blueprints for mechanical arms, work claws, and city shelters.

As a result, you would be utterly unable to build more ordinary artillery, heavy machine guns, or even a convoy, drastically reducing your own survival capabilities in the wild.

It was precisely because of these harsh development conditions that the number of engineering-type mobile cities was exceedingly scarce.

Conversely, they were also exceptionally popular within mobile city alliances and enjoyed preferential treatment.

Amidst his reflections, Li Ye looked toward the deck of the Tomorrow.

"Now, it's time for me to make preparations," he muttered to himself.

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