Louis looked at Beatrice's serious expression, at a loss whether to laugh or cry for a moment.

"Beatrice, how can you even be jealous of a sword!"

Beatrice shook her head in denial:

"I just think this sword doesn't seem quite proper."

"Ah yes, yes, then I just won't kiss it next time."

Just as he said this, someone knocked on the door outside the carriage:

"Your Highness, it's time to prepare for teleportation."

The speaker was Qian.

Qian was indeed a competent secretary, the kind that Louis found appealing.

Sometimes he would think, if he could borrow this person from Beatrice, it would be much easier to handle the affairs related to Mayer Commerce Association.

After all, Qian was really too useful.

Unintentionally, he recalled the scene of seeing Qian in front of the cemetery that day.

He had asked William about it.

William said he knew Master Rogen because of Qian.

As peers in the Iron Guard, they were quite familiar with each other.

William's evaluation of her was "a steel warrior who is incredibly hard on herself."

Although she spent most of her time serving as Beatrice's personal guard, she was just an ordinary lady official.

At least to Louis's perception, it was difficult to feel a strong threat from this lady official.

But this did not mean she was weak.

On the contrary, she was too strong, strong enough to hide her presence.

This is a lioness silently guarding in the dark corners.

If anyone dares to let their guard down, the next moment she would dare to bite their throat.

The activation of the teleportation array required preparation time.

To be precise, using it on a main material continent like Star Continent takes time.

Louis had discussed this with Olivia.

It is said that outside the main material world, spatial teleportation is not so difficult.

There are even many at the paragon level who can tear space and teleport randomly.

But it doesn't work on the main material continent.

The space of the main material continent is like a mass of ever-changing mud.

Every time you try to carve a passage through the mud, the surging mud would fill the passage again.

—Although you can still build a passage in the mud, it is indeed quite difficult.

Of course, there is another reason.

The country on the other side of the teleportation array needs to confirm the identities of these people in advance.

Beatrice was sharing some past "teleportation array jokes" with Louis.

For example, over five thousand years ago, when the continent teleportation array first appeared, the Tunisian Republic and the Lokeshi Empire had opened teleportation arrays to each other.

Back in those days, there was no concept of staff reviewing the teleportation arrays.

As a result, on the day the teleportation arrays were mutually opened, the Lokeshi Empire directly dispatched assassins to decapitate the head of the Tunisian Republic.

The impact of this event was very bad.

The Lokeshi Empire also directly declared war on Tunisia because of it.

What? You ask why it wasn't Tunisia declaring war on Lokeshi?

It's simple, because Tunisia also dispatched assassins and decapitated the emperor of the Lokeshi Empire at that time.

What a hellish situation.

To some extent, these old men have a mindset overflowing with martial virtue.

One could even say it's somewhat excessive.

Anything could be linked to war.

"No wonder everyone is so cautious using the teleportation array despite having such convenient technology,"

Louis couldn't help but lament.

Qian smiled and said:

"That's because you don't know what things those people have done."

Louis looked at Qian, adopting a listening posture.

Qian didn't keep him guessing and said directly:

"After the personnel clearance audit system was introduced, the continent teleportation array was revamped."

"Both parties are required to have mutual audits before the teleporting individual can arrive safely from one side to the other."

"The Wise Council was the first to initiate this practice, they always liked to spread practical technology worldwide."

"Yet they never considered the possible security risks these technologies might pose."

Louis was puzzled: "Adding an audit system shouldn't be a good thing? Why would there be security risks?"

Qian snorted and said:

"Back then, to teleport through the array, you needed approval from both core nations before you could be teleported over."

"But this means that activating the array requires mutual cooperation between the two nations."

"For example, Kingdom A agrees to the teleport request, and Kingdom B agrees to the landing request, ensuring the safe arrival of the individual being teleported."

"However, it was because of this that a war broke out between Furnace Castle and the Hidden Forest."

"It was reportedly during the teleportation of the next heir of the Hidden Forest to Furnace Castle that the latter suddenly cut off the landing coordinates unilaterally."

"Thus, the unlucky Elf Prince, during the spatial teleportation process, lost his teleportation coordinates and got lost in the space storm."

Hiss!

Louis felt his fists clenching.

This was almost like driving a small car headfirst into a bay, staying in the car means slow suicide, while outside the car you can't swim.

The thought is just utterly despairing.

"What happened afterward?" he asked curiously.

Qian shook her head and said:

"It took a long time for it to develop into today's teleportation array transit mode."

"We first get approval from our country, then teleport to an outer layer realm transit."

"Then the moment the other party grants approval, you land instantaneously without any time gap."

"This way, even if the other party unilaterally cancels approval, we can use the transit realm's coordinates to pull ourselves back home."

Black, really so damn black!

Where has the trust between people gone?

