This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 121: An unexpected discovery in the antique shop of the ruins (Sorry, due to unexpected circumstances, the update will be late)

Jiangcheng is the closest commercial city to the University of Science and Technology. It is also the city where the Silver Gray Star group landed after arriving at Jingnan Star. It is quite prosperous.

During the New Year holiday, there were many people on the streets and even the suspended tracks were covered with celebratory slogans. As the weather turned colder, pedestrians wore thicker clothes.

Occasionally, you can see non-human races coming to experience Blue Planet's unique festivals.

On the streets swim red big fathead fish and other animals with good symbolic meanings, which are holographic images of the surrounding shops.

Whenever it passes through pedestrians, it causes cheers.

After getting out of the car and looking at the scene in front of him, Li Mingfei felt disillusioned. He occasionally suspected that he had not traveled through time, but had come to many years later.

However, he had looked through the history of Blue Star, and found some similarities, but most of them were quite different, and even the names of people did not overlap.

"Is there anything interesting here?" Li Ming looked around and asked casually.

"Interesting place?" Zhang Huaiyuan muttered to himself. He thought Li Ming had a target.

What's wrong, Brother Li?

Zhang Huaiyuan didn't understand, and after thinking for a while, he said, "You usually like to tinker with mechanical gadgets. There's a place you might like."

"Oh?"

"Civilization Relics Antique Shop."

"Remains of civilization?" Li Ming was surprised, and then asked.

According to Zhang Huaiyuan, the items in this kind of store are basically things that were picked up by interstellar explorers from somewhere and have no history.

Most of them were shabby, probably from the ruins of a civilization, and some were fake.

Zhang Huaiyuan further explained, "Some interstellar collectors particularly like to collect these things. If they are lucky, they can even deduce some kind of technology from them and sell them for a large sum of money."

It seems to be suitable for me. After all, I have a control bar. What if I find a loophole?

Li Ming perked up. He had thought this fishing trip would be quite boring, but now he had some interest in it.

What made Zhang Huaiyuan feel even more surprised was that Li Ming did not plan to take the hovercraft. The place was at least ten kilometers away from them, and it would take two hours to walk there.

"Experience the New Year atmosphere." Li Ming didn't explain much.

The two of them continued on their way and encountered many celebrations along the way. Some people even recognized Li Ming and took photos with him and asked for his autograph.

Li Ming accepted everyone who came, and he dragged the original two-hour journey into four hours.

When we arrived at the place, it was almost noon.

The ancient star collection is on a wooden plaque. This place is not in the commercial district, but rather a bit remote.

There were many people coming in and out, dressed classically and holding metal beads in their hands.

The temperament of Li Ming and his friend seemed out of place here, attracting a lot of inquiring eyes.

"I'm at eight o'clock, red hat, white shoes..." Li Ming stopped in front of the store and was talking to someone unknown. Zhang Huaiyuan had heard it several times along the way and vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he didn't ask.

After Li Ming finished speaking, he stepped into the shop. It was quite large, with several rows of shelves filled with large and small items, such as hollow metal mechanical spheres, broken metal arms, and melted metal statues.

There is a virtual screen in front of each object, introducing the origin of the item.

Zhang Huaiyuan guessed correctly. He was indeed very interested in this place. To pan for gold here, one needed a lot of relevant knowledge to ensure that he would not be cheated.

The waiter came up and seemed to introduce Li Ming, but Zhang Huaiyuan sent him away.

Li Ming picked up a broken metal component at random. He couldn't tell what it was originally, nor could he control it.

I didn't care and continued to walk around. After touching a few items, I found something I could control -
[G-3 Monitoring Pendant – Grade E (Damaged): A monitoring probe disguised as an exquisite ornament.

Mastery condition: 300 points

Control effect: Hidden blessing--30%
Control ability - Record: Record all events within a 3-meter radius around the host. 】

Li Ming was interested in this little gadget, an exquisite crystal pendant that didn't look like a Blue Star style.

The [Record] ability is quite interesting. It is rarely used on a daily basis, but it can be useful at certain times.

There is a price on it: fifty thousand star coins, which is quite expensive.

But Li Ming is rich now, so he bought it as soon as he said so.

Li Ming was very excited and took out one controllable item after another. Some of them were really useless. Not only were they damaged, but the powers they possessed were also very low.

But some of them are indeed very rare, especially a broken metal mask called [Soul Visor], whose ability is [Psionic Concealment], which distorts its own image in the vision of others.

