This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 323 Career Advancement [Mechanical King] It’s not time? But it’s even more terrifying!

"Unfortunately, there is no news about the Stone of Terrax yet, and other S-level controlled objects cannot be upgraded for the time being." Li Ming thought of this again.

I opened the backstage of the Black Hole Palace and saw no news about the bounty, so I couldn't help but shake my head.

But the evolution of life level and the overall leap in strength still made Li Ming in a good mood.

He simply took out the [Star-Forging Certificate]. This thing required 10 million metal energies to control, and Li Ming had less than 20 million left, which was basically drained.

Control, then consume.

The control page popped up, and the profession [Large Mechanical Constructor] was wrapped in colorful colors. Li Ming was very familiar with the scene before him.

[Great Mechanical Constructor] → [Mechanical King]

[Mechanical Lord: The King of Machinery, possesses the abilities of [Large-Scale Mechanical Construction] and [Super-Amount Mechanical Guards]. ]

[Large-scale mechanical construction: Metal energy can be used to carry out large-scale transformation, repair, reinforcement, and construction of controlled objects, and construction can be carried out at the same time as control.]

[Excessive Mechanical Guard: You can construct four mechanical bodies with the [Guard] characteristic.]

That’s when career advancement is complete.

After a long time, Li Ming felt the vast amount of knowledge surging like a tide, directly filling his mind.

Just consuming 10 million metal energies was not enough to make him a true Casting Star-level mechanic.

But that wasn't what he needed.

After frowning for a long time, he carefully read the instructions after the career promotion, and his abilities were upgraded in all aspects.

The change from single assembly to large-scale assembly mainly saves time and saves him from having to touch them one by one with his hands.

However, it is not clear yet how big the scale will be.

Then the number of mechanical guards increased from two to four.

This surprised Li Ming. The mechanical guards were still very powerful. Although they consumed a lot of metal energy, Li Ming never felt at a disadvantage.

However, before obtaining the [Heart of Talos], using [Thunder Frenzy], even if it only takes 50% of the blessing, will make the Mechanical Guards unable to bear it and the burst time is limited.

And now I have the [Heart of Talos], which has both strength and defense, even if I can only get 50% of his blessing.

Based on the energy level of nearly 100A of the A-class mechanical guard, the burst energy level is also over 30S, which is close to the S-class life form with 30% development progress.

The reason why Li Ming did not make an analogy of 30% was because he had reached the level of S-level life forms.

The benefits brought by the gene seeds are so huge that the combat capability level cannot be compared with the conventional development progress, and it will basically exceed it.

And there is also a liberated form, which can be further enhanced.

And to activate an A-level mechanical guard, one needs to consume 100 million points of metal energy. Is that too much?
It is a bit too much for Li Ming now, but even if calculated based on the most profitable black hole network, 100 million metal energies are only about 10 billion star coins.

One hundred billion star coins could be exchanged for an S-level life form. I'm afraid countless forces would rush to pay for it.

Of course, this kind of combat power is due to the 50% bonus from the [Guard] characteristic, otherwise it would essentially be just an A-level life form.

Li Ming had a brainstorming session. If he were to enlighten the guards again, he would definitely use top-quality materials.

According to conservative estimates, it would take no less than 450 million metal energies or even more to activate all four mechanical guards.

"Still lacking accumulation and foundation..." Li Ming clicked his tongue and suppressed his thoughts.

Although he was extremely short of money, Li Ming was still very satisfied with this career promotion.

Then he entered the Black Hole Hall and began to carefully select the metal materials he needed to purchase.

Unlike the Black Hole Network, the mall in the palace clearly identifies the suppliers, which also means that the buyer's information cannot be kept as confidential as in the Black Hole Network.

But Li Ming no longer needs to keep it secret and has found a large company called Xinggong Heavy Mining.

Li Ming did a special search and found out that Xinggong Heavy Mining mainly undertakes the metal raw materials business, and it is said that there are more than 10,000 mineral planets under it.

What Li Ming purchased was a refined alloy steel, a metal with extremely high versatility.

The huge purchase order of nearly 25 billion scared the salesperson in charge, and he quickly contacted his superiors.

Li Ming didn't have any requirements, just that it must be fast and cheaper.

The person in charge of liaison with him gave a 10% discount with a wave of his hand, and also covered the transportation costs.

