This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 301: Want to inherit the throne? Need to go through layers of review? Change into my shape!
"Wait, Gabriel hasn't come back yet?" She suddenly remembered in her chaotic thoughts and looked around, but did not find any trace of Gabriel.

"Not yet." The many commanders surrounding him were slightly stunned, and they just shook their heads before they could pull themselves out of their thoughts on the battle situation.

“Where are the surveillance cameras damaged?” Asmara asked, and someone immediately responded: “Mainly the detention area and the left corridor.”

"The left side corridor?"

Asmara quickly drew a map in his mind, and then his expression changed slightly. Judging from the overall trend, Li Ming should be heading towards where the core ruins are located.

"Don't worry, with Lord Ronan here, it will be easy to capture Li Ming." A commander couldn't help but comfort him. The power of A-level space ability users is well known.

Asmara ignored him and asked quickly, "What's going on in the core ruins?"

As soon as the voice fell, someone responded: "No abnormalities have been found for the time being. It's just that because there has been no energy supply for a long time, the energy hook has been down, and the protective barrier on the surface of the core ruins has been re-covered."

“Re-cover? That’s good…” Asmara breathed a sigh of relief. This was actually a good thing.

At this moment, a figure came in again from the hole in the door of the command room.

"Wu Yanqing?" Asmara's face slightly changed. The soldiers around him quickly raised their energy rifles and stared at him vigilantly, "Where's Li Ming?"

"You ask me?" Wu Yanqing shook his head, looking very indifferent.

Asmara noticed that he no longer had the suppressor on him, and could not help but say coldly, "I advise you to think it over carefully and not make any unwise decisions."

"I've come here to find you, but I've fallen into your trap. Go ahead and arrest me." Wu Yanqing stretched out his hands.

Asmara was in doubt, and looked Wu Yanqing up and down with her amber eyes, as if puzzled: "What on earth do you want to do? Li Ming unlocked your ability inhibitor, so why didn't he take you away?"

"Who knows." Wu Yanqing shrugged, "He untied my suppressor just to prevent me from being shocked to death."

Asmara snorted, "He really wanted to be caught on purpose. He's really brave."

"Unfortunately, Gabriel will not let him go this time. This kid might take the opportunity to kill him directly." Asmara said in a deep voice, all the time staring at Wu Yanqing's face.

Wu Yanqing's expression paused slightly. He felt that based on what he had seen, Li Ming would not die that easily.

Asmara looked at Wu Yanqing's reaction and was slightly surprised. "You don't think he will be killed?"

Her voice became much colder. "What do you know?"

The continuous bad news and various unexpected events made Asmara's patience wear away little by little.

One cannot help but think that this seemed to be a big plan. Li Ming deliberately allowed himself to be captured and penetrated deep into the joint fleet.

A dark tide of stars followed, and the Judge's fleet lay in ambush outside.

At the same time, Li Ming escaped and seemed to want to get into the core ruins, but the core ruins were already closed...

Perhaps there are other plans.

The overall look is interconnected.

She now even suspected that the Torch Organization had already cooperated with the Inquisitor civilization.

Wu Yanqing had a blank expression on his face and said nothing.

"You..." Asmara stared at him coldly, and the princess felt murderous intent rising.

"Commander, let me go find His Highness Gabriel." Ford suddenly spoke, breaking the cold atmosphere.

Asmara glanced at him, then cast her eyes on Wu Yanqing, and said angrily, "Okay, tell him that if the situation is urgent, he should be killed!"

Ford was startled, nodded and left.

After going out, he called a few Double-tailed Scorpion soldiers and went straight to the left side corridor where the surveillance was destroyed. There were no other clues, so he could only go here to check it out first.

On the way, Ford was secretly shocked in his heart. Li Ming was really awesome. He even dared to get caught on purpose and sneak in this way.

But it must be said that this is indeed a very good idea. The impregnable joint fleet was thus broken into by Li Ming.

"Besides, when the dark tide of the star stream came, Asmara sent out all the A-level life forms. He has the means to get rid of the gene inhibitor, so he can really do a lot."

"However, there is also Ronan. This guy is a person with spatial abilities. I wonder if they have calculated this," Ford thought subconsciously.

He didn't think this was Li Ming's own plan, there must be more people cooperating.

