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Chapter 396: News about the Return of the Star Beast of Jingnan (Please vote at the beginning of the month!)

He stood up and stretched his limbs, and King Zhentian behind him walked into his body.

His body was like a furnace. Li Ming exhaled, spewing out hot and blazing breath.

While undergoing the trial, the body is not idle either. With the help of the evolutionary system, it is constantly developing independently.

Li Ming often does two things in parallel. After all, when the body is developing independently, the consciousness is idle anyway.

The Holy Castle Trial can also greatly enhance his actual combat ability. It is precisely because of the enhancement of his actual combat ability that he passed the Upper Lord Trial at 65% of the progress. It can be said that he is making progress every moment.

This trial lasted a full sixteen hours and was conducted six times in total. He was just a hair's breadth away from passing each time, which made him really unwilling to give up, so he tried so many times in one go until he passed.

I opened the smart terminal and wanted to browse the news, but the shadow of Suzaku appeared, "Master, two hours ago, Lord Ford came to see you."

"Oh?" Li Ming packed up his smart terminal and went out to find Ford, who was sitting in the public lounge, chatting with Robin.

Seeing Li Ming coming, he immediately stood up and said helplessly: "Asmara finally trusts me."

Ever since leaving the Mechanical Royal Court, with Li Ming's assurance, Ford has been trying to contact Asmara on the black hole network.

It is easy to log into the Black Hole network account and send messages to the other party, but the problem lies in how to make Asmara believe in himself, and Ford has been working hard for this.

But Asmara was so wary that she didn't even trust the video call. After all, it was something that could result in death if one wasn't careful.

Finally, Ford mentioned Gabriel, but Asmara was still skeptical.

But after so many days of intermittent contact and the disclosure of such secrets, Asmara finally believed him and revealed some information.

"Thanks to the influence of Prince Ryan, a considerable number of civilizations in the Corona Borealis ring are providing us with assistance. Through this, the blood race has already established more than one hundred life planets." Ford said in a deep voice.

"So fast?" Robin next to him was shocked. During this period, he also learned about this matter from Ford.

"One hundred?" Li Ming frowned slightly. Ford glanced at him and then whispered, "Also, Professor Wu has been investigating this matter."

Li Ming was slightly stunned, his expression slightly gloomy: "Old Wu?"

Ford hurriedly explained, "There are only a few people Asmara can trust. Apart from me and my father, there is only Professor Wu."

"This was Professor Wu's initiative, and he was just mixed in with those who were transferring blood, so there was no danger."

"Because Blue Star was the first planet to be deployed with life, no one knows where the blood species are. He can only use this method to collect the other party's tendency data and try to locate them."

He was afraid that Li Ming would think that Asmara was forcing him into the game under the guise of Professor Wu.

Li Ming nodded and his expression eased a little. He knew Old Wu's character to some extent. If it was not voluntary, almost no one could force him to do anything.

Whether it is for Blue Star or for other reasons is unknown.

Ford further said: "Professor Wu has collected a lot of data. Based on the behavior habits of those people and the characteristics of their blood species, the possible locations have been narrowed down to ten locations."

"Asmara asked what our next move would be? Do we need his cooperation?"

Li Ming pondered. There was no news from Blackbeard yet. The Pioneer was not sure whether this matter was true or not, and he was still unsure about what to say next.

"Not for now. Let's go back to Blue Star and see what that blood species is." Li Ming thought for a short while and decided on the next course of action.

"Also, send me a copy of the data and information that Old Wu collected."

"Okay." Ford nodded and quickly searched for information.

Back in the room, Li Ming opened the Star Network to browse information as usual and read some gossip news with relish. Those who could make the headlines in the interstellar world were all influential figures.

For example, today’s headline is “Federal Speaker involved in sex scandal with underage person.”

Many other big names are also involved. The leadership in the federation changes very quickly and there are often political scandals.

Then, he logged into the black hole network again.

"Oh?"

There was new news on Li Ming's account, and his eyes moved slightly.

"You want a top-level S-class star beast?" The other party said briefly and straight to the point.

Li Ming did not reply immediately, but clicked on the other party's page. The other party was not anonymous.

In his profile, he claims to be an intelligence broker, active in the Sea of ​​Stars, and an A-level life form.

"Just an A-level life form?" Li Ming was a little disappointed. The few A-level life forms that contacted him before, did not find very good star beasts.

