Devouring City: My Mobile City Evolves Infinitely - Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Escaped Again!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Despite being perplexed, Luo En still continued to steer the mobile city to avoid the shells, which kept coming at them.

Even though the Luo Yang Mobile City was fast, it was still hit by one or two shells from the heavy shelling, and the Quake Cannon shell was one of the shells to hit the mobile city.

The Quake Cannon shell struck the energy shield outside Luo Yang Mobile City, along with an ordinary shell. The ordinary shell exploded with a boom upon coming into contact with the energy shield, following which a mushroom cloud rose to the sky. The Quake Cannon shell, however, remained stuck to the energy shield, neither exploding nor falling.

“City Lord! They have been hit!”

“That’s great! Small mobile cities like them definitely won’t know the function of the Quake Cannon. As long as the Quake Cannon shell remains stuck for a while longer, their energy shield will collapse by itself! Hahahaha!”

When Bai Chen and his men saw that the Quake Cannon shell had hit the energy shield outside Luo Yang Mobile City, they all cheered.

“What’s with this shell?”

“There’s nothing strange about it not exploding… but the grain lines are kind of weird…”

Luo En and his men looked at the Quake Cannon shell on the energy shield and were perplexed. They did not know why Bai Chen had fired such a shell over, and why it did not cause them any harm.

Since he could not figure it out, Luo En stopped thinking about it and continued to order the cannons to fire. He vowed to deal a heavy blow to the White Tremor Mobile City and let them know that although he could not defeat them, he was not afraid of them.

Bai Chen could not help but laugh when he saw that the Luo Yang Mobile City still dared to fight him after being hit by the Quake Cannon shell. He too ordered his gunners to continue firing.

Thus, the two sides fought back and forth, but they were basically unable to cause any harm to each other. The energy shields outside the two mobile cities were able to sufficiently withstand the bombardment by ordinary artillery shells.

“City Lord! We are running out of shells!” At this moment, Wang Yu ran in hurriedly and said anxiously.

“It’s fine! I know what I’m doing. Continue fighting!” Luo En replied with a frown.

On the other side, a similar scene was playing out at the White Tremor Mobile City. Bai Chen watched the Luo Yang Mobile City on its opposite side, and the corners of his lips revealed a smile; his plot was about to succeed. He muttered, “It should be producing its effects….”

At first, Luo En did not think much of it. He had thought that the energy shield outside the city was enough to withstand the bombardment of any artillery shells. It was impossible for the White Tremor Movement City to defeat them in a short period of time.

However, as time passed, Luo En realized that the energy shield outside the mobile city was actually vanishing slowly! It was gradually becoming transparent! And every time the shells hit the energy shield, the ripples on the energy shield would become more and more rapid.

“It’s not good, City Lord. The energy shield outside our city seems to be running out of power. It’s going to disappear!”

Wang Cheng, who had been observing the situation outside, ran in and said while running.

“Is it because of that shell…” Luo En muttered as he looked up at the shell with grain lines that remained stuck on the energy shield outside the city. He was extremely anxious.

Then, he pointed at the Quake Cannon shell on the energy shield and said to Wang Cheng, “It’s not because we don’t have enough power. It’s because of that shell!”

After hearing Luo En’s words, Wang Cheng also raised his head to look at the shell with grain lines. At this moment, the shell was emitting rings of invisible energy ripples, constantly affecting the operation of the energy shield.

“What is this shell? What should we do, City Lord?” Wang Cheng asked anxiously.

Instead of answering Wang Cheng’s question, Luo En asked, “When can the engine system be repaired?”

“It will probably take another ten minutes!” Wang Cheng replied truthfully.

“Alright, let’s continue fighting for another ten minutes. Once the engine system is repaired, we will be able to shake off the White Tremor Mobile City behind us.” Luo En pondered for a moment and said as he nodded his head.

“Yes, City Lord!”

Luo En looked at the big screen in front of him and fell into deep thought. The engine system of Luo Yang Mobile City had already been damaged after the previous battle. It could only reach a speed of 100 kilometers per hour and needed to be repaired by the engineers. This was also why Luo En did not run when he first saw the White Tremor Mobile City.

