Chapter 649: Chapter 446 Trial Before the Portal_2
But no one expected that although the mechanical creatures sent through the transport portal seemed like easy targets, and had become the object of slaughter, when some Hunting Teams approached the portal, a laser beam suddenly shot out from the portal, cutting the Hunting Team members at the forefront in half.
This situation did not just occur in Kyoto; transport portals in various regions across the country experienced similar incidents. It was these accidents that calmed the restless populace almost instantly.
In fact, as soon as the transport portals appeared, some people proposed the idea: if the other side can use the portals to come to our side, then could we also use the portals to go to their world?
Fed up with living through one natural disaster after another, some people were ready to grasp at even the slightest possibility of escaping from Blue Star and living a peaceful life in another world.
These individuals were like the ones who had fled to White Eagle before the disasters, always believing that the air was sweeter on the other side and trying every means to leave the country.
Just like them, some people, seeing Blue Star suffering from repeated disasters and having had the idea of using the transport channels that appeared during earlier disasters, had contemplated this. However, for various reasons, no one attempted it in the end.
But this time was different from the past; the portals either opened in the sky or couldn’t stay open for long. However, the portals that had opened this time had not closed since.
Although some who tried to approach were slain by the lasers shooting from inside the portals, there were still a good number of people itching to enter the portals and explore what was on the other side.
Besides those who were not in their right minds, actually, many were devising ways to capture the mechanical creatures.
If humanity hadn’t experienced the convenience of the pre-disaster epoch, the pursuit of civilian technology might not have been so desirable. As the saying goes in the books, "If I had never seen the light, why should I fear the darkness?"
After the electromagnetic pulse, both the Imperial Court and the public had tried to repair all sorts of instruments damaged by the disasters, but electrical equipment differed from mechanical devices. Once an interruption in technological progression occurs, it’s impossible to leap an era with mere manpower.
Just as in the Bronze Age, some highly skilled ancients could have created weapons similar to modern alloys if they knew the formulae for modern alloys, despite the great expense and unconventional means required.
But if you were to take a modern smartphone, which is not highly technical, back to the 1980s, even the advanced White Eagle nation, despite having the design plans, would almost be unable to replicate it.
Having the device completely dismantled before you without being able to replicate it, that’s the consequence of a technological interruption.
The Imperial Court had intended to climb the tech tree step by step, for having had the experience, re-climbing it would still be quite simple.
But now, with the appearance of these mechanical creatures and the advanced components within them, humanity gained the ability to skip levels while climbing the tech tree.
If enough electronic components could be acquired, the survivors could more quickly repair those instruments that had been damaged by the electromagnetic pulse and were missing replacement parts.
Zachary confirmed inside Cave that the mechanical creatures appearing in the disasters were of no use to him, so he no longer lingered outside and went straight home.
Yet, shortly after arriving home, Zachary suddenly thought of something: since Cave had the ability to transform the technological into the mystical, Zachary could actually capture more mechanical creatures and use Cave’s transformation ability to turn them into mystical puppets.
But as soon as he thought of this, Zachary immediately remembered that using Cave’s transformation ability came at the cost of Survival Points, and the higher the level of the item, the more Survival Points it would consume during conversion.
However, up to now, aside from the Survival Points issued daily by the System, Dong Tianyu had not found a second method to obtain Survival Points. While it seemed that he had saved quite a few, in reality, there were not many when it was time to use them.
Thus, the idea of converting mechanical creatures into puppets only flickered momentarily in Dong Tianyu’s mind.
For some reason, after Ye Liuyun arrived in Kyoto, they had only met four or five times; Yara had practically become incommunicado after purchasing goods from Dong Tianyu, and there was even less need to mention Gordon and Franklin, who had not met with him again after completing their transactions.
But Dong Tianyu wasn’t exactly bored; after all, there were several Canaries in the Cave singing duets with him every evening, and with his cultivation practice, Dong Tianyu found he had little spare time.
As a large number of mechanical creatures were hunted, those found in the wild began to dwindle noticeably. Some who couldn’t compete simply organized Hunting Teams to lie in wait near the teleportation gates, hoping to capture the mechanical monsters the moment they appeared.
Unfortunately, no one dared to blatantly surround the teleportation gates, especially due to the beams of laser that occasionally shot out from them, silent and potentially faster than the speed of sound.
If one got too close and the other side decided to attack, they would be using their own lives to remind others of the danger.
Perhaps it was this siege-without-attack tactic that might have angered That One on the other side of the gate, where mechanical creatures had originally been entering sporadically.
But as the majority of people, tempted by the profit from electronic components in the mechanical creatures’ bodies, took risks to stay on this side,
something unexpected happened. Mechanical creatures, which had previously appeared sporadically, suddenly seemed to no longer be willing to enter the teleportation gates to come to Kyoto.
The teleportation gates within China’s territory came to a standstill for a while, and after one more day and night, truly no mechanical creatures crossed the gates to Blue Star.
Upon witnessing this scenario, the notion once buried in many hearts surged forth again.
This time, everyone chose to be wise and did not approach the teleportation gates brazenly. Instead, they managed to get hold of some chickens, ducks, and geese and found an Awakener who could control pets.
After a few simple tests, it was confirmed that not only could the Awakener control animals, but they could also make the controlled animals perform some simple actions.
They first experimented with a rooster. As soon as the rooster entered the extreme attack range of the teleportation gate, the big shot on that side of the gate paid it no mind, allowing it to repeatedly probe inside without actually attacking.
Just when some people thought that perhaps the big shot on the other side was not around, the rooster, which had been acting normally, suddenly and without warning fell dead to the ground.
Everyone was astonished at this occurrence. If they had been prepared for the possibility of the rooster being killed by a laser shot from the teleportation channel, then its actual mysterious death in that manner took all the onlookers by surprise.
After this incident, the Awakener who had been controlling the rooster did not understand what had just happened, nor did they know the cause of the rooster’s death.
However, with nimble wit, they produced a rope and controlled a goose nearby to walk over to the already dead rooster. They secured the rope around the rooster’s body and quickly pulled the rooster’s corpse back to them.
