This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 262 Development Progress 30% Theo's Purpose

"There's no problem with the dimensional crystal. We have prepared everything that needs to be prepared. We are just waiting for an opportunity," Li Ming pondered. For this purpose, he collected a lot of information and made a lot of related preparations.

After thinking for a moment, he thought of Theo who almost disappeared suddenly under the bombardment of the main gun.

That speed really frightened him.

He secretly estimated that this old guy could even get close to him before he could react.

This was the first time he had witnessed Theo's extreme speed. It turned out that he had always been hiding his speed and had never shown his full strength before.

Even the last raid on Blerim.

"Fortunately, the character I created before was too mysterious, and Theo's target was not me." Li Ming pondered, "But, I have to be on guard."

"Either increase my speed or suppress his speed..."

.........

The shock of Brot's death was huge. Everyone was digesting the news and sighing for a long time.

After most of the day, the Torch Organization had already begun to clear the ruins. This battle had had a huge impact on the terrain, and it was difficult to clean up the crater.

The Torch Organization even dispatched Fire Apostles, wearing heavy armor, to manually divide the mountain from the edge.

Several warships were also dispatched to provide auxiliary work, which was a considerable force.

Even so, it took five or six days to cut off the protruding part of the crater.

The next step is to rebuild the foundation and the rest area. Torch workers wearing power armor are distributed everywhere, and some ecological shields have been rebuilt.

Floating heat waves rolled, and armored transport vehicles drove over the wide temporary roads, with metal sheets colliding in the bumps.

The air was filled with the smell of metal and engine oil. Based on the experience from last time, the progress this time was obviously much faster.

On this day, in the temporary rest cabin, the roar of various machines from the outside world passed through the cabin wall and reached Li Ming's ears.

He sat cross-legged on the bed. Under the influence of evolution, a red light surged on his body surface and his skin rose and fell like the tide.

Outside the body of the body, a kind of illusory and blurry creature formed, with a slender neck, thick lower limbs, a pair of red wings on its back, scales all over its body, and it roared towards the sky.

Red Lotus Thunder Dragon.

Red electric arcs surged and crackled, as if reaching a certain limit. Li Ming, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes, and his pupils were bright red.

Then, the whole body suddenly exploded, turning into red arcs of electricity, and then gathered again one meter away in the blink of an eye.

"Wonderful..." Li Ming looked at his bare hands and couldn't help but be surprised.

Even without testing, he could be sure that his genetic development had reached 30%. The gene seed of the Red Lotus Thunder Dragon had completed the initial fusion with his body, and he had acquired some kind of talent.

This is also an additional change brought about by the gene seeds of advanced organisms and does not belong to genetic martial arts.

"This move alone can give me a lot of advantages at the B-level life form stage." Li Ming exhaled, "It's just not very useful."

He walked to the closet and picked out some clothes to put on.

"Looking at it this way, A-class life forms and even S-class life forms are much more powerful than I thought." Li Ming pondered. With the combined amplification of various genetic abilities, individual life forms will reach an unimaginable level.

The development of the gene seeds progressed steadily, reaching 30% in a few days, which was just a few days away from his estimate.

His current normal energy level has exceeded 50B, which means that even if he does not use [Thunder Frenzy] and does not possess a tank guard, he has already reached the A-level standard by relying solely on the main combat system to control objects.

If he used [Thunder Frenzy] and possessed the tank guard, he believed that he could suppress Sandro.

"Counting the time, it has been almost a year since I came to this world." Li Ming sighed.
"Now I have some capital to make a living, but I am still a long way from being able to command the stars. I have a long way to go."

Perhaps the body has evolved to a certain stage, and physiological changes also have some impact on psychological emotions.

Today, Li Ming felt particularly melancholy. Many familiar faces appeared in his mind, good friends, bad friends, and even enemies.

……

In another temporary rest cabin, Sandro was in a very good mood these days.

Whenever he thought of Brot's body that had almost turned into charcoal, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Fortunately I hugged her quickly..." he muttered to himself. Although there had been some minor unpleasantness between him and Qinglong before, it was all in the past.

He believed that as long as he was honest and obedient, Qinglong would definitely change his opinion of him.

Just as I was daydreaming, I was interrupted by the roar of machines outside the temporary rest cabin.

