This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 257 Steadily Advancing Alloy Acquisition
"With the Fist of the Violent Tiger and your ape-bone mecha, I can withstand the blow even if I face Theo, let alone those two mechanical bodies and the Azure Dragon." Brot was quite proud.

"Remember, don't make a big fuss. At most, you can dismantle his mechanical body. Don't try to kill him. Theo will definitely not watch." Seeing Brott's eager look, Deyes couldn't help but frowned and warned:
"If Connit or other high-ranking members of the Torch Organization come to stop us, stop immediately and don't give them a chance to attack."

The Fist of the Violent Tiger looks very good. Li Ming retracted his gaze. This must be an A-level weapon.

The ape bones were the mecha that Deyes had worn. He had seen it before and had Brot wear it. It was a huge expense.

"Don't worry, I understand." Brot nodded, and the two of them discussed some details before Deyes left.

When he passed by a staff member when he walked out the door, Li Ming had already disappeared.

Not long after, he returned to the room with a puzzled look on his face.

"Last time they used me to test Connet's attitude, and this time they used me to verify the authenticity of the news." Li Ming muttered, "They are treating me like a soft persimmon."

"It's just right. It's time to kill Brot. Without any escape route, he will be even more desperate. A simultaneous attack of five cannons will most likely kill him, but I have to stop him from moving..."

There was still some time before Connit left, and Deyes acted as if nothing had happened and everything was going on as usual.

Li Ming could not guarantee when Deyes would contact Asmara.

He just knew that when Deyes learned some important news, he would most likely contact Asmara, so he came to her house.

What if, one day, Deyes suddenly has an idea and does not intend to verify the authenticity of the news, but reports it directly to Asmara, Li Ming will not be able to find out.

In the blink of an eye, another seven or eight days had passed.

On this day, Li Ming left the core laboratory early. The visualization progress had exceeded 55%, and the progress was getting faster and faster.

With the accumulation of previous data, Li Ming and Deyes no longer need to provide relevant data in many aspects.

Benny and Jessiah can solve the problem by calculating based on the existing data.

In the Torch Organization’s storage department, Li Ming has already hidden himself in Pierre.

Normally, there was nothing to do with Pierre today, but Cornette called him over specifically, so Li Ming didn't have to go through any extra trouble.

The place is full of fully armed Torch Soldiers and various logistics personnel. The combat armor on their bodies flashes with a cold metallic luster, full of murderous aura.

All kinds of materials stored in the warehouse are sorted and loaded onto small transport ships after secondary inspection.

"Travel light..." Li Ming looked all the way and saw that the Torch Organization's trip this time was mainly a secret operation, and there were no large warships.

The number of manpower mobilized was not large overall, with five small transport ships and less than two hundred people in total.

"Chief, all materials have completed warehouse inspection and there are no problems." The Firework Apostle wearing combat armor stepped forward and reported in a deep voice.

"Where is the boiling blood alloy?" Cornett asked, glancing at Pierre who had come closer but was shrinking timidly.

Boiling Blood Alloy is the most valuable material, so he paid special attention to it.

"The test has been completed, and all the data are consistent with the data before it was put into the database."

"The things are right here and no one has touched them. How could an accident happen?" Kovis said nonchalantly at the side, wearing a black mask on his face.

"It's okay if you are more cautious, Chief." A slightly hoarse voice sounded, and there was someone standing beside Connit.

He turned out to be an Itlan man, with a hunched body, gray hair, and purple-black skin, which were signs of the aging of the Itlan people.

Fernando, another A-level life form of the Torch Organization, was originally a noble member of the Itlan civilization.

Due to some accidents, Connit joined the Torch Organization, and during this period of time, he was waiting for him to come back.

The old nest cannot be left unattended.

Cornett shook his head and asked, "Where is the thing? Has it been sealed?"

"You want to go and see it again yourself?" Ke Weisi asked in surprise.

Cornette ignored him and followed the Apostle of Fireworks to the container where the Boiling Blood Alloy was stored, with Pierre following closely behind.

"Cornit is indeed cautious. Well, it may also be that he has always suspected that there is a traitor among us, so he is on guard." Li Ming watched.

My previous guess turned out to be correct.

