This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 199 [Gun Master], I'm going to be locked up in the small dark room
I walked around the small dark room and chatted with Rob for a while, which took most of the day, and his room was almost cleaned up.

The place that Huo Tan brought him to was quite large and had everything it needed, including surveillance equipment of course.

【Intelligent Assistance】Scan.

Huo--It's in every corner, all-round, with no blind spots.

Li Ming didn't care. After sending Huo Tan away, he put his hands into his arms, immediately took control of the [Guns and Cannons Badge], and then consumed it.

On the control page, the profession [Gunsmith] trembled, and a layer of flame-like light emerged. The words in it flickered, and finally froze into - [Gun Master]

[Gun Master: A master of gunpowder and energy weapons, with the abilities of [Heart of the Gun] and [Strategic Support].

[Heart of the Gun: Can synchronize its own blessing to the bullet and control its trajectory. 】

[Strategic Support: Special control objects can be deployed in advance to provide support at critical moments without occupying the main control column.]

[Heart of the Gun] is a comprehensive and enhanced version of the original ability. The once-a-day limit of [Bullet Sacrifice] is directly eliminated, and ammunition can be used directly, but this thing consumes a lot of physical strength.

However, this [Strategic Support] surprised him and instantly reminded him of the ship-level main gun.

So this is how it is used. I can use the [Strategic Support] ability to charge the main gun in advance and then attack the target without occupying the main control bar.

Li Ming pondered, and various images instantly appeared in his mind. Career advancement would always bring quite unique abilities.

This [Strategic Support] is also very good. Originally, he had no idea about the main gun because it looked too bulky and not unusual, but now it is completely different.

The power should be quite strong. If there are eight or nine of them firing at the same time, even an A-level life form would not be able to withstand it.

Tsk... Although the professional abilities seem varied, they are essentially all related to the controlled objects. The power of the controlled objects is related to his own strength. Everything is closely related.

There are about two million metal energies left. Elemental energy bursts out of Li Ming's body. He continues to develop gene seeds, and multiple theories of evolution work together. The outside world cannot see it, so it doesn't matter if he is monitored.

In his heart, he couldn't help but think of Theo. This A-level life form definitely didn't attack him because of the Casablanca Flower.

The search for Serrad has not stopped, but has become more urgent, and bloody conflicts have occurred frequently in the Land of the Stars.

I heard from Hotan before that Theo even suspected that Serad had escaped to the territories of the other two A-level life forms, or had left the Land of Stars.

He and Theo have no connection, so if he really wanted to take action, there was no need to wait until now. Something must have happened that caused this A-level life form to have ideas about him.

Itralan civilization? No, judging from Ford's performance, they obviously had no contact with Theo.

Judge? That's even more wrong. Kai is the target. He is no longer by my side. There is no point in attacking me.

Torch? Li Ming frowned slightly. They really need me. Moreover, many of the great mechanics who were invited to go must be protected by at least A-level life forms before they dare to touch the torch.

Jesseia himself is an A-level mechanically modified body, and their headquarters are all high-level life forms. The leader cannot act easily, so he can only seek external means.

They made a deal with Theo?

Li Ming thought about it and decided that from the information he had at hand, only the Torch Organization had this possibility.

He tended to believe that his guess was correct. Although he created an appearance of being mysterious, he knew that he had never offended anyone.

If it was a torch, then Theo would not have harmed his own life.

Li Ming relaxed a lot. At present, none of the forces that had designs on him wanted to kill him. This was also the main reason why he was not so anxious.

If an A-level life form really popped out and was determined to kill him, he would just run away without saying a word.

"This master mechanic's identity is really useful." Li Ming secretly sighed, but was a little uncertain: "And I am now under Ulrich's nose, I wonder if Theo will still take action..."

……

Two days later, Saber landed on the floating island, carefully holding the metal box in his arms.

However, this time no familiar guards came to stop him. He looked around on the floating island and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. He walked quickly towards the center with an anxious look, muttering: "Don't, don't..."

However, things still went in the direction he least wanted to see.

The door of the studio was open, and it was empty inside. Apart from the wreckage on both sides and the mechanical bodies on standby, there was no sign of any living creature.

