This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 465 Is that enough?
"Red River Disaster..." Florian murmured in a low voice, and then said: "Li Ming, when we arrive at Red River Star City, we should leave."

"Oh oh..." Li Ming nodded, the tank guard attached, Qinglong came online, switched smoothly, and said: "Sir Florian, don't forget our deal."

"Don't worry." Florian said in a deep voice: "Someone in the Holy Revolutionary Army will ensure that the transaction is completed."

Li Ming caught the firmness in the other party's tone and asked tentatively, "Your Excellency seems to be worried about this journey."

"Accidents always happen. Is Lord Qinglong confident enough?" Florian asked back.

Li Ming was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Indeed."

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and the Red River Star City was right in front of us.

From a distance, it looked like a giant black inverted mountain floating among the stars, an energy barrier so thick that it even formed a real reflection.

This is the Red River Star City, the largest outer gathering place of the Red River Star Stream. A large number of explorers who intend to discover the remains or ruins of civilization in the Red River Star Stream and soar to the sky will choose to rest here.

Belongs to the fortress - Ares. This X-level life form has been operating here for many years.

As we got closer, the inverted mountain became larger and larger until it turned into a black mountain range with no end in sight on either side.

The star ports here surround the entire star city, with a total number of over ten thousand.

There is no identity verification to access the management system here. You can log in after paying a certain fee through the black hole network.

After getting off the spaceship, Florian and Clyde immersed themselves in the torrent of passing life forms and soon disappeared.

Watching the two people leave, Li Ming shook his head and followed them into the crowd heading towards the meeting place.

The largest hotel in Star City occupies the most central location. It takes several hours to arrive by high-speed aircraft.

.........

The room was richly decorated and had a high ceiling, obviously designed to accommodate life forms of different races.

boom! boom! boom!
Reynolds' face was not looking good. He paced back and forth in the room. Every time his burly body fell, there was a dull impact sound.

He said in a deep voice: "These bastards are going too far and are even asking us to provide them with information about our explorations over the years. Do they really think we are easy targets?"

"Stop shaking..." Mikhail sat on the sofa and shook his head. "It's just what others said casually. It's up to us whether we hand it in or not. Is it worth getting so angry?"

"You're good at comforting yourself." Reynolds glanced at him.

Mikhail said indifferently: "If you are unhappy, you can fight with them."

"Don't worry, if I want to fight, I will definitely drag you along." Reynolds said like a rogue, sitting down next to Mikhail, pressing the sofa down so hard that it sank.

Mikhail frowned, and Reynolds couldn't help rubbing his hands. "This time I can finally get a glimpse of Qinglong's background. I wonder if he has some new and interesting items in his hands."

"Didn't you hear him say that he planned to let Li Ming take the lead?" Mikhail said lightly.

"It was just a casual remark, but you took it seriously." Reynolds still didn't believe that Qinglong would let Li Ming take the risk. "With Li Ming's strength and development potential, is it necessary to take such a risk?"

"Besides, if he doesn't come in person and arrives at the storm zone, all communications will be disrupted, and it will be useless even if he uses a carrier."

Mikhail shook his head, too lazy to say more to this reckless man, but his chattering beside him was really annoying.

boom!
The door was pushed open, and an expressionless being walked in. He had a thin face, sunken eyes, and a gloomy aura. He opened his mouth and asked, "Qinglong hasn't come yet?"

Reynolds sneered, his pupils lighted up, "You're urging me again, as if I'm urging you to die. I'll tell you when Qinglong comes."

"Where is Qinglong?" the other party asked with a frown.

"I don't know, ask him yourself." Reynolds said nonchalantly.

"According to the agreed time, he is already late. We have waited too long." The other party said in a deep voice.

Reynolds said casually, "Gonzalez, originally we were exploring separately, so it made sense for us to set off early, but now that we have decided to explore together, we can set off when Qinglong comes. Just wait."

"If you are really capable, go explore on your own and don't have to wait for us."

Gonzalez looked grim and snorted coldly.

Half an hour later, Reynolds, who had been muttering and cursing, suddenly stopped. Mikhail, who had his eyes closed, and Gonzalez, who had a frown on his face, turned their heads at the same time and looked at the closed door.

The next moment, the door opened automatically, and Li Ming, who had just stood still, appeared in front of the three people.

