Chapter 241-3: Natural Disaster Gathers Strength, Heavy Punch Online (3) |
Gazing at the resplendent halo at the end of the void, the No. 8 Governor was shaken.
According to the description of Guide, Monster World’s area was still expanding.
He could not imagine how large Monster World’s final form would be.
The distance between Earth and Monster World was temporarily unknown. What he needed to do now was measure the distance from Earth to Monster World.
What he worried about was how long it would take to fly that distance to measure it.
The spatial distance measurement method mastered by the Lunar Eclipse race allowed for continuous relays by means of consciousness jumps, with each jump covering a distance of 80 Lunar Eclipse void points.
If the two were too far apart, using this method might mean he would never reach Monster World in this lifetime.
He kept shuttling forward, yet the dazzling Monster World remained always at the horizon, untouchable.
Just as the No. 8 Governor decided to advance by random linear-coordinate jumps to speed up the measurement, Starnet’s voice sounded in his mind.
Hearing this, the No. 8 Governor was stunned.
“Starnet, I haven’t finished measuring. How are there coordinates already?”
“No. 16 asked Guide in Monster World and obtained the coordinate information between Earth and Monster World.”
No. 8 Governor: …
“Doesn’t Guide refuse to reveal any information outside Monster World to players?”
In response to the question, Starnet’s voice sounded again.
“It is certain that although the higher-dimensional deity will not help us, he supports us doing this. Stability in reality aligns with his needs. So I had No. 16 probe Guide, and we received a clear answer.”
After understanding the reason, the No. 8 Governor looked at Monster World, shining incomparably in the unknown distance, with mixed feelings.
There was a sense that all his efforts were meaningless.
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Just as the Lunar Eclipse race leadership successfully obtained definite coordinates and were preparing to dispatch another reconnaissance ship to the small world for more detailed data, on the Emperor’s Mound Village side, Alan and the members of the Lunar Eclipse race were still studying hard.
The rustling sound of turning pages rose again and again.
Spatial science knowledge kept assembling in the mind like a jigsaw, growing larger.
Three days later.
Having already mastered the method of constructing a simple teleportation channel, Alan decided to begin practice.
Site selection for the spatial teleportation array.
From a safety standpoint, Alan chose the Colorful Mist Coast region.
As for the five safest starter villages, players had no authority to change the settings within those scenes, so they were discarded first.
In the scenes outside the starter village spaces, the safest was the Colorful Mist Coast region. The monsters outside had basically been cleared by players. Even the crabs on the beach at hunt level 0 had decreased a lot.
Such an environment was most suitable for building and using a spatial teleportation array.
He did consider building it in the Emperor’s Mound Mountain Range, letting the Black Tide and the Swarm go in the players’ stead to the small world and devour the invading force there.
But constructing a stable spatial teleportation channel in the Emperor’s Mound Mountain Range was far too difficult.
As soon as construction began, the Evil Eye would sense the spatial fluctuation in an instant.
Given the temperament of the Earthmind bully, it would definitely get hands-on to disgust them. The more players suffered, the happier it would be.
That would only increase the difficulty of constructing the spatial teleportation array.
Considering all factors, he ultimately chose the Colorful Mist Coast region.
For material purchases, Alan first considered Space-Origin Stone produced in the Rimewinter Snowfield region.
Under his sweeping purchases, the price of Space-Origin Stone on the Trading House quintupled in a single day and was cleaned out.
There was even a player who had listed one purely as a display piece at ten times the market price, and it was purchased as well.
This behavior also sparked heated discussion on the forum.
One post directly started cursing.
[What I want to ask is, which idiot hoarder is sniping goods at random in the Trading House?]
Poster: Ruin Weapon
Content:
What is going on?
In just one day, the price of Space-Origin Stone skyrocketed fivefold. I just want to ask which rich hoarder is disrupting prices.
Our Doomsday Technology Guild has been developing a spatial storage device recently, trying to improve the mining efficiency of mining robots, and when we logged on to check the Space-Origin Stone price, I was dumbfounded.
What is the point of what you are doing? At this stage, aside from cultivating the growth-type pet Mechanical Guardian, there is basically no other channel to consume Space-Origin Stone.
As for expanding the slots of the spatial pouch, it is better to directly spend sacrificial power.
The price of Space-Origin Stone on the Trading House has long ceased to be cost-effective. Are you not just targeting our Doomsday Technology Guild?
Are you sick? There is not a single Space-Origin Stone left on the Trading House now. How are we supposed to proceed with our research?
I hate this kind of player who hoards for price hikes the most. It only slows the pace of development of the player camp. Earning profit through price differences is the most disgusting.
You are really annoying. I advise you to quickly relist the Space-Origin Stones you bought…
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A post by a member of the Arms Dealers Guild angrily roasting the hoarder player.
Alan ignored it.
He naturally knew that sweeping goods in bulk in a short time would inevitably cause the price of specific spirit materials to soar.
The most cost-effective approach would be to purchase gradually and steadily.
But he had no time.
War in the real world could come at any moment.
He had to establish a spatial teleportation channel as quickly as possible and deliver a heavy online punch to the force that was about to invade.
Only under invasion pressure would the force on the other side of the spatial rift have no time to pay attention to Earth and shift all their attention to confronting the players.
So it did not matter if it was a bit expensive.
This expenditure could be considered welfare for the players selling Space-Origin Stone resources.
As Starnet said, if you change the way you think to serving the growth of the player legion, then this expenditure has meaning.
