This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 296 The whole story is coming
The east is not bright and the west is bright, everything is just right, there is obviously a problem here.

Li Ming pondered deeply, and finally asked: "Teacher, I have always been curious about how you entered the core ruins in the first place, and where did the sublimation particles in your body come from?"

"This matter..." Wu Yanqing sighed, his eyes dim, "I just figured it out recently... We seem to have been drawn into a vortex, and it has been like this for nearly ten years."

Hearing this, Li Ming became even more interested and couldn't help but sit up straight.

Wu Yanqing had no intention of keeping the secret, and immediately said slowly: "You should already know most of the things, except for the most core details."

"At that time, I was just an ordinary college teacher. I was not successful in Blue Star. Under pressure from someone I didn't want to give in to, I impulsively spent a large sum of money to buy a boat ticket to the Land of the Stars."

"My intention was to be there, to find the opportunity where I belong, to see the splendor of the stars."

When Wu Yanqing said this, he couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile. The galaxy is brilliant, the starry sky is boundless, who doesn't yearn for the starry universe?

But even he, after going through so much, could only live in a corner of the Silver Star Cluster.

As for the Corona Borealis star ring, the Silver Cluster is only one thirty-sixth of it, and it is unknown how much of the Corona Borealis star ring the Red River Stream penetrates.

How vast it is!
Shaking his head, Wu Yanqing calmed down and continued:

"After arriving at the Land of Stars, I went through a lot of things, so I won't go into detail. Eventually, I formed an adventure team with Chen Jinglong, who was also from the Blue Star, Asmara, who was disguised as an ordinary Itlan, and several other companions."

"During this period, I did grow a lot, and I even got a C-level gene seed by chance." At this point, Wu Yanqing sneered again, "I thought it was a coincidence, but in fact, the gene seed came from Asmara."

Li Ming had a strange look in his eyes and listened silently.

"Until we encountered the same tidal period as this time, we were excited and ready to enter the Red River Star Stream."

"Out of caution, we found a guide who had been in and out of the Red River Star Stream many times. I still remember what he said." Wu Yanqing's tone was hard to understand, his eyes were sharp, but his voice suddenly became deep:

"Don't worry, I've been in and out of the Red River Star Stream hundreds of times, and I'm as familiar with this place as home."

Wu Yanqing clenched his fists, as if he was back in time: "Everything about him is well documented, so we let him be our guide and enter the Red River Star Stream."

"I don't know whether it was accidental or inevitable, but in a dark tide, we were inexplicably drawn into the core ruins."

"We didn't know at the time that it was one of the three core ruins of the Ascendant civilization. We naively thought we were really lucky and got a lot of good things from it."

“Only Asmara, she didn’t take anything, she just watched.”

"I felt groggy and my arms ached for no apparent reason. I was too excited at the time to notice anything wrong, but it was clearly an aftereffect of the injection."

Wu Yanqing let out a long sigh, "After leaving the Red River Star Stream, everything changed. Except for me and Chen Jinglong, everyone else gradually disappeared."

“This changed my life…”

Li Ming nodded thoughtfully. He knew what happened later. Asmara's true nature might have been exposed, or he might have turned evil and used whatever means to keep the secret in his hands.

"That guide..." Li Ming couldn't help but ask: "Is there a problem?"

"Yes, there is a problem, a big problem." Wu Yanqing snorted coldly, "After we were swept into the dark tide of the star stream, the guide disappeared mysteriously. We thought he was dead."

"It wasn't until recently when Asmara suddenly found sublimation particles in my body that I realized this was a trap."

Li Ming pondered and looked at the surveillance camera in the corner of the room. Their conversation was monitored clearly.

"Asmara should also know about this." Li Ming couldn't help but say.

"She chose to ignore it," Wu Yanqing said in a deep voice, "After all, the core ruins are right here. You asked her to stop?"

Li Ming paused. This was an open conspiracy. If it was a conspiracy, there would naturally be a way to crack it after it was seen through.

But there is no solution to the conspiracy, just like the Monroe incident. Even if you realize there is a problem, the thing is real.

It’s the same with the core ruins this time. The things are just placed here. Even if Asmara realizes that there is a problem, can he retreat now?

Hand it over to Grand Duke Guya?

Or tell Grand Duke Guya that this is someone else's plan and neither of us should take it. Isn't that nonsense?

