This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 295 Goodbye Old Wu
Asmara was speechless. How long had it been? She immediately asked:
"Are you interested in telling me how you and your teacher met?"

"Not interested..." Li Ming shook his head, "I don't know much, I just know he's very powerful."

"Forget it, take him away." Asmara shook her head. In this situation, many methods were doomed to be useless and she could only watch.

"Your Highness Gabriel, I have to thank you. I look forward to meeting your father soon." Li Ming stood up with a smile.

Gabriel's face darkened slightly, but he quickly calmed down and said indifferently: "Don't worry, there will be many opportunities to thank you in the future."

"After you carve the gene lock."

Li Ming did not comment. As he walked to the door, Asmara said, "Wait..."

Everyone couldn't help but look at her, "Go get the A-level gene suppressor."

"A-level?" Li Ming raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise: "Is it that serious?"

"It's better to be prepared." Asmara shook his head. Li Ming was a little speechless. Asmara was really cautious.

Gene inhibitors are things that have a great inhibitory effect on ordinary genetic life forms.

But it has no effect on him, because he can control it and put it directly into the control column.

A B-class gene inhibitor would only require five or six hundred thousand at most, but an A-class one would require five or six million metal energies.

If it is under control, it is almost not a waste.

However, he can not only control it, but also absorb metal energy, which is equivalent to giving away a wave of warmth for free, which is not bad.

Asmara took him and moved him to the prison area.

Compared to the narrow metal corridors of the Torch Organization's main ship, the corridors here are much more spacious and can accommodate seven or eight people walking side by side.

On the way, many civilian soldiers he met cast furtive glances at him, and some even recognized Li Ming and looked quite surprised.

The core members can basically recite his information by heart.

Li Mingze suddenly asked: "By the way, my teacher... Old Wu, he should still be alive."

"Wu Yanqing?"

Asmara paused for a moment before realizing who he was talking about, and said calmly, "Of course he's alive. You'll see him soon."

"Thank you very much." Li Ming nodded slightly.

Gabriel frowned slightly. For some reason, he was very unhappy with Li Ming's calm and composed attitude.

Because this reminded him of a person, his teacher Qinglong. It can be clearly seen that Li Ming was deeply influenced by the other party, and his behavior and manners are quite similar.

That kind of carelessness is like they were carved from the same mold.

They all came to the prison area, where there were already two-tailed scorpion soldiers waiting, carrying Class A gene inhibitors.

The gene inhibitor of the Itlan civilization is obviously a high-end product. It is not bulky at all, but rather looks like some kind of armor protective gear.

With a click, it unfolded, fitting together front and back, wrapping his entire body. The silver-white shell looked like some kind of combat armor.

"Special detention cell T2 has two hours of activity time every day."

Asmara ordered, the double-tailed scorpion soldier nodded, and then escorted Li Ming into the prison area.

This place is also divided into several areas. The outer layer is a small dark room, where soldiers who have violated military law are detained.

Further in is the real prison, where ragged guys are imprisoned in electrified metal fences.

Some of them were people with golden pupils, obviously prisoners from the previous ambush.

Li Ming looked around, passed through layers of blockades, and went upstairs.

The second floor is different, much wider and brighter. Each cell here is separate. This is the special detention area.

The twin-tailed scorpion soldier walked through the corridor and took him deep inside, to cell T2.

After opening the heavy metal cell door, what appeared in front of Li Ming was a not-so-small room, which even had a separate bathroom.

"Wow, what a nice environment..." Li Ming sighed.

"At four to six o'clock, the door will be opened and you can come out and move around, but you cannot leave the second floor," the soldier reminded.

Li Ming nodded, and they closed the door and left. With a "beep", a red light came on, and the cell door was completely locked.

The room was silent, with surveillance cameras clearly placed in the four corners, but Li Ming didn't care.

Dragging the somewhat heavy gene inhibitor, he sat on the bed, and then lay down again.

Looking at the smooth ceiling, Li Ming's mouth corners slightly widened, and he let me in after all.

The Combined Fleet is indeed powerful, especially when their formation is open and they are on the defensive. If they want to break in, they can only rely on a frontal crush, which is almost impossible.

