This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 183 Li Ming is Qinglong's student? The first pair of B-grade shoes
boom!
Blazing flames burst out from the metal shell of the Tank Guard, followed by twisted red arcs of electricity.

Crackling - a terrifying breath echoed in the area, and the flames that almost became tangible swirled around the tank guard's armor. He wore an elemental crown on his head and a silk golden cloak was pulled out from behind.

"The liberated form can also be inherited..." Li Ming was surprised, and [Thunder Frenzy] was activated. The increasingly violent blue arc ocean almost submerged the entire room.

Then, everything gradually calmed down, and Li Ming roughly understood that this fusion was in the literal sense.

The benefits of becoming one with the mecha are obvious: the reaction is quicker and the defense is stronger. Of course, any damage to the armor will also be reflected back to him.

At the same time, its own capabilities are completely superimposed on the armor, making the combat power of this combat form even stronger.

After all, when he was fighting in mechas before, his elemental abilities could be extended with the help of the Sword Wing Knight's abilities.

But the strength, speed and defense were not good enough. But now they are possible, enjoying the advantages of mecha while eliminating the disadvantages.

Li Ming estimated that with his current 20% development progress, he could probably go head-to-head with Duke Bai Ye in this state. It was hard to say whether he could win, but there was a high probability that he would not lose.

Duke Bai Ye's development progress is about 60%.

Of course, this is just an estimate. If a real fight breaks out, we will still have to use underhanded tactics and sneak attacks.

.........

"Land of Stars, what has changed since the last time you came?" Ulrich was waiting for him when Jessiah came back.

Jessiah said indifferently: "It's so smoky and chaotic. I thought it would get better."

Ulrich smiled faintly, "Every time you come here, you disappear for a while. Is there any place in this land of stars that you are nostalgic for?"

"I just don't want anyone to watch me. As for this time..." Jesse looked indifferent and continued, "It's because the Torch Organization asked me to help investigate someone."

"Who?" Ulrich couldn't help but be curious.

"A man named Li Ming, from a low-level civilization." A virtual projection, mixed with pictures and information, was reflected in Jessia's pupils, allowing Ulrich to take a look.

"Just a D-class lifeform?" Ulrich couldn't help but wonder, "Why is the Torch Organization investigating him?"

Jesaya said uncertainly: "It is said that it is because his development potential has reached level 16."

"Level 16 development potential?" Ulrich's face showed obvious surprise: "A level A life form that is definitely from a low-level civilization?"

"Does the Torch Organization want to train him, or do they want to kill him in advance?"

Jesaya shook his head. "It seems that neither is true. It is said that the Torch Organization can sacrifice it to a powerful dimensional creature, or even tear the planet apart."

"Tear apart the planet?" Ulrich was slightly shocked. "The Torch actually has this ability? A dimensional creature..."

Then, he wondered again, "But why did Torch ask you to investigate? This kind of development potential should be closely protected, right?"

"Which advanced civilization does it belong to?"

Jesaya looked strange: "That's the problem. He should have gone to the Itlan civilization to enjoy better resource training and even have the possibility of obtaining advanced gene sequences, but he ran away."

"Eitlan?" Ulrich's heart was slightly moved. "Could the civilization he was born in be Blue Planet?"

"You know?" Jesse was surprised.

"It's really Blue Star..." Ulrich's eyes flickered, "One of King Itlan's sons died on Blue Star. After listening to you, I just vaguely had a hunch that he might be related to Blue Star."

"He was actually there when Isius died, but it had nothing to do with him." Jessiah said casually, "It is said that he ran away because he didn't want to be involved in the vortex of the game among the upper echelons of the Itlan civilization."

"He is involved in a complicated relationship. His teacher is Princess Asmara's man, but he has a good relationship with the son of the Baijan prince, so Princess Asmara doesn't like him very much."

"Heh..." Ulrich sneered, "Political struggle, but this guy called Li Ming is also a coward, he actually ran away like this."

"He won't come to the Land of Stars, will he?"

"Really?" Jessiah looked at him strangely, "The Torch Organization also asked you to help investigate?"

"No." Ulrich shook his head, "I don't want to deal with those crazy people."

"One of his teacher's students, Ya Luo, was a member of the Star Hunters. He defected during a robbery some time ago. Now he is hiding with Li Ming, and no one knows where he is."

