This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 446 Red River Disaster
As an imperial prince, Costat has a wide range of knowledge, but he is a little confused now.

Who is the master of this dimensional world? Who is the forbidden creature in the deep dimensional world?
Now you tell me that you don’t even know how the other party came.

Costat was in a bad mood. Many of the scientific researchers in this laboratory were transferred from the Imperial Academy of Sciences.

Taros, who was suspected to be the Azure Dragon, didn't kill anyone, but ended up killing half of Chlonoa directly, causing heavy losses.

The more crucial point is that Talos can come and go freely, so their interstellar fortress cannot stay here.

Otherwise, who knows, the other party may come back one day and see through their underwear.

But this is a deep dimension, its structure is completely different from the shallow one, and what is adjacent and connected to it is no longer a honeycomb-like dimensional world, but a void dimension.

There are many strange void creatures wandering around, and if you are not careful, you may even fall into the eternal abyss.

While Costat was still thinking, Klonoa said bluntly, "You must find Talos as soon as possible and destroy it, otherwise I will never help you enter the inner ring of the Red River Star Stream."

Costat could sense the uneasiness and even fear in the other person's tone, and his thoughts raced like lightning.

If Talos showed this kind of strength, even they would not be able to defeat him, let alone kill him.

"Can you tell us what level of strength Taros is at?" Costat asked tentatively.

In the past, Chronoa never mentioned this question, and was even unwilling to reveal more details, but this time, after hesitating for a moment, he still spoke: "It should have just become an x-level life form."

"Just became an X-level life form?" Costat was slightly stunned. "But his performance just now..."

"That's a special case..." Klonoa's shadow glanced at him, "In the main universe, his strength level is not strong, but it is still within the scope of what you can handle..."

Costat heaved a sigh of relief. It should be that only in this dimensional world could Talos show such a special performance.

This matter is not difficult to guess, but Chlonoa is unwilling to explain it too clearly. It is obvious that he is afraid that they will cooperate with Taros and then seize control of the dimensional world.

After confirming that Talos was not as powerful as he had imagined, Costat's emotions finally calmed down a little.

He thought to himself that this matter should be reported to the Holy Emperor as soon as possible.

At this moment, Klonoa suddenly shouted again, and the condensed shadow collapsed, "How could this happen?"

The tone was full of doubt and surprise, and Costat suddenly woke up. His heart tightened, and he didn't know what had happened next.

However, after walking out of the interstellar fortress, no clues were found.

.........

"It's still possible..."

In the room, Li Ming stretched out his hand, and strands of golden energy particles gathered and condensed into various forms in his hand, and then dispersed.

He did whatever he wanted, as if he had discovered a new toy.

"Drawing the power of the dimensional world for my own use..." Li Ming pondered, and golden energy gradually covered his entire body, forming a substantial armor.

With a thought, the tank guard attached itself, and golden energy also swirled around.

As he stretched out his hand, infinite heavy hammers appeared, surrounded by golden particles, even filling the cracks.

"The intensity of this energy is not low..." Li Ming estimated that the Realm of Eternity should be one of the strongest in the known dimensional world.

This energy intensity alone would allow him to possess X-level combat power.

[Heart of Talos] seemed to have built an invisible energy pathway that could be drawn upon at any time, and Chronoa probably couldn't even figure out the direction of the energy flow, as if it had disappeared out of thin air.

"This energy characteristic..." Li Ming walked into his own small laboratory, placed this energy under the energy spectrum, observed it carefully, and used a variety of detection facilities.

"It can indeed be used as an energy source..." His eyes flickered.

There are many types of energy in the interstellar space, and not all of them can be used as energy. The most important characteristic is that it must be stable and balanced enough.

If you get a little bit of stimulation, you become overactive. That's not energy, that's a bomb.

"I can be considered to be carrying a large battery with me at all times. I can make use of it in the future. The energy supply of that doomsday star is almost out of stock." Li Ming muttered, "For now, it can be considered to have added a new means of attack, and it is quite powerful."

However, the efficiency of energy absorption is limited, and it can only be used when the [Transplant] ability is activated.

If it is upgraded again, it should be able to reach the same level as being in a dimensional world, with nearly inexhaustible energy.