He couldn't help but curse. The noise from the machines was too noisy during this period, making him feel annoyed and uneasy.

A few days ago, he went out and made a fuss, but was scolded by Qinglong, who told him not to disturb the staff's work.

He had no choice but to be quiet and honest.

Suddenly, his ears moved slightly and he looked towards the door hesitantly. It was not until the beeping sound mixed with the roar of the machine sounded again that he was sure that he had not heard it wrong.

"Who is it?" He frowned, walked to the peephole at the door and looked through it. His face darkened and he couldn't help but snorted coldly.

It's Ulrich.

He was about to open the door, but stopped and waited for the "beep" sound to sound again. He looked into the peephole and saw Ulrich's impatient expression. He felt very happy and opened the door.

The burly figure blocked the door, folded his arms, and looked at Ulrich who was standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"Isn't this Mr. Collector? How come you have time to come to see me today?"

There was a hint of pride in his words. Ulrich remained silent, and slightly turned his body to reveal Theo behind him.

Sandro's face changed slightly. Facing Theo, he really didn't dare to be arrogant. He glanced at Ulrich fiercely, and his attitude immediately softened.

"Come in, come in." Theo walked into Sandro's room, followed by Ulrich.

Sandro closed the door with a bang, looked around at the two of them, sat down hesitantly, and did not speak at the first moment. The atmosphere was a bit depressing.

"What's going on with Qinglong? Why did it suddenly become eight cannons?" Theo asked to himself.
"You ask me?" Sandro stared, "Who am I? Would Qinglong trust me?"

"The matter of the core ruins is no longer something we can interfere with." Theo suddenly jumped to another topic.

Sandro listened in a daze.

"On the surface, it's the Itlan Civilization and the Torch Organization fighting openly and secretly, but in reality it's a fight between Grand Duke Thornblood and Grand Duke Guya."

"Xingyuan Empire?" Sandro said subconsciously.

"You still want to gain benefits from the Torch Organization, which is doomed to be impossible."

"What do you mean?" Sandro didn't understand. "You knew it a long time ago? Then why didn't you stop him at the beginning, but instead followed Qinglong to come here in cooperation?"

"Why should I stop it?" Theo asked back, "This is exactly what the person behind me wants."

"The person behind you?" Sandro subconsciously glanced behind him. Ulrich sneered, "You are so vague, he won't understand."

Sandro's face turned cold. That was just his subconscious reaction. He didn't really not understand. Ulrich added: "Theo has the Xingyuan Empire behind him, so he is willing to come here and even pick peaches in the end."

"Have you really relied on the Xingyuan Empire?" Sandro was surprised.

"That's right, so I wanted to ask you, do you want to join us?" Theo nodded.

"Together?" Sandro was stunned, and suddenly a thunder exploded in his mind.

Qinglong's calm face suddenly appeared in front of him, and he could vaguely hear the other party's voice in his ears: "Please don't make the wrong choice."

"Hiss~" He took a breath and felt horrified. Qinglong had already guessed that these two guys would come to find him and even invite him?
"Wait..." Sandro's heart trembled, and he waved his hands hurriedly, looking left and right, frowning and saying:
"I went to you guys before, but you guys didn't want to talk to me. Why are you taking the initiative to invite me now?"

"Oh, it's because of Qinglong, right? You want to know what Qinglong is doing secretly? Why did the number of energy cannons suddenly increase from two to eight?"

"Are there any more hidden plans and means?"

Ulrich was slightly surprised. How could Sandro think of so much?

"So?" Theo said calmly, "Sandro, you know me. Now that I've spoken, I will never lie to you."

"Is this your last chance to board the ship, Xingyuan Empire, or Qinglong?"

Even though Sandro was in awe of Qinglong now, when he heard the two names together, he still subconsciously hesitated in his heart.

But then, he stood up suddenly and said in a cold voice: "Theo, you are indeed a man of your word, but that doesn't mean you won't lie."

"If you could really represent the Xingyuan Empire, you would have gone for revenge long ago."

Theo's eyes narrowed slightly, and the biting cold penetrated Sandro's skin. Ulrich looked admiring.

Sandro's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "What I mean is, are you kidding me? I know that your Casablanca Flower must have come from some big shot in the Xingyuan Empire."

