This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 390: Changes Under the Water
"As expected of Qinglong, then continue!" The Mechanical Soul Master walked straight forward.

The two mechanical fingers split open and transformed into a data interface. The complex circuit textures were faintly visible and inserted directly into the head of the mechanical body.

Suddenly, dazzling sparks burst out, like bright stars scattering everywhere, and strong currents are conducted crazily along the interface, making a "sizzling" sound.

"Data ghost infiltration, let me see where the invisible hands come from." The data on the mechanical pupils of the Mechanical Soul Craftsman flashed wildly, and a data fusion storm raged.

It transformed into dazzling rays of light, forming a dazzling digital maze inside the mechanical body, searching every corner.

“Can’t find any traces? What a sophisticated technique. Let’s use code storm to invade…” The Mechanical Soul Master’s expression was solemn and he became more and more excited. It was rare to meet an opponent like Qinglong.

"Pulse hijacking, virtual data black hole, worm virus, logic bomb detonation..."

The God of Creation looked at the God of Mechanical Soul, whose blood was boiling, and couldn't help but shake his head.

.........

On the other side, Li Ming, who was about to go out, just opened the door and ran into Ulrich who came to report.

"Ready to go out?" Ulrich was very considerate and stepped aside.

Li Ming sighed secretly, "Nothing, is there anything wrong, sir?"

"Oh, it's the same old problem." Ulrich said helplessly: "Our business in the Starry Sea has been cut off, and several companies in the Ravenx Star Ring have withdrawn their orders."

"The headquarters of the planet where the only Zhixing Prosthetics Company that we have contact with is located just suffered a major terrorist attack yesterday. All life forms on that planet have died."

Hearing this, Li Ming couldn't help but look over and asked, "Are they all dead?"

"Yes, the death was very strange, and it has caused an uproar in the Sea of ​​Stars." Ulrich said helplessly, "It seems that the will of the universe does not want us to extend our tentacles out."

"Donate some star coins in the name of the Mechanical King Court." Li Ming pondered, and Ulrich nodded, "It's already being done."

Li Ming nodded. With the help of the name of the God Craftsman, the Mechanical King's Court grew wildly for a while, but as they grew stronger, many people discovered that this Mechanical King's Court seemed to be no joke.

It’s not so bad on the Chaos Star Gap side. The bigger the fist, the more powerful it is. Although the expansion speed has slowed down, it is still expanding and has entered the stage of fair competition.

Those mechanics could only complain secretly as they were bleeding little by little, and no one dared to trip them up openly.

But it was different outside the Chaos Star Gap, the Sea of ​​Stars. He originally wanted to use Trevor as a seesaw to slowly infiltrate out. He was not only good at making weapons.

By opening more branch bases and starting other businesses, the expansion speed can be faster.

But Prince Ryan, even though he was in a critical situation, did not forget to target him, and almost openly ordered the civilization of the Starry Sea not to cooperate with him.

It would have been fine if he hadn't gotten involved, but Trevor was also affected and his business shrunk a lot.

The situation in other directions is similar. The Empire and its allies are working together to curb the Mechanics Association. Not to mention him, the business of other mechanics is also not easy.

The situation on the federal side is better, but not much better. It can only be said that it provides a fair competition environment.

Some fragmented civilizations were not stopped, but unfortunately they could not become a force to be reckoned with. The exchange rate between their own civilization's currency and star coins even reached an exaggerated 1:1296.

"Qinglong is almost done with some of its dividends. Unless it does something else, or directly supports the Mechanical King Court..." Li Ming pondered secretly, then shook his head and said:
"Forget it. Let's temporarily stop the expansion plan and continue to consolidate the market in Chaos Star Gap. The main target is still arms. Other industries are monopolized by giants, and arms belong to the Machinists Association."

This kind of business involves too many levels and contacts too many people, so it is impossible to use Qinglong to suppress each one.

I can't, as a master craftsman, go to each low-level and intermediate civilization to talk to the responsible persons one by one. It would be a waste of time and effort.

"Understood." Ulrich also breathed a sigh of relief. The business was too big and the pressure was too great.

Watching Ulrich leave, Li Ming frowned, still thinking about this guy Ryan.

He had been paying attention to the other party's movements, and he had studied this guy's past record in detail, which could be summed up in eight words: decisive and ruthless.

