This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 284 Black Hole Hall Ford: I thought you were dead
There is only one account that has it, and that was the account named [Shadow] that was recommended by Uncle Cripple on the Silver-Ash Star at the very beginning.

He didn't know when it was created, nor what it was used for, and there was no description on it. He was puzzled by this for a long time.

Later, he applied for a fake account, and there was no such logo on his other accounts. Over time, he forgot about it.

Unexpectedly, I saw something almost identical on the account of this S-level assassin.

He didn't recognize the following few symbols, but he recognized the bounty hunter's rank mark, which was almost at the end.

The edge is gold and the inner circle is red. It is no longer an ordinary number but a star symbol. I don’t know what specific level it is.

And this inconspicuous vertical pupil logo can actually be ranked at the front.

"You have a black pupil mark too." Li Ming pretended to be surprised and did not react too much.

He didn't know what the requirements were for this kind of badge, but it shouldn't have much to do with strength. He could have gotten it when he was on Silver-Ash Star, so it would be wrong to be too surprised.

"Black pupil mark?" An Ye was confused. He took the smart terminal, looked down, and suddenly said, "You mean the palace mark?"

"You call it the Palace Mark?" Li Ming was very calm, acting as if it was a difference in regional names.

This thing definitely doesn't have a unified name. He had ordered it several times before and there was no explanation. Even if there is a unified name, isn't it normal to give it a nickname?
"That's what I call it anyway..." An Ye didn't care. "Only accounts supported by the Black Hole Network will have this logo. There is an organization called the Black Hole Hall in the Land of Chaos, and the requirement for joining is to have this logo."

"Over time, we all call it that."

"Oh." Li Ming suddenly realized that it was because of the support of the black hole network. He had guessed it at the time, but did not think about it in detail.

Watching An Ye input his password, the range of his fingers became blurry and unclear, preventing the specific password from being guessed by the moving distance.

He was quite curious: "You have this kind of secret society over there, was it formed by the Black Hole Network?"

"I don't know either." An Ye shook his head and frowned, "This black hole palace has existed for many years and has a wide range of influence. After all, none of those who can be supported by the black hole network are simple people."

"After joining, you can get a lot of resource support and regular gatherings. I'm not sure whether it was organized by the Black Hole Network."

"When Black Hole Network wants to hire someone with a Hall of Fame badge, they usually hire them through a backstage letter, and the price is not low. This method has become somewhat public, and it is not in line with their purpose."

Li Ming pondered. This means that the people who planned to build this black hole palace are really powerful. It is equivalent to picking peaches from the black hole network.

After all, these people have been specially selected, and the most difficult talent screening has been done by Black Hole Network.

"Actually, I'm going to go ask in the palace about the A-level gene seed you want." An Ye added.

Judging from Qinglong's tone, it is obvious that he also has this logo, so he said a little more.

"It sounds like there are a lot of resources that can be leveraged there. I really want to see it for myself if I have the chance." Li Ming pretended to sigh.

"There is only one requirement for joining the guild, which is to possess the Palace Emblem. It is not too demanding. When you return to the Land of Chaos with me, you can join naturally." An Ye said casually, "A Forging Star Mechanic, no one will be unwelcome."

Li Ming smiled gently and said that this was enough and anything more would be too much.

"Damn Black Hole Network, why don't you lower the shipping fee?" An Ye's mouth twitched, and he cursed twice, then put away the smart terminal: "Next, just wait."

Li Ming nodded and looked at An Ye who was about to leave. His heart moved slightly, "Sir An Ye, I have a question, I don't know..."

An Ye looked over and smiled faintly, "Why did you assassinate Grand Duke Gu Ya?"

Li Ming nodded. "Logically speaking, high-ranking officials of this civilization would not normally be offered a bounty."

Assassinating such a person will always do more harm than good, unless it is simply to vent personal vengeance, but it would be difficult for someone who has such an idea to contact this An Ye.

"I definitely can't tell you the reason." An Ye grinned, his eyes dim: "But you may know it later."

There was no answer, which was also within Li Ming's expectations. This question was just out of his pure curiosity.

