Chapter 318 The Establishment of the Interstellar Teleportation Array
At the Guanghan Base, on the transport corridor between Mine No. 1 and the central position of the crater, the low-pitched physical vibrations of heavy tracked vehicles crushing lunar dust never ceased.
"The thirty-second batch of high-purity titanium steel billets from the Taiyi Furnace has been produced and is being sent to the central command."
"The physical framework of the space anchor ring is still missing two thousand tons of base material."
Old Liu stood atop a raised star rock, watching heavy transport vehicles loaded with dark silver metal modules drive towards the center of the crater. With the "self-replicating industrial chain" of the Titan-class drilling rig and the Taiyi Furnace, these titanium steel modules, formed in one piece under the extreme high temperatures of the moon, were about to be assembled into the largest and most violent spatial artifact in the history of the Cultivation Alliance—the Earth-Moon Interstellar Teleportation Array.
In the very center of the crater, a basalt bedrock covering an area of tens of thousands of square meters has been completely cut flat.
Three hundred engineering monks clad in [Xuanwu-II] armor were conducting high-intensity micro-heavy work on a gigantic metal structure a hundred meters tall. This was no longer a test-type star ring, but a magnificent building composed of three intersecting, nested, super-heavy metal main rings, each a hundred meters in diameter.
It lacks any of the ethereal and otherworldly qualities found in fantasy novels, instead exuding a suffocating sense of oppressive heavy industry. To withstand the physical overload during spatial tearing, the main ring is an astonishing eight meters thick.
"Outer ring physical latch locked. Array Court enters, begins etching [Folded Array Pattern]." Old Liu issued the command in the channel.
Dozens of high-level array masters hovered in the vacuum, their plasma psionic welding torches spewing out eerie blue arcs of electricity. They transformed their powerful true essence into carving knives, forcefully carving spatial array patterns several inches deep into the inner wall of the titanium steel blank.
Earth, Kyoto Joint Control Room.
Wang Mingyuan stared at the gradually taking shape lunar behemoth on the large screen, listening to the joint technology report.
"Professor Wang, the hardware framework is complete." Lin Feng pulled up a set of extremely complex dynamic celestial models. "But interstellar teleportation over 380,000 kilometers is not a simple point-to-point journey. There is an extremely high 'relative phase drift' between the Earth and the Moon. If the coordinate calibration deviates by even one ten-millionth, the teleporter will be thrown directly into the icy deep-space turbulence."
The Dean of the Array Academy, leaning on his cane, continued, "It's not just phase drift. Tearing apart 380,000 kilometers of physical space requires an extremely terrifying burst of energy. If we used conventional spirit stones, the instantaneous energy extraction would directly blast the array base into dust."
"A solution," Wang Mingyuan said coldly.
"Use the newly extracted lunar surface resources." Lin Feng quickly switched the screen, displaying the liquid helium-3 collected by the Taiyi Furnace and the Extreme Yang Spirit Liquid refined by the Great Sun Spirit Drawing Array. "The liquid helium-3 serves as a high-energy fusion primer, providing the kinetic energy to tear through space; the Extreme Yang Spirit Liquid mixes with the stellar source gas of Earth's mother planet, serving as a 'space stabilizing layer,' tightly protecting the inner wall of the teleportation channel."
"As for the issues of positioning and overloading," the Dean of the Array Academy said in a deep voice, "the 'gravity array links' we originally laid will not be eliminated. The gravity links will serve as the absolute traction rope at the macroscopic level, firmly anchoring the relative coordinates of the Earth and the Moon. The teleportation gate is only responsible for folding space along this rope."
Wang Mingyuan nodded. At this moment, the heavy industrial system of the cultivation civilization demonstrated an extremely tight logical loop.
"Clearly define the location of the array gate." Wang Mingyuan surveyed the entire area and established an ironclad rule: "After the interstellar teleportation array is completed, the teleportation of large quantities of heavy ores is strictly prohibited. The risk of array gate overload is extremely high. Large quantities of ores and heavy building materials will still be transported slowly via the gravity array link and the 'Gonggong-class' transport capsule. The first priority of the teleportation array is only for personnel rotation, high-value, small-volume strategic samples, and emergency support."
"Command issued. Guanghan Base, prepare for physical ignition and phase calibration."
On the lunar surface, the engineering team that received the order quickly retreated to the outside of the safety line.
Three heavily armored tracked vehicles transported three extremely heavy energy storage boxes to the base of the transmission array. A robotic arm then precisely extended and cut the energy storage boxes into the main power supply line.
"Liquid helium-3 primer injection".
"Extreme Yang Spirit Liquid Stabilizing Layer, initiating circulation."
With a hiss of the pneumatic valves, helium-3 isotopes emitting a faint blue glow and dark golden yang liquid surged wildly into the internal vessels of the three hundred-meter star rings along the superconducting lines. The originally dark titanium steel star rings instantly lit up with dense arrays of crimson and ice-blue interwoven patterns.
"Energy pressure has reached the critical value. Gravity array link coordinates are now anchored."
"Ignition and start."
Om-!
Three nested, hundred-meter-long metal rings began to slowly rotate in the vacuum. As the rotation speed rapidly increased, helium-3 and the Extreme Yang Spirit Liquid, forcibly constrained by the array, underwent a controlled high-energy isotopic reaction inside the star rings.
