This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 187 The Regretful Collector and the Judge

"The Torch Organization seems to have some plans for you." Ulrich looked serious.

There were only two of them in the room. Li Ming thought for a moment and decided to remain silent.

Ulrich maintained a certain tacit understanding with him and never asked about his background, but this tacit understanding seemed to be broken.

"Li Ming, is he your student?" Ulrich asked.

It's become a common consensus now, right?

Li Ming was speechless and frowned slightly, "Are you also interested in him?"

"No, it's the Torch Organization that's interested in him. You should know the details. You're the only one who can get in touch with him now." Ulrich shook his head, his voice becoming more serious: "I've almost prepared the materials to repair the [Matter Reorganization Maker]."

"I don't want anything to go wrong at this critical juncture."

"so…"

Ulrich exuded a bit of pressure. "At this critical moment, I suggest you hand over Li Ming to the Torch Organization to prevent them from making an unwise choice."

I hand myself over?

Li Ming's face suddenly darkened, and he said coldly without any fear: "Sir Ulrich, the Torch Organization is just a third-rate organization hanging around in the star cluster."

"He is not the first trouble I have encountered, nor is he the biggest trouble, and he will not be the last trouble!"

"You want me to give in just because of this little trouble. Your Excellency the Collector, you look down on me too much. There is no need to say such things again."

Ulrich's face was expressionless, but the aura around him became heavier.

Li Ming looked at the other party quietly. Even though he was very sure that the other party would not take action, he was already extremely alert.

Sure enough, after a moment, the aura on Ulrich suddenly disappeared, and he laughed instead, "Your Excellency, there is no need to be so angry. I was just making a suggestion. Since you don't want to, forget it."

"The Torch Organization is really nothing."

Having said that, Ulrich felt a little unsure, as the other party didn't seem to be afraid of him at all.

After all, he is an A-level life form. Is the other party bluffing?
If an ordinary B-level life form dared to treat him with this attitude, he would naturally be taught a lesson.

But this man is a great mechanic, and you can't be sure what tricks he has.

Now, he doesn't want to break up with the other party.

Ulrich felt more and more troubled. He was indeed very excited when he first met this person, but now that he knew more and more, he felt a little regretful.

But he was reluctant to let go, so he held himself back.

Li Ming's expression also eased, "When can we start repairing the [Matter Reorganization Fabricator]?"

Ulrich explained, "The materials are almost ready, and the laboratory is being set up. This floating island is too simple, so we can go to the laboratory in my castle to repair it."

"During this period, it's best not to come out."

His eyes were fixed on the other person, and he could have easily not said the last word, which had the implication of house arrest.

But the other party's attitude just now made him very uncomfortable, and he wanted to see if the other party still respected him.

"This is better, it's safer." Li Ming didn't think about it for too long. It was just as he expected. Ulrich would never let him take such a precious thing out casually.

Seeing that Li Ming agreed, Ulrich's expression relaxed slightly. After they exchanged a few perfunctory words, the collector left the floating island.

"He's a little anxious..." Li Ming felt Ulrich's attitude change.

At first, Ulrich seemed confident in his ability to control him, but in recent times he has been making various attempts.

Perhaps it was some kind of speculation in his mind that made him feel uneasy.

“I wonder if the Star King can kill this guy if he moves a little.” Li Ming’s eyes flashed.

The Land of Stars has been quite unstable recently, with the Nighteyes Mercenary Group causing chaos everywhere. Most of the interstellar villains have bad tempers, and many conflicts have broken out among them.

But these interstellar villains had no one to back them up, so their deaths would have been in vain, but there was still no trace of that hidden star thief.

And so, a few more days passed.

On this day, Li Ming, who was developing genetic seeds, was interrupted by a group of unexpected guests.

In front of the open space in the center of the floating island, he looked at the group of people in front of him. They were wearing light gold armor, lined up in neat rows, and had obviously received military training.

The most eye-catching thing is the golden vertical pupil on everyone's face. The guards surrounding them didn't even dare to look at their vertical pupils.

The golden-eyed people were from the Judge civilization. The leader was thin, and even his golden vertical pupil looked longer than that of the others.

