This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 292: Thousands of Main Guns? What to do...

There was silence in the command room. The brilliant fireworks on the screen gradually went out, and the remaining Judgement fleet of the Judge civilization fled in a hurry.

The combined fleet began to clear the battlefield, and various small spaceships emerged from the main ship's hangar.

"So powerful..." Li Ming let out a breath slowly. Only An Ye could withstand such a dense torrent of energy.

The main combat fleets of advanced civilizations are divided more finely, with specialized bomber ships carrying main ship-level energy turrets specifically used for energy attacks.

After all, there are no invisible rules of the universe that forcibly limit the installation of powerful turrets to main ships only.

It’s just that its facilities in other aspects are not as good as those of the main ship, such as defensive shields or cruising speed.

For this kind of ambush, a joint shield had already been deployed. The thickness of the energy shield in the camp was more than ten meters, and ordinary artillery bombardment would not be able to break through it.

"Roughly speaking, this is only one-third of the combined fleet's firepower." Ulrich was still terrified: "Just considering the main ship-class energy cannons, there are probably no less than a thousand of them."

"Thousands of main guns, it's really... terrifying." Li Ming's tone was dark, it sounded scary, and of course it was actually very scary.

Battleships, battleships, main guns, these things don't seem like living things.

A living being needs to develop its potential to a certain extent before it can become A-level.

As long as you have the technology and materials, all you need to do is accumulate them over time. For advanced civilizations, they can be said to be inexpensive and of high quality, which is also the advantage of cluster combat.

If advanced civilizations did not have such means of repression, those A-level life forms that had committed serious crimes would not have gone to the Red River Star Stream to hang out.

Ulrich paused. For some reason, he did not hear fear in Qinglong's tone, but rather some anticipation?
His heart tightened, and he couldn't help but add: "There is also the Subspace Folding Fortress, which is Asmara's trump card."

Li Ming remained silent, and neither did the others. Monroe added, "If we fight head-on, the possibility of us getting in is close to zero, and the probability of death is over 95%."

"Fight head-on?" Li Ming shook his head subconsciously, but suddenly he noticed the silence around him and was speechless. "You don't think I want to charge head-on, do you?"

"Isn't this courting death? Am I that stupid?"

After hearing what he said, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Normally, no normal person would think of charging head-on, but in their impression, Qinglong was not a normal person.

"Then how can we contact the core ruins?" Jesseya asked, "With this level of firepower network, even with the assistance of Lord Dark Night, we may not be able to break in."

"If we can find a way to sneak in, there is still a possibility." Ulrich said. This is also the weakness of fleet-level combat. Once advanced life forms break into the fleet, no matter how many fleets there are, they will be helpless.

Energy attacks cannot turn or identify friend or foe, so if you shoot randomly within a camp, you will suffer heavy losses.

But the battlefield changes rapidly, and the specific situation depends on temporary response measures.

"But the Combined Fleet is not without Class A life forms," ​​Jessia added.

"An Ye won't take action." Li Ming shook his head, his eyes flickering, "As for how to get in..."

A-level life forms are secondary. The key lies in the S-level life forms that Ford mentioned.

The expressions of the others were somewhat heavy, even the usually reckless Sandro was speechless at this moment.

If he were thrown into the energy torrent just now, I'm afraid not even a trace would be left.

"This core relic is actually nothing good." Sandro, who was now standing next to the metal wall, scratched his head awkwardly.

"Are you scared?" Benny couldn't help but ask impatiently.

"You have no right to speak here, get out of here." Sandro said angrily, "Have you forgotten how scared you were before? If you are not afraid, go by yourself."

Benny ignored him and just looked at Qinglong.

"Don't worry, it's still early. Everyone go back and have a rest." Li Ming did not comment, nor did he discuss the next battle plan, and asked everyone to go back.

The ambush was still vivid in everyone's mind. Everyone felt heavy-hearted and had no desire to talk. They all went back home.

However, he immediately went to An Ye and found a secluded place. After sitting down, he got straight to the point:

"Sir An Ye, I may need to disappear for a few days, so I'm telling you in advance,"

"Disappear?" An Ye frowned, "Where are you going?"

"We are preparing to carry out a secret plan, but don't worry, it won't be delayed too long." Li Ming emphasized.