Both of them came in their true form, and there was another person, Gonzalez? A member of the Star Alliance.

Li Ming was not surprised. On the way here, the two master craftsmen had already communicated with them. Originally, they were competing with the three major civilizations and exploring on their own.

But the three major civilizations were very smart. They realized that they had many development experiences. When the time came, they demanded joint exploration or the provision of previous information and materials, which was definitely rogue behavior.

Li Ming looked at the three people in the room and walked in naturally, but suddenly felt an imperceptible fluctuation in space. He turned his head to look, space displacement?

This room is not actually in the Star City, but is connected to a farther space through space displacement, and there is a starry sky outside the window.

Thinking in his heart, he nodded and said: "Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Mikhail, Mr. Gonzalez..."

Both of these master craftsmen underwent full-body mechanization transformation, leaving only their brain matter and retaining their thoughts.

Although they can already upload their own consciousness, this kind of consciousness is too unreliable. Whether it is themselves or not has not yet been determined in the interstellar space. It is a last resort.

boom!
The door closed silently, and Reynolds' body appeared in front of Li Ming. He looked around with a stunned look, "You came here alone. Where is your teacher? He is really bold."

Mikhail looked over, and Gonzalez looked at him implicitly.

"My teacher, wait a minute..." Li Ming nodded, with the tank guard attached, the aura suddenly became different.

"Qinglong?" Reynolds looked at the tank guard suspiciously, "No signal fluctuations were detected, Li Ming, don't pretend to be your teacher."

Li Ming: “…”

Gonzalez said in an inexplicable tone: "Qinglong, what do you mean by this? I have waited for you for so long, but you let the students take the lead?"

Li Ming said indifferently: "It should have nothing to do with you, right?"

"I'm just speaking up for the two master craftsmen." Gonzalez shook his head and said calmly, "They each prepared 450 million combat bodies of various models and two X-class mechanical bodies. How many did Lord Qinglong prepare?"

These guys are so powerful that Li Ming couldn't help but be amazed.

The gap in life levels makes it difficult to produce qualitative changes through quantitative changes, especially after level A life forms, it is almost impossible to win by quantity.

But the advantage of mechanical bodies is that they can barely achieve the effect of quantitative change leading to qualitative change by increasing power, thus posing a threat to higher life forms.

Mikhail looked at them expressionlessly. There was no sign of mechanization on his appearance, only his pupils were shining. Gonzalez continued, "In other words, even if you reach the storm zone, you are still prepared to remotely control the mecha to fight?"

Reynolds was stunned and frowned, "Qinglong just asked Li Ming to come first, he didn't say he couldn't come, Gonzalez, you talk too much."

However, the response from Qinglong surprised Reynolds.

"No...I'm really not going." Li Ming shook his head.

"You're not coming!?" Reynolds' voice suddenly rose several degrees.

"That's not the case. Mikhail is so afraid of death that he's here." Reynolds was puzzled, ignoring Mikhail's ugly face: "Besides, in the storm zone, how can you remotely control the mecha to fight? You're just a sitting duck."

"I have another matter to deal with." Li Ming said indifferently.

"What's so important?" Gonzalez said with a half-smile, "If you really don't want to come, you should have told the two master craftsmen in advance. Or do you want to hide behind and use the two master craftsmen as cannon fodder, and then reap the benefits?"

Hearing these obviously divisive words, Mikhail, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up and said in a deep voice:
"Gonzalez, whether Qinglong comes or not, this is an internal matter of our Machinists Association. You talk too much."

"No, no..." Reynolds couldn't help but said, "Since you don't want to come, why did you send Li Ming here?"

Gonzalez's face paused slightly. This was indeed unreasonable. Li Ming was not an ordinary life form and had great potential.

"To reassure you two, to prove that I didn't mean to not come, and I don't have any other thoughts." Li Ming said calmly.

Mikhail had a subtle look on his face. Although he reprimanded Gonzalez, he was indeed wondering in his heart what Qinglong meant.

Gonza sneered: "With only Li Ming and the mecha he is wearing, if something unexpected happens, he may not even have the chance to put on the mecha. Do we have to protect him?"

"Also, even if you can't come in person, can't you send a mechanical body?"

"Who said no mechanical bodies were sent?"

