This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 197: Collector's Mechanic's Black Room Ship-level Main Gun [Gun Badge]

"Master Mechanic?" Brown gasped, his green ears fluttering as he became even more flattering: "So it's the Master Mechanic..."

Then, Brown turned around and his voice suddenly became extremely loud. "Listen up, you lazy bastards. The person standing in front of you is a great mechanic. Pay attention and show your best skills."

The corner of Huotan's mouth twitched, and he glanced cautiously at the great mechanic beside him, fearing that he might think of something. Fortunately, the other person had no expression on his face, but instead looked very interested.

The noise at the scene became more and more intense, and a large number of people were looking at them at the same time. There were people of all races, and most of them looked very tired, obviously being treated as hard labor. There were quite a few of them, at least thirty or forty.

No wonder there are so few mechanics in the Land of Stars. Ulrich hid them all here.

"What is that?" Li Ming's eyes lit up slightly, and he walked quickly in a certain direction. This was a huge gun barrel nearly 100 meters long. It was silver all over, surrounded by energy restraint devices every ten meters, and at the end was a huge energy generator.

"This is the gun barrel of a Seyather-class battleship from the Tris civilization..." The mechanic standing nearby responded hastily. Repairing this thing seemed rather complicated, and there were five or six mechanics around.

Li Ming stroked it with his palm.

[Particle Confinement Naval Gun--Special Type: Dismantle the gun barrel of the autonomous ship, requiring a large amount of energy to fire (Note: cannot be upgraded)

Control conditions: 3 million metal energy
Control effect: Super-specification energy storage
Control ability - bombing: materialize the naval gun and bombard a target somewhere (note: energy needs to be stored in advance)]

Can you control something this big?
Li Ming was a little surprised, but there was no rating, and the effects and abilities were also very strange, so he didn't know the effects without control.

But the ability is actually materialization, it would be better to just materialize it directly, it doesn't seem like normal control of objects.

And it cannot be upgraded, never seen before.

A lot of metal energy was consumed in the main ship-class heavy artillery. Li Ming was thoughtful and a little curious.

He became interested and decided to have a good look around here to see if he could find anything good.

He can't touch the big treasure house underground, so this is just a small treasure house.

Seeing Li Ming's excited look, Huo Tan was not surprised, because all mechanics were like this.

As long as the other party doesn't cause trouble, the authority Ulrich gives him is still very high.

[Gravity Battle Axe--Class C]

"This was sold to the master not long ago by a Sost merchant who came to the Land of Stars to buy and sell goods. It seems to be some kind of decoration." Hotan took a look at the restoration information and marked the broken mechanical heavy axe.

The eyesight of this great Qinglong mechanic is pretty good. Anything he keeps must be a good thing.

But then, he saw Li Ming pick up another item and look at it carefully. Huo Tan frowned slightly. Most of the items that could be sent here for repair had been examined by several appraisers under the collector.

None of them were good stuff, so why did the great mechanic pick up two and examine them carefully right away?

Although it was strange, he still took note of it secretly. Until a few minutes later, Hotan was completely confused.

Because this great mechanic picked up almost every item on the workbench and examined it carefully.

The only difference is the length of viewing time, but the tiny time difference is difficult to see.

How cautious he is! Hotan shook his head secretly, feeling quite helpless. He had originally wanted to borrow the eyes of this great mechanic to see if he could find some leaks.

As a result, the opponent was on guard against him from the beginning. Otherwise, with his level, would he have to pick up each one and take a closer look?
"Fried rice tastes even better..." Li Ming looked at the half-broken unknown spatula in his hand with a strange look in his eyes. The front end of the spatula was gone, leaving only the spatula body.

After putting it down, he kindly reminded me, "Don't fix it, it's just a spatula."

The dwarf mechanic who was busy looking up information suddenly became numb.

After putting the thing down, he walked to the next workbench. Since relevant information would only be displayed after touching it, it seemed that he was looking at each one carefully.

The vast majority of them were C-level items, with only a few being B-level, and anything higher than that was out of the control of these mechanics.

Even so, there are still many things that cannot be repaired.

"Hmm..." Li Ming paused and stopped at a workbench, where a skinny, multi-limbed Zerg creature was repairing a palm-sized badge.

[Gun Badge--Consumable: From a deceased gun master.

