Chapter 546: Pre-war Preparation

Jie Ming sat at the desk, staring at the Magic Net terminal for a while.

Only then did he calm his mood and slowly laugh out loud: "It seems my luck is not bad..."

Jie Ming turned and glanced at the memory crystals scattered on the desk.

Fate Basics, Fate Chapter, Information Processing Theory, Causal Model...

"Five years..." he said softly, "should be enough."

Jie Ming stood on the spot for a while, then walked with long strides out of the laboratory.

Outdoors, the entire Purgatory Sulfur Plane was a scene of bustling activity.

Jie Ming stood at the laboratory entrance, looking out; the crimson land was filled with busy Black Giants everywhere.

Some were carrying massive stones, some were dragging thick metal components, some were digging foundations, and some were building high towers. Black Giant priests hovered in mid-air, waving runic magic staffs that flickered with light, directing the engineering below.

The entire Black Giant race was almost fully mobilized, and even the Black Giant leader, Rong Shan, was out.

Jie Ming looked up into the distance.

That massive figure, over ten thousand meters tall, was walking over; every step it took caused the earth to tremble slightly.

Rong Shan was carrying a giant stone pillar over twenty thousand meters long on its shoulder; it was a special stone material mined from deep within a high-gravity plane, with extremely high density, which could be used to build the core array eye of the Fate subsystem.

Behind Rong Shan followed a group of Level 6 Black Giants over a hundred meters tall.

They were also carrying various building materials, marching in neat lines, moving forward under the direction of other Black Giant priests.

That scene was indescribably magnificent.

Jie Ming watched for a while and withdrew his gaze.

He raised his hand and summoned, and a leading Black Giant priest immediately descended from the sky and came before him.

"Master."

"How is the engineering progress?" Jie Ming asked.

The Black Giant priest opened the recording crystal in its hand and scanned it quickly: "The main structure is 80% complete. The progress of laying the energy nodes is slightly slower, about 45%, but the preliminary work has been prepared, and the speed will slowly pick up later. Overall, it will take about three years to complete the preliminary construction of the Fate subsystem."

Jie Ming nodded with satisfaction.

That's right, what they were building was exactly the Fate subsystem of the Incense God Dao.

Although Jie Ming hadn't truly learned the knowledge related to Fate yet—that thing was really too difficult—but that didn't stop him from building the hardware facilities first.

Over these years, the Purgatory Sulfur Plane had long been modified by him into something no longer the desolate and scorching plane it once was.

Rich spiritual energy permeated every inch of the air, the entire plane's energy network was accessible in all directions, and various functional modules were layered on top of each other. For the Fate subsystem, although Jie Ming couldn't do that kind of "strengthening modification" that went deep into the core, building a primary version by following the pattern was no problem.

The blueprints were ready-made, the materials were prepared, and the manpower was sufficient.

The rest was time.

"Continue to push forward, increase the speed as much as possible. Later, there will be startup tests and adjustments, all of which must be completed within five years; there isn't much time left," Jie Ming said. "Report any situation at any time."

"Yes, Master."

The Black Giant priest took the order and left.

Jie Ming flew to high altitude and checked the construction situation of various magic arrays below.

After confirming that there was indeed no problem with the engineering, he thought for a moment and turned to fly in another direction.

The warehouse area was located on the east side of the core laboratory.

As time passed, in order to store more and more materials, even with space expansion devices, the warehouses were built more and more. The area occupied was also getting larger and larger, and it had now developed into a building complex covering over 100,000 square kilometers.

Here were stored all of Jie Ming's collections over the past millennium—from various mineral resources to rare materials, from biological samples to energy crystals, classified and neatly arranged.

Jie Ming walked into one of the warehouses and began to rummage.

Mentor Clark didn't reveal the specific situation of that plane, but since it was related to information-related technology, he had a rough idea of what materials needed to be prepared.

Undoubtedly, the most suitable were various materials that could affect information or were related to information.

Jie Ming walked through the warehouse, his gaze sweeping over rows of shelves filled with various magic arrays.

He first stopped in front of a magic array.

That was a circular magic array about three meters in diameter, with layers of runes densely covering the ground and the surrounding pillars.

In the center of the magic array, a formless mist floated quietly, rotating slowly.

That was the Qi of the Red Dust.

"It seems you have to make an appearance this time too," Jie Ming couldn't help but sigh as he looked at it.

Things like the Qi of the Red Dust were truly a panacea.

It could be used for refining tools, refining elixirs, arranging arrays, and cultivation. No matter what you were doing, it could always come in handy. He checked the status of the sealing magic array, confirmed everything was normal, and then continued walking forward.

The next magic array stored Incense Divine Power.

That golden light, more solid than the Qi of the Red Dust, flowed in the magic array like a living thing, occasionally condensing into various shapes and quickly dispersing. Jie Ming checked the reserve of Incense Divine Power through the light screen beside it and nodded with satisfaction.

Then, without hesitation, he moved all the inventory out and stuffed it into his internal cave heaven.

He suddenly turned in a direction and continued walking deeper into the warehouse.

Soon he arrived at the area specifically for guarding dangerous materials.

Red Dust Poison.

Gang Sha Qi.

Causal Entanglement Silk.

Information Perturbation Fragments.

Jie Ming walked and looked, checking all the materials related to information in the warehouse.

He stood still in front of a magic array storing Red Dust Poison, looking at the mist with distorted colors inside, lost in thought.

Although this thing was a bit lethal, the coordinated war between wizards back then also proved how effective these things were when used well. According to the wartime intelligence obtained after the war, the Level 7 Wizard and two Level 6 Wizards who had been hit by his Profound Gang Red Dust Barrier hadn't recovered until the end of the war.

"But how to use it specifically, I still have to consider..."

Jie Ming made a note on the recording crystal.

He walked to another magic array and looked at the Gang Sha Qi stored inside, also making a note.

After a round, the recording crystal in his hand was already densely filled with a list of materials that needed to be prepared.

Jie Ming walked out of the warehouse and looked back at that thick, heavy door.

"With so many materials, it should be enough," Jie Ming thought, touching his chin. "It's just that the usage methods of various materials need to be considered; once the Fate system is debugged, it will be about time to go to war."

He turned and walked toward the laboratory.

In the distance, Rong Shan was carrying another giant stone pillar, walking slowly toward the direction of the array eye under the direction of the priests. ===== CHAPTER 547 =====