The staff opened the door of the box, and a blazing red light rushed towards them. Several staff members standing nearby were stunned on the spot, their bodies trembling slightly.

"Pull it open, pull it open!"

The Fireworks Apostle beside Cornette shouted coldly, quickly took the staff who were in an inexplicable state aside, and poured several basins of prepared ice water on them before they came to their senses.

Cornett walked into the box and looked around casually. He himself was not well versed in materials science, so he just looked around casually, pulled out a few pieces of boiling blood alloy and handed them to Pierre.

"Take a look at these things and see if there are any problems. Don't look for metal materials that have no problems on the surface but are completely damaged on the inside."

"Cornet still doubts me?" Hearing this, Li Ming was speechless.

But on second thought, Cornette probably wasn't suspicious of him, he was just being extra cautious because of what happened before.

As the head of R&D, Pierre had some knowledge of materials science and took over the Boiling Blood Alloy.

Under the gaze of everyone, he tremblingly took out the detection device, went back and forth several times, and looked at the various data graphs on it.

"Chief, no, no problem," Pierre whispered.

Ke Weisi shook his head, the black mask on his face hiding all his expressions: "Is it that serious?"

"Okay, let's package it." Cornett waved his hand and felt relieved.

This time it concerns the Torch Organization's follow-up plans, so he has to be careful and vigilant.

Watching the container being loaded onto one of the transport ships, Cornett turned around and asked, "How is the investigation going?"

Pierre's heart trembled, and he said with a stiff upper lip: "It's still the same as before, nothing was gained."

Cornett frowned, glanced at Pierre who was lowering his head, and couldn't help but remind him: "Think divergently, don't be too fixed, think of other ways."

He knew nothing about virtual data and could only give such instructions.

Deyes was his main suspect, but there was no evidence, which made him quite suspicious and he didn't know whether his idea was right or wrong.

"Yes," Pierre replied, feeling bitter.

"You can focus on investigating Deyes." Connit looked at his men who were almost ready and couldn't help but say a few more words.
"Deyes? Not Qinglong?" Pierre looked up and said in surprise.

"Who said it was Qinglong? Have you found out?" Connet asked.

"No, that's just my personal guess." Pierre shook his head quickly.

Cornett was disappointed. "Don't make wild guesses. Even if I ask you to keep an eye on Deyes, don't come up with some far-fetched evidence to deal with me."

He didn't really need evidence, but the Torch Organization and those big mechanics were two different camps. If he arrested Deyes without any investigation, Benny would definitely be dissatisfied.

Even Jessiah and Qinglong might protest.

"Yes." Pierre felt more guilty. The leader had high hopes for him, but he could only deceive the leader. Cornett sighed, feeling mentally exhausted. Many things in the organization required him to make the final decision.

"Get ready to go." He said in a deep voice, and the torch soldiers who had already formed an array were boarding the transport ship one by one meticulously.

But during this process, a strong fluctuation of energy suddenly erupted on one side of the main base in the rear.

The column of magma that shot up into the sky slammed into the purple energy shield, creating ripples that were clearly visible even here, blocking the aftermath of the dissipated energy.

Cornett's face suddenly darkened, and Kevis sneered: "These people are really restless."

"Chief, you guys go ahead, I'll go take a look." Fernande frowned.

"No need. I'll go." Cornett shook his head, jumped up, turned into a streak of light, and quickly approached the rest area.

Ke Weisi smiled faintly, not caring at all. He stood there, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Pierre's scalp tingled. For some reason, he always felt scared when he was with Lord Corvis, but he didn't dare to leave rashly.

At the same time, in the operating room of the transport ship where the boiling blood alloy container was stored.

In the shadow of a certain driver, Li Ming sensed the fluctuation of Qi and murmured in his heart, "Sandro really didn't disappoint me."

I vaguely heard a "pop" sound.

Immediately afterwards, the operators who had originally looked solemn all froze in their expressions, and then pressed a few operating keys woodenly.

One of the operators even stood up, passed through layers of barriers and came to the transport room at the back. It was quiet here, with surveillance cameras hanging in the four corners.

He entered the command woodenly, opened the box, and walked in.

A figure suddenly jumped out from the blurry shadows illuminated by the scarlet blood light. It was Li Ming. His movements were extremely fast and purposeful.

