Chapter 868: Thanksgiving & Depression

The interior of the space teleportation station is a structure extending in all directions, and when guests use the teleportation station, they must submit an appointment to Montnets through the communication communicator and other means in advance before entering the station, and book a teleportation quota for themselves at least ten minutes in advance.

This is because the manager of the transmission station needs to set up the relevant transmission data in advance according to the destination you want to go to, such as the location and connection of spatial coordinates, and the application for transmission permission to the destination.

All space teleportation stations can open teleportation channels with each other by adjusting the coordinates of the link objects, so it does not have to be a completely fixed teleportation route, but in order to make it easier to manage, all spatial teleportation stations still have a set of teleportation routes in a daily period.

For example, if you want to travel from St. Angel's Church to Dream Country, you must first arrive at a Church Border City such as Purple Glory City, then jump from the teleportation station in the Border City to the Eastern Border City of Niederlais, and finally go to other cities in the Dream Land through the teleportation station in this Border City.

The teleportation station of the border city is a threshold that must be passed, on the one hand, it is to facilitate centralized management, and on the other hand, it is also for the sake of national defense and security, even if an enemy wants to invade another country through the means of the teleportation station, the other party must first pass the border checkpoint inspection, and cannot directly reach the core hinterland of the other country.

At the same time, there is also some energy saving purpose. Even if it is a transmission route with the same total distance, the long-distance transmission at one time and the short-distance transmission connected multiple times will save the energy cost of the transmission station.

It's like running 3,000 meters at a time and running 500 meters in six sprints. Although the latter takes more time to rest from the conflict, it is obviously more physically economical. The operating principle of the teleporter is similar to this, and the length of the distance spanned by the spatial channel of each teleportation is a curved increase in the relationship with the teleportation cost.

Therefore, this space teleportation station in Ziying City is fixed with more than a dozen cities in other countries in the world during the daily period.

Inside the teleportation station, more than a dozen indoor portals have been built, and when necessary, the teleportation channels corresponding to their respective destinations will be built, because the spatial coordinate data has been set in advance, so it basically does not take much preparation time to open the teleportation channel.

The reservation system of teleportation places at least 10 minutes in advance makes it easier for the manager of the teleportation station to plan the time shift, and if no one has reserved a quota for a short period of time, they can temporarily close it, so as to better save energy.

After Vader entered the teleportation station in Purple Glory City, he easily opened his corpse communicator, and according to the route map marked on a small projection window above, he found his target link in the station to the portal to the border city of the Nieders in the fantasy country, which was numbered very high, and it happened to be No. 1.

Because of the events that happened just yesterday, there were many people who wanted to go to the Niddles during this period, and many of them were Vader's companions, so there was a long queue in front of the entrance to Portal 1.

Fortunately, because the destination is to the Dream Country, it is the people of the Dream Country who are responsible for the security check in this passage, and the other party uses a significantly more advanced Soul Communicator (Zhi Brain) than the outside world, and the inspection efficiency of pedestrians is extremely high, so Vader did not wait too long and came to the portal.

"Journalists?"

A black-clothed man with a grim face guarding the portal glanced at Vader in front of him, and in the visual image that only he could see, a series of data materials popped up from a translucent window in the corner of the field of vision projected by the intelligence brain of the corpse communicator with him, which was Vader's identity information, as well as the test results marked with the words "Permitted".

The man in black glanced at Vader with a little meaning, but didn't say anything, because in the past half a day, he had already met several people of Vader's status. According to the information transmitted back from the mobile network, the newspapers and magazines behind such people have more or less the support of the official background and are manipulated behind the scenes, and they are specially used as tools for the official to manipulate public opinion.

With so many journalists whose mouthpieces are controlled by the officials of various countries, entering the Dream Country at a time when it has just suffered and a large number of people in the country need to deal with the disaster, the top officials of the Dream Country will not be able to guess the doorway here.

But for these people, it is not easy for the Dream Country to refuse their entry, after all, the other party is taking the official channel openly, and the identity and procedures are not faulty.

Simply, the high-level leaders of the Dream Country are not afraid to let these people with ulterior motives come to investigate the information, so they let them go, at most, they are instructed to pay attention to the movements of these people.

The black-clothed guard nodded, and although Vader felt that the other party seemed to look at him a little strangely, it was not easy to explore anything at this time, because the people behind him in the passage were already urging him.

