Magic? My Iron Torrent will sweep it all away!

Chapter 191 The Decision About the Teleportation Gate

Lin Mo ignored Kyle's question about what a bank was and asked, puzzled, "..."

"Why is the permanent version so much more expensive?"

"Because of global barriers."

A sense of holiness appeared on Kyle's face, as if he were proclaiming a truth of the world.

"Between worlds, there exist robust spatial barriers with powerful self-repairing capabilities."

"A temporary portal is like a small cut on the skin. Although it bleeds, the barrier's own regenerative ability will allow it to heal quickly."

"We just need to keep the passage open until it heals."

He gestured with his hands as he spoke.

"But permanent portals are different."

"That's like implanting a 'scaffold' that will never be rejected into this 'wound,' forcibly solidifying this spatial passage and making it an eternal spatial opening in the world's barrier."

"This requires overcoming the entire plane's repair rules, and the amount of precious materials consumed and the effort required are worlds apart."

Lin Mo listened, understanding dawning on his mind.

Kyle’s “self-repairing of the world’s barriers” sounds to him as “the natural tendency of spatial curvature to flatten.”

The so-called "implanted stent" refers to the creation of a singularity that can continuously output huge amounts of energy, forcibly maintaining a stable spacetime wormhole.

It sounds like five million gold coins is a pretty fair price.

"What if we need to expand it?" Lin Mo continued to ask.

"For example, we have some relatively large pieces of equipment that need to be transported."

"Expand?" Kyle thought for a moment.

"If it's an astral portal, an additional 10,000 gold coins will be required for materials for every meter the circumference is extended."

He seemed to notice Lin Mo's expression of disapproval at the price and offered to explain:

"This is already very fair, Holy Son."

"For a regular teleportation portal, it only costs one thousand gold coins per meter."

"But the difficulty of expanding an astral portal is a completely different matter."

"I understand." Lin Mo nodded reluctantly.

After saying goodbye to Kyle, only two words remained in his mind.

Make money!

……

In the command post, Lin Mo told Zhao Gang and Long Zhan about the price he had just asked about in detail.

"Permanent Astral Portal, base price five million gold coins."

"To increase the circumference, the price is 10,000 gold coins per meter."

Upon hearing this, Long Zhan frowned slightly.

"So expensive?"

Zhao Gang then took out his tactical tablet and began rapidly calculating on it with his fingers.

Lin Mo suggested:

"Brother Zhao, General Long, how about we build one here first?"

"As for our current lack of funds, we can discuss it with those four tribes."

"Just say the portal is too small, affecting the large quantities of weapons and equipment we sell to them."

"Using this as an excuse, we asked them to prepay a portion of the money to help us build the gate."

Long Zhan was the first to shake his head.

"no."

"This is Elven territory. We have already conquered Emerald Leaf City, but we are only temporarily lending it to them."

"We will soon be moving to our own fiefdom."

"We're spending a fortune building a permanent portal here now, are we just going to tear it down or give it to the elves later?"

"That's such a waste."

Zhao Gang also stopped calculating, looked up and agreed:

"General Long is right. With our current fighting strength, we should be able to take over the fiefdom."

He turned the tablet toward Lin Mo.

"I did the math. A standard permanent astral portal with a diameter of 3.5 meters costs five million gold coins, which is equivalent to 16.67 billion US dollars."

"If we want fighter jets and other large weapons to pass through, the portal diameter needs to be around 100 meters."

Zhao Gang tapped the screen with his finger.

"With a diameter of 100 meters, the circumference is 314 meters. Subtracting the standard circumference of 11 meters, an additional 303 meters is needed."

"At a rate of 10,000 gold coins per meter, the cost of expanding it alone would be 303 million gold coins."

"The total cost exceeds eight million gold coins!"

"That translates to nearly $27 billion. And that's just the construction cost; the maintenance costs must be substantial as well."

"Those holy humans add a lot of energy crystals to the magic circle every day to maintain its energy consumption."

Zhao Gang shook his head.

"Too expensive."

The three fell silent.

Lin Mo pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Then let's use this temporary one for now."

"Once we've established ourselves on our own land, we'll build a large enough permanent portal of our own!"

Zhao Gang and Long Zhan nodded in agreement.

The most important task at present is to take over the fiefdom that belongs to the Great Xia.

.......

New Kyoto Underground City.

Beneath the enormous dome, the construction site of the World Tree was brightly lit and filled with the roar of machinery.

The second-in-command rushed back from the Arctic military base and arrived in this area immediately.

When he saw the World Tree emitting a fluorescent glow in the center, his pupils dilated slightly, and he instinctively wanted to move closer.

"Sir, wait a minute." Secretary Li stopped him, knowing that nuclear wastewater had just been used for irrigation here.

Only after confirming with the researchers stationed there that there was no radiation was No. 2 allowed to walk toward the vibrant tree.

Number Two approached the World Tree and couldn't help but reach out, carefully picking up a vibrant green leaf.

The leaves are moist, and I feel a cool touch on my fingertips.

He closed his eyes, leaned in, and took a deep breath.

A refreshing feeling filled my chest, and my fatigue vanished.

He felt light and refreshed, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders.

Secretary Li then curiously examined the World Tree, the tree of the magical world.

Suddenly, the tablet in his hand vibrated.

He looked down and opened it to check, and a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.

Secretary Li strode forward, her voice brimming with barely suppressed excitement:

"Sir, Commander Lin and his men have succeeded!"

"Their negotiations have made a breakthrough!"

Upon hearing this, the Second Chief opened his eyes, his gaze sharpening and revealing a glint of cunning.

He snatched the tablet and quickly browsed through it.

The words on the screen gradually dispelled the serious expression on his face, followed by an undisguised joy.

"Okay! Okay! Okay!"

He loudly exclaimed "Good!" three times in a row.

"Lin Mo and the others are heroes of the Great Xia Dynasty!"

"This is territorial expansion! Real territorial expansion!"

Secretary Li: "Yes, I really didn't expect that we would actually be able to obtain a piece of land belonging to Great Xia in another world!"

"Congratulations!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at the Second Chief with a smile on his face:

"Sir, your outstanding achievements during your tenure will surely be recorded in history!"

"In conquering and expanding territories in other worlds, throughout history, only you have done so!"

After hearing this, the Second Chief burst into laughter, the sound echoing beneath the dome of the underground city.

His face was flushed and his chest heaved; who could resist such words?

It was truly incredibly pleasant!

As the laughter subsided, Chief Number Two looked at Secretary Li:

"Have the things Lin Mo mentioned before, such as increasing production by military enterprises, been implemented?"