This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 133 A strange combination of circumstances
Distribute the dark magnetic titanium evenly over the entire metal textured ground.

The Fireworks Master quickly walked to the center, and with a signal from his eyes, the Fire Source Master pressed the start button, and with the sound of electromagnetic convergence--
"buzz"

Azure arcs of electricity bloomed on the ground, and the black dark magnetic titanium actually emitted a red light, then gradually melted and filled the gaps in the patterns.

crackling-
The entire factory was filled with red light, accompanied by the overlapping and ambiguous syllables chanting from the player.

Everyone present felt creepy, as if they were being watched by something and could be swallowed up at any time.

Snap! A thin red crack appeared, as if a crack had been torn in the air. Along with the surging red electric arc, particles were scattered on the ground, gradually being absorbed by the crack and slowly expanding.

Everyone's eyes were burning, until they were shaking with enthusiasm.

But at this moment, an unpleasant squeaking sound came from above my head.

They were confused at first, and then shocked, only to see a black light falling from the sky, and then tearing the entire roof apart. The starry sky was clearly visible.

Accompanied by the sounds of flying machines and the eternally intertwined electromagnetic web.

"torch!"

The black flame faded away, and Chen Jinglong's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the long and narrow red crack in the center.

I didn't expect this group of people to act so quickly. It was quite quick for them to gather people, make plans, and determine their whereabouts.

"Chen Jinglong!" The Firework Apostle in the center was shocked and angry. He didn't expect to be exposed so quickly.

But he sneered: "I underestimated you Blue Star, but it's too late."

"Thunder of Hormuz is about to come!" The Apostle of Fireworks roared fanatically, at the top of his lungs.

Chen Jinglong's face darkened, and boom! The blazing black flames rolled back to the sky, and the temperature here rose rapidly.

But at this moment, the red particles escaping from the ground suddenly disappeared.

The thin red slit became unstable and twisted.

Then a red arc of electricity shot out from inside and hit the Firework Apostle!
This made Chen Jinglong pause.

The Firework Apostle's wild laughter suddenly turned into a shrill wail, "No, no, how could this happen!"

There was panic in her words, and Libert and others were even more frightened, not knowing what was going on.

They had already completed the sacrifice, so why was the Fireworks Apostle not blessed but punished instead?

"Lao Chen, the periphery has been cleared, and these are all that's left." Ren Cangsong fell from the sky and looked at the scene in disbelief: "What happened?"

"Hormuz!" The Firework Apostle wailed, red arcs of electricity kept hitting her body, and the dimensional creature behind her seemed quite angry.

"I will definitely make up for it, I will definitely make up for it!" the Firework Apostle shouted in panic.

Her words seemed to have no effect, and the thin red slit kept trembling.

Suddenly, a hand made of red electric arcs stretched out from the edge, as if trying to tear open the gap.

"Not good!" Chen Jinglong's face changed drastically. Without caring about anything else, he grabbed Ren Cangsong and ran away.

Ren Cangsong didn't know what was going on, but it was the first time he saw Chen Jinglong so frightened, so he didn't dare to delay and ran away.

The two of them did not stop for a moment, and Chen Jinglong did not even turn his head until a loud bang was heard behind him, and the air wave rolled up dust all over the sky.

The two of them stopped then. Ren Cangsong looked back, his pupils contracted and his throat rolled.

I saw a red beam of light piercing through the sky, surrounded by terrifying black arcs of electricity, which directly tore through their electromagnetic blockade network and then hit the aerospace shield. Bright blue ripples spread out and could be clearly seen from a very far distance.

Energy ripples swept over them, and the two men stumbled back in mid-air, steadying themselves.

"What, what happened?" Ren Cangsong was confused.

"The secondary dimension collides with the main world." Chen Jinglong's face was tense.

"I know. What I'm wondering is why the creature from that dimension suddenly became furious?" Ren Cangsong was puzzled.

"Dimensional creatures have mood swings and cannot be evaluated using conventional cognition. What we think is joy may be anger to them." Chen Jinglong shook his head.

Ren Cangsong still didn't understand: "That being said, the people at Torch shouldn't be doing this to let us watch the fireworks for free. This place is remote and it's late at night. Even with this scale of destruction, only a few people will be injured."

"Maybe something unexpected happened." Chen Jinglong was not happy, but rather worried. Although the enemy was eliminated, the way of elimination was extremely strange, which made him guess that there was something behind it.

