This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 252: Harvest Day [Sunshine Split Star]

"The psionic energy ripple curve is normal..."

"Energy beam segmentation is normal"...

"Ready to embed in regular model..."

In the core laboratory, everyone held their breath and watched in concentration as multiple robotic arms slowly embedded a bright blue crystal into the sublimator body.

Until the whole thing emits a dreamy silver-blue glow. The visual development progress jumps from 40% to 45%.

"Okay!" An experimenter not far away blushed and couldn't help but clench his fists.

This reaction attracted the attention of others, which made him look embarrassed, but others just smiled kindly and also breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Benny smiled and nodded, staring at the sublimator that had taken shape in front of him. It was oval in appearance and looked like half a football.

Deyes mused to himself. As the tacit understanding between the several master mechanics gradually improved, their efficiency also continued to improve.

Although Deyes was reluctant to admit it, he and Qinglong sometimes had a tacit understanding that did not require much explanation. After all, they had been working together for quite a long time.

Li Ming looked calm. This manufacturing speed seemed normal to him. Deyes had Asmara's data supply.

And he has a real sublimator that can be disassembled, and this manufacturing speed is already a deliberate delay on his part.

Otherwise it would be even faster.

The Torch Organization's sublimator manufacturing progress has long surpassed the incomplete sublimator in his hands.

As a last resort, he could only repair it temporarily.

About one million metal energies have been invested so far.

After he joined the Torch Organization, he made a lot of small items, including hidden and empowered control objects, mechanical motorcycles, hypnotic pocket watches, etc. All in all, he consumed nearly five million metal energies.

Including the money spent on the incomplete sublimator, there are only about 16 million left.

It seems like a lot, but if you take into account the consumption of the three main guns, it is already stretched to the limit.

Of course, he was not idle during this period, and used various means to inquire about the storage of metal materials within the Torch Organization.

But to his disappointment, they were basically all super-large alloy raw materials, mainly used for the manufacture of warship parts. They were extremely inconvenient to absorb, and required a lot of time and constant moving.

"The main difficulty of the second core node has been overcome. What remains is repetitive work. You have been working here for several days in a row. You can take a break for a while." Benny looked up, ignoring Qinglong.

This person is unshakable. He will leave after working for a maximum of two hours a day, but the relevant data he provides are indeed extremely critical.

"It's almost time. I'll be leaving first." Li Ming spoke immediately. Benny's mouth twitched. Today's working hours were even shorter, less than an hour.

But the others were already used to it, and after Qinglong had been gone for a few minutes, Deyes spoke up, "I'm going to rest too."

Jessia's mechanical pupils turned and he shook his head, "I don't need to rest, Sir Benny, continue."

All the way back to the room, Li Ming was also examining himself.

"Well, the development progress is already 17%. After all the evolution theories have been upgraded to A-level, the progress is indeed obvious."

During this period, he was not idle and was constantly developing genetic seeds.

Even when using [Shadow Sting] to hypnotize the people involved in assembling the main ship, one evolution will be switched to [Crown of Meditation] to passively develop gene seeds with its ability.

"Quantum energy..." He stretched out his finger, and a bright blue light lingered at his fingertips, looking like an energy ribbon.

This is the quantum energy in the Red Lotus Thunder Dragon gene seed that he fused.

The development progress was relatively slow before, and its characteristics had not been concretely manifested until this period when the development progress was slightly improved.

Compared with ordinary elemental energy, quantum energy is more destructive and has enormous potential.

"I remember that the Red Lotus Thunder Dragon has a property that allows it to transform itself into a semi-quantum state. It's quite magical."

Li Ming was thinking unconsciously. Although his combat power composition was different from others, it was mainly a combination of his own strength and the objects he controlled.

The main function of gene seeds is to broaden his evolutionary ceiling.

However, he also attaches great importance to his own genetic evolution line, not only because it can cooperate with the controlled objects, but also because.

That is the power that truly belongs to him.

After thinking for a moment, Li Ming glanced at the time, suppressed other emotions, and a look of excitement appeared on his face.

Today is the day when the other two main guns will arrive, and it is also the day when he will reap the rewards after working hard for many days.

