This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 332: The Infinite Hammer of the Forging Master
Blackbeard...Since they parted at Red River Star Flow, he and the other party have never met each other again, but they occasionally contacted each other on the Internet and exchanged some information.

As for the organization behind the other party, or even the core plan, he never heard them mention it again.

While thinking in his mind, his body shape was changing at the same time, and soon he turned into a blue dragon and established a communication connection.

Soon there was a response, and a virtual screen unfolded in front of him. Blackbeard was still rubbing his beard and smiling at the same time.

"I didn't expect that you still remembered me." Li Ming said lightly to express his dissatisfaction. The last time they met, the first thing he said was to split the Xingyuan Empire.

After that, there was no news. No one said they would introduce him to other people, and they didn’t even let him join the group chat.

"What does Lord Qinglong mean by this?" Blackbeard looked surprised.

Li Ming said calmly: "Do I need to go through some more tests before I can be accepted?"

Blackbeard coughed dryly, "Misunderstood, our organization is loose to begin with, this is also to retain more strength when we are discovered."

"Really? I've been waiting for your big plan." Li Ming did not comment.

"How can the plan be so fast..." Blackbeard shook his head and explained: "The personnel transfer, deployment, and various plans have aroused the vigilance of many people in the last time in the Red River Star Stream. Sir, please be patient."

Li Ming had a blank expression on his face. Of course he knew this truth. Every previous plan had been planned by the other party for several years.

The incident of the Red River Star Flow has finally come to an end since the war between the two sides ended. There won't be the next step so soon, but we still have to have the right attitude.

Blackbeard was helpless. Their organization was indeed not very confident about Qinglong because their origins were completely unknown. There were not many places that could hide a mechanic of this level.

"Actually, I have difficulties too..." Blackbeard said helplessly, with a wry smile: "Your Excellency's background is unpredictable, and some friends are really worried. If you can reveal a little bit..."

"I remember that you invited me to join. Why do you not trust me now?" Li Ming asked back, "Besides, do you know each other well?"

Blackbeard paused, shook his head and said, "Forget it, Your Excellency is right, some people's nonsense."

After a few words, Blackbeard got to the point. He said solemnly, "Do you know the master forger?"

"Her?" A sharp light flashed in Li Ming's eyes. "Her, the master forger, was one of the leaders in establishing the Mechanics Association, but he seems to have disappeared for a long time."

"That's right." Blackbeard nodded. "The Hammersmith once went deep into the dimensional world to look for precious materials and tissues, but he never returned. The Infinite Hammer in his hand also disappeared, causing grief to countless mechanics."

"Recently, we have learned some clues that his disappearance may be related to the Xingyuan Empire."

“Really…” Li Ming stroked his chin. The forging hammer master was extremely famous and had a high reputation among mechanics.

He is higher than the other two master craftsmen and has made great efforts to fight for the interests of the mechanics.

He was the first person to clearly divide the levels of mechanics, which benefited the mechanics a lot.

If it can be confirmed that his disappearance is indeed related to the Xingyuan Empire, the anger of the mechanics group will be enough to further reduce his luck.

"Is it true or false?" Li Ming asked suddenly.

Blackbeard shook his head, "What does it matter if it's true or not?"

"This matter needs to be exposed by someone who is important enough. We have already contacted two Forge-level mechanics and Your Excellency."

Li Ming pondered, "Three star-level mechanics from the Mechanic Association are enough, but there is no master craftsman to support such a major event..."

"The God Craftsman's platform is from top to bottom. But it is possible to coerce the God Craftsman from the bottom up." Blackbeard shook his head, "Our goal is not to make the Mechanic Association completely hostile to the Xingyuan Empire or even take action. This incident is enough."

All rivers flow into the sea, and things accumulate one after another. When they explode, they will be shattered into pieces.

"Specific plan..." Li Ming asked.

Blackbeard immediately said: "This matter is divided into three steps..."

"..."

"That's natural. I will take care of your students' business."

Blackbeard ended the call with a smile, pulled up a document, and looked at it for a long time. "Such a small business... and he still wants me to take care of it. What on earth does he want to do?"

Blackbeard couldn't understand, if Li Ming wanted to play house, would Qinglong still play with him?
.........

