This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 342: The Abnormality of Talos' Heart
"No matter if it is or not, I don't want to be involved in an unprovoked disaster for no reason." Li Ming said coldly: "Otherwise, don't blame me for flipping the table."

He wasn't sure whether this matter had anything to do with the other party, but he still had to be tough in his attitude to prevent the other party from getting into trouble.

Blackbeard's eyelids twitched, and he said in a gentle voice, "We will never use the safety of our organization's companions as bait."

This matter really has nothing to do with them. The Xingyuan Empire is investigating them. If they do this now, they will be in trouble both inside and outside.

With Qinglong's current strength and increasingly mysterious methods, no one dares to underestimate him.

"That's better." Li Ming heard this and then revealed it. He said lightly: "You haven't answered the question I asked before. Is the Holy Image of Domination that appeared real or fake?"

"This..." Blackbeard said in embarrassment: "I don't know the specific situation, I only know the part that I need to do. As for the details..." He shook his head.

"Your Excellency is really disappointing." Li Ming said in a long tone.
"I remember that it seemed that it was you who invited me. But until now, apart from you, I have never met anyone outside the organization. I don't even know the name of the organization. It's really chilling."

Li Ming can understand that this organization is very vigilant, but understanding is one thing and he still has to force them.

Blackbeard was helpless. It was true that he had invited them, but the people in the organization were too vigilant and there was nothing he could do.

"Ah..." Blackbeard sighed, knowing that he had to reveal some information to appease the other party: "The Holy Elephant of Domination that appeared not long ago was a fake. It was just an empty shell. The God of Forging Hammers disappeared for so many years. His life or death is unknown. How can we possibly find him?"

It turned out to be fake. Li Ming was not surprised. After verifying what he was thinking, he turned around and asked, "When can I meet other people in the organization or participate in the meeting?"

"I can't always be considered a non-staff member, right?"

Blackbeard was afraid that Li Ming would ask this, so he explained, "Members of the organization don't often meet each other..."

Seeing Qinglong's increasingly dissatisfied expression, he said helplessly, only revealing a little: "We call ourselves pioneers."

"Pioneers..." Li Ming was speechless. Why do secret organizations like to have names that sound legitimate?

"In fact, I have proposed many times to accept you completely, but others have some concerns. I hope you can understand." Blackbeard added.

Li Ming pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "What's there to worry about? Do you suspect I'm a spy?"

Blackbeard smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Li Ming stopped there and did not delve into the topic further, knowing that this kind of thing could not be resolved with just a few words.

Seeing this, Blackbeard tactfully changed the subject: "It is said that you have a virus that can cause the genes of S-level life forms to degenerate?"

"You are well-informed." Li Ming said calmly, "Yes, I have it."

Blackbeard hesitated slightly, thinking that Qinglong would try to cover up something, but he didn't expect him to admit it so frankly.

While verifying my guess, I felt a chill in my heart.

"Are you looking for the group of people from the Holy Mother Church?" Blackbeard was silent for a moment and then asked.

Li Ming did not give a direct answer: "After the encirclement and suppression of Xingyuan Empire, this group of people hid too deeply. Although they developed many insignificant members of the organization, the real core figures are hard to find."

Blackbeard sighed, "But he was still fished out by you, my Lord."

"Are there any members of the Virgin Mary Church among the pioneers?" Li Ming stared at Blackbeard.

Blackbeard hesitated, and even paused his movements. "I'm not sure. I don't know the true identity of each member. Maybe there is..."

"Please rest assured, sir. For many matters, we always use the method of majority decision. Even if there is any harm, it will not cause any harm to you."

"The minority obeys the majority?" Li Ming keenly grasped this point and asked in surprise: "Isn't it the organizer who has the final say?"

He also thought that the Pioneer organizational structure was a hierarchical one, with organizers responsible for making plans and those below them responsible for execution.

So he had always thought that the organizer of the Pioneer was at least an X-level life form.

The result was a round-table voting system.

Blackbeard saw Qinglong's doubts and said ambiguously: "There is more than one organizer, or now no one knows who the organizer is."

If it is in this form, then what is used to restrain the members from betraying?

Li Ming had a lot of doubts in his mind. Blackbeard seemed to feel that he had said enough and found an excuse to end the communication at the last moment.