However, just in case, he still replied, "What kind of star beast?"

I thought it would take some time for the other party to reply, but unexpectedly, I received a message within two or three minutes.

"The Flame Gold Holy Scale Lion is comparable to an S-class life form with 90% development progress." The other party sent a photo.

The giant beast above has a strong body, smooth muscle lines, thick limbs, sharp claws like hooks, and its entire body is covered with dazzling golden scales and burning golden flames.

The forehead is broad, with a pair of eyes burning with red flames, sharp and majestic, and fangs protruding from the mouth.

Li Ming magnified the details, took a closer look, and frowned slightly, "There is no golden pattern on the forehead, no double rings on the pupils, and the tail scales are not overlapping. This is not the Lion King. Only the Lion King can reach the level you mentioned. Ordinary Holy Scale Lions are much weaker."

The other party remained silent, as if he had not expected it to be so difficult to fool. After a moment, he sent another message:
"The Lion King is a variant of the Holy Scale Lion, one in a million. An ordinary Holy Scale Lion is sufficient to be used to make S-level gene seeds. Your requirements can only be met by the Star Devouring Underworld Dragon raised by the Empire, the Galan Blazing Flame raised by the Federation, and the star beasts raised by several powerful star clusters."

"Star beasts of that level will be snapped up as soon as they appear. Holy Scale Lions are already very rare."

Due to the needs of the genetic evolution path and the needs of various civilizations and forces to monopolize advanced life forms.

The top star beasts of all evolutionary levels have almost been captured long ago. The other party was right, the Holy Scale Lion is already very rare.

"He's just a lone wolf, and no one can guess his location. Would you like to meet up to trade? Give me the A-level weapon and I'll give you the coordinates." The other party further said.

Li Ming pondered for a moment, thinking that his development progress was less than 70%, he still refused, "No."

"Hey, which force are you from? Why do you have to be so demanding? X-level life forms are out of reach, so isn't it enough if they can evolve?" The other party was helpless. Li Ming used an anonymous bounty, and all information was kept confidential.

Moreover, he is the one who has offered the highest bid among similar bounties. As long as the coordinates are known and confirmed, he will be given an A-level weapon.

If they were to sell it to other civilizations or forces, they would have to be taken there, or even wait until they were successfully captured before they would be given benefits. Li Ming made a few perfunctory remarks, and the other party, seeing that he could not persuade them, did not say much.

Even though the deal failed, the two of them still added each other as anonymous friends, as they might be useful in the future.

"After a while, there should be more advanced ones." Li Mingze pondered. The longer he waited, the more clues he would get.

……

Seven days later, in the capital of Blue Star civilization - Jingnan.

Somewhere above a forest, the space around it was distorted, the light seemed to be disturbed by invisible objects, and the trees below were shaking violently, with branches and leaves rustling.

In mid-air, as if a curtain was suddenly torn open, three figures suddenly appeared and then leaped down.

boom!
The powerful force hit the ground, raising dust and fallen leaves all over the sky.

Li Ming and Robin looked back and saw that their bodies stopped when they were still about ten centimeters from the ground.

Ford looked embarrassed and stood up from the small pit on the ground. "Sorry, I couldn't control it."

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Li Ming didn't care, but Ford said with emotion as if to change the subject, "Your spaceship is very powerful. Although the aerospace shield here is a low-end model, it is at least a planet-level outer space defense shield."

Li Ming looked up and still remembered that when he first came into contact with the Torch Organization, he was very surprised that the other party used dimensional life forms to tear apart the extraterrestrial shield.

"This aerospace shield uses a honeycomb energy cluster, which is at least five generations behind normal extraterrestrial shields. It operates around the clock and consumes extremely high amounts of energy." Li Ming explained calmly:
"But the single point defense layer is extremely weak and the particle gap is huge, so it can be easily penetrated by a particle jammer."

"Of course, the only benefit is that we can continuously sell highly priced special energy modules to buyers."

Ford's face became more and more embarrassed, and he said helplessly: "These were all sold to Blue Star fifty years ago. I was not even born at that time. I wanted to replace them, but there was no time when the war started."

Robin looked around and couldn't help but say, "This is your home planet. It looks okay."

"This is not my home planet, but I went to school here for a period of time." Li Ming shook his head.

