This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 117: The Great Upgrade and Reborn System is Initially Completed (Please give me a monthly ticket!)
Putting away the Tepper mecha, Li Ming planned to upgrade the Tank 211 to Class C first, and points of metal energy were lost.

[Tank Guardian - Type 1 Heavy Combat Mecha - Class C: A mecha with almost no weapon modules and excellent defensive performance.

Control effect: Defense blessing--250%
Control ability - Tank Guard: Increases defense by 500%. 】

As a C-class armor, the Tank Guard is rather mediocre.

The overall appearance has changed greatly. The heavy silver combat armor has become a real mecha, and the alloy on the surface is seamlessly integrated.

No longer connected by fiber lining, all joints have become alloy transmission structures, plus coupled hydraulic power assistance.

The whole thing looks like a solid block of iron, giving people an unparalleled sense of security.

The pure defensive blessing brought to Li Ming by this one item alone is nearly eight times, and the toughness of his skin has changed significantly, as if it has turned into soft alloy.

It’s not over yet, Li Ming has strengthened the heavy earth mother ore on the tank guard mecha.

The khaki light enveloped the entire combat mecha, as if it was carefully carved by an invisible hand. Metal powder floated around, forming a yellow electrified whirlwind around it, and finally merged into it.

Finally, the Tanwei was completely transformed. The thick iron mountain became much thinner, and the silver alloy parts on the surface were covered with layers of khaki patterns.

[Tank Guard Heavy Combat Mecha - Class C: A defensive armor with almost no weapon modules. It is reinforced with heavy earth mother ore, and its defensive performance has almost reached the extreme.

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Control effect: Defense blessing--300%
Control Ability - Tank Guard: Increases defense by 500% and gains Stoneskin. 】

Stone skin?

Li Ming's mind was slightly shaken, and he immediately switched control and tried to use this ability.

Suddenly I felt something strange in my body. My soft skin gradually turned grayish white, as if covered with a layer of stone, and became more solid.

This made his defense increase by more than one level. In this case, D-level life forms would definitely not be able to break his defense, and it was hard to say for C-level life forms with a low level of development.

There is also a 5% physical damage reduction brought by [Solid as a Rock].

However, if one wants to upgrade the tank again, the metal energy required has reached 900,000, a terrifying number.

However, the upgrade was not over yet, and another 70,000 points of metal energy were lost.

[G-A2 Strong Generation Constructed Crystal Shield - Class C: Faster construction speed, more accurate area coverage.

……

Control effect: Defense blessing--250%
Control ability - constructing a crystal shield: can form a defensive crystal shield with a coverage range of 2 meters within the body range of 5 meters. 】

There were originally only three constructive crystals, but now there are five. The surface is smoother, the diamond-shaped structure is clearly layered, and the interior is crystal clear.

Another 250% defense boost. After switching, Li Ming felt that the stone skin had become much more solid again. With a slight movement of his mind, a layer of bright blue crystal shield emerged and enveloped his body.

Again! Another 80,000 points of metal energy flowed.

[Silver-gray high-speed nanoparticles--Class C: Armor that has been impregnated with silver-gray mother ore and turned into nanoparticles, after multiple upgrades.

.........

Control effect: Physical strength boost--300%
Control ability - Fusion: Silver-gray particles can be fused with any control object of the same level, doubling its performance without occupying the control bar.]

The surging nanoparticles rise and fall like waves.

Also! Ninety thousand points of metal can be smashed in.

[Thunder Armored Exoskeleton--Class C: It is upgraded multiple times through ordinary machine repair lathes and mixed with cloud thunder mother ore.

……

Control effect: Strength blessing -200%
Control ability - Armored four arms: Evolves six mechanical arms to assist in combat, and adds 100% control of lightning elements. 】

During the upgrade, the electromagnetic storm became more intense, with ions surging and even causing the lights in the room to flicker. The laboratory worker asked him what happened by voice, but he evaded the question.

It’s still not over yet, the last one is 100,000 points of metal energy.

[Justice Armguards--Level C: The fist of justice only falls on sinners!

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Control ability: Strength blessing--200%
Control Effect - Justice Fighting: Additional 500% Strength]

The originally light gold metal boxing gloves turned into alloy arm armor that covered the entire arm, and the palm was as big as a basketball.

This thing is a data monster. The strength blessing is relatively "expensive". At the same level, the defense blessing can reach a maximum of 300%, but the strength is only 200%.

This one is a 700% power blessing.

A full 410,000 points of metal energy were thrown down, and in return, the result was a complete transformation of strength.

Switch the controlled objects to [Tank Guard Armor], [Justice Gauntlet], [Magnetic Boots], [Silver-Gray Particles]...