“As for the Eternal Realm…” Li Ming’s eyes flickered. After the upgrade of [Heart of Talos], it can now descend at any time and anywhere.

But it is not that easy to obtain complete ownership.

"According to the Holy Castle Supervisor, the World Blood can only be extracted from dimensional creatures of this level. If I find a way, he won't be able to resist."

Seizing control is secondary. Once the Heart of Talos is upgraded again, control will naturally fall into his hands.

But the blood of the world is the material he urgently needs. With such a lamb to be slaughtered, he is sharpening his knife.

He lowered his head and pondered: "There shouldn't be many people who have this kind of technology. I guess we can only find a way from the three major civilizations."

Just when he set his sights on the three major civilizations, Costat had already reported the news to Adam.

"...This is an unexpected event..." Adam frowned slightly on the screen in front of him, "Klonoa couldn't stop Talos from mobilizing the dimensional world. Logically, this situation shouldn't happen."

"Not only can he not stop it, he has no idea what's going on." Costat couldn't help but add, "I think he's very scared. I don't know what means Talos used."

"If Talos is really the Azure Dragon, he may have more secrets than we can imagine."

At this point, Costat couldn't help but look at Adam with a little hesitation, "Should we prepare a plan to deal with Qinglong? If we don't catch Talos, Chronoa will not let go."

There was an implicit warning in his words, he always felt that Adam was raising a tiger to harm himself and almost ignored the threat of Qinglong.

"No..." Adam shook his head indifferently, "It's not time yet. As for Chronoa, tell him that if he doesn't continue to help us, we will cooperate with Talos."

"Help us find the Star of Eternal Silence. He will be our friend forever."

Threat... Costat was not surprised, because Chronoa showed his fearful side in front of them. If they didn't take advantage of this weakness, they would not be called an empire.

After the call ended, Adam's brows relaxed and his eyes flickered: "Taros, Qinglong... has finally become a powerful enemy of the Empire. I wonder how many more surprises you can give me."

"But, we do need to be on guard..."

In the silent and empty room, no one knew what the apparent leader of the empire was thinking about.

.........

"Buzz--" A dull and strong sound was heard, and a ball of dazzling purple light suddenly exploded, instantly illuminating the surrounding space like daylight.

Powerful energy waves overflowed, and electric arcs shuttled and twisted in it like crazy pythons, forming a horrifying arc storm.

A ten-meter-tall khaki-colored metal mechanical body slowly emerged. The metal shell flashed a cold light, and its lines were hard and sharp. It held a huge metal shield, like a wall.

"Not bad, another A-class mechanical body." Li Ming nodded with satisfaction, but then felt a little regretful.

This time, a thousand B-class mechanical bodies were mixed in, but no S-class mechanical bodies evolved.

A total of three A-level mechanical bodies evolved this time, two of which were evolved from B-level mechanical bodies.

However, the cost of producing a B-class mechanical body was too high. Since he was "kidnapped", he had only managed to accumulate a thousand of them over the period of time.

After leaving the house, Ulrich gave his daily report, "The dividend from Trevor has arrived. 50 billion has been used to purchase all the relevant metal materials. It is on the way."

"However, due to the recent turmoil in the Machinists' Association, his business has been more or less hampered."

"We have already occupied one-third of the Chaos Galaxy's arms market. We estimate that in two years, we should be able to completely take over the market."

There is no orderly civilization on this side of the chaotic star gap, but their business is still developing rapidly.

More than half a month has passed since the first routine meeting of higher life forms.

It even ushered in a small peak in growth. Ordinary life forms did not pay attention to it, but some evolved forms saw it clearly and orders surged again.

"Well, remember to leave some meat for those little mechanics." Li Ming reminded.

"Don't worry." Ulrich nodded and followed Li Ming, chatting as they walked.

He had already assigned the task of deploying the mechanical body to his assistant.

Currently, the business of the Mechanical Royal Court is mainly the manufacture and sale of arms and weapons. Ever since Qinglong openly supported it, it has entered a honeymoon period with the Mechanics Association.

Ulrich started to dig deep. It turned out that the Mechanical Court was both a manufacturer and a retailer. It cooperated with Anduin's company and opened branches in various transit nodes.

