"Lord, even though this subordinate is a little older than Erza, I will be embarrassed if you stare at me like this."
Jiang Li was seen gently stroking her wavy hair, and her slightly pointed ears moved slightly, looking quite playful.
However, the mature figure and intellectual temperament were obviously not consistent with the cute appearance, forming an extremely sharp contrast, which made Lei Xiao couldn't help but think of Jiang Li's small figure and unsightly appearance before she left.
Consistent maturity.
"So the age difference of three centuries is just a little bit older?"
Looking at Jiang Li, who was obviously pretending to be cute, Lei Xiao smiled helplessly in his heart.
It seems that in front of the "young" Erza, the "older" half-elf ancestor has already felt a bit of an age crisis.
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao first laughed, and then said seriously: "Jiang Lei, I have something serious to ask you."
"Lord, please give me your instructions."
Seeing Lei Xiao's serious expression, Jiang Li also restrained her playful expression, and quickly touched her chest and responded.
"As you can see, the territory's current sphere of influence has expanded to the vast eastern part of Lengyan, and will soon completely cover 33 cities."
Lei Xiao nodded to Jiang Li and said: "In such a vast area, even with the blessing of your teleportation technique, the traveling speed has been accelerated a lot, but if you want to get from one end to the other, you still need to travel a long way.
It takes a lot of time.”
"After all, each teleportation requires a certain cooling interval, and it also consumes a lot of your own magic power."
Having said this, Lei Xiao frowned and continued: "Can we find a more convenient and faster way of moving so that we can travel through this area faster and with less effort? For example, building a portal?"
Lei Xiao clearly understood that at this stage, although he could use the return crystal and the teleportation crystal, two extremely convenient lord props, for ultra-long distance teleportation.
But one thing that cannot be ignored is that, especially for teleportation crystals that can be teleported to other lords, the number obtained every day is very limited.
In this case, even if Gracilaria can remove the 24-hour CD limit, it cannot be used as desired.
And if you can find a more convenient transmission method, you can undoubtedly greatly enhance your work efficiency and save a lot of time on the road.
And it can also arrive as quickly as possible when a crisis occurs in a certain area.
"I have thought about the idea of establishing an ultra-long-distance transmission method before, but due to Jiang Li's limited strength at the time, she was not able to do it. Maybe there should be some way now?"
While Lei Xiao was thinking this, he stood up from the throne and began to walk to the lower position.
"At that time, I had already asked Jiang Li in detail and learned that even a fifth-level space mage could not carry out ultra-long-distance teleportation between towns alone, let alone teleport people.
"
"However, this is not a bad thing. If Jiang Li, who was once the fifth-level peak level, cannot do it, then it will be even more difficult for other space magic masters to do it.
"After all, there are only a handful of powerful fifth-level space magicians in the human nations, so I don't have to worry about a sudden army descending from the sky."
"But I remember Jiang Li once mentioned that with her strength back then, it was not impossible to establish a portal between towns if she used some means."
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, Jiang Lei's intellectual and crisp response rang out: "Back to the lord, with my current strength, it is indeed enough to establish a portal between towns, but the prerequisite is
Unable to achieve."
"oh?"
Lei Xiao had already walked in front of Jiang Li and asked curiously: "What are the prerequisites?"
"That's the many rare materials needed to build the portal, as well as the magic craftsmen and forging masters who built the portal."
Jiang Lei bowed slightly to Lei Xiao and responded respectfully: "Lord, I don't know, but there are actually two types of space portals, the first is a magic portal, and the second is a physical portal.
"
"The so-called spell portal, also known as a short-distance portal, refers to a teleportation facility built purely with space magic arrays. This kind of spell portal is generally used in two adjacent areas that are absolutely physically inaccessible.
, unable to teleport too far distance."
After a pause, Jiang Li added: "Lord, if I give you an example, the most common spell portal is the hidden entrance to the barrier area."
