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Chapter 574: Familiar People (Please vote at the beginning of the month!)
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Li Ming's eyes flickered slightly, and he solved a small hidden danger.

The people he asked Ulrich to meet were naturally some of his close friends.

Although the one in front is still the Azure Dragon.

But the current situation is different from before. The three major civilizations will definitely try every possible means, and Li Ming is an opportunity for a breakthrough.

It is inevitable that there will be some unscrupulous people who try to take advantage of the situation and use some insidious means.

In order to avoid innocent people being affected, Li Ming contacted Ulrich immediately and brought all the relevant personnel to the Mechanical Royal Court.

Of course, the Mechanical Royal Court is not necessarily safe, but according to his estimation, the three major civilizations will not act rashly.

"The core personnel did not put up any resistance, and the other personnel were also willing to come..." Ulrich continued.

"Mr. Yang didn't refuse?" Li Ming was quite surprised.

Ulrich explained: "Mr. Yang Peng persuaded him. He knew that if he didn't come, he might be a burden to you, so he stopped refusing."

Li Ming shook his head, "I don't want to enjoy the good life, but I'm afraid of being a burden."

The mechanical body behind him had already begun cleaning the spaceship he was on.

The relationships naturally vary in closeness and distance, and the core members are only the "Three Yangs" and senior brother Luochuan.

His instructions to Ulrich were that these four men had to be tied up whether they were willing or not.

Other than that, for those guys with whom he has a good relationship but not as good as Luochuan and others, he will notify them, but if they really don't want to leave, he will not persuade them further.

The purpose of doing this is mainly to have a clear conscience, and the difficulty of "having a clear conscience" is actually very low, and it will not excessively interfere with the fate of others.

Old Wu is not included. He has his own will and decides his own life and death. Li Ming will not force him.

Two people walked out of the spaceship dock one after the other.

Ulrich continued his report as usual, as if the rebirth project was in progress, and one-tenth of the forty-eight small satellites had been built.

There is also the metal energy accumulated during this period, the number of mechanical bodies built, and so on.

"Are you scared?"

As he was speaking, Li Ming suddenly interrupted without even turning his head.

Ulrich's face froze and he paused, but he followed again.

The young man Li Ming's power is growing stronger and stronger, almost comparable to Qinglong.

At that moment just now, he almost thought that Qinglong was asking him.

Ulrich gave a helpless smile and didn't force it: "I am a little worried."

He naturally got the video to understand what kind of pressure Qinglong would face next.

The reputation of the three major civilizations is deeply rooted in people's hearts. It would be a lie to say that we are not afraid.

"It's okay, you can choose to leave." Li Ming said calmly, "Find a place to hide for a while, the three major civilizations shouldn't be able to find you."

Ulrich's face changed slightly, and he explained in a decisive tone, "Although I am worried, I have absolutely no intention of leaving. I am willing to live and die with the royal court!"

He risked his life back then, and now he doesn't mind fighting again.

The bigger the crisis, the more terrifying opportunities are hidden behind it.

In the entire interstellar space, he was the first person to come into contact with Qinglong, and he knew the other party's methods very well.

Although this incident happened suddenly and Qinglong might not have anticipated it, he would never be defeated so easily.

"I won't live and die with Wang Ting, let alone you." Li Ming smiled lightly, "Don't worry too much, it's just disappearing for a while."

He said soothingly, then said, "Tell me the bad news."

Ulrich sighed and said, "After the news from the deep dimensional world came back, the four or five companies that were about to sign a contract with us all remained silent."

"The 16 companies that were preparing to renew their contracts all stopped talking about it."

"There are also several companies that would rather pay a huge amount of liquidated damages than tear up the contract."

"The current business has not been affected. It will take three months to six months for the specific performance to show up."

This is the feeling of oppression from the three major civilizations. Even if there is no news, some people have already begun to break away.

"As expected..." Li Ming didn't care.

These companies are always pursuing profits, and it can't even be said that they are betraying someone, after all, they have even paid the penalty for breach of contract.

"Let's hold on to the Chaos Gap first. The business here shouldn't be disturbed."

Ulrich nodded. Seeing Li Ming so calm, his uneasy heart was relieved.

The two chatted casually until they arrived at a residential area with tall buildings and crisscrossing air tracks.