Although it is only D-level, it should not be able to hide from advanced surveillance cameras, but what if it is upgraded to C-level or even higher?
This is obviously not a product of Blue Planet. It is unknown what civilization it came from. The driving energy is called psionic energy.

Li Ming had never heard of this type of energy, but fortunately he could drive it directly with physical strength.

Since it has no power source, the store's introduction to it is vague, and even says that it is some kind of indigenous sacrificial utensil.

He walked across the rows of shelves, touching everything big and small. As he was wealthy, he bought everything that interested him.

Such unusual behavior also attracted the attention of many people in the store, and they started whispering.

Many items were so badly damaged that you couldn't even tell what they were originally used for.

Li Ming bought four things bit by bit, which added up to about 300,000 star coins.

When I went to the counter to pay, a woman with gray hair stood up. Her skin was haggard, with light blue symbols and lines hidden deep in her wrinkled skin. Her eyes were white and seemed invisible.

"Disaster!" she suddenly screamed, scaring Zhang Huaiyuan who was checking out.

Then he saw the boss holding his hand tremblingly and rubbing it upwards.

"What are you doing!" Zhang Huaiyuan shouted, feeling a chill in his heart. He subconsciously stepped back, but he felt as if his hands were tied by iron chains and he couldn't pull them out.

The old lady's right hand was groping around his face for a while before she let go: "It's not you, it's not you."

She seemed very disappointed, and her two white eyes suddenly looked in the direction of Li Ming - "It's you!"

Li Ming frowned slightly, wondering what kind of ball this was.

"This old lady is trying to fool people again." Someone nearby chuckled.

"Excuse me, excuse me." Someone came running over in a hurry. He had curly hair that fell to his shoulders. It was a man. He looked apologetic. "My grandma disturbed you two."

"I see blood and fire in you!" the old lady screamed, and the symbols on her body actually glowed.

Li Ming frowned and did not express any desire to explore further. He just stood there until Zhang Huaiyuan paid the bill.

After leaving the store, Zhang Huaiyuan looked at the smart terminal and frowned, saying, "This old lady seems to be - a secret treasure of history"

"History of secret treasures? What the hell is that?"

"It seems to be some special phenomenon in the interstellar space. This group of people deeply believe that the symbols and patterns on their bodies can help them communicate with the universe and see things that others cannot see." Zhang Huaiyuan said, and then shook his head: "However, it has never been verified. Maybe they want to deceive us."

Li Ming shrugged, not taking it seriously. He secretly thought that he would definitely visit a store like this in the future.

After carefully questioning Zhang Huaiyuan, he learned that there were very few such stores, and most of them were scammers using the signs of cultural relics.

He was brought to this place by a senior student. The place has a pretty good reputation and most people don’t know about it.

As the two chatted, a large group of celebratory paraders arrived on the street ahead. There were several large animals wearing airbag costumes, all of which were festive anime or character images.

There were many such celebratory parades, and they encountered more than one group when they arrived.

The two men stood aside on the street familiarly, waiting for them to pass by.

However, when they approached a certain range, Li Ming's eyes moved slightly and his gaze fell on a figure in the team.

It wears an airbag suit that is three meters tall, and looks like a mimicking doll with a big nose and two horns.

It looks like an anime character, very popular Li Ming. I have seen several of them along the way.

"Big nose doll costume." He pulled up the corner of his collar and said, and Zhang Huaiyuan looked at him in surprise.

Then, among the pedestrians wandering around, a few came here and quickly approached the big nose.

"He's actually wearing armor. The Torch's acting is pretty good." Li Ming pondered secretly. He always turned on [Intelligent Assistance] and upgraded it to Level C, with a coverage range of 500 meters.

To this end, he spent 30,000 metal energies, and now only about 70,000 are left, which is really like flowing water.

The moment the camouflage suit entered the coverage area, he felt something was wrong. The deformed movements, the protruding edges and corners, and the steady footsteps all indicated that the wearer was a big guy.

Through these details, he discovered many spies along the way, all of whom were caught by the secret security.

The loud music was deafening. Zhang Huaiyuan seemed to be saying something, but Li Ming could only see his mouth opening and closing.

At this moment, his pupils suddenly contracted, his eyes became extremely terrified, and the scene he saw was clearly reflected in his eyeballs -
The big-nosed puppet's costume was suddenly torn from the middle, revealing the black heavy armor inside. All the people who gathered around were thrown out.

