This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 413: Ryan blocking the door begins
"I didn't offend them, did I?" Ulrich was puzzled. He checked the information and his angry expression gradually became strange: "Is it the civilization in the Federation? This batch of goods is only worth 20 million?"

"This is not an incident targeting us. According to my investigation, the Kaila Civilization is launching an anti-corruption investigation against the Machinists Association. We just ran into it." The assistant explained.

"An anti-corruption investigation against the Machinists' Association?" Ulrich was puzzled. The Machinists' Association has dominated many related industries of civilization for many years.

If we really want to investigate corruption, we can find out everything, but under normal circumstances, no one dares to investigate.

"Are the rumors true? Are the three major civilizations really going to take action against the Mechanics Association?" Ulrich pondered in his heart.

At this moment, the extremely long fleet of spaceships spreading out from the stargate node outside the Mechanical Royal Court seemed to be cut off from a certain moment, and no spaceships came out for a long time.

The star gate began to become extremely unstable and even expanded continuously, as if it was entering a loaded state.

The radars of all the spacecraft present began to buzz, detecting a sharp rise in energy fluctuations. The patrol fleet of the Mechanical King's Court has begun to assemble.

The next moment, a magnificent steel fortress slowly squeezed out from the star gate, wrapped in a misty energy shield. It was huge in size, far exceeding a conventional mothership and comparable to a small satellite.

The fleet assembled by the Mechanical King's Court was like ants in front of it.

Following closely behind were the standardized black warships, slender and sharp, with clear edges and corners. They swarmed out and gathered into long dragons, quickly forming dense and neat military formations in the air and occupying the star field.

"What the hell? Where the hell is this interstellar fortress? It almost burst the star gate..."

"This is the Empire's-Annousius, the interstellar heavy fortress, and the "Axe Blade" fleet."

"Why did the Empire's fleet suddenly arrive?"

In the wide-area channel, noisy signals were transmitted frantically. All transport ships stopped stiffly in place, not daring to move, for fear of being locked by this behemoth.

In full view of everyone, a figure flew out of the fortress. All the observation signals of the spacecraft were locked on the other party. Recognizing the other party's life form, his face turned pale in an instant and his throat rolled.

"Prince Rui...En!?"

They knew that this imperial prince seemed to have a grudge against Qinglong, and this time he definitely had ill intentions. With his large army approaching, he might blow the Mechanical Royal Court into pieces.

I became more and more frightened, fearing that I would be affected.

But soon, a voice came from the wide area channel, "This is the Empire - Axe Blade Battleship, please don't worry if you are not interested, just be patient."

Everyone present was confused, but finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, violent mental fluctuations swept out, covering a large area in front of them, and even gave some ordinary life forms splitting headaches, and they could feel the cruel sound in it -
"Qinglong, come out and see me!"

The alarms of the Mechanical Royal Court continued to sound. Ulrich stared at the figure on the screen with a grim expression.

"He really came. A prince of the empire actually tried to block the door, and he blocked Li Ming's door."

Then, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, Li Ming reminded us in advance."

Outside the porthole was an endless starry sky. They had long since left the Mechanical Royal Court and were currently traveling in the chaotic star gaps.

"The army is approaching." Monroe stood beside him, his face grim: "They are coming with ill intentions. With His Excellency Qinglong's appearance, there will definitely be a battle."

"This battle is meaningless." Ulrich frowned.

"If he doesn't show up, it means that His Excellency Qinglong is afraid." Monroe said helplessly, "Although the Mechanical Royal Court is Li Ming's business, it is still related to Qinglong."

"Can we win?" Ulrich was quite hesitant. They didn't know the limit of Qinglong, but the value of the Imperial Prince was very high.

Monroe sighed, "It's hard to say. Even if we win, it's useless. Ryan has the entire empire behind him. Whether we win or lose, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages."

"The trouble is that Ryan is blocking here, which is equivalent to setting up Lord Qinglong. We have to show our attitude. We can't let Li Ming come out to deal with it."

"Hmm..." Ulrich's eyes flickered, "Actually, there is a way to break the impasse."

"Oh?" Monroe couldn't help but look over: "What's the solution?"

"Blow up the Mechanical Royal Court." Ulrich said firmly, "Once the Royal Court is blown up, His Excellency Qinglong will have no reason to appear, and he can also frame the Empire."

"I have buried a 'Star Debris Annihilation Bomb' under the Royal Court. They didn't close the signal. Once I send a command, the Royal Court will be gone."

