This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 525: A sheep that strayed into a pack of wolves?

"Moser..." he called.

"I see..." Moser flew forward, and the starry sky in front of him was still full of large cracks. He tried to sense that area.

His expression gradually became strange, and his perception became clearer.

He inserted his hands into the void and tried to pull. The already broken space trembled even more in the chaotic void.

A huge mass of metal debris and stone materials was pulled out. It was about the size of a normal satellite and emitted extremely strong mass-energy gravity.

"Is this the main body of that space?" Anatoly was surprised. "Has it been broken into this state?"

Moser responded: "I guess it was the aftermath of the energy just now that poured into this space and completely shattered it."

The others looked at each other.

"Let's go in and take a look." Gustav frowned and glanced at Li Ming, "Let's go together."

"Okay." Li Ming lowered his eyebrows and looked pleasing, with a good attitude.

Gustav walked in front, and everyone followed closely behind, easily passing through the outer broken area.

There is almost only a small area left in the core area, which is empty and has nothing.

Gustav landed and looked around. "There's only so much space left. Where's the star beast?"

"I guess he ran away." Li Ming said with a confused look on his face.

Anatoly's hands kept pulling something out of the void around him, but in the end he could only sigh.

Senier walked a few steps to the left and right, and then moved closer to Li Ming. A faint fragrance came over her, and she said in a gentle voice, "Are you sure he really ran away?"

Why does it feel like a woman wants to seduce me?

Li Ming was speechless. He knew very well in his heart that this guy probably just wanted his seeds.

"I don't know either. It may be hidden around here. You can look for it." Li Ming didn't know anything.

Senil asked again: "Is it like this when you came?"

"It's a little bigger than when I came here, but there's basically nothing inside." Li Ming whispered.

"Is this true? Don't lie to me..." Senil moved closer.

"Stop being so naughty." A voice like thunder sounded. It was Perkins, and his burly figure was like a wall.

She seemed to hate Senier very much: "Do you think that if you just sleep, Qinglong will leave you alone?"

"I know exactly what you are thinking."

Senil's face froze and she couldn't help but snort coldly.

"It seems like there is really nothing." Ertas shuttled back and forth in the void on the fourth floor, looking a little unwilling, "I wasted so much time, but got nothing."

"It's not like we've gained nothing." Someone else spoke up, and everyone looked over. "Didn't we almost offend... Lord Qinglong?"

Everyone's face darkened and they looked towards Anatoly.

"This time my information was wrong." Anatoly had no choice but to speak.

Although no one would say anything if he didn't speak, that would still make him seem too cowardly.

This hunting operation was a complete mess. He didn't achieve any of his expected goals and his image was greatly damaged.

Fortunately, however, Gustav didn't get anything in the end.

But the sudden appearance of Qinglong posed a big problem. He was not sure whether the star beast inside was captured by Qinglong or something unexpected happened.

But this guy's power can no longer be ignored.

And because of his previous actions, the X-level life forms present would definitely feel guilty when facing him in the future, and would inevitably make many concessions.

This person has almost become someone who can command the support of hundreds of people.

In the past interstellar space, once such a person appeared, he would probably be hunted down by the three major civilizations.

But now, the situation is very different. We don’t know what this guy is doing with the Empire and the Federation, so we will definitely not take action against him.

We have to think of a way to deal with this guy.

"This is something we all agree on..." Gustave added.

The others sighed inwardly. Anatoly had already admitted his mistake, so it was not appropriate for them to pursue the matter further.

"It's just a pity..." Gustav's meaning was unclear and no one knew what he meant.

I searched again and again, and found that there was really nothing valuable.

All they could do was tear down the entire space, separate the stone slabs, metal debris and the like, and divide them among themselves.

"After working for a long time, I only picked up a bunch of garbage..." Ertas couldn't help feeling depressed.

Soon, the group boarded the main ship that remained on the periphery, which was quite luxurious.

The hull is made of a matte metal, the surface is decorated with exquisite reliefs, and a huge purple gem is inlaid on the bow.

This is Anatoly's vehicle, named Augustus. It has no weapon systems, but mostly entertainment facilities.

The most luxurious of them all was the banquet hall, which was as tall and magnificent as a palace. Perkins could move around freely in it. Anatoly was already standing at the chef's seat, beginning to break down various precious and unknown ingredients.