He hesitated and reminded, "Your Excellency's method should be used less frequently, otherwise it may cause unnecessary panic."

"After being in panic for so long, they get used to it." Li Ming did not comment.

Li Ming can be timid, but Qinglong cannot be timid.

Blackbeard was speechless and could only remind him again: "We will handle Reina's matter. You take care of your own business and don't act rashly."

Seeing Qinglong nodded again, the screen went black.

Li Ming glanced at the Black Hole Network and, as expected, information about Reina's death had begun to circulate on a small scale.

Everyone who knew about it was shocked and confused, and Qinglong was listed as the biggest suspect.

Shaking his head, Li Ming pondered: "Since the Holy Elephant of Domination is fake, then this time when we go to the dimensional world, we will mainly look for the Terrax Stone and related things."

By mid-afternoon, the supplies he purchased were delivered one after another and he put them all into the folding space.

It is worth mentioning that Robin also spent a huge amount of money and used the compensation from Yeyue Experimental Company to buy a space folding equipment.

I put all the scattered equipment on my body in it, so I don’t have to carry metal boxes and bags all day long.

"Tsk tsk, this kind of good stuff is still comfortable to use."

On the way to the Red Temple, Robin was still playing with the silver ring in his hand, unable to let it go.

This thing is in short supply, and even in the Chaos Star Gap, it is rarely sold. I had to go through Austin's channel to buy one for 1.2 billion star coins.

This huge expense really hurt Robin.

Arriving at the Red Robe Temple, walking in the corridors covered with strange symbols, he kept lamenting, "I have worked so hard for so many years, but the money I earned is not enough to pay for the breach of contract this time."

"Come to think of it, I have to thank the guy who stole my gene seeds, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten so much money."

Hearing this, Li Ming couldn't help but glance at him. He was sending a message to Ulrich, briefly explaining the circumstances of Rainer's death.

To reassure him, he also mentioned the matter of Trevor, telling him to get something for free and expand himself as quickly as possible.

"I hope Ulrich can give me a big surprise when I come back." Li Ming muttered to himself after putting away the smart terminal.

Robin put the ring on his finger and said with emotion: "This folding space has both advantages and disadvantages. Your life and property are in such a small ring. If you lose it by mistake, you will be doomed."

There was only a skull left in the bag behind him, and the butler couldn't put it into the folding space.

The two chatted casually, and Robin mentioned that someone contacted him yesterday and wanted to invite him to explore a certain civilization ruins together. "The reward is not cheap, but unfortunately I am already an A-level life form, so I have to raise the price." He shook his head, and the red-robed maid led them to the top floor.

"Fuck... How can it be so big?" Robin was shocked when he came in.

The room looks endless, with almost no end in sight. This is not due to the parallax created by the glass, but some kind of space expansion technology.

The ground was densely engraved with various complicated symbols. The ceiling above was opened, and black chains were trembling, being pulled from all directions.

A golden irregular energy sphere was suspended in the center of the chain, emitting amazing energy fluctuations.

Robin swallowed his saliva, stared at the golden sphere, and whispered: "It is said that the energy of Twin Peaks is actually powered by a star."

“Oh, oh…” Austin appeared beside them at some point, covered his mouth, and laughed oddly: “What a ridiculous rumor, this is not a star.”

Robin breathed a sigh of relief, and then listened to Austin continue: "This is the condensation of ten stars."

Robin's hair stood on end instantly. Austin couldn't help but laugh even louder when he saw him like this, "What a cute kid."

Robin's throat moved, and he dared not speak.

Next to it is a shuttle-shaped spaceship, which has a smooth shuttle-shaped outline as a whole. The bow is extremely sharp, like a sharp arrow, and it is seamless from the bow to the stern.

"The Wall Breaker Type III is the latest product of the Multidimensional Research Institute. It can penetrate a dimensional barrier within three minutes." Austin gave a brief introduction.

"Little boy, give me the coordinates." He stretched out his hand and said to Robin.

Robin didn't even dare to stroke his hair and carefully handed over a USB flash drive.

Austin snapped his fingers, and a pink crystal ball floated out from somewhere and swallowed the USB drive whole.

"Analysis completed, rune conversion in progress..."

