This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 575: Attacking Azure Dragon and Saving It (beginning of the month, asking for monthly votes!)
At the same time, in the invisible quantum network, the three major civilizations took action to build the most rigorous channel.

The virtual meeting room is small, with only three seats.

And soon, in the first seat, data streams intertwined, and Adam with an indifferent expression appeared, tapping the armrest quietly.

During this period of time, there seemed to be no movement between them.

But in fact, we are also collecting relevant information intensively.

Moreover, some senior officials have contacted each other and reached some consensus.

But it was not until today that the time came to hold a summit meeting.

Soon after, the corresponding bigwigs appeared in the other two seats, Federal President Malcolm and Star Alliance Chairman Gutierrez.

The three of them didn't speak when they first appeared, and the atmosphere was very quiet.

Until Adam spoke first, his voice was indifferent: "Qinglong is the enemy."

Malcolm and Gutierrez were silent.

"He's a very difficult person." Adam continued, "We have tried our best to integrate all the information about him during this period, but to no avail."

"On the surface, there is still only one Mechanical Royal Court that is connected to him."

Only when you truly treat Qinglong as an enemy will you understand how troublesome he is.

Adam naturally knew that he couldn't fight a long battle with Qinglong, otherwise he would only boost the opponent's power.

But the biggest trouble is not being able to find this person. In the past, when facing X-level life forms, encircling the opponent's forces was an important means of attack.

Even if people can escape, the forces will eventually be destroyed. This is a display of power.

But now we can't find Qinglong's lair, so the previous methods are useless. We can only attack Qinglong himself. But if the first encirclement and suppression fails, things will become delicate.

"So, the first thing we have to do is to gather intelligence and make sure that everything goes well when we take action."

Adam glanced at the two of them and saw that they were still silent. He couldn't help but frowned, "You two came here just to listen to me?"

"Or should I just give the orders to the two of you directly?"

"The first thing we need to do is not to gather intelligence on Azure Dragon," Malcolm finally spoke, staring at Adam, "but to get the Empire to share the coordinates of the Holy Castle."

Strangling the Azure Dragon is just a process, not a result. The result is the Holy Castle.

But before, when the top leaders of the three parties were communicating with each other, the Empire refused to share the coordinates of the Holy Castle.

"That's right." Gutierrez also echoed in a deep voice, "Not only the coordinates of the Holy Fortress, but also the relevant information of the Holy Fortress. This is the basis for cooperation."

Adam was not surprised. He looked around at the two of them and said calmly, "The coordinates of the Holy Castle were found by the Empire after a lot of effort. Isn't it a bit too much for you two to want to share the coordinates after just one word?"

"Okay, Adam." Malcolm sneered, "I don't believe you're still thinking about keeping the coordinates now."

"If the coordinates are not shared, it is only the Empire's business. Only when the coordinates are shared, it is the business of the three major civilizations." Gutierrez was very impolite, "And, you must share as well. State your request."

Even if they are going to cooperate next, they will still be at loggerheads with each other.

Adam stopped talking nonsense and said in a deep voice, "You can share the coordinates with me, but before you successfully strangle Qinglong, all actions must be approved by the Empire."

"That means the Empire will be the leader of this operation."

"The Empire is leading?" Malcolm rejected it flatly. "That's impossible. Do you think I should agree to it even if you let our people die?"

"I won't let your people die. If that happens, you won't agree to it." Adam said in a deep voice:

"The Empire must take the lead, otherwise there will be no cooperation. At worst, Qinglong will succeed. After all, I put Qinglong on the board of directors of the Higher Life Forms United Organization, so I have some favor to him."

Malcolm and Gutierrez frowned, taking the lead is not empty talk.

When the time comes to take action, the front-line combat personnel and higher-level life forms will only obey the first commander and will not have the time to confirm with the higher-ups.

"I can promise you..." Malcolm said in a deep voice.

They seem reluctant, but in fact the think tank behind them has already analyzed it countless times.

If they were this empire, they would not be willing to simply hand over the coordinates and would definitely want to get some benefits.

Adam looked at Gutierrez, who snorted, "Okay, if you want to take the lead, then take the lead."

Adam nodded, but before he could speak, Gutierrez said, "But I also have a request, to share the secrets deep within the Red River Star Stream."

"I want to know what you found and get involved."

Adam and Malcolm looked at each other, still without any surprise.

"That's impossible." Adam shook his head, "These two are not the same thing."

Gutierrez said solemnly: "This is also the request of the Star Alliance. Otherwise, we will stand on the side of Qinglong. I believe he should be very happy to accept us."

"And they are very willing to tell me what happened to the Red River Star Stream."

He spoke in a decisive manner, as if he had never contacted Qinglong at all.

"No." Malcolm shook his head and said calmly: "We all know that this is impossible."

Adam was even more direct: "He won't believe you, and you can't help him. Even if you get the secret from him, at most you can only threaten us in return. He knows this clearly."

Gutierrez narrowed his eyes slightly, "Aren't you afraid that Qinglong will make this secret known to everyone?"

"If everyone knows about it, it will only make his current troubles worse." Adam said calmly, "Even if some people, including the Higher Life Forms United Organization, know this secret, they don't have the ability to force us to tell them. Instead, they choose to cooperate with us."

"We will ask them to join the team to fight against Qinglong."

"He understands, we understand, and you understand. Revealing this secret will not benefit anyone, so it's best to keep the status quo."

Gutierrez was not angry about the failure of his plan, but just had a blank expression on his face, "It seems to be a dead end. Then we can talk about how to deal with Qinglong next."

Adam further said: "Now that the cooperation has been reached, there is one more thing you two need to know."