So, Asmara couldn't stop, she had to go in no matter what was ahead.

"Amazing..." Li Ming exclaimed and couldn't help but ponder.

According to the currently known information, the other party seems to want to provoke a fight between Grand Duke Thornblood and Grand Duke Guya.

And it wasn't just a simple fight. Apart from the two times he knew about, there were probably countless other plots.

This time it should be detonated completely. All the S-level life forms have been sent out. They will not stop until the brain is blown out.

But, then what? After all, they are all big shots in the Xingyuan Empire, so it is impossible for the friction to escalate too much.

Li Ming thought for a moment, suppressed his thoughts, and asked in confusion: "Since you exist as a key, it is normal for Asmara not to kill you, but didn't he even search your memory?"

Wu Yanqing's face flickered, as if he was evasive: "I have some secrets in my mind about this matter, and she probably doesn't want a third person to know."

"Is that all?" Li Ming leaned his head closer.

"What else?" Wu Yanqing shouted, coldly changing the subject: "Forget it, I've already ended up like this, and it won't be easy no matter what happens."

"What about you? What are your plans? With the potential for development at level 46, they will definitely recruit you."

Li Ming said casually: "Let's take it one step at a time."

Wu Yanqing glanced at him, and seeing Li Ming's disapproving look, he couldn't help but sigh: "The Bloodthirsty Duke is also a good choice. Although he is subject to others, many people want it but don't have the opportunity yet."

"Let's wait and see, we'll talk about it when the time comes." Li Ming said nonchalantly.

Wu Yanqing shook his head and reminded: "Your development potential is indeed amazing, but the problem is that it has now fallen into the hands of the Bloodthirsty Grand Duke, and there is no other choice."

"Don't even think about negotiating with them. They are used to being superior. Even if your development potential shocks them, they won't be blackmailed by you."

He knew that Li Ming was not the kind of guy who would be arrogant just because he had great development potential, but he was more afraid that the other party had overestimated the tolerance limit of those guys.

The development potential at level 46 is huge, and he has a bright future. He really doesn't want to see the other party die young. Sooner or later, he will shine in the universe.

"Don't worry." Li Ming smiled. Seeing this, Wu Yanqing knew that Li Ming was very opinionated, so he said no more.

On the other side, Asuma's mood was not so good. He returned to the command room with a gloomy look.

Forty-six levels of development potential! Her heart was bleeding. If Gabriel had not had a sudden idea and followed the capture team, Li Ming would have fallen into her hands now.

In dozens or hundreds of years, it will surely be a trump card that shakes the galaxy.

As Asmara's face became uglier as she thought about it, and there was more bad news than just this.

"Your Highness!"

In front of the neatly arranged terminal processors, a staff member suddenly shouted. Those who could call her like this were usually her confidants.

So Asmara's eyes narrowed slightly, and he walked over quickly. The other party quickly reported: "Your Highness, about half an hour ago, someone suddenly spread the coordinates of this place on the regional forum of the Black Hole Network, claiming that this is where the core ruins are located."

"What!?"

Asmara's face changed slightly, he lowered his head to look carefully, and then turned pale.

On the virtual interface in front of us, the coordinates here are clearly displayed, and tens of thousands of levels have been discussed below in a short period of time.

Most people's first reaction was disbelief, but Asmara knew that as more people came to check, the news would soon be confirmed.

"It took so long to shake them off!" Asmara was furious. It was not easy for such a huge joint fleet to shake off all the pursuers.

They devoted a lot of time and energy to this.

But in a short period of time, not only Antonio knew about it, but now it was exposed to everyone.

The deputy commanders in the command room also came over, their faces changing, and they discussed in low voices.

"Was it done by the Judge Civilization?" someone speculated immediately, followed by a wave of agreement.

"It was probably them who did it. They suffered heavy losses in our ambush and wanted to come back for revenge."

Some people also sneered: "How many people can they attract? The big guys who are far away will not be able to make it in time, and the guys nearby are a mob. How can they dare to attack us?"

"Yes, this is a bad move. It can only disgust us. Interstellar wanderers, plunderers, and scavengers are all cowards who are afraid of death and only dare to take advantage of others."

Asmara frowned, not feeling relieved by these words, and issued an order: "Expand the reconnaissance area three times. Any non-friendly spacecraft that appears nearby will be considered hostile!"

"Yes!"

