Chapter 320

326. Chapter 326 Harvest

Sage Luo Sen Ta Er acted quickly.

The day after Lin Ke returned to the academy's main world, the academy sent a notice asking how he would receive the three worlds.

Considering Lin Ke's current strength and influence are insufficient to manage these three worlds well, the academy proactively offered management services.

That is, Lin Ke would each year take a certain proportion of the output from the three worlds as a service fee to turn over to the academy, in exchange for the academy stationing a professional team in these three worlds to implement the management policies Lin Ke formulated.

Lin Ke readily agreed to the academy's proposal.

As for management policies, Lin Ke followed the existing rules and did not lightly change the system left behind by Sage Luo Sen Ta Er.

Unless Lin Ke has fully grasped the situation of these three worlds and has other needs.

There is only one thing that Lin Ke plans to promote in the near future.

That is, to prioritize promoting the Construct system in the servant-soldier source-type world whose upper limit is Fifth-level Sage.

As for the other two resource-type worlds, if conditions are suitable, they will also promote the Construct system after accumulating some experience and reserving a technical team.

Mo Li, as Lin Ke's full-power representative, stepped forward to liaise with the academy and oversee the reception of the three worlds.

Lin Ke stayed at home, studying the detailed information about the three worlds sent by the academy.

He focused on researching the species of the native creatures of the three worlds and their supernatural systems.

"Construct"'s power source has three theories: one is wizardry from the wizard world, two is the innate ability of supernatural beings, three is other supernatural systems.

The first two, Lin Ke has already put into practice; the third is still in the design stage.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he will carry out a trial to see how effective it is.

As for giving Fu Lan Duo a world to remodel as she wishes, it is not empty talk, but it cannot be implemented in the short term.

It must wait until Lin Ke's own strength and influence are sufficient to suppress at least one world with an upper limit of Fifth-level Supernatural, before this promise can be fulfilled.

Otherwise, not to mention possible resistance from the world's natives, even the covetousness of other wizards would be beyond Lin Ke's ability to cope.

Regarding this, Fu Lan Duo behaved very sensibly and obediently, gladly accepting the arrangement to temporarily reside in the Sea of Consciousness Small World.

Ke Na Li Ya was the same, with no other thoughts.

Before classes resumed, Mo Li completed the handover accompanied by the specialized team dispatched by the academy.

"Lin Ke, Lin Ke, you've struck it rich!"

As soon as he returned to the villa, Mo Li rushed into the study, shouting excitedly.

"Strike it rich? Explain in detail!"

Lin Ke, who feared poverty, upon hearing this, immediately put aside the half-finished Construct design he was holding and shifted his attention.

He is now interested in the charming magic stones.

"Those two resource-type worlds pay their earnings once per quarter. Only a few days remain until the scheduled payment date, and Sage Luo Sen Ta Er has left all the materials due for payment that were piled in the warehouse for you. The team sent by the academy assessed that they could be sold for about the price of six standard third-level magic stones."

"The academy will buy them?"

"The academy will buy them!"

Saying this, Mo Li's tone turned regretful: "If we had a channel, we could take it to market to sell, perhaps earning a bit more."

"Contentment brings happiness."

As for that, Lin Ke was relatively calm.

Selling those materials to the academy is not bad.

It's fine if the price is a bit lower than market, as long as payment is prompt.

Although there is one less major consumer of resources—the "Small World"—the next draw in the pay-to-win system requires ten standard third-level magic stones.

Moreover, there is a main force of eighty personnel that requires Lin Ke to fund their upkeep.

Although when they previously adventured to save Lady Li Sang Da, Dean Fu Li Si Te promised to equip the Grand Main Force with a top-standard interstellar fleet and arcane devices matching a sage-level legion.

But the regular salary, garrison, equipment, fleet maintenance and consumption, training, combat, and all aspects' demand for Magic Stone are extremely high.

Relying solely on the income from the initially opened potions, the already available alchemy income, and the gradually emerging 'Construct' income is insufficient to support Lin Ke maintaining a powerful main force!

It can only be said that the output this quarter from the two resource-type worlds left by Sage Luosenta'er is truly sending charcoal in the snow.

"Anything else?"

Mo Li still retained excitement.

"What else?"

Seeing this, Lin Ke's interest grew even greater.

Mo Li is not easily impressed; anything that makes her feel more exciting than six standard grade-three Magic Stones is certainly more valuable.

"A servant corps!"

Only hearing Mo Li shout in a somewhat overly high-pitched voice, 'A servant corps that has completed training, reaching the academy's standard for sale or rent!'