"That's right, there should be discounts for bulk purchases, the Black Hole Network is so damn dark..." Li Ming muttered.

Seeing that the other party was so straightforward, I didn't argue further and just paid the deposit directly.

Transactions through the Hall will be endorsed by the Hall’s own credit, and there will be no chance of running away.

The other party promised that they would entrust Giant Shield Company to transport the goods as quickly as possible.

But it would take at least a month to deliver it to the coordinates he specified.

Li Ming made a rough estimate and concluded that it would take more than ten days to reach the planet coordinates given by Blackbeard from here, so it wouldn't take too long, so he agreed.

.........

At the same time, An Ye quietly came to the top floor of a high-rise building in Twin Peaks. It looked like a small laboratory, with auxiliary robotic arms and small mechanical bodies with crooked heads everywhere.

Dark Night seemed to be very familiar with this place. He went straight to the deepest part and looked at the figure with his back to him, "Ulysses."

"Here I come." Ulysses stopped what he was doing and turned around slowly. He actually looked like a human being, wearing glasses, easy-going and ordinary.

"Let me see it." He stretched out his hand, and his calm face showed a hint of impatience.

"You wasted so much time coming here. Just to take a look at this gun?" An Ye seemed speechless. He took the gun case from behind and handed it over.

Ulysses' eyes flickered. He had been waiting for a long time. He opened it immediately and saw the Star Killer Spear lying quietly inside.

The place where the crack was originally located became flat, and at the same time, his fingertips split from the center and a metal device like a scanner extended out.

Obviously, he is also a mechanically modified body.

The scanning device, flashing fluorescent light, swept all the way from where the crack originally was.

"The molecular scale is normal, and there are no cracks in the molecular layer..." Ulysses became more and more excited, even trembling, "The material coefficients are all normal, and there is no difference from when it was intact."

Looking at Ulysses's appearance, An Ye was somewhat puzzled. "It is exactly the same as when it was intact. Isn't that perfect?"

"No, no, no, you don't understand." Ulysses waved his hands, extremely excited.

“Repairing a broken object, even with the most sophisticated restoration technology, can make it look the same, but in reality it can never be restored to its original state.”

"The molecular scale is formed when the same material is melted together. If you repair the damaged part, the molecular scale will inevitably..."

Halfway through his speech, he noticed that An Ye looked confused. Ulrich paused and shook his head, saying, "You just need to know that it is impossible to restore something to its original state after repair, but Qing Long did it." "Oh..." An Ye still didn't quite understand, so he explained, "I seem to have heard from that guy named Ulrich that Qing Long pays attention to restoring old things to their original state when repairing them."

"What a bullshit restoration!" Ulysses felt like he was talking to a cow, and said angrily: "Qinglong pulled the time scale of the damaged area back to the time before it was damaged, and bridged the time distortion!"

An Ye was stunned for a moment, and finally reacted, taking a breath: "Time reversal in a small area?"

Ulysses then snorted coldly, picked up the Star Killer Gun, and walked to the operating table.

"Is it possible?" An Ye couldn't help but ask, "Reversing time in a small area, this kind of technology must be a skill that only a master craftsman-level mechanic can use, right?"

Ulysses sneered, "That's the division of the Mechanics Association. Do you really think it's a strict level?"

"I don't believe that Xingyuan Empire doesn't have mechanics of this level. Have you seen them certified?"

An Ye frowned and thought for a while, "But Qing Long doesn't look like a master mechanic..."

“I guess that Ulrich didn’t think he was a Casting-star mechanic at first.” Ulysses didn’t know what he was fiddling with, his hands clenched in the air with his fingers interlocked.

A blue ring with runes around it lit up in his palm, nesting into each other and eventually forming a flat rune mirror.

"You have inquired clearly. Are you saying that Qinglong is still hiding?" An Ye pondered.

"What kind of person is he?" Ulysses' pupils opened, and purple flames lit up like turbines. He conducted a deeper detection through the rune observation mirror in his hand.

"Very humble and polite. There was no difference between me and those E-level and F-level life forms." Dark Night recalled:

"It's probably not a deliberate disguise. I just think from the bottom of my heart that there is no difference."

"It's different from all the Casting-level mechanics I've come across."

Ulysses was speechless: "Besides me, you don't seem to have come into contact with many people."