Alan’s sweeping purchases also made the Rimewinter Snowfield region lively.
Quite a few players chose to risk it and head to the Space-Origin Peak node area, facing the challenge of the Snow Ridge Great Wilderness head-on just to steal some Space-Origin Stone to bring back to the village to sell.
This was precisely the result Alan wanted.
Constructing the spatial teleportation array might fail. The Space-Origin Stone in hand might not be enough. These actions could conveniently restock the Trading House.
After purchasing a series of materials, Alan began to busy himself with constructing the spatial teleportation channel.
He chose a location to the west of the Colorful Mist Coast. Few players came nearby, and there was ample space to operate freely.
After a long while, Alan and the members of the Lunar Eclipse race stood on the west side of the Colorful Mist Coast. Around them was a tranquil forest, with only the rustle of leaves in the breeze.
A broad clearing had already been opened up nearby. Materials and tools such as Space-Origin Stone were placed at the center.
The vast majority of these materials were purchased from the shop.
Standing in the center of the clearing with a piece of Space-Origin Stone in hand, Alan quickly replayed the knowledge he had studied over the past few days in his mind. Then he directed his racial members to divide the work and began attempting to construct the spatial teleportation array.
The first step was simple, to construct the basic framework of the spatial teleportation array.
Alan directed several racial members to sprinkle energy crystal powder on the ground, weaving a huge ring-shaped framework.
Crystal powder had excellent conductivity and was an outstanding material for building the basic framework of a teleportation array.
What the shop sold was certainly premium. Its purity was far beyond anything crafted by alien races.
The only drawback was the high price.
Alan then personally took over and used spirit liquid to draw spatial runes on the framework.
Spatial runes were the core of a spatial teleportation array.
If spirit materials were paper and pen, then runes were the words written on the paper.
These runes included the Space Stabilizing Rune, the Space Guiding Rune, and so on.
Each rune played a different role when combined with the teleportation array.
For example, stabilizing space or tearing space.
Every stroke of the rune had to be precise. Spirit liquid flowed across the surface of the ground, gradually forming a complex pattern.
After completing the initial drawing, he placed a Rift Crystal purchased from the shop at the center of the framework as the core node of the teleportation array.
Next was placing spatial anchor points. These were spatial inscriptions engraved using a liquid produced by dissolving smashed Space-Origin Stone with Inkflame.
With anchors, they could ensure that the exit of the teleportation array would not deviate from the target.
Each Space Anchor Stone was precisely embedded in the ground, tightly connected to the overall framework of the spatial teleportation array.
In the initial startup test, energy began to flow along the formation, gradually merging with the framework.
After a sudden flicker, it stabilized and returned to calm.
Standing at the center of the teleportation array, Alan used Analysis to scan different nodes of the array. Whenever he discovered a problem, he quickly adjusted the arrangement of runes to ensure that energy could be evenly distributed.
The racial members assisted at the side, simultaneously checking the connection of every node to ensure nothing was missed.
After multiple adjustments, the energy flow of the spatial teleportation array gradually stabilized.
But even so, it still fell far short of the standard for use.
This was only the most basic layout of a simple spatial teleportation array.
Next he needed to engrave more runes so that the spatial tunnel generated after tearing space could operate stably.
It was certain that a series of problems would exist once their array was running.
Without the corresponding spatial system craftsmanship, a hand-crafted teleportation array simply could not meet the qualified standard.
The spatial channel generated after startup would most likely have multiple unstable gaps.
This would lead to a series of problems during transmission, including possibly being swept into a spatial countercurrent and dying on the spot.
But the most important thing now was to pressure the invading force as soon as possible.
For a first attempt, just being able to run would be good.
As for the transmission risk, there was no way to solve it now.
During the first attempt, the spatial teleportation array became unstable in operation, then exploded with a roar, generating a spatial rift that swallowed a large amount of spirit materials before rapidly healing.
Failure had long been expected. In fact, Analysis had already found structural problems.
But the materials on the spatial teleportation array had already fused under the rune brands.
To change it, they would have to refine and decompose the fused materials again. They simply lacked such technology and equipment, so they tried to run it to see how the teleportation array would behave upon failure.
The second attempt began soon after.
Learning from the previous failure, this time they changed the spacing combination in the spatial runes.
During the process, they repeatedly asked Guide which specific steps had gone wrong.
But even with Guide giving clear answers, Alan’s hands still trembled during construction, causing errors in rune engraving, and it ultimately ended in failure.
The third attempt started quickly. With the experience of the first two times, the process of constructing the spatial teleportation array was much faster this time.
After embedding energy crystals, the spatial teleportation array successfully completed its initial operation.
With hope, Alan and the racial members activated Analysis to scan the array, and the relevant information immediately surfaced in their minds.
[Spatial Teleportation Array (Basic Type)]
Introduction: A crude and unstable basic spatial teleportation array constructed from basic spatial materials such as stardust powder and Space-Origin Stone. Because the rune drawing is insufficiently precise and energy flow is uneven, the transmission channel generated after activation will contain multiple spatial gaps. The probability of being swept into a spatial countercurrent is as high as 54.7%. It can barely operate, but the transmission risk is extremely high.
Hint: No transmission coordinates established. Unable to tear open a spatial rift.
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Seeing in the Analysis introduction that the risk of death during transmission was as high as 54.7%, Alan and the racial members fell silent.
After a brief hesitation, Alan seemed to think it through. He nodded solemnly and said.
“No big problem. It can be put into use. It is normal if a few players die during the transmission.”