This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 349 The Origin of the Terrax Stone

The data blessing has been greatly improved, and the overall has soared to seventy times. The explosive data blessing can also enhance the mechanical guards.

With the ability of [Super Charged Attack], Li Ming looked at it with fiery eyes.

After this upgrade, the overall power increase has approached two hundred times, but a large part of this is brought by abilities and cannot be accumulated.

The superimposed part, including the [Heart of Talos], is only about a hundred times in total, and the highest energy level reaches 30S.

But with [Super Charged Attack], the burst is doubled again, directly reaching 60S, which is steadily exceeding the S-level life form with 30% development progress.

After the upgrade was completed, Li Ming, who was still on the control page, simply consumed the S gene source he had just obtained and upgraded the A-level evolution theory to S-level evolution source.

At the same time, the development speed has been increased again, reaching 290 times overall and approaching 300 times.

"Although it's unpleasant to be ambushed, the gain is worth it." Li Ming muttered, feeling very satisfied and even wishing to do it a few more times.

After dealing with these things, he held the divine crystal in his hand again.

It had been absorbing metal energy before, and the divine crystal has only absorbed one so far.

After finishing almost everything, he set off for the huge palace embedded in the mountain.

As he got closer, Li Ming could see its grandeur even more. The gate alone was a thousand meters high.

It doesn't look like it was built for normal-sized life forms.

A crack has been opened, and some blurry images can be vaguely seen.

Li Ming threw out a mechanical body to explore the way, while his own palm was touching the palace gate, unable to absorb any metal energy.

"Like some kind of stone?" Li Ming felt quite annoyed. He thought he could get some metal energy for free. He touched left and right, but indeed did not find even a little bit of material that could absorb metal energy.

"How could this be? It's impossible for Terrax not to have a technology tree in metallurgy, right?" Li Ming shook his head.

Lei Ting on the side established a signal connection with the mechanical body. The communication was not blocked. The transmitted picture was very clear, and there was an empty space inside.

According to the data previously summarized by Suzaku, this place has actually been explored.

There is no danger. Li Ming asked the mechanical body to explore the way only out of caution.

After making sure there was nothing wrong, he walked in through the crack.

The palace was silent and empty. An ochre-colored light shone faintly through the translucent, glass-like material around it, forming a dreamy glow on the floor.

He walked all the way to the center of the palace and could clearly see many metal bases nearby.

But everything on it was now empty, having been moved away by the Holy Silver Civilization that first discovered this place.

In the very center of the palace, there is a deep rectangular pit, which seemed to have stored something.

This should be where the rectangular block where the Terrax Stone was discovered was located.

"Is this the remains of the Terrax civilization?" Li Ming looked left and right, used [Intelligent Assistance], searched inch by inch, and combined with the remaining data information of Suzaku, he finally found that there was nothing here.

"There's not even a written record... The importance of this thing is really not comparable to that brown iron beast." Li Ming shook his head and thought of Robin's skull again. "I don't know if that guy can find anything."

.........

In the central world, as the news of the harsh selection conditions for ruling the Holy Elephant spread, the number of people here not only did not decrease, but increased.

"Level 15, get out of the way."

"Level 20, useless..."

The huge body of the ruling holy elephant lay on the ground like a mountain.

There are many small mechanical elephants around, holding up their trunks, with neatly arranged teams in front of them. When someone comes forward, the trunks will absorb a drop of blood from him.

"This is the Holy Elephant of Domination, it is indeed magnificent and majestic..." A man stood in the distance, surrounded by imperial soldiers, his eyes fiery and greedy.

Standing behind him was a living being with silver hair and silver eyes. It was actually Albert.

The man in front of him was none other than the Bloody Duke - Nicholas.

Albert looked around and saw the teams that had already stretched for nearly 10,000 meters. He couldn't help but shook his head:

"The selection criteria for the Holy Elephant Commander are very clear. Even Li Ming is just barely worthy of our liking. I don't know why these people are wasting their time here."

"Li Ming..." When Nicolael heard the name, he thought of Qinglong, and his expression suddenly darkened, but he still explained:

"The selection criteria are just what the Holy Elephant said. Whether they are hard and fast rules left by the Hammer Forger or just casually set by this mechanical elephant, no one can be sure."

"And this old elephant is obviously interested in Li Ming, but it is not easy to continue asking questions. Many people believe that compared with those harsh review conditions, pleasing the Holy Elephant is the real review."