"Really?"

Lin Ke was delighted by this good news.

"Really!"

Mo Li said, and also took out her Portable Smart Brain, projecting the image she had filmed.

A corps of 3000 various extraordinary warriors, arranged in neat, orderly ranks, with full spirit, appeared before Lin Ke.

Lin Ke had already studied this servant-troop source world transferred to him by Sage Luosenta'er.

At a glance one can recognize the three major extraordinary races composing the corps: elves, dwarves, and beastmen.

Among them, beastmen excel in melee, dwarves are skilled at forging and using equipment, and elves excel at ranged attack and reconnaissance.

It can be said that, in conventional terms, this is a very powerful servant corps.

The 'Construct' that Lin Ke had halfway completed is precisely based on the traits of the three major extraordinary races, attempting to design a set that can accommodate and better bring out the abilities of those three races.

He originally also thought that after completing the design, he would conduct further verification.

Never expected there to be a servant corps that had already completed training, waiting for Lin Ke to take over.

This is really…… just as I was dozing off, the pillow ended up propping the back of my head.

"Great, that's fantastic!"

Thinking of this, Lin Ke also became excited.

"Right?"

Mo Li said with satisfaction, "With this servant corps, your main force can finally be formed, no need to purchase or rent. Not to mention saving a large sum of expenses, you also won't have to worry about the servant corps being awkward to use."

Lin Ke, seeing Mo Li say that, didn't bother to explain his own idea, but instead went along with the conversation: "It's just that I'll have to trouble you to handle one more matter."

"Hmph!"

Mo Li, hearing that, puffed her cheeks, "You just know to dump all the annoying little tasks on me. Simply, let's rename the Ge Lan De main force to the Ji De Man main force."

"It's not that it can't be done; the key is that you're not here."

Lin Ke, lost in thought, responded like that.

"I'm ignoring you, I'll go hand over the main force matters with Shan Duo La and Lan Ni."

Mo Li, hearing that, her face slightly reddened, she gave Lin Ke a glare, then left the study as if nothing happened.

Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao appears.

Mo Li had just left when Shan Duo La sent a message saying she would arrive at Lin Ke's villa shortly.

Lin Ke hurriedly got up, called Mo Li, who had already walked to her bedroom door, and together they went downstairs to go out and greet her.

"Why would Shan Duo La think to come find you?"

Along the way, Mo Li asked doubtfully.

"Um……"

Lin Ke thought for a moment and voiced his guess: "Maybe she's running an errand for her mother, Lady Li Sang De La."

"As compensation for you?"

"Probably."

The two were talking as they arrived outside the hall door.

Even though there was still some distance to the villa gate, they kept silent.

As a wizard, keen ears and sharp eyes are the most basic of basics.

Not to mention a distance of ten-something meters, even several hundred meters, if you want to hear clearly, you can do so without using magic.

The villa's interior constantly has soundproof runes active, but the courtyard does not.

Soon after, Shan Duo La arrived.

The vehicle she drove today, Lin Ke found quite unfamiliar; he had never seen it in person, nor any related pictures or videos.

The rich lady surely swapped in another private custom-made vehicle, possibly the only one in existence—utterly extravagant and inhumane.

Lan Ni and Di Fu Ni appeared next, walking behind Shan Duo La toward the villa.

Sometime ago, Lan Ni and Di Fu Ni replaced Shan Duo La's former 'close sisters.' Whenever they have free time, Shan Duo La calls them to her side for company.

"Welcome, welcome……"

As the host, Lin Ke naturally ought to show courtesy.

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Unfortunately, Shan Duo La, Lan Ni, and Di Fu Ni all ignored Lin Ke, bypassing him directly and heading toward Mo Li.

Well, this is resentment!

Moreover, looking at this, there's an eighty to ninety percent chance that Shan Duo La bears a grudge against Lin Ke.

Otherwise, Lan Ni and Di Fu Ni wouldn't behave this way.

Lin Ke simply didn't bother with pleasantries, silently watching Mo Li greet the three girls as they entered the villa's first-floor hall.

The intelligent butler, following Mo Li's instructions, promptly served tea and snacks.

The four girls then chatted warmly.

There were both serious matters, such as the handover of preparations for the Ge Lan De main force;

and casual topics, such as which of the Ge Lan De pharmacy's newly promoted 'Witch's Friend' perfumes is more fragrant and effective.

Lin Ke sat aside, quietly accompanying them, without speaking.

After chatting for a long while, Shan Duo La finally couldn't hold back, gave a light cough, and directed her gaze at Lin Ke.