When he made his move, he was already very close to Li Ming. His arms extended with three sharp alloy claws, each of which was nearly a meter long.

The power-supporting structures of his legs suddenly opened up, like a heavy truck, and rushed towards Li Ming who was very close.

When the puppet costumes were torn, the people around were already in chaos, screaming and running away, mixed with the sound of intermittent music.

The accompanying field staff hiding nearby suddenly changed their expressions and rushed over quickly, but it was obviously too late.

The dean won't take action? Li Ming stood there without reacting.

Zhang Huaiyuan shouted and motioned Li Ming to get out of the way. Without having time to think, he subconsciously tried to pull Li Ming with his hands and push him away.

Li Ming didn't even turn his head, he quickly switched control of the object, and when he turned around, his waist drove his right leg, swinging out a beautiful crescent arc.

boom!
Zhang Huaiyuan was stunned on the spot, seeing the heavy armor rushing towards him like a truck, as if it had hit an indestructible alloy wall head-on.

The entire armored chest caved in, and the heavy body was thrown out and hit the ground heavily, with blood dripping from the joints.

"Hiss——" Li Ming shook his legs and felt a sharp pain. After all, it was just a simple power addition, and the recoil force was still terrifying.

Zhang Huaiyuan swallowed subconsciously. Is this a D-class life form? Can it withstand heavy armor?

"Isn't the torch drama too much?" Li Ming was a little confused, and then his eyes suddenly widened. He tapped his feet lightly and retreated violently.

Then, with uncertainty, a yellow bullet fell and hovered not far from him, as if blocked by an invisible force.

Someone sniped him!

Li Ming's face darkened slightly. If he could snipe at others, others could certainly snipe at him.

However, it was clearly intended to kill him, so it was most likely not someone from Torch.

Zhang Huaiyuan stared blankly at the floating bullet. He didn't know when a figure appeared, grabbed the bullet, and then looked in the direction it came from.

Boom! The bullet exploded suddenly, but was restrained by an invisible force, and the flames and metal fragments condensed together.

"Dean?" Zhang Huaiyuan was confused.

"Dean!" Li Ming shouted, "If you want me to die, just say it directly. There's no need to beat around the bush."

Huh? Zhang Huaiyuan was confused.

Chen Jinglong frowned, and then said: "Didn't I take action?"

"If you were any slower, I would have been shot in the head." Li Ming said in a deep voice, "Do you know that at the critical moment just now, I tried my best to get myself out of the spot."

"Do you know how terrifying the life and death are? I promise to be your bait, but you also have to promise that I will not be in danger."

It turned out to be fishing, Zhang Huaiyuan suddenly realized.

He also became dissatisfied with the dean. Li Ming was very good to him and was his shoulder and thigh. He didn't want anything to happen to Li Ming.

Since it is fishing, we must ensure the safety inside.

This is not a fair thing to do, dean.

"You reacted when the bullet was still several hundred meters away from you." Chen Jinglong said lightly.

He was also surprised by this matter. Li Ming's reaction was too quick.

With his speed, he can react within this range, and most bullets will hardly hit him.

But the speed of dodging just now was a little slow. Did he do it on purpose because he knew I would attack him?

Moreover, he withdrew his gaze from the armored corpse lying on the ground. This power... was too strong.

Can they react hundreds of meters in advance? Zhang Huaiyuan's breathing stagnated. It's not like he hasn't come into contact with D-level life forms before.

The others don't seem that perverted, right?

Li Ming's face fell. He turned on the [Intelligent Assistance], so he was aware of the bullet as soon as it entered the range and was able to dodge it 500 meters in advance.

If he had not just switched to [Power Form] and could not change into shoes in a short period of time, he would have disappeared in a flash.

"Isn't this what I burst out when I was on the verge of life and death?" Li Ming emphasized again: "And why didn't you take action when the armored man attacked me?"

"The attacker is only a D-class life form. I can't kill you with one strike. Let me see if there are any others."

"What?" Li Mingze lamented, "You just..."

"Okay, okay, ten pieces of mother ore, right? I'll have someone deliver it." Chen Jinglong was getting impatient with the hassle.

"Oh...Is that so." Li Ming restrained his expression and did not feel embarrassed. "Then don't forget it."

Zhang Huaiyuan was dumbfounded, your expression changed so quickly, it turned out that your previous expression of deep hatred and resentment was just for bargaining.

(End of this chapter)