As soon as he finished speaking, four figures walked out silently from the tank guard's body. They were the Four Heavenly Kings who had been upgraded to the level of S-class mechanical bodies. They stood behind Li Ming in turn.

"Four X-class mechanical bodies, plus this mecha."

"X-class mechanical body?" Reynolds looked surprised. He walked over and frowned, saying, "The energy engine is average, and the weapons and equipment are also terrible..."

Boom!Boom!Boom!
He knocked, and the sound was dull and ordinary, but ripples appeared at the point where it landed. Reynolds nodded involuntarily, "But the defense level has indeed been reached, which is very strange..."

boom!
In an instant, a blue light flashed, and King Zhentian took action in an instant.

boom!
Reynolds raised his hand to block it, his skin collided with the metal dagger, emitting a dazzling light and energy ripples bursting out.

In just a moment, the room they were in exploded into a fireball.

Then Reynolds flew backwards with a stunned look on his face, and flew back after a while.

A large area of ​​skin on the arm was torn off, revealing the slightly concave metal shell underneath.

"What a strong attack power." He was quite surprised, looking up and down at King Zhentian, and exclaimed: "Old Dragon, Old Dragon, you are really amazing. You can attack four X-level life forms in one move. It took me so many years to create them..."

At the end he paused and changed the subject, "However, your mechanical body seems quite strange. It feels like all the other items on your body are just decorations."

"It's too inert to be suitable for energy weapons. It's only used occasionally." Li Ming made up an excuse.

"I see..." Reynolds seemed to be suddenly enlightened.

"Is that enough?" Li Ming looked at Gonzalez.

Mikhail was secretly surprised. There were four X-level mechanical bodies in total. The Azure Dragon should not be underestimated.

Gonzalez's expression changed, but he soon returned to calm: "Whether it is enough or not is not up to me to decide..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gonzalez's pupils suddenly contracted, and he felt a terrifying breath rushing towards him, and lightning exploded.

The four mechanical bodies in front of him, plus a mecha, suddenly merged into one, becoming an extremely tall and sturdy mechanical body, and it even raised its hand.

The starry sky seemed to explode, and the void was filled with cracks.

A purple light came towards him, and it was a hammer-shaped weapon that fell towards him.

Gonzalez had never expected that the other party's attack would be so sudden. His heart skipped a beat and he felt a chill all over his body. A powerful flow of energy surged out of the surface of his body in an attempt to defend himself.

However, the hammer did not actually fall. The terrifying force oppressed the accumulated space, and the particle energy flow expanded like a diversion river and stopped above Gonzalez's head.

Gonzalez looked grim, but Li Ming still had only three words: "Is that enough?"

Reynolds and Mikhail were amazed at the combination of mechanical bodies in combat. Qinglong had demonstrated this type of combat method before and he had mastered it to perfection.

Gonzalez looked gloomy and angry, but he did feel threatened by the hammer.

The two people beside him obviously couldn't help him. They were just watching the show. He could only reluctantly say, "Enough...enough."

"That's enough." Li Ming's tone remained calm. After the Zun Wang disintegrated, the Four Heavenly Kings entered Li Ming's body and disappeared.

Gonzalez stared at Tanwei, seeming eager to try, but in the end he did not take action.

With the help of the two master craftsmen, the energy fluctuations around them quickly subsided, and Reynolds directly built a stance that only covered three people.

Gonzalez stood outside, his face gloomy and extremely angry.

"Actually..." Reynolds hesitated and said, "You can just let Li Ming leave. There's no need to take the risk. Just bring out these mechanical bodies. We believe in you."

"I'm worried that you two are feeling uneasy." Li Ming muttered to himself.

I'm gone, there's nothing left.

Reynolds glanced at Mikhail, and the meaning was self-evident.

Mikhail cursed in his heart, what an idiot! He would be worried if Li Ming really let go.

When facing outsiders, they all shared the same hatred for the enemy, but they were still somewhat wary of Qinglong.

But on the surface, he said indifferently: "You Reynolds have this intention, and I Mikhail don't need you. Let Li Ming go back, and leave the control of the mechanical body to the two of us."

The corners of Reynolds' mouth twitched. It would be strange if Qinglong agreed to hand over control to this old guy.

Li Ming couldn't help but laugh, but his voice was solemn, "Mister Mikhail, don't joke about this, let's get ready to go."

(End of this chapter)