If it was a head-on fight and he won with heavy casualties, he might even smile a little.

"No matter what, let's clean up the scene first and make sure there are no survivors." Ren Cangsong gave the order.

In the opposite direction from them, a black shadow streaked through the air and fell heavily to the ground, coughing up a few mouthfuls of blood, peeling off a few scales, and half of its body was bursting with red arcs of electricity.

But he hurriedly erased all traces and staggered away. In the deep darkness, there were only green vertical pupils and bursting red arcs of electricity.

.........

"With such a big noise, is Lao Chen okay?" Outside the laboratory, Li Ming looked at the gradually dissipating red light beam in the sky, musing to himself.

He opened his smart terminal and sent a few messages, and soon received a response -
"It's nothing. The people of Torch have been almost strangled."

"So efficient?" Li Ming was surprised. The fireworks user was at least a B-level life form, and he didn't even create any waves?

Lao Chen has something.

He returned to the room and continued with his previous plan. He opened the black hole network and found that the 30 million reward for Sein had been received.

Of course, he didn't use Shadow's account.

This vest has appeared on Silver Ash Star and is recorded in the city guards' files. It would be troublesome if it attracted the attention of someone with ulterior motives.

He used the account "Shadow" and recommended a pseudonym called "Justice". There are many bounty hunters who do this.

It is impossible to accumulate star contribution points, but the 30 million reward alone allows this new account to reach a three-star hunter.

We are still planning to purchase the Night Chaser. Although this group of Torch members were strangled to death by Lao Chen, he was just an apostle. The Torch may send other people.

Be prepared.

After filling in the address and paying the money, only a little over 20 million was left.

He hesitated slightly. The current metal energy was 1.2 million. After the funds were allocated, he would buy 40 million Flame Blue Alloy, and the metal energy could be accumulated to about 2 million.

But all the things in the underground laboratory cost two and a half million in total. Even if we don't control the thing that increases the particle concentration, it will still cost two million, and we have to spare two hundred thousand for the Night Chaser.

It is obviously a loss to buy metal materials on the Black Hole Network, but who can blame him for needing this stuff right now?

Invest all the remaining 20 million directly into purchasing Flame Blue Alloy, and try to avoid being hit as much as possible.

The bullets will take about ten days to arrive, and the materials will arrive in five days if they arrive soon. "I estimate that the maximum is 220,000, and there is still a lot of gap." Li Ming thought.

The next day, Li Ming received a lot of news. Many people were speculating what happened that night. Rumors were spreading, but there was no report in the local news.

Li Ming continued to develop his own genetic seeds regardless of the consequences, and the laboratory was also under construction in full swing.

In order to meet the construction deadline, the construction team worked day and night. The foundation had been laid long ago, and the modular metal cabins were delivered and assembled together.

Although Tan Jun had no sense of design and Li Ming didn't care, Li Ruoning still stopped them from building a big cube.

Without delaying the construction period, the stacking was made more aesthetically pleasing - from a cube to an irregular polygon.

Three days later, the stellar light shone, and it was noon. Many people gathered on the back island. They were all laboratory staff, whispering to each other.

"We have fulfilled our mission and completed the task one day ahead of schedule..." Tan Jun wiped the sweat off his forehead, his skin seemed to have darkened. He took out the smart panel and handed it to Li Ming: "You only need to enter your identity features, and you can control this laboratory."

"However, the security of this small laboratory is extremely simple. If you are worried, you will need to build a new one later."

"It's okay. Just connect it to the security of the large laboratory and install some high-precision testing equipment in the key rooms." Luo Chuan on the side waved his hand, and the security system and energy system were all integrated into the large laboratory.

They even sent a few security personnel over to patrol the periphery.

Tan Jun couldn't help but feel emotional. Half a year ago, when he built a small laboratory, the other party was extremely stretched.

Not to mention the security system, even a large part of the lighting system has been cut to save some electricity costs.

The completion ceremony was simple. Luochuan wanted to invite some people to witness it, but was stopped by Li Ming.

I simply invited familiar faces from the laboratory and gave each of the construction workers a red envelope, and that was it.

"Do you need to assign a few staff members over here? Although the small laboratory is not big, can you take care of it by yourself?" Luo Chuan asked Li Ming.

"No need, I'm used to working alone." Li Ming shook his head and took out his smart terminal to swipe.

Luo Chuan came over to take a look curiously, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

Li Ming was applying for research funding, and as soon as he filled it out, he applied for the maximum amount of 40 million.

