This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 225 Goodbye Ford Cares for the Seedlings
A bright light bloomed in his mechanical pupils.

Although the appearance was very different, the combat methods and habits displayed by this silver mechanical body gave him a sense of déjà vu.

Lord Monroe!

He was shocked. Ulrich and the other two didn't know that Monroe was still alive, and they wouldn't think about it, but he knew it clearly.

"The nano curse of the Xingyuan Empire has actually been repaired?" Jessia couldn't help but be shocked.

The last time he learned that Qinglong was killing everyone in the Iron Castle, causing Ulrich to suffer heavy losses, he was gloating over it, and the thought that this person might be able to repair Lord Monroe flashed through his mind.

But he was already in the Torch Organization at the time, so it was impossible for him to act as a matchmaker for it. However, he did not expect that Qinglong had already contacted Monroe and even repaired him.

After watching for a while, the shock in his heart subsided a little. It was obvious that Monroe's strength had not recovered to its peak, and he even had some difficulty fighting against Thiago, but it was still amazing enough.

After regaining his composure, he realized that everyone's attention was focused on him. Cornett asked suspiciously, "What did Lord Jessiah discover?"

"This combat machine has an amazing structural assembly, various force fields, matching weapons and defenses, and even short-distance folding capabilities." Jessia praised repeatedly, becoming more and more certain that Qinglong would be able to solve the current problem.

Deyes withdrew his gaze and looked expressionless, but he was equally shocked in his heart, and his sense of crisis was even stronger.

He could also see the level of skill required.

Connit nodded: "Yes, that's why I believe that His Excellency Qinglong's arrival will definitely bring us good news."

Deyes wanted to say something else, but then he heard Connet add: "If you really can't work with him, you can choose to quit. Of course, you must quit after we finish exploring the Ascended Ruins."

Deyes's face changed slightly. Qinglong brought three A-level life forms with him. Their overall strength was overwhelming. He really couldn't resist. He could only say with a gloomy face: "I hope he can really help instead of inviting a wolf into the house."

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In the bizarre jump orbit, Ulrich's spaceship is named Cruise. It is a specially customized large spaceship with a slender silver shuttle-shaped appearance. Its length is even comparable to that of a small battleship. It focuses on comfort and has almost no firepower system.

Following them were five or six small warships, as well as the spaceship belonging to Duke Bai Ye that Li Ming had previously snatched away, all of which were sailing in sync.

This was not the first time Ulrich had run away, and all necessary arrangements had been made to minimize the losses.

In the conference room, Li Ming pushed the door open and Theo nodded, saying, "The Torch Organization has agreed for us to go and has given us a coordinate."

"From the headquarters?" Li Ming walked to the nearest seat and sat down.

"I don't know, but it shouldn't be." Theo shook his head. "It's slightly outside the red star stream. It will arrive in about fifteen days."

"That's pretty close." Li Ming thought for a moment, and then Theo continued, "They put forward more detailed restrictions."

Li Ming had no interest in listening and his eyes were distracted. The others didn't take it seriously either.

Once we really get in, everyone is an enemy, so who would abide by those shitty conditions?

After discussing a few more things, everyone dispersed, walked through the corridor, and returned to their rooms along the gangway.

The room was cleaned up immediately, and Ulrich finally stopped wasting time, so no monitoring equipment was used.

When he opened the smart terminal, a large number of messages popped up in the background of the black hole network, and the Bernest civilization had already paid out 4 billion star coins.

They are gradually moving away from the interference of the Red River Star Stream and can now communicate normally.

The Duke Zerg, no more, no less, has 100 million more than them, which is obviously intended to disgust people.

Bernest has stopped bidding and intends to continue communicating with Li Ming.

He thought about it, edited a message and sent it over: "One price, 4.5 billion star coins. If you agree, I will ignore Duke Zergman."

Then, he began to search for metal materials on the black hole network.

The premium for purchasing metal materials on the Black Hole Network is very high.

But we are about to come into contact with the Torch Organization, and we will probably be located in their headquarters for a long time. We may not have the opportunity to contact the outside world, so we should save some information first in case of emergency.

"Out of stock again..." Half an hour later, Li Ming was speechless, looking at the big "Out of stock" sign in front of him.

In order to avoid losing money, he originally wanted to buy his old friend Flame Blue Alloy. Everything was normal before, until he filled in the purchase amount, it became a hit.

The Black Hole Network reminds that there are not enough Flame Blue Alloy in stock and it will take at least three months to wait.