Everyone looked serious and went about their business.

"Is it really Antonio?" Asmara groaned. To act so easily in desperation was not the style of this seasoned general.

As Asmara expected, although most people did not believe that such precious coordinates were so common, some people still came to confirm them.

"Hit the target with one strike. These idiots really dare to come here."

On a patrol ship, the Itlan soldier in charge of firing grinned as he watched the shabby spaceship exploding like fireworks on the screen. The metal wreckage was scattered in the desolate starry sky, and he imagined the roar in his mind.

"Oh, there are still some fish that have slipped through the net. Notify the assault team and go and capture the prisoners."

A sharp sound suddenly came from the virtual screen next to it, and the picture kept zooming in, revealing that it was an escape pod that looked like a capsule.

In just two days, dozens or even hundreds of fireworks exploded around the combined fleet.

Although all those who came to explore never returned, this actually confirmed the possibility of the coordinates.

In a short period of time, everyone was wondering who was so generous in spreading the coordinates.

Many private armed forces are also ready to move, heading towards this coordinate as if they had found a treasure.

"I was right, wasn't I? These people are cowards. They don't even dare to get close to me."

In the command room, several deputy commanders sneered as they looked at the constantly refreshing black hole network.

"If they hadn't deployed their formation yet, they might have been able to cause some damage, but now they can't even cause a certain amount of damage."

Asmara rested his slender fingers on the podium, looking down, but his eyes were somewhat distracted until his subordinates shouted again: "That anonymous account has released new news..."

Asmara's eyes suddenly became serious, and she came quickly, bringing up a gust of fragrant wind. Everyone tacitly made way for her.

Just by scanning the virtual screen, Asmara's expression became increasingly ugly.

"In the core ruins of the Ascender, there is the Ascendant Source Crystal, which is an interstellar treasure that can enhance development potential."

"There are also various reserve resources worth tens of billions, and an evolution device that can increase the development rate..."

An entire article elaborates on the various good things that are contained in this core relic.

Some things even Asmara didn't know, and they were not even the technologies that the Ascended civilization was good at. They were obviously fabricated.

"How shady!" The deputy commanders nearby were shocked and angry. They had already reacted: "First use the coordinates to establish his credibility, and then release these news that are not sure whether they are true or not, so that it is easy to win the trust of these idiots."

"It's troublesome."

Everyone looked unhappy. Before, those people only knew that this was the core relic of the Ascendant, but they were very vague about the concept.

Even the name of the Ascendant has not appeared in the Corona Borealis ring for a long time.

But when these real good things, their functions, and their values ​​are exposed, it will be completely different.

Money can tempt people. Even if they know there is a trap, the thought of “what if” still motivates them.

Someone gritted his teeth and said, "If these idiots really want to die, it will take a lot of energy just to beat them."

"Who on earth knows so much about the core ruins?"

No matter who it is, no one can stop me! Asmara's eyes were cold, suppressing her madness.

As expected, once the news was released, it caused an uproar, and many predators who were originally not very interested in it all turned their attention here.

Lone wolves, small groups of three or five people, medium-sized expedition groups of dozens of people, and even large fleets of hundreds or thousands of people all came from thousands of miles away and gathered near the combined fleet, but did not dare to get too close.

There were already many people gathered during the tidal period of the Red River Star Stream. Even though they warned themselves not to wade into the muddy water, there was another idea that tempted them -
Let’s take a look at the head office.

……

"It's interesting that there are still people stirring up trouble in secret..."

This is a shabby little spaceship sailing in a jump orbit. A short man with a full beard rubs his chin, occasionally pinching off a long stubble.

He looked at the virtual screen in front of him, on which was the wildly circulated "Detailed Explanation of the Core Relics Treasures".

"It seems like he wants to reap the benefits. Where did this guy come from?"

"It should have been him last time. I wanted to wait until Antonio raised the reward to 1 billion before giving him the coordinates, but someone else intercepted him..."

He watched and pondered, every step of their plan was calculated.

Grand Duke Thornblood is weaker than Grand Duke Guya in power, so he must let the other party take the initiative.

Grand Duke Gu Ya needs the help of Grand Duke Thornblood to find the location of the core ruins and even the method to enter, so he can only sit still.

Otherwise, if the opponent fully mobilizes all his power in the Corona Borealis ring, Asmara will have a hard time.

(End of this chapter)