Control conditions: One million metal energy
Control ability - firearms training: improve firearms professions. 】

Huo Tan, who was following behind him, introduced, "This is what the master pulled out from the Red River Star Stream last time. It seems to be the emblem of a certain civilization."

He basically didn't talk about items whose origins were clearly written, and as for those that weren't written, he didn't care whether the great mechanic could figure it out or not, he just introduced what needed to be introduced.

Li Ming's mind moved slightly. This thing was very good. It could be used to improve his career as a gunsmith.

His eyes moved slightly, and he said, "This thing is very pleasing to my eyes. It belongs to me."

Huo Tan frowned slightly and subconsciously wanted to refuse. Anything he liked must be a good thing.

But a direct refusal might not be a good idea, as it would cause a dispute and be difficult to handle.

But he turned his head slightly and gave a look to Brown beside him. Brown was puzzled at first, then broke out in a cold sweat and shook his head slightly.

Huo Tan just smiled slightly, but his eyes seemed a little colder. Brown's throat rolled. Seeing that the great mechanic had already put the things in his arms, he could only bite the bullet and shout: "Qing... Your Excellency Qinglong."

"You...you can't take it."

"Oh?" Li Ming glanced down with an expressionless face. The thing had gone into his arms, and he wanted to take it out?

"why?"

"This..." Brown explained stiffly, "Of course the collector has strict orders. No one can take anything away from here without his permission."

"You should take it out."

"Brown!" Hotan shouted, "This is the guest of the collector. It's just a thing. Just take it away. Why make such a fuss?"

Brown was about to cry. "No, no, if you take it away, I won't be able to explain to the collector."

"Can't explain?" Li Ming's brows moved slightly.

"Yeah..." Brown stammered, "I... just can't explain..."

Idiot, Hotan cursed inwardly, and seeing Brown shrinking, he added: "If the things are lost, the collector will kill him, not only his life, but also the life of this mechanic."

Brown didn’t know much about Azure Dragon, but Hotan had come into contact with him many times, and he didn’t seem like a ruthless person, so he immediately involved several lives.

Brown seemed to have just woken up from his dream and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, please have pity on us."

Huo Tan was embarrassed. "The collector did give this order. After all, these things were obtained by the collector with great effort."

Li Ming looked at the two people who were singing the same tune and said calmly, "He can't explain himself, what does it have to do with me?"

Brown's face froze and he looked at Huotan for help.

Huo Tan paused, and just as he was about to speak, he heard someone say -
"How come I didn't know there is such a rule?" Li Ming turned his head, quite surprised. It was Cassis, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He hadn't seen her since she was brutally beaten by his mechanical guards last time.

He made some inquiries and found out that Cassis was indeed Ulrich's goddaughter. Saber had even seen her. She was a little girl who survived a ship of the Itlan caravan.

Cassis also respected Ulrich very much and never disobeyed his orders. In the last situation, it was obvious that she was instructed to do so.

He was not wearing any combat armor, but a purple robe covering his entire body, dotted with floral patterns, his expression remained cold, and his hair was loose.

Although he was dressed casually, he still exuded a murderous intent.

Standing next to her was a burly man, at least two meters tall. His suit was almost stretched out by his tense muscles, giving people an inexplicable feeling of restraint.

"Ms. Cassis." Huo Tan nodded slightly: "Sir Rob."

The burly man nodded and greeted Li Ming.

Li Ming had a vague impression of him. He had seen him at the banquet, but they didn't say much. He seemed to be Sandro's son? Or nephew?
Cassie seemed too lazy to argue. "Father has never given such an order. I don't know what you want to do, but it's better not to lie about this kind of thing."

She was not speaking for Qinglong, but she could not tolerate Ulrich being framed.

"This was an order not long ago." Huo Tan explained briefly, but then said: "Of course, this is also a small matter. I will explain it to the adults."

"Your Excellency Qinglong, please keep this thing."

Brown, who was terrified, visibly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the matter didn't get out of hand, otherwise he would have been the first one to be thrown out.

"My weapon..." Cassis looked at Brown, paused, and a vague look passed across Li Ming's face, as if she was a little ashamed, "...Is it repaired?"

Brown shuddered, "Of course, my dear Miss Cassis, please follow me."