"Yaro? Star Hunter? Robbery?" Ulrich was shocked. For some reason, he suddenly felt like something was about to come out. He couldn't help but ask:

"You're not talking about the batch that caused the death of Duke Baiye of Atom and Sera, are you?"

"How do you know?" Jessiah frowned and looked Ulrich up and down.

"The Torch Organization suspects that Yaluo sold this information to the person who killed Atom and Duke Baiye, and wants me to find that person and ask him about it. He seems to have come to the Land of Stars. Do you know who he is?"

Ulrich felt something was wrong, so he didn't answer. Instead, he asked, "Didn't the Torch Organization find out?"

"It seems like there is a clue." Jessiah's expression flickered and he shook his head: "But he didn't tell me. He said he was still confirming it."

In fact, Huoju did ask him to help with the investigation before, but he was told not long ago that it was no longer necessary.

He said it just to divert Ulrich's attention.

Ulrich rubbed his brows and said, "I do know who that person is."

"Oh?"

"You just saw it."

Jesaya's expression was slightly tense, "Qinglong?"

Ulrich said in a deep voice: "Yes, he came here in Sera's royal spaceship."

"Sandro of the Star Hunter even attacked him because of this."

Jessiah thought for a while, "What a coincidence. By the way, the information says that Li Ming's mechanics level is not low, and he seems to be very talented."

"Oh right..." A large amount of data refreshed in Jessiah's mechanical pupils, as if searching, and then suddenly shook, projecting a virtual screen:
"Found it. He once studied relevant mechanical knowledge in the academy supported by the Itlan civilization."

"It is said that even the great mechanic of the dwarf civilization, Castellon, praised it highly. Its mechanical style is very regular, just like..."

"Just rolled off the assembly line." Ulrich added, "It seems obvious that Li Ming is most likely Qinglong's student."

"That's right." Jessiah agreed and sighed, "Every mechanic's style is unique. It can't be a coincidence."

"This also explains why he was born on an ordinary planet but has a very mature craftsmanship style, and dares to give up Yitlan's training. With such a great mechanic, there is really no need to worry about resources."

However, having said this, Jessia glanced at Ulrich again.

But the chief mechanic was controlled by Ulrich, and he didn't seem like someone who could provide a stable environment for Li Ming.

He couldn't help but ask, "What is the origin of that Azure Dragon? You really didn't check it?"

Ulrich didn't know what he was thinking. Hearing this, he sighed and said, "It's nothing more than an escape from some great civilization."

"Empire-level civilization?" Jesseia's expression condensed slightly, and his mechanical pupils flashed.

"Only an empire-level civilization is qualified to allow a great mechanic like him to remain anonymous." Ulrich felt a little thorny. His decision not to delve into this man's background was indeed the right one. A student was being coveted by Ethlan and Torch.

He himself had no idea what kind of trouble he had gotten himself into, which made him even more worried.

Why do I feel like keeping this person in my hands will do more good than harm?

But that [Matter Recombination Fabricator]...

Seeing Ulrich's expression, Jessiah couldn't help but laugh, "The troubles caused by him going into exile are not something you can solve."

"Besides, let's not talk about the long-term future. Right now, his students are coveted by the Torch Organization, and he himself is a great mechanic. Add these two together, and I feel that the Torch Organization will not give up."

Ulrich glanced at Jessiah coldly.

……

In the small room, there was only the sound of various instruments running. Monroe's body lay quietly in the glass cabin. He had spent decades like this.

"I hope this kid Saber will keep his promise when he comes back." Monroe sighed. This guy listened to him in everything except asking him to die.

He had no hope in any great mechanic at all. That was the nano curse of the Xingyuan Empire. How could any great mechanic repair it?
He agreed to Saber just to stop this guy from wanting to live.

"pity…"

Buzz--
A crack opened in the wall, and Saber returned with an indescribable complex emotion on his face. He shouted in a high-pitched and excited voice: "Lord Star King!"

Monroe's voice sounded, "I told you, the great mechanic is useless and can't fix it. This time, you can let me die."

However, Saber shook his head eagerly, "No, no, Lord Star King, he can fix it, he can fix it!"

"What!?" Monroe's voice suddenly rose and became distorted because of the broken sound of the speaker.

"Impossible!" Monroe said firmly: "You have been deceived, or you are deceiving me."

Saber didn't explain. While he was talking, he had already opened the box in his hand and took out the robotic arm.

