This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 220: Victory in hand? Space ability user

Li Ming was a little surprised when he heard this. He stared at the young man's face, not knowing whether it was a camouflage mask.

He did not have the kind of noble yet restrained arrogance that he had when he first met Ford and Isius.

It seemed as if he was just narrating this passage very calmly.

"As expected of you, you are from the Xingyuan Empire." Li Ming praised, "Are you a member of the royal family?"

Although the Xingyuan Empire is called an empire, in fact, its own system has become extremely special after countless years of development.

It is a somewhat distorted parliamentary system, divided into two houses, the Upper and Lower Houses, with two speakers having equal powers.

In addition, the royal family has experienced several internal coups and its status is no longer as high as before. The three parties jointly control this huge interstellar empire.

Li Ming wanted to find out the other party's background in order to prepare for subsequent responses.

"Whether it is or not has nothing to do with you." Gabriel said lightly.

"Even if you are not a member of the royal family, looking at the aristocratic air you exude, you should belong to the royal system," Li Ming said to himself.

Neither of them responded to the other's question. Gabriel frowned slightly, "Do you think anyone can save you?"

Gabriel seemed to think that Li Ming did not understand the current situation. "I can tell you that the closed space position on your body can isolate all traces, including the information state. Even if your teacher is close at hand, he will not be able to find any trace of you."

"Tsk, it really is worthy of being the Xingyuan Empire." Li Ming exclaimed again.

Gabriel shook his head. "Twenty-seven days after Isius' death, I arrived at the Blue Star Civilization and investigated the incident in detail from beginning to end."

"I know the details of everyone present, including you."

"Silver-Gray Star, a speck of dust in the interstellar space." Gabriel's voice was low, as if he was sighing: "You may be the most powerful person born on this planet in countless years."

"You are actually very powerful, or rather Qinglong is very powerful, but your relationship with him should not be that close, otherwise you wouldn't need to get in touch with Wu Yanqing."

Gabriel's tone was full of certainty: "He should have asked you to go. Wu Yanqing is involved with Asmara, and Asmara knows about the Ascendant Ruins. It's a big game."

Li Ming's eyes were strange. Was this guy also imagining things?

However, it does sound serious and can even form a logical loop.

Gabriel's eyes fell on Li Ming again: "I'll give you a chance. Stay with me. What the great mechanic can give you, I can also give you. How about it?"

“Uh…” Li Ming’s expression became more and more strange. When intimidation failed, he had to resort to bribery?
That's not right... Li Ming thought for a moment, "Don't you have any psychic around you? Don't you plan to look at my memory directly?"

"Because I admire you very much." Gabriel's answer was beyond Li Ming's expectations.

How do you feel? Where have you heard this sentence before?

"As you said, I can let a psychic check your memory. There is no need to lie to you. Your development potential is not low. You will definitely become an A-level life form. I can give you a bigger stage." Gabriel further said.

"I can give you ten minutes to think about it." Gabriel did not ask Li Ming to answer immediately. He glanced at the battlefield not far away, paused at Qinglong, turned around and walked away, saying:

"Send a message to Asmara. Her plan failed and she must be in a bad mood."

The people behind quickly caught up, and Li Ming in the center was suppressed and unable to resist.

On the battlefield, Li Mingzhen moved slightly and his attention was diverted. Tiago had been escorted back. For some reason, Sandro, who was on pins and needles, chose to escort him actively.

Ulrich frowned. "Sir Qinglong, since the person has been taken away, can you explain why Tiago came from the Bernest civilization to ambush you? And what about the deal he mentioned before, between you and Asmara?"

"Wait a moment." Li Ming waved his hand, his eyes casually glancing in the direction where the mimic projection was taken away.

The mimic projection has a distance limit from his original existence, which cannot exceed five kilometers at most. He needs to catch up as soon as possible.

However, before that, he had one more thing to do.

Ulrich was unhappy, but thinking of the battle just now, he suppressed his unhappiness and followed the other party to the warehouse at the dock port.

The warehouse was not located inside the port, but a little far away, so it was not destroyed by the aftermath of the battle.

At the same time, Li Ming was fortunate that the location of the warehouse was not much different from the direction the group of people left.

