This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 28 Lucky Boy (Please read on!)

Li Ning woke up slowly. The white light in front of him was so dazzling that he couldn't open his eyes. After a moment of confusion, he suddenly let out a heart-wrenching cry: "Lao Qi!"

He struggled to get up and walked out of the temporary tent, ignoring the comfort of the logistics staff around him. He saw Yang Peng and rushed over to him.

"Captain Yang, Lao Qi..."

"The pension is inevitable." Yang Peng's face was also heavy. Li Ning was struck by lightning and stood there in a daze.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, "Li Ming, Li Ming, Captain Yang, Li Ming..."

"Brother Li..." A familiar voice came from behind. Li Ning turned around hurriedly and saw Li Ming standing not far away, unharmed.

"Li Ming, I'm glad you're okay." Li Ning rushed up, hugged Li Ming tightly, and cried bitterly.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault. I almost got you involved. I shouldn't have been impulsive. I should have evacuated... but I don't know what happened..." Li Ning grieved.

"Brother Li, what are you talking about? I still have to thank you." Li Ming pulled Li Ning down and pointed to a place not far away and said, "Look..."

Li Ning's eyes were bloodshot. He looked in the direction Li Ming pointed. He couldn't see clearly at first, so after rubbing his eyes, he suddenly rushed up.

"Pang Wenlong's body! He...he's dead!?"

The corpse was wrapped in a body bag with only the head exposed. Li Ning didn't notice it. The people around him were looking at Li Ming with complicated eyes.

This kid is so lucky that he can get such a big reward on his first mission. It's Pang Wenlong's body.

However, they shook their heads secretly and said that they would not be willing to do so if they were to switch places.

No one knows whether they will become the lucky Li Ming or the unlucky Qi Zhengyuan.

"Old Yang is lucky this time. The credit goes to his team." Not far away, Wang Zhiheng curled his lips, "This kid named Li Ming is really lucky."

Zuo Ling, who was standing next to him, had a bandage on his arm and stared at Li Ming. "Lucky? Maybe..."

Wang Zhiheng said: "This case is not a small matter, especially before the Interstellar Alliance investigation team arrives, a press conference must be held. Maybe Li Ming will also be commended..."

“He won’t be given a permanent position directly, will he?” he muttered to himself.

The next step is the cleanup work. There will be special people coming, and these field members are already fine.

"Go back and hand over your guns, and have a good sleep." Yang Peng waved his hand, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to return on the transport ship.

Then the smile on Yang Peng's face gradually disappeared, and Lao Dao's figure appeared behind him at some point.
"Captain Yang, I've had someone check. The IP address of the smart terminal that Li Ming used to log into the Xingwang account did not appear at the crime scene that day."

"No? Maybe I'm overthinking it." Yang Peng breathed a sigh of relief.

"In addition, the environmental trauma at the place where Pang Wenlong died was too severe to form a three-dimensional model." Lao Dao added: "Also, the scar on Pang Wenlong's chest seems to have been caused by a tiger-paddle-style armed prosthetic limb."

"Did one of their own really do it?" Yang Peng frowned.

.........

The atmosphere on the transport ship was depressing and no one spoke. Although the operation had some twists and turns, it was generally successful and many people were rescued.

There were many casualties, and it was said that there were unexpected enemies.

After returning to the City Guard headquarters, handing in the equipment, registering, and receiving their own smart terminals, the operation was finally over.

Although it is not yet 12 noon, thanks to the regulations, they can now go off work.

Many people chose to eat in the cafeteria before leaving, Li Ming and Li Ning did the same. Li Ning wolfed down his food with a blank expression, and was not as talkative as usual.

After the end, the two separated. Li Ming did not go home, but went to the garbage dump again. He spent another 60 yuan, nine hours, points of metal energy, and took away three tons of materials.

After absorption, the metal energy should reach around 140 points.

When I got home, it was almost 10 o'clock in the evening. Just as I asked the driver to move the things down, Mr. Yang's store opened. Yang Yu supported Mr. Yang, wearing pink strawberry pajamas.

Seeing that Li Ming was intact, the two of them relaxed a little. Old Yang walked away while cursing:
"You bastard, you've only been in there for a few days and you're already being asked to go out on field duty. Do they really treat you like an animal?"

Li Ming explained: "Uncle Yang is doing this for my own good. He just wants me to get some credit as soon as possible."

"There's no danger, right?"

"It's okay, I'm just on the periphery." Li Ming told a white lie.

Elder Yang hesitated and sighed, "It is basically impossible for an assistant guard to become a regular employee. Don't try too hard and be careful."

The so-called regularization means entering the city guard system of the Blue Star civilization. The salary and benefits will be greatly improved. At the same time, you can undergo internal assessments and climb up step by step.

The number of regular guards in the city guard department is less than half.

It's good that Li Ming has fighting spirit, but Old Yang doesn't want him to lose his life for it. He knows how difficult it is to become a regular city guard.

Moreover, Li Ming did not even complete compulsory education.

"Why do you come back so late these days? Are you going to hang out with those people?" Yang Yu sniffed suspiciously and frowned: "Why does it smell like rust?"

"I've been to the scrap recycling station several times, but I can't let the store my father left behind be abandoned." Li Ming looked back at the sign sadly.

As expected, when this matter was mentioned, neither Yang Yu nor Old Yang asked any further questions.

Soon the two went back to rest. Li Ming closed the shutter door, rubbed his face, and a hint of excitement appeared in his eyes.

The rewards from killing Pang Wenlong were not small. If all of the 100,000 star coins were used to buy the pickaxe alloy from last time, that would be 1,000 points of metal energy, enough to control a heavy sniper rifle.

However, he did not open the black hole network immediately. Instead, he raised his right arm, his mind moved slightly, and then, something amazing happened.

Li Ming's right arm turned into a thick metal arm, painted in khaki, a dark metal paint, with friction marks left by the cross pliers.

"It's really... amazing." The metal fingers clenched and stretched along with Li Ming's thoughts. The sharp metal claws on the back of his hand popped out and retracted, and he didn't feel any discomfort at all.

This is "armoring", covering the mechanical prosthesis on the corresponding limb. This mechanical right arm seems to be integrated with him, absorbing his physical strength as energy.

At the same time, as a controlled object, it can also be superimposed with the abilities of other items.

With a thought, the mechanical right arm disappeared again, and his arm was intact.

"Are only prosthetic limbs able to have this effect..." Li Ming guessed, there were simply too many benefits.

Precisely because it is difficult to improve one's own life level, some living things choose to undergo mechanical transformation in order to further increase their combat power on the original basis.

As for this mechanical right arm, the materials used are much stronger than his current flesh and blood arm.

However, after mechanical transformation, the body will be abnormally repellent to the gene seed, making development more difficult or even impossible to integrate the gene seed.

After a moment of familiarization, Li Ming entered the routine process, put on the gene development suit, and underwent electrotherapy, while absorbing the materials he brought and browsing the black hole network.

As soon as he logged in, he found that Red Rose had accepted his friend request and sent him a message -
"Did you know about the city guards' secret operation today?"

"Ten thousand" Li Ming directly offered.

Red Rose sent a link to me. After clicking it, I found that it was the intelligence section of the Black Hole Network.
[The city guards carried out a secret operation today. Three teams were dispatched. Do you have any detailed information? — 5000]

The reward of five thousand star coins has been claimed.

Li Ming raised his eyebrows slightly, took a closer look, and found that the reward was only issued in the afternoon, and the operation had already ended by then.

It seems that he is not the only city guard with a Black Hole Network account. Now that the operation has ended, it is no longer a secret.

(End of this chapter)