This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 274: Clues of the Rat's Fear (asking for monthly votes at the beginning of the month!)

"It's really... refreshing." Li Ming let out a breath, of course it was just what he imagined.

This punch feels so damn good.

Then, he looked up at the human-shaped hole that ran through the entire hull, and a breath came from far away. It was Theo.

Of course he was not dead. He appeared again on the broken metal floor, staring coldly at the pale golden mecha in front of him.

From the front, he seemed to be unhurt, but Ulrich's eye twitched and Theo's back was a bloody mess, with bones and muscles rolled outward.

Even though Theo is proficient in assassination, it doesn't mean that his physical strength is low. On the contrary, he may be stronger!

If this punch had landed on his head, only blood, flesh and mud would have been left. Ulrich's heart beat violently a few times.

It is indeed an A-level life form with over 90% development progress.

Li Ming secretly marveled at this. His current development progress has reached 40%. With multiple blessings, [Thunder Frenzy] is enough to push him to an energy level close to 90A for an explosion.

Coupled with the enhancements of [Violent Tiger Fist] and [Silver-gray Particles], this time, the power is almost catching up with his cannon execution.

But Theo looked like, although his injuries were serious, he still maintained a strong breath of life.

The air was thick and the only sound was the sound of sirens, while the onlookers were all silent.

Cornette felt a deep sense of horror. His development progress had just exceeded 80% and had not yet reached 90%. Facing this attack, he would probably be even worse off than Theo.

Qinglong, is he so powerful?
He noticed that the fist armor on the mecha belonged to Brot's weapon, but that was not the point.

The point is, Qinglong also possesses a concealment ability that is almost comparable to Theo, and in the end he even shows an explosive speed that is slightly faster than Theo.

And this kind of horrific lethality, these three combined are enough to turn Qinglong into a terrifying assassin who is as threatening as Theo.

And this person has the assistance of nano energy cannons, and his various methods are simply unfathomable.

At this moment, the frightened Cornette couldn't help but feel relieved.

Fortunately, the Saint of Glory came to the rescue and provided a legendary assassin like An Ye.

Otherwise, if you want to kill these two guys and the others, you may have to kill the entire Torch Organization.

Corvis and Fernande looked at each other and could see the uneasiness in each other's eyes.

This...where does Connit get the confidence to kill these people?

"This time, it's fast enough." Li Ming said lightly. Theo remained silent, not knowing what to say and having nothing to say.

"You two..." Cornett spoke forcefully, trying to look calm and composed: "What kind of conflict happened? Why did it end up like this?"

He knew that there were conflicts among this group of people, but he didn't expect that they would get to the point of fighting. He really wanted to know why the two were fighting.

Li Ming didn't say anything, just looked at Theo. He spoke with a hoarse voice: "Nothing, just a sparring match."

Sparring? Cornette shook his head and said with a wry smile, "You two should stop sparring like this. This main ship can't stand your tossing."

"Sorry."

Silver nanoparticles poured out from the gaps in the tank guard mecha, and Li Ming's figure emerged.

Theo looked at him deeply.

"It's nothing. It just takes some time to repair it." Cornett's attitude was very gentle, completely different from the warnings he gave after previous incidents.

Ulrich tried to reduce his presence and stood behind Knitt, fearing that he would be discovered.

"Cough cough..." A dry cough suddenly came from the ruins. Sandro half-knelt on the ground, retching. He fell to the lower level of the corridor, covered in blood.

Then he touched his limbs and head, feeling grateful for surviving the disaster, "Haha..."

He couldn't help laughing, but quickly stopped himself, looked up at the two evil spirits in front of him, and broke out in a cold sweat again.

He knew very well how terrifying Theo was, but he didn't expect that Qinglong, in addition to those cannons, also had such terrifying methods. It was so creepy.

Damn Ulrich!
Sandro suddenly remembered, and murderous intent appeared in his eyes.

This time, instead of giving them a warning, Cornette thoughtfully arranged a new room for them to live in before going back to finish the work.

This made Li Ming sigh again and again. When the other party suspects that you have the means to threaten them, it would be better if you really do.