"Sir Anatoly, you seem to particularly like cooking?" Li Ming sat at the bar, looking at Anatoly who was extremely focused.

"There's no other way. I have to have some hobbies, otherwise the long years will be really boring." Anatoly smiled helplessly, the cutlery in his hand clinking.

A plate of fragrant pink meat slices has fallen in front of Li Ming. It is as thin as a cicada's wing and has beautiful muscle texture.

"Please taste it." He was very polite.

"Thank you, sir." Li Ming nodded. Anatoly's evolution system is quite special.

According to Li Ming's understanding, his original path was actually that of a "Rune Mage", the mainstream evolutionary path of the Federation, mobilizing various types of cosmic energies.

Same as Anduin, but after Anduin reached level X life form, he focused on awakening various superpowers and developing them to an extremely high level, combining them with his own evolutionary system, becoming stronger and stronger.

Anatoly is different. It is said that he came from an evolutionary system of an ancient civilization. He absorbed the spiritual power of other life forms and used his great spiritual power to influence the main universe matter, and even achieved spiritual immortality.

Like "faith".

In the Federation and the Sea of ​​Stars, he invested considerable resources to promote himself and attract enough faith.

While Li Ming was thinking, a plate of food disappeared without a trace.

"It tastes good..." he praised sincerely.

"Don't worry..." Anatoly brought another plate of fragrant steaks and chatted casually: "Your Excellency Qinglong really has a keen eye for talent. He was able to find you among the vast universe."

"I'm lucky..." Li Ming picked at the steak on the plate, "I'm lucky to meet the teacher..."

"You seem to have joined the Black Hole Hall." Gustav sat over at some point and glanced at Anatoly: "Is this the golden luxury beef?"

"Yeah." Anatoly lowered his head, the food in his hand had been processed, but he ignored Gustav's hint and handed it directly to Li Ming. "It happened a long time ago, and I used internal channels..." Li Ming responded.

"Then we should have contacted each other a long time ago..." Gustav glanced at Anatoly who was pretending not to know, snorted in his heart, and turned to look at Li Ming:
"I am very curious about your teacher. He is very kind to you. He is willing to use such precious defensive means on you."

"It's not a good thing." Li Ming said modestly.

Anatoly paused, his eyes subtle.

Gustav couldn't help but frown.

Boom!
The scarlet wine bottle fell and hit the bar, and the blood-red wine inside it kept shaking.

Senil changed into casual clothes, a black deep V long skirt that was very seductive. She leaned her hands on the bar, looked up and sideways at Li Ming, her hair was loose and fell on Li Ming's hands.

"Want some?" she asked casually. The moment the bottle was opened, the spicy smell gushed out instantly, domineeringly occupying the air around them.

Like a burning fire, it rushes straight into the nasal cavity, irritating the throat and making people cough uncontrollably, but at the same time wanting to smell the unique and strong scent again.

Even though Li Ming is already an S-level life form, he still has a strong feeling in his nasal cavity.

"Bloody Enchantress..." Senel playfully turned sideways, the whiteness of her chest twisted, and her lips were as bright as blood, "This is brewed with the blood of X-level life forms, my sister's blood..."

"I faint at the sight of blood..." Li Ming lowered his head and picked at the blue jelly on the plate.

Anatoly nodded in satisfaction and his hands moved faster.

It’s hard to compete with food and bitches these days, but Li Ming is a good eater.

"Is your teacher free? I want to talk to him?" Gustave said lightly.

"Sorry..." Li Ming was stuck in the middle and said helplessly: "The energy collision before seemed to have caused some problems with my mecha. I can't contact the teacher for the time being."

"Really..." Gustav didn't know whether he believed it or not, so he just asked, "Where are you going next?"

"Let's go to Desolate Anchor, my spaceship is still there." Li Ming said frankly.

"Don't worry, we will definitely get you there safely." Anatoly added at the right time.

Gustave nodded, stood up and left, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared.

Senier poured two glasses of wine and pushed one to Li Ming. She held her white cheeks with a dazed look in her eyes and asked, "Try it?"

"Don't worry, I won't eat you. Look how scared you are."

Li Ming was speechless. The light suddenly dimmed. It turned out to be Perkins who walked over and seemed to want to talk to him too.