Three months was too long, so he switched to other alloys, increasing his reserves from 100 million to 500 million.

Basically, if the purchase amount exceeds 500 million, it will be displayed as out of stock. He is preparing to buy in combination.
Finally when I paid, I found out that the waiting time varied due to different origins.

It is estimated that it will take at least one and a half months for the last batch of alloy to arrive.

"I can only buy high-priced alloys..." Li Ming felt a toothache and sorted by price, from high to low.

The most expensive alloy is called “****”. Yes, it doesn’t even have a name, because information is money.

Ordinary alloys do not need to be covered, but this top-grade alloy needs to be verified, and the same applies to other more expensive items.

If the balance detected in the background is not that much, even the name will not be displayed.

There is only the price, 10 billion star coins per ton, minus % comprehensive transportation costs, even after the ransom is received, it is still less than half a ton.

I looked at the delivery time - half a year.

Li Ming's mouth twitched slightly, and he added many restrictions, including delivery time and distance.

Finally, what floated to the top was still "****", priced at 3 billion star coins per ton, which could be delivered to the designated location of the Silver Star Cluster, and the longest time would not exceed half a month.

The reason why Li Ming hesitated was that he had never come into contact with these alloys and didn't know how much metal energy he could extract and whether he would make a profit or a loss.

He will temporarily lock on this target, and as soon as the money arrives, he will prepare to place an order.

He glanced at the backstage and saw that Bernest Civilization had not responded yet. He must be trying to figure out what he was thinking.

When he was about to shut down the black hole network, a communication request suddenly popped up. Li Ming raised his eyebrows slightly. This message came from his old friend - Ford.

This time, he went straight to the video call. Li Ming hesitated for a moment, took off the camouflage mask, adjusted the environment, and chose to answer the call.

Ford's big face popped up on the virtual screen. He looked very haggard, with bloodshot eyes and some stains on his face.

Li Ming didn't say anything at first, but Ford exclaimed: "Brother, you are really amazing."

Li Ming smiled, and Ford smiled bitterly, "It's me, I really am Ford."

Li Ming still didn't speak. Ford scratched his head, his hair messy, "Brother, you won't let me prove that I am myself, right?"

Li Ming then spoke, "It doesn't matter."

"It doesn't matter?" Ford was slightly stunned, not understanding what was going on.

"Whether you are Ford or a figurine created by Asmara, I only care about what you want to do?" Li Ming shook his head.

Ford understood this time. He didn't speak for a long time. Finally, he sighed helplessly, "You only want value. Even if Asmara is disguised as me, as long as she can give you something valuable, you don't mind trading with her."

"Unfortunately, Asmara didn't understand and instead tried to trick you."

Li Ming looked calm. Ford narrated, looking somewhat sad. "When Asmara proved that you were caught, I almost told you everything." "However, my father saved me, not through direct rescue, but vaguely with the intention of giving up on me. This made me feel sad, but I clearly realized that no one could save me, so what's the point of me saying it or not?"

"Luckily you are good, and fortunately your teacher is good. Asmara has kept me locked up for more than half a month and got nothing."

"Hmm..." Li Ming frowned, "Are you confiding in me? Or complaining?"

"You don't want me to comfort you, do you?"

Ford seemed helpless and restrained his expression. "I have news to tell you. We will soon arrive at the Land of the Stars."

Li Ming's eyes flickered slightly, "I also have news to tell you. My teacher and Ulrich and others have already left the Land of Stars."

Ford was surprised, but laughed, "Asmara is one step behind again."

"Also, Asmara brought the [Subspace Folding Fortress]. What information can we get from this?" Ford uttered another sentence.

Li Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. He had heard about the [Subspace Folding Fortress] a long time ago. It was a super weapon used by the Itlan civilization to suppress the Silver Star Cluster. Its power was immeasurable.

They are really willing to invest such a large sum of money... Li Ming was secretly amazed.

But he then realized that Ford had not learned the news on the first day, but told him now without hesitation.

interesting…

"My teacher is going to the Torch Organization. They are working together to create something that can open the Ascendant Ruins." When Li Ming said this information, Ford's expression changed slightly, but he shook his head: "It's not enough."

He had long known that the Torch Organization was secretly contacting the Great Mechanic in order to manufacture something.

"What if I tell you that my teacher will definitely succeed?" Li Ming added.

Ford looked surprised. Will it succeed? This is different.

In a fair transaction, he believed that Li Ming would not cheat him.

"Then some of Asmara's plans will fall behind again." He mused.