Stepping into the spatial vortex of the portal, which emitted a faint silver glow, Vader suddenly felt a slight sense of weightlessness, but this strange feeling only lasted for a brief moment, and by the time he reacted, his feet had already stepped on the solid floor again.

Behind him, there is a whirlpool passage of a portal that still glows with a slight silver glow, and in front of it, an alloy passage made of characteristic metal steel plates, with a lighted crystal guide signal light hanging overhead, and several black-clad guards in familiar costumes can be seen beside him.

Everything seemed to be the same as before stepping into the portal, but Vader, who had experienced it many times, knew that he should have crossed the distance of tens of thousands of miles by now, from the Sect Kingdom in the Eastern Continent to the Dream Kingdom in the Western Continent.

"Although I have experienced it many times, this kind of convenient space technology that has been directly popularized by the people has to make people feel its magic...... It's a pity that it belongs to someone else's family after all. Vader sighed with admiration and regret.

"Sir, please give way. At this moment, the person who walked out of the portal with Vader behind him interrupted Vader's exclamation with a loud urging.

"Well, I'm sorry, if you're in a hurry, you can go first. Vader smiled slightly awkwardly and turned sideways to get out of the way.

Although the portal passage is relatively spacious and can allow many people to pass through at the same time at the same time, if it is not necessary, it will not open such a large passage, because it will make the operation power of the space teleporter extremely high, which is very energy-intensive.

So this time, Vader and the others walked through the No. 1 portal passage, and the scale of opening was miniaturized, just like the scale of an ordinary indoor corridor. If Vader continues to occupy the exit of the portal passage like this, it will be really difficult for the people behind him to leave.

"It's okay, be careful next time. The man behind him was a man in a suit and leather shoes, his tone was a little dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything more to Vader, and he hurriedly passed by Vader and walked quickly towards the exit of the passage.

Vader's keen observation as a journalist noticed the look of anxiety and vague worry on the man's face.

His mind moved, as if he had thought of something, and immediately chased after him.

The two of them passed through the checkpoint at the end of the teleportation channel, and after the corpse communicator automatically verified their identities, confirmed that the verification of their respective teleportation procedures was completed, and settled all the prepaid usage fees in credit coins on the Montnets account, they walked out of the teleportation station quickly.

As soon as he exited the teleport, Vader caught up with the man.

"Can you get to know this gentleman? I'm a reporter from St. Angel's Church Clarion Horn News Agency, can I delay you a little longer?"

"I'm sorry, I'm not available right now!" the man sped up impatiently, trying to shake Vader away. Walking a little faster towards a cruise bus stop near the teleportation station.

But soon, his footsteps suddenly slowed down, because the spiritual communicator on his body suddenly came out with the prompt sound of the wisdom brain:

Ding~!Detect that you have a unilateral payment request from an unfamiliar account, the payer's account coordinates are located six meters behind you, and the transaction amount is 1000 credits, do you want to accept it?

The man in the suit stopped, looked at Vader, and instead of rashly choosing to accept the credit sent by this unilateral transaction, he asked, "What do you mean by that?"

1,000 points of credit, which is already the amount of wages that grassroots civilian wage earners can earn after working for several months.

The man in the suit didn't believe that someone would give him such a large sum of money for nothing. But for the sake of this money, he doesn't mind hearing a little about what this guy wants to do.

"Sir. Seeing that the other party was finally willing to listen to him, Vader showed a kind smile and walked up to him and asked, "Can you tell me what you are doing in Dream Country this time?" Oh, don't get me wrong, as I just introduced, I am a reporter for a news agency, and I want to ask you about your itinerary just because I feel that you may find some news ...... in you."

Seeing that the face of the man in the suit suddenly became a little gloomy, Vader hurriedly added: "Of course, I won't bother you in vain, I can pay the corresponding payment! If you are willing to cooperate, the price is negotiable, and it will not delay you too much." ”

"Okay then, but we'll talk as we go. The man in the suit hesitated slightly, then turned and walked towards the station again, but this time his pace slowed down considerably.

In addition, he also ordered his corpse communicator to accept the 1,000 credits that Vader had just sent him as a reward for agreeing to talk to the other party.

Vader hurriedly followed.

