This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 309 Who said I was leaving? Divide the core ruins?

In the central battlefield, the energy tide never stops. It seems very tense, but it is difficult to make any progress.

Reina and Albert have already made a promise that they will continue to fight even if they cannot break the defense, otherwise it will be too embarrassing.

Li Ming was keenly aware of this. Although the opponent could not break his defense, he was consuming physical strength every moment. Even if he did not move, with all kinds of blessings and recovery blessings, he still could not stop.

If he was forced to exit the possessed state, he didn't know whether he would be shocked to death.

"You two, there's actually no need for us to continue fighting."

A sudden voice rang in Reiner and Albert's minds, and the surging tide of energy suddenly stopped.

Without any hesitation, Reina and Albert stopped at the same time, as if they had been waiting for this sentence.

"It doesn't seem to be just mental power..." Albert then realized that Qinglong's way of transmitting sound was very strange.

The entangled energy particles in the field gradually dissipated, revealing the almost undamaged body hanging in the starry sky.

Then, Qinglong continued, "Neither of us can do anything to the other. It would be a waste of time to continue fighting."

"Hmph, we can ask for support. At most we can wait for a month or two." Reina said firmly, both pairs of arms numb.

It is estimated that the development progress must reach 30% or even 50% before it can cause damage to this turtle shell.

With his development potential, he could not become an S-class life form. It was only because Grand Duke Guya provided a lot of resources that he was able to barely become an S-class life form.

But his potential has been exhausted, and it is almost impossible for him to make any further progress, so he will never be able to break through in his lifetime.

"Stop joking, you and I both know it's impossible. How long will the tidal period of the Red River Star Stream last?" Li Ming asked back, and Reina snorted coldly.

As they stopped fighting, the A-level life forms on the periphery also stopped immediately and looked at the center.

Albert's face was cold: "You are right. We can't break your defense, Dark Night. Dark Night is waiting for an opportunity. In the end, it is just a stalemate. Waiting for the end of the tidal period, all of us are in big trouble."

"Then let's end it. You and An Ye can leave. We won't stop you."

The many A-level life forms that received this mental fluctuation were surprised. They really couldn't break the defense. Was the mecha really that tough?

"We're letting them go now?" Reina was unwilling. "It's still unclear who killed Gabriel. If we let them go, are you really sure it was me?"

"Who said we are leaving?" Before Albert could respond, Li Ming responded, "I mean we can work together to open the core ruins, divide up the things inside, and then leave separately."

Now that he's gone, the core ruins have been opened and there's nothing inside. This guy Reina will definitely throw dirty water on him and muddy the water even more.

Albert's face turned pale, "You still want to divide up the core ruins?"

Asmara looked over suddenly, and Ford was secretly surprised. This guy is really powerful. He even wants to divide the core ruins.

Instead, Reina hesitated. He didn't want to look at Albert, and said hesitantly: "This suggestion is good."

Albert glanced at him coldly, "There is only one sublimation source crystal, how do you divide it?"

"Anyway, I regard you as one of the Xingyuan Empire. Whoever gets it can just lend it to me." Li Ming said, "I heard there are some special materials in it. I'm very interested."

"Let's open it first. We can't keep on being in a stalemate." Reina said directly. Originally, the combined fleet had the advantage.

They are the attackers, under time pressure and at a disadvantage, so they might not be able to grab the ball. But now that is no longer certain.

At least we are on the same starting line.

Albert felt depressed when faced with Reina's sudden betrayal, but he couldn't refuse. At least in this matter, he was at a disadvantage.

Afterwards, everyone found the situation becoming increasingly unpredictable, so not only did they stop fighting, but Reiner, Albert, and Qinglong also landed together on the floating platform in front of the core ruins.

The ecological shield is opened and the air begins to flow.

Asmara landed with a blank expression on her face. What was happening now was no longer something she could decide.

Reina urged: "Open it quickly, open it quickly."

"It can't be opened." Asmara shook her head. "The quantum shield on the surface of the core instrument is extremely difficult to crack. Even with an energy hook, it will take at least five days to tear a hole."

"Five days?" Reina frowned. "Get out of the way. I'm going to smash it open with my fist."

