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Chapter 215: Teleportation Array
Chapter 215: Teleportation Array
Zhonghai City is located on the eastern edge of the entire Dongxia Federation, bordering the Dongyue Sea and situated on the easternmost coastline of Dongyue Province. It is the largest city within the province.
However, it is not the only city in Dongyue Province, nor is it the only Tier-One city in the province.
Aside from Zhonghai City, the economically prosperous and populous Dongyue Province boasts two other Tier-One cities, and there are over a dozen Tier-Two cities.
These two cities are Zijin City, located northwest of Zhonghai City, and Qianshan City, situated southwest of it.
The three Tier-One cities form a triangle, supporting each other, and this triangular area is the most prosperous region within Dongyue Province.
The distance between the three Tier-One cities is not particularly vast, and transportation is highly convenient, with high-speed rails, flying ships, and even teleportation arrays connecting them.
The next day, around noon, Li Qian arrived at the building where the teleportation center was located. The reason for his late arrival was intentional.
This time, he was utilizing the teleportation array for his evolution, and choosing midday was the most convenient time as there would be fewer people.
Of course, the distance from the Sky Realm Breeding Base also played a factor, as the entire teleportation center was situated in the North City District of Zhonghai City.
Perhaps it was due to the approaching noon, and certainly, the teleportation array's mystical means of transportation would be considered luxurious to ordinary people, so the building housing the teleportation center wasn't bustling with beastmasters coming and going.
At the very least, it was quite different from Li Qian's expectation of a high-speed rail station or a flying ship base bustling with people.
Upon seeing the towering thirty-story building, somewhat resembling an iron tower, Li Qian was a bit taken aback, as the teleportation center's appearance differed significantly from his imagination.
To be precise, this wasn't an ordinary building but a tower. Seeing a tower wasn't unusual, as tower-like structures are common in cities.
But what made it peculiar was that it was an iron tower, completely unsuitable for habitation. With curiosity, Li Qian approached it slowly and finally understood.
The base of the teleportation center's iron tower was different from a typical iron tower; it wasn't an open design but was entirely enclosed, resembling a silver base installed beneath the tower when viewed from a distance.
The silver base occupied a spacious area, but it seemed inadequate for the teleportation center's needs.
With this thought, he walked straight into the base of the iron tower. Upon entering, his face once again showed understanding.
After a quick scan, he realized that this iron tower, or more precisely, the base of the tower, was merely a service hall.
The actual teleportation array was underground. After completing the necessary procedures in the hall, a dedicated underground elevator would transport passengers to the space where the teleportation array was located.
As he had been focusing on reading breeding books and materials, Li Qian was unaware of this arrangement. Upon seeing it, he not only understood but also broadened his horizons.
Instead of immediately entering the underground space where the teleportation array was located, Li Qian began to explore the hall.
Whether it was the hall staff or other travelers, everyone witnessing this scene had a nonchalant expression, as if it were a common occurrence.
The Teleportation Array was not an affordable means of transportation for everyone, and there were many first-time users like Li Qian, some of whom would even shout and take photos to commemorate the occasion in the grand hall.
Li Qian, who was merely there to observe, was relatively calm compared to the others.
After familiarizing himself with the situation in the teleportation hall, Li Qian didn't waste any more time.
He went straight to the ticket counter, which was quite spacious and not crowded. Occasionally, one could see a few figures, and upon closer inspection, most of them were robots, with only a handful of real people.
Li Qian glanced at how the other passengers were operating the machines, and then he followed suit, walking up to a self-service terminal.
The operation of the self-service terminal was simple, one might even say foolproof. The screen only displayed two words: "Buy Tickets." Li Qian reached out and touched the "Buy Tickets" option.
"Please enter your destination," the prompt said, and immediately after touching "Buy Tickets," this line of information popped up, accompanied by several rows of supplementary information with three options: "Domestic," "International," and "Red Moon."
When he saw "Red Moon," Li Qian's eyes narrowed slightly. "Red Moon" was somewhat similar to the moon in his previous life, a satellite of the Ancestral Planet, orbiting around it.
Although Li Qian hadn't read much about this topic, he was familiar with the renowned "Red Moon."
Red Moon served as a transit point for the Ancestral Planet to venture into the universe and reach the Outer Battlefield.
It was said that several large-scale spatial teleportation arrays were set up on Red Moon, allowing direct teleportation out of the Radiant Star System.
A distance of several light-years, a dozen light-years, or even hundreds of light-years could be covered in a short time.
Such teleportation arrays were not something any Federation could afford to build. There were three such arrays on Red Moon, reportedly constructed jointly by all eight Federations of the Ancestral Planet, a project that could be said to have... gathered almost all of humanity's wisdom.
Shifting his gaze from "Red Moon," Li Qian turned his attention to "Domestic" without hesitation and touched it again.
After the light touch, the information expanded to fill two full pages, covering almost all Tier-One and Tier-Two cities, as well as some larger Tier-Three cities.
With a quick search, Li Qian found several familiar city names on the page: Jingdu City, Shazhou City, Nandu City, and Yunlan City...
Out of curiosity, Li Qian clicked on the page for Yunlan City, and when he saw the teleportation fee, he was completely taken aback.
Three million five hundred thousand! The one-way fee to teleport from Zhonghai City to Yunlan City was an astonishing three million five hundred thousand, and even though Li Qian was already quite wealthy, he couldn't help but be surprised.
If one were to take a flying ship from Zhonghai City to Yunlan City, the fee would only be around a hundred thousand, and that was for a first-class cabin. If one opted for an economy cabin, it would be even cheaper, just over ten thousand. Sometimes, during discount promotions, tickets for a few thousand might be available.
Such a staggering price made Li Qian click his tongue in amazement, and at the same time, he couldn't help but sigh. It was no wonder that even wealthy families didn't use the Teleportation Array every time they traveled, given the exorbitant ticket prices.
After a sigh, Li Qian scrolled back a page and started selecting again. Soon, on the third row of the first page, he found the city he was going to teleport to.
(End of Chapter)
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