chsdbacks Chapter 736 Revenue Gap and Visits
Chapter 736 Revenue Gap and Visits
Chapter 736 Revenue Gap and Visits
The construction site of the Creation System is located on a wasteland in the southeast of the main continent of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.
When Jemin stepped out of the teleportation array, he saw countless black giants shuttling back and forth in the clouds, carrying batches of building materials across the sky.
Those enormous black figures moved freely in and out of the sky. Each time they passed over the wasteland, they brought with them a heavy wind pressure that made the gravel on the ground tremble slightly.
On the ground, the foundation for a circular magic array of an exaggerated, almost absurd scale has already been laid.
It was a giant ring array with a diameter of over several thousand kilometers, and the array's trenches extended hundreds of meters into the ground, its interior filled with countless pre-set runes.
Viewed from above, the entire foundation resembles an alchemical ring magnified countless times, with clearly defined sub-modules distributed along its surface—a material ripening zone, a refining and amplification zone, an energy conversion hub, and a data loading interface.
These sub-modules are independent of each other, yet they are connected by thick energy conduits.
Within the conduit, high-purity elemental energy flowed directly from a level-seven large-scale elemental pool; simply standing nearby, one could feel its almost tangible, powerful pulse.
Millions of black giants are simultaneously constructing the project under the command of a group of black giant priests.
Some carried fire-patterned stone slabs larger than themselves, flying from the direction of the teleportation array. After landing, they carefully embedded the slabs into the depths of the ravines. Some hovered in mid-air, using low-frequency vibration waves emitted from their chests to calibrate the accuracy of the runes. Others were welding at the connection points of the energy conduits, and the elemental sparks that spewed out exploded into brief but intense bursts of light on the wasteland.
Several level-six black giants served as construction team leaders, each overseeing a sub-module.
Their chest openings and closings continuously issued a series of short commands, directing the surrounding level-five black giants to adjust the installation angle, reinforce the welding points, and recalibrate the rune positions.
The Black Giants had extensive experience in construction before this, and the Black Giants present could all be considered veteran builders.
The entire construction site was busy but not chaotic, massive yet exceptionally well-organized.
Jemin hovered above the center of the circular magic circle, taking in the entire construction site.
A black giant priest in charge of the Creation System construction project flew up from below and stopped beside him.
The priest's body was covered with evenly distributed dark gold patterns, and there was a newly engraved mark on his left shoulder blade, which was the identity mark of the project supervisor priest.
"Master, the main framework of the Creation System is about 40% complete." The black giant priest opened the data panel in his hand, and his voice, which came out with the opening and closing of his chest, was still clearly audible against the background of the construction site's roar.
"The rune array in the material ripening zone has been fully calibrated, the energy pipelines in the refining and amplification zone are being laid, the main structure of the energy conversion hub has been capped, and the pre-set runes for the data loading interface have been embedded in the foundation. Of the seven core sub-modules, four have entered the fine-tuning stage, two are being laid, and the other has not yet started construction."
He turned to the next page of the data in his hand.
"The main bottleneck affecting the project's progress right now is the supply of raw materials. The stock of Firestone Slabs and Star Core Adamantite is almost depleted, and the Void Crystals we just purchased are also running out. If the raw material issue cannot be resolved, the construction speed will drop significantly. At the current rate of supply, it is estimated that it will take nearly two hundred years to complete the entire construction."
Two hundred years —
"I see----"
Jemin rubbed his temples, silently going over the number in his mind along with all the other deadlines that had piled up before.
Because of the recent construction, the military merits owed to Clark have not been repaid. Just the debt to his own mentor alone would take him about a hundred years to accumulate based on his current income.
Moreover, at this stage, it is only the construction of the Creation System that is being consumed; the refinement of the array core of the Zhou Tian Star Array is still a long way off.
"My head hurts—" Jemin sighed helplessly to himself.
His expression didn't change much; he simply nodded, signaling the other person to continue.
The black giant priest then reported on the progress of several sub-modules, before closing the data panel and respectfully stepping aside.