"My teacher fished this guy out. What's his origins as the man from the Xingyuan Empire?" Li Ming asked.

"Gabriel..." Ford answered directly: "The son of Grand Duke Thornblood of Xingyuan Empire and the younger brother of Asmara's fiancé."

"Brother? Asmara is his sister-in-law?" Li Ming was surprised.

"I haven't thought of my questions yet." Ford didn't have anything to ask, so Li Ming said, "One last question. How is Old Wu?"

"Wu Yanqing?" Ford looked strange. "I'll give you this news. He's fine. At least he's much better than me."

Ford hesitated and said, "Logically speaking, I am a member of the Yitlan royal family, and my father is watching me. It is normal that he dare not torture me or explore my memory, but Wu Yanqing is still fine, which is very strange."

"I now suspect that some of these rumors are not groundless."

"Rumors?" Li Ming smiled and said, "Are you talking about the scandal between Old Wu and Asmara?"

"Otherwise, I can't think of any other explanation." Ford shook his head.

Li Ming did not comment, "I also have a message for you, don't go to Ulrich's castle."

"Also, I wish you a new lease of life."

Ford was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and watched the screen go off, feeling dazed.

Turning around, I saw a corpse lying on the ground, wearing armor with a double-tailed scorpion logo on its chest.

He broke the smart terminal in his hand, lit a fire in his hand, melted the various parts, mixed them together, then picked up the short metal blade and inserted it into the root of his thigh.

A moment later, Asmara arrived with a cold face. Ford was lying in the corner with a pale face and an indifferent expression. "He tried to kill me, but I killed him instead."

Asmara stared at him coldly, "Take him to the infirmary."

"Commander." Ford said, "I suddenly remembered something. Are you interested in knowing?"

While Li Ming was cleaning up the background information and replying to messages from Luochuan, Yaluo and others, he found that an unexpected person had sent him a long string of messages.

"Kay?" He looked strange, clicked in and took a look, and found that it was the other party's itinerary during this period.

He has secretly sneaked back to the Inquisitor civilization and gathered a group of his father's old subordinates, seemingly intending to overthrow the regime.

The Interstellar Alliance was very satisfied with him because he played the role of puppet very well and obeyed the arrangements.

Finally, he expressed great respect for him, saying that after seeing the fight between him and Thiago, he would follow his example, lying in wait, waiting for the opportunity to overturn everything.

"A puppet of the Interstellar Alliance?" Li Ming wondered, why would the Interstellar Alliance want to interfere in the internal affairs of civilization?

If it really succeeds, Kai's status will probably rise sharply. After all, the Judge is a high-level civilization.

Well... need to take care of it...

He thought about it, edited a text and sent it.

After dealing with these things, Li Ming opened the control page and prepared to try the specific effects of the gene source.

This thing can upgrade the Theory of Evolution or the Secret Record of Liberation, and it should be different from upgrading directly with metal energy.

He tried to upgrade the theory of evolution first. The voyage was the best time to develop gene seeds.

What he chose was the theory of evolution given to him by Old Wu, named [Lord of the Fierce Wind]. The genetic essence was integrated into the theory of evolution, and a warm light appeared on the control page.

There was no choice of evolutionary route, and it was obvious that it was an exclusive choice for using metal energy and alienated energy.

Soon, the light faded, and the Theory of Evolution, which was originally displayed as a USB flash drive logo, turned into a crystal clear crystal.

[Gaola Lord Evolution Essence--Grade A: A special item that greatly increases the speed of life development.

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Control ability - Fierce Wind Furnace: Stimulates the fire and wind elements in the body and increases cell activity. 】

Hmm? No control effect?
Li Ming was surprised and tried it immediately. After switching continuously, he finally confirmed it.

The development speed boost brought by this evolutionary source is almost equivalent to that of the A-level Yanlei Evolution Theory, which is sixteen times.

But it was originally just an evolution of the B-level gene sequence, and its quality was much lower than that of the Yanlei Evolution, with a gap of twice that of the B-level.

Theoretically, there is still a gap when promoted to Class A, but unexpectedly, it was directly eliminated.

"Has the effect been removed and the ability enhanced instead?" Li Ming pondered. With the ability of [Gene Warrior], he didn't need the effect anyway, so it was equivalent to no weakening.

This is not a coincidence, the genetic source is also produced by [Gene Warriors], so there are naturally special reactions between them.

I really need to get more gene source in the future, but this thing can only be extracted by A-level life forms, which is not easy, Li Ming thought to himself.

　Sorry for the late update, thank you all for your support.

　　
　
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