This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 555 Fortunately it was Li Ming, not Qinglong.

"That's right." Abel nodded heavily and said in a cold voice, "These are the guys who were suppressed before. Now they are taking the opportunity to jump out and stir up trouble. When father is free, he will definitely deal with them."

Li Ming couldn't help but think that this guy had great respect for Adam.

At this point, Abel said, "If there is any emergency situation at the Higher Life Forms United Organization, I hope you can inform me. I am willing to pay a price."

It goes without saying that the members of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms must be in private contact, and the official X-level life forms will definitely be excluded.

Qinglong is also the vice chairman, so he must be able to grasp the core trends.

Abel said with a sigh, "The Star of Eternal Silence is something the empire has lost. Whoever wants to get their hands on it must be prepared to pay with their life."

Hearing the other party's implicit warning, Li Ming looked solemn and immediately said:

"We are old friends with such a good relationship. Your things are my things, and my things are the teacher's things. I will definitely do my best to protect them, so don't worry."

Hearing him say this, the corners of Abel's mouth twitched slightly. He had known Li Ming for a long time.

I didn't expect him to guarantee anything. What he said was nothing more than telling Li Ming that the relevant information could be traded with him, and Adam's attitude towards the Star of Eternal Silence was extremely firm.

Whoever reaches out will be cut off!

After saying this, Li Ming thought for a moment and took the initiative to say, "Since Your Highness rarely contacts me, I have some questions I would like to ask Your Highness."

"Oh? Tell me about it..." Abel's expression restrained. He was extremely coveting the remaining list in Li Ming's hand.

But right now there is no information about Qinglong and Li Ming to exchange.

It’s great that Li Ming took the initiative to ask questions.

"What has Prince Heckler been busy with recently? It seems that he hasn't done much to the royal court." Li Ming seemed a little confused.

Why do you seem a little impatient?

Abel was speechless and said thoughtfully, "As far as I know, Heckler has stopped targeting the Mechanical Royal Court since His Excellency Qinglong was kidnapped because of you and stirred up the interstellar space."

"Some people had mentioned the X-class lifeform that disappeared in the Mechanical King's Court last time, and called for putting pressure on the Mechanical King's Court. But since then, no one has mentioned it again."

"He probably doesn't want to face Lord Qinglong again."

Stop it?
Li Ming was stunned, and suddenly felt a little puzzled. He was still being cautious, but Heckler actually stopped.

Even though he had already smashed in two X-level life forms, he was able to withdraw so decisively.

Li Ming did not feel relieved. Instead, he became more wary of Heckler.

A biting dog doesn't bark. If it's like Ryan, he won't be worried.

It's nothing more than a hammer blow.

"…Some time ago, because his men suffered repeated defeats, in order to avoid many accidents, he even went out of his way to find the chosen one…" Abel continued.

"Do it yourself." Li Ming was surprised again, "Isn't this like looking for a needle in a haystack?"

"Yeah..." Abel couldn't help but sigh, "Even if there is a preliminary screening list, there are not many X-level life forms he can deploy. He is just taking a chance."

This is really a powerful guy. He realized that Qinglong was in trouble and retreated.

He discovered that the actions of his men were being interfered with and took action himself.

Li Ming's eyes flickered, "Did you find it?"

"I'm not sure. This is all I can find out through my information channels." Abel thought.

"Not at all?" Li Ming narrowed his eyes.

"Give me the name of a senior member and I can tell you some guesses." Abel immediately made a price, and added: "And it will not be counted in the previous intelligence price."

"Okay." Li Ming nodded immediately.

"I guess he should be back." Abel explained: "I don't have any specific information on paper, but his people have been very quiet recently compared to the frequent transfers some time ago."

"I guess that some kind of operation must have come to an end. Maybe he was really lucky and found his target in just one year."

"Found it..." Li Ming's heart sank slightly. Although it was just Abel's speculation, he didn't mind thinking about the worst.

Find the chosen one and obtain the monitor beside him, then Heckler can lock the location of the Holy Castle through the pheromones contained in them.

It’s hard to say whether the empire can do anything with its means.

He is not yet the master of the Holy Castle, and it is foreseeable that it will take a long time for him to become the real master.

