I can find treasures in my dreams.

The word "Depart" carried a metallic, penetrating force, echoing loudly across the vast World Gate Plaza.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Gate to the World suddenly awoke.

Millions of tiny particles of light emerged from the texture of the bluish-gray stone gate, like stardust that had been awakened.

The light particles flowed and converged rapidly from the base to the gate, and in just three breaths, they condensed into a mirror of light spanning over a thousand meters inside the gate.

The mirror surface was as clear as molten crystal, with faint spatial distortion ripples around its edges, illuminating the three-kilometer-high underground space.

The helmets of all soldiers in the 89th Garrison Regiment are equipped with an automatic adjustment system that instantly adjusts the amount of light in the field of vision to ensure that strong light does not irritate the eyes.

However, there is still a delay of two to three milliseconds in this process, which can be detected by anyone who has reached the warrior level.

Therefore, Yang Donglin, Zhou Furui, and several other soldiers all narrowed their eyes slightly.

next second.

Concentric ripples suddenly appeared in the center of the Mirror of Light, interspersed with countless fragmented images: the endless yellow sand of the Black Sand Sea of ​​Death, the dome of the teleportation tower of the Pioneer City, and even a few frames of chaotic light and shadow in the phase space.

Subsequently.

The ripples subsided abruptly, and the mirror surface became as clear as polished glass, revealing the central teleportation plaza of the pioneering city, its silver-white alloy floor gleaming coldly.

Zhou Furui watched this scene with deep emotion.

As a quasi-native who has lived in Xijiang Province for more than a decade, he has witnessed firsthand the changes that have taken place at this gateway to the world.

Fifteen years ago.

The original World Gate was only a little over a hundred meters tall and was made entirely of heavy, second-grade exotic materials. It could only transport a maximum of 20,000 tons of cargo at a time.

What's even more troublesome is the teleportation interval. Each time the World Gate is recharged, it takes a full five minutes to wait, and the Frontier City on the other side only has one teleportation point.

He also personally experienced a major traffic jam when he had just awakened his Yang Flame ability and spent some time in Kaituo City.

Just as they were about to return to Dongfang City, the space suddenly became unstable and lasted for about ten days, allowing Kaituo City to accumulate a large amount of resources.

Once the space stabilized again, the Gate of the World began operating around the clock, and the roads for transporting supplies were completely blocked. Even half of the personnel passage was occupied by various supplies.

When Zhou Furui passed through the Gate of the World, he was also required to carry a 500-kilogram metal ingot to speed up the transfer of supplies as much as possible.

That was the first time he felt that the Gate to the World seemed to be lagging behind and couldn't keep up with the development speed of the Azure Civilization.

Today it is today.

The colossal gate standing here is already the third generation of the World Gate.

Its height reaches an astonishing 1548 meters, and the gate has been replaced with a special translucent spatial crystal, allowing one to directly see the energy flow inside.

The door is less than one-tenth the thickness of the first generation, and looks thin and flimsy, but it is far more sturdy than the first generation.

Zhou Furui had also heard that many foreign guests from the civilized world, when visiting this Gate to the World, were so amazed that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets, and on the spot, they requested to purchase the special space crystals, saying that price was absolutely not an issue.

It was then that he realized that this crystal seemed to be an extraordinary and valuable thing.

Also.

The third-generation World Gate's single-transmission capacity soared to one million tons, and the transmission interval was shortened to an astonishing ten seconds.

"Zi~Zi~"

Standing here, Zhou Furui could faintly hear the sound of electricity.

This is the sound of powerful spatial energy charging the spatial crystal, and the energy veins within it are lighting up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The space passage has only just been opened, yet the charging progress has already reached 20%, demonstrating just how astonishing the efficiency is.

In contrast, the first generation required the passage to be severed before the Gate of the World could be recharged.

"Boom! Boom!"

Accompanied by the sound of footsteps in armor.

Legion Commander Yang Donglin took the lead, striding towards the Gate of the World, followed immediately by a group of high-ranking officers. When the distance closed to fifty meters, Zhou Furui subconsciously looked up at the top of the Gate of the World.

What came into view were several extremely dim filaments of light, seemingly extending into the distant void.

He knew that this was a space technology with revolutionary significance.

The first generation of the World Gate had only one teleportation point on each side, essentially a one-way street.

On the Eastern City side of the third-generation World Gate, six staggered teleportation points are planned, each corresponding to different categories such as supplies, personnel, and heavy equipment.

On the other side of Kaiyuan City, an astonishing twelve teleportation points were built, further subdivided into emergency passages, military lines, and civilian passages, completely resolving the congestion problem that had plagued the city for over a decade.

What the people of Canglan are most proud of is not these obvious performance improvements, but a super technology hidden behind the transmission network—the Phase Space Maze.

This is a unique spatial technology of the Azure Civilization, which even the Mija Civilization praised highly.

Zhou Furui had also heard that when the Phase Space Maze was completed, Mr. Lingya personally presided over an experiment.

A primordial evil race, led by two powerful knights and numbering over 1,300, was deliberately placed into the maze.

This was a deadly threat to the newly arrived civilized world.

The evil race was initially overjoyed at accidentally entering the portal, believing they had a chance to plunder a civilized world.

However, they miscalculated.

The passageway before them had transformed into a terrifying labyrinth.

All around were constantly shifting phantom images of teleportation nodes, each flashing with the same coordinate signal.

The evil race attempted to lock onto one of the nodes and force their way through, but this triggered the spatial disturbance mechanism of the maze.

The spatial energy became turbulent, causing spatial distortion. A group of weaker members of the evil race were instantly severely injured, and some even exploded and died.

To avoid spatial distortion, they scurried around the maze like mice, unable to find a way out.

Half a day has passed.

Both demon knights were seriously injured, and all the other demons were killed.

Mr. Raven personally led a group of elite warriors in, easily annihilating the two knights and reaping a large amount of spoils.

To put it bluntly, the Phase Space Maze combined with the Space Island is enough to turn the Gate of the World into an impregnable super fortress.

soon.

Yang Donglin's body touched the mirror and disappeared without a sound.

With a flash of light and shadow, he transformed into a figure in a mirror and walked towards an officer inside the Kaiyuan City teleportation point.

Zhou Furui lagged behind by a few steps and touched the mirror a second later, and he immediately felt a slight "falling sensation".

This is a normal phenomenon where space changes.

Just at this moment.

Zhou Furui felt a moment of dizziness, and heard strange whispers in his ears.

The voice sounded somewhat broken: "The lost one... has been chosen... the game has begun."

Zhou Furui was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly turned extremely ugly.

In the past few days, the number of mysterious disappearances on Azure Star has exceeded 500, averaging more than 100 per day. Although the Human Federation is trying its best to block the news, everyone realizes how serious the problem is.

The Bureau of Abnormal Affairs traced each crime scene and found the following message: "Lost person, congratulations on being chosen. The game has now begun."

According to information revealed by Lieutenant Colonel Yang, the missing persons most likely entered an isolated space beneath the Black Sand Sea.

Zhou Furui never imagined that he would actually encounter such a low-probability event, comparable to winning the lottery. (End of Chapter)