This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 405: Silver Gray Changes Again
"It's my turn now. Has your development potential been improved?" Levenbeck asked.

"My development potential?" Li Ming looked suspicious, but he was certain in his heart that this guy really had intentions towards him.

Both questions are related to myself.

Li Ming speculated that it might be because of the level 60 development potential that he had shown to the outside world that Levenbaker also became curious.

Maybe it's not just curiosity. The other party's alchemical technology is suspected to have in-depth research on life forms. My high development potential may be exactly what he needs.

It is not difficult to guess that it can help him achieve certain goals.

Li Ming's heart sank slightly. If that was the case, then Levenback would have gone from being an ambitious man who intended to stir up trouble in the interstellar space to his enemy.

This is not a good thing.

Although he was thinking in his heart, Li Ming did not show any clues on his face. He frowned and said impatiently: "Never."

"You are going to pass..."

Before he finished asking his third question, Levenbaker interrupted him and waved his hand, saying, "Okay, that's enough for today."

"Are you kidding me?" Li Ming's eyes were fierce. He grabbed Levenbeck and lifted him up. "Do you really think I dare not kill you?"

"I know you dare." Levenbaker showed no sign of nervousness. "Don't be so excited. Let me give you a message."

"Go back to Silver Grey Star and check the surface coordinates 124-745."

Li Ming's eyes became colder and colder, "My home planet, what have you done!"

Could this place be where the blood seeds are kept? It would be so easy to get them, right?

He was originally planning to send mechanical soldiers to conduct a large-scale search to eliminate the threat of the Blood Seed.

"Go and have a look, you may have unexpected gains." Levenbaker said meaningfully.

Li Ming gasped and suddenly threw him against the wall, which made a dent with a bang.

Levenbaker fell to the floor, struggled to get up, covered his mouth and coughed twice. His back was burning with pain, but he didn't care.

Looking at Li Ming who turned and left, his eyes became more and more fiery, and he gradually took the bait. Maybe... I can get him without waiting for Ryan to succeed.

"He's tempting me..."

Boom, boom, boom.

Ascending the cabin stairs, Li Ming speculated, "If I go somewhere else, I will definitely be very cautious, and maybe let Qinglong go with me, but returning to the home planet, it will be different."

"But it's just right. I need him to be honest for the time being. He wants to carry out his plan and will definitely not let Ryan mess things up for the time being."

No matter how you look at it, by some strange coincidence, the unstable factor of Levenbaker was stabilized.

In this way, Pioneer, Asmara, Levenbeck, and Thor have all set their plans.

In the short term, no one should notice that the whole thing has been put on hold.

Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know how long he could delay, but he would do his best and leave the rest to fate.

While he was making these arrangements, Liuying did not stop and headed straight for the shipping point within the Itlan civilization.

It took about ten days to reach the destination.

He dug out a [Gravity Stabilization Device] from the control space and upgraded it to level A, which could barely bear the extremely heavy corpse of the Star-Devouring Prison Dragon.

The shipping cost is as high as 150 million, and it passes through six forwarding points, but it will arrive in a maximum of ten hours.

The headquarters of Yeyue Biological Laboratory Company also has a stargate node.

This is not a simple space teleportation, but more like a space wormhole that directly connects the two areas.

It has to be said that Judun Company, which specializes in the technology of "delivery", is indeed extraordinary.

However, it is not possible to send living things for the time being, and the cost of building a stable wormhole is extremely high, making it impossible to carry out delivery over extremely long distances.

It can only be used to make up for the short distance between the delivery point and the star gate.

"I wonder if the mechanical body I'm attached to can be transported in this way..."

After handling everything, Li Ming returned to Liuying, muttering to himself.

After leaving this port, he asked Suzaku to build the shortest route to the Silver-Gray Star and prepare to return to the mother planet.

On the one hand, it was to stabilize Levenbaker, and it was also a good opportunity to go back and take a look. Now he just had to wait for time to pass, and he actually had more time.

Not long after setting off, Ford came to see him.

"I have told Asmara that she has stopped all her actions. In the near future, she and Xavier will go to a secret base in the empire." Ford felt a little uneasy.

Simply pressing the whole thing down is not a safe approach in any way; it seems like an attempt to delay time.

He hesitated and said, "In addition, the plan to collect money has been put on the agenda, and many advanced civilizations have responded."

