So that was settled.
Soon afterward, the staff on-site found the "vessel" Yu Sheng had requested: a gate dismantled from the orphanage ruins—a pair of iron doors, each one and a half inches thick, with a three-and-a-half-meter-wide frame. It was incredibly heavy. Even an ordinary adult would have trouble pushing it open, and after being hoisted over by a crane, it stood there like a wall...
Yu Sheng was dumbfounded when he saw it. He hurriedly explained to Li Lin that what he wanted was an utterly ordinary door—ordinary in the literal sense, the kind even an elementary school student could push open—not a heavy security gate that looked like the entrance to some big boss's secret base. It certainly looked impressive standing there, but without some kind of assistance mechanism, the children wouldn't be able to push it open later...
"Ah, I misunderstood. When I heard it was a portal connecting the valley to reality, I automatically pictured the customs gates at the Bureau," Li Lin said awkwardly, rubbing his nose. "I was even thinking that if this door wasn't big enough, I'd call the higher-ups and ask Engineer Sun to come over..."
Yu Sheng and Eileen said in unison, "Please, just let Engineer Sun off the hook!"
Li Lin smiled awkwardly and waved his hand. He had the crane return the heavy three-defense gate, which had originally been installed in the orphanage basement, to the ruins. Before long, a reasonably normal gate was delivered to the open ground.
It was an old iron gate in black and red, its surface decorated with wrought iron in a style that clearly reflected at least twenty years ago, along with several colorful stickers. It was delivered together with its frame and temporarily propped against the surviving brick wall.
"Hey, isn't this