The image showed a smooth, clean, goose-yellow, oval-shaped stone, half the size of a palm, looking ordinary.
Bai Haozheng said, "After the incident, the superhumans on the joint fleet immediately activated the dimensional anchors to completely seal off that sea area.
And activated the highest level of emergency procedures,
First, the stone was stored in a different dimensional space,
And then, a magic similar to time freezing was used to freeze all the scientists who were present at the time and were responsible for detecting the stargate,
Sealing all the alloy boxes.
In an independent extradimensional space, a rigorous examination and observation of the stone and the scientists were carried out.
Finally, it was determined that it was just an ordinary pebble, containing 96% silicon dioxide, and the rest was trace amounts of iron oxide and elements such as manganese and copper, and their compounds.
It didn't carry any deadly biochemical weapons or highly infectious dangerous memes.
And the scientists who were present at the time did not experience any changes in their physical and mental condition. There was no case of mind tampering, betraying human civilization, or becoming a traitor to humanity."
Bai Haozheng paused and said, "Under the current situation,
The other side of the stargate may be in the same situation as us, in a state of mutual suspicion, mutual distrust, and mutual fear.
Before collecting enough information, any action is extremely dangerous, reckless, and hasty.
Unless, the act of throwing pebbles itself has a more far-reaching meaning.
For example, testing."
Bai Haozheng's expression turned solemn, and he said in a deep voice, "The evidence we obtained from communicating with other organizations shows that all stargates have transmission functions.
Throwing an item from world A into world B on the other side of the stargate consumes the energy of the stargate holder,
And taking the item back to world A also consumes the energy of the stargate holder.
These two rules limit the act of recklessly colonizing and expanding by using stargates.
But there is a loophole in these two rules.
Suppose a war breaks out between world A and world B connected by the stargate, and the stargate is in the hands of a superhuman in world A,
Then world B doesn't need to do anything. It only needs to continuously throw massive amounts of mud, sand, and seawater into the stargate,
In order to use the rules to continuously consume the energy of the stargate holder in world A, dragging him to death alive and forcibly closing the stargate.
This phenomenon is obviously illogical,
The stargate holder who received the reward from the Killing Game has become the weakest party in the triangular relationship instead."
Li Ang's heart moved when he heard this. He threw an entire full-sized zerg nest into his stargate world.
Now, the zerg nest has expanded to all the surrounding islands, hunting native species on the planet, and using brand-new genes to continuously produce various types of zerg soldiers.
But due to the existence of rules, he cannot take all the zerg soldiers out of the stargate world at once. Otherwise, he himself will be exhausted and die of exhaustion.
In order to prevent consuming too much energy,
He either closes the stargate or maintains the stargate at the smallest scale,
Usually, he only uses the psionic communication network to pass through the stargate and issue simple instructions to the zerg nest on the other side to reduce energy consumption.
In order to prevent accidents,
He also let the zerg hive mothership float in the area where the stargate is located,
Using the abdominal cavity of the floating ship to wrap the position where the stargate appeared—just like what the joint fleet near the Mayotte Islands did.
"After careful and meticulous experiments, we discovered that
Although the stargate holder cannot detect every object that passes through the stargate,
But they can sense the fluctuations when the stargate is used, and roughly feel what object is passing through the stargate.
And use their privilege as a stargate holder to block an object from entering or leaving the stargate.
If the blocking is activated, then no energy will be consumed."
Bai Haozheng said in a deep voice, "In this case,
If the holder of the stargate refuses to pay the toll,
Then the responsibility of paying the toll falls on the existence in world B.
If an individual creature in world B wants to enter world A through the stargate, then he needs to pay the toll energy himself.
Since he is not the holder of the stargate,
The price is much higher than if the stargate holder pays.
It's two times, three times, or even higher.
It depends on the energy level and mystery of the item or creature.
In other words, if a conflict breaks out around the stargate,
World A will have a slight advantage, but world B may not have a chance to counterattack."