Lin Ke met her gaze openly.

Having done no wrong, I fear no ghost knocking at the door.

Not to mention just Shan Duo La staring at him in front of Mo Li; even adding Lan Ni, Di Fu Ni, and even Ai Rui Si, Lin Ke has nothing to feel guilty about.

Not the slightest bit afraid that Mo Li would stab him!

"Lin Ke, I want to know what you did that would have my mother entrust me to deliver something to you."

Seeing Lin Ke unmoved, Shan Duo La spoke frankly and fearlessly, her tone wistful: "You know, my mother hasn't sent anything to a man in over twenty years."

That statement is quite ambiguous.

Although Lin Ke believed Mo Li wouldn't be biased, he also didn't dare let Shan Duo La continue speaking like that, and he said solemnly: "In accordance with Dean Fu Li Si Te's request, I exerted a little effort to help treat Lady Li Sang De La."

"Really?"

Shan Duo La actually knew this matter, she just felt a bit displeased inside.

Because……

"Well, my mother is really generous."

Shan Duo La shifted the tone, her voice growing even more faint: "Even the good thing I've been begging for a long time and couldn't get, you've been given."

That sentence feels somewhat familiar.

Lin Ke thought for a moment, then an idea came to him.

The laboratory Dean Fryst gifted last time also prompted Sandra to say this.

This made Lin Ke more curious about Miss Lissandra's compensation.

Thus he looked at Sandra with eager anticipation, waiting for her next words.

Sandra didn't beat around the bush, saying: "My mother has a team idle in mechanical maintenance; if you can afford it, she can transfer it to you."

Lin Ke's heart skipped a beat.

Hearing that, it seemed the team's upkeep would be quite costly.

However, the main force's star fleet indeed needs such a team to maintain the star warships.

Could it be that he just got a little richer, only to become poor again?

Mo Li thoughtfully asked at this moment: "How many Magic Stones are needed per month?"

"Not many."

Sandra chuckled lightly: "The basic cost is only five standard grade-three Magic Stones per year."

"Five..."

Mo Li opened her mouth but didn't finish what she wanted to say.

The basic cost of five standard grade-three Magic Stones is a lot for Lin Ke and Mo Li.

For Sandra herself, it's indeed not much.

"Want it or not?"

Sandra smiled and said: "If you don't want it, I can take it over."

"Yes!"

Lin Ke gritted his teeth and said resolutely.

Save where you should, spend where you should.

A mechanical maintenance team capable of working under a sixth‑rank sage is far more reliable than the academy's repair service.

Just five standard grade-three Magic Stones per year.

The two newly acquired resource‑type worlds can produce six standard grade-three Magic Stones per quarter.

At worst, we can treat the year as having only three quarters.

"Really want it?"

Sandra wasn't actually surprised.

Before coming, she already knew that Sage Rosenthal had transferred three worlds to Lin Ke.

She also knew exactly how much those two worlds produced, and that Lin Ke could afford the team's expenses.

So she wasn't really trying to steal the opportunity; she was just teasing, letting off a little steam.

"Really want it."

Lin Ke gave an affirmative answer again.

"Alright then."

Sandra stopped teasing and said: "Let me know where you plan to station the team once you've decided, and I'll have them report there."

Lin Ke naturally looked at Mo Li.

Mo Li glared at Lin Ke and replied: "Okay, I'll get in touch with you later."

After saying that, Sandra swiftly changed the subject, looking at Lin Ke and saying: "My third uncle asked me to pass along a message to you."

"Please go ahead."

Lin Ke awaited it with anticipation.

"My third uncle said, once you've decided what you want, tell him as soon as possible."

"Okay, thank you."

Upon hearing that, Lin Ke fell into thought.

Is there something up?

After all, from expanding the main force's roster, to equipping the star fleet, to the mechanical maintenance team, the style is consistent.

The few of them chatted for a while.

Sandra then took the mostly silent Lanni and Tiffany and left Lin Ke's villa.

Seeing the three off, Lin Ke and Mo Li returned to the hall and sat down.

There was a moment of silence.

Mo Li spoke up: "Is the dean perhaps arranging something else for you to do?"

"Not necessarily."

Lin Ke shook his head and replied thus.

"How so?"

Mo Li pressed, concerned.

Lin Ke explained: "I still have two things unfinished; how could more work come so quickly?"

Mo Li immediately understood, recalling that Lin Ke still needed to team up with a witch of Grand Sage Michael to participate in the High Council's selection, then go support Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke.

Thinking about it, there really are quite a few things.