This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 336 Influence and Reaction (Seeking monthly tickets at the beginning of the month, thank you for your support!)
After waiting for a long time without Li Ming's interrogation or showing off, Reina said in a hoarse voice:

"I'm sorry, Grand Duke Guya, but don't expect to get anything from me. At worst, you can just kill me."

The shame of being a prisoner was secondary. Reina recalled the battle not long ago. He thought that Qinglong and his men were able to escape unscathed only by relying on mechas.

However, he didn't expect that the other party's hidden means were far more than he imagined.

"Kill you?" Li Ming shook his head and said calmly, "I won't kill you. If you die, Nicholas will be even happier. He will take the opportunity to instigate the high-ranking officials of the empire to take action against us."

Hearing what Li Ming said, Reina paused and said self-deprecatingly: "Yeah, I almost forgot about that mad dog Nicholas. He wouldn't let me go, and he didn't care whether I killed his son or not."

"Now that you have captured me, he will definitely try every possible means to get the Royal Council to take action. He will actually be considered to have saved me."

"So, in order to prevent the Xingyuan Empire from really targeting us, I can only let you go." Li Ming said it casually, not intending to really slap the Xingyuan Empire in the face.

Unlike Gabriel's ambiguity, all parties tacitly blamed Grand Duke Guya.

It was a foregone conclusion that he had caught Reina, and this news could not be hidden.

There were already many spies outside the galaxy, and the commotion caused at the time was quite large. This news may have already begun to spread outward.

As an S-class life form listed within the Xingyuan Empire, Reina is not a direct descendant, but a later joiner, and is under the jurisdiction of the Higher Life Administration, which is a department directly under the Royal Council.

No matter who his subordinate is, the higher-ups won't sit idly by and watch. If they extract the genetic material, it won't be in vain that he was captured. He must be released.

"That's easy for you to say." Reina was silent for a moment, then couldn't help but say, "I came straight to you and almost succeeded in the sneak attack. Qinglong asked you to let me go, wouldn't you be unwilling?"

"What's the big deal..." Li Ming shook his head, not caring at all: "No one wants to offend the giant Xingyuan Empire, so why bother yourself?"

"Aren't you afraid that if you let me go, I will come back again?" Reina said provocatively.

"You shouldn't have this opportunity." Li Ming's words were inexplicable. He extracted the other party's genetic essence. When he stumbled all the way back to the Xingyuan Empire, the first decline would come.

With the opponent's development progress, it will happen at most twice, and it is possible that it will fall from an S-level life form on the first try.

He doesn't mind people finding out that Qinglong has the ability to cause people's genes to degenerate. This is the mystery, and this is the means.

The means cannot be imagined by others, otherwise there will always be people who are eager to test them, and there must be corresponding demonstrations.

Lei Ting's appearance is one aspect, and this method of genetic degeneration is also another aspect, which is enough to make outsiders increase the threat of Qinglong to a much higher level.

"Hmph..." Reina sneered, "You're ready to let me go, but you haven't even asked me if I want to leave."

"Tell me, if I die here with you, will the Empire be forced to avenge me?"

Li Ming paused for a moment, his eyes flickered, and then he said with emotion: "Your loyalty is truly touching to Xingji."

"If you die here, the Empire will have no choice but to issue a warrant for our arrest, but this will not do any good to Grand Duke Guya."

"If you want to do justice to Lord Guya and make Nicholas give up all the benefits he has taken, you have to catch my teacher."

Li Ming persuaded him: "It's just a small planet. We can abandon it if we want. At most, we can hide it somewhere else. Your death can do any good, except to deal another heavy blow to the already seriously injured Grand Duke Guya."

"If you really care about Grand Duke Gu Ya, you should think about it carefully. If you really decide to do this, I don't mind helping you." Li Ming said considerately:

"I will send your beheading video to the stars. I'm sure Nicolael will applaud and further oppress Grand Duke Guya."

"If he can't even protect his subordinates, who would work loyally for him?"

Reina remained silent. He just said that because he was ashamed of losing to Li Ming and had mixed emotions, so he said that in an attempt to take the initiative.

As a result, Li Ming blocked his way.

"Well... okay." Li Ming pretended to pick up the metal box beside him.

Reina finally reacted and asked in a deep voice: "What did you do to me?"

"Nothing, the teacher asked me to make some gadgets." Li Ming smiled warmly, "Don't worry, Lord Reina, it's not a problem."

