This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 351 Undercurrent: Why am I surging again?

"What about you?" Li Ming asked back.

Lauren and the other two looked at each other, and she said, "Actually, I was hired by a research institute to collect some special materials."

"Give me the coordinates." Li Ming did not comment.

Lauren hurriedly took out the smart terminal. Li Ming looked at it and thought that according to their route, it was not a detour.

"Then I will take you to a safe channel first." Li Ming said.

Lauren felt relieved, "Thank you, sir."

Li Ming smiled, then boarded Lauren and his crew's spaceship, cleared Suzaku's subroutine, connected to the control system of another spaceship, and erased the navigation log.

Next, they only need to follow the synchronized jump, and the navigation log will not record it.

Lauren thought to herself it was a pity that without the navigation log, they had almost no chance of finding this place.

But he also knew in his heart that Li Ming must have done something extraordinary in that dimensional world, and it was already good enough that he didn't kill them to silence them.

Thinking of this, she felt a chill in her heart and followed Li Ming's new spaceship obediently.

More than ten days later, the two spaceships parted ways in a dimensional world.

In the cabin, Rafe repeatedly exclaimed how fantastic this experience was, caressing the gun in his hand lovingly: "Tsk, I'm really lucky this time, I met a big shot who is easy to talk to."

But Lauren frowned and warned: "When you two go back, don't tell anyone about this experience. If they ask, just say you got lost accidentally."

She could only speculate that the other party must have attacked the Xingyuan Empire.

This is not something they can get involved in. If they are not careful they will be crushed to pieces. The best way is to pretend nothing happened.

The other two also nodded repeatedly. They were not inexperienced and knew what was going on.

The three of them piloted the spaceship to make another jump, and the scene in front of them suddenly changed. It turned out to be a lush-looking world with all kinds of plants and creatures, which had obviously been modified.

"Ship code identification, Explorer Three..."

There was a buzzing sound in the channel. After a brief pause, someone asked, "According to the mission log, you should have returned a month ago. Why did you return only now?"

"We encountered a dimensional vortex while traveling and got lost in several dimensional worlds." She explained solemnly.

The other party just asked routine questions and after recording them, they asked them to undergo testing to make sure they were not carrying any strange viruses.

In the sealed testing room, Rafe couldn't wait to take out the smart terminal. "After holding it in for so long, I can finally connect to the Internet... to see what major events have happened recently."

The other two were similar, and of course they were also very curious about Li Ming and Robin.

However, before they could search, they saw a familiar name on the Star Network push.

"The successor of the Hammer Forger? Li Ming!?" The troll Laf suddenly stood up with a look of horror.

Lauren and the other two were dumbfounded.

"Haha... you didn't expect it, right? He disappeared for only a month and such a big thing happened outside..." The guy in charge of the inspection couldn't help but tease them when he saw their big reaction.

"This Li Ming seems to be from a small civilization, and he is a student of a Casting Star mechanic. I don't know how many people are looking for him now..."

The three of them choked, looked at each other, trembled, and decided to keep the name Li Ming to themselves.

.........

In the central world, in the territory occupied by the Xingyuan Empire, in the most magnificent building, the door of the core conference room was closed, and the long metal table was filled with senior executives with solemn expressions.

Gaint, who had been stepped on by the Holy Elephant, sat on the right side of the main seat, and on the left was an expressionless middle-aged man.

"According to the Holy Elephant of Domination, he also didn't know where the Divine Forging Hammer Craftsman disappeared to. He was also trapped when he was looking for the Divine Forging Hammer Craftsman." Someone spoke first, "As for where he was trapped, he refused to disclose it."

"This iron elephant..." Jiaint's face looked extremely ugly. He had been stepped on by the big foot for more than ten days, and he didn't know how many people saw his ugly appearance.

There are even various kinds of weird emoticons circulating in the universe.

Jiaint said in a deep voice: "The Hammer Forger originally cooperated with us to go deep into the dimensional world. Where did he disappear to? Why did he disappear? These are all very important and must be investigated!"

The middle-aged man on the other side said calmly: "Jiaint, the Hammer Forger is cooperating with your royal family. We don't know the details. How can we find out?"

Upon hearing this, Gaint said indifferently, "Diaz, all the information you need to know has been shared with you."

