This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 276 [Mechanical Secondary Heart] upgraded, powerful ability [Source of Immortality]!
"Sir Benny." Qinglong suddenly came to his side. Benny suddenly woke up, and before he could adjust his expression, he had already said:

"As expected of Lord Qinglong, such a troublesome problem was solved in just a few days."

"Alas..." Li Ming sighed, "I did it with all my efforts."

"From now on, it all depends on Sir Benny."

Benny forced a smile and said quickly, "I can't solve this energy focusing crystal problem by myself."

Li Ming did not comment or respond. After saying a few perfunctory words, he left the main ship laboratory leisurely.

Swish - the hatch behind him closed. He stood still, turned on the smart terminal, and entered the battleship's intranet system. He contacted Connit and asked to meet him.

If it were before, Cornette might have made a few excuses.

But now he didn't say much, but directly arranged the meeting place.

Ten minutes later, the two met in the conference room.

"Sir." Li Ming got straight to the point. "I have solved one of the two problems facing the sublimator. Can I pay part of the reward?"

"Hmm?" Cornett's eyes condensed slightly, and then they shone brightly, but he quickly restrained himself, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and nodded: "As expected of His Excellency Qinglong..."

"Don't worry, half of the Lanhui Gold will be delivered to your room soon."

"Well..." Li Ming smiled, "Why do we have to wait until later? I'm here anyway, why don't you just have someone deliver it to me? It's only 10 kilograms, and I can easily carry it back, saving your people from having to make another trip."

So anxious? Or don't you believe me?

Cornett pondered in his heart and said, "Do you mind if I contact the main ship laboratory?"

"Whatever." Li Ming sat casually, tapping the table regularly with his fingertips.

Cornett glanced at him, as if he wanted to leave, but he still opened the smart terminal, paused at Benny's name, and then clicked on an experimenter below him - Bunitz.

The call was quickly connected, and the other party's voice was excited:
"Chief, I was just about to inform you that His Excellency Qinglong has just arrived and has easily solved the problem that has been bothering us for many days. The overall progress has made a big step forward..."

It’s really solved.

Cornett's expression relaxed, he responded perfunctorily, and then contacted Ted again.

Not long after, an exquisite small alloy box was delivered.

Li Ming opened it and saw neatly stacked pieces of azure metal, emitting a faint hazy glow. If you look closely, you can also see a little bit of golden light in the core.

It has extremely high toughness and ductility, but its particles are very inert and has a wide range of uses. The Itlan royal family even uses it to weave ancient ethnic costumes.

After counting and confirming that the weight was okay, Li Ming immediately said, "The leader is indeed a straightforward person. I will continue to study the following issues and will not disturb you."

Looking at Qinglong's leaving back, Connet rubbed his fingers and slowly exhaled. The plan was finally on track.

Although Qinglong delayed for a long time, he finally set about solving the sublimator problem.

"Benny is right, Cornett really has some kind of confidence..."

In the room, Li Ming began to extract metal energy while thinking.

He still remembered the shock on Cornette's face after his fight with Theo.

Having already seen his "strength", Cornett still chose to proceed according to Benny's plan and seemed very excited just now.

Where exactly is Cornette's confidence?
"He seems to be completely confident that he can take care of us..."

Li Ming speculated that Connet's confidence made him feel slightly uneasy.

More than half an hour later, just as he had estimated, a total of 5.8 million metal energies were extracted. Including the remaining ones, the total amount had reached about 12.5 million.

Li Ming organized his thoughts. He decided that he couldn't keep going at this point and had to upgrade.

After opening the control page and thinking for a moment, he finally selected - [Mechanical Secondary Heart]

It only costs 500,000 to control it, and even if it is upgraded to A-level, it only costs 5 million, which seems to be a good value for money.

But Li Ming doesn't need cheap and good quality now. He only needs five million to upgrade. Obviously, the data will not look good, let alone be top-notch.

Therefore, he first strengthened it with a mother ore called "Lake Blue Stone Heart", slightly improving its physical strength and gaining the ability of "resurrection", which is the ability to recover from injuries.

The total cost of the upgrade reached eight million, and Li Ming was satisfied. He then proceeded with the upgrade and took internal control of the upgrade route.