Li Ming nodded. Thor had reported to Ryan once in the past ten days.

He did not tell Thor that Asmara was one of his own, so Thor made a very detailed plan and even revealed the many spies planted around Asmara.

For now, everything is safe. After all, it hasn't been that long and no clues have appeared.

At this time, Suzaku said, "Master, based on our current position, we can reach Silver Grey Star in as little as fifteen days at the speed of Liuying through the star gate of the Battle Axe Galaxy."

Li Ming nodded and asked Suzaku to proceed according to the navigation plan.

"Also, Asmara needs to make sure that Yitlan will not be involved in the end." Ford hesitated.

They totally don’t understand what Li Ming is doing. They can delay it for now, but the truth will be exposed one day. What should they do then?
He is the prince of the empire. Li Ming is not afraid, but they are very afraid.

"Don't worry, someone will take the blame for you." Li Ming made his attitude clear. Since Asmara was so cooperative, he would naturally not throw it away after using it.

Thor, who is working hard, is the best candidate.

.........

Silver-gray star, it is early winter, and the surface appears increasingly silvery.

The Silver-Gray Star is very different today. In the Blue Star's plan, there are four more immigrant cities.

At the same time, the entire planet was included in the environmental protection plan, and the mining qualifications that had been sold long ago were withdrawn. From then on, it was no longer a mineral planet.

Xunying Company, which holds the mining qualifications, not only had no objections, but also fully supported it and provided a large amount of funds for environmental restoration.

After more than half a year of construction, initial results have been achieved. There are many more trees and greenery around Silver Gray City.

"... "

Under the huge billboard, in the shadow of the night, several figures passed by, with panic and anxiety on their faces.

boom!
A huge explosion suddenly sounded, and flames gushed out in the narrow alley. Several figures were unable to dodge and were immediately sucked into it, wailing.

"Oh no, there's an ambush!" The leader's eyes were fierce. He completely ignored his companions who were covered in flames. He kicked the wall with his feet and turned around to run.

"Want to run!?"

An axe kick fell from the sky and hit him on the head. The whole man flew out and fell to the ground with a crooked mouth and eyes. He said in horror: "Li Ning?" "You bunch of greedy dogs, still want to run?" Li Ning snorted coldly, the fire burned his profile, and his expression was solemn and resolute.

"Captain Li!" A large group of people rushed up from all directions, all of them were fully armed city guards.

"Take all these people back." He ordered. Figures were everywhere, each doing his job. The fire was quickly put out, and several wailing figures were taken to the prison van.

Li Ning looked back at the silent alley, his eyes suddenly fixed, and he said calmly: "You go back first, I will take a look myself."

"Yes." The city guards around acted quickly and disappeared here.

The night was dark, Li Ning was alone, his steps silent.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Crisp applause came from the front. Li Ning narrowed his eyes, touched his waist, and arched his back like a cheetah.

However, when he saw the person slowly emerging from the shadows, the sharpness in his eyes gradually turned into astonishment, then confusion, and finally into excitement.

“Li…Li…Ming!?” When the last word came out, the high-pitched voice had turned into a suppressed growl.

boom! boom! boom!
He raised his hand and fired a volley of bullets, which were shaped like discus and fell in front of his eyes with a clanging sound.

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boom!
There were a few more grenades, and even energy mines. The equipment of the Silver Ash City guards had been greatly improved.

The surging energy and flames condensed into a bullet in Li Ming's hand and he casually threw it into his mouth.

He seemed a little helpless: "Why are you all like this?"

"Ha...it's really you, kid." Li Ning then rushed up, looking a bit like the chick he was at the beginning, and hit Li Ming's shoulder hard.

boom!
His arms were numb from the shock, and while he was laughing, he suddenly remembered something and quickly picked up the communicator, "Alarm clear, codename 022, nothing's wrong, you guys retreat first."

Obviously, letting his men go first was just a cover.

"That's amazing. He's become the captain now." Li Ming exclaimed.

Li Ning shrugged, "It's all because of you. Now the leader of the city guard is Captain Yang, and everyone who previously worked under him has become a captain."

"It's just Lao Diao. Even at such an old age, Captain Yang still gave him an F-level gene seed and turned him into Diao Ke."

Li Ming listened and just chuckled.

Li Ning asked excitedly: "By the way, why did you come back suddenly?"