However, the conversation was not long, only three or four sentences. They talked about Qinglong and himself, and then left.

Those ordinary X-level life forms did not come over, but Li Ming wanted to talk to them instead.

"Don't bother with that big guy, he's unsatisfied..."

Senil whispered, still sitting next to him, with half of the liquid in her glass already gone.

His face was flushed, his eyes were blurry, and his whole body exuded a hazy and fragrant smell, as if it was reacting to the wine.

Li Ming had already used [Mimetic Soul] to create a virtual spiritual body to cover his own spiritual body and avoid being controlled by the mind.

The Shadow Queen - Senil, is a special life form that does not follow any conventional evolutionary path.

"Didn't they say that seven life forms from higher-level organizations would attend the Dusk Banquet?" Li Ming asked Anatoly.

"It's just a rumor." Anatoly lowered his head. "I never said how many people would attend the party, but when the party was about to start, two friends left because of something unexpected."

This guy... is well versed in public opinion, Li Ming muttered in his heart.

"Don't worry..." She leaned close to Li Ming, breathed warmly into his ears, and whispered, "I won't deliberately take your seed, so you can always explain to your teacher..."

Li Ming just picked at the rice on the plate and didn't bother to pay attention to her. Anatoly's cooking skills were really good.

"You...ah...you..." Senil's fingers slid across Li Ming's thighs, and her cheek got closer and closer. "Has anyone ever told you that you are cute?"

I love you M... Li Ming was speechless. If it were just the two of them, he would definitely smash this woman on the head with a hammer.

Uh... he thought about it again and decided to give up, as he might not be able to win.

The X-level life forms scattered everywhere cast obscure glances at Li Ming from time to time, implying scrutiny, yet also fear.

Li Ming looked like a lamb that had strayed into a pack of wolves. Everyone was greedy for him, but they were wary of the tiger behind him and had to suppress their little thoughts.

"Sir Senil..." Li Ming suddenly turned his head, and the tips of their noses almost touched each other, and the hot air they exhaled, mixed with energy particles, flowed into each other.

"Do you know the Virgin Mary Church?" Li Ming asked.

"How could I not know?" Senil leaned forward, almost touching Li Ming's cheek, and rested her head on his shoulder. "Originally, I was one of them."

"Of course, it was a long time ago."

"They were very interested in me before." Li Ming said solemnly.

"Oh... I remember the top management has been looking for people with high development potential..." Senil said in a low voice.

"But then my teacher found out about it, and it seems like it's been inactive lately."

Senil suddenly pulled her head back, her beautiful face expressionless, but she suddenly laughed, "Oh, I was just joking, and you're threatening me."

However, after saying this, she stood up and staggered away.

"Finally calm down..." Li Ming let out a long sigh and continued to eat Anatoly's food.

Anatoly remained silent and focused on processing the ingredients.

Li Ming ate for two days and one night before he felt slightly satisfied. He licked his lips and said solemnly: "Sir Anatoly, your cooking skills are really good..."

"Then ask your teacher to take you to my place more often when he is free. The ingredients here are limited..." Anatoly smiled and put away the knives, which were not made of simple metal.

Li Ming just nodded, stood up and left, and went to his room under the guidance of the waiter.

"Li Ming..." Anatoly's eyes flashed and disappeared.

He followed the waiter through the corridor, went up to the third floor, and stopped in front of a platinum-colored door. The waiter pushed it open for him and led him in.

"This is your room. I'll be waiting at the door. Feel free to ask for anything you want." The other party retreated respectfully.

The room was spacious and beautifully decorated. The carpet was made of some kind of animal skin, with energy particles flowing through the soft fur.

"Huh..." He let out a long breath, with a burnt smell.

"Anatole's cooking skills are really good." Li Ming praised again, still not satisfied.

After a brief inspection, there was no obvious surveillance equipment in the entire room.

As for whether there are other means, he has no idea. The means of X-level life forms are as numerous as stars, and they can no longer rely solely on the [Intelligent Assistance] ability to handle them.

To be on the safe side, he didn't take any extra action. He just sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and turned on the control system.

He was very curious about the power of the Eternal Abyss, and he didn't know what form "degeneration" would take.

(End of this chapter)