After sending An Ye away, Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief and took out the [Heart of Talos]. The touch of it was similar to flesh and blood, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation. This was his first S-level controlled object.

S-level controlled objects all have very powerful abilities, such as the [Star Killer Spear]. Although it does not have extremely terrifying data, its ability is enough to prove everything.

[Information state erasure], A-level life forms have no power to resist at all, and will die if hit.

This level of ability is far more useful than data support.

The ability of [Heart of Talos] allows the power blessing to switch back and forth between the four basic blessings.

It may not look strong, but in fact, it has great potential in specific combat.

It can even be said that he only needs to stack one kind of power blessing, without wasting energy on other aspects, which saves a lot of resources and time and energy.

I just don't know what the effect is, but it should be very good. He unconsciously rubbed the yellow and black heart in his hand.

……

Around the shattered star, several purple standard warships broke away from the jump state, their propulsion engines spewing flames as they cruised around.

Purple thorn flowers were sprayed on the metal shell. This was the logo of the Itlan civilization - the Thorn Flower Fleet.

"It should be here. The energy spectrum is overactive and there are obvious signs of battle."

There was a sound of communication in the channel, and a dull voice issued an order: "Check this place quickly, and report any abnormalities immediately."

"Yes!"

Several warships separated, and more than ten minutes later, they landed on the wreckage of a broken planet. They were all wearing tight combat armor, and they were cautious and worked in teams of two.

Ahead are the ruins of the Torch Organization's temporary base.

"…There are the remains of metal buildings, which should be a place similar to a small base…"

They took various testing equipment to collect residual information.

"…The energy spectrum is overactive. According to the data model analysis, there is a suspected battle between Class A life forms."

Someone was responsible for exploring the ruins of the base. They searched inside and out, but found nothing.

"It was cleaned up very well. The people here are obviously not from an ordinary organization."

"Captain! Come quickly!"

Suddenly, a scream was heard in the channel, and all the soldiers quickly headed towards the coordinates.

Under the accumulated dust layer, there was a charred corpse, and the combat armor on the surface was almost melted. The soldier squatting beside him said in a deep voice: "There is a turbine horn growing on the top of the head, the pupil is a blue diamond, the skin is blue, the ears are long and thin, there are no earlobes, and there are four fingers. It is a Kampi tribe."

"Torch!" The captain's pupils contracted. Due to special reasons, this race had long been extinct in the Silver Star Cluster, and almost all the remaining people were in the Torch Organization.

"I'll report to His Royal Highness the Prince!" The captain quickly stood up and left in a hurry. ………

After seeing off An Ye, Li Ming finally had time to deal with the news from the Black Hole Network background.

At first, the external identity of the account was Li Ming, and not many people sent messages.

There were only a few of them, and they gave Uncle Que a brief reply first. The other party was well-informed and even knew that Qinglong was his teacher.

The first few messages were all expressing their feelings, saying that he had returned to the Blue Star, found a remote planet, and prepared to retire.

After finding that Li Ming had not responded for a long time, he became a little worried and asked him how he was doing.

Li Ming copied and pasted the previous message and made some minor modifications.

Then came his senior brother Yaluo, who sent him a short essay with a proud tone, which roughly meant, "Brother, I'm scared to death, how come you are so awesome?"

However, it was stated very vaguely, and even in the conversations on the black network, his identity was not specified.

Finally, he left a coordinate, saying that he was temporarily isolated from the interstellar space, and told Li Ming to come back to find him when he was sure that his presence would not cause any trouble.

"Interesting..." Li Ming shook his head. Since Yaluo had destroyed his smart terminal, he was too lazy to reply.

The last one he clicked on was Ford's dialog box. This guy sent him a lot of messages.

There was a message every two or three days, and the frequency was very high during a period of time. Calculating the time, it should be the time when Connit was ambushed by Asmara.

"That's great. Let me ask him about the specific situation outside." Li Ming clicked on the communication link and did not respond for a long time.

He didn't care and casually browsed through a few sections and took a look at the regional forums on the Black Hole Network.

Most people are discussing the big events of the recent period, and the Land of Stars is no longer the latest big news.