So that he could feel a little more urgent, but still did not violate his usual routine.

More than half an hour later, Lei Ting left the room, staggered around, and finally stopped in front of the corridor.

The soldiers in charge of guarding were used to it and didn't care.

In the shadows, Li Ming glanced into the corner and said, "It really is haunting."

In the shadows at the corner, Deyes leaned against the metal wall, his eyes flickering.

He had noticed this mechanical body for quite some time. It would wander around the rest area soon after Li Ming returned to the room, and finally come to the corridor connecting to the outside, standing still like a sentinel.

The length of stay is also different, ranging from seven or eight hours to more than ten hours.

Torch did send people to inquire about it, and Qinglong's answer was vague. He said that his mechanical intelligence was in deep learning, and he himself didn't know the meaning of many of its behaviors, but he didn't say what it was learning specifically.

This mechanical body did not cause any substantial damage to the Torch Organization, and considering the importance of the other party, the matter was eventually left unresolved.

But Deyes personally touched and even tried to crack this mechanical body called Thunder.

Knowing its underlying logic and procedures, he was like a ghost, and was definitely not as dull as it appeared on the surface. He keenly felt that there must be something wrong.

However, after secretly tracking for several days, no clues were found.

Li Ming had long known about Deyes's secret attention. Thunder's actions were aboveboard and could not be hidden from anyone.

He just stood there for a few hours, the Torch Organization said nothing, and Deyes could only watch.

And, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

After tossing back and forth among several shadows, he hid in the shadow of his old acquaintance Zog.
He seemed to be in much better spirits and in high spirits.

During this period of time, Li Ming has been hypnotizing other people and rarely needs to use Zog.

He and his partner, the bald guy Hector, arrived at the tarmac early, along with other people from the R&D department.

The two of them had long been appointed by Peel as chief prosecutors, holding the highest positions.

"After waiting for so many days, it's finally here." Hector spoke with a hint of complaint and subconsciously touched his forehead.

The Torch Organization was not only missing two main guns, but also a large number of other ship-borne energy guns, intelligent cores, and the like.

Many warships were therefore only half assembled and could only be placed there temporarily.

Zog couldn't help but snort coldly, "I heard from my colleagues in the External Relations Department that the manufacturer seems to want to raise the price. These bastards are taking advantage of the situation."

"Raise the price?" Hector's face also looked ugly, and the two of them cursed at each other.

Soon, the hum of the engine interrupted their conversation.

Five heavy transport ships leapt in, their rear propulsion engines emitting blazing purple ion flames.

After entering the ecological shield, the propulsion engine flipped, and several large transport ships turned together. The howling wind suddenly blew in their faces, and Zog and Hector couldn't help but squint their eyes.

Boom!

The transport spacecraft landed completely, and the ground crew of the Torch Organization quickly stepped forward, opened the hatch, and the personnel on the transport ship also walked down to carry out the handover.

Several large mechanical cranes approached, and various large mechanical crops were in operation. Facing the unique smell of odorous ions after the engines were turned off, Zog and the people from the R&D department walked forward.

"Dear colleagues in the R&D department, I am the person in charge of this transportation mission - Li Yang." A man came down from the transport spacecraft. He had a pair of compound eyes and goat horns on his head. It was polished to a shine and seemed to be coated with some kind of wax.

"This is the shipping list, please sign it." The other party handed over a tablet-type smart terminal.

Zog took it and glanced down, "Don't worry, it hasn't been tested yet."

Li Yang frowned slightly, but this was also the established procedure.

Various large warship parts placed in metal boxes were transported down, and the people in the R&D department have already started to move, holding various testing instruments.

The most important of them are the two main guns. The metal boxes used to store them are at least 100 meters long, and one of them is even more than 500 meters long.

The transport crane's mechanical claws gripped it tightly and lifted it to an open space nearby.

"Zog, let's each take one and cross-check them later," said Hector.

Zog nodded, looking somewhat expectant, "Then I'll take a look at this big one first, the rumored "Sunshine Splitting Star"..."

The staff opened the box, revealing a gap. Zog waved his hand to stop it from being opened completely, and walked in sideways. Faint lights lit up in the four corners, illuminating the space in the box.