"It's far from enough..." Diaci shook his head. "The Hammersmith couldn't have just disappeared, right? Where is his whereabouts?"

"You are too greedy..." Gaint stared at Diaz coldly.

"Enough." The person at the top finally spoke in a majestic voice. He was an old man with white hair, wearing complicated purple clothes, and his cheeks were like fossils.

As soon as he spoke, everyone present sat up straight, including Diaci, who also restrained his expression and said, "Prince Costat, you should not hold back."

Costat glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "The most urgent task now is to deal with the Holy Elephant of Domination and prevent him from saying anything that is detrimental to the empire."

"His Highness Abel has arrived. He is the pinnacle product of the empire's biotechnology, with a development potential of level 52. As for his talent in mechanics, he is naturally smart, so it won't take him much time to learn other things." Gaint murmured.

"The only problem now is that we don't know whether the selection of a successor was an order given to it by the Forge Master or a decision made by the Holy Elephant on its own initiative."

"If it is the latter, these so-called conditions are actually empty words."

"And there is Li Ming. His teacher is a Casting Star Mechanic, and he belongs to the Mechanic Association. He can be considered a good person. He was born in a small civilization and his experience is very similar to Duan Chui. The Intelligence Analysis Department believes that the Ruler of the Holy Elephant will have some inclinations due to subjective factors."

"That's right." Costat nodded. "The Holy Elephant is no longer an ordinary intelligent program. Its essence is no different from that of a living being. It has its own thoughts and emotions."

“Subjective factors do account for a large proportion.”

Someone in the back added, "We have investigated and found that Li Ming has entered the dimensional world, and the time of his entry is very close to the time when the Holy Elephant of Domination appeared."

"You mean to say that the Holy Elephant of Domination appeared for his sake?" Prince Costat frowned.

"Idiot." Jiaint sneered, "If the Holy Elephant of Domination could really sense it, he would have sneaked out to find him long ago, instead of showing up here and roasting him over the fire."

The person who was speaking shut up immediately.

"If it's a fair competition, Li Ming has no chance. The seeds we cultivate have higher development potential than his." Jiaint said, and then he sighed: "A naturally born 46th level development potential is rare."

"Even if he gets it, so what? The Holy Elephant of Domination can't leave. His teacher is just a Forge-star level mechanic, and with so many eyes staring at him..." Diaz shook his head.

"Don't forget the Mechanics Association..." Gaint frowned, "The two master craftsmen have expressed their concern about this matter, and have revealed to the outside world that if anyone dares to interfere in the selection of the successor to the Forging Hammer Master, they will not let it go." "Master craftsman..." Diaz's face changed.

"We don't need the inheritance of the Hammer Forger. We just need some information and we have to prevent that information from leaking out." Prince Costat shook his head.

Everyone was silent, but then the prince said, "However, in order to avoid accidents, it is best not to let this unexpected factor intervene."

"Nicholas..."

Nicola, who was sitting two seats away from Diaz, looked up and said solemnly, "Your Highness..."

"I've read your proposal. The idea of ​​joint review is good. I'll leave this matter to you," Costat said calmly.

Everyone present had different expressions. Costa's son, Satogua, had had a piece of his flesh torn off by Nicholas not long ago.

Watching the two of them pretending, I felt a little weird.

To be honest, catching or excluding Li Ming is not a good job, it is an offensive job.

But for some reason, Nicholas was flocking to him, so there was a possibility that Costat would take advantage of this opportunity to do something.

"Yes." Nicholas nodded, "He will never have the chance to get close to the Holy Elephant of Domination."

.........

“…Hi, I’m glad you’re okay. I’ve been so worried for a while. I couldn’t get in touch with your teacher either. I was really afraid that he would think I had hurt you.”

On the screen, Austin finally felt relieved.

"I'm sorry to have worried you." Li Ming nodded, and then asked, "Sir, did you find any problem with the space channel? Why did it suddenly collapse?"

Austin's expression faltered. He wanted to ask Li Ming something, but he was taken over by the other party. He felt helpless:

"That is the power from a powerful dimensional life form. I don't know why it invaded my space channel."

Austin didn't dwell on this matter, and instead said, "Since you were able to contact me, you should know about the Hammer Forger."

