This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 491: Ultimate Life Form Competition, See Who is Faster!

The power brought by the Mechanical Holy Spirit is intoxicating. It is not the strength he gets from using the objects he controls to increase his strength and defense, but an all-round improvement.

Unfortunately, although he has mastered the [Holy Spirit Core], this is a level that can only be achieved by chance.

Just over 400 million mechanical bodies of various types is a number that is currently beyond his reach.

Not to mention, there are six X-level mechanical bodies to cooperate with.

It is difficult to achieve this level in a short period of time.

"Still missing you?" Reynolds guessed what Li Ming meant when he saw his movements, and couldn't help but remind him, "You are a genetically evolved being, don't let this interfere with your mentality."

"Thank you for the reminder." Li Ming came back to his senses. He just felt a little nostalgic.

He had a clear understanding. With a few more years of accumulation, he would be able to reach the level of the Mechanical Holy Spirit, let alone the Mechanical Holy Spirit.

However, he became a little suspicious when he thought of this. The Mechanical Holy Spirit was so powerful, but the [Holy Spirit Core] was just broken.

If it is in a complete state, how strong would it be?

Can it fuse into an ultimate mechanical body? Not really, wouldn't it have been invincible long ago?

He was guessing secretly in his heart, but suddenly remembered that the Holy Elephant did not seem to say that the [Holy Spirit Core] was incomplete at that time, but only clearly mentioned that the Infinite Hammer was broken.

Could it be that this Holy Spirit Core was not actually made by Forge Hammer himself?

Li Ming was suspicious, but whether it was Mikhail, Reynolds, or the Holy Elephant, they all seemed to firmly believe that the Holy Spirit Core was made by the Forge Master himself, and it was just combined with some of the technologies of the Holy Spirit civilization.

The Holy Elephant and Reynolds may have a filter for the Hammer Forger, but Mikhail certainly doesn't.

"Could it be that this thing was defective when it was first made, or that some raw material used in the forging hammer caused the defect of the Holy Spirit core?" Li Ming speculated secretly.

He still doesn't know how powerful the forging hammer is, but it seems to be stronger than Tandin and Alvis.

When he was in the Mechanical Holy Spirit state, he could not use the Infinite Hammer, but he could use the Forging Hammer.

"What are you thinking about? Go down and talk." Reynolds shouted frequently.

The three of them entered a battleship of the Mechanical Legion. As soon as they arrived at the lounge, Reynolds said impatiently, "Quick, quick, contact your teacher."

Li Ming was speechless. He understood in his heart that when they got to the outside world, these two guys would definitely not be willing to discuss many things with him.

The tank guard was silent for a moment before he spoke. His tone had changed, and he asked in a slightly surprised tone, "You guys came out? No, Li Ming used the Mechanical Holy Spirit."

At this point, he said solemnly, "Didn't I tell you that you can't use this method unless it's absolutely necessary?"

"Teacher, it's just the last resort." Li Ming's voice sounded a little aggrieved.

As a veteran actor, he no longer knows what embarrassment is.

Although there was no communication, due to his continuous and repeated operations, the two characters of Li Ming and Qinglong had been deeply and irreversibly separated.

Even if one called out his senior brother who was tilling the land on a certain planet, or even searched his memory, no one would believe that Qinglong itself did not exist.

"Forging hammer!" Reynolds shouted, slammed the table and stood up, gritting his teeth and said, "Stop pretending, you're hiding too deeply."

"What forging hammer?" Li Ming pretended to be confused.

"You still say you are not a forge hammer? Let me ask you, where did you get your mechanical holy spirit technology?" Reynolds questioned.

"This... is a secret." Li Ming shook his head, and then asked dissatisfiedly: "What happened?"

"Let me tell you." Mikhail took a deep look, stopped the increasingly irritable Reynolds, and said in a deep voice: "We encountered a lot of things..."

"First, let's start with the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization." Mikhail narrated slowly, "Under your arrangement, Li Ming..."

Li Ming found it quite strange to hear someone else narrate his own experiences.

However, he also understood that Mikhail thought that he had calculated everything in the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization from the beginning.

Naturally, he would not correct this kind of imagination and would remain calm.