Albert suddenly understood after hearing this, and then became even more speechless. The Dominating Holy Elephant was a pet made by the Forging God. These people wanted him to take a fancy to it... it was just a pipe dream.

He hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "I heard that the princes secretly trained by the imperial family and the outstanding seeds of the House of Commons and the House of Lords are here?"

"That's right." Nicholas nodded, his eyes deep, "This is the legacy of the hammersmith. Even if we don't know what was left behind, no one can ignore it."

As he said this, he laughed at himself again, "It's also thanks to such a big storm, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come to the area controlled by the royal family to avoid the storm..."

Albert remained silent. The reason why the Bloody Duke came here was to avoid the limelight.

Plans cannot keep up with changes. After the incident of the Hammer Forger broke out, Reina's death did not cause a bigger public opinion stir as Nicolael had expected, forcing the Xingyuan Empire to find the murderer in a short period of time, giving the empire time to conduct a slow and detailed investigation.

The Grand Duke Guya, who still hadn't fully recovered, was obviously touched and demanded that the empire investigate the matter thoroughly.

Moreover, the other party did not think that Qinglong did it.

Grand Duke Thornblood sensed an undercurrent that was vaguely pointing at him, so he had no choice but to come here under the arrangement of his grandfather, Prince Ryan.

Of course, they are not here simply to seek refuge, but under the guise of providing strategic decisions.

Li Ming is still the only possible choice that Tongyu Shengxiang is interested in. Within the empire, the only one who has indirectly dealt with Li Ming is Nicholas.

Albert's thoughts were in a mess, and he also felt a sense of urgency, after all, he was the one who killed people.

"Qinglong..." Nicholas's expression changed, "With such a great temptation right before your eyes, could you possibly not come?"

A large amount of sunk costs were invested, and even Reina was killed by him, so he could no longer extricate himself and was determined to kill Qinglong.

This time is a perfect opportunity.

.........

“…Yes, sir. It has always been Lord Qinglong who has contacted us, and we have been unable to contact him.” Ulrich nodded slightly, his figure becoming illusory.

"I understand." Austin sighed and waved his hand, and Ulrich standing in front of him disappeared.

As the story of the hammer-forging master became more and more intense, the name Li Ming gradually became widely known.

He didn't believe that Qinglong was really isolated from the world. It was very likely that he had gone deep into the dimensional world, which was why he could not be contacted temporarily. "How could this happen? How could the Eye of Prophecy attack Li Ming?" Austin scratched his head, looking at the actuarial energy floating in the jar, and couldn't figure it out.

"I don't know where Li Ming fell. I hope nothing happens to him." Austin was helpless. The smart terminal vibrated slightly. He lowered his head to take a look and turned it off directly.

Another person was asking about Li Ming. This was not the first time. Even his boss, the Lord of the Star Gate, Anduin, had asked him.

"Fame is greater than position. This is not a good thing." He was quite worried. It was not that he was belittling Li Ming, but the waves caused this time were really too big.

The Holy Elephant of Domination is selecting its successor under everyone's eyes. If Li Ming really shows up, he may not be able to take it away, and his teacher will not be able to handle it.

Fortunately, the Machinists Association has begun to cool down the situation and has not allowed various rumors to spread freely.

The Holy Elephant Commander had only asked two questions, but in just three days, it had spread that he was extremely fond of Li Ming.

If we don't care about it anymore, it may even become that Li Ming has already obtained the legacy of the Hammer Forger.
He is not exaggerating, but the interstellar world is like this, and there are a large number of life forms that are easily fooled.

.........

"Butler, is Li Ming okay?" Robin squatted under a rock, looking worried.

The two agreed to hide together, but after the group of people suspected to be from the Virgin Mary Church left, when he came out to look for Li Ming, the other party had disappeared.

The butler said that Li Ming had followed the other party back to that dimensional world.

"And why is that bitch from the Virgin Mary Church here?" he said gritting his teeth.

"It's very likely that he came for Li Ming." The butler's tone remained calm.

"I know they came for Li Ming, but the question is, how do they know Li Ming's destination?" Ross shook his head, "If nothing unexpected had happened, we would have fallen into a trap."

He has been in the interstellar world for many years, so he naturally knows that since the other party chose to ambush, they must have a way to deal with the paper strength that Li Ming has already demonstrated.

There must be S-level combat power in that dimensional world.

"What should we do?" Robin couldn't help asking.