He had experience in competing with Adam for the position of Saint Emperor and almost succeeded, representing the power of a considerable number of emerging nobles.

Li Ming is just Qinglong's student. Others may not bully the weak, but this is not necessarily the case with Ryan.

The value of using any means necessary is quite high.

.........

Earlier, in the Sea of ​​Stars, in the Mortonster advanced civilization - the Hel Galaxy - the planet Nanluo, as a very prosperous planet, is one of the core planets of the entire civilization and a very important economic center.

It has a permanent population of over five billion and is also one of the Xingyuan Empire’s large garrison bases in the Sea of ​​Stars, with over three million soldiers stationed there.

However, a three-month-long march has broken out here, demanding the expulsion of the Imperial garrison, claiming that this is oppression by interstellar power politics.

Half a month ago, due to various factors, the imperial garrison was forced to evacuate, and today is the last day of the evacuation.

In a certain city, hovercrafts were coming and going on the flight routes, but their speed was very slow. The marching Mortons had already occupied the main transportation hub. There were quite a few of them, shouting at the top of their lungs, and many media were broadcasting the event.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted and pointed at the sky, causing a commotion.

I saw a red meteorite falling at high speed across the space, falling at an extremely fast speed, heading towards the city.

Buzz--
A large energy shield appeared over the city, and anti-aircraft guns were extended from the edge of the city. Loud "bang, bang, bang" noises continued to be heard, and the sound of artillery was deafening. The dense artillery shells were like a black rainstorm, firing wildly into the sky.

The flames ejected from the muzzles merged into one, dyeing half of the sky red, as if they were going to tear the sky apart.

In the next second, the speed of the meteorite suddenly increased, and it crashed through the city's protective shield and fell in the city center, creating a large pit hundreds of meters across.

Flames were burning at the edge of the pit, and the meteorite in the center was revealed in its entirety. It looked like a black and red oval stone, flashing red light, with strands of blood-red lines rapidly expanding in all directions with it as the center.

Under the gaze of space satellites, the blood-red lines spreading from this elliptical sphere looked like hideous flowers blooming on the surface of the planet.

It expanded in all directions at an incredible speed, soon covering the continental plate and crossing the ocean, as if it was going to encompass the entire planet.

In the other hemisphere, many Morton people were still asleep and had no idea of ​​what was happening.

And just half an hour later, the blood-colored lines expanded by the oval-shaped object spread all over the entire planet, and a faint blood light shone through them, like blood-colored ravines.

However, before the top management could come up with any countermeasures, something unexpected happened.

The Mortons who were marching let out shrill cries. They looked at their hands, their skin aging at an incredible speed, and strands of blood-colored energy were drawn into the blood-colored cracks on the ground by invisible forces. This horrific scene spread across the entire planet, and almost no life form could avoid it. After only three hours, the once bustling and prosperous city had become silent.

Many unmanned aircraft, under intelligent management, were spinning in place although they did not crash directly into city buildings.

"What on earth is this..."

An A-level life form had a dazed look on his face and was wandering aimlessly in the city. He was the supreme commander in charge of guarding this planet.

However, from the time of the incident until now, he had not even reacted. The communication system had been cut off long ago. This was a premeditated terrorist attack.

The stunned look suddenly turned into a ferocious one, and he growled in a low voice, "Who is so cruel to..."

Suddenly, his pupils contracted suddenly, and a chilling chill burst out. Before he even had time to react, he felt dizzy.

In his field of vision, he saw the headless body standing there, as well as several shadows.

The vigorous vitality of the A-level life form made him want to question, but he could only feel dizzy. His own powerful vitality had been completely absorbed by the blood-colored lines on the ground.

"Your Highness... this is part of the effect." The hunchbacked creature in a black robe nodded. The wind and waves around him lifted the corners of his clothes vaguely, and one could clearly see the green skin that looked like it had been mercilessly burned by the raging flames. It was bumpy and full of wrinkles.

It was as hideous as a demon crawling out from the depths of hell, and it was terrifying.

There were large and shocking scars on his body, crisscrossing each other like ugly grooves.

The wounds were even simply stitched up roughly with black thread, which stood out particularly against the green skin.

In today's interstellar age, this method of stitching is extremely strange.

