This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 490 It’s Not a Forging Hammer

If it was him, many of the confusions I had before would have been explained.

He came into contact with Levenbaker very early on, and in the early days, things were fine, with them playing a secret game with each other going back and forth.

But later on, something seemed wrong.

Levenbeck seemed to be very afraid of him. When they were on Silver-Ash Star, he revealed the other party's identity and scared the guy so much that he ran away.

Li Ming thought at the time that the other party would rely on this advantage of being able to run away at any time and would definitely have something to do with him.

This is more evident later when he ambushes Ryan.

Seeing him take action, Levenbaker turned around and ran away without even saying a harsh word.

If Levenbaker was just a minor character, there might be an explanation, but this guy was taught by Forge Hammer himself.

And now Li Ming thought that the alchemical substance actually had some shadow of the source element.

If we get rid of the side effects, it is definitely artificial source material.

They have this level, but their performance is completely different. It is too far-fetched to say that the other party is cautious.

But if you combine that with Levenbeck's suspicion that he was the Forge Hammer, then it makes sense for him to behave strangely every time he faced him.

Based on some of the things he knew, Levenbaker had complicated feelings towards Forge Hammer, as he was his adoptive father and also a murderer.

It can basically be summed up in one sentence - Teacher, you are not dead?
A series of thoughts burst out, but in the end, another question popped up: Is it really Levenbaker?
Li Ming frowned slightly. The interstellar space is indeed vast, and there is more information that he cannot grasp.

Even though the probability of this guy being the one is high, we cannot be 100% sure that the third person is Levenbaker.

Li Ming was guessing in his heart, but in the black fog before him, no new scenes or dialogues appeared.

The three people in the picture seemed to leave, and the black fog gradually dissipated.

The black symbol on the giant's wound had completely disappeared.

He could clearly feel that many eyes were focused on the Mechanical Holy Spirit.

"Is your teacher the old guy who forges the hammer?" Tandin asked immediately, with strong suspicion in his eyes.

"Do you still need to ask?" Reynolds responded before he could. "The guys here are so sure. They must have solid evidence."

"Forging Hammer is really dishonest. When I met him before, he pretended to be really good."

Li Ming was speechless and said, "I don't know about this matter. At least so far, the teacher has never revealed relevant information to me."

He will definitely not admit it, so let others guess. The more mysterious the better.

Reynolds immediately shouted, "Li Ming, stop covering up for him. The facts are right in front of us."

"This..." Li Ming hesitated, "We don't even know the other party's identity, but we firmly believe in these words. What if this information was deliberately left by the other party to interfere?"

"Hey, kid... you've already shown us the technology of the Mechanical Holy Spirit, but you still refuse to admit it." Reynolds was dissatisfied, but was interrupted by Mikhail: "That's right, what these three people say may not be credible. If they are really sure that Qinglong is the Forging Hammer, why would they come here to look for someone?"

"They didn't find the person, but they pulled out a body."

He didn't want Forging Hammer to be alive. A big brother who is remembered forever is a good big brother.

The others were also thinking about it. It was true. What these three said was not an iron rule, but they were still suspicious in their hearts.

Qinglong's origins are mysterious, and no one knows his identity. Now he also has the mechanical holy spirit technology of forging hammers.

Isn't it normal for a machine to have several backup consciousnesses?

It fits the forging hammer almost perfectly.

"The teacher did have contact with the Hammer Godsmith and exchanged some information with him." Li Ming said calmly, "Perhaps it was at that time that I acquired the Mechanical Holy Spirit Technology from the Hammer Godsmith."

Everyone became more speechless. This Mechanical Holy Spirit technology was not something that could be found everywhere. Could it be given to you just by saying so?
Costat couldn't help but touch his ring again, which contained the World Blood detection device.

He thought Qinglong would come, so he brought this thing with him to verify whether the other party was Talos.

As a result, Qinglong didn't come, so he just kept it in the ring.

Later, in the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization, he noticed that something was wrong with Li Ming, which gave him a vague idea in his mind.

