Chapter 19 There Are Mountains Beyond the Mountains

"Don't worry, I promise you won't have to worry about torpedoes in the future. And the technology you bought this time is also quite high-end. I think we should have the strength to deal with torpedoes."

"I believe this!" Several technologies have used up all my magic crystals. If I still can't win, I will go to them to return the goods. "Your construction speed must be accelerated in the past two days. Atlantis's scouts are collecting intelligence. The Japanese will soon trade a powerful combat technology with the undersea city. We need to intercept these enemy ships at any time. "

"But our Isengard warships are not enough! Our current number of warships is only more than sixty! Although the tonnage is relatively large, the number is insufficient!"

"It's up to you to think of the specific method. Anyway, we need at least 100 warships for interception."

“Then it’s only possible to build the shipyard in Steel City!”

"Then build it, we need battleships now."

"Then I'll ask them to speed up the construction of the shipyard with the teleportation array."

"Go and do your work, I have to start work too."

After leaving Steel City, suddenly the system announcement rang. "Attention all system players, since the world system of "Zero" has been initially completed, the system will make small-scale modifications to some initial settings. In order to allow everyone to smoothly adapt to the adjustments that will be made, this system has decided to gradually adjust the settings over a period of time. Adjustments will be made to facilitate everyone's adaptation. I hope everyone will pay attention to the daily system adjustment announcements and prepare early. Thank you for your cooperation."

"Adjustment again?" I quickly opened the system notification, and there was only one adjustment item currently. After reading the adjustment announcement, I felt a little dizzy. This time the adjustment is to the teleportation array system of the whole game. In the past, it was OK to use teleportation arrays from other cities with just a few gold coins. Now the regulations have changed. In the future, the usage fee of the teleportation array will no longer be priced by the system, but will be implemented in a liberalized market. The market automatically knows the price. To put it bluntly, guild cities can decide their own teleportation array usage fees.

In addition, the teleportation array began to become a reality, and lossless teleportation was no longer possible. In other words, if you want to teleport from city A to city B, it is very likely that the transmission will fail. If you're lucky, you'll be teleported to Ding City, and you'll be teleported again. If you're unlucky, you'll be thrown into a remote place, and you'll be happy.

If this modification alone is not nothing, the key is that there are additional conditions behind the modification. This condition can only be seen by those guild leaders who already own a guild city, and I happen to be within this range. In addition, the cost of operating the teleportation array has also been realized. When future teleportation arrays are established, the security level must be determined, and there are seven levels from the lowest level F to the highest level S. Different levels of teleportation arrays have different costs. The higher the level, the safer and less likely it is to be teleported to the wrong place. Of course, the cost and operating expenses of high-level teleportation arrays are relatively higher.

In addition to the construction fee, the cost of operating a teleportation array also requires hiring one to seven mages to operate it depending on the level of the teleportation array. Hiring an NPC mage is definitely more expensive than a player, but an NPC mage is patient and can reduce the possibility of teleportation errors. Besides, no player is willing to stand next to the teleportation array as a waiter all day long! In addition to the mage, the teleportation array also requires energy, and each teleport consumes a little energy. The source of energy is that damn valuable item - magic crystal. And as a supporting project of this adjustment, the consumption speed of magic crystal will be greatly increased in the future. Like before, a piece of magic crystal can be used almost unlimitedly, and even super consumables such as magic crystal cannon can be used for a long time. , but now the consumption of magic crystals is accelerating, which means that the demand for magic crystals will increase significantly.

I read the calculation formula behind the small notice, and the result shocked me. An F-level teleportation array with a standard area consumes 10 basic units of energy for each transmission, while an S-level teleportation array with a standard area directly consumes 70 units of energy. If the area of ​​the teleportation array is large, based on the basic area, how many Just multiply the area by that number. Essinger's smallest teleportation array has 8 basic areas. Even an F-level teleportation requires 80 units of energy. Calculating this way, it's still okay! I quickly took out another small magic crystal from my body. This fist-sized magic crystal only had 243 units of energy. Comparing this ratio, the operating cost of the teleportation array was almost astronomical!

