Chapter 300: Chapter 236 Cross-national Teleportation Array_2
BʘXNƟVEL.CƟM“Thank you, Captain Su, I couldn’t secure a spot in the Cross-national Teleportation Array. This really solves a big problem for me!”
In the former Blue Star.
It was very convenient to travel to other human countries.
Apart from planes and cruise ships, there were also trains and other modes of transport.
If all else failed, one could even walk across borders.
But in the Beastmaster World, that’s simply an impossible story.
In the Beastmaster World, there are a total of seven human countries, namely the Ancient Cathay Country, the Ancient Indian Nation, the Archipelago
Alliance, the Polar Bear Federation, the Demihuman Kingdom, the Mech Empire, and the Light God Country.
The countries are not contiguous to each other, and what lies in between them are either vast oceans or countless Totem Countries. If you want to rely on planes, cruise ships, or trains, the sky-flying, water-swimming, and land-walking beasts will swarm and rip all these modes of transport to shreds.
Between the Ancient Huaxia Country and the Alliance of Ten Thousand Islands, there is a great sea, and there are even more beasts in the sea than on the land. Hence, using cruisers or planes is simply out of the question.
However, it is impossible for countries to isolate themselves completely. They need to communicate and interconnect, and the only way to do so is through the use of long-distance, cross-country teleportation arrays.
In the past, these teleportation arrays were exorbitantly priced and consumed a significant amount of resources each time they were used, which inhibited normal communication between the various countries.
But today, thanks to the rise of mechanical attribute pet beasts, the construction and usage costs of these cross-national teleportation arrays have been minimized.
How minimal are we talking about?
So minimal that even ordinary Beast Master civilians can afford it.
Although this is due to some national subsidies, it does highlight a significant point.
If even the ordinary people can communicate internationally, not to mention the communication between the countries.
It is for this reason that the relationships between the individual nations are increasingly amicable.
Today, these cross-national teleportation arrays function like international airports from our former world, with the arrays activated at fixed times each week to transport large numbers of people to other countries.
Now, Vincent has come to the large “airport” housing the Cross-national Teleportation Array in Los Angeles.
The so-called “airport” is a large, open-air building, with teleportation arrays to different countries distributed inside. After being checked and verified by the staff, the corresponding individuals are guided onto different arrays.
There are six cross-national teleportation arrays for the seven countries.
However, unlike the busy scenes at the other country’s teleportation arrays today, there are hardly any people on the teleportation array between the Ancient Cathay Country and the Alliance of Ten Thousand Islands.
Vincent knows the reason: it’s because the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade in the Ten Thousand Islands Alliance is too fierce and hardly anyone wants to go there for punishment.
The people at the other teleportation arrays are all watching Vincent and his group like they were fools.
Vincent was also curious as to why the other few individuals chose this time to go. Was it to seek thrill?
Or were they curious to see what the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade looked like and travelled to the Ten Thousand Islands Alliance?
It could be possible as modern people often find themselves with nothing to do after eating their fill.
“Vincent Wolf! Come and get your teleportation pass!” A staff member called out.
“I’m coming, I’m coming!” Vincent stepped forward and took the pass from the staff member.
After some manipulation by the Secret Realm Squad and Vincent’s mimicry to change his face, Vincent successfully assumed a new identity. From Vincent Wolf, he became Vincent and travelled to the Alliance of Ten Thousand Islands under Vincent’s name.
Indeed, there is a real person named Vincent, and his identity is real too. He is a breeder who seeks unique breeding resources in every country and travels between them frequently.
However, the real Vincent was poisoned when he was testing a new type of pet beast food and is still hospitalized. It looks like he won’t recover for a year or half a year, so Vincent doesn’t need to worry about his identity being exposed in the short term.
The teleportation pass is a guarantee that ensures the person being teleported arrives at their intended destination accurately.
After getting the teleportation pass, Vincent began to wait for teleportation at the teleportation array to the Ten Thousand Islands Alliance.