Saber staggered back, looking dazed. Lord Qinglong had left?
No, he wouldn't leave without saying goodbye, it must be intentional. He turned around and looked at the huge "Collector's Cabinet" with his teeth clenched.

Buzz - the metal door opened, and Monroe couldn't help but say, "It seems to be a little faster today, less than half a day."

Saber smiled bitterly, "Lord Star King, His Excellency Qinglong has been taken to the castle by the Collector."

"What?" Monroe asked in a hurried tone, "Why was he taken away so suddenly?"

Saber shook his head and said helplessly: "I don't know either. I just know that he was taken away by the collector. I don't know what happened. I don't dare to go to the castle to look for him."

He lamented in his heart, the hope of Lord Star King's recovery was just around the corner, but... but...

Helplessness and bitterness turned into flames of hatred, "Ulrich, he... is too much."

"It's troublesome..." Monroe's tone became more serious, "Ulrich must have asked him to repair that thing. Once it's repaired, there's no way he can survive."

"I have to save him."

On the electronic screen, various data soared.

"No... No, in your current state, it's difficult for you to move, let alone save people." Saber hurriedly dissuaded.

Monroe was extremely anxious. This was his hope of rebirth from the ashes. How could he not be anxious?

Suddenly, he said, "Well, you spread a message in the Land of Stars, saying that the [Matter Reorganization Device] is in Ulrich's possession."

"If everyone knows about it, he might have a chance to survive."

Saber didn't know what that thing was, but he knew it must be something extremely important. He was a little hesitant because Lord Monroe was very irrational now.

At this moment, a shrill warning sounded from the screen on one side. The lobby on the first floor was very noisy. A scarred interstellar predator, looking panicked, shouted that he was looking for him.

The staff in the store couldn't stop him at all and was about to rush in.

Saber became increasingly anxious, but he still soothed her: "Lord Star King, please wait a moment, I will go down and deal with it."

After leaving the house, Saber hurried downstairs, his heart full of resentment and anger, and he shouted, "Who dares to cause trouble here? Are you tired of living?!"

The hall was silent. Only the scarred plunderer looked anxious, with a mixture of fear and panic. "Quick, find a secret place. I have an urgent matter, an urgent matter!" Saber's face was grim. "Urgent matter, how urgent? The man under your mother's bed has severely injured your father. Now he's waiting for me to rescue him?"

Even at this moment, the scarred man was still stunned, his face flushed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll say it again, I have an urgent matter, it's about... upstairs!"

Saber's pupils contracted and he subconsciously felt murderous intent, but then he suddenly remembered something and dragged him into the small operating room.

Before he could speak, she said in a deep voice, "There is no surveillance equipment here. What do you know?"

The scarred man said hurriedly: "Someone asked me to tell you to rest assured that he will be fine. Don't make any abrupt movements. Just wait."

Saber's heart trembled, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. He finally let go of his worries and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I was too anxious just now, so what I said was too..."

boom!
Before he could finish his words, he stood there in a daze, only to see the scarred man's head suddenly explode like a watermelon, with red and white stuff splattering all over his face.

thump!
The body fell, but Saber still didn't react. He looked around in horror, and only moved with difficulty after a long time.

He called a few apprentices in and carried the headless corpse out. The many interstellar predators who were waiting to watch the fun looked at each other in bewilderment.

Saber struggled to climb up to the second floor and entered the room. He heaved a sigh of relief and couldn't help but say, "Lord Star King, His Excellency Qinglong..."

"He's fine," Monroe interrupted, seeming to calm down.

"How do you know?" Saber was stunned.

Monroe's voice became much calmer. "From your expression, I can guess that the plunderer must have been sent by him."

"Yes... He said that everything is fine and told us to rest assured and not to act rashly." Saber explained, and then couldn't help but say, "It's just that the plunderer died in a very strange way. His head exploded. I checked and there were no bomb fragments or other things inside."

"Besides, how did Lord Qinglong guarantee that he would be willing to pass on the message honestly..."

"Dead? Didn't find the reason?" Monroe was silent, and then said slowly: "He seems to be more powerful than I thought. Ulrich, you let the wolf into the house."