No one can plan everything perfectly, let alone such a risky plan.

"They rely on Li Ming's development potential. They are sure that even if the plan fails, they will not do anything to him in the end." Ford speculated as he sped along. "Even if they don't kill him, he will suffer."

"If Gabriel gets too angry and really kills him, it's not impossible."

But he felt that the possibility was very small, and Li Ming would never provoke Gabriel in the face of a life-and-death crisis.

This guy is very cunning.

"Also, how did he get rid of the gene suppressor? The one he had was Grade A."

"Stop..." He was thinking all the way, and when he saw the edge of the corridor was right in front of him, he paused.

This place is a redundant passage. Normally no one takes this road, let alone in this state of alert.

He signaled the soldiers of the Double-tailed Scorpion to explore first. The two soldiers turned the corner carefully and then made a gesture.

Ford then walked forward and turned his sight. The first thing he saw was the hole on the ground.

There seemed to be a fight, but it was not widespread and was over quickly.

"He actually has the power to resist?" Ford was stunned.

But he had expected this before, so he was only slightly stunned, and continued forward, looking around cautiously.

When he reached the middle, he paused slightly. In the shadow ahead, a pool of blood appeared.

"Fuck!" Ford cursed and quickened his pace. As soon as he stepped into the shadows, he saw two headless corpses lying on the ground.

Why are there two?
This thought subconsciously emerged in his mind.

But then, his pupils suddenly contracted, as if a thunder had exploded, directly hitting his brain and blowing his brain into pieces.

Indescribable horror and fear burst out from his heart and spread to his whole body in an instant. Every hair on his body stood up and his heart felt like it was being pinched. He felt like he was sinking to the bottom of the water, and a feeling of suffocation pressed down from all directions.

Ga…Ga…Gabriel!?
He looked at the somewhat intact headless corpse. The clothes it was wearing were very familiar to him. They were the ones Gabriel wore.

He shuddered all over, his face turned pale, and he staggered back a few steps. His mind was in a mess and he could hardly gather any thoughts.

There was only one thought: it's over!
"Your Highness..." The double-tailed scorpion soldier behind him hurriedly supported the staggering and trembling Ford, and then saw two corpses on the ground.

"This... Is this Lord Gabriel?" The soldiers' reaction was smaller than Ford's, because they didn't know Gabriel's true origin, they only knew that he seemed to be an important person. "Hurry up and inform Her Royal Highness the Princess." One soldier reacted quickly and picked up the communication equipment.

But then, he suddenly froze, looked down in disbelief, and saw an arm piercing his armor, bleeding profusely.

"Your Highness?" The others were stunned. Before they could react, Ford had already pulled out his energy rifle and shot them one by one at their exposed heads.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck!" Ford gritted his teeth, looking at the soldier lying on the ground, his teeth chattering, and cursed: "Why did you kill him? You are really not afraid of anything!"

He tried to calm himself down, and tremblingly took out his smart terminal, pointed it at the corpse on the ground, and took pictures from all angles.

And now that the system has just been restarted, the communication network is still in a public state.

Quickly encrypt and upload to multiple clouds.

After doing all this, he breathed a sigh of relief, then slowly squatted down while holding onto the metal wall. He did this not to protect Li Ming, but to protect himself.

His expression gradually became complicated, and then his gaze turned to the twisted corpse next to Gabriel.

Ronan, a Class A space-based psychic.

In fact, Ronan’s death was far more shocking than Gabriel’s. After all, Li Ming was only a Class B life form on the surface, but he killed Ronan.

It’s just that Gabriel’s identity is more honorable, and the combination of these two factors made Ford not know what to say.

A-level lifeforms killed A-level superpowers. Space-type, best at escaping. Hmm... maybe it's because of Gabriel's existence that Ronan is helpless...

Why was he killed?
waste!

Ford let out a low roar that had no clear meaning.

He was still very shocked. In this situation, he was able to react quickly and make backup arrangements. This was the result of his rapid improvement in mentality during this period.

"At least I don't have to worry about being killed by Asmara." His heart was pounding as he contacted Asmara.

.........

The starlight was dim, and the celestial bodies around seemed very sparse, but not completely desolate. The background of the entire universe was deep darkness, but the darkness was also filled with a barely detectable lavender light.