Ryan withdrew his gaze from the head of the A-level life form that had almost turned into a skeleton, and his expression was very indifferent. "It seems to be quite efficient for destroying stars, but it is not as good as one of my punches. Alchemist Baron, if this is the only effect you can have, you can go to hell."

The guy called Alchemy Baron hurriedly said flatteringly: "Of course, your power is enough to make the stars pale in comparison."

"Of course, this is only part of the effect." He explained hurriedly, "As I told you, it can allow living things to break through their own limitations."

Prince Ryan did not comment, and the group quickly came to the location of the oval object. It seemed that because it absorbed a large amount of life force, it had expanded to a size of one kilometer and was flashing red light.

"Blood Seed..." The Alchemist Baron looked fanatical, then quickly came to his senses, "Your Highness, where are your people?"

Ryan waved his hand, and a soldier with a resolute look stepped forward, "Your Highness, Captain Rand of the Guards reports to you."

Ryan nodded and said, "B-level life form, the development progress is over 90%. Let me see if what you said is true or not."

"Yes." The Alchemist Baron quickly pushed the guy in front of the Blood Seed, and then drew some complicated symbols on Rand's body.

Along with the strange chanting sound, the blood seed swayed rapidly, and extended bloody branches, fiercely piercing into Rand's body.

"what!"

In an instant, Rand let out a shrill wail, and his skin bulged, as if little snakes were swimming in his blood vessels and muscles.

"Drink!"

Along with the wailing, Rand's body began to swell and made crackling sounds, as if he was undergoing an extremely tragic transformation.

A fierce aura came towards him, and at the same time, the blood seed behind him began to shrink gradually.

The whole process lasted for more than half an hour before the blood-red branches wrapped around Rand were retracted.

thump!
Without support, Rand fell straight to the ground, and Prince Ryan's face did not look good.

"Sir, even the heartbeat has stopped." The subordinate beside him whispered.

“Wait, wait!” The Alchemist Baron was enveloped by a chilling murderous intent, and he hurriedly shouted, “Alive, alive!”

He pointed at Rand on the ground. Ryan's face moved slightly. He could indeed feel a faint vitality bursting out of Rand's body.

"Maybe it's because the Blood Seed absorbed too much life energy, and he couldn't handle it." The Alchemist Baron explained hurriedly.

Rand struggled to get up from the ground and shook his head. He seemed to be in great pain. His whole body swelled more than twice and his skin turned blood red.

"Prince...Your Highness?" He was in a trance, and he staggered back a few steps without standing firmly. His footsteps landed on the ground, making a loud bang and spreading cracks.

"I...this is!" Rand was shocked.

However, as Prince Ryan looked on, his gloomy expression faded and he gradually forced a smile.

A moment later, the test results for Rand came out.

"The highest burst energy level exceeds 50A!" The subordinates who came to report were a little bit puzzled and looked at the hunchbacked alchemist baron in disbelief.

"Sure enough..." The Alchemist Baron nodded and said, "Logically speaking, the energy level should not exceed 30A. It was just that there was too much life energy, which was over-enhanced, and that's why he almost died."

"That's right." Prince Ryan nodded slowly. The Alchemist Baron said with fanatical eyes, "Your Highness, you should believe it now."

"This is a special path of evolution. It uses life force to force life forms to transition. As long as there is enough life energy, I will definitely allow you to break through the boundaries and become the ultimate life form!"

"The difficulty from B-level to A-level is incomparable to that from X-level to the ultimate life form." Ryan was not bewitched, but emphasized.

The Alchemist Baron looked anxious and was about to persuade him again, but he heard Ryan say, "But I can let you try."

"How many planets like this do you need in total?"

The Alchemist Baron's face flickered. "If all the planets are like this, I estimate that there should be no less than a thousand."

"One thousand?" Even Ryan's expression changed slightly. The death of a thousand life planets was already the most brutal terrorist attack in recent years.

He frowned, "It is definitely impossible to promote it on a large scale in the Sea of ​​Stars. The resistance is too great."

"Well, what was the name of the civilization under Nicholas's command?" he asked.

"Itlan civilization." The subordinate quickly reported: "About four months ago, the Judge Civilization under Tsathoggua declared war on it, and the two sides are currently at war."

(End of this chapter)