A few hours later, the main ship's external hull had been almost repaired, with only a few holes inside that needed to be repaired.

But it can already enter the transition state normally.

On the upper deck of the main ship, there was a gloomy atmosphere, and Connit and the other two gathered together.

"What the hell is going on with this Qinglong!?" Fernande was still in shock and even looked at his own shadow while speaking.

"How can he be so powerful? He is only a B-level life form. Can the Great Mechanic really be so powerful?"

"Master Mechanic..." Cornett shook his head, frowning, "Is Benny a Master Mechanic? Is Deyes a Master Mechanic? Does he have this ability?"

"Other great mechanics wouldn't dare to drive a mecha like this. If there's a problem with the internal shock-absorbing layer, the mecha will be doomed."

“He’s too confident…”

Fernande said solemnly: "His mecha is simply omnipotent. He can even hide in the shadows."

"Letting a wolf into the house." Connit remembered what Deyes had said. Although the other party had his own selfish motives, the current situation also put him in a dilemma.

"If Theo is a suspect in Deyes's case, then he is also a suspect," Fernand suddenly mentioned.

Corvez, who had been silent all this time, suddenly laughed: "It's meaningless to think about this now. What can we do about Deyes's matter, even if it was done by either him or Theo?"

"Qinglong plus Theo, even with the two of us in there, it'll be hard to take them out."

Fernand's face changed slightly, and he said hesitantly: "Qinglong is different from Theo after all. He can't wear that mecha all the time."

"Yeah, we can't be on guard against them all the time." Ke Weisi said faintly, "Besides, the sublimator hasn't been built yet."

Fernande said angrily, "This is not allowed, that is not allowed. Are you going to tolerate someone stepping on your head and making fun of you?"

"It would be better to use the power of the Eternal Realm to kill them all while we are at the main base!"

"What's the point of saying this now?" Connit understood more and more deeply what it meant to be unable to advance or retreat, and was completely trapped by Qinglong.

He took a deep breath and took out two palm-sized, heart-shaped objects. They were completely black and twitched slightly, emitting an unsettling aura. "These two are for you."

"Heart of Death? It has come to this..."

Fernande's expression changed slightly, as if he was extremely afraid of the black heart in front of him.

"It's better to be prepared." Cornett stretched out his hand and looked at the two of them. "One wrong step, all wrong steps." Kovis took the black heart, sneered a few times, and pressed it against his chest.

Thin black lines like spider webs extended out, quickly covering the entire chest, swallowing up the black heart and completely disappearing under the skin.

At the same time, his face turned pale.

"Let's fight!" Fernande gritted his teeth and followed suit.

……

“The atmosphere has become more subtle.”

In the new room, Li Ming pondered. This time he demonstrated a lot of new methods. The Torch Organization might think of a lot of things, but the other party was afraid to take action.

"But it's good this way. It gives him a sense of threat, so that Connet won't do something unwise in secret." Li Ming pondered. If you are not strong enough, there are ways to play. If you are strong enough, there are ways to play.
For the next three days, Li Ming stayed indoors. When someone came to see him, he said that he was studying key technical problems.

Cornett occasionally sent people to inquire about the progress, but he was never seen.

Ted even suspected that he had disappeared as mysteriously as Deyes. If it weren't for the two mechanical bodies standing at the door and the terrifying strength that the other party had shown not long ago, he might have broken in.

But on this day, Li Ming, who had been reluctant to show up, still attracted Cornette.

He stood at the door of Li Ming's room, with people on both sides. He forced an ugly smile on his face:
"After all, with the Deyes incident, I'd better ask Mr. Qinglong to come out and show up once in a while."

Li Ming looked apologetic: "No problem, isn't this solving a difficult problem?"

Cornett's face looked even uglier. This was what he wanted to talk about. It had been several days, why had Qinglong not made any move at all?
But thinking of the recent confrontation between Qinglong and Theo, he could only say: "I hope you can make a breakthrough soon."

After seeing off Cornette, Li Ming closed the door with a flickering look in his eyes. He had not been idle at all in these three days.

With the help of the ability of [Shadow Sting], I can get a rough idea of ​​the situation of the entire battleship.