It's not like there's no possibility of it being robbed.

"But this matter should have nothing to do with you." Abel stared at him, "Prince Heckler is inside the empire. Even if His Excellency Qinglong has thoughts about the Holy Castle, he can't stop it."

Li Ming did not respond to Abel's probing. He just took out the list and asked, "Your Highness, how many names do you think this information is worth?"

"Me?" Abel smiled. "What do you think?"

"I think that we are all friends, so this message can be regarded as a gift, except for the last one, of course." Li Ming simply put away the list.

Looking at Abel's stiff expression, he laughed and said, "It's just a joke."

After some bargaining, two mid-level members and five low-level members were finally given to him.

“It’s his wife…” Abel was most concerned about the senior members. When he got the list, his face changed and he was obviously quite surprised.

Li Mingze reminded: "I am quite concerned about the news from Heckler. If there is any new information, Your Highness can contact me at any time."

Abel nodded: "I understand."

After ending the communication, Li Ming pondered for a long time and looked at the control page.

After nearly three months of accumulation, the metal energy has reached 1.5 billion, enough to support two rounds of repairs for the [Life Power Core].

An attack that is pushed to the limit will naturally have its flaws.

But Li Ming didn't think that if he could hit the target, who could withstand his two rounds of 24 hammers [Giant God Strike]?

His eyes were deep, "Whoever touches the Holy Castle will die."

He already regarded the Holy Castle as his own, and would not allow anyone else to touch even a brick of it.

After changing his mind, he thought about it and called Robin again. Since Heckler had stopped, there was no need for Robin to stay in the Mechanical Court any longer.

"Can I go to the dimensional world?" Robin was stunned, and then faintly excited.

Of course he wanted to rescue Zorro, but his own strength was naturally insignificant in front of eight S-class mechanical bodies.

But he really wanted to see Zoro's shocked eyes. The idiot still thought that Qinglong had bad intentions towards him.

……

On the Imperial Capital Star, the closed-door meeting of the Royal Parliament had just ended, and the face of Adam, the Holy Emperor of the Empire, was unusually gloomy.

All the way back from the parliament hall to the palace, Adam's expression did not ease at all.

As he passed through the palace gate, the emperor's cloak on his body immediately quantized. Twelve streams of light symbolizing imperial power wrapped around his ankles, dragging lava-like burn marks on the ground.

When he stepped into the anti-gravity corridor leading to the office, he seemed to finally lose control of himself. He suddenly stopped and shouted loudly: "You are all looking for death!"

Energy ripples surged, and the mechanical guards on both sides suddenly entered standby mode. These war machines equipped with the highest level of loyalty protocols showed stress tremors along with the emotional fluctuations of the Holy Emperor. The gravity parameters of the corridor bridge began to fluctuate abnormally, and the neural implant of the head of the personal guard suddenly popped up an alarm.

He saw that the ring on the Holy Emperor's left hand was vibrating at a high frequency, and the spiral star map engraved on the ring was now emitting a dark matter glow similar to a blood scab.

"Holy Emperor!" He was horrified and hurriedly half-knelt on the ground.

"I'm fine." Adam seemed to calm down, waved his hand, everything around him returned to calm, and he walked straight into the office.

Arriving on his own throne, Adam contacted someone immediately.

The conversation was quickly connected, and it was Prince Costat, who was in charge of searching for the Star of Eternal Silence.

"What's going on?" Adam didn't even say hello and went straight to the point.

Costat's face didn't look good. "Klonoa refused to give in. I don't know what Qinglong did to him. If we want him to cooperate with us again, there is only one way."

"Give Talos to him."

Adam's palms suddenly clenched, his face expressionless.

Costat asked cautiously, "The parliament?"

"A bunch of idiots, all complaining about why I advocated the creation of this organization in the first place." Adam's face twisted slightly, "A few old guys in the House of Lords finally found something to hold against me, and they keep nagging."

"I really thought they were surrendering, but it seems that unless they are truly beaten to death, they will never surrender."

"They are all short-sighted guys." Costat was terrified. He rarely saw Adam so angry.

"It's my fault. I didn't foresee the Overlord's corpse." Adam gritted his teeth and even lost his composure: "If the corpse hadn't been found, the Star Alliance wouldn't have had to intervene."