Instead of a dazzling explosion, an extremely terrifying gravitational wave and spiritual pressure storm erupted.
With the center of the star ring as the origin, the surrounding absolute vacuum exhibited visible optical distortion. When the rotational speed and energy output of the star ring reached a threshold, the physical dimension at the center of the array gate was forcibly torn apart. A huge spatial membrane with a diameter of fifty meters was formed in the center of the three metal rings.
The surface of the thin film is dark silver, with extremely fine and regular spatial ripples, like liquid mercury poured by God into a vacuum.
At the same time, on the Earth's surface 380,000 kilometers away, in the open-air plaza outside the first base of the Kyoto Space Elevator.
A receiving star ring of the same specifications also emitted a beam of dark blue light that shot into the sky. A thin film of mercury formed simultaneously, and the array eyes at both ends spanned 380,000 kilometers of deep space, locking together in the resonance of gravitational waves.
"The physical structure of the channel is stable. The spatial curvature has been smoothed."
"Requesting a test of non-living physical teleportation!" the data clerk in the Earth control room reported loudly.
"implement."
Inside the Guanghan base, a small tracked surveying vehicle slowly drove into the liquid mercury-like membrane.
Five seconds later.
"First surface base reporting! The surveying vehicle has emerged from the underground receiving array! Physical structure integrity is 100%!"
"Proceed to the second phase: routine biological sample testing," Wang Mingyuan ordered expressionlessly.
The Guanghan base quickly delivered a specially made, sealed titanium-steel live-bearing capsule containing ten laboratory mice brought from Earth. The capsule was then pushed into a mercury film by a robotic arm.
Just three seconds later, the observer at the surface receiving station sent back a report.
"The external titanium steel structure of the live animal chamber was intact. However... all the white rats inside had lost all vital signs. They were crushed at a microscopic level, turning into a uniform, bloody mess."
Inside the joint control room, the air paused slightly.
Lin Feng quickly pulled up the data link, glanced at it, and explained in a deep voice, "This is the microscopic shear force of spatial folding. This force ignores physical armor and acts directly on the cellular level of carbon-based organisms. Ordinary organisms without spiritual pressure protection would be instantly crushed to death when crossing a spatial rift of 380,000 kilometers."
"Third stage: Calculation of the threshold for extraordinary living beings." Wang Mingyuan did not pause at all; this was already within the expectations of the cultivation system.
In front of the pier at Guanghan Base.
Zhang Ji, a sword cultivator at the Golden Core stage, stepped forward from the crowd. He was not wearing heavy armor, but only a dark black tactical robe.
"I will suppress my own cultivation level and simulate the spiritual pressure barriers of the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages in turn to test the cultivation survival threshold of the teleportation array," Zhang Ji said coldly into the communicator.
He forcibly sealed the fluctuations of the Golden Core within his body, maintaining only a layer of True Essence shield equivalent to the "mid-Foundation Establishment" level on his body surface, before stepping into the mercury membrane rippling with spatial ripples.
The moment he stepped in, his vision was completely taken away. An extremely terrifying microscopic pressure tried to tear his body apart, but the true essence barrier on his body, representing the "Foundation Establishment" stage, although flickering violently, was like a tough diving suit, firmly resisting the pressure of the spatial storm.
Two and a half seconds later.
Before the receiving array gate on the Earth's surface, a thin film of mercury rippled. Zhang Ji stepped steadily out of the gate, his body without swaying in the slightest.
He immediately turned around, plunged back into the array gate, and returned to the Moon's Guanghan Base.
After two consecutive crossings, Zhang Ji stood on the lunar surface walkway and provided an extremely accurate report on human physical testing:
"Round-trip test closed loop. One-way time was 2.7 seconds."
"The threshold calculation results are clear: Golden Core stage cultivators can cross the array gate as easily as walking on flat ground, without any hindrance; Foundation Establishment stage cultivators can release their true essence and pass through without damage, without affecting their subsequent combat power."
"However, for cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, the spatial pressure will forcefully penetrate the protective spiritual light, causing minor tears in their meridians. They will need at least a week to recover afterward. As for ordinary people without cultivation, the mortality rate is 100%."
The report reached Earth, and a suppressed gasp erupted in the joint control room. The Earth-Moon passage was now completely open for cultivators!
"If we can pass through the Foundation Establishment stage without any damage, that's enough. All our engineering pioneers are currently at least at the early Foundation Establishment stage." The head of the Coordination Bureau breathed a long sigh of relief.
The Dean of the Array Court tapped his cane and proposed a longer-term plan: "As a civilization-level infrastructure, we cannot limit access rights to only mid- to high-level cultivators. The future development of the moon and even Mars will inevitably require a large number of low-level researchers and support personnel."
"The Array Academy will immediately approve the project. We will miniaturize the [Spatial Pressure Stabilizing Array Pattern] at the core of the teleportation array and mass-produce it into 'Spatial Pressure Stabilizing Jade Tokens'. In the future, all Qi Refining stage cultivators and even researchers without cultivation will only need to wear this jade token to offset spatial shear forces and safely pass through the inter-star array gate."
At this moment, the magical artifacts of the cultivation system were seamlessly integrated into the heavy industry's safety gear sequence.
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