But when he heard the three civilizations jointly targeting him, he was just dissatisfied and said, "The three civilizations are really shameless. Sir Reynolds is really generous. Don't worry, I will not break my promise to Li Ming."

Reynolds snorted coldly, very dissatisfied with him, still thinking he was a forging hammer.

But then he became a little confused, "Since it has been resolved, why use the Mechanical Holy Spirit?"

"Teacher, you can't imagine what we encountered afterwards." Li Ming's voice coming from the tank guard was full of desire to show off.

Qinglong's voice came through the tank guard, "Sir Mikhail, please continue."

Mikhail sighed, "Li Ming is right. You can never imagine what we saw."

"A corpse, the corpse of a Dominant-level Terrax." He said in a deep voice.

"What?" Li Ming cooperated and made a horrified sound.

Mikhail was slightly satisfied, and listened to Qinglong's astonishment: "Overlord-class Titan? How is this possible!"

"Nothing is impossible..." He used his mechanical body to project a scene in which the huge corpse was suspended above the black energy flow.

"Something big has happened..." Qinglong murmured, "The corpse of a Dominant Titan has appeared. The interstellar landscape is about to change."

"Yes, but we foolishly broke in, and ended up running into Tandin and Alvis..." Mikhail repeated what happened later.

"So it was them two, no wonder." Li Ming pretended to be surprised and said, "It can be said that by some strange coincidence, the Mechanics Association was saved."

"Yes, Li Ming is indeed very good." Mikhail couldn't help feeling jealous. Qinglong was truly amazing. The universe was so big, yet he managed to find Li Ming.

"There are still many shortcomings." Li Ming just mentioned it briefly, establishing the image of a strict teacher, and then said: "If it weren't for the two of you helping us, it would not be possible to get away so easily."

But then he asked in confusion: "But, Sir Reynolds, why do you call me Forge Hammer?"

"This involves another matter." Mikhail continued, "The giant's arm is missing..."

After listening to him, Li Ming remained silent for a long time. It was a pity for Mikhail that he could not see Qinglong's true form, nor could he detect the changes in his expression.

"I say, stop pretending. It's almost a done deal. There's no point in pretending any longer." Reynolds couldn't help but say again.

"I'm really not a forging master..." Li Ming made his voice sound helpless, "I don't know who those three people are, let alone why they have such an idea."

"You really don't know?" Mikhail couldn't help but ask.

It is hard to say whether Qinglong is a forging hammer or not.

But if you say that this guy doesn’t know who those three people are, or that he has no clues, I would never believe it even if you kill me.

"I really don't know." Li Ming shook his head.

Qinglong was determined to hide, and Mikhail had no choice but to sigh: "With this corpse as a breakthrough point, it won't be long before the ultimate life form appears in the genetic evolution system."

Ever since they found the body, they had been busy trying to save their lives. Only now could they sit down and think carefully about the impact of this body.

"Not bad." Li Ming nodded, with a hint of desire in his voice: "The ultimate life form... The foundation of the Empire and the Federation is not bad. This corpse is an opportunity."

"But it's useless to us." Reynolds poured cold water on him and sighed, "We are not genetically evolved. No matter what is researched, we can only watch."

"Oh, Li Ming, but unfortunately, he won't be able to use it in the short term."

Mikhail also looked helpless. The cake was placed in front of them and they could even cut it, but in the end they couldn't eat it. It was really uncomfortable.

"Next, it will be the competition for the ultimate life forms between the Empire and the Federation. Although we don't know where those three people came from, there is no way they can compare with the combined strength of the Empire and the Federation." Mikhail was quite worried.

"Once the ultimate life form is born, the interstellar landscape will be rewritten, and we may once again enter an interstellar war."

A civilization that possesses ultimate life forms will inevitably want to swallow up the entire galaxy.

And they, whether actively or passively, will inevitably be involved.

Either surrender or disappear.

This is not groundless worry, but a crisis that is almost upon us.

"Everyone has his own path, and we may not be that different." Li Ming said.

"Your Excellency seems to be very confident. Is it because of the secret of the ruins?" Mikhail said quietly.

