This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 466: Ruins
The fortress where everyone was just now was destroyed. Mikhail just raised his hand, and a warship floated over silently.

Gonzalez, who was ignored by everyone, has adjusted himself, calmed down, and followed the three people.

As soon as they boarded the ship, Mikhail turned to Gonzalez and said, "Notify the three major civilizations that everyone is here. We will go and meet them now."

Gonzalez nodded expressionlessly. Reynolds glanced at him with a gleam in his eyes, and sneered, "You guys are really fast. You're almost at the coordinates."

Mikhail shook his head, data streams surging in his eyes.

Outside the porthole, ripples like water waves appeared in the void, as if a curtain was slowly unveiled, and large warships lined up neatly appeared, like huge steel mountains.

The metal shell of the ship reflected a dazzling light under the illumination of the light, the muzzle at the front was eerie, and energy light was faintly flowing through it.

The hull is covered with densely packed portholes and sensors, flashing with various colors of light.

The two men's mechanical army is hidden here. The battleship is only a part of it, and a very small part at that.

Giant mechanical squids are interspersed among the ships, with thick mechanical tentacles spanning thousands of kilometers and covered in heavy metal armor.

There are also a large number of kilometer-sized giant structures, with different functions and carrying different instruments and equipment. Various types of combat mechanical bodies cover this star field, densely packed, with almost no end in sight, like an endless galaxy.

Li Ming stood in front of the porthole, his heart filled with waves.

With his current rate of development, it shouldn't be long before he has a mechanical army of this terrifying scale as seen before him.

These two master craftsmen naturally also possess a folding space that can be used to store mechanical bodies, but the space inside the Red River Star Stream is unstable and problems can easily arise, so they can only use this large-scale marching method.

Li Ming did not see the X-level mechanical body cast by the two men, and did not know where it was hidden.

"Let's go." Mikhail waved his hand, and the huge team entered the co-orbital navigation state, built a unified shield, turned into streams of light, and disappeared in this star field.

It is not safe to navigate inside the Red River Star Stream, but the two master craftsmen have been here many times and have various detection equipment.

The captured parameters can predict the dark currents in the void, electromagnetic anomaly areas, and even space collapse areas in advance...

The sailing speed was incredibly fast. After just over ten days, they entered the violent current area.

At this point, even with the background of the two master craftsmen, they did not dare to perform jump navigation, but switched to propulsion navigation mode. The trajectory left by the tail flame was like a shooting star.

"Magnificent and beautiful..." Li Ming stood in front of the porthole. The advantage of the small vest was that he could express his feelings freely.

The interstellar wonders in the storm zone are far beyond what the outer areas can compare to. They seem to be sailing in a strange stream of light.

You can see a huge interstellar crack stretching for tens of millions of kilometers, like a ferocious mouth of the universe, with bright light flashing on the edge. Those are the brilliant sparks produced by the crazy surging of energy and the fierce collision of matter.

The vortex-shaped cloud of high-energy particles produces light at high speed, like a bright star, illuminating the surrounding dark void.

"Another space-time distortion domain..." An area at the very edge of the fleet suddenly exploded, causing the surrounding space to distort and deform, engulfing thousands of warships.

It was a red, blue and yellow area that suddenly appeared, irregular. From a distance, it contrasted with the interstellar rift, forming a breathtaking picture.

This space-time distortion domain appeared extremely abruptly, and even the two master craftsmen could not completely avoid it.

"It is indeed magnificent, but unfortunately, it is also full of dangers." Reynolds' voice sounded behind him.

"Your Excellency..." Li Ming took a half step back and slightly turned sideways.

"Can you still contact your teacher?" Reynolds asked curiously.

"Sure." Li Ming nodded, "Do you need to talk to the teacher?"

"No need." Reynolds was quite surprised. "Qinglong's communication technology, this is a violent current area, we can only achieve regional control."

"You are too modest." Li Ming said modestly: "The teacher only uses a special method, which can only maintain one line."

Reynolds shook his head and walked away staggeringly. It didn’t matter whether Qinglong could be contacted or not, because Li Ming definitely had the control over the mechanical body anyway.

Its own combat intelligence is already sufficient. If that doesn't work, it can be temporarily integrated into their control system. It doesn't necessarily have to be operated by Qinglong.