"Lord Ulrich, Lord Qing...Qinglong..." The warehouse manager had just returned from the battlefield. He was a bristle boar man with thick black hair on both sides of his cheeks. At this moment, his face was pale and his thick legs were shaking.

"I'm here to pick up some goods. I just left something here with you." Li Ming gave his name and order number. The warehouse manager checked it with fear, and then his face changed drastically, "Sir Qinglong, we didn't know it was you. You can store things here for free..."

"I'll return the money to you right away."

Ulrich behind him had a very unhappy expression on his face. The people under him were too spineless. What was wrong with their attitude being neither tough nor humble?
The owner of the trading island is still here. Is it worth it for Qinglong to do anything to you for this little money?
A bunch of trash!
"No need, just take me to pick up the goods." Li Ming shook his head and emphasized.

“Yes…Yes!” The supervisor hurriedly took Li Ming into the warehouse. The long and thin box was placed casually on the ground. Li Ming did not open it, but just felt through the gap and nodded, “Very good, remember to have someone deliver it to the castle.”

"Understood." The supervisor nodded repeatedly. Ulrich glanced at the box with a hint of curiosity.

After giving the instructions, Li Ming had no intention of going back. He left the warehouse through the back door and began wandering aimlessly around the block.

At least that's what Ulrich behind him looked like. As for Theo, there was no expression on his face and he followed silently.

"What... are you doing?" Ulrich frowned, eager to know the ins and outs of the matter. He had guessed several possibilities along the way.

"Shh." Li Ming signaled Ulrich to shut up, as if he was listening to something. Then his figure suddenly disappeared, and a sonic boom exploded on the spot. The air flow dissipated and caused a burst of screams.

Ulrich's pupils contracted, and he looked in another direction in an instant, hurriedly chasing after him.

In the most luxurious room of a hotel several blocks away, the last soldier to come in closed the door.

Others were setting up various anti-monitoring equipment. Everyone was shrouded in a strange posture with the windows closed.

Then, the pressure on the projection suddenly eased, and Li Ming looked around.

Gabriel picked up a bottle of brown-yellow wine, with a hot mermaid girl on the outer packaging.

He casually poured it into a glass, handed it to Li Ming, raised his head to drink it, and tasted it, "Sometimes, it's good to try this cheap blended wine, it's different."

After saying that, he raised the bottle in his hand, glanced at the mermaid on the outer packaging, and then shook his head.

Li Ming also tasted it, but unfortunately the mimic projection had no sense of taste. "Have you thought about it?" Gabriel asked, seeming very patient, but then added: "This is your last chance. If you refuse, there is no turning back."

Li Ming hesitated for a moment and did not respond, but looked in another direction: "What are they doing?"

Gabriel's expression was slightly gloomy. In that direction, several of his men were operating some small instrument. They took out syringes from the metal side wall, and a series of data appeared on the LCD screen.

"Gene comparison." Gabriel's voice was a little cold. "The face, earlobes, pupils, appearance features, nature, and behavioral habits can all deceive people. I need to be 100% sure of your identity."

"I remember there is a race that seems to be able to simulate even genes?" Li Ming hesitated.

"So they don't exist anymore." Gabriel shook his head. "Encephalogram testing takes a long time, so genetic comparison is enough."

"Wait, I have another question." Li Ming said quickly when he saw the blood-drawing personnel coming over.

Gabriel thought he had good patience, but he was still a little impatient.

The blood-drawing staff ignored him and inserted the needle into his body after piercing his skin.

However, no blood was drawn from the syringe. The soldier in charge of drawing blood seemed to be stunned, his movements were frozen for a moment, and then he suddenly shouted with horror in his voice, "Your Highness!?"

"Your Highness?" Li Ming grinned, half of his body had turned into an illusory state.

Gabriel behind him pushed him away, his usual indifference gone, surprise flashing in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Ronan"

"Yes." The figure standing behind him raised his hand, and the space where Li Ming was instantly condensed, the dust froze, and it seemed that even the air was not circulating.

But Li Ming's body continued to relax slowly, with a faint smile on his face until it completely disappeared:
"Your Highness... We will meet again soon."