Li Ang frowned slightly,
Assuming that he let the zerg nest on the other side of the stargate pay the toll,
He himself wouldn't have to consume energy,
But the zerg units that pass through the stargate will become weak and fragile due to the lack of energy.
From an efficiency point of view, it's better for him to pay the toll himself.
"The other party's act of throwing pebbles is likely a test.
Because the types, sizes, qualities of the stargates, and the worlds they lead to are different,
And the user's own state, power system, and proficiency in energy control are different.
The total amount of energy consumed by each stargate when transmitting the same object will also have slight differences.
This difference may not be obvious in a single stargate holder.
However, if they plan to wage a cross-dimensional war and throw a huge amount of manpower, weapons, and resources into the world on the other side of the stargate.
This slight difference will be infinitely amplified and even determine the outcome of a war.
The pebble itself is unremarkable and will not reveal more information about the world it is in.
World A on the other side of the stargate probably wants to calculate the specific energy consumed to transmit a piece of matter by throwing pebbles.
To prepare for a possible war."
Bai Haozheng smiled wryly, "This can also be regarded as probing the way in a certain sense."
The atmosphere in the conference room solidified again. No one wanted to fight a war of civilization survival with unknown benefits and huge risks, and everyone's expressions seemed a little depressed and gloomy.
Only Chichai was still heartlessly gnawing on candied haws.
Li Ang thought for a moment and asked, "So, what is the joint fleet's next reaction?"
"Uh... I'm not too sure about that either."
Bai Haozheng hesitated for a moment. With his current level of confidentiality, he still doesn't know the real-time situation on the Mayotte Islands.
It is possible that they will reciprocate by throwing pebbles of the same size and weight into the stargate world to measure the specific value of the toll,
Or maybe they will do nothing and continue to observe the other side's reaction.
He only knew one thing: the strategic weapons carried by the joint fleet had been adjusted.
Each intercontinental missile contains transcendent elements sufficient to pay the toll,
The power of all weapons is enough to destroy the civilization creations on the surface of the planet.
"Okay."
Li Ang nodded. He was used to and liked a peaceful daily life, and plane wars and the like were not in his interests. "What do you want me to do?"
"..."
Bai Haozheng looked at the head of the conference table.
Han Shuishi, who was wearing a suit and still wrapped in dark cloth, was silent for a moment, pressing his elbows on the conference table, crossing his fingers, and supporting his chin with the back of his hand.
He slowly opened his mouth, his voice low, "We are saying this to ask for a promise from you."
"What promise."
Li Ang frowned slightly. Even after being promoted to a demigod, he still felt that the energy fluctuations on Han Shuishi's body were long and far away, like a waveless ancient well, difficult to fathom.
"When the war breaks out, protect the continuation of human civilization."
Han Shuishi said slowly, "One of the stargates we own can indeed lead to a cultivatable blessed land.
But due to the existence of the toll mechanism and the various problems caused by the relocation,
It is impossible to transfer all the people into the stargate world in a short period of time.
If war is really unavoidable, I hope you can stand on the side of human civilization..."
"I'll do that even if you don't say it."
Li Ang waved his hand indifferently.
He is also a member of human civilization. When he created the zerg nest, he engraved dense underlying code in the DNA sequence of the zerg nest.
Even if he really falls, or like the last script mission, he is away from the real world for a long time,
Chichai can also ensure that the zerg nest will not get out of control.
Li Ang thought for a while and said, "If a war with another world breaks out, I will provide part of the usage rights of the stargate to transfer the people of Earth."
"...Thank you."
Han Shuishi nodded solemnly, "This is very important to us. We are willing to pay the corresponding reward..."
Before he could finish his words,
Li Ang's brow furrowed suddenly, and he said slowly, "Let's talk about the reward later."
He slowly exhaled a breath of stale air,
The system's script mission notification sounded.