After the parade car came, the two got into the car together, and after sitting side by side, Vader took the initiative to open the conversation.

"Speaking of which, I haven't asked for the gentleman's name yet. ”

"Just call me Mike. ”

"Well, Mr. Mack, it seems that you have come to the Dream Land in a hurry, and if I am not mistaken, it has something to do with the disaster that happened here yesterday?" Vader asked tentatively.

Hearing Vader talk about this, Mike's face became a little gloomy again.

"What are you asking for?"

Seeing the change in Mike's expression, Vader knew he was asking the right person.

He smiled apologetically, "If this makes you feel unpleasant, then let me apologize." But that's what I do. ”

"Reporter?" Mike had already understood the other party's purpose, and his face was a little unhappy: "It's really not a pleasant experience to interview me at this time." ”

Although he was in a bad mood, for the sake of the credit he had just received, Mike still did not directly refuse the other party.

"Okay, I'm not going to waste too much time on you. ”

Vader smiled nonchalantly, "No problem, this interview will end with this cruise car arriving at Mr. Mike's destination." ”

Next, through the conversation, Vader learned that this Mr. Mike, who was born in a small second-rate country in the Western Continent of the main material continent and was a vassal of the Duragon Empire, was a merchant who had established a small chamber of commerce with his friends, and was in the business of domesticating and selling elven eggs.

Because the fantasy country has a very dominant technology for the domestication and cultivation of elves and alien beasts, it is inevitable that the small chamber of commerce run by Mike and his friends will be hit by the dream store, and the business will begin to plummet.

In order to recover their losses, Mike and the others had to abandon their original business model of the Chamber of Commerce and began to seek cooperation from the Dream Country.

To put it simply, it is to apply to become a kind of 'sub-agent' of the dream store.

They chose to buy domesticated elven cubs, adults, or high-quality elven eggs at a low price from the fantasy store, and then took them back to their chamber of commerce to sell them as agents.

And Mike: That's what they did.

But if you want to become a subordinate agent of the fantasy store under the command of Dream Country, it is not without requirements. After all, the fantasy store itself has the ability to sell the goods of the kingdom, so why should it share the benefits with other agents?

But in the end, the kingdom did not completely reject this request for the cooperation of the outside merchants who came together on their own initiative, but only put forward some conditions for them.

In addition to profits, their performance as subordinate agents will also indirectly affect the credibility of the higher-level dream store.

Therefore, in addition to the basic conditions such as business ability, they must also express their stance to the dream country and show sufficient position to ensure that they can either sign a "data agreement contract" that specifically protects these conditions, or simply join the nationality of the dream country.

And Mike chose the latter method, not only joining himself, but also letting his own relatives join the dream country.

With the exception of Mike himself, a man who often runs away for business needs, almost his entire family has immigrated to the Dream Country.

Just over three months ago, he accompanied his caravan to the territory of the Dream Country to inspect the real appearance of this country, and purchased the special goods here from the Dream Country by the way, and it was also at that time that Mike let his family move here.

Unfortunately, the city they moved to and settled in was one of the affected areas that was affected by the attack of the Demon King Luciel yesterday.

And to make matters worse, the city is located very close to the western border of the Nederlais, which is considered a hard-hit area!

Mike's father is an ordinary mortal, and he is relatively old, and his legs and feet are not very neat on weekdays.

Originally, after Mike moved his father to the Niddleles, as the Dream Country created a large number of wood spirit species to transform this land, the environment of the city where his father settled began to get better and better......

Even Mike, who was a little uneasy about the dream country, had to praise it after actually inspecting and accompanying his father to live here for a few days, and felt that this country was really good, especially suitable for the elderly in their old age.

So Mike happily spent a lot of credit and even merit points to set up a house for his family in the city of Dream Country and purchased a group of senior butler-type brains to take care of him, and then went out to work with confidence.

Because of the convenience provided by the Dream World and the Lingshu Network, after work, if you want, Mike can also contact your family at any time, not only through the communication window of the Lingshu communicator as if you are talking face-to-face, but also through the way of realistic dreams, directly meet in the Dream World, so as to chat with the elderly, play with children, etc.

Recently, after various countries have built large-scale civilian space transmission stations and opened teleportation routes, Mike can also go home directly through the teleportation station when he is on vacation, and it is very convenient to reunite with his family face-to-face in reality.