Asmara shook his head again: "Once the core ruins are detected to have been forcibly broken into by external forces, they will collapse directly. It is irreversible."

Li Ming's heart moved slightly and he waved to the back.

Soon, Ulrich and others approached with different looks in their eyes. Li Ming ignored them for the time being and just brought Benny in.

Benny crawled on the ground, feeling terrified. Even when the Ascender civilization was at its peak, S-class life forms had the highest combat power and an extremely high status.

"Open it." Li Ming said calmly. Seeing that everyone was puzzled, he casually explained: "The survivors of the Ascendants."

Asmara couldn't help but look, she had been searching for so long but to no avail.

"Ha..." Reina raised an eyebrow, "That's impressive. You're so well prepared."

Benny just trembled. Li Ming continued, "It only takes five days to open it with the energy hook. I just don't want to waste time. You know the status of the people present. If you don't want to be killed, just open it."

Benny shuddered, his face full of misery. After hesitating for a long time, he slowly stood up, opened his mouth wide, put an arm in, and then took out a conical, bright blue crystal.

Everyone looked disgusted, but Benny slowly walked to the barrier on the surface of the core ruins and actually cut a hole in it.

Asmara hesitated and asked someone to bring Wu Yanqing over, along with two metal boxes.

Li Ming nodded slightly. Wu Yanqing was surprised and nodded in response.

Albert and the others didn't care, and they knew that the two had the same student, but they also understood that it was impossible to threaten Qinglong with this person.

The group passed through the energy rift, and Li Ming carried Benny all the way to the gate.

Asmara first opened a metal box, which contained a tube of silvery-white reagent. With a serious face, she injected it directly into Wu Yanqing's arm artery.

Soon, veins on Old Wu's neck bulged and he gasped for breath, but he quickly adapted.

Then, Asmara opened another box, which contained a sublimator.

Wu Yanqing placed his hands on it, and the football-sized sublimator opened from the center, and the bright light shone on Wu Yanqing.

The blood vessels under Wu Yanqing's skin swelled rapidly, like flowing silver snakes. His eyes widened and his pupils were bloodshot, but it soon ended.

After some operations, Old Wu finally placed his hand on the crystal.

"Verification passed, entry allowed," a soft female voice sounded, and then the door opened.

Asmara's heart skipped a beat, but she forced an ugly smile. She had been busy for many years, but the final result was completely different from what she expected.

She glanced at Qinglong, and a feeling of powerlessness arose spontaneously.

In the face of absolute power, any plan is vain. But he looked behind the door again. After so many years, he came here again. This time he could finally see the elegance of the sublimated source crystal. After all, he felt that his long-cherished wish had come true.

The trembling Benny couldn't help but look over.

Everyone walked in. As usual, they first saw the desolate universe, telling the history of the Ascendants. Asmara obviously knew the process, and she skipped it directly by saying a non-common language.

Then, a gentle voice sounded, "Hello, respected successor, the particle concentration is 50%... You are allowed to take away one primary resource."

"Primary resources?"

Everyone's expressions were the same as Li Ming's before, especially those who came closer to take a look at the materials, with different expressions.

Li Ming just wanted to laugh when he saw it.

Asmara frowned. This was her first time coming in through formal channels and she really didn't know about these conditions.

"What are the conditions for inheriting this core relic and obtaining the sublimation source crystal?"

“needs… and through…”

When everyone learned about the series of prerequisites needed to completely inherit this core relic, their faces became even more strange.

There are really not many people at the scene who have come into contact with this kind of "relics" left behind by the destroyed advanced civilization.

Asmara couldn't help but look at Benny, then glanced at Qinglong, and simply asked directly: "Sir Benny, since you are a descendant of the Ascended, you must know who meets this requirement, right?"

Everyone's eyes were on him, but Benny remained silent.

Opening the core ruins was a last resort, there was no choice, but now...

Reina seemed increasingly impatient: "It's so complicated, no wonder it collapsed."

He took a sudden step forward, and terrifying energy exploded under his feet. The metal floor around him cracked, and black and red cracks gradually spread.