The energy consumption of the teleportation array is calculated based on the number of times, which means that teleporting one person and a group of people at a time is the same. Then the smaller the teleportation array, the more cost-effective it is, because a standard teleportation array is only big enough for one person. But there is another fee which is the mage. A teleportation array of 100 standard areas and a teleportation array of standard area, as long as they are of the same level, require the same number of operating mages. In other words, if the area is large, fewer mages can be hired. It seems that we need to find a price balance point. This requires Rose's help. Cost calculation is one of her professional skills.

Because no one else could see this additional notification, Rose didn’t know it existed. She was shocked when I called her over to show it to her. In the end, Rose decided that this was a big deal and the guild needed to hold a meeting to discuss it. So Ying Hongyue was also called over.

When Eagle arrived, I realized that the adjustment involved not only the teleportation array, but also everything related to the magic crystal. Our battleship thrusters all have a consumption ratio problem. According to Eagle's description, our battleship needs to replace magic crystals after 10 trips to Japan. This means that a battleship consumes about 150 crystal coins every time it goes to sea. The consumption of magic crystals really makes me dizzy!

Hongyue's report makes me even more depressed. Our city has now become a large user of energy. The anti-gravity device requires 10 crystal coins of magic crystal for every minute of operation, which is 600 crystal coins for one hour, which is scarier than an airplane! City lighting and power gates have also become big consumers. Anyway, Essinger is now a money-eating machine. In addition, according to Woma's report, the super weapon rewarded below the city requires magic crystals worth 10,000 crystal coins each time it is fired. It is simply a robbery!

Based on this calculation, the price of magic crystal is likely to continue to rise in the future, and then the price will get higher and higher! I now understand why this upgrade and adjustment was made.

I whispered in Rose's ear: "This adjustment is directly caused by your money-trapping strategy."

"What does it have to do with me?" Rose was surprised.

"You and Dad said that you would use "Zero" as an economic bomb to destroy the financial markets of other countries. Think about it, after the appreciation of magic crystals, a large amount of magic crystals were consumed and money wasted. We, Longyuan, will have to do this in the future. How much more money can you make?”

Rose said in surprise: "So this time it was really me who caused it! But anyway, the money goes to our company, so we won't lose."

"It's a pity that the operation of the guild is getting more and more difficult now!"

"What are you two muttering about?" Eagle interrupted us. "Think about what we will do in the future?"

Rose blushed and said: "The method is very simple. Don't we have a resource distribution map? Find out all the magic crystal mines, and then set up a rapid response mining team. If the minerals are found, they will be dug up and transported out immediately, and the minerals will be transported out in the shortest possible time. Centralize it so we don’t have to worry about the cost.”

"What about the teleportation array? What level is more appropriate?" Hongyue asked.

Rose continued: "According to the system announcement, all the teleportation arrays that have been completed so far have been set to level F, which is the lowest level. The error rate of the f-level teleportation array is as high as one-third, and it is definitely unusable, but all Upgrading to S level is also unscientific. My suggestion is to establish cargo passages and passenger passages, and establish large, medium and small teleportation systems respectively. The small teleportation array used by players when going out for leveling only needs to be able to teleport 4 people at a time, and the level should not be too high. High, level D is enough. The cargo channel is divided into precious goods and ordinary goods. The ordinary teleportation array should be larger, preferably above 100 standard areas. Anyway, you can make up the upper limit of one transmission before transmitting, so the larger the area, the lower the cost. The level does not need to be high, C level is fine. Use S level teleportation arrays for valuable goods such as magic crystals. The area cannot be too large. Four standard areas are enough. The shipyard teleportation array planned to be built by Steel City now seems to have to be stopped. Come down, otherwise the cost of teleporting warships will be enough to put us out of business! The standard personnel teleportation array uses 8 standard areas, and an A-level array is enough."

