This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 353 [Energy Lord] Confrontation in the Dark
"There is no similar news spreading on the Internet?" Robin asked in surprise after turning back to the aircraft.

"It should not have been implemented for too long. We cannot log into the black hole network here, but the star network can block information. Several forces should have united together." Li Ming stood in front of the porthole.

"But people who go out will probably curse, right?" Robin muttered.

Li Ming was looking up through the porthole and saw a figure with silver hair and silver eyes hanging at the highest point, Albert.

Albert is here, and Li Ming's heart moves slightly. What about Nicholas?
The dimensional world belongs to the back garden of the imperial royal family. There must be a reason why Albert can come here.

"It's not because of... you, is it?" Robin asked cautiously, his throat rolling.

"I don't know." Li Ming shook his head and added, "Maybe."

Robin paused, and couldn't help but ask: "The Xingyuan Empire, Yongyao Federation, and Star Cluster Republic Alliance have united to capture you?"

When these names were spoken, Robin felt an suffocating sense of oppression.

Li Ming glanced at him and said speechlessly: "What are you thinking? They united to find me, not to arrest me."

"Uh, is there a difference?" Robin's heart was beating fast. This was really a big issue and it was hard for him to calm down.

"They may not be hostile. Maybe they just don't want me to get close to the Holy Elephant of Domination, or they want me to complete some of their goals..." Li Ming said, seeing clearly, "They don't want to see someone take something away silently."

At present, only the Dominating Holy Elephant has appeared, and the Infinite Hammer has not appeared.

The so-called inheritance sounds tempting, but for those imperial forces, it should not be so desirable.

Given Li Ming's status, it is not too much for him to get these things.

There is a teacher above him who can forge S-class mechanical bodies. He is also part of the Mechanics Association and is not a weed.

The problem is that the Hammersmith was involved in some secrets that led to this situation.

"That's right..." Robin figured it out. "Even if we have to fight, I think the master craftsmen in the Mechanics Association have more motivation. Why are these empire-level civilizations making such a big fuss?"

"There is a secret..."

Li Ming's eyes flickered. He thought his guess was correct. This time the battle seemed big, but in fact it did not pose that much of a threat to him.

But Albert's sudden appearance made him alert, thinking that someone might take advantage of the situation.

The aircraft flew away, and the mechanical pupils of the broadcaster that was broadcasting back and forth flickered, synchronizing the management system.

"The aircraft has been marked, the ID has been marked, it comes from the Bolivar civilization..."

.........

Iron sand was everywhere, and the ground was covered with traces of gullies. A woman in black veil stood on the top of the mountain, and her skin was covered with purple symbols, as if they were integrated with her skin.

In front of her, the Virgin Mary with six arms folded looked down at the earth expressionlessly.

"Holy Mother..." Someone in the back reported, wearing a black veil: "We have searched the entire dimension world, and did not find Lord Aidas and other members. There is nothing left in the remaining base."

“No relevant traces were found.”

"It was handled very cleanly." The Reverend Mother said, "Prophet, who do you think did it?"

"The possibility is greater from the Xingyuan Empire." The prophet said calmly, "They have always been ruthless towards our Holy Mother Church."

"Isn't it the Azure Dragon?" the Virgin Mary asked.

"The probability is low. Aidas is well prepared. Besides, Austin's transmission channel has collapsed, so Li Ming will not arrive here." The prophet shook his head.

“Perhaps it was because of the time travel that we discovered something was wrong.” The Virgin Mary disagreed.

The prophet did not make any excuses, but just said: "Let me try it first..."

The Virgin Mary nodded and slowly retreated to the back. It could be clearly seen that the edges of her skin were a little blurry. It was not her real body that came, but just an illusion.

The prophet raised his hands, a faint chanting sound came from his throat, and some scattered energy glow dissipated in the void.

At the same time, the upper edge of her skin turned red, and her face looked a little painful, as if the symbols were burning her skin.

But the chanting became louder and louder until it covered the entire dimensional world, and some illusory scenes emerged beside her.

A large number of spaceships strangely rolled up from the ground. This was the scene when they arrived. Time and space seemed to be reversing and flowing backwards.

It was then quickly covered by a golden light, surging like the sea. At the same time, the scene began to become unstable, with cracks appearing.