"Don't..." Benny was horrified and shouted hurriedly, but it was too late.

boom!
The ground completely collapsed, and a warning sounded: "The core ruins have been damaged. The tight blockade mechanism has been activated, and the collapse countdown has begun."

Albert frowned, raised his hand, and with a wave of his hand, he cleared away the broken metal floor, revealing the deep pit behind.

When everyone looked over there, they saw only a huge hole, empty and with nothing in it.

There was no change in expression on most people's faces. They had never been here and didn't know what the scene would be like after the door was opened. They just looked around.

"This...this...this..."

Only Benny was in disbelief. He struggled, stumbled, and looked at the big pit in front of him. "How could this happen? How could this happen?"

"It shouldn't be like this. Where are the things? Where are the things?"

Benny stroked the wall with trembling arms, like a madman.

Everyone was confused and looked at each other. Only Asmara pulled him up and asked in a deep voice: "What should we not do? Explain it clearly!"

"Where are the things? There should be a lot of things behind here, sublimation source crystals, leftover resources..." Benny pointed around with his four skinny arms and muttered to himself.

"What do you mean?" Asmara suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart and questioned him.

"Warning, collapse countdown three minutes."

The alarm was still ringing. Benny suddenly started and struggled, "Let me go, let me go, I want to find out what's going on!"

Asmara hesitated for a moment, but finally let go of Benny. He rolled and crawled to the central control column.

Everyone was not quite sure what was going on and they all stared at him. They saw Benny groping around the control column tremblingly and he touched something, but a small interface popped up.

He hurriedly stuffed the crystal in his hand in, and the shrill alarm sound suddenly stopped, replaced by a melodious sound.

"Key detection passed, highest authority has been unlocked... collapse paused..."

"Hello, Your Excellency the Overseer."

Benny didn't bother to say more and asked quickly, "Has anyone been here before we came?"

"And nothing was detected..." the control core responded.

"Has anyone inherited the things stored here?"

"No, it's still... beep... warning, the core equipment is found to be seriously damaged, resources are lost, and it's being tested..." The control core hummed for a while, and finally just a few simple words: "There is no abnormality in the system..."

"Nothing unusual?" Benny's eyes were bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth. "Everything has been taken away, and there's only a layer of wall left. You tell me there's nothing unusual?"

"Asmara and the others clearly came in, but you couldn't detect them?"

"Sorry, I can't help you." The control core's voice was flat.

"What do you mean, the things are gone?" Reina asked in a deep voice.

“Hahaha…hahaha…” Benny seemed to have lost his mind, laughing so hard that tears were about to come out. He looked around at everyone, “A bunch of losers, you don’t even know you’re being played with, idiots, losers!”

"Someone has already taken this place. Everything is gone. I just left an empty shell here to amuse you guys!"

Asmara's pupils condensed slightly, and her whole body shook. Although in the current situation, she could basically not get her hands on the core ruins.

But after all, this was the goal she had been working for for so long, and now it was just an empty shell. This blow even made her feel a little discouraged.

Albert frowned and scolded: "What's going on!"

Gabriel's death is already a great loss, and these core relics cannot be left in vain.

"What Itlan civilization, Asmara, S-class life forms, they are all a bunch of garbage, garbage!" Benny was still cursing, gritting his teeth, venting out the anger that had been suppressed for a long time.

Albert had a blank expression on his face. He raised his hand and an invisible force held Benny in his hand. His forehead cracked and a purple crack projected a beam of light that enveloped Benny.

Li Ming couldn't help but say, "Alas..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Albert's face changed slightly, and mercury-like energy directly enveloped Benny. Following a muffled sound, the silver energy quickly grew like a burst balloon.

But in the end, it only expanded to a size of two or three meters and then stopped. Albert looked grim and threw it out of the core ruins, exploding like a firework in outer space.

"He has a nuclear bomb in his head." Li Ming sighed, and then finished: "Why are you in such a hurry? He is a great mechanic after all."

Albert took a deep breath. The only Benny who knew this place well was gone.

No one knows what the situation is now.

Everyone fell silent, and suddenly a cold female voice rang out: "Warning... Collapse restart, countdown, one minute!"

(End of this chapter)