Chapter 176: Megastructure Art

Zhang Jie:???

No, what the hell is this?

Zhang Jie slowly sent three question marks, after which Weiniya replied with an emoticon, and slowly began to tell Zhang Jie what had just happened.

After hearing Weiniya's explanation, Zhang Jie could neither laugh nor cry; he never expected Yu Xiaomo to actually come to Weiniya for cooperation—seeing how anxious this kid had become, he even came up with the rotten idea of toppling the Alliance.

But for now Zhang Jie also has no choice; let this little brat Yu Xiaomo suffer a bit, after all he himself is barely holding on right now....

Zhang Jie thought it over and directly transferred one percent of what he currently had to Weiniya; now it was Weiniya's turn to be shocked.

Weizhen Tian (take on commissions, contact me): Old... teacher! So much money, is it really okay!?

She counted twice before she understood; she really didn't expect the teacher to be this rich!

"Could it be... the League Empress?!"

Weiniya thought more and more that it was possible, after all she had secretly investigated the teacher before—although he was the young master of an interstellar energy company, his pocket money seemed not much.

"It must be that woman keeping the teacher!"

Weiniya gripped her phone tightly, overwhelmed with emotion; what she held wasn't money! It was the teacher's integrity!!!

"Teacher! I will definitely rescue you!"

Weiniya secretly made up her mind; she would use everything she had to save the teacher!

As for Zhang Jie in the distance, he had no idea his adorable student thought of him this way, but he still had more important matters at hand.

Looking at the middle-aged man with a forced smile before him, Zhang Jie's smile gradually became unrestrained.

"Oh my! Isn't that so-and-so! How do you have time to come here?"

"Cough cough cough!"

The middle-aged man regretted deeply; although he indeed harbored a bit of ill intent toward Zhang Jie, this was what Zhang Jie's father demanded!

"Why don't you go find your father instead of bullying me, a little lackey!"

He swore to the heavens! He really only had a bit of ill intent and a bit of jealousy, that's all!

"You... you, great person, don't hold a villain's grudge! I was left with no choice!"

Zhang Jie's smile grew brighter, he rolled up his sleeves, and without another word he jumped right in!

Old bastard! I've tolerated you long enough! I fuck!

You fucking! If you have the guts, make me revise the plan at midnight again! If you have the guts, make me work overtime during vacation without pay!!!

I'll have you cause trouble for me! I'll fucking kill you!

If Lin Ran saw Zhang Jie now, she'd probably be shocked at his condition.

You know, Zhang Jie's emotions are actually fairly stable now; the last time he was this angry was the previous time.

"Ow! Stop hitting! I was wrong! I was wrong! I apologize! Stop hitting!",

The middle-aged man wailed, Zhang Jie felt no pity, instead he gripped harder with both hands.

You know, this brat not only treats me this way, but earlier I had several coworkers I worked with, their treatment compared to mine was only worse, and he saw all of that.

Regarding his father's demands, this person was merely dropping the pretense; there's nothing to apologize for, he just knows he can't afford to offend Zhang Jie.

The man's wails grew more miserable, the surrounding employees all stood to the side watching the show and eating melon seeds, nobody stepped forward; this beating really let Zhang Jie vent.

Not far from the doorway, Zhang Jie's mother and father had just arrived when they heard the commotion ahead; after a brief inquiry they learned the exact situation.

Zhang Jie's mother stared dead at his father, while the latter was extremely embarrassed, daring not to meet her gaze.

"What have you forced our child into becoming!"

"Every day you mull over your harebrained idea! Now it's fine—the kid's gone crazy!"

"I... I was wrong, isn't that enough?"

Zhang Jie's father simply admitted fault; before, he only wanted to temper Zhang Jie, never imagining Zhang Jie could face mortal danger.

Back then, when he learned Zhang Jie had crashed mid‑journey, he was almost scared to death, and even now he hasn't dared tell his own wife.

He feared that if he spoke, he himself would be in mortal danger...

After a long while, Zhang Jie's fists were throwing sparks, he struck the opponent so hard they couldn't move, and only then did he let out a long breath.

"Ah.... enlightenment!"

Zhang Jie wore a look of relief, the middle-aged man was dragged away by security, and Zhang Jie turned his head to see his parents waiting nearby for a while.

But for some reason, their gaze toward him had a hint of strangeness....

But Zhang Jie didn't care about that; family talk doesn't beat around the bush—he got straight to the point!

"You mean you want to buy a star to make a Dyson sphere?"

"Yes."

"So Dad, do you have any connections or not?"

Zhang Jie nodded, looking expectantly at his own father.

"I do have them...."

His father's eyes suddenly turned strange.

"But why build that thing? What's needed can't be made, what's not needed isn't worth making."

"Building one of these won't break even in a hundred or eighty years, and besides, you have to worry whether it'll be blown apart by a natural disaster."

As his father spoke, his eyes suddenly turned strange.

"Could it be that you also want to engage in megastructure art like those damned megastructure‑art civilizations?"

The so‑called megastructure‑art civilization is exactly what the words say—a civilization that treats the construction of unimaginably huge stellar structures as its artwork.

Actually, most of the members here aren't even from the same civilization, but their goals are all the same.

That is: to construct grand, massive stellar structures! The grander and more splendid, the better.

Members of such civilizations are usually well‑off, and many are prominent families from top‑tier civilizations.

In the Star Sea, about half of the mega-structures nowadays are built by this wealthy group, but truly functional ones are very few.

Dyson spheres are a fairly common type, but I have to say, the Dyson spheres built by this group of 'artists' really count as cosmic scenery.

"Of course not, this is what the League Empress needs."

Zhang Jie mysteriously kept bragging to his own father about Lin Ran.

"They've developed a Dyson sphere that can directly produce organic high-energy energy; this thing is sure to profit."

Zhang Jie's father was stunned, but his eyes did not show delight.

"I understand what you mean."

"But son, have you considered that if the Alliance could produce and sell for itself, our business with the Alliance would be cut off?"

Zhang Jie:....

Oh right, how could he not have thought of that...

The Alliance is indeed a big consumer of organic energy; saying this really means I've screwed my own father over...

"No big problem."

After a moment of thought, Zhang Jie continued to add.

"This at most can make up for the Alliance's energy expenses; Dad, rest assured, I'm certain the Alliance will need only more energy in the future, not less."

"Fine, then I'll get in touch."

"Okay."

Zhang Jie was overjoyed, but just as he and his father were chatting happily, a sharp, piercing sound rang out, and everyone immediately panicked.

"Is this... the alarm for when a disaster strikes?"

Zhang Jie looked around, but he instantly saw a huge eyeball floating in the sky above the planet.

And that huge eyeball was staring fixedly at him!