There were many people on the street, most of them smiling. This was the residence of the royal court's internal employees, and most of their families were here.

It is quite large, with all kinds of shopping malls and entertainment facilities inside. Except for some special resources, most things are provided free of charge.

In a specially designated area, there is a familiar grocery store, which is a one-to-one replica of Mr. Yang’s store.

Among them, Li Ming met a group of familiar faces after a long time.

"You little bastard..." Old Yang looked even older.

Ben was teasing a little kid, but when he saw Li Ming coming, he couldn't help but stand up excitedly and walked forward with a little trembling.

He grabbed Li Ming's arm, looked him up and down, his eyes slightly red.

After a long while, he said, "I'm sorry for your hardship."

Li Ming paused. He didn't expect Mr. Yang to say that. Then he smiled gently and said, "I don't have much hardship. The teacher is taking care of it."

Yang Peng stood in the distance with a complicated expression.

Because Li Ming was promoted several times, if Old Yang had not been unwilling to leave Silver-Gray Star, he would have been transferred to the capital of Blue Star long ago. However, he had no obsession with this, it was nothing more than finding something for himself to do.

She silently turned aside, revealing the slightly shy Yang Yu, who had grown into an adult, much more mature, and was wearing a knee-length white skirt.

"How is Crannell's research on cell structure going?" Li Ming walked up and asked. He was not unfamiliar with it and would occasionally send messages to Yang Yu.

This girl is deeply studying genetic biology and seems to be heading towards becoming a genetic seed mixer.

“…It’s almost time…” Yang Yu looked up at Li Ming. The last time they met was a long time ago.

After many evolutions, although Li Ming's appearance has not changed much, every aspect of her skin has become incredibly delicate, and there is even a faint fragrance that creeps into her nose.

She was a little dazed, until Yang Peng coughed in frustration, she suddenly realized, blushed, and explained in confusion, "…It's just that the ion analyzer in my laboratory is too low…"

"Ulrich..." Li Ming tilted his head slightly.

"Understood, Miss Yang Yu. Everything you need will be delivered soon." Ulrich nodded.

“No, no need…” Yang Yu waved his hands quickly and explained: “My level is not good enough, it would be a waste to give it to me…” “Uncle…Uncle…”

A babyish voice came from below.

"Just practicing for fun." Li Ming replied to Yang Yu casually and looked down.

A little kid had already hugged his thighs, his eyes wide open, looking up at him, and a familiar mechanical body was lying on top of his head.

That was the little gadget he had given to Li Ning's unborn son.

Li Ming raised his eyebrows and picked it up casually. Two pairs of eyes, one big and one small, looked at each other, "What's your name?"

"I...I..." The little guy stuttered and couldn't speak.

"Li Xiaolong" Li Ning jumped out from the side, with a little nervousness and gratitude on his face.

The little gadget that Li Ming gave him saved his son's life.

"Li...Xiaolong?" Li Ming paused slightly, his face looking a little strange.

I shook the little guy off, but he just giggled.

Ulrich had left quietly.

Li Ming didn't chat with them for too long, but he was in a good mood.

After returning to the Heavenly Palace, he collected his thoughts and thought about what he had gained this time.

On the way back, Chlonoa had been completely devoured by him, and the dimensional world had collapsed.

A total of twelve portions of world blood were absorbed.

This number was far more than he had expected. Together with the remaining three portions, there were a total of fifteen portions of World Blood, which would definitely be enough.

"The scene when the dimensional world collapsed was really magnificent..." Li Ming couldn't help but think of the bright and blazing scene again, "Unfortunately, other forbidden life forms are not so easy to deal with."

As he was thinking, an unexpected communication link woke him up.

“Gutierrez?”

Looking at the virtual screen, Li Ming's heart moved slightly, and he could roughly guess the other party's purpose.

After thinking about it, he answered the call. The face of the Star Alliance Chairman appeared and he said with a smile, "Good day, Your Excellency Qinglong."

He was very polite, as if he was not prepared to fight, and he sighed, "What happened in the deep dimensional world is really incredible."

"You're welcome." Li Ming responded politely: "Your Excellency the Chairman contacted me, it should not be for compliments."