"Then let's do this. Tell the players in the guild to use it sparingly. If you can't use the teleportation array, don't use it. However, the teleportation array of our guild is still free for our players. After all, everyone is working for the guild."

"Okay." Ying turned around and said, "I'll inform you."

The small meeting ended quickly. Everyone must try to minimize the use of teleportation arrays in the future. Fortunately, the guardian beasts of our guild are quite aggressive. The spear is a jet fighter. It is much faster than running on the ground. If it is not an emergency, teleportation is not very necessary. Array.

Although the teleportation array in our guild is free for our members, I would like to know what the situation is like in other guilds, and by the way, I would like to experiment with whether teleportation rings also cost money. It just so happens that I want to use this time to go to Mr. Polaris to discuss the issue of introducing religion. Wearing the rose and turning the teleportation ring, he was first teleported to a player city under the Qilin Fairy Mountain. The experimental result is that the teleportation ring is still free, which is good. But when Rose checked the price of the teleportation array here, she was shocked. The teleportation array of this guild is priced at 42 crystal coins per time. I thought I heard it wrong, but I checked it myself to confirm that the price was correct. Anyway, my teleportation ring is free. I teleported between several cities, and I was shocked.

The teleportation arrays in all system cities have seven levels of teleportation arrays from S to F. Players can decide which level of teleportation array to use based on their own needs and financial capabilities. F-level 10 crystal coins per time, and each time you increase the level, you will need 10 more crystal coins, until the S-level teleportation array costs 70 crystal coins per time! In comparison, player cities are even crazier. The cheapest player cities are priced 3 to 5 crystal coins higher than the teleportation arrays of the same level in system cities. The teleportation arrays of black-hearted guilds are 10 to 5 crystal coins higher. I really don’t know what they think! Does anyone dare to use it?

I asked Rose: "How much do you estimate you can get from revising Long Yuan this time?"

"I don't know the pricing in foreign countries, but it won't be a problem for Longyuan to get more than one billion yuan a month. The game has already attracted everyone's attention at the beginning, and now that you start making money, even if someone runs away, it won't affect the overall situation. "

"It seems that we at Longyuan still need to continue to collect money!"

Rose also said: "This matter cannot be rushed. A country is no better than a company. Hundreds of billions of dollars can bring down any company, but for a country, this is only a slight injury. Especially for world economic powers like the United States and Japan, There won’t be any significant changes unless we spend tens of billions of dollars.”

"Forget it, take your time and dig out! One day we will squeeze them dry!"

Rose smiled and said: "Don't worry, although there will be no obvious effect in the short term, it does not mean that there is no effect. The loss of idle funds in society has led to a decrease in people's purchasing power, and then some companies have closed down, which has led to an increase in the unemployed population, and then the purchasing power has further deteriorated. decline, and finally enter a vicious cycle. Although various countries have early warning systems to prevent economic crises, we are slowly and continuously withdrawing idle funds, and it is impossible to reduce expenditures. Do you know the principle of boiling frogs in warm water? This is my financial You have only seen the tip of the iceberg of the real system model of the bomb!"

"Although I am Chinese, I really want to say that this plan is vicious!"

"Am I too bad?" Rose looked at me nervously.

"You are very bad, but I like femme fatales."

"Disgusting!" Rose ran two steps away from me: "You go find the old fairy. I want to go around and investigate the reactions of players from all over the world to this adjustment."

"Do you need me to come back to pick you up later?"

"No need, I'll go back on the spear myself."

"Okay, be careful." I turned the teleportation ring, and the next second I was in Qilin Mountain.

I am now an old acquaintance with Mr. Polaris. After exiting the teleportation array, I entered Mr. Polaris’s temple with a loud voice.

"Come on, come on, stop making noise!" Mr. Polar Star couldn't stand my noise and trotted out.