"When did you bury it? How come I didn't know?" Monroe's face changed slightly, and at the same time he warned: "Don't act on your own."

"Of course you don't know. I don't have to be responsible to you." Ulrich waved his hand and frowned, "Don't worry. Even if I use it, I will definitely get the consent of His Excellency Qinglong."

"Although Li Ming's business is nothing to Lord Qinglong, it is actually not small. I wonder how Lord Qinglong will deal with it."

……

In the Iron Throne Hall, the Corona Borealis Ring held a routine meeting, with less than ten people participating, including the Navigator and the Bloodfallen.

"Blackbeard is dealing with a few people, so there's no need to wait for him." The navigator said in a deep voice, "Everyone, tell me, what have you gained in the past ten days?"

After the words were spoken, mist began to float above the throne. No one spoke, and the atmosphere seemed unnatural.

"Falcon, you speak." Seeing that no one spoke, the navigator had to speak.

"We haven't found anything yet. We have investigated thoroughly and killed many members of the royal family of Itlan. They have already asked the empire for help." Falcon explained helplessly:
"The only ones who might know the truth are Xavier and his fiancée. We are still trying to figure this out. They are hiding very deeply, often changing their coordinates, and using the black hole network to communicate with the outside world."

"Still haven't found any clues..." The navigator's face looked extremely ugly, and he didn't take Qinglong's threat seriously at all at that time.

However, as time passed, reality slapped him hard in the face.

He really didn't find anything. He couldn't understand how the enemy's actions could be so secretive.

Suddenly someone spoke up, hesitantly and uncomfortably: "Is there a possibility that Prince Ryan has actually stopped his actions?"

The navigator paused slightly, and stopped the action?

Before he could say anything, someone immediately vetoed him: "If you do something that could make you an interstellar public enemy, and if you decide to stop the action, will you erase all traces?"

"Ryan kept those things called blood species. Could it be that he was deliberately preparing for someone to expose him?"

"But we have already investigated to this point. The Empire has already noticed us. If we continue to investigate, I am afraid that many people will reveal their identities."

Several people were arguing, and the navigator frowned. He felt that everything in front of him was a mess and nothing seemed right no matter how he thought about it.

"Go ask Qinglong." The Bleeding Man spoke, and the noisy voices suddenly quieted down.

The navigator was furious. No matter what happened, he couldn't find any clues.

Asking Qinglong was like admitting defeat, and he was one step behind the other party. He was unwilling to accept this. For such a big thing, whether it was still going on or had ended, there could be no clues.

"No..." The navigator said angrily, "I'll go there in person. I don't believe it. It won't work without him."

The Bloodfallen One frowned, the Navigator was already dominated by emotions.

"Blackbeard is coming."

Someone whispered that a throne was glowing faintly and condensing black mist. Before anyone else could speak, he hurriedly said:

"Everyone, something terrible has happened. Prince Ryan has arrived at the Mechanical King's Court with his army, intending to force the Azure Dragon to show himself."

As soon as the words fell, the Iron Throne Hall fell into silence. The one who reacted the most was the Bloodfallen. The mist on the throne kept surging, and his tone suddenly became several times higher, "When did this happen!"

"Just now, Ryan arrived no more than ten minutes ago." Blackbeard said in a hurried tone.

The navigator was puzzled. "Why would he suddenly block the door of the Mechanical King's Court? Isn't he afraid of being ambushed by the Azure Dragon?"

"Not sure." Blackbeard didn't understand. He was shocked when he heard the news and quickly went online to report.

"Wait..." The Blood-Falling One said in a deep voice, "If he dares to ambush, he must have something to rely on. What's going on over there in the Sea of ​​Stars?"

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Someone responded: "I don't know. Recently, our attention has been focused on the Corona Borealis ring. The Sea of ​​Stars should be proceeding step by step and has been eliminating the Empire's garrison bases."

“Not sure…” The Bloodfallen One frowned, vaguely feeling something was wrong, and quickly summoned a member.

Immediately afterwards, the throne closest to the navigator trembled, and a black mist gradually emerged.

"Guide, is there any movement around Ryan?" he asked hurriedly.

"Recently?" The guide hesitated, not quite understanding. "He has been blocking all news very tightly recently. It seems that he is carrying out some secret operations. It is difficult for me to communicate with my people remotely."

"But he had no time to worry about the garrison base and cleaned it up quickly." Each pioneer was responsible for a different level, and without large-scale information exchange, they hardly knew what others were doing.