However, just because Qinglong can't do it doesn't mean Li Ming can't do it.

Li Ming's greatest advantage is his "insignificant" strength, which is enough to make these people let down their guard.

With just a little arrangement and with the cooperation of Connit, he was able to come in easily. However, due to the special nature of the object he controlled, his strength was hardly discounted at all.

In other words, if he used all his strength, he could kill everyone on the battleship, including Asmara, in a short period of time.

The only uncertainty is the S-class life form sent by Grand Duke Thornblood, and there is still no sign of it.

Li Ming's purpose was not to kill people, but to sneak into the core ruins.

So he needed to wait for an opportunity, a time when everyone was distracted and had no time to look inside.

"Outside, the situation should have started to boil..." Li Ming pondered.

And that time will come soon.

At the same time, in the room next to him, Wu Yanqing's eyes moved slightly and he glanced at the closed door. The sound insulation in the cell was very good.

But due to the integrated structure, he still felt a little vibration, which was caused by the opening of the cell door.

"Someone else has been locked up on the second floor?" Wu Yanqing frowned. Not everyone could enter this special detention room.

He couldn't help but feel a little curious, but it quickly disappeared. No matter who it was, it had nothing to do with him.

Calming down, he quietly flipped through the paper book in his hand, with the purple metal structure pressed against both sides of his arms. In the silent room, there was only the sound of papers rubbing against each other.

Soon, it was four o'clock in the afternoon. The door of the room beeped and turned from red to green, and the soldier in charge of guarding the room pushed open the door.

"Sir, it's time for some free time," they said politely.

"So soon?" Li Ming muttered. It was almost twelve o'clock when he was sent in. He had only been lying down for a few hours and it was time for him to move freely.

Thinking of what Asmara had said before, his heart moved slightly. He got up from the bed and went out.

I looked around and sure enough, the T1 cell door on the left was also open, but no one came out.

Li Ming leaned over to take a look, but the guarding soldier hesitated to speak. Seeing the familiar figure, Li Ming couldn't help but smile, "Ha..."

Wu Yanqing couldn't help but frown when he heard the strange voice coming from behind him.

As soon as he turned his head, his expression froze. He looked in shock at Li Ming, who was completely covered in a silver shell with only his head exposed.

Plop - the book in his hand fell to the ground, and he couldn't help but ask: "Li... Li Ming!?"

"Teacher, long time no see." Li Ming greeted and walked straight in.

When I saw Old Wu again, he was still in a good mood.

"You..." Wu Yanqing's heart was shocked. Given his state of mind, he was unable to react for a long time and just stared at Li Ming in a daze.

"Destructive Energy - Theory, Practice and Application of Psionic Energy. Teacher, even in this situation, you still remember to learn." Li Ming picked up the book on the ground and handed it to Wu Yanqing.

The astonishment on his face faded away, and became complicated, as if he was helpless and sad.

Wu Yanqing took the book, closed it casually, put it on the table, and sighed: "I didn't expect that you and I, master and disciple, would meet under such circumstances."

"I didn't expect that I would see you again." Li Ming shook his head. He once thought that Wu Yanqing was dead, and Asmara had been on his kill list for a long time.

But to Wu Yanqing, it had another meaning, more like Li Ming's own feeling about the unpredictability of life and death. He moved his lips and said in a deep voice: "I am sorry for you..."

"Ah?" Li Ming was a little confused. How did he do something sorry to me?

He stole a lot of things from Wu Yanqing, not to mention the large amount of experimental funds he embezzled. The sublimated particles in his body were his reliance for sneaking into the core ruins.

Overall, he gained considerable wealth from Wu Yanqing and survived a difficult period of development.

"I thought too simply. This matter..." Wu Yanqing shook his head and continued to talk to himself: "It's not something we can get involved in."

Li Ming touched his nose. Old Wu seemed to have misunderstood something.

"But, how could it be that Qinglong was also caught?" Wu Yanqing looked at Li Ming again.

When he was imprisoned, the last news he learned was that Li Ming was a student of Qinglong.

"You mean Qinglong? He's still fine." Li Ming shook his head. "As for me, my whereabouts must have been leaked by someone."