The most taboo thing about internal change is external influence.

The Empire still has its foundation, and the Alliance and the Star Covenant dare not act rashly. They have always turned a blind eye to their search for the Star of Eternal Silence.

He could have walked forward calmly step by step.

But the appearance of the dominant corpse broke this balance.

Since the Star Alliance has been excluded, it will inevitably try every means to intervene. The Empire, which is in the midst of turmoil, is the best target.

If he were Gutierrez, he would not hesitate either.

After Adam finished speaking, he realized that he had lost his composure, and couldn't help but take a deep breath and calm his expression.

Costat tactfully changed the subject, "What do the Federation say?"

"They were the first to convey to us their willingness to lend a helping hand." Adam sneered.

The three major civilizations have a tacit understanding that they will not interfere with their search for the Star of Eternal Silence, but if the Empire actively asks for help, then whoever gets it will own it.

The Federation will naturally not miss this opportunity.

Adam continued, "Even if we bring them into the game, we won't be able to deter those greedy X-class life forms."

Now, as long as the three major civilizations are not united, they will not be able to suppress this organization.

"The easiest solution is still Chronoa. This guy has unparalleled power in the deep dimensional world. He cannot be solved by human wave tactics." Adam said in a deep voice:

"Add to that a few of his friends, and it will be useless even if there are more X-level life forms."

"But..." Costat hesitated.

Adam knew what he was trying to say, Chlonoa had inexplicably backstabbed them.

Originally, the impact of this backstab was not that great. Without Chronoa's help, they could continue searching, but their efficiency would be weakened.

But now, the situation is different.

After thinking about it, Adam's mind settled on a name - Qinglong.

He still didn't understand how this guy had frightened Chlonoa and made him so scared.

Thinking of this, Adam's face twisted again, and he said in a deep voice: "The only good news now is that Qinglong is not Talos, but Li Ming."

Costat was shocked. "Are you...are you going to attack Li Ming?"

Adam looked grim: "This is almost the only choice."

Costat opened his mouth, but no words came out.

The deep dimensional world is extremely special. Many combat methods cannot be deployed, and instead rely more on the personal strength of living beings.

With so many X-level life forms, and those guys like Gustav, it would be useless just relying on this group of people, or sending a few more X-level life forms over.

Overwhelming, even crushing, means are required to deter.

"Taking action against Li Ming means fighting to the death with Qinglong," Kostat reminded.

Adam also knew this problem and felt helpless.

This enemy was originally chosen by Heckler, but now he has to face him himself.

But if the Star of Eternal Silence were lost, it would be even more unacceptable to him.

As for Heckler, the Holy Castle is almost in his grasp. If he has no means of resistance, he will have to give up the throne.

"In that case, I suggest that we restart the plan to deal with the Hammer Forger. The Mechanical Holy Spirit is not uncontrollable..." Kostarte said.

Today, each of the more powerful X-level life forms has a special restraint plan for its evolutionary system.

When the Hammer Forger was still alive, they had made an extremely detailed plan.

There is no need to formulate it again to deal with Qinglong, just move it up again

"It has been restarted." Adam's answer surprised Costat.

"However, I am not ready to face Qinglong head-on for the time being." Adam shook his head, "I just want to be his student."

There was no change in Costat's expression. There was not much difference between dealing with Li Ming and dealing with Qinglong.

No one knows how Qinglong will protect Li Ming.

But Adam seemed to have thought of the plan, and he didn't say much.

Even if he really had to deal with Qinglong, he didn't think the empire would fail. The question was how much of a price it would have to pay.

……

Even Li Ming, who was in the Mechanical Royal Court, could vaguely feel the restless atmosphere in the interstellar space.

After the communication with Abel, Anduin, Perkins, Gustav and even Anatoly contacted him one by one.

Ask indirectly if he has any thoughts on the Star of Eternal Silence.

We even scheduled a small online gathering five days later and invited him to attend.

"…It's because no one dares to take the lead that this gathering was held. It was vaguely decided that no one would be the leader, so everyone could rest assured…"

This is what Anduin said at the time.

(End of this chapter)