My eyes lit up, and there was actually a silver-white little fox following behind Mr. Polar Star. What surprised me even more was that he had 9 tails, and one of them was obviously missing a length. "Are you a demon?" The '￥' symbol flashed in my eyes. This is a fox worth 50 million. In my heart, he is equal to banknotes!

"Do you know each other?" Mr. Polar Star looked at the little fox and then at me. "We are really destined. I have a new apprentice and you actually know him!"

The little fox suddenly jumped up and turned into a human form. Every vixen is beautiful, and this one is no exception. After the transformation, Yaoyao's figure is very slender. The silver hair that reaches his neck covers half of his face. He looks quite handsome. No wonder Yue Ran is always clamoring for Yaoyao. It turns out that he is a handsome fox!

"I don't know you!" Yaoyao's emotionless voice sounded like it was about to freeze. It was so cool! But I'm not angry because you are valuable.

"You don't know me, we have never met, but I met your little lover Yue Ran."

A little blush appeared on Yaoyao's slightly pale cheeks, but it disappeared almost immediately. He nodded to show that he knew, and then retreated behind Mr. Polaris and stopped talking. Cherish words like gold! Sure enough, he has a cool guy style.

Mr. Polaris comes to smooth things over. "Don't blame him, Yaoyao is like this and doesn't like to talk. What's the reason why you came to see me today?"

"I want to ask you about establishing Taoist temples in Europe."

"I agree, but you have to let me deal with the matter here first!"

"I understand. But I have other matters for you today." I pulled out the evil soldier from behind. "Take a look at this thing."

Almost at the same time that I pulled out the evil weapon, the demon immediately turned into a fox and retreated far away, and its body actually became very big, staring at me with its teeth and claws open, its fiery red eyes shining with vigilance. Except for Yaoyao, everyone else's reaction was not small. A large group of samurai wearing gorgeous armor suddenly appeared on the walls around the garden.

A leading general said: "Beijing, what are you doing? Such a strong evil spirit?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. My friend sent me a demon weapon to show me. It's okay, it's okay. God generals, please go back. I'm sorry!"

The general seemed to have a good relationship with Mr. Polaris. He turned around and said hello before disappearing. North Star Lord quickly said to me: "You brought out such a demonic thing without saying a word, at least let me set up a barrier first! If today's mountain patrol god general was not an acquaintance of mine, maybe you would be chopped down Come on! Mortals holding demon soldiers can kill them first and then kill them!"

"It was my mistake this time. However, I can't kill anyone."

"Young man, don't be proud. You are still far from invincible. Real masters are not the ones you can usually see."

"Okay, let's not discuss this anymore. I want to know if you can extract the demonic power from this weapon."

"Isn't this a powerful weapon? What are you going to do with it?"

"Because I want to seal its power here." I pulled out eternity again.

Mr. Polar Star saw my eternal expression and exclaimed: "You can actually get such a peerless magic weapon, but why do I feel like I have seen it somewhere before?"

"Your Concentrator Blade is inside."

"What?" Mr. Polaris yelled, but quickly calmed down. "Forget it, it's become more powerful now anyway."

"Can you draw out the demonic power?"

"Unless it cooperates on its own, I can't do it alone!"

I immediately knocked the evil soldier with the side of eternity.

"Ouch! Be gentle, it hurts!"

"Who told you to pretend to be dead? Come on, cooperate, and I will transfer you to eternity."

"I don't want to do it. I've been using this body for many years and I'm used to it now. I don't want to move!"

"You are toasting and not eating, right?" He picked up the Eternal and knocked on the evil soldiers again. This time, the force was stronger, causing the evil soldiers to buzz. "See? Eternity is much stronger than that broken knife. Except for the lack of soul consciousness, everything is stronger than this knife. Eternity can be said to be the overlord of weapons, the true weapon of the king. Don't you want to have such a body? That broken knife is just sharper. If you, a monster made up of resentful spirits, were not attached to it, it would have been destroyed by the wear and tear of the years."