"The master forger, the infinite hammer..." Li Ming looked at the photo on the screen. Hull was a giant, four meters tall, with red skin and white beard.

The hammer in his hand was purple-black, dotted with stars. If it was an S-class weapon, a star-forging tool, it could be called an interstellar treasure.

This hammer is a cosmic treasure that combines destructive power and auxiliary capabilities. It is said that one hammer strike can change the properties of an object. It is even useful for living things and can change a man into a woman.

It looked ridiculous, but Li Ming knew that this changed his cognition of the universe and even his own cognition.

Even breaking through space and traveling across galaxies.

Blackbeard's plan consists of three steps: news brewing, interstellar attention, and truth revealing.

The first two steps do not require their intervention, only the last step requires them to go deep into the dimensional world and discover the "truth."

Of course, there are various details in between, and Blackbeard didn't say much.

When planning ahead, you will always encounter various unexpected events, and you need to make constant adjustments and act accordingly.

Li Ming took the opportunity to ask the other party to take care of his student Li Ming's business.

During this time, the news had spread, and Qinglong had planted flags and set up poles in the chaotic star gap.

Although on the surface, the owner of the base is Li Ming, no one cares about this little guy.

The arms dealers, in particular, are facing a formidable enemy. The reputation and prestige of a Star-Forging mechanic in related fields are not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Although compared to their business, the turnover of this so-called Mechanical Royal Court is nothing.

They even say that if other forces were to start a business, they wouldn't even care, even if the scale was a little bigger.

But this is a Casting Star-level mechanic. Once he decides to intervene, the share he wants will definitely not be a small one. How can we not be on high alert?

This is not to look down on Qinglong, but rather to be too serious.

All technological mechanical creations belong to the exclusive area of ​​​​mechanics. Behind those large arms dealers, there are many forging-star mechanics.

It is indeed not easy to make a name for yourself.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. Li Ming checked the time and left the special training room. As soon as he walked out of the door, the mimicked Suzaku landed on his shoulder.

"Is the warehouse ready?" he asked.

"It's ready. Ten thousand mechanical bodies have been put into storage." Suzaku responded.

Li Ming nodded, walked through the corridor of the base, and came to the huge warehouse at the back. After stepping in here, the Suzaku on his shoulder also dissipated. There was no monitoring equipment here, let alone virtual imaging equipment.

The warehouse was brightly lit, and hundreds of large robotic arms and transport tracks were working non-stop.

This place is connected to the final assembly factory of the mechanical soldiers. Every assembled mechanical soldier will be transported here and stored, layer by layer, hanging on the transport tracks.

Li Ming nodded involuntarily and walked to the middle. The circular metal platform on the ground quickly rose up and lifted it to the center of the mechanical combat soldier array.

Then he stretched out his hands, and wisps of golden arcs burst out from his fingertips, landing on the nearest mechanical body, and then rapidly multiplying. Large pieces of mechanical arcs burst out, one to two, two to four, increasing exponentially.

Finally, the entire array of mechanical soldiers was enveloped in golden arcs.

But at the same time, the light on the mechanical warrior that first came into contact with the golden arc had faded, like a surging tide, from inside to outside, in less than five minutes in total.

The pupils of these mechanical warriors moved, and Li Ming spoke first, "Suzaku will access your system and guide you."

After hearing what he said, all the mechanical soldiers fell silent, started moving on their tracks, and walked down one by one.

As the artificial intelligence Suzaku created and enlightened by Li Ming himself, it also has the ability to "take charge of all intelligent controlled objects."

"Tsk, six million metal energies..." Li Ming shook his head. The mechanical soldiers after being enlightened have absolute loyalty and will not be changed by any program.

The only trouble before was the need for control. Fortunately, the ability of [Mechanical King] allowed him to control it while constructing it.

However, this kind of control cannot acquire any abilities, nor can it be put into the controlled space.

But for Li Ming, it was worth the money.

These mechanical soldiers are all of uniformly manufactured models, classified as D-class, and require 6,000 points of metal energy to control, which is the limit designed by Li Ming.

If he didn't have the [Mechanical King], he would have to spend an additional 60 million metal energy to control it, which would greatly slow down the start of his power.

This base, the numerous assembly lines it manufactures, and these mechanical warriors have already consumed most of the remaining refined alloys.

