This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 451: The Unfathomable Depth of Azure Dragon

"It's okay... Thank you, sir." Li Ming steadied himself, took a long breath, and handed the gun to Barbaro. "The teacher said that the materials will arrive sooner or later, so you can get familiar with them first."

Babaroll paused, but did not refuse. He walked straight over and twisted it casually. Clang clang - the black gun body shrank inch by inch and became the length of a palm. He casually hung it around his waist.

"I won't disturb you two now that the things have been delivered. If you need anything, you can call Suzaku directly." Li Ming nodded and then left the room.

After Li Ming left, Barbaroer said unhappily, "Anduin, you can't be that serious, I just threw it casually, he will definitely be able to catch it, why do you have to go out of your way to help him?"

"It seemed like I was picking on a little guy."

Anduin glanced at him, his face more solemn than ever before. He popped up a symbol to cover the two of them, and then said in a deep voice: "Li Ming...is already an S-level life form."

Barbaro was stunned for a moment, and then horrified. Unstable energy burst out from him. Anduin was quick to hold him down and shouted, "What are you doing!?"

"S-class life form? Are you sure you're not seeing things?" Barbaro couldn't believe it, his voice was hoarse. This was far more shocking than having his arm wiped off just now.

"That's absolutely right. Although there is a special energy covering the surface of his body, I took the opportunity to test it." Anduin was also uneasy.

"But, is this possible?" Barbaro still couldn't believe it. "How old is his biological age?"

"Is it possible that all of this is real? Qinglong..." Anduin sat down slowly. "It's really frightening. The development potential of this Li Ming is definitely more than level 60."

Barbaro's mouth was dry, and he suddenly said, "This guy, will he become the ultimate life form?"

Anduin suddenly understood, his expression solemn, but he said: "It's not impossible."

"How can there be such a life form?" Baba sat down. He was really shocked this time.

"It's hard to say. It could be an experiment of Azure Dragon. It's unfathomable." Anduin speculated, and looked at Barbaro meaningfully:
"We are old acquaintances. I don't know who you are secretly contacting, but those people you contact may not be as powerful as Qinglong."

"Of course, I'm not just talking about strength. Think about it yourself. The future interstellar landscape will increasingly tend to be a group. Individual strength alone cannot support the whole."

Barbaro had a gloomy look on his face and remained silent.

.........

"【Shadow Skin】 deceived Barbaro, but did not deceive Anduin... Well, he also used some means to see my life level..." Li Ming looked at the control page.

He recently upgraded [Ghostly Human Skin] to S-level, greatly improving its concealment ability and effect.

Due to the special nature of this mimicry equipment, even if it is an X-level life form, its life level cannot be seen at a glance without special means or even contact observation.

For now, it's barely enough.

Li Ming thought about it and said, "Austin is quite a good friend. He didn't even tell his boss that I have become an S-level life form."

He deeply agreed with what Anduin said about sticking together. The Chaos Star Gap was quite special and could accommodate several Level X life forms. They were natural allies of each other.

"Well, if we're talking about banding together, the Mechanics Association is not bad either. I've gained a lot of benefits through their channels during this period..." Li Ming thought, "This is a huge force, but it's too difficult to keep it. Let's try to buy time first..."

After returning to the room, Li Ming finally had time to carefully study the object in his hand. The red fragment didn't look anything special.

There is no way to tell that it can actually unleash such terrifying energy, and the control conditions are as high as 20 billion.

Even for Li Ming now, it is an astronomical figure.

And this thing is just one piece. It is useless to control this piece alone, and the other two pieces must be combined.

The total is just 60 billion metal energies. Just thinking about this number, Li Ming was secretly shocked.

If you look closely, you will find that the edges are jagged and irregular, with sharp protrusions and depressions interlaced with each other.

It was broken off from some solid object by brute force.

Every broken part seemed so rough that when Li Ming rubbed it, he could vaguely feel the powerful and irresistible external force at that time.

He recalled the scene he saw in that short period of time. Through the only piece of information, he could roughly guess that this should be the key item created by the so-called Time Zero Clan at the last moment.

"…Yongyuan will not let us go…"

He frowned slightly. Yongyuan was not a force or a life form, so why wouldn't he let them go? Could it be that this group of people was referring to the Yuan clan?