"I won't do it. I'm used to living in an old house!"

"Can't you get through? If you don't get over, I'll break you!"

"I'd rather have the jade broken than crumbled!" The evil sect soldiers are full of ambition!

"I can't control you anymore!" As soon as his consciousness moved, the flame of life immediately ignited on the eternity. "If you don't come out, I'll burn you!"

"I'm a monster, I'm not afraid of fire!"

"This is the flame of life, the fire of the soul that burns life. The flame ignited by the life force that even the God of Order cannot control will definitely burn you monster. Do you want to try it?"

The evil soldiers seemed to be deliberately against me. "Go ahead and burn it! I won't come out even if you burn it to death."

"Okay, if you are cruel enough, then I will burn you!"

See if I really want to take action, Polar Star Lord, stop me immediately. "It will be easier if you have the fire of life. I have a solution."

"Really?" I said to the evil soldier: "Hey! If you don't agree, I'll still let you change places."

"If you violate the agreement, then I will violate the agreement." The evil soldier suddenly became violent and my body immediately lost control. This guy actually committed a foul!

Being controlled by the evil soldiers, a strange sound unique to the evil soldiers came out of my mouth. "Old man, if I ask you to cause trouble for me, I'll kill you first." The evil soldiers actually wanted to kill Mr. Polar Star.

Mr. Polar Star rolled and crawled to avoid my knife, and quickly shouted: "General, come and help me!"

Suddenly a figure flashed on the courtyard wall, and a general stood in front of me and held my wrist with one hand to block the attack of the evil soldiers. "Aren't you looking at weapons? What happened?"

North Star Lord said: "The demon soldier suddenly lost control and took control of my friend's body. Please help me save my friend."

"Little things." God General raised his hand and pushed me back a few steps.

The evil soldiers controlled me and rushed forward. The general moved as fast as lightning, and he was in front of me with just one step, almost face to face with me. The evil soldiers and I were both shocked. But the general was faster and grabbed the evil soldier in my hand with one hand. He quickly let go of my hand and caught the evil soldier, then took out a piece of talisman paper and put it on the knife before handing the knife to my hand. "Tear off the talisman when you want to use it, and stick it on again when you don't need it. You must put it back on after taking off the talisman for up to an hour, otherwise it will invade your body again."

I stared blankly at the evil soldiers and then at the divine general. This guy's strength is too exaggerated!

God will say to Lord Polaris: "Be careful next time. If you miss, it will be very dangerous if I am not nearby."

"Thank you, General!"

"Okay, I'm leaving first." The image of the general's body shook and the person was no longer there. It was so fast that afterimages appeared!

The total time from the time God General came in to the time he left was less than 1 minute, and he never used a weapon from the beginning to the end. He even only raised one hand and kept the other behind his back. Now I understand why Mr. Polaris told me not to be proud. It seems that I am indeed a little too frivolous!

"You damn monster, you still want to harm me!"

"You forced me first. Where there is oppression, there is resistance!"

"You are still reasonable!" I raised my head and said to Mr. Polaris: "Let's take it out."

North Star Lord said: "Follow me."

We walked through the front hall and came to the alchemy room at the back. Mr. Polar Star drew Bagua talismans on the ground, finally completed the magic circle, and then threw all the evil soldiers into the Bagua furnace. "Put that sword in there too."

"What are you doing?" Eternal has tens of thousands of weapons, how can it be burned randomly?

"To transfer the sword soul, you must destroy the original weapon, and then the sword soul will naturally be attracted to the weapons around you. Your sword can ignite the fire of life, but my Bagua furnace will never burn it."

"Okay." I put eternity into the Bagua furnace.

Mr. Polaris took a lot of messy things and threw them into the stove for processing together. Soon the stove began to make a clattering sound. I looked at the stove with distress and said, "You won't waste my eternity." Break it?"

"Although I am not a professional weapon refiner, I am still an immortal. Don't doubt my abilities."

"I'm not doubting you, I'm worried about my sword!"