"When you say that, I completely understand."
After listening to Jiang Lei's explanation, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
This kind of magic portal, from the initial half-elf enchantment area, to the winged human enchantment area, the sleeping place of the ancestors of Luolong City, and even the recently explored land of the gods, as well as the endless passages outside the territory, I
Indeed, I have met him many times.
"It seems that the Lord went on many thrilling adventures while his subordinates were away."
Looking at Lei Xiao, who was frowning in deep thought, Jiang Li smiled yearningly and continued: "As for the second type of physical portal, it is also called a long-distance portal and is generally used between towns.
Teleportation, I think this is what the lord refers to."
"Just like the literal meaning, the physical portal requires a lot of rare materials needed to build the "door". Only after the portal itself is built and then connected by a strong magician in the space system can it finally start to operate normally.
, and regular maintenance is carried out on an annual basis.”
Jiang Li nodded respectfully and lowered his eyebrows, and then said: "Leave aside the rare materials for building the portal, there are almost no ways to obtain them in the human countries, and building the portal itself also requires a fifth-level magic craftsman and a fifth-level forger.
The master will assist you at the same time, and these two prerequisites are things that are difficult to achieve in the human countries."
"So that's it."
Lei Xiao nodded suddenly.
Just like what Jiang Li said, whether it is a fifth-level magic craftsman or a fifth-level forging master, they are rare talents in the human race for hundreds of years. When the two appear together in the overlapping period, it will be even more...
Without it, otherwise there would not be such a scarcity of fifth-level equipment in the human nations.
Even if the conditions for building a portal are met, scarce construction materials and fifth-level space magisters are the other two insurmountable peaks. After all, space magisters are even rarer beings, let alone return them.
It needs to be maintained every year.
"I understand, no wonder the Cold Flame Kingdom has been established for more than six hundred years, but there is still no city portal in this area."
After smoothing everything out in his mind, Lei Xiao couldn't help but sigh, shook his head and said: "So, is it still impossible to achieve rapid movement between cities at this stage?"
"To be honest with you Lord, it's not completely impossible."
Jiang Li raised her eyebrows, smiled again, and said rather mysteriously.
"Oh? Tell me quickly."
Lei Xiao's dark eyes lit up and he asked quickly.
"For the information, Lord, when my subordinates were modifying Lord's teleportation crystal and return crystal, they discovered that these two space items, which can only be activated and used by Lord, are like temporary one-way portals.
, it can be described as extremely miraculous!”
An uncontrollable excitement suddenly appeared on Jiang Li's fair face: "Although with my fifth-level peak spell understanding ability and understanding of space, I still can't understand the supreme wisdom contained in it, but with the help of
With this magical item, maybe I can find a special way to teleport over long distances!"
"A special method of teleportation over long distances?"
Lei Xiao looked very interested and nodded to Jiang Li to continue.
"That is to use one of the two crystals to act as a space beacon and establish a complete transmission network! This is something that my subordinates have been thinking about for a long time!"
Jiang Li became more and more enthusiastic as she spoke, and a blush appeared on her fair face.
When the excitement subsided, Jiang Li began to explain: "Lord, you must have already known that the principle of teleportation spells is to open a time and space tunnel, shuttle through a void space that is completely different from the concept of real space, and then
Achieve the effect of instant movement."
"Although it is extremely complicated to say, the main reason why my subordinates cannot carry out ultra-long distance teleportation is because of the limited coverage of magic power. It is impossible to establish a space beacon deeper in the chaotic void space and reopen the space-time tunnel.
It is impossible to reach a real space that is too far away.”
"But if you can find a way for your subordinates to reach deeper into the void space, you can naturally reach a farther distance in reality! And if you use these magical crystals like Lord Lord as a springboard in space, you may be able to achieve this.
a little!"
Jiang Li said this excitedly, even the tips of her pointed ears turned red.