In the faint golden glow, the mechanical secondary heart underwent a drastic change. The silver-white metal on the surface dissipated like ash, revealing a smoother metal shell. The whole body expanded more than one circle, looking even more sci-fi.

[Life force core: the source of mechanical life.]

Control effect: Physical strength boost--800%
Control Ability - Mechanization: Gain 1600% physical strength and gain the "Source of Immortality" characteristic. 】

A steady stream of physical strength burst out from deep within his body. Li Ming felt as if he was filled up, and his cells were more active than ever before.

After taking a long breath and adapting himself a little, Li Ming had time to check out more of its specific abilities.

[Source of Immortality: After suffering a fatal attack, the controlled object will self-destruct and erase the damage caused by the attack]

Li Ming's pupils condensed slightly, his heart suddenly shook, and then a brilliant light flashed. How could he block the fatal attack?
He was feeling uneasy, as he had never expected that he had this ability. Its effect was self-evident, as it was equivalent to giving him a second life.

But after a brief moment of calm, he calmed down again. If he faced a very strong enemy, he could block one attack and still have another.

But it is very effective against sneak attacks. More importantly, he can replicate this ability. Although the metal energy consumed is high, it is definitely worth it.

When he no longer has to worry about metal energy, I'll get eight or ten of them.

Concentrating his thoughts, there were still more than four million metal energies left. But looking at the many neatly arranged controlled objects, the front row were all A-level, Li Ming felt a little more at ease.

With his current overall means, as long as the enemy is not an S-level life form, or the attack is equal, he has room for maneuver.

……

The automatic recognition mechanical door opened, and Cornette looked up and saw Benny with a gloomy expression.

Both Corvez and Fernande were in the room. After the door closed automatically, no one spoke.

Cornette took out a purple crystal and crushed it suddenly. Purple energy burst out and then swept through everyone's body, forming an energy barrier that enveloped them.

Until the energy barrier was completely formed and there was no abnormality, Cornett breathed a sigh of relief, "No problem."

He added, "There's no one in the shadows either."

Fernand couldn't help but snorted: "This is our flagship, our territory, yet you are so sneaky every time we meet."

Ke Weisi's face also looked very bad: "What can we do, those two guys..."

At this point, everyone's expressions changed slightly, even though nearly ten days had passed since the battle.

But every time they thought about it, they felt an indescribable feeling of fear in their hearts.

From time to time, he would look back at his shadow, fearing that a pair of iron fists would suddenly jump out of it. "Don't think about it anymore." Seeing the atmosphere becoming increasingly quiet, Connet couldn't help but interrupt and looked at Benny: "Sir, Qinglong has solved the problem according to the plan. When can you completely manufacture the sublimator according to the plan?"

Speaking of this, Benny's face became even uglier. "Something unexpected happened. Although Qinglong solved the problem, it was the particle actuator that he solved..."

Seeing that everyone was confused, Benny explained: "The problem he solved is the same as the one I have solved. The current situation is no different from before."

"Ok?"

Something went wrong?

Cornette was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but ask: "The same one? Didn't you say Qinglong would definitely deal with the other one?"

"Who knows what's wrong with him..." Benny gritted his teeth.

Ke Weisi couldn't help but sneer: "Ha, weren't you absolutely sure that Qinglong would follow your plan?"

“…” Benny was speechless and his expression became increasingly gloomy.

Fernande glanced around and couldn't help but ask, "Then aren't we wasting our efforts and giving him so much Lanhui Gold, all thrown away in vain?"

Kevis continued to finish off the opponent: "You are so self-righteous. It is better not to do this. Even if Qinglong makes a blind pick, we still have a 50% chance of success."

Unexpected, another unexpected thing, Cornette couldn't help but feel depressed.

Being repeatedly criticized, Benny couldn't hold back and said, "There was nothing wrong with my original idea. Who knows what's wrong with him?"

"Perhaps, he already knows our plan." Keweisi said coldly.

"Huh?" Benny was startled and couldn't help asking, "How could it be?"

Koves retorted: "Why not? He might be lurking in someone's shadow and has already found out everything."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed. Cornett scolded: "Okay, stop threatening yourself."

He was also helpless. Now when the name Qinglong was mentioned, they couldn't help but feel scared.