Soon, a series of complex runes floated out from the pink sphere like ribbons.

Austin stretched out his finger, and the runes spun in circles, lingering on both sides of his finger.

"Go." He threw it out suddenly, like an arrow shot from a bow, exploding not far away. The runes on the ground suddenly lit up, like a backward waterfall, with a large number of symbols surging.

There was a faint hissing sound, and a bright blue crack slowly emerged in the space, and then it was suddenly torn open by an invisible force.

"Bigger." Austin spread out his five fingers, and the space channel slowly expanded until it could accommodate the spacecraft.

"Please, both of you." Austin extended his hand with an elegant gesture, and then reminded:

"By the way, let me remind you that I am not someone who specializes in studying dimensional worlds. Dimensional worlds are quite far away, and the space storms when crossing may be quite severe. Be careful."

"Thank you, sir." Li Ming thanked him and boarded the spaceship with Robin, started the engine, and spewed out invisible flames.

"Let's go..." Austin raised his hand, and the spaceship began to slowly slide into the space channel.

The locations of dimensional worlds are almost fixed. If you want to travel to a dimensional world most easily, you need to be near the location of its corresponding main universe.

And Austin's portal spans a great distance.

At first, when we were near the portal, the space was relatively stable, but the deeper we went, the more violent the space storm became.

But this wall breaker was built for this kind of environment. With the energy shield on its surface, it can withstand the pressure. There are strange lights on both sides, and it passes through countless dimensional worlds.

only…

boom!
At a certain moment, Li Ming's pupils contracted, his heart twitched suddenly, and an inexplicable feeling of throbbing filled his whole body.

"What's going on?" Li Ming was surprised and covered his heart, not knowing where this feeling came from.

"What's wrong?" Robin noticed something was wrong and asked.

"I don't know, I just suddenly felt..." Before Li Ming finished speaking, a warning suddenly came from the spacecraft: "Super-scale abnormal energy is detected approaching rapidly, please be prepared for impact..."

"What the hell?" Robin subconsciously turned his head to look at the porthole, and then was stunned.

Outside the window, I saw a golden energy wave, vast and surging.

Logically speaking, in the space channel, they can cross endless distances at any time, and the golden tide-like color always follows closely and is rapidly approaching.

"That is..." Li Ming looked solemn. He inexplicably felt that the golden energy had a sudden sense of familiarity.

Silently, the golden tide approached and enveloped the spacecraft, shattering the energy shield on the surface immediately, and warning sounds rang out continuously.

"What is going on?" Robin was confused. The number of times he could travel through the space channel was limited, not to mention such a strange situation.

boom!
The spaceship was cracked and was already enveloped by the golden tide, like a solid liquid, pouring in from all directions.

"Butler..." Robin was a little flustered and hurriedly took out the skull.

Li Ming subconsciously switched to [Heart of Talos], performed defense stacking, and prepared to wear tank guard.

But the next moment, he suddenly remembered where this familiar feeling of golden light came from.

It was the golden energy surrounding the huge vertical pupil that he saw when he first used the power of the Heart of Talos.

"Talos..." A vague and vast voice sounded in his mind, and then his pupils contracted. Everything in front of him blurred, and was gradually covered by endless gold.

"You are not dead yet..." The voice was still ringing. It was not language, but mental fluctuations, which were directly transformed into meaning that he could understand, coming from all directions.

"Talos..." the voices overlapped, "I will find you..."

Golden waves were rising in all directions, like a tsunami, as if the owner of this place was furious.

Li Ming didn't know what form he was in now, but he had no entity, let alone a soul form, so those energies should not be able to cause any harm to him.

Although he was frightened, he quickly calmed down.

Talos should be the owner of that heart. Is it because of the control that I was contaminated with Talos's aura, so I was discovered by this thing?

It turns out that this guy is a creature from the dimensional world, and he seems to be extremely powerful.

Various thoughts flashed through Li Ming's mind. As he was thinking, he discovered from his perspective that the first wave of energy approached him and then inexplicably dispersed.

The same was true for other energies that followed. The owner of this area seemed to be able to sense that he was here, but the attacks they launched would not kill him.

What is the principle behind this? Can all things not be imposed on the body?

(End of this chapter)