"How could this happen!" The prophet's face changed drastically, and his whole body trembled. He tried hard to maintain the stability of the picture. The golden waves gradually condensed into a nearly perfect human figure, half-kneeling in the void, holding a drop of blood-colored crystal in his hand, and holding something in the other hand.

I don't know what language he was murmuring.

Then it turned around and stood up, returning to the ruins. As it gradually solidified, it turned out to be the remains of Terrax.

Then he rushed back from the ruins, raising dust and sand.

"Srota!"

A roar suddenly sounded, and the rapidly changing scene froze.

"Srota!" The voice resounded throughout the entire dimensional world. This figure seemed to be looking for something. In the reversed time scene, he was shown venting the energy in his body unscrupulously, destroying the entire dimensional world into pieces.

"Who is he?" The Virgin Mary frowned, quite surprised.

“I don’t know…” The prophet shook his head, sweat all over his forehead, and it was obvious that he had been trying his best.

"Who is Talos?" the Virgin asked again.

Without waiting for an answer, the scene around him completely collapsed and the prophet flew out with a bang.

"I can't see it. What he did destroyed the stability of the dimensional world." The prophet flew back. "I can only barely trace back to here. I can't see anything before."

The Virgin Mary's expression changed, and she frowned and asked, "Is the matter of Aidas covered up like this?"

The prophet sighed and said helplessly: "I can't help it. I suggest you check the name of Talos. The person who is pursuing him is not simple and has great strength. He will not come here for no reason."

The Virgin Mary took a deep breath and felt annoyed. "That's all we can do. Also, you are responsible for contacting Qinglong and testing his attitude."

……

In the hotel room, Li Ming held the [Energy Master] badge in his hand, controlled it and then consumed it, and the control page popped up.

[Gun Master] → [Energy Lord]

[Guns and Cannons Master: A master who controls guns and cannons, and possesses the abilities of [Strategic Support] and [Heart of Energy].

[Strategic Support: Special control objects can be deployed in advance to provide support at critical moments without occupying the main control column.]

[Heart of Energy: You can synchronize your own blessing to the bullet and control its trajectory, and will not be hurt by energy attacks from yourself or the controlled object.]

[Heart of Guns] becomes [Heart of Energy], and energy cannot harm itself?

Li Ming's heart skipped a beat. This ability looked simple, but it was actually very powerful. After all, energy didn't distinguish between you and me, just like a bullet shot from a gun barrel, it would cause damage to anyone it hit.

This is also an important point in limiting the individual's strength during large-scale interstellar wars. With the main guns firing in unison and energy annihilation, it doesn't matter whether you are the enemy or not.

But with this ability, Li Ming can use some tactics of heaven and earth when fighting with the opponent, such as "fire at me", and the scene should be very beautiful.

Li Ming was very satisfied with the five million metal energies, which were of good quality and low price. He then took out the smart terminal, switched to the [communicator], and started building an external communication network.

It was built very quickly. After connecting to the black hole network, it first scanned the relevant information of the central world and specifically searched for the detection of mimicry masks.

It was indeed no different from my memory, but no one mentioned it.

"How could this happen? According to the character of these people, they should have started cursing long ago." Li Ming pondered, his eyes suddenly became deep, and he suddenly remembered that if he wanted to speak on the black hole network, he had to leave the central world.

Most people who are willing to be tested will not feel guilty, and such people will not necessarily publicize it.

Those who just turn around and leave must have problems. There is usually an interstellar wanted order for them. Such people may not be able to leave the central world, or they may be marked in some way for tracking.

I should have been tagged as well, Li Ming frowned, then logged into Qinglong's account and tried to contact Blackbeard.

There was no response at first, and I waited for two or three hours before the other party replied.

This time it's not video, just voice.

"You finally remembered to contact me." There was a lot of resentment in Blackbeard's words.

"How's the Reina incident going?" Li Ming asked directly without any idle chatter.

Blackbeard paused again, speechless. Last time he wanted to talk about Reina, Qinglong asked him about commanding the Holy Elephant.

This time he wanted to talk about controlling the Holy Elephant, and Li Ming asked him about Reina again.

"…Everything is almost ready. After a while, someone will attack him. With evidence and witnesses, Tsathoggua will ask the Royal Parliament to revoke his title of Grand Duke." Blackbeard said helplessly:
"This is tantamount to tearing off his face, and he will never let it go."

