This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 422: One trick to conquer the world
"Gift?" Costat was a little surprised and alert.

Qinglong was cheated by them, but he still prepared gifts. He wouldn't want to cheat them in return, right?

But one should not hit a smiling person. After hesitating for a moment, Costat nodded and said, "I'll wait here."

Li Ming smiled and nodded, ending the call.

Just as Li Ming said, just over ten minutes later, a spaceship docked with them.

A team of humanoid robots came up with a metal box. After three levels of inspection inside and outside, it took more than ten minutes before it was delivered to Costat.

"Your Highness, this is a gift from Lord Qinglong." The person who came to deliver the gift was Ford, who had just had plastic surgery. He was very polite and courteous, and even when facing Costat, a big shot he had never met before, he remained neither humble nor arrogant.

Costat frowned slightly, and his men had already handed him a smart terminal, which displayed various detection data and a three-dimensional model of the internal items.

"Is this a... small mecha?"

Kostat looked strange. Ford nodded, walked forward calmly, opened the metal box, and said with his hand: "Qinglong made - Xijinlan handmade mecha model."

When Costat took a look, he found that the mecha model was only one meter tall and was almost exactly the same as the one Qinglong was wearing. It had a blue-gold surface, an exquisite appearance, and well-processed details.

What does Qinglong mean?
Costat subconsciously speculated, mocking that the Holy Emperor was just an empty shell?

"The stuff has been delivered. I'm leaving first." Ford bowed and then led his men away.

After the other party left, Costat took the mecha model out of the small box and looked at the test data again: "It's just ordinary Xijin material. It doesn't emit any bands or spectra to the outside. The information state is also stable. It's not a locator?"

After looking at it for a long time, he suddenly clenched it, leaving a small dent on the metal arm. It seemed that there was indeed nothing wrong with it.

"Is it necessary?" Costat shook his head and asked someone to pack up the things. Since they were sure there were no problems, they would definitely take them back intact.

He looked up and saw from the porthole that the fleet of spaceships was almost endless. After hesitating for a moment, he gave an order: "Let the frigates clear a path."

"Yes!"

He needed to take away not only his own fleet, but also the warships brought by Ryan.

The combined size of the two is huge, especially the Anousius, which is a small interstellar fortress and is really troublesome to operate.

Moreover, they had to cut in line. Many spaceships were dissatisfied with the orders from the Empire, but they did not dare to say anything and all of them obediently made way.

It took nearly two or three hours for the Imperial fleet to completely enter the star gate.

In another inconspicuous little spaceship in the team, the navigator withdrew his gaze from the Imperial fleet flying past, with a gloomy expression.

The Pioneers suffered a crushing defeat this time. They wanted to use Ryan's incident to expand their victory, but the final result was completely different from what they imagined.

“Qinglong…” The Navigator was angry. This guy actually turned to cooperate with the Empire. There was no guarantee that the other party had not sold out the Pioneer.

As expected, we should not have been restrained by him in the first place. Now he has become too powerful to be controlled. No one knows Qinglong's background, let alone how much information he has leaked to the empire.

"I've planned this for many years, I can't let you ruin it." His eyes were cold, and he seemed to have made up his mind.

.........

The return flight would take a long time. After entering the star gate navigation state, Costat carried the metal box, walked through the corridor, and came to his room.

Before entering the room, he asked his assistant to look after the box in his hand.

"I guess this guy wants to contact Adam. He has high standards."

In the box, Li Ming, who had already possessed the mecha model, muttered to himself.

He used the old method of possessing a small vehicle and easily avoiding all detection equipment.

After entering the room, Costat activated various shielding measures and contacted his eldest brother.

"Holy Emperor..." He nodded at the screen, "We have entered the star gate and started our return journey."

"Yeah." Adam nodded. The entire battle process was broadcast live with real-time communication. He already knew most of the things and everything was as expected.

"Qinglong didn't have any attitude afterwards, right?" he asked.

"He seems a little dissatisfied, but he didn't do anything." Costat thought, looking at Adam with admiration in his eyes:

"This matter has both advantages and disadvantages for him. Besides, it is also an olive branch that we have taken the initiative to extend. I don't believe that the benefit that the pioneer has given him is greater than ours."