Gabriel frowned, but remained calm, staring at the place where Li Ming disappeared.

"Your Highness, there is no change in the data inside the room, and no energy fluctuations are detected." The subordinate reported quickly.

"What a brilliant move." Ronan's expression was not looking good. "When he was disintegrating, I vaguely realized that he didn't seem to be a physical entity, but a clone."

"Is he a superpower?" Gabriel asked indifferently.

"There is no energy fluctuation." Ronan shook his head. For a moment, it seemed difficult to explain. He hesitated and said, "It is more like a projection with a physical body."

"Projection?" Gabriel was a little confused. Ronan did not think too much about it. Instead, he said solemnly, "Your Highness, we should leave as soon as possible."

Gabriel took a deep breath and realized that he had been fooled. This Li Ming was simply a bait. It could even be said that he was not Li Ming at all, but he had foolishly taken the bait.

He felt a little angry, not at Li Ming, but at himself, for having underestimated him.

The soldiers under his command were well-trained and quickly packed up their things, but when they were about to leave, Ronan, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and looked at the door with a solemn expression.

Silently, cracks appeared on the metal door, spreading like a spider web, and finally shattered like glass, scattering all over the floor.

Gabriel's expression changed slightly. Standing behind the door was the silver mechanical body that had previously assisted the great mechanic Qinglong in battle.

"Everyone, my Lord has not allowed you to leave." Monroe adjusted his voice without any fluctuation in tone. He actually felt a little ashamed when he said this.

But thinking of Qinglong's instructions, he still cooperated in the play to avoid the other party noticing any clues.

Ronan said in a deep voice: "Whether we can leave or not does not need your master to decide."

"Since you are a Class A combat machine, you are not a pure intelligent being, but a mechanical life form. We do not want to cause greater damage to your master for the time being. Get out of the way!"

He witnessed the entire previous battle, and knew that the overall strength of the mechanical body blocking his way was not high, so he could defeat it easily.

However, once the commotion gets out of hand, it will be a bit troublesome to leave.

"You guys really think about me." A voice came from outside the corridor. Gabriel's face darkened slightly, and Ronan became more solemn until the other party appeared in his sight.

The person who came was Qinglong, whose real identity was Li Ming.

"Would you like to invite me in and sit down?" Li Ming asked leisurely.

Gabriel had adjusted his mentality, exhaled slowly, and said, "Please come in, both of you."

Li Ming walked in nonchalantly, followed closely by Monroe and Ronan, who was on high alert.

"That Li Ming just now, was it actually you?" Gabriel asked first.

"Guess." Li Ming gave a subtle smile.

Gabriel really didn't like the atmosphere of being led by the nose, so he simply asked directly: "What are you going to do?"

"Catch me? Or kill me?"

"You are from the Xingyuan Empire, how dare I?" Li Ming pretended to be surprised.

Someone from Xingyuan Empire?

Monroe, who was standing motionless next to the robot, was surprised, but felt it was reasonable. The enemies provoked by someone like Qinglong must be of this level.

Gabriel frowned, but saw the other party showing an elusive smile, "But I am very curious, why do you all care about me so much?"

"Although there are rumors that I am an exiled master mechanic and have caused a lot of trouble, I know that I have nothing to do with your Xingyuan Empire."

Gabriel was silent, and the atmosphere gradually became quiet.

"Curious." He said, "It's precisely because we can't find out your origins that we are curious."

"What if I can't satisfy your curiosity? Catch me and kill me?" Li Ming asked

"You two are no match for me either." Ronan spoke abruptly, seemingly having nothing to do with the topic. "You two can only barely suppress Tiago together. As for Ulrich and the others, there is no way they will offend the Xingyuan Empire because of you."

"I understand. I get it." Li Ming seemed much more indifferent. This guy named Ronan seemed to be able to influence space.

I don’t know whether he is a mutant or a genetically evolved being, but since he is contaminated with the word “space”, he must be extremely powerful.

"It's good to have big shots in the Xingyuan Empire. Whenever they go out for adventures, they are followed by life forms of this level." Li Ming said with a melancholy tone.

(End of this chapter)