This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 272: Qinglong did everything?
"After you open the core ruins, you can choose whatever you want from the contents. Or, I'll give you Deyes's portion as well."

Li Ming also tried a little. After all, he didn't lose anything. It was indeed unlikely that he could get the A-level gene seeds, but this was obviously just empty talk, so he was not satisfied:

"Deyes disappeared, and his share should have been divided equally. Now you give his share to me as a reward. What will the others think?" Li Ming shook his head.
"How about this, do you have any precious metals or something? Give me some. I need it urgently."

"Precious metals?" Cornett's eyes flickered slightly, and he subconsciously guessed that Qinglong asked for precious metals obviously in order to make something to increase his own means and strength, which was almost equivalent to aiding the enemy.

Cornett was also dissatisfied. "There are only two choices. Either we pay you a lump sum, and you can just take the money and leave after you finish making it."

"Or, we can divide up the core ruins in the form of a cake. Your Excellency, is it too much to want to have both?"

"Wrong." Li Ming shook his head. "I am already fulfilling my duties. You added more conditions and asked me to pay more. This has nothing to do with the previous agreement."

Cornett's temples throbbed, and he said coldly, "We don't have any precious metals, so please change the terms."

"I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do." Li Ming shrugged. "Then we can only slowly grind it out, but it will only take half a year, it will be quick."

Cornette stared at him coldly, expressionless, and said in a chilling voice: "10 kilograms of Lanhui gold."

Really agreed, so anxious? Li Ming pondered inwardly.

Lanhui gold is a regional specialty precious metal produced in the Silver Cluster and is very valuable.

The price fluctuates around 10 star coins per gram, and kilograms is million star coins, so at least or million can be withdrawn.

Li Ming thought about it and said, "At least 20 kilograms, otherwise, forget it."

Cornette's face turned cold: "You are pushing your feet further and further. Isn't that too much?"

"Agree or not," Li Ming pressed forward, not caring about the freezing temperature in the room.

"Okay." Cornett clenched his teeth, as if trying to suppress his anger, and the word almost jumped out of his throat.

But then he said, "However, you need to prove your ability to solve the problem first and advance the manufacturing progress of the sublimator. Only then can I give you half. After it is completely manufactured, I will give you the other half."

Li Ming stared at Cornett for a long time without saying anything. Cornett frowned and said, "If you raise the price again, we will part ways."

"It's settled then." Li Ming said calmly.

"Hmph!" Cornette seemed very angry. Without saying anything more, he turned around and left the room.

After he went out of the door, his gnashing teeth and wishing he could tear Qinglong apart quickly disappeared. He turned around coldly, glanced back, and left quickly.

"You're in such a hurry. Have you found any clues about the sublimation particles?" Li Ming pondered and felt something was not right.

He originally thought that after the Torch Organization failed to sacrifice "Dream", they temporarily did not have the means to sublimate the particles.

The need for a sublimator should not be that urgent.

Deyes disappeared, and facing the stagnant progress of the sublimator, the Torch Organization, including Connit, did not push too much, which also confirmed his idea.

But today, for some reason, Cornette suddenly became so eager, and in the face of his aggressive conditions, she was able to grit her teeth and agree.

It was hard for him not to guess that the other party had a new way to obtain sublimation particles.

"Sacrificing dimensional creatures shouldn't work. Where does the method come from?" Li Ming stroked his chin, unable to figure it out.

But he then pretended to run to the main ship's laboratory and looked around.

"You've come just in time, Lord Qinglong." Benny shouted excitedly, "I've just made a breakthrough. The latest core crystal can already withstand about three seconds of energy focus. I was just about to call you for help."

"Awesome, awesome." Li Ming praised twice and glanced at the data, but did not stay here for long. He said that he suddenly had an idea and left in a hurry.

"Sir Qinglong, Qinglong..." Benny shouted repeatedly, but he could only watch Qinglong's back disappear before his eyes and sighed helplessly.

On the other side, Ulrich had already arrived at Theo's room. After unfolding his twisted stance, he said something that made Theo's expression change constantly.

"I feel that Deyes is Qinglong's scapegoat."

