Free Web Novel**Chapter 748: War**
He pressed the connect button.
Before the light screen had fully expanded, Viola’s voice already came through the terminal first.
“Junior, I hear you’ve struck it rich lately?”
Jie Ming’s mouth twitched slightly.
As expected.
No matter how many years passed, this senior sister’s opening lines always carried a hint of unreliability.
As the light screen fully unfolded, Viola’s beautiful face appeared in midair.
Her silver-gray long hair cascaded over her shoulders, and a white lab coat hung loosely on her body.
The background behind her was clearly a makeshift laboratory, with various instruments pieced together haphazardly, looking entirely like a ragtag outfit.
Still, compared to her old days when she was so poor she could barely keep the pot boiling, things were much better now.
At least she had a laboratory, even if it still looked shabby.
Viola leaned back in her chair, holding a cup of deep green liquid of unknown origin, sipping it while observing Jie Ming. Jie Ming was also looking at her.
After some time apart, the aura around this senior sister had clearly become even more dangerous than before.
“Looks like Senior Sister has been doing quite well lately,” Jie Ming spoke first.
“Not bad.”
Viola nodded.
“Ever since I changed the anchoring target of the Pain Law to you, my research efficiency has improved a lot.”
Jie Ming: “……”
He knew it was true, but he still found the statement oddly off-putting.
Viola clearly realized something as well; the corners of her mouth curved up slightly.
“Don’t misunderstand, I’m praising you.”
“…Thanks, I guess.”
“You don’t sound happy.”
“Because I don’t think that counts as praise in any normal sense.”
Viola laughed out loud, and the somewhat heavy atmosphere instantly lightened considerably.
Soon, however, the smile on her face faded a bit.
“The reason I’m contacting you this time is for actual business.”
Jie Ming’s expression grew serious as well. “Go ahead.”
Viola set down the cup in her hand. “I found a plane.”
“And?”
“It’s fortunate you haven’t advanced to the sixth rank yet… I’d like to ask for your help in the fight.” She rested her chin on her interlaced hands. “Help me take it down together.”
Jie Ming’s eyebrows rose slightly upon hearing this.
If someone else had said those words, he would have immediately considered whether they had run into some troublesome enemy.
But Viola was different.
Clark was right—her strength was genuinely reliable.
The situations where she would actively seek help were few and far between.
Thus, he didn’t interrupt, simply waiting quietly for her to continue.
Viola sighed. “You know how I’ve been living somewhat poorly these years.”
Jie Ming was silent for two seconds. “Somewhat?”
“Fine, extremely poorly.”
Viola openly corrected herself without the slightest hint of embarrassment on her face.
“To stimulate the growth of the Pain Law, I basically haven’t accumulated any savings all these years.”
“The lab is borrowed, the instruments are cobbled together, and most materials come from part-time jobs.”
“Naturally, a cannon fodder legion is completely out of the question.”
She spread her hands. “So I’m now facing a very practical problem.”
“What problem?”
“No one to do the work for me.”
Jie Ming nearly laughed out loud.
Viola continued:
“I can certainly take that plane down by myself. The problem is, taking it down and occupying it to manage it are two different things. It’s easy to eliminate the strongest few, but afterward there are tens of billions or even over a hundred billion creatures to manage. I can’t fly around suppressing rebellions every day.”
Jie Ming nodded. He understood this difficulty very well, as he had just discussed it with Berta Vera Augusta. freewebnøvel.com
He already understood what the other party meant—Viola didn’t need a helper, she needed an army.
An army capable of controlling the entire plane in the shortest possible time.
“You plan to use it as the foundation for your wizard tower?”
“Correct.” Viola’s eyes brightened. “I need a territory that truly belongs to me. In the future, I can put all my experiments, production, research, and resource cultivation there… I can’t keep being a wandering wizard forever.”
Jie Ming smiled. This indeed aligned with practical needs.
Now that Viola had moved past her previous cultivation method of deliberately maintaining poverty, establishing her own base was only a matter of time.
“What’s the plane’s situation?” Jie Ming asked.
When it came to serious matters, Viola immediately became focused.
She raised her hand and pointed, projecting a large amount of reconnaissance data between them.