After another two or three days, after passing through a cloud of particles, the scene in front of me suddenly became clear.

This is an area that looks like an ordinary starry sky. It is pitch black, as if there is no visible boundary, with only tiny dots of light flashing from time to time.

Not far away are the fleets of the three major civilizations. Compared with the two master craftsmen, they are much smaller in scale and obviously do not have the ability to undertake frontal combat. They should only be assisting in exploration.

A little further away, there is a hazy area.

It was difficult for Li Ming to describe the feeling. It was like he saw a block of pixels, which looked particularly abrupt in the space area, as if it did not exist in the universe.

The mechanical legions of the two master craftsmen dispersed, and a large number of machines flew out of the warships, stacking up layer upon layer and surrounding them.

Li Ming saw the so-called Giant God Soldier, which was indeed eye-catching. The giant was nearly ten thousand meters tall, with a rough and bold mechanical structure. The huge metal components were spliced ​​together. There was no sense of delicate decoration, but it was full of primitive and wild beauty of power.

Its appearance is out of tune with the other mechanical bodies under Reynolds' command, and it can also be miniaturized.

Each side sent out a warship to dock in the central area, and a total of nearly ten X-level life forms gathered together.

"Li Ming?"

The two sides have not yet had any form of communication about the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization. Costat looked at Li Ming who was following behind Reynolds, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

X-level life forms of various expressions and races also cast their gazes over, with expressions of scrutiny and surprise.

Except for Claude, he looked indifferent, having anticipated Li Ming's appearance.

Obviously, Gonzalez did not tell anyone else about Li Ming's situation.

Li Ming remained silent. Except for the three people from Costat, the remaining few had strength comparable to or even greater than that of Barbaro.

"Why is it you? Where is your teacher?" Costat asked with a restrained look on his face.

"He comes on behalf of Qinglong." Reynolds said lightly.

"He represents Qinglong?" Dius's eyes swept over Li Ming, and there was confusion in his soft voice, "Qinglong has lost his mind and sent him here?"

Costat frowned slightly. They only knew from Gonzalez that everyone was there, and subconsciously thought that Qinglong had arrived with his men.

It turned out that it was Li Ming who came on his behalf?
The atmosphere was subtle, and everyone present was more or less confused. They looked at Gonzalez who was walking straight towards Claude with questioning eyes.

This is a super seed with a development potential of level 60. At such a young age, he is already an A-level life form. His future is immeasurable.

How confident is Qinglong to send him to take risks like this? Does he really think that no one would dare to attack his students?

Kramer said nothing, but kept looking at Li Ming, his eyes filled with inexplicable meaning.

This is a rare opportunity, maybe we can get some experimental materials from Li Ming. "This Lord Qinglong is really unexpected..." Someone suddenly spoke up. It was a man from the Empire named Cedric.

"It's just a pity that I don't have the chance to see if he really lives up to his reputation this time."

"You guys are not here to discuss this matter, are you?" Mikhail said calmly, "Let's discuss the main topic."

Everyone restrained their expressions and looked away from Li Ming. They were a little surprised that Qinglong didn't come, but for them, it was even a good thing because the opponent's strength was further weakened.

There was only a figure standing behind Dius, with a suspicious look on his face, his eyes wandering over Li Ming, "Why do I feel that this guy's life breath is a little weird..."

"I know that you have explored the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization more than once, so most places should no longer be of any value." Costat went straight to the point: "So, I hope you can take us directly to those unexplored areas."

Mikhail's face darkened slightly, but he had guessed almost the same thing when he came.

This group of people definitely don't want to waste time. Ordinary areas are of no value to them, so the best option is to stick to them.

Of course, they could just do nothing and let the three major civilizations fight with their lives.

But by the time I come here next time, the Mechanics Association will probably have been disintegrated.

This time they happened to be in good timing and perhaps they could get something out of them. Next time the three major civilizations would definitely not take them seriously.

"How should things be distributed?" Mikhail asked the question directly to the point.

"It should be divided equally into four parts, depending on its value," Dius added. "Also, what you have earned as a single person does not need to be distributed."

"The remaining areas should be connected to the forging hammer, and there are places that you have failed to handle many times. If we work together, we will have more control."

Li Ming listened quietly while they were working together to advance the map. In this way, the probability of any small moves would be greatly reduced.