"It might be a certain Grand Duke. He might not even think that highly of you. You are recruiting me on his behalf. Does that guy know about it?"

"You mean to refuse?" Theo said with a cold expression.

When the words came to his lips, Sandro hesitated again, and after a moment he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe you anyway."

"Okay." Theo stood up and left, with Ulrich following behind him.

After closing the door, Sandro let out a long sigh and couldn't help cursing, "Fuck, why am I so unlucky."

After thinking for a moment, he felt that this matter could not be hidden, so he opened the door and took a look. He found that Theo and the other man had disappeared, so he tiptoed out.

"He actually refused." Ulrich stood behind Theo in the shadow of the corner, a little surprised.

"Sandro is a simple man. If you are stronger than him, you can dominate him." Theo seemed indifferent.

"In other words, he thinks Grand Duke Guya is weaker than Azure Dragon?" Ulrich pondered.

Theo was silent for a moment, then said speechlessly: "You think too much. Sandro simply doesn't believe us. If Grand Duke Guya stood in front of him, he would definitely surrender."

"Really?" Ulrich pondered, shook his head again, and sighed: "I hope Qinglong can understand what we mean."

To this day, the pillar of light that penetrates the sky and the earth still appears before his eyes from time to time.

Theo stared at Sandro's back: "He will."

.........

"It turned out to be Grand Duke Guya."

In the room, Li Ming listened to Sandro's narration and seemed to be thinking about something.

He occasionally wondered who was behind Theo, but he had no clues and it was pointless to think about it.

Until today.

"Grand Duke Gua? The paralyzed guy?" Sandro was surprised and relieved. "I thought it was someone else. Theo was so arrogant, but it turned out to be a dying guy."

"He can't die." Li Ming shook his head. He didn't know much about the Xingyuan Empire, but he still believed in their methods.

"You can't die?" Sandro was nervous, "So we have to fight this Grand Duke in the end?"

"We?" Li Ming glanced at him, and Sandro smiled awkwardly: "I'm not qualified, it's you...you..."

He couldn't help but say, "But Theo is not easy to deal with. This guy is very cunning."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to hit him with those shots."

"Why do you want to fight him?" Li Ming shook his head: "He is asking you to convey the idea of ​​cooperation to me."

"The only thing that can catch the Grand Duke's eye is the Sublimation Source Crystal, but the other things are also a considerable fortune. He just doesn't want to fight me."

"Let me pass it on? When?" Sandro was at a loss.

Li Ming was too lazy to explain. Theo found Sandro, but he was not sure whether Sandro would accept it, so he revealed his trump card right away.

It was definitely not to really invite Sandro to join, or rather, it didn't matter whether Sandro agreed or not.

Just let Sandro tell him the news and recognize the current situation.

Li Ming thought that there was no need to make things so complicated. Even if Theo came straight to the point and talked directly, he would be able to accept it.

But this old bastard just likes to take roundabout ways.

"Unfortunately, I can represent myself, but can you really represent that Grand Duke?" Li Ming shook his head secretly. It was enough to figure out who was behind Theo and what his purpose was.

Sandro couldn't help asking again: "What does he want to do?"

"Nothing." Li Ming shook his head and ordered him to leave: "You can leave now."

Sandro got up reluctantly, and left when he saw that Qinglong had no intention of saying anything more to him.

Li Ming had no interest in the cooperation that Theo mentioned, because the ownership of the core ruins was still unknown, but it was too ridiculous that they were discussing how to divide it.

"Does he think that being in the Torch Organization gives him an advantage?"

Theo wanted to cooperate with him, most likely in order to pick the peach of the Torch Organization, that is, the completed sublimator.

Theo probably thought that no one was closer to this thing than he was.

Apart from relying on dimensional power, almost no one can pose a threat to the Torch Organization. If they cooperate with him, the success rate is indeed very high.

Once I get the finished sublimator, it will be a great achievement to go find the Grand Duke.

And he believed that he was his most likely obstacle and a strong competitor for the Sublimator.

Well, before he blasted Brot to death, I shouldn't have been considered an obstacle by him.

He tried to guess what Theo was thinking, but in the end he laughed inexplicably, which was chilling in the empty room.

(End of this chapter)