As for the purpose of purchase, it is naturally the four big words "alloy materials".

"Junior brother..." Luo Chuan hesitated, "Isn't this a bit too much?"

Li Ming looked up and said in confusion: "What's so excessive about this? I didn't embezzle any of it, and all the purchases must be made with public funds, not even kickbacks are necessary."

"That's true." Luo Chuan laughed bitterly, "It's just that your project has just been completed, and the experimental equipment hasn't been shipped in yet, making it seem like you're just doing this for the research funds."

“If I am upright, I have nothing to fear.” Li Ming submitted it for review.

"You are in a mechanical laboratory. In addition to the regular funding review, you also need a professor-level accompanying review. Probably..." At this point, Luo Chuan paused, his face becoming more and more strange: "Professor Xia."

The junior fellow student’s interpersonal relationships are much better than the teacher’s, and the Polytechnic University will soon become his backyard.

"I'm not doing it for free." Li Ming closed the smart terminal. "To apply for this kind of laboratory, you have to sign a contract. In the future, if a tutor, professor, or specially designated person from the Polytechnic University comes to me to build weapons or something, I'll have to give him a discount."

"Special Training Contribution Agreement." Luo Chuan also knew.

Although this type of small laboratory is funded and is not expected to make any strong contributions in the short term, it must still bring results and benefits.

Everything went smoothly and by the evening his review was passed.

Unlike large laboratories that have a high degree of autonomy, small laboratories must purchase through academic channels.

And it is not up to them to specify, they can only get the materials they are supposed to get, but they don't see any money.

But the prices are all internal prices, and are even cheaper than the factory prices that Zhang Huaiyuan found.

It will be delivered in two days, just wait.

After the small laboratory was completed, a series of equipment followed, including rare element detectors, spectrometers, etc.

These are all very cost-effective equipment recommended to him by Professor Xia.

……

With the completion of the laboratory, the head of the investigation team of the Itlan civilization finally arrived.

They set out from the Itlan civilization a month ago, using multiple inter-galactic star gates and stopping at many civilizations before arriving today.

Blue Star held a grand welcome ceremony for them. All high-level officials were present, and embassies of various civilizations also sent representatives.

Finally, a grand welcome banquet was held. Many people were scrambling to squeeze in, but unfortunately the number of invitees was limited and they were basically all big shots.

The lights were dim and the noise in the hall was not too noisy. Everyone was talking in low voices with a warm look on their faces.

"President Chen, long time no see." A tall young man wearing black clothes and with lavender skin approached Chen Jinglong and raised his glass.

when!
The two of them took it back as soon as they touched it, and Chen Jinglong nodded: "Your Highness Ford, you have come a long way and it must be hard work."

"It should be." Ford sighed. "The Torch has been wreaking havoc everywhere in the Silver Star Cluster. This time, it has killed many important people from the Sera civilization. I'm afraid it has big plans."

"Thanks to you, I defeated a Fireworks Apostle a few days ago."

Chen Jinglong smiled and said, "Torch is hated by everyone, and it should be so."

The two chatted for a while, and Ford asked in confusion: "I heard that Li Ming from the Polytechnic University has the potential to develop to level 16. His name has been passed on to the Itlan royal family. Is he here?"

"Your Highness, he's not here." The person next to Ford whispered, "I've looked at the guest list, and he's not on it."

“However, it is worth mentioning that he is on the invitation list.”

Chen Jinglong glanced at the man and said calmly, "He has never liked this kind of occasion. He prefers to develop gene seeds."

"Haha, that's right." Ford laughed twice and whispered, "To be honest, I don't like this kind of occasion either, but I have no choice. It would be too disrespectful to you if I didn't come."

Chen Jinglong shook his head, "Your Highness, you are overthinking."

Ford smiled and waved his hand. "You are the one who misunderstood. I plan to visit him in person in two days. In your opinion, he should not refuse to see me, right?"

"Of course not." Chen Jinglong frowned slightly: "Does the palace need help from him?"

"Nothing, just curious." Ford emphasized, and then said: "Before my father came, he specifically said that Fu Zongchen was his old friend, and asked me to express my condolences. Can the dean accompany me then?"

"Of course no problem." Chen Jinglong couldn't figure out what this guy wanted to do, so he could only agree temporarily.

Soon, some people came up to talk to him, and Ford handled it with ease, with people surrounding him from front and back.

(End of this chapter)