This is his current comprehensive combat form, with eight times the defense blessing plus stone skin ability, seven times the strength blessing, three times the physical strength, and six times the speed blessing.

Strength, defense, speed, and physical strength are all available.

The last one can be replaced at will, [Thunder Exoskeleton], [Prism Ion Sword], [Tepper Mecha], focusing on strength, speed or defense.

In this state, he should be able to play with the life forms that have just fused with the C-level gene seed, and the difference in various data will not be too big.

Of course, this is just a combat style. If you stack one aspect alone, it will be even more terrifying, but except for the speed enhancement that can be filled up with a few pairs of shoes, the rest are quite different.

The mechanical heavy hammer I found last time when I went to Professor Xia's place was pretty good. It had a passive power bonus. I asked Ding Hui to get a few for me. He kept them in mind.

Of course, this combat state is only the first form.

With a thought, the heavy tank armor emerged, and silver nanoparticles swam on the surface, like a tide, creating waves.

Five prismatic crystals were suspended around, emitting crystal lines that quickly formed a crystal shield.

Six thick, blue robotic arms slowly extended from its back, with electric arcs surging on the surface. The ends turned into energy beamers that could mimic the electric arcs into electromagnetic palms and even emit beams of energy.

In his hand he held a prism ion sword, and as his mind moved slightly, the tank armor on his body and the prism ion sword in his hand were both filled with the light of thunder and fire.

boom!
Thunder and fire shot up into the sky, swirling around and creating ripples. The floor exploded completely, and the aura was terrifying, like a knight of thunder and flame.

"In this state, I should be able to play with C-level life forms that are no more than 60% developed." Li Ming pondered, "Facing a C-level life form that has awakened its core abilities, it shouldn't be a big problem to survive."

The materialized use is a very important part of his combat power. His whole body is covered with C-level weapons, so defense and offense are not a problem. The only thing is that his speed is a bit slow.

In this state, he can definitely make up for it with five pairs of shoes.

None of the control objects he upgraded were wasted, they all played their intended role.

With 200,000 metal energies left, he hesitated whether to upgrade his shoes, but shook his head after a moment.

A pair of C-level shoes consumes 300 metal energies and can increase the overall speed by 100%, but the second pair will be greatly reduced. The active abilities cannot be stacked, and the passive ability only increases the speed by %.

The consumption is too high and the benefits are not much, so it is better to wait until you become a big customer before upgrading.

"I can run and I can fight." Li Ming nodded with satisfaction and took a solid step towards the route he had been looking forward to taking control of the object.

As his development progresses, his physical data will increase, and after being amplified by the controlled objects, every 1% of development progress will bring him a huge improvement.

The only problem was the cooldown time for switching controlled objects. The increase in strength only unlocked the control bar, but could not shorten the time. He felt that this thing should be able to shorten it, but he just hadn't found a way yet.

And when Li Ming was working hard to improve his strength.

In Luochuan's office, he received a call.

But he was not polite at all, and he started to curse angrily: "Who told you to kill Fu Zongchen? At this sensitive moment, you caused such a big mess. What if it leads to bad consequences? What should I do!"

"..."

He didn't give the other person a chance to speak, and his saliva spurted everywhere.

"Shut up, damn!" The other party finally caught the opportunity and angrily hit back: "You're taking the wrong medicine. I'm still out there catching interstellar pirates. How can I have time to go back and kill Fu Zongchen?"

"I just didn't answer your call this morning, and you're putting such a big accusation on me?"

"Wait... Fu Zongchen is dead?" The other party was finally confused again.

"You didn't kill him?" Luo Chuan was suspicious, "I thought it was the teacher who ordered you to kill Fu Zongchen."

"The teacher hasn't paid any attention to me for more than half a year." The other party sneered: "You really think highly of me. What's wrong with Fu Zongchen?"

"I went to his inaugural dinner. He was giving an impassioned speech when someone shot him in the head." Luo Chuan said simply:

"Zhu Yunshen immediately sealed off the entire villa, and General Ren Cangsong also came and checked inside and out, but found no bullet holes, no firearms, nothing at all."

"Nothing was found?" The other party was more and more suspicious: "Zhu Yunshen is fine, but the guys under Ren Cangsong are not vegetarians."

"Ballistic trajectory inversion? Particle tracing? Three-dimensional state simulation?"

"We have used all possible methods. As Zhu Yunshen said, there are contradictions everywhere, unless someone can control the bullet to turn." Luo Chuan shook his head: "But even so, where is the gun?"

"Telekinetic person? Directly controlling bullets?" he said again.

"If he can control the bullet so that even surveillance cameras can't detect him, what level of psychic do you think he is with such speed?" Luo Chuan said quietly.