Monroe's voice stopped abruptly, and then bubbles continued to be released from the glass chamber. The mechanical remains trembled slightly, and electric sparks continued to burst out.

"How is this possible!" The hoarse voice was filled with unspeakable shock, "Is it really getting better?"

That is a nano curse, specially created to kill mechanically modified bodies. It was designed and manufactured by several great mechanics over several decades.

An ordinary master mechanic might not even be able to figure out its origin and operating principle.

But he did notice that the arm was getting better.

"Put it back, put it back for me." he said impatiently.

Sabre was already moving, putting the robotic arm back in place, and after the structure was fitted, the finger at the end even twitched.

"It's really getting better." Monroe was incredulous, and then he said firmly: "This is definitely not something an ordinary mechanic can do."

"A mechanic like this actually came to the Land of the Stars and worked under Ulrich?" Monroe murmured, but then laughed: "Ha, ha ha... Good, good, a way out, a way out!"

Saber was also excited, but he had experienced it once before, so he remained calm and said, "He seems to have guessed your existence."

"Normal." Monroe was very calm. "Destruction is much easier than repair. It's not surprising that he can handle the nano curse and guess my existence."

Sabo added: "He said that repairing your injury would be difficult for him as well and the cost would be beyond imagination and I can't afford it."

Monroe's tone calmed down. "Of course I understand. Not to mention you, I can't afford this price right now."

"But he doesn't need to completely repair it all at once, just let me move."

With hope in hand, Monroe said in a deep voice, "Saber, I need you to do something for me."

"You say." Saber said immediately.

"I have left some things in the Land of Stars. Go get them, and then use them as a reward to let the other party repair my energy core."

“But there may be risks…”

"I'm not afraid!" Saber agreed before Monroe finished speaking.

.........

Two days later, Cassis found Li Ming and brought a large amount of materials needed for repair, which restored his dried up metal energy to more than one million.

After seeing Cassis off, Li Ming rubbed his hands impatiently and came to the makeshift warehouse. A new batch of shoes had been delivered and almost filled the entire warehouse.

The assembly line ran day and night, and today, the number finally reached 100,000 pairs.

In fact, Li Ming has already absorbed a batch, and it is not good to accumulate too many, otherwise it will easily go wrong.

He first mastered one thing as a foundation, and then used objects of the same specifications to upgrade, F, E, D, C... step by step.

At the beginning, Li Ming was very excited, but before he reached C level, he became numb, and his movements were completely mechanical, repeating over and over again...

After reaching rank C, he used the mother ore he had obtained previously to strengthen it, and then continued to stack it up.

The process may be boring, and later he even ran the theory of evolution while doing the superposition.

After more than ten hours, his pair of B-grade shoes were finally completed. From the original simple and shapeless slippers, they have been transformed into silver-white metal boots with clear edges and corners that cover the ankles.

[Super Magnetic Electric Explosive Propulsion Shoes - Grade B: Based on the basic shoes, after many upgrades, it has been completely changed.

...

Control effect: Speed ​​blessing - 400%
Control ability - Super compression burst: Gain 800% speed and gain the "Wind Shadow" ability. 】

It is very good in all aspects, due to the enhancement of the mother ore, it also has the [Wind Shadow] ability.

With this pair of shoes, the overall speed is increased to a terrifying twenty-two times, a tenfold increase compared to before, reaching a new level.

Li Ming tried it, he moved his feet slightly, and he rushed out as if he was equipped with a booster engine. He felt that the air in front of him caused great hindrance to him.

With a little force, there was a bang, and an air ring burst out around the body, easily breaking the sonic boom.

Green air currents swirled around his body, and he almost flew up into the sky, leaving behind phantoms. This was the "wind shadow", which increased his speed while leaving behind interfering phantoms.

At his current speed, even a B-level life form that specializes in speed would find it difficult to catch up with him.

Yalu ran out in a hurry, and the guards in charge of guarding had to gather urgently to check whether any accident had occurred.

Li Ming said a few perfunctory words and let them go. He thought again: "It is definitely feasible to manufacture it by ourselves and then upgrade it. We don't need to look for those rare materials. The cost performance is very high. The only problem is the manufacturing efficiency."

"But the collector seems reluctant to give us the ten small assembly lines I requested last time. When will we be able to produce an A-level control object?"

(End of this chapter)