This was a pleasant surprise. A windfall had fallen into his lap!
Meng Chao was so happy that his snot almost popped out like bubbles.
Then, he grumbled in his heart. Kindling did not seem to be very smart. It could only use his eyes to gather information and calculate contribution points.
If it were not for the fact that he had a deep understanding of Project 101's progress, he did not know when he would be able to get such a large sum of contribution points!
He thought about it. If he had time in the future, he should go around Dragon City and get in touch with the progress of all sorts of technology and projects. Perhaps he could discover the contributions he had unintentionally made.
Speaking of which, he had gotten nearly five hundred thousand contribution points in one go, which was even more exciting than killing Supernatural Entities. It could practically push Celestial Tyrant's Star Shattering Slash and other amazing martial arts to Perfect Level. Kindling had decided to go all out for it.
By the looks of it, this planetary-grade short-distance teleportation technology would definitely cause Dragon City to go through a drastic change.
When Meng Chao thought about it, it made sense. He remembered that Dragon City did not have such technology in his previous life.
If Dragon City wanted to expand, it could only use armored airships and mechanized ground forces to cross physical space and push forward inch by inch.
Even though there were very few Other World races who could fight against Earthlings' steel army head-on, space itself was a barrier that was difficult to cross.
But space itself was an insurmountable obstacle and the most dangerous enemy.
When they conquered a few Other World races near Monster Mountain Range, this problem was not too obvious.
But as Dragon City's sphere of influence grew larger and its tentacles of conquest reached everywhere, soon, they ran into a situation where their supply line was too long, and their fighting force was continuously diluted. Their mobility was close to zero, and the cost of transferring troops on a large scale became unbearable. And as the colonization points grew further away from Dragon City, they could not receive the radiation from Earth's civilization. Instead, they were assimilated by the Other World civilizations. They were far away from the emperor, and their independence increased.
At that time, everyone knew that if the cost of conquering an Other World city was one hundred, then the cost of maintaining the supply line and effectively controlling it would be at least one thousand. As for squeezing enough profit out of the city to cover the cost? That was something they could not even think about!
The Other World civilization only needed to send a few special soldiers who were skilled in assassinations in the dark, and they could kill the colonization officials sent by Earthlings at any moment. They could also burn down Earthlings' resource warehouses and destroy Earthlings' supply lines. Then, the Earth army stationed in the area would run out of ammunition and food. They would be alone and without reinforcements. They would have to pay ten times the price before they could save them.
How could the Extraordinary Cataclysm not be defeated when this happened repeatedly?
However, with the "short-distance teleportation technology on the planet's surface", it meant that the logistical pressure and troop deployment time of the earthlings would be greatly reduced.
The weapons and civilian supplies produced by the munitions factories and assembly lines in the rear could all be transported to the frontlines in an instant.
When a colonization point was harassed by the locals of the Other World, dozens of other colonization points and even the local army of Dragon City could instantly appear and suppress them together.
Forget about five hundred thousand contribution points, even if it was five hundred million contribution points, Meng Chao would still be able to accept it.
"Is, is the cost of this teleportation technology high? How does it compare with traditional armored airships or long-distance trucking? "
When he thought of this, Meng Chao's face turned red with excitement.
He asked impatiently.
He also quickly calculated in his mind. When he considered the fact that this technology ignored the obstacles in the terrain and could greatly reduce the transportation time, even if the cost was five times higher than traditional transportation methods, he could still accept it.
"The cost isn't high. Look, we've embedded normal crystals around the teleportation formation. We don't need high-grade crystals that can activate star maps. If the spirit energy magnetic field of the starting point and the destination point are rather stable, the cost of the teleportation is about one-third of traditional transportation methods. Besides, as we continue exploring the ancient technology, this cost will continue decreasing."
Wu Haibo smiled. "Of course, if we're talking about living humans or other living creatures, since we need to maintain the activity of our cells during the teleportation process, the cost will be slightly higher. Humans must wear special teleportation suits and be injected with buffer drugs or travel in sealed teleportation cabins. Based on these calculations, the cost of teleportation will be about 180% of traditional transportation methods."
Just as Meng Chao expected, after they were teleported, the members who got off the main battle tanks and container trucks were all dressed in soft and round clothes that were somewhere between nano fighting suits and spacesuits.
There was a layer between the inner and outer layers of the clothes, and it was filled with a special adhesive liquid.
At that moment, there were workers inserting soft tubes into their teleportation suits to extract the precious buffer drugs so that they could be used again.
Wu Haibo gave Meng Chao a simple example that was not very appropriate.
