The city lord of Jinling sighed and said, "The reason why star-level airships are so expensive, aside from their high cost, is also a form of protection for the tens of thousands of realms within the Spirit Ruins. If the price of human star-level airships were so low that anyone could ride them freely, what do you think would happen to the Spirit Ruins?"
Jiang Hao could naturally imagine that war would break out in every corner of the Spirit Ruins, and there would probably be no peaceful place in the entire Spirit Ruins. Especially in new realms like the One Realm, on the day the world merged, countless external forces would descend and launch a frenzied massacre against this realm.
Thinking of this, Jiang Hao had no choice but to find Alien 7865 again, clicked the green "Develop" button, and the same notification sound rang in his ears. At the same time, a list of aircraft selection appeared on the screen in front of him.
Besides the small interstellar shuttle airship, the list also includes other models of interstellar shuttle aircraft. These include medium, large, and heavy interstellar shuttle airships, as well as small, medium, and large interstellar shuttle warships, and heavy interstellar shuttle warships. However, the prices of these aircraft models were so high that even Jiang Hao was speechless.
The medium-sized airship right below the small airship costs 100 million gold coins for a single ride. Jiang Hao only glanced quickly at the prices of the other aircraft before carefully examining the last one: the Star-Traveling Heavy Warship, costing 100 billion gold coins.
The small airship, costing 50 million per trip, is already the cheapest aircraft recommended by the Lingxu System based on the size and weight of the team members.
Jiang Hao gave a wry smile. It seemed that the Lingxu System still had some humanity left, and hadn't forced him to take the most expensive seat.
Reluctantly spending 50 million gold coins, Jiang Hao chose to travel on a small, star-level airship.
"Thank you for choosing to travel on the Star-shaped Shuttle Airship. The airship will arrive in half an hour. Please wait patiently in place."
Jiang Hao sighed and said, "Alright, just wait patiently, it will take half an hour."
Jiang Hao then remembered his earlier question and said, "What if we fully develop the new realm this time?"
The city lord of Jinling sighed and said, "I really don't know why you are so insistent on developing that realm. Although realm 7865 is rich in resources, it is far too difficult. Legendary experts have already died in it, and I really don't want you to risk going deep into it."
The city lord of Jinling initially intended to discourage Jiang Hao, but ultimately couldn't resist Jiang Hao's boundless curiosity. So he said, "If we can fully develop it, that region will become an affiliated region of ours. Other forces wanting to obtain resources there will have to pay us. You can treat it like a vegetable garden cultivated by our region. How we use it is entirely up to us."
Seeing the gleam in Jiang Hao's and the others' eyes.
The city lord of Jinling sighed and said, "But have you ever thought about this? In order to open up a new territory, death and injury are inevitable."
Jinlingcheng pointed to the other nine team members beside Jiang Hao and said, "Do you think you can give up your life? Or the lives of any of them?"
The tens of thousands of sows remained silent, the timid and cowardly shaking their heads repeatedly, while the others simply remained silent as well.
Jiang Hao looked at each one, and no matter who it was, he was unwilling to give up.
Seeing Jiang Hao remain silent, the City Lord of Jinling City said, "I know you have ambitions. But now is not the right time. This realm is like a newborn child, still very immature. You, like this realm, need enough time to grow. Once you are strong enough to protect yourselves, and want to develop any other realm, I will not say a word against it."
Do you understand what I mean?
Jiang Hao remained noncommittal about the tens of thousands of sows, shaking his head first and then nodding, seemingly out of fear of death. The other team members simply nodded perfunctorily.
The logic was clear, but these people were still young. The fire in their hearts had been ignited; it couldn't be extinguished with just a few words.
Unless they suffer a fatal blow, they won't listen to some道理 (principles/truths), no matter how much you explain them. Others' earnest advice only intensifies their desire to try it.
The city lord of Jinling City sensed impending doom. Could it be that this time...?
He dared not think any further, and after a moment of contemplation, he said, "Have you considered another question? If you are fortunate enough to fully develop this realm, what will we use to protect it?"
Jiang Hao and his teammates' eyes instantly cleared.
He nodded repeatedly, looking like he had just escaped death.
"Once we develop that realm, there's no doubt the Gnoll Empire will put it back on the development list. It has abundant resources and Gnoll star-level teleportation arrays. Anyone in this realm with a star-level teleportation array can go there for a very small amount of money. Protecting that realm is tantamount to waging war against the entire Spirit Realm, so..."
Seeing the solemn expressions on their faces, the city lord of Jinling nodded in satisfaction and said, "You can collect as many resources as possible on this trip, even if you have to plunder all the resources. As for developing the entire realm, it would be too much of a loss."
Seeing that Jiang Hao and the others' eyes brightened again, the city lord of Jinling City sighed inwardly, thinking that he had finally managed to turn things around.
The city lord of Jinling then instructed everyone to set their identity information to confidential. This was a new feature after the world merged.
After setting it up, Jiang Hao opened his panel and found that only his name, occupation, and attribute values were visible. Other information, such as identity, title, skills, and talents, all had a hidden label next to them.
He cast a detection spell on the tens of thousands of sows and discovered that this guy had already set it up; sure enough, he could only see his name, occupation, and attributes, not even his level. Only then did Jiang Hao see the real name of the tens of thousands of sows: Yun Xinghe.
Great name!
Jiang Hao then cast several Sight spells on his teammates, finally learning their names. When faced with the situation where he had a healer available but didn't heal, Jiang Hao hesitated.
"I Don't Add Healers" was the only woman in the team. She was quite beautiful, with a tall figure wrapped in a holy white priest's robe, giving her an aura of dignified inviolability. Moreover, judging from her original game ID and slightly aloof face, this beauty seemed to be the kind of person who was sensitive and deliberately kept a certain distance from others.
Sure enough, seeing her teammates looking her up and down, Youhebuji frowned, glanced at her with her big eyes, and said, "If anyone looks at me again, don't blame me for not giving them a healing shield."
Including tens of thousands of sows, oh no, it was Yun Xinghe, Ling Feng, Sun Zhi and the others who quickly turned their heads to the other side.
The city lord of Jinling then started nagging again, saying things like to be careful when you're out and about, and that young people shouldn't be too impetuous... just like a mother talking to her child who's going on a long trip for the first time.
Amidst the earnest words of the city lord of Jinling, a wooden airship, six or seven meters long, suddenly hovered beside them. The wooden roof opened automatically, revealing ten small wooden seats, waiting for Jiang Hao and his companions to board.
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