What appeared before him was a giant light golden cannon, reflecting a cold metallic luster and a tangible sense of oppression that came towards him.

Because of the angle, Zog was standing at the muzzle of the giant cannon. The dark hole made him lose consciousness for a moment.

Then, a silver light descended, and he fell into a complete trance.

In the shadows, Li Ming appeared and disappeared, staring at the giant gun barrel in front of him with a grin on his face.

Conventional main ships are already considered important weapons of a civilization, and the fleet formed around them is a civilization's courage and trump card to the outside world.

There must be civilizations that are capable of assembly-line production of main ship-level components and even high-end heavy firepower such as main guns.

But the Torch Organization should be unlikely to be eligible to purchase from the other party.

Therefore, the main guns of the Torch Organization are basically specially customized, with complicated processes and long time. At the same time, the styles are also different.

Their fleet consists of three main ships, and because of their different main focuses, the power of their main guns is also different.

Some charge quickly and have short firing intervals, while others charge slowly but are more powerful.

And this one, the Sunshine Starbreaker, is the most powerful main gun among them.

"The core of the energy generator of the Sunshine Rift is made of a rare metal called 'stellar sun core'. This alloy has an extremely high melting point and amazing energy conductivity, allowing it to withstand extreme temperatures and pressures."

Li Ming had already memorized its information by heart. There were complex energy patterns engraved on its surface. This was because of the special nature of its energy, and ordinary restraint devices were no longer effective.

It uses energy conduction to disperse energy without energy constraints, allowing the gun itself to carry its violent energy.

Therefore, the interval between launches is as long as half an hour, and this is with the assistance of multiple cooling systems.

With a little anticipation, he stretched out his hand.

[Sunshine Star-Splitting Special Type: A gun barrel made of Chenyao alloy, combined with an energy generator made of a stellar core.

Control conditions: 6 million metal energy
Mastery Effect: Coronal Glow

Control ability - bombing: materialize the naval gun and bombard a target somewhere (note: energy needs to be stored in advance)]

The requirement to control up to six million metal energies made Li Ming astonished, but he nodded secretly. The control requirements were high and the power must be great.

"This shot will probably pose a threat to Brot, not to mention Sandro, who will most likely be reduced to charcoal."

This was the moment they had been preparing for for many days. Without hesitation, six million metal energies surged out.

The huge Sunburst Star disappeared into the box, and the wind speed inside the box increased significantly.

But then, a gun barrel that was almost identical to the Sunshine Star Rifter appeared in the empty box; even the energy generator at the end looked exactly the same.

The air flow was extremely turbulent and it took a while to calm down.

[Sunshine Star Model--C Level]

This is a model made by Li Ming, which is already considered a C-level item. From design to manufacturing, it consumed more than 100,000 metal energies.

Snapped--
In a trance, Zog came back to his senses, frowned slightly, and just as he was about to step forward, he withdrew his steps and muttered, "It's all tested, what else is there to look at?"

Glancing at the quiet Sunshine Star again, Zog seemed to have imagined the power that this main gun would unleash, and a blush appeared on his face.

Then he turned around and walked out, ticking the smart terminal in his hand.

After coming out, he ran into Hector who had already finished the test. He couldn't help but ask, "How is it? Doesn't this Sunshine Star look more impactful than in the photo?"

Zog was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Of course, you will know when you go in and take a look."

After watching his partner go in, Zog did not go to the other box where the main gun was placed, but waited at the door.

More than 20 minutes later, Hector came out, looking a little dazed. He was slightly stunned when he saw Zog. "You're pretty quick. Is the Eternal Frozen Earth okay?"

"I haven't been there yet." Zog shook his head and grinned, "I'm just waiting for your expression after you see the Sunshine Star Split."

Hector grinned and gave a thumbs up: "Top quality stuff!"

The two smiled at each other, and Li Ming returned to Zog's shadow.

"Okay, let's seal it." Hector patted the metal box and called his men to come over and lock the box.

The main ship has not yet begun to be assembled, so these main guns need to be temporarily sealed.

(End of this chapter)