Right now, they could only choose to hold out for ten more minutes. If Luo En chose to flee now, the White Tremor Mobile City would think that Luo Yang Mobile City was afraid, and it would then attack Luo Yang Mobile City even more ferociously. However, if they continued to fight, the City Lord Bai Chen of the White Tremor Mobile City would have misgivings and would not dare to attack so fiercely.

“City Lord Luo, your mobile city should be running out of shells soon. You should be unable to hold out much longer.” Just as Luo En was thinking about how to stall the White Tremor Mobile City for more than ten minutes, Bai Chen’s voice came through the loudspeaker outside the city.

Upon hearing this, Luo En picked up the walkie-talkie and said calmly, “Is that so? Won’t you know if you try?”

On the other side, Bai Chen did not continue speaking. He lowered his head and pondered over whether Luo En’s words were true.

After pondering for a while, Bai Chen decided not to take the risk. If Luo En had adequate reserves, then even if White Tremor Mobile City could defeat Luo Yang Mobile City, it would still suffer severe losses.

He was also very perplexed that Luo Yang Mobile City, which clearly had a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, would choose to fight him instead of choosing to flee at its absolute speed.

“It seems that the reason their mobile city could unleash such a speed previously was because of some special method. And this method could only be used once… Then let’s just wait and see who can last longer…” Bai Chen lowered his head and muttered; a glint flashed across his eyes.

Luo En apprehensively observed the situation on Bai Chen’s side. After finding that Bai Chen did not speak anymore and the attacks from the White Tremor Mobile City had not become more fierce, he heaved a sigh of relief.

As such, another ten minutes passed, and the artillery shells from both sides also became fewer and fewer. From the beginning, it had been a dense rain of shells each time, but now, there were only a few shells. Of course, these few shells also could not be taken lightly. If they were not careful, they would be hit. Furthermore, the energy shield outside Luo Yang Mobile City had become almost transparent.

Boom!

Eventually, after another shell had blasted over, the energy shield outside Luo Yang Mobile City vanished immediately.

A shell landed on the square inside the Luo Yang Mobile City. The mobile city shook and dust rose from the square. A half-meter deep crater appeared where the shell had hit.

“Run!”

When the residents in the city saw the sight before them, they screamed.

“City Lord, the energy shield has vanished. What should we do?” Wang Cheng asked worriedly.

“Hasn’t the engine system been repaired yet?”

Luo En looked worried.

“Reporting to the City Lord, the engine system is… repaired.” At that moment, a man hurriedly ran in from outside and said while panting.

“Good! That’s great! It’s finally repaired! Quick, throttle the engine system with all your might!” Luo En exclaimed happily after hearing what the man had said and immediately gave the order.

“Yes!”

On the other side, when Bai Chen saw that the energy shield outside Luo Yang Mobile City had finally vanished, he smiled happily and said, “Attack with full force!”

The person beside him immediately took his leave upon receiving Bai Chen’s order.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Not long after, another round of shells was fired. This time, Bai Chen had almost used up the last of the city’s savings. He intended to wipe out Luo Yang Mobile City in one go!

Bai Chen and his men were full of anticipation as they watched the artillery shells bombard Luo Yang Mobile City. A smile appeared on the corners of their lips as though they could already see the scene of Luo Yang Mobile City being captured and them plundering it wantonly.

Just when a rain of shells was about to reach the Luo Yang Mobile City, it suddenly let out a rumbling sound. White smoke emitted from the exhaust pipe behind it as it dodged the incoming shells at great speed.

“What! What’s going on?”

When Bai Chen and his men saw the situation, they could not help shout out in shock.

“City Lord Bai Chen, I, Luo En, won’t play with you anymore, hahahaha.” Luo En’s voice was transmitted to Bai Chen through the loudspeaker.

After speaking, Luo En steered the mobile city and drove away at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour until it disappeared from the sight of Bai Chen and his men.

“Damn it!”

Bai Chen slammed the table angrily and stood up. He had really not expected a cooked duck to fly away. This was too hard for him to accept..