"After this incident, I'm afraid he will face a lot of criticism among the pioneers, and the day of his defection is just around the corner."

Adam said calmly: "I didn't turn against him for him."

"Isn't it to make him defect?" Costat paused, with many doubts in his mind, but he also realized that Adam was playing a big game, a big game, and he could only vaguely figure it out.

He would not ask about things Adam did not want to talk about. He just thought about it and then asked, "By the way, Qinglong gave you a gift?"

"Gift?" Adam, who looked calm, was obviously interested: "What gift?"

"It's a model mecha, and the materials used are very ordinary." Kostart said.

"?" The confusion in Adam's eyes flashed away, "Mocking me for being an empty shell?"

His first reaction was the same as Costat's, and he smiled nonchalantly, "Since you gave it to me, bring it back to me. It's good to have it as a decoration."

Neither of them paid much attention to it, but Adam restrained his expression and said, "One more thing, you should be careful on the way here?"

"Will there be an ambush?" Costat's face suddenly became serious.

"Qinglong's intelligence only talks about what Ryan did, but I don't believe Ryan has this special skill." Adam pondered, "This is the only uncertain variable. There is no guarantee that there will be no rescue."

Finally, Adam said solemnly: "We must ensure Ryan's safety. He is very valuable and has the potential to become the ultimate life form. Perhaps it is hidden in his body."

"I understand." Costat assured in a deep voice: "Whoever wants to touch Ryan must step over my dead body."

“No…” Adam shook his head, his expression softened. “If it’s really dangerous, it’s more important to save your life. There are new clues on the Eternal Silence Star, and we still need you to handle them.”

Costat's face was tense and he nodded heavily.

After the call ended, Costat looked at the dark screen with a frown on his face. After a long moment, he switched pages and gave an order in a deep voice: "Bring Ryan out and send me a small battleship."

……

After ending the communication, Adam slowly exhaled, looked at the huge star map in front of him, and stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to grasp everything in his hands.

"This is just the beginning..."

A faint sound was heard, and there seemed to be a blazing light in his eyes. The corners of his mouth trembled, as if he was about to smile, but then he restrained himself and finally returned to silence. …

In the lower cabin of the Golden Hunting Blade, several figures walked by stealthily. Wherever they passed, all the surveillance cameras turned away.

In front of an inconspicuous small transport ship, Prince Costat held Ryan with one hand while his men reported:
"It has been arranged. No one will know that you brought Ryan on board this small spaceship. We will return according to the established trajectory."

"Yeah." Costat nodded, "We can separate when we reach the next stargate node."

"Are you afraid of an ambush from someone, Qinglong?" Ryan was still sneering. He had already put on even more onerous restraints, like a set of heavy armor, with only his head exposed.

Costat ignored him and pushed him into the cabin. Ryan stumbled and hit the wall with a grim look on his face.

"Pablo, give me the box." Before entering the door, he looked at his men again and stretched out his hand.

The other party handed over the box containing Qinglong's gift. Since Adam asked him to take it back, he would naturally make sure it was safe. It would be safest for this thing to stay with him.

Enter the spacecraft, close the hatch, and start synchronized navigation. The Empire's fleet can even release small spacecraft in the stargate jump channel.

Everything is intelligently automated, and Costat doesn't have to worry about anything. There are only him and Ryan in the narrow cabin.

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Casually placing the box at his feet, Costat sat in front of Ryan, looking serious: "Ryan, who are you working with?"

"Why, you want to interrogate me?" Ryan, with messy hair, raised his head, resting the back of his head on the metal shell, and said nonchalantly: "You are not qualified, let Adam do it."

"You are no longer a prince, but just an ordinary citizen of the empire." Costat snorted coldly, his eyes flickered slightly, and he said in a bad tone:

"You definitely don't have this ability by yourself. Your condition seems to be very wrong. There should be side effects."

"I don't have this ability?" Ryan glanced at him, "Well, Costat, you have learned to irritate me."