If a person relied on their own strength to walk one hundred meters normally, they would need to spend some strength and around thirty seconds, but they would be safe and stable.
But if they were pushed or pulled by an external force, such as falling from a building that was one hundred meters tall and being pulled by gravity, they would not need to spend a lot of strength and time, but they would need to withstand a really powerful impact.
If they were using materials with simple structures like steel and were sturdy, they would not need to worry too much about the impact.
But if they were living humans or sophisticated machines, they would need to fill their bodies and the area around them with buffer drugs to negate the effects of the teleportation.
Meng Chao nodded.
Even if humans were fragile and expensive, the cost of teleportation was only 180% of the cost of traditional transportation methods. This was a completely acceptable figure. In fact, it was a very good deal.
It has to be known that as all sorts of profound and complicated runic symbols were discovered, Dragon City's superbrain technology and runic symbol machine automation technology increased by leaps and bounds.
And superhumans had the fighting power to fight against one hundred people alone.
At most, they would just need to send more superhumans and runic symbol machines to the army through short-distance teleportation devices.
"What about the distance?"
This was the question Meng Chao was the most concerned about. "How far can we teleport humans now?"
"As far as we want, and the increase in cost isn't that great," Wu Haibo said.
"You have to understand that short-distance teleportation technology is based on the warp theory of four-dimensional space. It's not really related to the physical distance in three-dimensional space. At the very least, it's like that on a planetary scale.
"It's like a newspaper filled with words. On a two-dimensional plane, the two words at the ends of the diagonal lines are the furthest apart, right? But what if you crumple the newspaper into a ball? The distance is messed up. No one knows whether the two words that were originally at the ends of the world will overlap with each other.
"In any case, what's bothering us right now isn't the cost of a single teleportation, but the cost of building the teleportation device. If we want the teleportation device to be effective, we need to use a special type of star magnetite. During the creation process, we also need to add a few types of monster bone powder. Only then can our teleportation device's performance be somewhat close to the remains of the ancient teleportation formation we dug out from the ancient ruins.
"Also, with our current technology, it's impossible for the teleportation door to be activated for a long period of time and remain stable. It can only be activated for at most forty-five seconds, and then there's a cooldown that lasts for a few hours.
"This means that it's impossible for us to set up a teleportation door at the frontlines and have the ammunition, supplies, and even the steel army arrive at the frontlines through the teleportation door.
"For the time being, we can only teleport a few elite special forces. They are like sharp scalpels that can go straight to the 'lesion' we want to remove."
'Alright,' Meng Chao realized that his thoughts were off.
The difficulty of making millions of steel army instantly appear at the frontlines was still a little high.
But being able to activate the teleportation door once every few hours and maintain it for forty-five seconds each time was already very good!
Meng Chao felt that if they modified the main battle tanks and container trucks to strengthen their ability to charge instantly and gave the drivers special training, they would be able to send ten human war machines and steel beasts to the heart of the Other World civilization.
If they were given one to two days to gather more than one hundred war machines and steel beasts, along with hundreds of superhumans, it would not be impossible for them to make a hole in the heart of an enemy civilization.
If they were given one to two days to gather more than one hundred war machines and steel beasts, along with hundreds of superhumans, it would not be impossible for them to make a hole in the heart of an enemy civilization.
"Captain Wu, you're right. This is a result that will revolutionize everything. I've already imagined dozens of brand new strategies!"
Meng Chao said excitedly. "As long as we have an armored airship with the spare parts of a short-distance teleportation device, we can fly over Monster Mountain Range and arrive five thousand kilometers away. Then, we can assemble it within a few hours, and it'll be the same as activating an instant highway between Dragon City and the Other World.
"Next, we'll send a few spare parts of the teleportation devices over through the teleportation door. Once we finish assembling them, we'll take turns to activate them. Within twenty-four hours, Dragon City will be able to build a forward operating base that represents Earth's civilization in the Other World. We'll use hundreds of main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and self-driving artillery to turn it into a nail that cannot be removed or destroyed!"
"That's right. This technology might not allow us to return to our homeland, but it can at least help us develop and build a new home."
The light of ambition shone in Wu Haibo's eyes, and he continued. "Besides, the teleportation devices don't have fixed pairs. In truth, each teleportation device can adjust its coordinates to search for and match other teleportation devices that are in the same planet's magnetic field. This means that we don't have to be as complicated as transporting a new teleportation door to a faraway place every time.
"One day, when our teleportation devices cover the entire Other World and form a complicated logistics network, our goods, our culture, our army, and our superhumans will be able to instantly reach every corner of the Other World. At that time, the Other World will truly become the second Earth!"
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