Li Ming subconsciously speculated that depending on what he needed to control, it must be at least a top-notch item at the level of the ultimate life form.

As he thought about it, his face darkened again, and he couldn't help but have the urge to curse, "...only female life forms can inherit, really..."

It is estimated that if one can inherit it, one will be able to obtain the special ability similar to reincarnation of the Virgin Mary Church.

Although it didn't have much effect on him, he was really unhappy after being bombed.

“But this thing only has the ability to explode.” Li Ming shook his head. The Holy Mother Church’s characteristic of only absorbing female life forms was probably due to this.

And because it only absorbs female life forms, its development path has shifted to this strange form, with every sip and every peck determined by its own purpose.

"As for this trinity, could it be similar to a fusion?" Li Ming guessed.

In this interstellar age, we have stopped at level X life forms and are exploring the path to evolve into the ultimate life forms.

But the known Terrax civilization has the existence of ultimate life forms.

The ultimate life form is not completely unknown.

And the ultimate life forms may also be exploring the path of evolution.

"...a civilization dominated by female life forms..." Li Ming looked through the interstellar network and the black hole network, searching for the Zero Clan and the Trinity keywords.

As expected, nothing was found, basically just some useless waste information.

He scanned through all the information about the Virgin Mary Church again. He had basically read it all. No one knew the exact time of its appearance. The first time it officially appeared in the public eye was nearly 20,000 years ago.

It is considered a relatively ancient force in the interstellar space. The span of its existence is almost comparable only to civilizations, and it has risen and fallen several times.

Li Ming tried to magnify it with an optical microscope. The surface structure was extremely smooth. No matter how many times it was magnified, no structure could be seen.

Even from a microscopic level, it is still smooth and does not respond to any energy. It is also incredibly strong and cannot be blocked by the tank guards.

"I can only put it aside for the time being." Li Ming couldn't figure it out, so he simply put it away.

The introverted nature of this thing is extremely well made. If you throw it away, it becomes an inconspicuous piece of iron. It can even be stored in a folded space with almost no change to the properties of the space.

"This universe... I wonder how many secrets are hidden..." Li Ming muttered in his heart. It was really too scary that such a powerful civilization disappeared without a trace.

Anduin and Barbaroer stayed here temporarily, but both of them were very sensible and just stayed in their own rooms, rarely going out.

A few days later, a high-standard giant shield escort fleet flew out of the star gate and contacted the Mechanical King's Court immediately.

The metal materials transported by Barbaro have arrived. At the handover site in the Royal Court Starport No. 16, the area has been temporarily cleared and the mechanical guards are guarding every place.

A specially made anti-gravity transport box was hoisted down. Barbaro stood beside it, watching with a blank expression on his face, but his heart was bleeding.

This time I really suffered a huge loss.

Although this preparation was made, it was originally believed that the worst case scenario would be to use these materials to customize weapons.

At most, we have to pay some extra labor costs, but now we have lost both the wife and the army. If we take Ryan's weapons, who knows when the Empire will come to our door.

"Mr. Barbaro, please sign." The transport manager abided by the rules and took over the order. The sender was Barbaro and the recipient was also him.

The Giant Shield Company should not be underestimated. It is considered the largest cross-civilization transportation company. The person standing behind it is none other than Axel, one of the ten defenders of the Higher Union.

Barbaro signed, the other party nodded respectfully, and then they packed up and left.

"It's a pleasure to work with you." Li Ming, who had already changed into the Qinglong vest, stretched out his hand. Barbaroel forced a smile and shook hands with the metal hand.

"Sir Qinglong, we won't bother you anymore and will leave first." Anduin said beside him. They had nothing to do here and they couldn't even see Qinglong.

"When you two come next time, remember to say hello."

A strange hollow sound echoed from the mecha, and it was impossible to tell the tone of the words, nor whether it was sarcastic or mocking.

Anduin smiled and nodded, "That's for sure."

The Mechanical Royal Court randomly assigned them two spaceships.

The two guys didn't go all the way back. After watching them connect to the star gate orbit, Li Ming led his men back.