If it weren't for An Ye's back-up, he could basically just declare surrender and there would be no way to play.

"What on earth does he want to do?" Fernande couldn't help but ask, "His goal should also be the core ruins. Creating a sublimator will also be good for him. Why isn't he in a hurry?"

"Perhaps, he has a ready-made sublimator in his hands?" Benny suddenly asked. Several people looked over and Fernand couldn't help but ask, "How is that possible?"

"How is that impossible?" Benny sneered, "Based on his understanding of the sublimator, he must have disassembled it completely, or has the original drawings."

Ke Weisi couldn't help but sneer: "If it's true what you said, then why did he come to our organization's base to play house with us?"

Benny paused. This really didn't make sense and he felt even more annoyed.

Everyone fell silent again. The Azure Dragon was like a thorn stuck in their throats. They could neither spit it out nor swallow it. If they were not careful, it would cut their throats and cause damage.

I've never felt this suffocated.

"If I hadn't invited him here in the first place..." Fernande muttered, "or if I had used the power of the Eternal Realm to kill him earlier..."

Cornett's face darkened. "Don't speculate blindly here. Let's wait a little longer. Maybe it's not as complicated as we think."

"But what if he really doesn't want to make it?" Benny looked up, "What are your methods? Can't you just catch him and search his memory?"

Everyone's eyes were on Cornett. Last time he received a call, he confidently agreed to Benny's plan after coming back.

But even Kovis didn't know where the confidence came from.

Cornett hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Capturing someone is not as easy as killing him. At the last moment, he wanted to destroy his brain, which was easy."

“In the end, there might be nothing to gain. The risk is too great.”

Everyone looked surprised. Even at this point, Connit was still confident that his trump card could at least kill Qinglong.

Especially Corvez, he asked many times, but Connet remained silent, especially after witnessing the confrontation with Theo, he forbade them to mention the matter.

"Is there any other solution now?" Benny asked urgently, "Why not take a gamble?"

Cornette frowned. They were really desperate now and could not allow themselves to be led by Qinglong.

His eyes narrowed slightly, as if he had made up his mind, "I understand, everyone just wait."

"We have to wait?" Benny frowned. Cornette's voice became colder: "Sir Benny, if you were more capable, we wouldn't have to spend so much effort."

Benny's face flushed, but he quickly calmed down and said nothing.

Cornette waved everyone away and sighed.

It’s not that he wants to wait. They are now in navigation mode and are moving every moment. Even if he tells An Ye the coordinates, it will be difficult for the other party to find them, and it will be a waste of time.

Moreover, according to the communication not long ago, the other party is still near the Land of Stars and it is not easy for them to leave. We can only wait until we reach the base and then notify them.

At the same time, this period of time is also the last time he leaves for Qinglong.

He hoped that the other party could solve the problem of the sublimator directly rather than searching memories, which was too risky.

All parties were in turmoil, but they all found the final way out.

Therefore, the main ship became calm instead, with only Connet sending people to urge Qinglong from time to time to ask him to solve the last problem facing the sublimator as soon as possible.

But it is this calm atmosphere that allows everyone to feel a sense of impending storm.

Silently, ten days later, their small fleet arrived near the Red River Star Stream.

The main ship has stopped its jump and is docked in a desolate starry sky. An internal network notification said that the safety of the temporary base is being determined.

After waiting for most of the day and making sure that the temporary base was not exposed and there were no traps, they continued to move forward.

It landed on the remains of a stellar body. It is slender overall, with an extremely irregular and bumpy surface.

Everyone got off the main ship. Li Ming stood on the barren surface and looked up. He could clearly see the still magnificent Red River Star Stream, like a crimson crack tearing the universe apart.

Compared with the past, it seems to be redder, and the faint waves can be observed with the naked eye.

It looked like ripples in a stream, but in fact, Li Ming knew clearly that there were countless planets wrapped in those seemingly tiny ripples.

Even an A-level life form is like an ant in front of such great power.

"The universe is so vast..." Li Ming's heart was filled with waves.

When he left the Land of Stars, he could only barely contend with A-level life forms.

Now, it only takes a thought to take Sandro's life, which is completely different from the past.

But facing the Red River Star Stream, I feel even more insignificant.

(End of this chapter)