"Contact your people immediately. Ryan is not in the Sea of ​​Stars now. He is blocking the door of the Mechanical King's Court. This is an opportunity."

"Blocking the door?" The guide seemed a little stunned and didn't know the news, but he reacted quickly and went offline directly.

"Did you guess something?" the navigator asked in confusion.

The Bloodfaller said nothing.

But soon, the guide came online again, with uncertainty in his tone, "I communicated with several psychic seeds, and I only know that Ryan has dispatched many of his trusted soldiers to various areas of the Sea of ​​Stars, seemingly to transport something."

"But what exactly it is is still under investigation."

"Actually..." The Bloodfallen One murmured to himself, "That's how it is..."

"What do you mean?" the navigator asked. There was a vague clue that was about to come out, but it was stuck.

The Bloodfallen One said with an indescribable helplessness: "We... seem to have misunderstood Azure Dragon. If I guess correctly, the actions of the Corona Borealis ring have stopped.

The navigator frowned, "Has the operation stopped?"

"Yes, Ryan chose the Corona Borealis ring as his target in an attempt to drag the Empire down with him. Perhaps he discovered Azure Dragon, or perhaps he discovered that we have noticed his actions." The Bloodfallen One's voice sounded powerless:
"So he stopped his actions in the Corona Borealis ring and moved to the Sea of ​​Stars. Although no one could clean up his mess in the Sea of ​​Stars, he became more reckless in his actions."

"Those soldiers are probably transporting something called blood species. I guess Qinglong may have guessed some information."

"But he thought Ryan would not give up, so he reminded us so that Ryan would be more careful. But in fact, Ryan had already withdrawn his hand and left. The remaining blood species were left to confuse our sight."

The navigator was speechless for a long time after hearing this, and the others also fell silent. There was an indescribable sense of ridiculousness.

Blackbeard was confused. The reason why he couldn't find any clues was because the action had stopped. They were fighting a battle of wits and courage with the void.

This…

"He...why didn't he explain it more clearly." The navigator was angry. Recalling his thoughts at that time, he thought Qinglong was challenging him. It was really embarrassing.

"It's already a preconceived idea. What's the point of him saying more? Besides, who among you would reveal his information channels to others?" Blackbeard couldn't help but speak, feeling somewhat dissatisfied.

So much time and energy was wasted, and the result was just a fight with the void, while Qinglong had no intention of fighting at all.

The others kept silent, feeling very dissatisfied. Not only did they waste so much time, they also lost a lot of manpower because the navigator misunderstood Qinglong.

The navigator was unhappy, but could not refute. He felt something was wrong. Qinglong did nothing, so why did his reputation rise?
He glanced at the Blood-Falling One vaguely. At that time, that was the first impression this guy gave him, saying that Qinglong wanted to put pressure on him.

The Bloodfaller was speechless and felt his cheeks burning. He said in a deep voice, "Let's put this matter aside for now. Ryan's actions were too abrupt. I'm afraid he has already achieved his goal in the Sea of ​​Stars."

"Guide, hurry up and check those small civilizations that have signed protective treaties with the Interstellar Alliance. I suspect they have massacred many planets."

"In addition, we need to discuss carefully the next steps and response methods."

……

"No need to blast, I have my own way."

Li Ming's heart skipped a beat. Looking at Ulrich on the screen with a respectful expression, he spoke calmly as Qinglong.

You are such a sneaky guy, Ulrich, you actually planted a bomb in the Mechanical Royal Court.

Li Ming was speechless. He had some impression of this incident. At that time, Ulrich had mentioned to him that some protective measures should be taken.

The Mechanical Royal Court has consumed a lot of his efforts. His family knows his own business, and he does not have a huge family business as outsiders imagine.

It's really just that little thing. We finally got it on the right track. If it explodes, we have to start all over again. It's not time to give up everything.

"I understand." Ulrich breathed a sigh of relief and ended the call.

Li Ming's eyes flickered and he pulled up a live broadcast screen.

Ryan's fleet has circled the entire Mechanical Royal Court, but has not taken any further action, and even allowed the transportation of goods to continue.

But in this situation, no one dared to transport goods.

"You're moving faster than I thought. You haven't already completed your evolution..." Li Ming stroked his chin, his face flickering, "The Corona Borealis ring has been suppressed, but the Sea of ​​Stars is your territory. Are you going all in?"

"The Ultimate Lifeform...?"

(End of this chapter)