"But don't forget that if you want to anger someone, the prerequisite is that the other person takes you seriously."

Costat's face was grim, and he said coldly: "Ryan, do you know that your actions have made the empire lose face!"

"It was you who revealed this." Ryan's eyes were grim.

"Do you think we're the only ones who know this?" Costat said in a deep voice, "Qinglong is only the first one to come to us. There must be a second and a third one. You have too many loopholes in your work!"

Ryan still seemed unconcerned, "Didn't Qinglong tell you who was working with me?"

Costat's tone softened, "Qinglong and we are just using each other. He wants to deal with you, and we can't get around it. You have already done it, so we can only resort to this last resort."

"He demanded that you be executed on the spot, but was sternly rejected by Saint Emperor Adam."

"Ryan, the empire is declining and there are many internal conflicts. You can't see that we are all royal family. Why can't we work together?"

"Work together?" Ryan's eyes suddenly focused, "I want to kill Qinglong, can you help me?"

Costat hesitated and said, "Not for now. He still has great use."

"But don't worry, once everything is settled, we will help you deal with everything." He said sincerely.

"Heh..." Li Ming heard it clearly in the box and was not surprised at all by what Costat said. These guys are ruthless and heartless.

However, he also captured a piece of information that the Empire seemed to have other ideas about him.

"interesting…"

Ryan stared at him, but suddenly sneered: "Sure enough, betrayal and no matter the cost is what our respected Holy Emperor is all about. Why didn't he talk about working together when he killed my mother and my wife?"

Costat's expression changed slightly. Ryan's head tilted back and hit the metal shell again with a bang. His tone was cold and silent:

"Don't think I don't know why you didn't kill me. You were just curious about why I became so powerful. You should have listened to Qinglong and killed me on the spot."

"Winners take losers. I don't have much to say. He did win this time, but you'd better pray that he keeps winning."

"Qinglong will regret cooperating with you one day."

Costat shook his head. After talking for a long time, he didn't get any useful information. This was within his expectations. At their level, it was impossible for them to be convinced by just a few words.

The cabin fell into silence, and a few hours later, they converted the stargate node.

An inconspicuous small spaceship in the Imperial fleet changed its direction and took another route.

……

In the silent starry sky, a few inconspicuous figures stood here, all covered in black robes, with their heads lowered, and their appearances varied.

"Huh?" A humanoid figure standing in the center of the field slowly raised his head, his face hideous and ugly. It was Levenbaker. Bloodshot flashed in his eyes, and he was quite surprised.

"We have separated from the main force. Costat is on guard against me."

"Unfortunately... it's useless."

Levenbaker stretched out his hand, and a figure standing on the left walked out, raised his palm and tore the space apart.

He will not give up on Ryan, the experimental subject. He has not yet figured out the balance mechanism between alchemical substances and the Terrax bloodline. Even if he finds another member of the royal family, he may not be able to reproduce Ryan's situation.

Although this guy is reckless and impulsive, and only has a little cleverness, his intelligence is indeed far beyond that of ordinary people.

As they were thinking, several figures disappeared into the crack.

……

"…According to the information left by the Hammer Godsmith, we have found a new space-time distortion area. Based on the parameter comparison, there is a 95% chance that it was created by the Star of Eternal Silence." He frowned.

"…The area is located near the Red River Basin in the deep dimensional world, the Red River Star Stream?"

In the driving seat, Prince Costat looked at the intelligence. This small spaceship did not have the ability to communicate in the stargate channel. These were the information he had previously received through the Golden Hunting Blade.

After returning, he will continue to take over this work without stopping and is familiarizing himself with it in advance.

"The Red River Star Stream runs through the main universe and the deep dimensional world. If the Star of Eternal Silence is really in there, we will be in big trouble..." He pondered and checked the information carefully.

However, a few hours later, the spacecraft suddenly sounded an alarm, "Warning, space parameters are disordered, and it is about to fall out of the stargate channel. Please prepare for collision!"

"warn…"

"Huh?" Costat's face changed slightly. He looked up and saw that the spatial energy that was originally restricted in the surroundings had become extremely violent.

(End of this chapter)