"It doesn't mean the same thing!" Mr. Polaris gestured outside the stove for a while, then closed the lid on the top of the stove. "Okay, just relax for a few minutes and that's it!"

"Where are you stewing the duck? Are you still bored for a while?"

"You don't understand these things, so just trust me."

I have no choice but to wait. I stood by the stove and waited. Fortunately, the few minutes were not very long and passed quickly. Mr. Polar Star took away the magic circle, and the flames under the alchemy furnace also went out. I walked over and opened the stove cover, and a burst of green smoke came out. The stove was filled with smoke and nothing could be seen.

"Don't worry! You have to vent the smoke." Mr. Polaris opened the window on the side of the stove and fanned it inside. After a while, the smoke was almost gone.

The first thing I noticed was the Evil Gate Soldier, and I reached out and pulled it out. "Strange why it turned gray?" I asked looking at the blade. I danced a few times and it felt like it was weightless, so light. At this moment, a gust of wind blew by, and the blade suddenly began to powder from the tip like sand and dust and spread with the wind. I was startled, watching the blade gradually disappear, and finally my hand was suddenly empty, and even the handle turned into fine sand and slipped from my fingers!

Mr. Polaris saw me staring at him and explained hurriedly: "The demonic power of this demonic sword has been sucked away. The blade itself has been there for many years. It is normal for it to naturally disintegrate without the support of demonic power! That sword of yours absorbed You will never do this if you have demonic power." As he said that, he reached into the stove and pulled Yongheng out. As a result, he himself exclaimed: "How could this happen?"

We saw that the Eternity in the hands of Mr. Polaris was as gray and lifeless as the evil soldiers just now. What surprised us even more was that the Eternity began to pulverize as soon as it left the furnace. The tip of the sword turned into gray suction sand and fell to the ground, and then the blade of the sword began to powder and fall off little by little. The expression on Mr. Polar Star's face was that he was about to cry, and my expression was that he was about to cry. The reason for coming out.

When he saw that I was about to pounce on him, Mr. Polaris was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, screaming as he ran. "Help! Please spare me! I really don't know how this happened! Help! God is killing me! Come on, God, help me!"

Suddenly, a huge silver figure stood in front of me. This was a giant monster. The nine-tailed fox increased its attack power through the simple method of giant transformation.

"Get out of the way, I don't have time to play with you now." If it weren't for the sake of money, I would turn you into a panda!

As expected, Yaoyao is a cool guy who does more and talks less. He just bites her without replying at all. I took a few steps back: "Little Dragon Girl!"

"Ouch..." A dragon's chant resounded through the sky, shaking the house, and Yaoyao was forced by the dragon's power to retreat into the yard.

The god will suddenly appear in the courtyard. "Why is a little dragon so noisy? Be quiet. Arctic, we have a good relationship and you can't just cause trouble for me! Everyone, be quiet." After saying that, he disappeared without waiting for anyone to reply!

While we were still in a daze, Yaoyao turned around and rushed forward again. I didn't have time to shout, so I went up and bumped into Yaoyao. Yaoyao was knocked backwards and rolled over and landed firmly on the ground. After landing, I took more than ten steps back and still fell to the ground. Two legs are not as stable as four legs!

"Stop fighting, stop." Mr. Polaris shouted to stop. "Ziri, please don't get excited. Although the weapon is destroyed, you may be able to find a way to repair it."

"Repair it? How? Do you have to glue the sand on the ground back together?"

"Of course it won't be that simple, but it's not impossible. Let me study it carefully first."

"Then you study quickly. If you can't fix it, you have to pay me for it."

"Let me take a look first." Mr. Polar Star walked back to the alchemy furnace and began to study.

I raised my hand and pointed at the demon who was still staring at me in the yard: "Please pay attention to me and don't be too arrogant in front of me." After saying that, I turned around and followed him in. "Little Dragon Girl, keep an eye on him." This guy is worth 50 million!