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand again, "Forget it, forget it. The affairs of a big shot like you definitely have nothing to do with us. If you have time, let's go find a place to drink?"

Li Ming grinned, "That's exactly what I meant."

.........

Two hours later, in a street barbecue restaurant in Silver Gray City, Yang Peng, with a solemn and complicated expression, was sitting in front of him.

"You..." Yang Peng was about to say something but stopped. Li Ning next to him had already laid down, muttering something. In his hand, he was holding a small mechanical body, which was only the size of a palm, humanoid, and looked like a toy.

It was a gift Li Ming gave to his unborn son, a B-class mechanical device that could be used for both defense and defence.

"Uncle Yang, don't drink?" Li Ming poured a glass of wine.

"I've quit." Yang Peng shook his head. He had mixed feelings towards the boy in front of him.

I was definitely relieved, but also quite angry. However, my current position still depended on the other party's influence, so I didn't have much confidence when I spoke. But I still asked, "How long have you not been in touch with Yu'er?"

"He sent a message two days ago." Li Ming frowned and opened the Star Network certificate.

"You know what I'm asking..." Yang Peng snorted coldly, then sighed, feeling helpless.

Li Ming is growing up so fast that everyone has to look up to him, and there is nothing they can do about many things.

"Forget it." Yang Peng was angry. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Half an hour later, the man also fell down.

But when he was drunk, he talked more, mumbling a lot and saying a lot of random things.

Li Ming was speechless and called out two guards, one of whom held the other. He knew that he would not be able to go home if he was so drunk.

He forcibly cracked into Li Ning's smart terminal and sent a message to his wife, saying that he was working overtime.

"These two idiots, don't you know how much you weigh now? They're still drinking with you."

More than twenty minutes later, Mr. Yang called Li Ming and left the two of them on the sofa.

The old man returned to the grocery store and did not stay in the house that the city guards provided for Yang Peng.

"I've been here for decades. I feel anxious when I leave." Old Yang was leaning on a cane, his eyes always looking at Li Ming, smiling all the time. He seemed to be more hunched over, and his hair was gray.

Li Ming couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Yang, are you really not going to accept the mechanical transformation? After the transformation, it should be no problem to let you live another 100 or 200 years."

"That's enough, that's enough." Old Yang waved his hands repeatedly, very open-minded, "I have no regrets in my life, what's the point of living so long."

"Besides, after the mechanical transformation, am I still myself? I've gotten used to my old arms and legs. I appreciate the kindness."

Mr. Yang is very stubborn and extremely resistant to mechanical transformation. This is a deep-rooted old-fashioned idea.

Although they often chatted on the interstellar network, it was rare for them to meet in person. Li Ming still accompanied Mr. Yang and chatted for a long time.

It was not until dawn that Mr. Yang seemed a little drowsy, and Li Ming helped him to sleep.

When you go out the door, there is Changhai Repair Shop next to you, and there are iron railings on both sides.

Li Changhai's machinery repair shop has now become a famous tourist attraction, with many people coming here every day.

With a flash of his figure, Li Ming arrived on the second floor, where the room remained the same as before.

Li Ming's eyes were filled with regret. He lay on his bed, looking at the ceiling, as if he had returned to the time when he first came into this world.

Thinking about it now, it has a different flavor.

Two or three hours later, there were sounds coming from outside the window. It turned out that Yang Peng and Li Ning walked out shaking their heads, with ugly expressions and pale faces.

Yang Peng's face turned green, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "What kind of wine is that?"

"Good wine." Li Ming grinned. He opened his smart terminal and found a series of unread messages. His face became increasingly ugly and he left in a hurry.

Li Ning was fine. The first thing Su Xing did was to send a message to his wife, but he found out that he had already said it.

Although I couldn't remember it at all, I didn't care. I just reported it.

There were more and more people on the street. The two went back to the store to chat for a while, and Li Ning also left in a hurry. The people who were arrested yesterday still needed to be interrogated.

Li Ming watched him leave and glanced at the two mechanical bodies he had placed in the grocery store.

His face was gloomy and uncertain, and he suddenly disappeared here.

More than an hour later, deep in an abandoned mine somewhere on the Silver-Ash Star, a scarlet blood species was glowing faintly, surrounded by all kinds of mechanical bodies.

Ford and Robin moved aside, and Li Ming walked closer, observing the blood species carefully.

(End of this chapter)