As he estimated, Reina's development progress is only 4%, which can be classified as low-end S.

Reina twisted his body and said unwillingly: "What about Qinglong? Is he not going to show up? Or am I no longer qualified for him to look at me?"

"Your Excellency has misunderstood..." Li Ming paused and said with a smile, "You have never had such qualifications."

Reina's expression froze, he was ashamed and annoyed, and then he felt dejected. He hadn't even seen Qinglong, and yet he had ended up like this. What was there to be unwilling about?

.........

About half a day later, Albert, who was hiding in the distant orbit, carefully drove the spaceship away. His silver pupils were full of fear and his vigilance reached the extreme.

He is not sure whether he has been discovered by Qinglong.

After moving away from the Hantian Star and quickly moving away from the Yunyan Galaxy, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Not daring to delay, he quickly contacted the Grand Duke of Blood and received a response soon.

"Albert, what's going on over there?" Nicholas saw Albert contacting him and had a feeling that something might have happened, so he came up and asked.

Qinglong is a thorn in his heart. Even though he is now overwhelmed by internal struggles, he still cares about him very much.

"Today, an S-level life form suddenly attacked Hantian Star." Albert said.

Nicholas's expression was slightly shocked. "S-level life form? What's its origin? How is the battle going? Did Azure Dragon appear?"

"I don't know her exact origins, I only know she was a woman, and the Azure Dragon did not appear..."

Before Albert finished speaking, Nicholas interrupted him and frowned, "Qinglong didn't show up? What about Li Ming? Was he captured?"

"No, there was an S-class mechanical body that defeated that woman." Albert said helplessly.

"S-class mechanical body?" Nicolael was stunned, his face turned ugly: "Qinglong can create an S-class mechanical body?"

The amount of information contained in this is huge. The mechanical body is a culmination of various technical means such as material science, energy engines, and even transmission efficiency.

Even though there are many forge-level mechanics in the interstellar space, there are very few who are capable of making this thing.

"Yeah..." Albert also looked helpless, "An S-class mechanical body as a bodyguard is really rich and powerful."

"And... halfway through the fight, Reina was also here and intended to attack Li Ming, but Qinglong left his mecha to Li Ming."

Nicholas couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, "Reina... That old thing, Tsatogua, is not willing to let me eat a piece of his meat."

"The S-class mechanical body and S-class mecha were left to Li Ming. Qinglong really values ​​him. Reina can only return empty-handed."

"It's not all in vain." Albert sighed.

"Did he catch Li Ming?" Nicholas's face changed slightly. Who wouldn't want a treasure with 46-level development potential?
He looked at Albert with some unkindness.

"No." Albert was speechless and explained: "On the contrary, Li Ming wore that mecha and beat Reina seriously. He has been captured now." "Beat Reina seriously?" Nicholas chewed on a few words and said incredulously: "Doesn't that mecha have no combat capability?"

"We have all been deceived. It's true. It's just too..." Albert was unable to describe it in words. "I estimate that if the development progress is less than 30%, there is almost no possibility of carrying it through head-on."

Power acceleration, simple and brutal.

"So powerful?" Nicholas' heart suddenly jumped. To reach the level of S-level life forms, every bit of development progress would take dozens or even hundreds of years.

At each development node, the awakened abilities will bring a huge increase.

Many people are like Reina, who made a great leap to become an S-level life form, but never made any progress in their life.

Nicolael's expression was uncertain, but he suddenly relaxed and said, "It doesn't matter. Since he has captured Reina, it is a direct provocation to the Empire."

"No matter how many tricks he has hidden, since he chooses to hide them, it means he is still wary and afraid of something."

Albert nodded. Having the Xingyuan Empire behind them was the confidence of these people.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard a noise coming from the other side of the screen. It seemed that someone came to report. The voice was familiar, and it seemed to be the intelligence adjutant.

"Grand Duke, I just received urgent news that the S-class life form Reina was captured in the Chaos Star Gap and fell into the hands of Qinglong."

The response over there was pretty quick... Albert couldn't help but nod.

"I already know..." Nicolael said calmly, but the intelligence adjutant hadn't finished reporting yet and continued, "There's news from Grand Duke Gu Ya. Qinglong has sent a message asking them to send someone to take over Reina."

"Hand over Reina?" Nicolael suddenly stood up and shouted, "He wants to release him?"

"It seems so."

