"Maintain it for thirty seconds."
Zheng Jinren's voice rang out.
A researcher stared at the wildly fluctuating numbers on the screen and reported:
"Barrier integrity at one hundred percent."
"Energy crystal consumption is thirteen hundred standard crystal grains per second."
"The Supercomputing Center's simulations show that a Plasma Bug volley would increase the barrier's load to more than twelve times its current level."
"Under sustained high-density attacks, consumption could reach twenty times the current rate."
Lin Mo's gaze sharpened slightly.
Over a thousand grains per second.
Wartime consumption would multiply that by more than ten, perhaps even more.
This barrier was indeed powerful, but its appetite was equally staggering.
It really was a money-devouring beast!
The base's current energy crystal reserves came from multiple purchases from the Elves, the Holy Human Race, and the Dwarf Clan.
Of course, the bulk came from the Elves, because theirs were cheaper.
The various races were willing to sell and cooperate with Great Xia.
Their relations with Great Xia were good now, and they would not cut off supplies at a time like this, but with their resource lifeline in outside hands, they would ultimately remain at others' mercy.
Lin Mo sighed inwardly. War always came at a price.
Missiles were expensive, aircraft and artillery were expensive, and robots were expensive too.
As the saying went, war was burning money. It really was true.
If Great Xia had energy crystal mines of its own, this really would not amount to much. After all, this was a magic barrier capable of sheltering an entire city.
The real difficulty was that they could not produce energy crystals themselves.
That was the biggest headache.
Thirty seconds soon passed.
As Zheng Jinren gave the order to end the test, the light from the Outer Ring Array Eyes gradually