Brown was extremely enthusiastic and took Cassis to a mechanic's workbench. He seemed to be one of the few mechanics who could handle Class B items.

Next to it was a purple mechanical whip, each section of the metal structure was as smooth as new, and clamped together.

Cassis' eyes lit up slightly and she pulled it away casually.

Snapped!
An extremely piercing and crisp sound exploded in the air, like a thunder, and faint sparks could be seen.

Several mechanics nearby couldn't help but cover their ears.

However, Cassis just frowned and swung it again. The metal joints bent inch by inch and then unfolded. The clicking sound was crisp and pleasant, like a poisonous snake dancing wildly.

"No, there's still something wrong." Cassis shook her head and put the whip back on the table, "You didn't fix it."

Brown's eyes bulged, and he turned around and cursed, "You bastard, how dare you lie to me and Miss Cassis? Do you want your teeth to be worn out and sold to the Happy House run by those pigs?"

The mechanic in charge of the repair, Dahan, was a human being. He was sweating profusely, his face was pale, and he almost fainted on the ground. He hurriedly explained: "I took apart every part, observed it carefully, and repaired it according to the drawings. It is definitely fixed!"

"They helped me confirm before I dared to finish the maintenance."

The mechanic pointed around, but no one dared to respond and everyone kept their heads down.

"You mean, Miss Cassis is lying?" Brown said sinisterly, his two eyeballs, which already occupied half of his head, almost protruding, looking very scary.

"No, no..." He explained hurriedly, but didn't know how to say it.

"Let me take a look..." Li Ming suddenly said, and everyone's eyes focused on him.

Brown couldn't help but say, "Sir, don't look at him with pity. This guy is not a good person. He used illegal drugs to transplant mechanical bodies into people before. I don't know how many people he killed."

"I said, show it to me." Li Ming said calmly.

Brown was frightened and didn't dare to speak. He quickly picked up the thing from the ground and handed it to Li Ming.

[Magnetic Whip--Rank B (Damaged)]

It is indeed damaged, but the degree is not serious. To control it still requires more than 700,000 metal energies. It should be just a matter of details.

Li Ming's eyes moved slightly, and he straightened the mechanical whip and observed carefully. The field of vision of [Intelligent Assistance] could cover almost every detail.

Then he pulled it casually, as if he was feeling it.

"There is a problem with the transmission of energy at the 73rd section. It should be that there is friction in the inner arm of the fourth ring of the anti-spiral clamp. The demagnetizing frosted coating is probably damaged." In less than a minute, he saw the problem and looked up and said:

"It causes the magnetic energy to get out of control, so when the force is transmitted to this section, deviations will occur."

After he finished speaking, he realized that everyone was looking at him strangely.

The mechanics nearby were even more horrified.

Is this the level of a great mechanic?

Someone said with difficulty: "I...the professors in our college can't reach this level."

Li Ming handed over the mechanical whip. After Brown took it, he scolded the mechanic to repair it.

The mechanic quickly dismantled the designated part, looked closely with an optical magnifying glass, and then took a deep breath: "Really, really..."

He focused on repairing the damaged parts, and this place was not originally a damaged part, so he didn't care about it.

There was only a scratch the size of a hair, but he used an optical eyepiece and it took him a long time to find it. Can he find the problem with just a slight pull?

It was such a small problem and it was very easy to fix. After it was reassembled, it fell into Cassis's hands again. This time, the movement was smooth and silky, and those slight strange feelings completely disappeared.

"Thank you, Lord Qinglong." Cassis hesitated for a moment and said expressionlessly.

Rob couldn't help but admire, "It's amazing! Even though they are all great mechanics, your level is far superior to theirs."

Li Ming smiled and said nothing, then asked Huo Tan, "Can I take one more thing?"

The corner of Huo Tan's mouth twitched, and he knew it.

……

On the other side, Theo looked indifferent. After saying goodbye to Ulrich, he walked down the stairs.

"Sir Gray Eyes..." On the way, the castle staff greeted him with awe.

He returned to his room, took out a palm-sized metal device from his arms, placed it on the table, and the structure unfolded, revealing a bright blue mesh cover.

Then I turned on the smart terminal, and after a long period of silence, someone responded.
"Mr. Gray Eye, our people are on floating island 213, platform 42, just hand them over..."

Theo was silent for a long time, "No one was caught."

(End of this chapter)