"Have you put forward any conditions?" Nicholas asked.

"It doesn't seem to be."

"Coward!" Nicholas gritted his teeth and said, "They've already reached the door, and you're just going to let them go? Without even mentioning any conditions?"

Albert was also a little stunned, but he quickly reacted.

Qinglong didn't want to provoke the Xingyuan Empire and was extremely rational. He sent someone to deliver a message only half a day after the attack. It was obvious that he didn't want to be beaten by time.

No conditions were mentioned to avoid any excuse for being caught.

The communication ended as Nicholas roared. Albert's face changed and he didn't know whether he should leave or stay.

With the support of the Xingyuan Empire, even someone like Reina would not be in danger of his life. This is a benefit, but it also comes at a corresponding price.

.........

In the room, Li Ming felt the surging and extremely active cells in his body, just like soaking in a hot spring. All the cells in his body were wriggling. He could feel very clearly that he was getting stronger every moment, even if it was just a little bit.

The changes brought about by the gene seeds permeate the entire body.

He has used the genetic essence extracted from Reina to improve the [Yanlei Emperor Evolution Theory], one of the remaining three evolution theories in the evolution system.

Transform it into S-level [Emperor Yan Evolution Essence].

"The gene source quality has been upgraded from A-level to S-level, and the development speed has been increased from 16 times to 32 times. After the blessing of [Sublimation Source Crystal], the overall speed has reached 256 times."

Li Ming pondered, every improvement, with the blessing of [Sublimation Source Crystal], was a huge increase.

Perhaps because the upgrade only used one S-level gene essence, the evolution essence did not have any special changes, only an improvement in the data.

A glance at the smart terminal showed that Grand Duke Gu Ya had responded, agreeing to place the handover point at the Twin Peaks node.

Li Ming replied "OK", agreed on a time, and opened the Black Hole Network again.

As expected, the battle that took place half a day ago had already begun to spread in the chaotic star gap, along with blurry video footage of the battle.

Li Ming went in and took a look. Lei Ting's figure was clearly visible. He was also very clear when he was carrying Reina back.

"An S-class mechanical body. This Lord Qinglong is really amazing. He didn't even show his face. He made two S-class life forms, one captured and the other escaped, relying only on his students."

"I don't know where this person came from. He even came to the Chaos Star Gap without stopping."

"It is said that the captured S-class life form is from the Xingyuan Empire. Tsk tsk... This is going to be exciting..."

Li Ming took a quick look and saw all kinds of opinions, but his basic understanding of Qinglong's strength and methods had been greatly improved.

Alas... the more you brag, the bigger it gets... I don't know when I can finally make up for it.

For now, as long as those major forces are not forced into a fight with him, his bragging cannot be exposed for the time being.

I left the room and found Robin, who said in a warm manner, "Are you done packing? It's time to go."

"Okay, okay..." Robin nodded repeatedly, having already packed everything up.

They were on Robin's spaceship.

Ulrich and the others saw them off. Robin cautiously glanced at Lei Ting who was following Li Ming, "He's following too?"

"Of course, he is my bodyguard, of course he will follow me." Li Ming said as a matter of course.

While Robin was envious, he also wondered, "What about this planet?"

"I'm not here, and my teacher isn't here either. Who would take action here?" Li Ming smiled.

This planet is not really a big threat in the eyes of others, including the people on it.

"After yesterday's battle, the situation should be much better. I'll leave things here to you." Li Ming said to Ulrich.

"I understand." Ulrich nodded. Unconsciously, he also respected Li Ming very much. "Most of those small arms dealers follow the big arms dealers and cheer for them. After yesterday's battle, many people placed orders today."

"If we are stronger, we should be able to expand a considerable share."

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, the Chaos Star Gap is rumored to be an extremely chaotic place in the outside world, but that is only the middle and lower levels.

It has been a while since higher life forms fought, and yesterday's battle caused quite a stir, which was equivalent to Qinglong speaking for himself.

"Yeah." Li Ming nodded. He was still confident in Ulrich and his team's ability to do things.

"He's going with us too?" Robin shuddered, looked at Reina who was sealed by the Tank Guard, and swallowed his saliva.

"I will hand them over to the people of Xingyuan Empire at the Twin Peaks node." Li Ming said casually, and the two of them boarded the spaceship. The engine roared, and under the gaze of everyone, it broke through the atmosphere and disappeared into the sky.

(End of this chapter)