Reynolds suddenly remembered that Li Ming also had some secret of revival. The Holy Spirit civilization had the ultimate mechanical body.

"Ha, you are more sinister than before, but that's good." Reynolds was a little more spirited and returned to that familiar feeling. There was a forging hammer to support everything, so there was no need to worry.

"It's hard to say." Li Ming was vague, but he actually felt fine.

According to his estimation, he only needed to become an X-level life form to barely have the qualifications to compete with the ultimate life form.

Although due to the huge gap between the ultimate life form and the X-level life form, even with the blessing of the controlled object, it is impossible to achieve the cross-level crushing like before.

But he has other means, and Mechanical Holy Spirit is one of them.

He didn't quite believe that in the ultimate life form competition, he could become an x-level life form faster than anyone else.

Besides, they are now also one of the people involved in the research. Isn’t it very easy for them to do some sabotage secretly?

"Let's study the prototype of the Mechanical Seed first..." Mikhail changed the subject.

The few of them discussed for a while and selected the address of the joint laboratory. Li Ming was not very interested in this matter and basically just went through the motions.

After roughly finalizing it, he asked for a warship and prepared to return to the Mechanical King's Court.

In total, more than half a year has passed, and Wang Ting should have accumulated a lot of things.

.........

More than ten days later, Costat finally reached the outskirts. When the signal gradually stabilized, he immediately contacted Adam through the encrypted network.

"Holy Emperor..." Costat nodded and looked at the screen in front of him with a solemn expression.

"You're out?" Adam nodded, his expression equally solemn. "Go back as soon as possible. Something big has happened."

"About the corpse?" Costat asked evasively. Even through the encrypted network, both of them were very cautious.

"You know?" Adam was slightly surprised, but then he guessed, "After coming out of the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization, you went deep into the core area?"

"Yes, you probably don't know that a lot of things happened in the process." Costat said with a wry smile.

Adam straightened his body, realizing something was wrong: "Tell me about it."

Costat sorted out his thoughts and said, "Let's start from when we entered the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization..."

He spoke in great detail, focusing mainly on Li Ming.

When Adam heard that they were entering a certain challenge and that Li Ming was actually an S-class life form, his expression could not help but change. He said in a deep voice, "An S-class life form, how high is his development potential?"

"Yeah...not only that~" Costat sighed.

This is surprising, but even more surprising is yet to come.

"The potential that even the star spirit was amazed at, and even gave the secret directly to him?" Adam rubbed his brows after hearing this. He didn't take Li Ming too seriously and just thought he was a lucky guy.

But now it seems that it is far more than that.

And Costat continued: "After coming out of the ruins, we will go to the core area together..."

"Go together?" Adam sensed something was wrong. "Li Ming, Reynolds and Mikhail also went with them? Tandin and Alvis were in charge there. Didn't you take them down?"

"Mechanical Holy Spirit..." Costat uttered a few words.

"Hmm?" Adam's eyes were full of brilliance. After understanding the details, his expression changed, "Qinglong... actually has such a method."

"It's more than that..." Costat said.

"Not only that?" Adam was really shocked.

"It's not about strength..." Costat explained hurriedly, and Adam breathed a sigh of relief.

Costat continued: "When the Mechanical Holy Spirit came into contact with the wound of the broken arm, I don't know what was triggered..."

"Qinglong is a forging hammer?"

After figuring it out, Abel frowned deeply. This was different from their previous speculation. "Qinglong can't be both a forge hammer and Talos."

"This is also an important matter I want to report to you." Costat took a deep breath. Adam vaguely guessed something and frowned, "Could it be that Talos..."

Costat nodded: "Yes, Li Ming is Talos."

Adam let out a breath and didn't speak or move for a long time.

Costat added: "In this case, everything is explained. Why is Li Ming's development potential so incredibly high? And how did Qinglong find a remote planet like Silver Gray Star among the countless planets in the interstellar space and find Li Ming."

"It's normal for him to seek revenge after being tricked by Klonoa."

"He should also have something similar to World Blood that can lock onto Talos's location."

Costat narrated that he had been thinking about it on the way out of the core area, and the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed.

"But, all this, about your plan..." Costat hesitated.

(End of this chapter)