Gutierrez nodded. "We are acquainted, so I will tell you directly that the Empire and the Federation are planning to deal with you, and they intend to unite with the Star Alliance."

"But if you tell me what happened deep in the Red River Star Stream, I will stand by you."

Gutierrez seemed very sincere and immediately quoted a price, "With the support of the Star Alliance, the Empire and the Federation can't do anything to you."

Li Ming stared at him with a smile but did not respond.

Gutierrez frowned slightly and continued, "The Empire and the Federation have been hiding things from me, but I have long disliked them. You and I can unite and not be afraid of them."

"I can guarantee that."

"Mr. Gutierrez, your promise is useless." Li Ming said slowly, "I'm telling you, you'll sell me out the next time, so why bother?"

"I have no interest in helping anyone profit."

He still had to deal with the corpse issue slowly, so how could he possibly tell the Covenant that he didn't trust Gutierrez?

Gutierrez was not embarrassed by being exposed. He just kept trying to persuade her. It didn't cost him anything anyway, so he even continued to persuade her:

"This is absolutely not a loss for you. The secret of the Red River Star Stream has nothing to do with you. If you tell me, I can still fight with the Empire and the Federation and buy you some time in disguise."

"Delay time?" Li Ming shook his head, meaning unclear, and changed the subject, "However, I can tell you that this matter is indeed very important, and even has something to do with the reshaping of the interstellar landscape."

Gutierrez couldn't help but straighten his body, wanting to listen carefully, but Qinglong said, "That's all I can say. I hope you can find clues soon."

Gutierrez's face suddenly turned ugly. This was even worse than not telling him anything.

Without waiting for his response, Li Ming ended the call and stroked his chin, "Tsk, Gutierrez probably wants to use this opportunity to get to the bottom of this secret. This is perfect. The more eager he is, the easier it will be to cause trouble..."

Putting this matter aside for the moment, he moved his mind slightly and pulled out two bright blue crystals from his body, covering a nebula-like distortion field.

The two fragments resonate faintly with each other, as if responding to each other.

But on the way back, Li Ming tried many times, but failed to completely merge the two fragments into one.

This fragment and the previous one both require 5 billion metal energies to control, but their abilities are slightly different.

[Future Precognition] was replaced by [Time and Space Distortion]

[Time and space distortion: Specify a certain target and forcibly change its timeline to a certain stage. The higher the life level, the greater the difficulty and the higher the cost.]

Directly adjust the target's time, which can be pulled to infancy or old age. It is an extremely powerful single-target attack method.

"It is estimated that the effect on X-level life forms will be limited..." Li Ming thought, but this influence can be used as a means to cooperate with his attack.

"Use this thing to interfere first, then use [Giant God Strike], the chance of hitting will be greatly increased."

“But how do these two fragments merge together…” Li Ming couldn’t help but feel a little worried. When these two fragments are combined, the abilities of each of them will definitely be greatly enhanced.

But on the way back, he tried many times but failed every time.

"It's difficult to do under normal circumstances. We can only try it after we have mastered it. It's nothing more than consuming metal energy."

The only way he could think of was to rely on the power of the control system.

"However, just to control these two fragments, tens of billions of metal energies will be required." Li Ming was shocked. A rough conversion would require trillions of star coins.

Even with the current situation of the Mechanical Royal Court, it would take at least a year to accumulate that much.

"What's more, the Mechanical King's Court will soon be suppressed, so we can only hope for other channels..."

His eyes flickered. He didn't know how much metal energy the Pioneers could provide him, but it should not reach 10 billion.

He now has 2 billion metal energies in his body, and 600 million were consumed during the battle in the deep dimensional world to repair the [Life Power Core].

But later in the Holy Castle, he replenished the weapons left by the big black man.

Including these two months, the Mechanical King's Court's accumulation adds up to nearly 4 billion.

But when it comes to metal energy, the more the better.

Hmm... let me think, Reynolds and Mikhail might be able to provide some.

The two of them should be able to see the necessity of supporting me. Li Ming opened the smart terminal and wanted to contact the other party.

Instead, he received a message from Mikhail, inviting him to come to the Godcrafter Laboratory.

"Hey, we think alike. You're worthy of being called Lao Mi." Li Ming grinned. He had already sensed something. These two guys were the big shots.

(End of this chapter)