As time passed, Mike became more and more satisfied with his current state of life, and felt that he was far happier than he had ever been since joining the Dream Realm.

But everything that was originally beautiful was destroyed yesterday by that demon king Lucille.

Listening to Mike's story, he originally wanted to interview the black material of the Dream Country to write a press release, but because of Mike's memories and self-description, he heard that his feelings were a little complicated, and he didn't know whether to envy the other party's Vader, and his spirit suddenly lifted.

He knew that the drama he really wanted was coming.

Sure enough, Mike then spoke, gritting his teeth with a gloomy face, and said, "My father, because of his advanced age, was already much worse than that of a young man, and yesterday he died in the disaster that was set off by the demon king!

"I'm sorry for what happened to you. Vader said apologetically, then rolled his eyes: "But, Mr. Mack, may I take the liberty of asking such a question, do you regret your previous decision?"

"Regret?" Mike looked at Vader with some confusion.

Vader smiled and guided intentionally or unintentionally, "For example, if you hadn't joined the Dream Realm and immigrated your family to this realm, it is likely that you would not have suffered this kind of disaster?"

Vader had already prepared his draft, and as long as Mike's mentality was shaken by his guiding words, he could continue to lead the other party step by step to shift the topic from hatred of the Demon King, the initiator, to dissatisfaction with the fantasy realm.

After all, strictly speaking, the disaster suffered by the Mike family this time is indeed due to the responsibility of the protection of the Dream Country.

Vader, however, heard an answer that he didn't expect.

"Regret?" Mike gave Vader a strange look, then shook his head, "No, I don't regret it. ”

"For ...... Why?" Vader was stunned and asked him, "Don't you grieve at your father's death?"

"To be honest, there were some at first, but now, the mood should be more anger, as well as happiness, and gratitude. Hearing this, the expression on Mike's face also became quite interesting, sad and joyful, which made Vader feel even more incomprehensible.

Sensing Vader's strange gaze, Mike could more or less guess what the other party was thinking, so he smiled and explained, "You will feel that you don't understand, but it's actually normal. Because my father was indeed 'dead' yesterday, but it can also be said that he is 'still alive'. ”

Vader: "???"

Mike asked him rhetorically, "Mr. Reporter, do you know the dream world?"

"Of course. Vader said without hesitation, "Now, I'm afraid there are not many people in the world who don't know the name of the dream world created by the Dream Lord and his dependents." ”

"So, do you know what dreams mean to a Dream Church believer who believes in the Dream Lord's crown?" Mike smiled, "And it just so happens that my father became a devout member of the Dream Church three months ago." ”

"Could it be ......," Vader's eyes widened.

Most ordinary people are probably already seeing Mengshi as a virtual entertainment world launched by a fantasy country, but they are gradually beginning to ignore its original other layer of more important significance. But as a journalist, Vader needs to memorize all kinds of important knowledge, so he happens to remember another meaning of the dream world very clearly.

"That's right, as you might guess, Mr. Reporter. Mike smiled again with a smile of happiness and gratitude, "My father's soul after his death, inspired by the dream lord's family, continues to live happily in the dream world very well." Just last night, I went into my dream to visit his old man's home. ”

"When the priests of Dream Church learned about my family's plight, they sent a pastor to treat my family in person, and now my wife and children have recovered from their injuries. The home that was originally destroyed by the disaster has been rebuilt with state funding. ”

"And I, after this experience, have figured out a lot of things, so ...... I have decided to join the Dream Church like my father and dedicate my faith to the crown who saved my father's soul. ”

Hearing this, seeing the look of gratitude in Mike's eyes for the Dream Lord's crown, the Dream Church, and the kingdom, Vader had no idea of continuing to interview Mike.

Obviously, although this guy has a close relative who has been seriously injured because of the disaster that happened in the dream country yesterday, but the other party has no thoughts of dissatisfaction with the dream country and the dream lord at all, even if he still has any negative emotions, it is for the culprit Demon King.

In other words, from Mike, Vader couldn't collect the kind of black material he really wanted.

He said goodbye to Mike depressed, and secretly decided, 'Next time, I'll find someone who is not a believer in the Dream Church...... No, find someone whose identity doesn't belong to the fantasy country and use it as interview material!'