But it is also quite reasonable. This place is not a virgin land. It has been visited more than ten or twenty times. A little bit of exploration is not very meaningful.

Mikhail's expression softened a little, and he nodded, "In that case, we have no objection."

"Let's go." Crow couldn't wait any longer.

The parties reached an agreement and then began to prepare. The large-scale mechanical combat group brought by the two master craftsmen was naturally not intended to explore the ruins of the Holy Spirit civilization, but to intimidate the three major civilizations.

The force displayed is not for the purpose of taking action, but for the purpose of refraining from taking action.

Only a part of the mechanical bodies were dispatched, and the most critical X-level mechanical bodies followed, and the same.

The three major civilizations only brought part of their teams, and then they boarded the spaceship and carefully approached the blurred area.

As it got closer, the normal interstellar magnification phenomenon did not occur. Until it got very close, it seemed that its size did not change much.

"…At the outermost edge of the ruins is a space-time defense barrier. This is a space-time isolation defense state, but it has been damaged due to the long distance. We have only found an area that can be entered."

Mikhail briefly introduced and said in a deep voice: "We are about to start the journey. No matter what happens later, I hope you will not take any action."

His tone was solemn as he controlled the battleship and found an almost imperceptible gap on the side.

Sail in at an extremely slow speed.

There was hazy fog on both sides, and it didn't look like it had any lethality.

But Mikhail and Reynolds were both extremely nervous, "... once the speed exceeds 300KM/H, time and space distortion will occur..."

If I smash my hammer into this area, will I be able to kill everyone on this boat?

Li Ming looked at the hazy fog outside the porthole and thought subconsciously in his heart.

Everyone was also extremely alert, staring closely at Reynolds and Mikhail.

As x-level life forms at the top of the food chain, they rarely put their lives in the hands of others.

"Ding--"

An imperceptible sound was heard, and Claw's face changed slightly.

Li Ming turned around expressionlessly. He felt a slight sting in his neck, but it did not break his defense: "What are you doing, sir?"

"Crow!" Reynolds shouted in a deep voice, "Don't seek death!"

Qinglong was well prepared. Claude calmed down and said indifferently, "Nothing."

Li Ming frowned slightly. When had he ever offended the Star Alliance?

The main combat system has not been taken down, but it has been replaced with a [Ghost Human Skin]. This kind of defensive posture is not afraid of anyone.

It took them three full days to pass through this area, and everything before them suddenly opened up.

They came to a gray space filled with a strange black gas that flowed slowly like a ghost, sometimes gathering into balls and sometimes dispersing into threads.

Below was an endless expanse of steel ruins, which was covered in black fog in the distance and could not be seen clearly.

Those once majestic buildings are now in ruins, with huge steel beams twisted and deformed, and broken metal plates scattered everywhere, like a doomsday scene.

The ground was covered with traces of brutal battles. Huge craters were created by the explosions, covering the entire area, with charred edges. The burn marks left by the energy beams crisscrossed and cut the ground into pieces.

The huge mechanical wreckage stood tall, and various unknown parts were scattered all over the ground, reflecting a dim luster in the weak light.

crackling-
Sparks flew from the spacecraft's console, and all the display screens were blurry. Mikhail said indifferently, "The metal elements in the air account for more than 40%. Your life-form subordinates, you'd better bring breathing apparatus."

Everyone has been attracted by this doomsday-like scene. After stepping out of the spaceship, they are overwhelmed by the desolate and dilapidated atmosphere, as well as an inexplicable sense of oppression.

"The energy inertia in this place is very strong..." Cedric said, with various elemental powers surging in his hands, "It has some impact on strength to a certain extent."

"Strange, the time remaining on these materials is very short, no more than a thousand years." Dius casually scattered a few symbols and frowned after getting the feedback.

"The time molecules in this area are locked." Mikhail said.

Time molecules... Li Ming pondered in his heart. This is a higher-level application of the time zone. Primary time applications can only stagnate or reverse the entire time within a certain range.

A more advanced level is to be able to specify certain items that are completely unaffected by the flow of time in normal area time.

As he was thinking about it, Li Ming raised his finger with a strange look on his face, which was almost what he expected.

For him, this area was a huge treasure trove of metal energy. He absorbed a lot of metal energy just by moving his fingers around.

(End of this chapter)