"Leaked his whereabouts?" Wu Yanqing felt that there was something strange in this sentence, and whispered: "Did Asmara..."

Wu Yanqing suddenly stopped talking halfway.

"No..." Li Ming rejected it immediately. He guessed what Wu Yanqing wanted to say.

The surveillance and listening equipment here are almost right in front of our faces. We must not let Asmara know about this.

No? Wu Yanqing was puzzled. The reason why he came up and said sorry was because he thought the sublimation particles in Li Ming's body had been discovered.

If I hadn't brought him out of the Silver-Ash Star, he might still be working as a city guard safely. Hmm...that's not right. Qinglong might have contacted him earlier than me.

But if Asmara hadn't discovered the sublimation particles in Li Ming's body, how could he have locked him up in a special prison?

He looked at Li Ming again, and then he suddenly realized, "What are you wearing?"

"Gene suppressor."

"Gene suppressor?" Wu Yanqing was even more shocked. "So big?"

"I was originally like you." Li Ming couldn't help but say, "Who knew that your old lover was too cautious and insisted on upgrading the suppressor to A-level."

"Is this a Class A gene suppressor?" Wu Yanqing's eyebrows twitched, "Asmara, you are indeed too cautious..."

"Wait..." Wu Yanqing's mind seemed to explode with thunder, "What do you mean by originally being me?"

"The device I was originally given was a Class B gene inhibitor, the kind you have on your arm," Li Ming explained.

"I don't have a gene suppressor on me. Never mind. It's not important." Wu Yanqing asked hastily, "What is your current life level?"

"Uh..." Li Ming glanced at him and said honestly: "B-level..."

“B-level!” Wu Yanqing stood up suddenly, with a huge wave of shock in his heart. He stared at Li Ming and said with difficulty: “You…how can you be a B-level life form…”

“Development progress 65%”

Li Ming added.

Wu Yanqing's heart suddenly skipped a beat, his vision went dark, and his brain quickly became filled with blood.

He staggered back, holding onto the table, as if he was digesting the news, and didn't speak for a long time.

"Are you okay?" Li Ming asked cautiously. Wu Yanqing is a psychic and his physical strength is not good.

Wu Yanqing had a complicated expression, "What is your development potential?"

Li Ming's development potential has undergone at least four changes in his life. He has tested it twice himself and once when the school started at the Polytechnic University.

Later, the Yitlan civilization came to the door and conducted another test.

The results of the four tests were all different. He had long suspected that Li Ming had some way to conceal his development potential.

But he knew this guy and was cautious, so he never mentioned this matter. Later, when Qinglong's existence surfaced, he had a sudden realization.

"Level 46."

Wu Yanqing's breathing stagnated for a long time, and he didn't move at all. He only let out a breath when Li Ming suspected that he had fainted.

Even though he had predicted that Li Ming's development potential would be extremely astonishing when he learned that he had developed 65% of his B-level life form, he still couldn't help but be shocked when he actually heard this number.

Wu Yanqing understood completely: "No wonder, that's why Asmara wants to recruit you."

"Now it should be the Duke of Bloodthirsty." Li Ming added.

"Grand Duke of Thornblood." Wu Yanqing paused: "He is indeed a better choice. Although he needs to be engraved with a gene lock, this is a necessary step for all non-direct descendants who want to obtain resources."

Li Ming did not comment, but asked: "Teacher, although this question is inappropriate, why does Asmara not touch you?"

"You guys can't really have some scandal, right?"

Wu Yanqing sneered, "She is a poisonous scorpion, she still has a use for me, I am the key to enter the core ruins."

"Hmm?" Li Ming was immediately confused. "You can do it too? Didn't you always..."

"Yeah, I've always thought I couldn't do it." Wu Yanqing's eyes flickered.

"Until a few months ago, shortly after Asmara's laboratory was attacked by the Torch Organization, it suffered heavy losses, but her other laboratory suddenly made a breakthrough."

"They discovered sublimation particles hidden deep within my genes, but they are in an inert state and require special methods to awaken."

"And the method needed is exactly what Asmara has been researching, the method that requires developing potential level 20 life forms as experimental subjects."

"Huh?" Li Ming looked surprised. Is Asmara so lucky?
(End of this chapter)