Cornette had obviously increased his vigilance against him. Many key places were protected by the "Realm of Eternity", making it difficult for him to sneak in.

However, he was only gathering information instead of taking any real action. The clues were enough to infer a lot of things.

"This Connit actually put the dimensional crystal in his room and checked it two or three times a day. It's really enough." Li Ming said helplessly.

What he was most concerned about were those dimensional crystals, and he had investigated them clearly during these three days.

Connit learned from his mistakes and just ate and slept with the dimensional crystal, so he didn't have any good opportunities to make a move.

In addition, Connit still had people checking on Yes's affairs, and especially after the confrontation with Theo, he assigned a lot more people.

Peel was decrypting the data day and night. After Deyes came to the Torch Organization, the data streams transmitted to the outside every day were summarized and then cracked.

Trying to obtain relevant information about the manufacture of sublimators from it.

"Based on Pierre's working attitude, he will find some clues sooner or later. However, it will take a long time..." Li Ming shook his head and didn't care about it.

The main base has to send and receive a large amount of data every day, which is too much to handle.

But he found nothing about the sublimation particles.

"It can't be said that we gained nothing." Li Ming stroked his chin.

During these three days, he obtained almost no intelligence information about this matter within the Torch Organization.

But he discovered something unusual. He actually saw the great mechanic Benny on the upper level of the main ship.

It happened two days ago. He was lurking in Ted's shadow, trying to find out about the storage location of the dimensional crystals.

Judging from the scene at that time, he had probably just talked to Connit. This unusual situation immediately aroused Li Ming's interest.

This great mechanic is not as simple as he looks.

He was lurking in Benny's shadow at the time, but the old guy actually returned to the manufacturing room and worked silently. Li Ming spent three or four hours without any results.

"According to Benny's work habits, he only takes a break once every five days." Li Ming calculated, recalling some details about Benny in the past.

And today is Benny's rest time.

He had been preparing for many days and even responded to the torch staff sent by Cornette to urge him on a daily basis.

In this way, no one will come to disturb him for a short time.

In the main ship laboratory
"Mr. Benny, it's finally time for you to rest. You've been working non-stop. Although you're a Class B life form, you're not young anymore. You should take more rest."

Seeing Benny take off his lab coat, several experimenters who were on good terms with him couldn't help but speak.

"Haha, when you die, you can rest forever." Benny shook his head with a gentle attitude, causing a burst of chuckles.

Leaving the production room and walking in the narrow metal corridor, people would occasionally step aside to give way to him, and Benny would always respond kindly.

After fingerprint verification, I pushed open the door and a faint scent of perfume hit me in the face.

His student, the snow-white-haired Huber, was standing in a specially built gravity chamber, apparently developing gene seeds.

Shirtless, muscular, and sweating profusely.

"Teacher." Seeing Benny coming back, Huber walked out of the gravity cabin, nodded slightly, his eyes shining with white light, sweeping through his shadow.

"Yeah." Benny had a blank expression on his face, which was very different from when he was outside, but Huber seemed used to it and put on his clothes.

At the same time, he asked, "Is there still no movement from Mr. Qinglong?"

"No." Benny snorted coldly, "Ever since Cornette talked to him, he didn't even go to the lab and stayed in his room all day."

Sure enough, there is a problem... Through these two or three sentences of conversation, Li Ming, who has been hiding in the other party's shadow, can already be sure that Benny, who seems to be a good guy, is hiding deep enough.

"Can't he solve the remaining problems?" Huber couldn't help but say.

"Conquer it." Benny sneered, "I'm sure he must have come into contact with the sublimator. There's no need to conquer it. I don't know what he's thinking."

"But if he doesn't solve the problem of the crystal coefficient, we'll have to wait at least two months."

Two months? Li Ming was slightly surprised. Isn't it half a year?
Is this old guy framing me?

He reacted and his face changed. He suddenly remembered that since Deyes disappeared, Benny had been complaining every time he went to the core laboratory.

Then I kept instilling in him the concept that “80% is left…it will take at least another half a year…”

At that time, had he already started some plans?

How sinister... Li Ming felt murderous.

(End of this chapter)