One third of these mechanical soldiers will be instilled with relevant mechanical knowledge in order to manufacture weapons.

The remaining two-thirds, after being equipped with weapons, will be mixed with gray-eyed mercenaries to accept various missions.

“What we need to do next is to come and enlighten us every once in a while…” Li Ming estimated that the initial investment plus the subsequent profits would generate a continuous stream of income, forming a self-circulating cycle.

"After further expansion, we will get involved in mining stars and master the refining of materials from the source. That's when we can take off."

"And you only need to find the energy needed to upgrade, and harvest regularly to improve your strength."

He pondered, but these things could not be rushed.

"Master, the regular meeting will last half an hour."

Coming out of the warehouse, Suzaku appeared on his shoulder again and reminded him at the right time.

Li Ming nodded. Since the Mechanical Royal Court got on the right track, there were a lot of preliminary things to do, and a meeting would be held every three days to report and summarize.

He immediately went to the core meeting room. Ulrich had arrived early and was preparing various materials. Cornette was also there, as well as Sandro. The middle-level executives were sitting in two rows.

Seeing him coming, Ulrich greeted him, looked around, and said, "Since everyone is here, let's start early."

Everyone sat upright. Ulrich looked at Li Ming. Li Ming nodded and said:
"The manpower problem mentioned in the last meeting has basically been solved. The first batch of mechanical combat soldiers have been produced and various settings have been made. They are now ready for use."

Manpower is a big problem. The mercenaries under Huitong are all rough guys and cannot do technical work.

Even highly automated assembly line production requires human labor.

Ulrich was not surprised. After the assembly line was built, the first thing produced was the mechanical soldiers. All other things were put aside. It has been almost a month, and it is time to see some results.

"This is even better. The production efficiency can be raised to a higher level..." Connit nodded. "The security company's weapons are only two months away from delivery. It's still in time..."

The two of them made a brief summary. Basically, there was nothing big, just a summary of performance and the like. Overall, it seemed to be stable and improving.

Sandro had no say in these matters and was like a mute person.

More than an hour later, the middle-level managers left one after another, leaving only Ulrich and Konnit. Only then did their faces become solemn.

"The arms dealers have been more active. Three days ago, a batch of orders were cancelled, and the other party was even willing to pay a 10% penalty."

“Which are the main arms dealers?” Li Ming frowned slightly.

"Burke, Harlan, and Sibyl are the leaders, and there are many small and medium-sized arms dealers..." Ulrich kneaded his brows, "There are many Forge-level mechanics behind them."

The personal connection channels have already taken over the first batch of business, but the other party is trying to pry their orders away with low prices, and there is nothing they can do about it.

"Of course, with our current production capacity, we cannot accept more orders, but if we want to expand, we should make preparations early." Ulrich hesitated and said, "Should we ask His Excellency Qinglong to say hello to those people?"

"Hmph, what's the point of saying hello? If they dare to steal our orders, we dare to destroy their merchant ships." Sandro said coldly: "It's nothing more than seeing who has the bigger fist."

"It's not that simple. Are we still going to do business in the future?" Ulrich frowned.

Cornett added: "Recently, there have been a lot of unknown spaceships outside the galaxy. They must be trying to gather information."

"Huh?" Li Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. They have even reached the base camp?
"Mr. Sandro is right. It's just a matter of who has the bigger fist." Li Ming said indifferently.

Sandro grinned and glanced at Ulrich smugly.

Ulrich frowned and advised: "If we want to take action, we can only abandon this place."

“Of course we won’t attack their merchant ships. We’ll clear the area around them first.” Li Ming shook his head. The Chaos Star Gap wasn’t really chaotic.

Even the Bristletooth man who robbed us earlier knew how to pick on the weak.

At the same time, there is also an invisible rule - strength and power are equal.

Only a dominant figure like Anduin can control every star gate in the Chaos Star Gap.

Fists alone cannot support a large organization, but without enough fists, even a force cannot be established.

"I'm afraid there are many people who want to weigh the quality of my teacher."

Li Ming said slowly, Ulrich and Connit looked at each other. This was what they didn't say.

After the meeting, his orders were quickly implemented, and Sandro personally took action to clear out the exploration ships near the galaxy one by one.

Some spies saw that the situation was not good and quickly retreated, thus barely escaping the disaster.

(End of this chapter)