An Ye still didn't quite believe it: "If he is a master craftsman-level mechanic, it's too weird. How could a mechanic of this level just appear out of thin air?"

“A Casting Star rank shouldn’t appear out of nowhere, but he did.” Ulysses shook his head. If it was just a Casting Star rank, it might not have attracted so much attention.

But a star-casting-level mechanic whose origins cannot be traced makes people think deeply.

An Ye wanted to say something else, but he found that Ulysses was shocked and asked in disbelief: "Well, how could this happen?"

"what happened?"

Ulysses murmured to himself: "I didn't find any distortion in the time scale. He can make up for the time distortion, but it is impossible to make the flow of time completely consistent..."

"This difference in the speed of time should be gradually repaired as time goes by. This scale is at least calculated in ten years."

"Unless, he doesn't use time." An Ye spread his hands and said, "Master mechanic, what you said is a bit too scary."

"Heh..." Ulysses glanced at him and sneered, "I'm holding this weapon that was broken more than a month ago, but I can't find any traces or means of repairing it."

"Do you know how scary it is for a Casting-star mechanic?"

An Ye blinked, trying not to look so confused.

"I would rather he used time technology." Ulysses let out a long sigh, his eyes flickering: "What on earth does he want to do?"

An Ye finally caught the key words and said with a dry cough: "He seems to want to create a power and sell arms and other things."

"Establishing a power?" Ulysses was not surprised. He seemed to have known the news for a long time. He looked at An Ye with a fool's eyes and said, "You believe this too?"

"Do you think that Qinglong is now even a lone man, but he suddenly wants to create a power?"

"Uh..." An Ye hesitated, feeling it was outrageous. "Actually, I think he was fishing. He let that student, the guy with level 46 development potential, walk around here openly."

“It doesn’t feel normal at all.”

“Fishing?” Ulysses threw the Star Killer back and thought, “Who does he want to fish for? Or, how big a fish does he want to fish for?”

Both of them fell into deep thought. It was no wonder that they thought too much. With the scheming Qinglong had shown so far, he would definitely plan three steps ahead.

But Ulysses knew more and was more fearful.

An Ye couldn't figure it out, so he shook his head and said, "However, he is a little too confident. Li Ming has such a high development potential. If something unexpected really happens, it will be a big loss."

Ulysses did not comment, "You still have the mind to worry about others. Gabriel's death is not blamed on Qinglong, but you can't escape the assassination of Grand Duke Gu Ya."

Hearing this, An Ye smiled faintly, "I am alone, so let them come. But what do you want to do?"

"It's not just revenge that asked me to assassinate Tsathoggua."

Ulysses remained silent.

.........

"Hiss—" Sandro lay on the chair, holding his stomach, grimacing: "Why does it hurt so much? That kid's hand was too cruel."

It has been quite some time since he was out, but the pain in his abdomen has not subsided but has become more intense. Judging from his recovery speed, some organs must have been injured.

"I'm lucky I didn't beat you to death." Monroe said lightly.

"Beat me to death? Not really." Sandro couldn't help but said, "It's incredible enough that you can beat me away."

"He held back at the end." Monroe said lightly.

There was a moment of silence all around, and everyone looked over.

"Hold back, hold back?" Sandro almost bit his tongue.

Ulrich's eyes narrowed slightly, and he forced a faint smile. The value of this life-and-death gamble was still rising.

"What a monster..." Sandro was shocked, "You're stronger than me just after becoming an A-level life form."

"But please hold back. You won't kill me. Hurting and killing are two different things."

Ulrich couldn't help it: "Stupid, this is just an analogy, why are you entangled in it?"

Just as Sandro was about to retort, everyone heard the door open and Li Ming walked out of the room.

"So soon, everyone?" He raised his eyebrows and looked at everyone who was already ready.

Ulrich smiled: "There's nothing to clean up."

Their attitudes also changed slightly. The scene of beating Sandro was too shocking, and after hearing Monroe's supplement, they became more polite.

Li Ming shrugged, "Let's go then."

Their spacecraft had already replenished its energy. The planet was located in a relatively remote position in the chaotic star gap and was far away from the main transit nodes.

But there are not only large transit nodes in the chaotic star gap, but also countless small stargate hubs.

(End of this chapter)