"I've already answered you. We can only wait here." The butler said, "We don't have a ship that can travel through dimensional worlds, and it's even more impossible for us to fight against the people of the Holy Mother Church."

"Those people from Yongyao Federation will be back in three days. You can leave with them."

"You made me..." Robin frowned. Before he could finish his words, his vision went dark. He looked up alertly, then stunned, and then excitedly: "Li Ming!?"

"Are you okay?" he asked in surprise. He saw a black shuttle ship parked not far away and was surprised again: "Is that the Virgin Mary's ship? Did you kill them?"

"That's about right." Li Ming was vague, with no intention of explaining. "Let's go and see that world together."

Robin's throat rolled and he looked at Li Ming's clothes. There was not even a wrinkle.

With a lot of questions in his mind, he boarded the spaceship and passed through the dimensional barrier. The first thing he saw was the huge crack that almost spanned the entire dimensional world.

As expected...we won the fight.

"How many people did they send?" Robin couldn't help but ask.

"Not much." Li Ming shook his head. Seeing that he was unwilling to explain, Robin did not ask more questions and kept speculating in his heart.

Soon, they landed in front of the huge palace.

Just after walking out of the cabin, Robin paused for a moment, not even having time to look at the huge palace in front of him. In surprise, he put his hands into his arms and took out a thin smart terminal, which was vibrating constantly.

He was surprised and asked, "Can it actually connect to the external network?"

"Here are some high-end communication equipment left behind by the Holy Mother Church." Li Ming explained casually.

Robin suddenly realized it, and swiped his fingers twice. He didn't know what he saw, but his face suddenly froze. He looked up at Li Ming with his eyes wide open, then looked down stiffly, his voice trembling, "The successor of the Hammer Forger?"

Li Ming raised his eyebrows, leaned over to take a look, and was speechless.

On Robin's smart terminal screen, there was a special news push from StarNet. There was only a banner with a few words -
"Who is Li Ming? The successor of the Hammer Forger!"

"Click it and take a look." Li Ming shook his head and looked at Robin's stunned expression and couldn't help but remind him.

Robin suddenly woke up from his dream and quickly clicked on the news, reading it word by word.

"…Shit, the Holy Elephant of Domination really showed up…"

“…Fuck, such harsh conditions…”

“…Fuck, you…you haven’t received the inheritance yet?”

Robin was startled and speechless at the end, "Isn't this just roasting you on the fire?"

Li Ming did not comment. Robin watched it again carefully, especially the video that mentioned Li Ming at that time. He immediately muttered:

"This Holy Elephant of Domination doesn't seem very smart. His attitude clearly shows that he is quite interested in you. And his subsequent attempts to make amends were too fake."

He couldn't help but feel envious. This was the inheritance of the master hammersmith. Who wouldn't be jealous?

Unfortunately, his development potential is far from up to standard.

"It's been such a short time since I was online, and yet such a big thing happened." Robin put away the smart terminal. "To be honest, he might as well find a place to hide, and you two can keep in touch secretly."

"He can't leave." Li Ming shook his head. Robin was stunned for a moment, then sighed.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Look at this palace in front of you. Have you seen it somewhere before?"

Why did it feel like I had heard this somewhere before? Robin subconsciously raised his head and looked at the magnificent palace in front of him.

"This is the tomb of Terrax." The butler's voice suddenly sounded.

Robin looked hesitant, but he also figured out what was going on. Did Li Ming guess something?
Even if nothing was guessed, it was not right that all kinds of secret information about me kept coming out, right?
"Don't worry, just tell me." the butler said again.

Is everything really alright? Robin then said, "This seems to be the tomb of Terrax."

"Tomb?" Li Ming paused, his eyes flickering, "Isn't it a relic?"

"No." Robin shook his head. "After the death of a distinguished Terrax person, they would build this kind of tomb and bury him in a certain dimensional world."

Li Ming frowned slightly and walked into the hall with Robin.

Robin made a bitter face and said as he walked: "The empty metal bases around here are all burial objects. The big pit in the center should be the coffin for the Terraxian corpse..."

Damn it, now I'm an expert on Terrax. Li Ming must have guessed something and has been playing dumb, Robin complained secretly.

"The bodies of the Terraxians..." Li Ming looked at the big pit in the center.

Robin continued, "However, the Terraxians practice cremation, and they burn themselves after death. The coffin should only contain..."

"The Stone of Terrax." Li Ming suddenly interrupted. The Stone of Terrax should be the "relics" burned out after the death of the Terrax people.

(End of this chapter)