Louis understood why Star Continent, with its high technological advantages, still found it difficult to engage in long-distance trade in the end.

Your mainland customs are here!

Dark, so damn dark!

Louis pondered for a moment and then said:

"Could it be that our actual landing point isn't in the Tunis Capital but in the outskirts of Tunisia?"

"Yes."

"Isn't it likely that the outskirts are still a heavily fortified military zone, and if someone stirs up trouble, the city folk will come gunning for you on the spot?"

As soon as he said this, Beatrice, Olivia, and Qian all burst into laughter.

"Congratulations, you guessed right."

Louis: ...

What else could he say, just give a perfect 6!

Initially, he thought the teleportation array was like a plane taking off and landing.

But then they tell you, if you dare fly, they'll dare to blast the plane directly.

Later, he thought they had an added security checkpoint.

But they informed him that a security checkpoint is nonsense; just go through customs, be obediently screened before entering.

What's more exasperating is that during customs inspection, someone is standing by with an RPG aimed at you.

If you make any unusual moves, the RPG will directly smack your face.

Even if they teleported to Tunisia, they still needed to start from the border, taking a fair amount of time to reach the Tunis Capital.

So, theoretically speaking, a technology that should benefit the country and its people ended up becoming such a long and smelly process.

But everyone could only pinch their noses and accept it.

No other way.

Without procedural justice, nothing may happen, but if something does happen, it becomes a big deal.

...

The approval process in Tunisia really is long and stinking.

It gives Louis a reminiscent feeling of those times when he had to go through multiple departments to get travel expenses reimbursed at the company, looking for leaders to sign.

——The main tactic was to manually deter reimbursement employees.

But anyway, they eventually landed.

Sitting in the carriage, feeling it start to move, Louis first opened the window to look at the scene outside.

The first wife saw him looking curious, so she explained:

"This is one of the major transit cities on the Tunisian border, Steel City."

"It's rich in steel production, with large troops stationed here, making it a natural military fortress."

Louis looked into the distance at the walls that shot up to the sky.

He was fully aware once again that the Star Continent is definitely not that kind of backward medieval era.

Oh my gosh, the walls of this military fortress are even more exaggerated than Maria's Wall, which Allen the Clown once tried to reclaim.

Maria's Wall was only a bit over fifty meters, but this thing from a glance seems as tall as Ah Guang's Baiyun Hotel (120 meters).

A massive 120-meter Baiyun Hotel encircled the entire Steel City within its protective range.

Even in the previous life, such a building would be an enormously massive project.

Louis dared to swear by his seventh granduncle's leather boots that these walls are meant to guard against the despicable outsiders coming out from the teleportation array.

——That's right, it's me.

What kind of tragic experiences did these nations go through to develop such an enormous phobia of insufficient firepower?

Is this a world where personal force reigns supreme?

In the previous world, customs might stop firearms, minimizing external threats.

After all, no matter how skilled you are, you're still afraid of knives, and no matter how well-trained, a bullet will take you down.

Without firearms, the odds of outsiders turning a place into Gotham City plummet.

But in the Star Continent, you can't just strip people of their extraordinary powers, can you?

If you dare to touch, they'll dare to kill your horse.

As the carriage reached the base of the Steel City's walls, he looked up at the towering mass until they left the wall behind before rolling down the window.

He looked at the first wife and said:

"Beatrice, is our Ense Border like this too?"

Beatrice shook her head.

"Right, that's just correct..."

"The teleportation array at the Ense Border is located two hundred meters underground in the Underground City, with nearly two hundred Demon-Banning Gates along the path to the surface."

Louis: ...

What else could he say?

No wonder the good citizens of Tino are indifferent towards the underground relics in the outer city.

If this was in the previous world, it would surely be a local tourist hotspot.

But compared to the scale of the Underground City, it'd seem a bit too small and Karami.

Even Beatrice rarely saw their prince like this:

"Now you are all jittery, going back to some of the temperament you should have at your age."

Louis shook his head and said:

"Was I not very talkative before?"

Beatrice said: "It's not that you weren't talkative, it's that you were too steady, too steady to seem like the personality you should have at your age."

Louis thought to himself, wasn't it because he had the perspective of a past life as a base?

But he still glanced at the first wife and curiously asked:

"So which kind do you like?"

Beatrice shook her head.

Louis was shocked: "You don't like either?"

The first wife immediately waved her hand and said, "No."

She smiled calmly:

"Whether it's the steady you or the exuberant you, it makes no difference to me."

"I just like you, so isn't accepting everything about you the right thing to do?"

Beside them, Qian secretly turned her head away.

Oh no, watching the couple's affection rise on the spot, her nose is about to bleed.

But the little swan was almost in tears.

Sister Wang, we're still on the road!

Are you guys already starting the honeymoon mode?

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