"Hmm..." An Ye murmured, clearly resisting the proposal.

Now that the materials have been purchased, Qinglong is about to leave temporarily. Although it is unlikely that he will run away with the money, he can't help but make some associations.

"Do we have to leave?" he asked, expressing his attitude.

"We have to leave. It's urgent." Li Ming's attitude was also very firm, and then he said tactfully: "Actually, I don't need to tell you in advance."

An Ye frowned slightly. It was true. The day after Qing Long met him, he improved his camouflage equipment and could even converge his information state.

This also resulted in him being unable to grasp Qinglong's location in real time. If the other party left quietly, he might not be able to find out.

"How about this, I can leave my combat mecha here with you, or something else..." Li Ming went further.

An Ye hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, just give me a deadline."

Li Ming said quickly: "You will see me again in no more than half a month. I will find a way to make up for the lost time and will not delay repairing your weapon."

"Okay." An Ye nodded reluctantly. He had already given Qing Long a lot of face.

It was not just because of these few words, but also because of the mechanical body that arrived not long ago. He had also figured out during this period that it was actually a mechanically modified body corroded by the nano curse.

But it has been repaired almost completely, it was the nano curse.

An Ye knew very well in his mind that it was impossible for the Great Mechanic to repair the nano curse. Since Qing Long had the level of a Casting Star-level mechanic, there was no need for him to deceive him.

After dealing with An Ye, Li Ming left in a hurry without saying a few words.

.........

At the same time, on the top floor of the magnificent interstellar fortress, Asmara stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the ambush fleet returning like a long steel dragon.

She was wearing exquisite close-fitting combat armor, which did not make her look bulky, but instead outlined her curvy figure and added a touch of heroic spirit.

"Antonio arrived much faster than I expected..." She said in a cold voice. Although she had won a great victory, the coordinates were leaked, which was not a good thing.

They have now become targets, although very solid targets, which cannot withstand the hidden arrows shot from all directions.

The many commanders in the rear each performed their duties, and various orders were transmitted from here to the entire combined fleet in an orderly manner.

A moment later, hurried footsteps sounded from behind. It was Ford, whose expression was strange and a little confused.

"Your Highness..." Ford said in a low voice. Asmara didn't even turn her head, but asked: "Are you sure?" "It has been confirmed that it was Qinglong who leaked the coordinates to Antonio." Ford responded in a low voice.

"Sure enough." Asmara was not surprised at all, as if she had guessed it long ago. She said in a cold voice, "Tell me, what exactly does Li Ming want to do?"

Ford was slightly surprised, "I don't know about this either."

In the past, although Asmara knew the source of his information, she never revealed it, but today she didn't know what happened.

"Qinglong is his teacher and a Forging-star level mechanic. He has all kinds of tricks at his disposal. Why does he keep leaking information about his teacher?" Asmara seemed to be talking to himself.

"That's because I exchanged other information with him..." Ford complained.

However, Asmara seemed to have guessed what he was thinking and continued, "The transaction is just a pretext. If you don't have the intention of selling out, you won't trade information, just like you."

Ford was horrified and suddenly alert. It seemed to be true. That was why he traded top-secret information with Li Ming without any scruples.

It was because he no longer had any awe and admiration for Asmara, his father, or even the Itlan civilization.

So what did Li Ming go through that allowed him to trade with him without any scruples?

He had thought about this question before, but had never delved into it.

With a flicker of his peripheral vision, he saw Asmara waving her hand, and Ford nodded and left silently.

Asmara walked straight to the small room in the command room, closed the door, and turned on the smart terminal as if she was contacting someone.

After a long time, a voice came from the smart terminal, "Do you believe me?"

"Cornit..." Asmara uttered a shocking name, her eyes cold: "You are right, the coordinates were indeed leaked to Antonio by Qinglong."

"Then why are you hesitating? Don't you believe me? He played tricks on me like that and caused Torch to suffer heavy losses. Is there any need for me to lie to you?" Cornett said coldly.

"Release the people we captured last time, and I can tell you Li Ming's whereabouts."

"It can't be a trap." Asmara was very wary.