Initial results have been achieved, in which not only can you purchase various weapons.

There is also a mechanical hiring business that is unique to the Mechanical Royal Court. You only need to pay a deposit and a low-cost hiring fee to get a reliable mechanical companion.

[Never betray, solid and reliable, loyal until death! ]

This is the slogan of the Mechanical King's Court, and they have offered a sky-high reward of up to 10 billion star coins, claiming that anyone who can crack and control the Mechanical King's Court's mechanical body will be given money.

The advertising value of this stunt is unparalleled.

It has already occupied a place in many low-level mercenary teams, especially for some lone wolves, it is simply perfect.

At the same time, a large amount of information and intelligence is continuously compiled.

Another part of the business is the exploration of the dimensional world, which is a money-burning business, but Li Ming did not cancel it. He has always occupied a considerable share and even added a considerable number of manpower to continuously expand the known maps.

The profits are not bad. A large number of resource-based dimensional worlds have been discovered. These are the foundation for the future and are currently being developed.

There are even several S-level dimensional worlds, and he has accumulated another portion of the [Super Divine Power] in his hands.

All in all, the overall situation is stable and improving.

Only after walking all the way back to Li Ming's room did Ulrich reluctantly finish his report.

It had been a month since he last saw Li Ming. In order to demonstrate his loyalty, this kind of face-to-face reporting was essential, but it always felt a little lacking through the screen.

"When Trevor's metal materials arrive, it is estimated that there will be about 1.2 to 1.3 billion metal energies. Although there is no World Blood, it is just enough to upgrade the Mechanical Guards."

Li Ming glanced at the control system. After the last upgrade of [Heart of Talos], there were only 200 million left, but now it has jumped to 600 million.

He would take a portion of the Mechanical King's profits every month and use it to purchase metal materials, in an endless cycle.

At present, the Mechanical Royal Court can provide him with 300 to 400 million metal energies every month without interfering with its own operations.

Of course, he also consumed some of it during this period. Not only did he make some small supplementary items, he also upgraded several S-level control objects.

"It's so comfortable to count money while lying down..." Li Ming sighed in his heart as he scanned several smart terminals daily.

Suddenly I discovered that there was new information in the Black Hole Network, from Blackbeard.

Ever since he led the pioneers' attention to the Star of Eternal Silence, they have been making steady progress.

But the deep dimensional world is not so easy to go to. It was not until some time ago that the bridgehead was completely opened up and the exploration officially began.

Blackbeard would report to him individually every once in a while, acting like a confidant.

After the call was connected, Blackbeard's face appeared, looking quite tired and even with some scars.

"Your Excellency Qinglong." Blackbeard spoke.

"Yeah." Li Ming responded, then he said: "Why, are you hurt?"

"We discovered some unexpected situations." Blackbeard scratched his face.

"Oh? Have you found clues about the Star of Eternal Silence?" Li Ming asked knowingly.

"No, no..." Blackbeard was a little embarrassed and explained hurriedly: "We just approached the Red River undercurrent and found that the situation here is a bit special."

Li Ming was silent, and Blackbeard continued: "The Red River Star Stream runs through the main universe and the dimensional world. The part in the dimensional world is called the Red River Undercurrent, which is composed of the debris of the dimensional world."

"Under normal circumstances, it should always be in a stable state, but for some reason the current flow rate of space and time is far beyond the normal state. I just asked around and it seems that something special has happened to the Red River Star Stream, with many violent currents."

"I guess there will be another Red River disaster."

Li Ming remained silent. To be honest, he didn't know much about the Red River Star Stream.

But we know a thing or two about the so-called "Red River Disaster."

At present, the most widely recognized model of the existence of the Red River Stream in the interstellar space is a spindle with a narrow center and wide ends. What they touched was considered one end of the spindle.

The other end is connected deeply to the Eternal Abyss, and all kinds of strange and bizarre things flow back and forth between this spindle.

This theory holds that many ruins of civilizations should have come from the Eternal Abyss, which is like a large garbage dump that stores a large amount of the remains of civilizations in the universe.

But the cycle time for both is extremely long, perhaps measured in tens of thousands of years.

(End of this chapter)