However, during the exploration process, several people were wary of each other, and later turned into a confrontation, and they never found a suitable opportunity to verify it.

He had taken it out during the voyage here, intending to confirm his guess.

But I don’t know if it was due to the influence of the Red River Star Stream or what, but there was no reaction at all.

Combined with the scene that happened in the black fog, he became more and more convinced that his guess was correct.

If Qinglong is the forging hammer, then Taros is very likely to be Li Ming.

On the contrary, if it is proved that Li Ming is Talos, then the probability that Qinglong is the forging hammer will be infinitely increased.

Alves didn't dwell on this question, and brushed it off lightly, saying, "Anyway, this scene has answered a lot of questions for us. These three people are not as powerful as we thought."

"Yes, I thought they were coming for this corpse." Raphael couldn't help but say, "We can lower our estimate of them a lot."

They had originally had high expectations for these people, even to the level of Tandin and Alves.

Now it seems that it was just a few guys who got lucky by accident. The only thing worth paying attention to is the method of cutting up the body.

"As for the method they used to cut up the bodies, could Lord Li Ming explain it to us?" Raphael asked:

"We have studied the black symbol for more than a month and have not found anything. We did not expect that such an abnormality would occur when you just touched it lightly."

"I don't know either." Li Ming still denied, "This black symbol is very strange. It may be the way we touched it or our aura that caused it to react."

Raphael obviously didn't believe it and asked further, "These three people are a hidden danger. Do you know their identities or have any clues?"

"The picture is too blurry and I can't make it out." Li Ming naturally would not hand over the information easily.

The two sides are only cooperating reluctantly because they have no choice, and it has not yet reached the stage of sharing what they have with each other.

"Your Excellency is so secretive and refuses to reveal anything. Isn't that too..." Raphael frowned. He was sure that Li Ming must know something.

That black symbol couldn't possibly change without any reason.

Li Ming ignored him and simply said, "If there is nothing else, we will leave for the time being. When the joint laboratory is built, please notify us."

"Are you leaving now?" Tandin said in a deep voice, with a hint of reluctance, and then added, "We are still hoping that you can find a way to take this body away with you."

"Of course." Li Ming's attitude was clear, "Whether you agree or not, we have to leave."

His state of fusion cannot last forever. Only when they leave the Red River Star Stream and the information spreads to the outside world, will they be truly safe.

The atmosphere was somewhat dull. Even though the deal had been finalized, everyone still felt uneasy about letting the other party leave with this secret.

"As for moving the body, there's nothing we can do." Li Ming answered simply.

Tandin frowned, but Alves was calm, "You can all make your own way. We will invite you to come once the joint laboratory is established."

Tandin's face was tense, but he knew that this was the only way. The Azure Dragon was highly suspected to be a forging hammer, and its threat was greatly increased. The previous transaction would not have any variables, but would become more solid.

Li Ming moved quickly, and his mechanical body lengthened and turned into a giant blue dragon again, but its size was much smaller.

Costat's face changed slightly. Knowing that this was his last chance, he no longer hesitated.

He immediately took out an object from the folded space. It looked like a compass, but the needle was crystal clear red blood.

The first moment it was taken out, it began to vibrate violently, and the bright red pointer inside trembled rapidly, pointing unswervingly at the mechanical blue dragon in front of it.

As expected! Costat's eyes narrowed slightly.

His actions attracted the attention of those present, including Dius and others.

This thing is the so-called World Blood Detector, right?
Li Ming also noticed it and paused slightly, but then he swung his tail, causing ripples in the void, and then he rushed out of the area.

In the blink of an eye, it had completely disappeared.

"What are you doing?" Dius looked at Costat and asked tentatively.

"Nothing." Costat had put away the detection device, his face calm.

Several people were muttering in their hearts, with different expressions, but no one asked any further questions.

"Everyone, I feel that Li Ming must know the identities of those people." Raphael retracted his gaze and said.

"The probability is very high." Granger also agreed, "We may even know what methods those people used."

"No, you got one thing wrong." Alves shook his head, "It may be Qinglong who knows, not Li Ming."