Theo stared at Ulrich, his eyes: "What do you mean?"

"Do you remember when the Torch Organization raided my lair?" When Ulrich mentioned this, Theo's face turned embarrassed, but he quickly calmed down.

Ulrich pretended not to notice and continued, "In my repair room, I have a main ship-class gun barrel obtained from the Red River Star Stream."

"After the attack, the barrel mysteriously disappeared, which was a minor issue at the time."

"Do you think Qinglong took it?" Theo pondered. "There were too many looters at the time. Maybe they found it difficult to move it away, so they simply cut it into pieces and sold it simply for the materials."

"That's indeed possible." Ulrich nodded and said, "Do you remember when Tiago attacked?"

"At that time, Qinglong stored a long metal box with a length of 168 meters in my dock warehouse. Later, this metal box was moved to my castle. I asked someone to secretly take a look and found a cannon barrel model inside."

Theo's face changed and he glanced at Ulrich. This guy was staring at Qinglong with great intensity.

Ulrich continued, "I wanted to find out who sent this thing, but at that time, Tiago said that Asmara would be here soon, and we were busy retreating, so the matter was left unresolved."

"Until ten days ago, Cornett said that their three main guns had all been replaced with models. I thought about it and speculated. Putting aside all rationality, I believed that Qinglong must have done it."

Put aside all rationality? Theo hesitated, but in the end he did not correct it. He thought about it according to what Ulrich said, "You mean, it was Qinglong who contacted Asmara?"

"No, there is no reason. It was Qinglong who gave me the idea to blow up my castle. Even if it was just a show, there was no need to do it." Ulrich shook his head and speculated:

"I feel that Qinglong may have taken advantage of the situation. He discovered that Deyes was contacting Asmara, and then he took advantage of the situation to secretly achieve his goal."

Ulrich's expression was grim. "Isn't he always good at this? The Torch Organization's attack, and Tiago's attack. I even suspect now that what he said at the time was a complete lie to us."

He became more and more excited as he spoke: "What black four-armed life form may not exist at all. He took my things away!"

Over the past five or six days, he was unraveling the case and reviewing it again. Combining it with what Konnit said, he felt more and more that something was wrong.

In the shadow of many events, Qinglong's appearance became clearer and clearer.

"You're thinking too much. Let's just talk about the things that can be corroborated." Theo shook his head. He knew Ulrich's character. There was no need to discuss such things that were completely derived from subjective speculation.
Besides, it wasn't him who suffered the loss.

Ulrich took a deep breath, calmed down, and nodded. "I suspect he must have some very unique technology that can make use of those turrets and hide them in the space."

"Maybe it's rune technology. I heard it can easily do all kinds of incredible things."

"If it's him..." Theo stood up suddenly. He believed 80% of what Ulrich said.

"Wait, you're not going to expose him." Ulrich's eyes twitched and he hurriedly stopped him.

He made a guess, but didn't think about exposing Qinglong. They are in the same boat now, so who is innocent?

There is no benefit in telling the Torch Organization about these speculations, and what makes him more afraid is Qinglong's current strength. "No..." Theo shook his head, "I just want to talk to him about something."

Qinglong has always ignored the sublimator, even after Connit came to his door.

As time passed, he became more and more anxious, but there was nothing he could do. However, Ulrich offered some means of negotiation or threat.

Theo said, and left the room.

"Talk about something?" Ulrich hesitated for a moment and hurriedly followed.

When I went out, Theo was gone.

So impatient?

Ulrich's eyes flickered, as if he had guessed something.

"This incident might irritate Qinglong, but if Theo takes the initiative, Qinglong might not even have the chance to put on the mecha..."

Ulrich was about to follow, but he turned around and said, "No, I have to find someone to scout the way."

……

"Old Tai?"

Li Ming opened it, slightly surprised, and invited him in sideways. He casually pulled open a chair next to the metal round table and motioned for him to sit down.

After sitting down, Theo got straight to the point: "I think you have already been given the price for Cornett, so why haven't you solved the problem of the sublimator yet?"