In Ulrich's castle, by the window of a room somewhere, Li Ming put down his wine glass and smiled slightly.

The upgraded [Telepathy] is enough to cover Saber's shop. Just threaten a few low-level predators and show the power of the explosion, and they will be obedient.

If he directly sent the message to Saber, he might associate it with something, so Li Ming was more used to keeping it secret.

A few hours later, Huotan took him to see Ulrich, who got straight to the point, "The laboratory for the restoration has been almost completed. Come with me to take a look."

Li Ming also became interested, "I was thinking the same thing."

Ulrich led the way, and Li Ming asked, "Where is the laboratory? On the fifth floor?"

"Ha..." Ulrich shook his head, "How can that place be worthy of your status?"

What you said... Li Ming shook his head secretly and followed Ulrich, his eyes gradually becoming filled with surprise.

Because he remembered this road, it was clearly the road to the underground vault.

It can't be in the underground vault, right? Li Ming was getting more and more excited. What's the difference between this and throwing a mouse into a rice mill?
Don’t even mention there are surveillance cameras. Even if you install surveillance cameras in all 360 degrees without blind spots, I still have a way to deal with it.

Unfortunately, Ulrich was not so crazy that the hidden elevator did not reach the deepest point, but stopped on the upper floor of the underground vault.

The elevator door opened to reveal a metal corridor with a sleek black door at the end.

It really was modified from the safe... Rob guessed right.

Ulrich introduced: "Cold nuclear black gold, a special alloy that can only be created under high-energy nuclear reactions, is enough to withstand the attacks of A-level life forms."

"The entire vault is made of this alloy."

Li Ming exclaimed: "What a generous move, what a generous move."

This amount of metal energy is just here, waiting for me to absorb it.

Ulrich smiled. After going through layers of verification and opening the door, a not very spacious room appeared in front of him. In the middle was a metal table filled with various instruments.

"Over-the-horizon optical cutter" Ulrich pointed to a device on the table: "The precision reaches the nanometer level..."

In the center is a silver-white workbench with a circular base, with dozens of multifunctional mechanical manufacturing arms extending from both sides.

"... "

The instruments in this room are all extremely precious. Not only are they using extremely high-end technology, but the materials used are also very good.

And what is placed on the silver-white workbench is the [Matter Reorganization Machine].

Buzz--
Ulrich opened the anti-gravity storage cabinet on one side. The black restraints pulled at pieces of white alloy material, only a few in total.

"Korvana Alloy - the glory that never gets damaged. It is extremely precious and only a handful of civilizations have the technology to synthesize it." Ulrich's eyes flashed with pain. Obviously, the price should be very high.

"There is still a batch of secondary materials on the way, so it may take some time."

Li Ming stroked the smooth alloy table. Ulrich's preparations were really comprehensive.

"When can you start working?" Ulrich restrained his expression and asked.

"Any time is fine." Li Ming said immediately.

Ulrich nodded and said solemnly: "I have one request. Once you start working, you are not allowed to leave here. I will send someone to deliver everything you need."

Li Ming pondered for a moment. The current situation was pretty much what he had expected.

But the backup plan is ready. Rob and the others have been preparing for a long time, so nothing should go wrong. I just need to wait and take advantage of the situation.

He wasn't really repairing things for Ulrich, and he glanced at Ulrich, whose face was gloomy, and it was obvious that there was no room for negotiation on this matter.

If people come and go at will, there will be accidents, which Ulrich will never tolerate.

"No problem." He nodded without making things difficult. By now, there were some things that the two of them already understood tacitly.

Ulrich had a blank expression on his face. Qinglong was definitely not as simple as he looked, especially since he had taken the initiative to move to the castle. Perhaps he really came for the [Matter Reorganization Maker].

The other party is not stupid. How could they not think of the situation they might face after the repair? But they never mentioned it, and until now, they still haven't put forward any conditions.

When the [Matter Reorganization Device] is repaired, perhaps that will be the time when the real purpose will be revealed, but this is his home ground after all, and he will prepare everything.

(End of this chapter)