“These are the results of the remote scans I conducted over the past few years.” freewёbnoνel.com
“There are traces of civilized activity, the ecology is intact, resource reserves are decent, and most importantly… no sixth-rank life signatures were detected.” She pointed to one set of data:
“The plane’s origin has not been found to be held by anyone, so there’s no risk of things going wrong.”
“The only issue is that the population is a bit large, and the civilization has already developed regional nation-state structures. Handling them one by one would waste too much time.”
Jie Ming quickly scanned the information and soon nodded.
There was indeed no real danger.
With no sixth-rank beings, the war had lost all suspense from the very beginning.
If the goal was pure destruction, Viola alone could clear the field.
However, since the plan was to use it as the foundation for a wizard tower, destruction alone could not be the only consideration.
“Also,” Viola added, “have your troops go easy—don’t smash the plane to pieces.”
“I want to preserve the local ecology; it will make transforming it into a wizard tower much more convenient later.”
Jie Ming chuckled. “So you’re asking me to act as construction supervisor?”
“Pretty much.”
“You don’t want to?”
“You misunderstand. If the price is right, I can even help you plan the transportation network… I have quite a few talents like that here, as you should know.”
Viola immediately narrowed her eyes. “Those Tentacle Tree guys were the ones we took down together.”
Jie Ming leaned back in his chair and began calculating seriously. “In that case, I can give you a cheaper quote.”
No sixth-rank enemies, an occupation war, controlling ecological damage, requiring large numbers of execution units…
After comprehensively calculating all aspects, he spoke a moment later: “Fifty billion low-level military merits, and I also want a copy of the knowledge.”
Viola didn’t even blink. “Deal.”
Her answer was so swift it seemed prepared in advance, which actually left Jie Ming stunned for a moment.
“That quick?”
“Because it’s cheap.”
Viola stated matter-of-factly:
“A regular legion’s quote would be at least two or three times higher.”
“Plus you provide after-sales service.”
Jie Ming suddenly realized he might have quoted too low. Such a quick agreement suggested his senior sister wasn’t as poor as he had thought.
Viola clearly saw through his thoughts; the smile on her lips grew thicker.
“Too late! The contract is already formed. Junior, a person must keep their word.”
Jie Ming shook his head helplessly. “Fine. When do we depart?”
“One month from now.”
Viola said.
“I still need to do one final confirmation scan to prevent any hidden surprises.”
“Caution is good,” Jie Ming agreed.
“After all, this is going to be my future home.”
After saying this, she stood up.
“Then let’s leave it at that. I’ll contact you once my preparations are complete.”
“Alright.”
The communication was then cut off.
The light screen slowly dimmed.
The laboratory returned to silence.
Jie Ming leaned back in his chair and pondered for a moment before opening the spiritual network and beginning to plan troop deployment.
Since what Viola needed was occupation rather than destruction, and the opponent’s combat strength wasn’t particularly strong.
The Black Giant Legion was immediately ruled out.
Those fellows always fought in a simple and brutal manner; one punch could flatten mountain ranges.
If they rampaged through Viola’s future wizard tower, the entire landscape would probably need reshaping.
In comparison, the Tentacle Tree Civilization was far more suitable.
Orbital fleets would handle sealing the skies, while ground forces handled precise control.
They could swiftly suppress resistance while preserving the ecology to the greatest extent.
Moreover…
A trace of anticipation flashed in Jie Ming’s eyes.
This was also an excellent testing opportunity.
Over the years, the Tentacle Tree Civilization had completed full reverse analysis of the Divine Armament.
Various new shields, upgraded energy weapons, and reinforced hulls had all been equipped.
Theoretically, they had already reached the ceiling of sixth-rank technological civilization; all they lacked was actual combat experience.
And war had always been the best way to test weapons.
With that thought, Jie Ming sent out an order through the Incense Fire Divine Dao.
【Summon all active legions of the Tentacle Tree Civilization.】
【Enter war preparation status.】
【Objective: Plane Conquest War.】
After the order was sent, countless light points began flashing instantly.
The distant war machine slowly began turning once more.
As for the Dragonmen…
Jie Ming glanced at the race database.
One thousand three hundred and seventy-two individuals.
He decisively closed the page.
Better not.
With such a population size, losing even one would be heartbreaking.
They should honestly stay in the settlement area and have children.
War could wait until later.