"The Judgement Legion and the United Fleet just exchanged fire not long ago... The latest news, as well as videos, private chat for transactions."

This is the hottest topic of discussion in recent times. Li Ming took a quick look and found a lot of fragmented information, including fake information, which was of little value.

As he was watching, a message came from the backstage that Ford responded to him.

“Why does this guy like video connections so much…” Li Ming was speechless and chose to turn off his camera to answer the call.

The next moment, Ford's long-lost big face jumped out, and he looked very excited. He said, "Li Ming, you... I thought you were dead."

Li Ming was speechless. Seeing that he did not respond immediately, Ford became suspicious and could not help but asked, "Is it Li Ming?"

"Or someone stole his account, Lord Qinglong?"

"You have a very rich imagination." Li Ming was speechless.

"It's really you..." Ford breathed a sigh of relief, "What have you been doing all this time? Your teacher went to the Torch Organization, you can't go with him."

"There are some unexpected situations, don't worry about them." Li Ming was vague, there was no need to explain to Ford.

"Forget it, forget it. It's a good thing you didn't wait until this matter was over before contacting me." Ford shook his head. He had been too suspicious recently and wanted to get answers. When the words came to his lips, he asked: "Do you know about Deyes? What's going on with him?"

"At first I thought he was turned by Asmara, but it seems that was not the case."

The three thousand boiling blood alloy model blocks last time really puzzled him. His father seemed to think that it was his work.

"Wrong, he was indeed instigated by Asmara, but he was tricked by my teacher." Li Ming explained.

"What do you mean?" Ford was stunned and asked subconsciously, but the next moment he showed a thoughtful expression.

"Asmara is right, but Lord Qinglong is interfering?"

"That's right." Li Ming nodded. Ford couldn't help but exclaimed: "Lord Qinglong actually discovered that Deyes was in contact with Asmara!"

"So what's the current situation within the Torch Organization?" Ford asked immediately.

"It's hard to explain. It's quite complicated. If I have to summarize it, it's just four words: ready to go." Li Ming pondered and spoke vaguely.

There were too many things involved, some of which he was not prepared to tell Ford.

"Ready to go?" Ford frowned slightly and said in a more detailed way: "What did the Torch Organization ask His Excellency Qinglong to make?"

"A special instrument that can increase the concentration of sublimated particles in a living being. You should know why this is done."

The two of them asked and answered each other in this way, and Li Ming told Ford a lot of harmless news.

"One last question." Ford took a deep breath. "Not long ago, we detected a super-high energy explosion nearby. After sending people to check it out, we found a temporary base that was suspected to be the Torch Organization."

"Do you know about this?"

"You have indeed discovered it." Li Ming was not surprised and said thoughtfully, "This news is not ordinary. I need to use up the favor you told the [Subspace Folding Fortress] last time."

Ford's eyes moved slightly. He and Li Ming didn't care much about ordinary information exchange, but information involving major turning points could not be easily revealed. He nodded and said, "No problem."

"There is an internal conflict in the Torch Organization." Li Ming uttered a few words, and Ford's expression suddenly changed, looking stunned.

Li Ming continued, "My teacher teamed up with Theo to kill Corvis and Fernand. Now only Connit is left among the three A-level life forms of the Torch Organization."

"What?" Ford was even more surprised. This news was too abrupt.

Two of the three A-level life forms of the Torch Organization were killed.

"Why is there an internal conflict?" he asked subconsciously.

Li Ming shook his head: "The situation here is very complicated, involving many aspects, you don't need to know, this is the result."

Suddenly, he frowned and said, "Stop shaking..."

Ford's camera had been shaking since the beginning. He seemed to be greatly shocked by the news. He paced back and forth with a changing expression.

Hearing this, he stood still and asked impatiently, "What now?"

This is the real intelligence. Just throwing this information out is a big achievement.

He was eager to know more.

But Li Ming just smiled and said nothing.

Ford suddenly realized it, and just as he was about to speak, he looked around like a thief with a guilty conscience, and whispered, "The situation has escalated. A big guy has come from the Judge Civilization, the four-armed demon king of Shattered Space, Sky-Splitting Reina, has come."

(End of this chapter)