"Do you really want to rob it?" Seeing that the other party came straight to the point, Li Ming did not say much, and shook his head and said, "You can't rob it."

Theo's purpose, in a sense, is the same as Connit's, which is to make him build the sublimator.

But he hasn't figured out the situation on Connit's side, so he doesn't want to build the sublimator.

"Whether you can get it or not is none of your business, but since Cornette has already paid the price, what are you hesitating about?" Theo asked in a deep voice.

"My considerations have nothing to do with you." Li Ming said nonchalantly.

"Is Deyes still alive?" Theo suddenly said, as if talking to himself: "Those nano energy cannons of yours should not be made by yourself."

"Ulrich's castle, and that time with Tiago."

Li Ming was stunned for a moment, then grinned and said, "It must be Ulrich, it's only him."

"Hmm... You are not threatening me, are you? A man of Grand Duke Guya is going to expose me?"

"What are you going to say? Because I was reluctant to make it, you couldn't grab it, so you exposed me?"

Theo's face darkened slightly, his patience gradually worn out: "What do you want to do? There must be a need."

"Since you have almost guessed it, I will just tell you. I want those dimensional crystals brought by Connit." Li Ming said clearly: "If you help me grab them, I will help you grab them."

"If you build it, I'll help you rob it." Theo was not surprised and agreed immediately.

"You're begging me." Li Ming laughed, "Do you really think you can get that thing?"

"Since I have this idea, I can naturally cover it, and I am not begging you." Theo stared at Li Ming. Since it has come to this, he simply said bluntly:

"On this battleship, if I want to, no one can stop me, not even Torch, and not even you."

"I know you have many means, but your body is...too weak."

The two looked at each other, and Li Ming suddenly curled his lips.

The next moment, Theo disappeared like a ghostly shadow, dispersing without causing any ripples, and the air flow in the room was not disturbed.

When he appeared again, he was already behind Li Ming.

His eyes were calm. He didn't want to attack Qinglong. He just wanted to warn this guy to build the sublimator honestly.

But then, Theo's face changed slightly, his palm penetrated through the figure of Li Ming sitting on the chair, and his voice sounded from another place, "Gray Eyes, you seem to have forgotten that I can always find where you are."

"Space travel..." Theo said in a low voice. When he turned around, he saw the mecha that had already been dressed.

His cheek twitched. How come he got dressed so quickly?
Li Ming exhaled slowly. He was already extremely alert, but he still almost didn't react.

But as soon as the thought turned around, Tan Wei appeared, and now he was much calmer.

"It's useless..." Theo shook his head, "The mecha can't protect you, and space travel can't protect you..."

"Really?" At some point, the Tank Guard sat at the table again, with its back to Theo.

[Hunting Shadows in the Wind], jumping back and forth, Theo's pupils condensed slightly, and he was already standing at the place where Li Ming disappeared.

What is this…

A cold light flashed across his hand. It was the pitch-black dagger that tore through Blerim's body with ease.

……

"Qinglong called me and asked you to notify him. You didn't lie to me, did you?" Sandro stared at Ulrich suspiciously.

"I told you he was talking to Theo. If you don't believe me, you don't have to come." Ulrich said expressionlessly.

Sandro snorted coldly. It was just a short trip and he didn't care.

Turning a corner of the corridor, Ulrich felt a little uneasy. He stopped and said indifferently, "They didn't let me in. I'll wait for you outside."

"Ha..." Sandro did not doubt it, but sneered: "Ulrich, you have come to this day?"

He held his head high and strode to Qinglong's door. He raised his hand and knocked on the door. Before he could say anything, his pupils suddenly condensed into needles.

The door in front of him suddenly turned into powder when he knocked lightly.

I clearly controlled my strength... Sandro was subconsciously dazed, and only felt a breeze passing in front of him. His heart seemed to be suddenly grasped, and a feeling of panic suddenly spread throughout his body.

Stab it!

In an instant, his clothes exploded into flying rags.

Ulrich's heart trembled at the end of the corridor. Sandro was already naked, with dense and tiny wounds on his body, and blood gushed out uncontrollably.

(End of this chapter)