Li Ming nodded and asked again: "Where is Nicolael?"

Blackbeard was silent for a moment, his tone was uncertain, "You know he is in the central world?"

After that, he added: "It can be considered as a meritorious service and a refuge."

It really came... Li Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, "Achieve merit?"

"Yes." Blackbeard hesitated. "In the Xingyuan Empire, he is one of the only two people you have dealt with. Tsathoggua is still recuperating, and he was transferred here to provide strategic advice."

"It is to delay the disturbance in the main universe, and at the same time it is eager to deal with you.

Seeing that Qinglong remained silent, Blackbeard asked tentatively: "Where are you now?"

Li Ming uttered two words: "Guess."

Blackbeard was speechless, and smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency is still in the mood to joke now."

Li Ming was noncommittal.

Blackbeard didn't continue to talk nonsense, and simply said: "What are you going to do about the matter of the Holy Elephant? They will never let Li Ming touch the Holy Elephant."

Li Ming said in a cold tone: "I'm going to ask them."

Blackbeard was slightly stunned: "What do you want to ask?"

"My student, doesn't even have the qualifications to inherit? Or do I have to perform even better to protect him?"

Blackbeard's heart skipped a beat. He knew, of course, that the problem was not with the so-called inheritance of the Hammer Master.

The hammersmith disappeared for so many years, and his property has long been divided up. Now, at most, he is left with an old elephant and a hammer, or a remnant of his reputation.

The old elephant is highly intelligent and no one can command it. The hammer is nowhere to be found. Now these unfounded things are not enough to cause an imperial civilization to go to war.

They were concerned about another point: why did the Hammersmith disappear? Did he find something before he disappeared?

Especially for the Xingyuan Empire.

If Qinglong takes the initiative to contact those people, there is a chance that they will reach an agreement and allow Li Ming to participate in the review fairly.

If Li Ming is really recognized, the things can be taken away, but some information can be left behind.
But for people like them, it doesn't work.

"Mr. Qinglong..." Blackbeard suggested, "I suggest you don't get along with them..."

Li Ming interrupted immediately: "If you have any ideas, just say it directly."

"Alas..." Blackbeard sighed, "It's like this. According to our original plan, you and the other two Forge-level mechanics were to reveal the truth, but now the Holy Elephant of Domination has appeared. Apart from it, no one else's testimony about the whereabouts of the Forge Master will stand."

"So, if Li Ming can really gain the recognition of the Holy Elephant, can it..."

Blackbeard stopped there and Li Ming sneered inwardly, thinking that this group of people really took things for granted.

If he really got recognition, regardless of whether the mechanical elephant listened to him or not, even if it did, saying such words in public would be a serious offense to the Xingyuan Empire.

Previously, when the three Forge-Star mechanics pointed out, at least there were people to share the firepower. But this time, there was no one to share the firepower.

"Don't you think this is too much, sir?" Li Ming asked back.

Blackbeard smiled bitterly, who knew the plan would turn out like this.

In their plan, revealing this incident was an important turning point, and larger plans followed from it.

Of course, the subsequent plans are just taking advantage of this public opinion and have no direct causal relationship with exposing the Xingyuan Empire. But after all, it has been promoted for many years and it would be a pity if there is no success.

Li Ming also felt something was wrong. Blackbeard had given him the impression that the pioneers had been planning for years and were bound to severely damage the Xingyuan Empire in one fell swoop. This was an extremely important turning point.

But he now felt that even if this plan might fail, Blackbeard was only a little hasty, not to the point of hysteria.

Is it because the mentality is too stable, or is there some other reason?

"Do you have a way to let Li Ming come into contact with the Holy Elephant?" Thinking of this, Li Ming turned and asked.

Blackbeard's tone was shocked, "If your Excellency is willing, we can ask a master craftsman to come forward and make this happen."

"Ask the master craftsman to come forward?" Li Ming was slightly shocked when he heard this.

But Blackbeard added, "The God of Creation has always been committed to discovering outstanding machinist talents and maintaining the overall honor of the Machinists Association. He is willing to come forward, so there is at least a chance."

I don't know if this explanation was an excuse or the truth.

"In addition, whether it succeeds or not, we will provide corresponding assistance and invite you to join the Pioneer Council."

Hearing this, Li Ming couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

(End of this chapter)