A middle-aged man who was clearly bored came over to Vincent’s side and began a chat with him:
“Young man, are you also going to the Alliance of Ten Thousand Islands?”
Vincent thought to himself, isn’t that obvious? Why else would I be standing here?
“Hehe, yes, uncle.”
“Boy, why would you choose to go to the Alliance of Ten Thousand Islands at this time? You know, it’s not very peaceful recently!” “I have some things I have to do. Why are you going, uncle?”
The uncle suddenly became gloomy:
“Ah, who wants to go to dangerous places? But my family is there, and I am a professional beast tamer, so I have some power and must protect my family.” Hearing that the other party was also a Beast Tamer, Vincent Wolf became a little more interested.
Given the uncle’s age of over forty years old, he must have experienced the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade several times, hence Vincent Wolf became a little curious:
“Uncle, what exactly is the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade? I heard that it is quite scary. Can you tell me about it?”
The uncle suddenly became excited, and said:
“You’re asking the right person. I used to be a patrol team member on
Qingchuan Island, and I was a real participant in the last Hundred Ghosts Night Parade. If I hadn’t been lucky last time, I would have died several times over!”
“During the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, the most terrifying thing is not just the Demon Beasts. Demon Beasts are tangible and visible, and if you’re killed by them, that’s all there is to it, it’s not terrifying.”
“But what’s truly terrifying are the bizarre and eerie events that accompany it. Various ghost stories will become reality, and people can disappear without a trace, and it’s impossible to prevent. I’ve encountered it several times, and I still shudder when I think about it.”
Strange? Ghost stories?
What are these things?
“Then can you tell me about the ghost stories you’ve heard or seen? I’m afraid I might encounter the same thing when I go there, so I can be prepared.” Vincent Wolf asked.
“Didn’t I say it’s impossible to prevent? Alright, I’ll tell you about it.”
“Once, my patrol team received a notification about a reported anomaly within a residential compound, so three other team members and I were immediately dispatched to inspect the situation.”
“But after arriving at the compound, we found out that the apartment number reported by the alarm raiser didn’t exist at all, and every building in the compound only had six floors, while they reported a unit on the seventh floor.”
“But if it was only that, we might have thought that the alarm was false, and although we would have been angry, we wouldn’t have felt terrified.”
“But since we had already arrived, we couldn’t just leave, so we decided to patrol inside the compound before we left.”
“However, during the patrol, we suddenly discovered something, something terrifying. ”
‘When we looked at the building from the outside, there were six floors, but once we went inside and climbed the stairs, we were horrified to discover that there were actually seven floors inside!”
“Horrified, we quickly left the building and confirmed the number of the floors from the outside again, and indeed there were only six, but inside we confirmed it several times that there were indeed seven. What’s the story with the extra floor?”
“With the shock, we thought of the alarm-raiser’s claim that his apartment was on the seventh floor and became even more afraid.”
“We didn’t go to the alarm-raiser’s home to confirm the situation, but instead chose to report the situation.”
Vincent Wolf saw that the uncle stopped talking, then asked:
“Is that all? What about afterwards?”
“After we reported, we never went to that compound again, and we never even went near it. As for the follow-up, I heard that a Grandmaster was involved, but I don’t know the specifics.”
Vincent Wolf was somewhat regretful.
He was quite curious about what had happened.
An extra floor?
Could it be the Space System?
Or the Spirit system?
Was the alarm raiser human or a ghost?
It’s a pity that the uncle was too timid, it seemed that he did not even dare to ask about it.
But, well, those who are brave enough probably wouldn’t have survived either.
“Uncle, are you going to participate in the patrol this time?”
The uncle quickly waved his hands.
“Oh no, I’m definitely not participating. I was just lucky to survive the last time, who can guarantee that I’ll be lucky this time? Moreover, having participated once, I have no obligation to participate a second time..”