"Yeah." Li Ming nodded, "I guess I know."

"What's the plan?" he asked tentatively.

"We have to go and take a look." Li Ming was ambiguous.

Austin reminded, "I have some news here. It seems that no one, including the Xingyuan Empire, wants you to get close to the Holy Elephant of Domination."

"The Ruler Elephant is not an ordinary mechanical body. They are afraid that the qualifications mentioned by the Ruler Elephant are not hard and fast rules. And out of emotional disgust, they do not choose those with great power."

"After all, your experience is very similar to that of the Hammer Forger. This alone is enough to make them worried."

"Oh..." Li Ming was secretly surprised. Are those guys so cautious? I don't even have the qualifications, but they are still on guard against me.

The two briefly exchanged information. Li Ming stroked his chin. More than half a month had passed since he parted with Lauren and the other two.

During this period, he also contacted Ulrich and others to confirm that Reiner's death did not affect them. Although the Xingyuan Empire sent some people to investigate, it was just a routine inquiry.

However, due to Li Ming's soaring popularity, business has improved a lot. Trevor has provided a lot of convenience for them to expand their scale and achieve steady growth.

Of course, there are some people with ill intentions, but the Mechanics Association did issue a statement that as a co-creator, the Hammersmith's process of selecting a successor should not be interfered with by anyone.

It can be considered as supporting him half way.

It is a pity that he has not encountered any metal element dimensional world on the way here. They are extremely rare and are considered to be the most valuable dimensional worlds. Once discovered, they will be snatched up.

He switched to Qinglong's account again. There were a lot of messages on it. Blackbeard tried to contact him many times.

But Li Ming was not ready to reply for the time being. It was not the right time yet and he was not the one in a hurry.

After dealing with these, he walked out of the cabin. Robin was sitting in a chair bored, looking at the surging purple ocean outside the cabin. He could vaguely see huge life forms swimming around. When he saw him come out, he couldn't help but complain.

"You can really sit still. I didn't feel anything before, but after becoming an A-level life form, the development rate has slowed down seriously."

"I estimate that it will take at least 100 to years to develop it to %, and during this process, various resources must not be cut off, otherwise it will take even longer."

"If we take into account rest and handling miscellaneous matters, it may extend to more than 50 years."

The length of time it takes is staggering. He is just entering the adaptation period.

The growth in development progress was not that significant, and there was very little positive feedback, which constantly challenged his patience and made him admire Li Ming even more.

He estimated that even if Li Ming's development potential was higher than his, the growth in development progress was not that obvious when broken down into daily details.

"Just be patient." Li Ming smiled faintly. With the explosive development speed, his development progress has reached 21%, which is a considerable rate. There is no time to waste.

Li Ming walked to the operating table and asked, "Is everything ok on your end?"

"No, I have found a way to restrain the information state." Robin was already quite calm, so naturally it was the butler who helped.

"That's fine." Li Ming nodded. The incident with the Holy Mother Church reminded him to avoid any accidents when heading to the central world. He also asked Robin to hide in all directions.

As long as there is a skull, there won't be any problem.

After traveling through several dimensional worlds, accompanied by ripples on the water, the scene in front of me suddenly changed, and a grand and vast world appeared before my eyes.

There are all kinds of shuttle aircraft crisscrossing everywhere, all kinds of strangely shaped and tall buildings are lined up, and exaggerated virtual images are suspended in the air.

"…Ding, I am the traffic management intelligence of the central world. Please grant me permission to tow the spacecraft to avoid a collision."

When a voice sounded in the channel, Li Ming opened the permission and accessed the navigation, and a large number of locations were presented.

But they cannot go for now because the shuttle is still too big and needs to be replaced with a small aircraft.

"That's..." Robin leaned against the window, greatly shocked, and murmured, "It's bigger than it looks in the picture."

Li Ming looked in the direction, his expression slightly condensed, and saw a giant tree in the distance that reached from the sky to the ground. There was very little description of it in official documents, and it seemed to be just a decoration.

"Do you know him?" Li Ming looked over.

"That seems to be the World Tree," Robin relayed it naturally, "It is a dimensional life form at the same level as Chronoa. It has a special ability that can merge multiple dimensional worlds into one."

(End of this chapter)