After Li Ming passed through the entrance of the core ruins, he came to such a place, which was obviously not in the starry sky.

Through [Intelligent Assistance], he has built a clear 3D model in his mind. This place is an extremely empty hall. The scene in front of him is just a virtual image, but it is highly realistic.

Immediately afterwards, the picture quickly zoomed in and a planet appeared under the feet, or more accurately, a broken planet.

Li Ming frowned slightly. This planet was broken everywhere, and the huge rifts and holes really reached the core of the earth.

At the same time, the planet is filled with astonishingly huge alloy beams, huge support beams, and superalloy cables, which "patch" the planet in a primitive and crude way.

"This is our civilization's home planet - Latiago. After the empire's disaster, we held on for another 124 years..."

A soft female voice sounded, seeming to be telling the history of the Ascendant civilization. Li Ming frowned slightly, not very interested in it. His heart moved slightly, and he said: "I always remember this history."

The soft female voice suddenly stopped, and then the virtual scene disappeared, and a silver-white hall appeared. There was nothing around it, only the black metal column in the center.

"Hello, respected heir. Particle concentration is 50%. I am a third-class citizen. I am not from one of the three pillars of blood. I meet the primary inheritance standards and am allowed to take away a primary resource."

A soft female voice slowly explained, and a virtual screen appeared in front of Li Ming's eyes, displaying some resources and their corresponding values.

"One billion star coins?" Li Ming was a little confused and couldn't help asking, "You mean, I can only take these things away?"

"Yes."

"Just because my particle concentration is low?" Li Ming frowned.

"Yes, your sublimation particle concentration is only 50%, which makes you a third-class citizen of the Ascendant civilization. You cannot meet the requirements to inherit the core relics at all."

"They're all destroyed, yet you still have demands on your successor?" Li Ming was so angry that he laughed.

"Because some heirs don't want to revive civilization, but just want to make a fortune and live a comfortable life. We don't need such heirs." The soft female voice's response also made sense.

Li Ming frowned: "What qualifications do I have to inherit?"

"First, you must have one of the three pillar bloodlines, the concentration of sublimated particles in your body must reach over 90%, and you must pass the three trials in the core ruins."

Li Ming knew something about the three pillars. They referred to the three ruling families of the Ascendant civilization, and they might all have died out.

Not to mention the concentration of sublimated particles, he didn't even know how to increase it to 90%.

After satisfying these, one must complete the so-called three major trials.

Those who can fulfill these stringent requirements must be of good family background and extremely outstanding. Only such people have the possibility of reviving civilization.

But Li Ming didn't have time to waste on it. He looked around and tried to punch the ground, making a dull thumping sound.

"Warning, the heir intends to destroy the ruins and eliminate his eligibility for inheritance. Please leave as soon as possible!" The soft female voice turned cold.

No longer eligible for inheritance?

Li Ming snorted coldly and fixed his eyes on the black pillar in the center. He quickly walked forward and directly absorbed the metal energy.

This time there was no warning sound, as if his methods were not recognized.

Sure enough, Li Ming quickly found energy lines in the exposed pillars. He absorbed along the lines and found the control terminal in the central part of the black and gold pillars.

This is a bright blue crystal with electronic nodes all over it, and colorful bands blooming in it like electric sparks. Li Ming tried to touch it.

[Core Ruins Control Core--Class A: The final artificial intelligence of the Ascender.

Control conditions: 3 million metal energy
Control effect: Perception blessing--500%
Control ability - Intelligent core: Possessing high intelligence, it can manage intelligent and controllable objects. 】

Ha, Li Ming grinned, it’s really possible, he still has 10 million energy left, 3 million metal energies are nothing to him.

Metallic energy surged out, covering the bright blue crystals.

But it wasn't over yet. Next, he used his [Mechanical Construction] ability and consumed an additional 2 million metal energies.

An astonishing scene occurred. This bright blue crystal actually grew metal limbs similar to limbs, which were still connected to the surrounding energy lines.

He had experimented with similar smart devices a long time ago, but after taking control of them, he could not directly become their owner.

Just like the previous folding ring, it still needs to be verified, but it can be used in a different way through control.

But after [mechanical construction], it is completely different.

With a "beep", the female voice sounded again, and the tone of her voice had changed slightly: "Dear master, what can I do for you?"

(End of this chapter)