Li Ming's gaze swept across each of their faces, finally landing on a figure at the end of the team, and a faint smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

In the field of vision of [Intelligent Assistance], the skin of this person was strangely distorted, but even so, it was difficult for him to see the true face behind the other person.

It is an extremely advanced mimicry camouflage, and it is not a simple mimicry mask.

"Interesting..." Li Ming had already guessed the other party's identity. It should be the so-called hidden star thief - Sera. He didn't expect that the other party had hidden in the judge's team.

This is indeed an excellent choice. As an advanced civilization, the Judges are naturally not afraid of the Land of Stars.

Serrad's eyes flickered. For some reason, he always felt that the great mechanic named Qinglong seemed to keep his eyes on him for a few extra seconds.

He had a bad feeling in his heart. This was the quantum light and shadow lizard's unique perception of the environment, which had saved his life many times.

However, due to being hunted by A-level life forms in recent times, this perception has occurred frequently, and he is not sure whether it is because of the other party.

“Even A-level life forms can’t see through my disguise, so how could he, a B-level life form, possibly see through it?” Serad comforted himself.

All of his gene seeds focus on speed and camouflage. Even for a Class A life form, seeing through his camouflage requires extremely special enhanced eye gene abilities.

However, such gene seeds would greatly weaken combat power, and almost no A-level life forms would choose auxiliary gene seeds, after all, there are plenty of detection equipment.

"I am Mogaro from the Judge Civilization." The golden-eyed man in the lead said in a deep voice, "Master Mechanic Qinglong, you should know our purpose. Please hand over the exile, Kai, to us, and you will gain the friendship of the Judge."

He spoke very impolitely, with the arrogance unique to advanced civilizations.

Li Ming was very familiar with this tone. Ford, Isius, and Duke Bai Ye all had this tone when they met him for the first time.

Ya Luo stood behind Li Ming and snorted coldly, "What gives you the courage to talk to a great mechanic like this?"

"The Judge has already shown enough respect to an exiled great mechanic." Mogaro said in a deep voice. Yaluo's face changed and he was about to yell at him, but was stopped by Li Ming who waved his hand.

"The Interstellar Alliance also sent people to take him away. They offered a price of 3 billion star coins, but I didn't agree." Li Ming said leisurely, "What about you?"

Mogaro's pupils narrowed slightly, "Our price is that we will not actively spread news about you." Yaluo was a little confused when he heard this.

Li Ming grinned, as if everyone thought he was a great mechanic who had gotten into big trouble and had to go into exile.

He also thought about where this speculation came from. Isn't there a possibility that he came here to enjoy the scenery?
Later he figured it out and realized that the problem was with Li Ming.

If he was really that good, why would he have to sneak around to get in touch with a good seed with level 16 development potential? Wouldn't he have just taken it away directly?

Mogaro frowned. "Right now your news is only circulating among a few concerned civilizations, and has not yet spread on a large scale."

"If you hand Kai over to us, we won't actively spread it."

Li Ming sighed, "It seems that we can't reach an agreement."

"Mogaro?"

At this moment, Kai, who had noticed the noise, had arrived here and couldn't help but shout in surprise.

"Kai?" Mogaro's expression paused for a moment, and then became a little complicated, but he still acted without hesitation. A thick golden flame burned all over his body, and he rushed towards Kai like a meteor.

The parts of some unknown type of heavy armor on his body began to move, and the structure became more complicated, as if it had entered combat mode.

Li Ming's eyes were slightly cold, and fierce arcs of electricity burst out from his body, like thunder whips, lashing the air and leaving a trace of burnt smell.

The two men collided, and a shock wave burst out in front of Yu Kaiyi. The huge force hit Mogaro, who was pushed back quickly, and his legs dug a deep groove in the ground.

"Not as good as Duke Bai Ye, and about the same as Atom." He made a judgment on Mogaro's strength the moment they fought.

Even without using the second-stage mecha state, he can now clash with this level.

The Inquisitor's team shouted loudly and immediately went into combat mode, but Mogaro suddenly waved his hand, signaling them to stop.

"Do you really want to protect him?" Mogaro asked coldly.

"I'm not the one who wants to protect you, it's you who want to get it for free." Li Ming shook his head.

Mogaro looked at Kai and said, "Kai, the president is waiting for you to come home."