Cornette sneered: "A trap? If I meant to reveal Qinglong's whereabouts, it could be a trap. But that was a student, a C, no... B-level life form."

"You can easily capture him without even sending out the A-level life forms. I went to great lengths to trap and kill you B-level life forms. Do you think that's reasonable?"

Asmara frowned. It was indeed so. After all, with Li Ming's strength, even if he wanted to be on the safe side, he could only send one A-level life form at most to provide support.

Under the current situation, is there any point in killing an A-level life form, who is not a direct descendant of Itlan?

Wait… Asmara’s heart was slightly trembling, “What did you say, Li Ming is a B-level life form!?”

"Are you surprised..."

"How is this possible..." Asmara murmured, "When he left Blue Star, he was clearly only a D-class life form. It's only been a short time..."

As he spoke, Asmara's eyes suddenly lit up with blazing flames. "How high is his development potential?"

She wasn't asking Cornette, she was asking herself.

"Okay, I promise you that when I catch Li Ming, I will release those captives." Asmara said in a deep voice.

"Put half of it in first." Cornett further said.

"Okay." Asmara nodded decisively.

"Li Ming will appear on the 'Luxury Wine Fleet' in three days." Cornett said, ending the call without giving Asmara a chance to ask further questions.

"Luxury wine fleet?" Asmara frowned, and a hint of excitement uncontrollably welled up in her amber eyes.

She turned her head to look at the center of the combined fleet, at the phantom diamond-shaped body that was flashing bright blue, and suddenly realized.

I'm afraid that what I've gained is not just the core relics.

.........

Boom! Click! Bang!

The harsh music was like a surging wave, one after another.

Colorful lights shone down from all over the ceiling, and the dance floor was mixed with all kinds of unspeakable smells. Even with a high-powered air purifier, it was difficult to purify the smells emitted by the various cosmic races with extremely strong body odors.

Li Ming frowned, not liking this atmosphere very much, as he walked past all kinds of strange, madly twisting life forms.

Suddenly, he stopped and a silky and sticky black tentacle fell out from under the skirt of a female life form that looked like a spotted leopard. The leopard ears on the top of her head were stretched tight, and then she let out a long groan.

The owner of the tentacle is a black lime, whose limbs are like tentacles and can be extended freely, and he is wearing a well-fitting suit.

Li Ming's mouth twitched, and he walked carefully past these people and finally came to the bar, which was finally quieter here.

"One cup..." Li Ming took out a silver coin with a wine barrel printed on it, placed it on the table, glanced at the wine list, and said thoughtfully: "Breath of Flame..."

"Okay..." The bartender, who was wearing multiple prosthetic limbs, turned around quickly.

Li Ming's eyes were unfocused. There were many gathering places along the Red River Star Stream, which were basically paradises for the troublemakers.

Such a place may sound impressive, but in fact, it has considerable potential risks. Since it cannot be moved, it can easily become a place for an emerging force in a civilization or a rising noble to show off their merits.

Only the land of movable stars has developed relatively well.

In order to avoid this risk, there are many gathering places in the Red River Star Stream that are always in a moving state.

The Luxury Wine Fleet is one of them, consisting of more than 150 warships. Its owner is an A-level life form known as the "Wine Handsome Man".

The most peculiar thing is that the warships have basically all had their fire control components removed, leaving only the thrusters and enhanced energy generating devices.

After the Red River Star Stream tidal period arrived, the Luxury Wine Fleet even sold "Star Stream Tickets" at sky-high prices.

Within twenty days, the luxury wine fleet will go deep into the core area of ​​the Red River Star Stream and experience many never-before-seen interstellar wonders.

In addition to the distinguished guests who bought Star Stream tickets, there were also many explorers and scavengers who came to take a short break or indulge themselves.

The currency used here is a kind of "luxury wine coin", one coin is worth one thousand star coins, and can be used anywhere such as casinos, bars, red-light districts, etc.

"Sir, your breath of fire..." A cup of red liquid like magma was placed in a special slender wine glass and brought to him.

Li Ming picked up the wine glass, looked at it for a while, opened his mouth, and drank it all in one gulp. It was hot and spicy, like magma flowing through his throat.

"Customer!" The bartender was startled, but when he saw that the man in front of him did not change his expression, he breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)