"This mechanical holy spirit is not Li Ming's method."

Raphael was slightly stunned. Although he frowned slightly, he thought about it carefully and felt that this was indeed a possibility. Li Ming might not have lied.

It was the Mechanical Holy Spirit that triggered it, and he himself might not know why it was triggered.

The answer must be found in Qinglong, but this is even more troublesome.

"It's meaningless to discuss these things..." Alves said calmly: "Continue to find a way to drag this whole corpse away, which is the most urgent task."

"Do you want to find a way to investigate those people? We have some clues. They know that the existence of this body is a hidden danger." Dius reminded.

"They won't leak it to anyone," Alves said firmly. "If it were you, would you spread the news after receiving such a benefit?"

Dius paused and nodded involuntarily.

Alves added: "But we should pay attention to it."

"Sir Tandin, I'm leaving first." Costat also said goodbye. He would report everything about Qinglong and Li Ming to Adam as soon as possible and adjust the plan in time.

"Deus, you should also take your people away." Alves also said: "Report what happened here to the top management and ask them to adjust their strategy towards the Mechanics Association."

Everyone took the order and left, but their hearts could not calm down for a long time.

What happens here may not be known to the outside world, but it will profoundly change the interstellar landscape.

.........

In the Red River Star Stream, a green dragon shadow is moving freely. The energy torrents that it had to be carefully avoided in the past, now it only needs to rush through.

When passing through, it will ignite brilliant and dazzling light, like fireworks blooming.

Only the realm of time and space distortion would make him wary.

"It feels so good..." Li Ming felt the powerful force surging in his body and became more and more unscrupulous.

"Stop playing around..." Mikhail was horrified as he watched a space-time collapse area passing by his body.

"Let's make sure those two guys don't catch up with us first." He couldn't help but remind him, fearing that Li Ming would make him lose.

"Don't worry." Li Ming moved forward at an extremely fast speed, which was at least ten times faster than the large-scale fleet that came here.

It even passed through several energy bursts in succession without leaving any trace.

Mikhail was always terrified, and the last moment when he seemed to be out of crisis was the most frightening.

Fortunately, as time passed, two strong men did not suddenly jump out and block their way.

With the terrifying speed of the Mechanical Holy Spirit, it took them just over half a month to pass through the entire storm zone and reach the periphery of the Red River Star Stream.

"There are a lot more spaceships in the Red River Star Stream." Li Ming saw another fleet that was forced to hover in emergency due to the rapid space ripples caused by the Mechanical Holy Spirit.

"This is inevitable. Every time a Red River disaster occurs, things in the core area will be washed into the flood zone, and many remains in the flood zone will be washed to the periphery." Mikhail responded and urged:
"We are far away from the storm zone. With our technology, we can already make external contacts here. Disintegrate."

"Okay..." Li Ming was a little reluctant, but he was almost at his limit. Although he was traveling at high speed, the consumption was not that great.

But after more than half a month, he himself was almost drained dry.

After flying across the sky for most of the day, Li Ming found an uninhabited area. The Mechanical Holy Spirit instantly expanded to the size it was when it was born, squeezing the space to cause it to distort.

At the same time, golden light began to appear on the edge of the body and began to gradually disintegrate.

The dissipated particle flows gradually turned into warships and mechanical bodies of various shapes.

Soon, six figures flew out. They were Reynolds, Mikhail, and the mechanical bodies under their command.

Mikhail subconsciously raised his hand and regained control of his body, which made his uneasy heart calm down a little.

When he was inside the Mechanical Holy Spirit, his life and death were almost controlled by others, which was nothing short of torture for someone like him.

He took another look at his mechanical body and found that there was no serious damage. He breathed a sigh of relief and immediately communicated with the center of his base.

Back up the matter of Terrax's body and set up several distribution events.

Only then was Li Ming's control over part of the mechanical legion removed.

After waiting for a while, the Mechanical Holy Spirit completely dissipated, and Li Ming's figure appeared in the void, wearing a tank guard.

He clenched his hands with a sense of loss, feeling a little unsatisfied.

(End of this chapter)