The folding space had been cleaned up long ago, and large chunks of boiling blood alloy were swept into the folding space.

At the same time, one hand was holding the alloy and absorbing it continuously, while the other hand was throwing out a large number of model blocks that looked almost the same as the boiling blood alloy. His efficiency was very high.

This is the simplest crude model, but Li Ming fine-tuned it many times, and at least on the surface, it looks no different from these boiling blood alloys.

They are very small, and each one costs only a few dozen metal energies.

Even so, it still took him more than ten minutes to completely deal with this place, mainly absorbing the remaining alloy blocks that could not be placed in the folding space.

Kovis looked at the rest area. The fighting had subsided, but Cornette had not returned yet.

The staff were running non-stop between the several transport ships, and more than ten minutes had passed since the scheduled departure time.

"Sir Corvis, if everything is alright, I will go back first..." Pierre finally couldn't help it, and said with courage he didn't know where he got it from.

"Go away." Keweisi waved his hand.

Pierre left in a hurry as if he had been pardoned. However, for some reason, he was extremely curious about the lava column and could not help but take a few glances at the edge of the rest area.

.........

Li Ming opened the door and glanced at the scorched dark corridor.

The main scene of conflict was not here, but on the other side, which was mainly burned by the surging flames.

He walked quickly to the hall. It seemed that the conflict had not escalated. There was just a big hole in the floor and the ceiling was pierced, with red edges.

The most powerful one is the column of magma rising into the sky.

The only one who met the genetic ability requirements was Sandro. He folded his arms and held his head high.

Jessiah also came here, as well as Theo.

The conflict was not serious. Benny, Deyes and the other two A-level life forms did not show up.

The person who had a conflict with him was Ulrich. The collector had an ugly look on his face and stared at Sandro coldly.

Sandro snorted coldly, "…I've already said it, there's no other reason. He keeps calling me an idiot. We're both A-level life forms, and he's too disrespectful to me."

Theo stood not far away, looking calm.

Hearing this, Ulrich didn't say anything yet, but Jessiah spoke up instead, expressionless: "You are a fool, as everyone knows."

"You also want to..." Sandro glared at him, and when he was about to speak, he seemed to have thought of something and said angrily, "I won't argue with you."

Even though he was choked by Jesseia, Sandro was still feeling pretty good now, as he had always been the younger brother in the trio.

Ulrich is slightly stronger than him, but because he is smarter, he is closer to Theo.

He had tolerated many verbal disputes in the past, but the situation was completely different now, and the two men had isolated him.

As Qinglong said, he went to Qinglong's room from time to time during this period, although the two of them didn't say anything.

What he didn't expect was that a few days later, Ulrich actually came to him, and his attitude was much softer than before.

But he followed Qinglong's instructions and did not pay attention to the other party at the first time. Instead, he refused to let him in. This feeling really made him feel good.

Ulrich left abruptly at that time, but he ignored him several times later.

It wasn't until earlier today that Qinglong told him that he could make an appointment to meet Ulrich.

Moreover, his attitude should be strong when meeting. He has already tasted the sweetness, so he will naturally do as Qinglong said.

He and Ulrich had known each other for many years, so he naturally knew how to poke Ulrich's sore spot. The two of them started to argue after just a few words when they met.

He kept in mind what Qinglong said, that he could be more aggressive, so he just took action.

"You've got a big leg to hold on to."

Ulrich said coldly. He didn't expect that Sandro would be so tough and dare to take action directly. He was really shocked.

Naturally, he also guessed that it must be Qinglong who gave him the courage.

He certainly couldn't fight with Sandro, so he just retreated, and then Cornette came.

But Sandro still refused to give in and even asked him to apologize, but Ulrich naturally refused and the two remained frozen.

Cornette's face was calm as he glanced at Qinglong who had arrived. Although he was in a hurry to leave, he did not show any urgency.

He shook his head and said in a deep voice: "You two have been friends for many years. Will the verbal friction develop into an armed conflict?"

He turned to look at Qinglong again: "Sir, I was just about to send someone to look for you, this situation..."

Sandro looked over, and the others had different expressions. They all guessed that Sandro was so tough now, he must have someone backing him up.

All eyes could not help but focus on the great mechanic, waiting for him to speak.

(End of this chapter)