The other party was silent for a moment, and then sighed: "It seems that Fu Zongchen has offended a ruthless person this time. However, you think too highly of me. I am not at that level yet."

"In fact, there is another strange thing." Luo Chuan hesitated and said, "The armor that Prince Baijian gave to Fu Zongchen was stolen."

"Ren Cangsong and Zhu Yunshen turned everyone upside down. Those who were at the scene were no small figures. In the end, they even turned their underwear upside down, but they found nothing."

"Wow..." The other party couldn't help but exclaimed: "Where did this dragon come from? It must be at least a Class B life form. I feel that there must be more than one, at least two, working together to complete this plan."

"The question is, who can mobilize two B-level life forms to kill Fu Zongchen?" Luo Chuan said helplessly.

"Could it be, teacher?" the other party hesitated.

"I asked, no." Luo Chuan smiled bitterly: "Fu Zongchen is not worthy of the teacher's doing that."

The two of them didn't come to a conclusion after discussing it for a while, and the other party asked about Li Ming again.

“…Level 16 development potential, what do you think?” Luo Chuan said lightly.

"What!?" He screamed, "If nothing goes wrong, it's almost 100% possible to become an A-level life form. Where did the teacher find such a heaven-defying guy?"

"Can the genetic level of our Blue Star produce such high potential?"

"You're surprised by what you've seen." Luo Chuan sneered.

The two chatted for a while before Luo Chuan hung up the phone, brows furrowed, wondering who had done this.

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Three days later, a piece of news shocked the Blue Star civilization. Candidate committee member Fu Zongchen was stabbed to death, causing an uproar.

A senior spokesperson from Blue Star said that the one who attacked Fu Zongchen was most likely a terrorist organization from the Silver Star Cluster - the Torch.

They severely criticized Huo Ju and remembered Fu Zongchen.

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"Huh... After lurking for five days, I finally killed him." Melodious classical music sounded in the bar. The lame man breathed a sigh of relief, walked around the corpses lying on the ground tiredly, and sat on a high stool.

He leaned over, took out half a bottle of wine from the bar, poured himself a glass, took a sip, felt that the taste was not right, stood up, scooped a few ice cubes from the bucket and put them in the glass, took another sip, and nodded in satisfaction.

He tore off the chain around his neck and struggled to get out the old smart terminal from under the drawer.

I took a photo, opened the Black Hole Network, and was about to submit the task when I was startled by the dense red dot messages.

"Fuck, you old cripple, you're really awesome!"

"You are our hero!"

"... "

"What the hell?" He frowned, thinking something had happened. He flipped to the bottom of the page and saw a message from Li Ming, "Mission Completed."

He was stunned, his pupils contracted, as if he was hit by a heavy hammer, his breathing became rapid, and the sound of his heartbeat roared in his ears. He opened the Star Network with trembling hands, and the first message pushed to him confirmed his guess.

"Really...kill him." The lame man's voice trembled, and he felt that something pressing on his body had completely disappeared.

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In the south of Beijing, Fu Zongchen's villa is still under strict guard. Various high-end instruments have been brought in, including sound wave detection, high-frequency capture, particle undulators, etc.

Zhu Yunshen rubbed his palms, sparks flying in front of his eyes. A group of city guards were holding plasma welding guns, slowly cutting the safe door in front of them.

This process lasted for two days, and as the circular incisions became connected, a small opening was cut out in the vault door, barely enough for the mechanical dog to enter.

The intelligent mechanical dog was awakened, jumped in through the small opening, and prepared to open the vault door from the inside.

However, when the robot dog landed and unfolded, the video transmitted through the 360-degree panoramic video shocked everyone present.
"Minister..."

Zhu Yunshen frowned, walked quickly to the screen, and his expression suddenly changed, "How could this be!?"

The vault was in a mess, with traces of burns everywhere and solidified iron slurry all over the floor. There was almost nothing left.

Someone has already visited.

Zhu Yunshen's face looked extremely ugly. He was overtaken again and just like the armor, he disappeared inexplicably.

"It must have been stolen before Commissioner Fu died. All people coming and going are under our surveillance, so it's impossible for anyone to move out." One of his men speculated.

Zhu Yunshen rubbed his eyebrows and felt exhausted, as if he was being played around by someone.

"Collect data, analyze it, and report it to the investigation team." He waved his hand, showing little interest.

Fu Zongchen's death is still under investigation, and an investigation team has even been set up.

The so-called murderer "Torch" is just an explanation to the outside world.

.........

The outside world was in turmoil, but Li Ming stayed in the laboratory, regardless of the wind and rain. He went back and forth between the two places every day, and continued to develop genetic seeds.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed since the death of Fu Zongchen and You Ke.

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