Jemin toured the construction site again, confirming the welding quality of the energy conversion hub and checking the calibration accuracy of several key runes in the spiritual material ripening area before turning around and stepping onto the teleportation array back to the laboratory.
In the laboratory, the Five Aggregates Transformation Rainbow Mirror is automatically organizing the latest data from the bizarre research.
Jemin sat down at the worktable, but instead of immediately continuing his research, he first pulled up his financial ledger.
The military merit balance on the Magic Network terminal is not much better than it was fifty years ago.
The continued sales of liquid adamantite and spiritual energy have indeed brought in stable income.
However, when these revenues are put into the raw material purchase bills of the Creation System and the refining budget of the main array eye of the Zhou Tian Star Array, the figures immediately become insufficient.
He still needs to find a way to make money.
The auxiliary materials needed to create a creation system have already consumed most of the military merits in the account.
The 365 main array eyes of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array are still waiting for materials, and when the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array is set up, an additional batch of materials will be required.
Not to mention, he also had to prepare for the resource gaps in advance for the full law route after advancing to level six.
Judging from Clark's situation, that's a truly astronomical figure.
Jemin initially planned to sell some technology, but the revenue from ordinary technology was far from enough to cover this level of funding gap.
As for some other, more sensitive technologies, there are still some aspects that Jemin has not been able to fully localize.
He decided to wait until he passed Level 6 and gained enough knowledge before fully localizing and selling the product.
However, given the current situation, the best way for Jemin to increase his income, besides these methods, is to participate in interdimensional war missions.
Even for someone at his current level of consumption, interdimensional warfare remains the most profitable source of income.
Conquering a high-civilization plane yields enough military merits and resources to support the creation system's raw material procurement for a long time.
Moreover, there is no mandatory rest period as long as you haven't reached level six.
Tasks can be accepted consecutively; the closer the connection, the faster the funds will be recovered.
However, he has already accumulated some wealth over the years, so he's not in a hurry for now.
The safest approach is to first finalize the key technologies being researched in the lab before planning subsequent mission cycles.
In addition, if we keep getting stuck at level 5 in war missions, it will actually hinder the localization of some sensitive technologies, so we need to strike a good balance between the two.
Jemin closed the financial ledger, got up, stepped onto the teleportation array, and was directly teleported to the outside of the barrier of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.
The World Fragment Storage Area is suspended in the void outside the dimensional barrier.
Several hexagonal metal platforms are connected to each other by energy chains, and each platform houses an independent sealing laboratory.
These laboratories are specifically designed for storing and researching high-risk materials, currently mainly biological and bizarre samples from the Reflection Dimension.
Jemin walked into the innermost laboratory, which was labeled "Strange - Live Sample".
The light from the sealing array illuminated the experimental table, where several biological tissue samples collected from the strange dimension were being sealed within a high-density binding field.
The samples constantly switched between solid and liquid states, and occasionally a small part of them would suddenly disappear and then reappear on the other side of the binding field.
That is the natural manifestation of the ability to strangely integrate into the rules of the world on a macro scale.
Jemin activated his True Delusion-Breaking Eyes, applying various stimuli while recording the behavioral data of the samples one by one.
Just as he was observing the third set of samples, the Magic Network terminal suddenly vibrated.
He glanced down and saw a communication request.
The sender's name made him raise an eyebrow slightly.
He closed the experimental record, replied to the communication, and then instructed the black giant priest beside him, "Go and greet the guests. I'll be right back."
He quickly finished the last data collection, resealed the sample, and turned to step onto the teleportation array back to the main laboratory.
Not long after, the laboratory door slid open.
A tall, handsome young wizard with neatly combed blond hair stood at the entrance.
The opponent's solidified domain of laws appears to have only recently stabilized.
Although the outline has taken shape, the edge patterns are not dense enough, and the overall aura is weaker than that of a normally promoted level six wizard.
But his posture is still exactly the same as it was hundreds of years ago.
His back was straight, his shoulders relaxed, and a relaxed smile played on his lips.
"Long time no see," David said.