"Oh..." Robin thought for a moment and said with emotion: "Unfortunately, this place is too close to the empire's territory. Your influence cannot radiate here and you cannot provide support."

Li Ming ignored him and stretched out his hand. [Folding Barracks] emerged and hovered in his palm. With a flash of light, a large number of mechanical bodies appeared in the mountains and forests, densely packed.

Robin and Ford were both startled.

Li Ming simply gave orders to divide these mechanical bodies into ten teams, and he only released one thousand of them.

If there are too many of them, this place won’t be able to accommodate them. One hundred people form a team, and they are divided into ten teams with neat queues.

Soon, the mimicry skin on the surface of these silver-white mechanical bodies took effect and gradually transformed into human appearance, both men and women, with wooden expressions.

Then Li Ming took out a small Vermilion Bird. This was not an illusion, but a real entity. It flapped its mechanical wings and landed on Li Ming's shoulder.

This is the [Suzaku Split], which carries the split intelligent control of Suzaku. It can build a regional command network, connect all mechanical bodies, and send commands over ultra-long distances.

After the network was built, with Suzaku as the central commander, these mechanical bodies suddenly came alive, with various expressions of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness constantly appearing on their faces, which was chilling.

"You two can each pick a team and search for the coordinates speculated by Old Wu to see if you can find the so-called blood species." Li Ming said.

He raised his hand again, and the cabin under the hidden sword shadow in the sky opened, and ten small aircraft fell down spewing flames.

"no problem."

"it is good."

The two of them agreed, and tactfully did not ask Li Ming where he was going. They picked a team of people and left quickly.

The other eight teams, under Suzaku's control, split up into smaller groups, boarded the aircraft, and disappeared into the mountains and forests.

.........

Lao Wu’s experimental island seems to have undergone several expansions. The area of ​​the island has expanded a lot, and there are many more tall buildings, and it seems to have covered more areas.

In the top-level conference room, Luo Chuan had a grim expression on his face. Several young people stood in front of him, looking at each other.

"Zhang Yuan, the market purchase price of the Blue Sky Machinery Factory is 30 million star coins. You can actually lower the price to 15 million. You are really capable!" Luo Chuan smiled wryly.

"And Zhou Tao, after you took over, the pass rate of the Boiling Blood No. 99.5 potion has remained stable at % for three consecutive months. You have learned pharmacy well."

"And you guys, in the past six months since you joined the company, have expanded the laboratory by more than ten times. That's really amazing."

The aura of Luo Chuan became more and more powerful. Although it was a compliment, it made the people in front of him look horrified.

"Director Luo, we don't quite understand what you said..." someone bravely asked.

"Don't quite understand?" Luo Chuan sneered, "The Blue Sky Machinery Factory has stable performance, and the normal purchase price should not be less than 40 million."

"Thirty million was already a good offer, but the chairman's son and daughter disappeared for half a month inexplicably, so he took the initiative to lower the price to fifteen million."

"The blood boiling potion is effective in enhancing biological functions, but its stability has always been below 98%. The side effects are highly dangerous. I stipulate that it must not be lower than 99.9%..."

Luo Chuan's indifferent expression suddenly turned ferocious, "You think this is to expand the laboratory? This is a slap in my face!"

Several people shuddered with fear, lowered their heads and looked at each other. Someone bravely said, "This...it is inevitable to use some extraordinary means in the process of development and growth, but the result...is always good."

"Fuck you!" Luo Chuan cursed, "Don't think I don't know what you and your family are up to. You're relying on the relationship between the laboratory and Li Ming to expand wildly."

"You have already swallowed up more than half of the high-quality enterprises on the entire Blue Planet. If I don't take care of it, you will probably reach out to other civilizations."

Several of them looked unhappy. They were all children of high-ranking officials on Blue Star, and had never been scolded like that before.

Zhang Yuan snorted coldly, "Director Luo, if you knew that, why did you accept us at that time? You just wanted to use us to do the dirty work. Now that the results are out, why do you have to be so hypocritical?"

"Besides, this place is too close to the empire, and that Li Ming can't help us at all. So what if we borrow his name? Who dares to say anything? At most you can just take more."

The others' expressions changed slightly and they signaled with their eyes.

But surprisingly, Luo Chuan was not angry. Instead, he suppressed his anger and smiled slightly, "Yes, I absorbed you on purpose."

(End of this chapter)