You must know that for every strong space magician, it is a great sense of achievement to be able to reach deeper into the void space and then be transported to a farther distance in reality.
"I understand. In other words, I am using the extra space crystal in my hand as a means to extend the space beacon. Is it probably equivalent to the role of a relay station?"
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, rubbed his chin, and nodded thoughtfully.
After pondering for a moment, Lei Xiao raised his head again and asked again: "Jiang Lei, tell me your specific action plan."
"It only takes two steps to get back to the lord."
Jiang Li blinked her long eyelashes and answered in an orderly manner: "The first is to transform the space crystal with corresponding magic power so that it can serve as a springboard for space beacons."
"Second, as long as these space crystals transformed by magic are deployed in every city to form a huge transmission network, my subordinates can move instantly in all cities where the space crystals are deployed!"
After a pause, Jiang Li frowned again and said: "But this kind of teleportation network also has a shortcoming, that is, it cannot carry out large-scale troop projection or transfer like a real teleportation gate, and can only carry out small-scale instantaneous transfers.
shift."
"For us, this is already a very big breakthrough."
After listening to Jiang Li's introduction, a hint of joy appeared on Lei Xiao's face.
In this way, it will undoubtedly be exactly what I just expected. It will save me a lot of travel time and greatly improve my work efficiency!
After all, with the expansion of power, the things we will face next will become more and more severe.
In addition to joy, Lei Xiao nodded to the half-elf ancestor in front of him and said: "Jiang Li, just go ahead and do it when you return to the territory. I will fully support you. If everything goes well, you will be credited."
without."
"As you command! Lord!"
Jiang Li stroked her chest, saluted, and respectfully accepted the order.
After finalizing this matter that he had been thinking about for a long time, Lei Xiao pondered for a moment, and then called Qin Qian and other main leaders of the Xiaoshen No. 9 Regiment over.
"Meet the Xiaoshen boss!"
Not long after, the five lords including Qin Qian, Feng Ling, and Jiang Hao, who had changed their appearance, appeared in front of Lei Xiao.
As for the other two lords of the Xiaoshen group who came with them, Lei Xiao was no stranger either.
One was the neutral lord Pan Zhi, who had explored the Eternal Ship together before, and the other was Hu Liang, who was quite critical of him at the time.
Needless to say, Pan Zhi, who had recently joined the Xiaoshen Regiment, naturally had the same uncontrollable look of admiration on his face as Qin Qian and others.
Although Hu Liang also had a look of awe and admiration on his face, his eyes were obviously a little evasive and he did not dare to look directly at Lei Xiao.
With Lei Xiao's identity and structure, he would naturally not be so petty as to argue with Hu Liang. Instead, he nodded to the five lords respectively and once again praised the lords of the Xiao Shen Group.
"You are so polite, Mr. Xiaoshen. If you can get Mr. Xiaoshen's repeated affirmation, our Xiaoshen No. 9 group will not hesitate to go through fire and water!"
Qin Qian waved her hands quickly, with a flattered look on her fair and delicate face, and the other four lords also nodded.
"Then I will trouble you for a while longer."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and ordered: "Before the other legions under my command arrive, Xiaoshen Regiment No. 9 will stay here to assist in defense."
"Received! Please rest assured, Mr. Xiaoshen!"
The five lords spoke in unison without any hesitation.
"very good."
Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction, and while waving his hand to a few people to follow him, he asked casually: "Qin Qian, regarding the city construction I will entrust you in the future, in addition to the two major tasks of scientific research and communication intelligence from the lords from all over the world,
Besides, do you have any other good ideas?"
"Back to Mr. Xiaoshen, I do have a small suggestion regarding this matter."
I saw Qin Qian stroking a strand of hanging hair behind her ear and responded solemnly: "I think that once this matter is completed, it will be of great help to this area!"
"oh?"
Looking at Qin Qian's determined expression, Lei Xiao suddenly became more interested, raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's talk about it."