Kai sneered, his tone full of hatred, "Go home? Go back and let him kill me? Maybe die on the way back?"

Mogaro pursed his lips slightly, but did not respond. He then looked at Li Ming and said in a deep voice: "The Land of Stars is not a safe place. I hope you will protect him well."

Li Ming raised his eyebrows. Does this seem like a threat?

After that, Mogaro led his men away. Yaluo stared at their backs and couldn't help but ask, "They are so arrogant. They just start fighting as soon as they say so?"

"If you work for the ruler of an advanced civilization, you will be more arrogant than them." Li Ming said indifferently.

But... he glanced at the huge "Collector's Cabinet".

Ulrich didn't react this time. It was probably because there were too many troubles around Qinglong, Li Ming, Kai, and himself...

Even if it is an A-level life form, he may not be able to withstand it, so he will throw away as many as he can.

Ya Luo was slightly stunned, and then he put himself in the situation for a while, and then nodded in agreement, "Indeed."

Kai lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking about.

……

"Captain, this big mechanic seems unwilling to cooperate."

The group boarded the aircraft. Hearing this, Mogaro looked calm, "It's as expected. I've caused huge troubles before, so why would I be afraid of these small troubles?"

"It's okay if he's not afraid. It's OK as long as Ulrich is afraid. Since this collector didn't stop us, it means he doesn't want to get involved."

Mogaro's eyes flashed with a sharp light: "Prepare for a surprise attack. As long as we don't hurt this great mechanic, Ulrich will turn a blind eye."

His attitude was for the collector to see. They had four B-level life forms, so there would be no problem in raiding and taking Kai away.

They have already found out that the collector is interested in this great mechanic.

"Aren't we going to retreat?" A discordant voice came from the end of the team.

Mogaro frowned, "How can we retreat when the mission is not yet completed?"

The one who spoke was Serad, who was disguised as a man with golden pupils. He said tactfully, "It's too dangerous for us to raid. Why don't we send an A-level life form?"

Mogaro stopped, turned around suddenly, and said in a cold tone: "You just need to obey orders."

Serrad smiled awkwardly to show that he understood, and the teammates around him looked at him with some confusion.

Mogaro snorted coldly, then continued to rush towards the spaceship.

Along the way, they attracted a lot of attention, and the interstellar villains pointed and talked. People with golden pupils rarely appeared in the land of stars.

Mogaro didn't care, until he arrived at the dock, his expression changed slightly.

They saw that the spaceship they were on had been surrounded by a group of fully armed mercenaries, and the guards left behind were in a standoff with them, with swords drawn.

"What's going on?" Mogaro forcefully pushed aside the onlookers and stared at the leader of the mercenaries, who was the bearded Lelian.

"The Nighteye Mercenaries have already notified Mr. Collector that all spaceships traveling to and from the trading island must be inspected." Lelian said in a deep voice.

"Impossible." Mogaro said in a very tough tone: "We belong to the Judge Civilization. If it is a joint investigation notice issued by other civilizations, we will accept it, but we can't abide by your rules here."

Lelian's face suddenly changed. The mercenaries behind him were ready to move. Many of the interstellar villains who were watching had already whistled, and various languages ​​were translated into words such as "kill" and "fuck" through the translator.

"This is the land of stars!" Leilian was a little embarrassed, "Can you guys represent the Judge Civilization?"

"Of course!" Mogaro's golden eyes shone brightly. "If you dare to harm any Inquisitor soldier, or search our spaceship without permission, it will be regarded as declaring war!"

Tsk... this is an advanced civilization, Serad sighed secretly. Thanks to the timely arrival of this group of golden-eyed people, otherwise they might not be able to leave here.

Lelian could see that the other party was not bluffing and was truly not afraid.

Damn advanced civilization.

"Hmph!" Lelian's face turned pale, but he could only stop here and turn away.

There was a sudden booing behind him. Mogaro was not surprised. He boarded the spaceship with his people. After the hatch was closed, he whispered an order:
"Go find out what's going on, to see if they are deliberately targeting us, or if something really happened."

"Yes." The men obeyed the order and left. Serrad was in the corner, his pupils somewhat unfocused.

(End of this chapter)