On the way, Ulrich had already finished counting the materials and came to report: "Sir, the total value of this batch of materials is estimated to be no less than 80 billion..."

At this point, his expression couldn't help but look strange. Barbaro took Ryan's weapon, which was clearly a huge loss.

There was only one possibility he could think of, and that was to make amends.

It seems that in the confrontation with Lord Qinglong, not only was he at a disadvantage, but the gap was quite large.

"Got it. Let's send it directly to the warehouse inside the base." Li Ming nodded.

.........

At the same time, Barbaro, who was hiding in the spaceship, had a grim expression on his face. He stared at the [Gun of Annihilation] in his hand, gritted his teeth, and then sighed.

After hesitating for a moment, he took out a metal disc from the ring and threw it casually on the operating table. Metal wires spread out from it and then stretched into the gap of the operating table.

A moment later, the lights on the entire spacecraft flashed, and a mechanical voice echoed out - "The highest authority has been obtained."

After hearing this, he opened his smart terminal, found a contact without a note, and dialed the number.

The call was connected without waiting too long. The other party's voice was hoarse, "What's going on? Didn't you arrive at the Mechanical King's Court a long time ago? Why are you leaving now?"

"Something unexpected happened." Barbaro said in a muffled voice.

"You lost to Azure Dragon?" The other party was keenly aware of Barbaro's depressed mood, but was not surprised. "It seems that Azure Dragon is indeed not to be underestimated. Describe the specific process of the battle to me."

"..."

"Barbarol?" the other party called out. Barbaro said in a dry voice and hesitated, "No..."

"No fight?" The other party's voice suddenly rose, and he was doubtful. "Then what have you been doing in the Mechanical King's Court for such a long time?"

"I..." Barbaro hesitated and said helplessly: "This matter is hard to describe."

"Then tell me slowly, I have plenty of time." The other party also realized that something was wrong and became much more serious.

"It's like this..." Barbaro sighed and recounted what he saw that day.

"…Space-time Isolation Matrix?" The other party interrupted suddenly, speaking in a hurried voice, "Are you sure it's the Space-time Isolation Matrix?"

"That's what Anduin said. I can't see it." Barbaro shook his head.

The other party said in a low voice: "The space-time matrix is ​​blocked. How could he do this?"

Barbaro had already heard Anduin sigh once, so he simply continued: "Then, I put my arm in..."

"…When your arm was annihilated, you didn't feel anything?" The other party heard halfway and became more and more suspicious. "With your life level, the self-reaction of your body cells, don't you have any warning?"

"Haven't I made myself clear enough?" Barbaroel said with some dissatisfaction.

To repeat it again would be like opening up his scars, and he would not have repeated it if he had not promised the other party.

The other party was silent for a while before saying: "...Go on..."

Barbaro said coldly: "...Later, Anduin used some method to pry open a gap, and we can see that the Azure Dragon is inside..."

After he finished speaking, the other party's murmured voice came from the virtual screen: "Qinglong can withstand such energy intensity without any damage..."

Barbaroer said helplessly: "I was also surprised at the time, so there was no need to fight."

The other party was silent for a while before he said, "So, you just went there to watch the fireworks? You didn't find out anything about Qinglong's methods?"

Barbaro was unhappy, and suppressed his anger and said, "You can say that."

"You..." The other party seemed to want to say something, but then stopped and said in a deep voice: "Then do you know what kind of experiment Qinglong is conducting to burst out such a terrifying energy intensity."

"I don't know." Barbaro said simply.

"Then what do you know?" A dissatisfied voice came, as if igniting the anger in Barbaro's heart, "I know you hide behind like a rat."

The voice on the screen said indifferently, "Don't forget, I have already paid you, but this is all you can give me."

Barbaro paused, and said in a deep voice: "There is one more thing."

"What's the matter?" The other party waited attentively.

Li Ming's figure flashed before his eyes. Just as Barbaro was about to speak, the words Anduin said a few days ago rang in his ears again.

"…The person behind this may not be as powerful as Qinglong…"

With a gloomy look, Barbaroer changed the subject, "…Ryan's gun is in my hands. You have to make sure the Empire doesn't cause me any trouble."

Snap—a gap appeared on the virtual screen page, and the other party ended the communication.

(End of this chapter)