Gutierrez and Malcolm couldn't help but look.

"Klonoa's dimensional world collapsed not long ago, and this forbidden life form has perished." Adam uttered.

Gutierrez's pupils suddenly contracted and Marquez's face changed drastically. This was indeed something they didn't know.

"Can Qinglong kill forbidden life forms head-on?" Malcolm was surprised and doubtful.

In the dimensional world where the forbidden life form itself exists, it is almost invincible and can only be killed by the ultimate life form.

Chlonoa's death was extremely sudden.

Gutierrez looked grim: "What other information are you hiding?"

What happened in the deep dimensional world was not only the Holy Castle reflected by the giant screen of time and space, but also the complex struggle for the Star of Eternal Silence.

They also knew everything clearly, including Klonoa's betrayal and fear.

If Qinglong can really kill the forbidden life forms head-on in the dimensional world, then they will be useless.

"Of course..." Adam explained: "Talos, do you know?"

The name was unfamiliar, and both Alcom and Gutierrez frowned at the same time. After a moment, as if his subordinates had reported, Malcolm hesitantly said, "Klonoa's former...master?"

Gutierrez found nothing and remained silent.

"That's right." Adam nodded. "The original controller of Chlonoa's dimensional world was Talos. However, for some reason, Talos seemed to have given up this identity and became a regular life form in a special way."

Facing the two people's gazes, Adam said: "Li Ming, it's Talos."

Malcolm looked surprised and uncertain, "There is such a thing."

"Li Ming, Talos..." Gutierrez frowned and said meaningfully: "The Empire knows a lot."

Adam then concluded: "We can be sure that Li Ming has some way to check and balance Klonoa, so Klonoa's death was probably caused by Li Ming behind the scenes."

Upon hearing that Qinglong did not kill Chlonoa head-on, Malcolm and Gutierrez both breathed a sigh of relief.

But then Gutierrez's eyes flickered, and he said, "Is that all? Did the Titan branch reveal any information? His father seemed to want to kill Qinglong right away. Is there some grudge or entanglement?"

"He hasn't revealed anything yet." Adam said slowly, "But he did say something else. His people came to this star field some time ago, but were captured by the Star Alliance."

Malcolm suddenly looked at Gutierrez.

"So he's one of his tribesmen..." Gutierrez seemed a little surprised.

Malcolm couldn't help but emphasize, "Our common enemy now is Qinglong. I hope you two won't hide any news."

"Of course." Adam nodded, "If we want to deal with Qinglong, we have to attack him first."

"Currently, Saint Castle is one of them, and Li Ming is the second."

"But both of them are troublesome." Adam had already done the deduction, "The Holy Castle cannot be breached in a short time. Although the Mechanical Royal Court is there, there is no guarantee that Li Ming is in it."

"And there's one more thing." Malcolm added, "Qinglong's counterattack."

"That black giant was able to fight Tandin on equal terms, but he was severely injured by a single blow. If we fight alone, no living being among our people should be his opponent."

Even Adam felt a little nervous when this was mentioned.

"That's right, so once we start, we must kill with one strike, otherwise we'd rather not move." Adam emphasized, "Next, we need to fully investigate Qinglong, find more of his rescuers, and formulate a more complete plan."

The three of them knew very well that Qinglong was not the opponent he used to be, and they had to be prepared.

The short summit meeting has ended with consensus reached on the general framework, and more people will discuss the details next.

The virtual projections around him gradually dissipated, and Adam's eyes fell on the table, on which lay a broken azure crystal.

Fragments of the Eternal Star.

However, when Adam saw the fragment brought back by Costat, his cheek twitched violently.

Because, it's not half at all, it's one third.

Costat had not come into contact with the Star of Eternal Silence, but he had.

However, he didn't tell anyone about this.

There is still a piece of debris scattered outside, which is bad news, but also good news.

"I can only send someone to look for it secretly..."

.........

"…Thank you both very much."

In the Master Craftsman's laboratory, a sincere smile appeared on the face of Li Ming's carrier.

Reynolds looked nonchalant, "It's nothing, we are completely tied together, we prosper together and suffer together."

Mikhail felt a pain in his heart, and he felt even more uncomfortable when he heard Reynolds' words.

If one prospers, all may not prosper together, but if one suffers, all will definitely suffer together.

"Yeah..." Li Ming couldn't help but sigh. He glanced at Mikhail's constipated face and felt good.

Reynolds and Mikhail provided him with a total of one trillion in resource support without saying a word.

Li Ming estimated that being able to convert more than 10 billion metal energies made him a real big shot.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you something." Li Ming pondered, "I was free some time ago and was researching the path of mechanical evolution..."

Halfway through his words, Haier suddenly looked over, looking surprised and doubtful.

Li Ming continued: "I don't know if it's because I'm lucky or what, but I really made a breakthrough."

Qinglong, I knew it!
Mikhail's mechanical pupils sparkled, but he gritted his teeth in his heart, thinking that this bastard really had something good hidden.

What good luck? It's obvious that I was just unwilling to share it before.

"Really?" Reynolds was surprised and couldn't help but admire: "That's amazing."

"Mikhail and I have been researching for such a long time, but there has been no progress. I didn't expect that you would make a breakthrough on your own."

This idiot is still here flattering me, I... Mikhail feels so suffocated.

In just a few moments, he cursed the two of them in his heart, and then he suppressed his emotions and asked, "How far have you studied this?"

Li Ming responded: "A preliminary prototype has been built."

Reynolds froze, the processor running at high speed, almost smoking?

This is called a breakthrough? A breakthrough?
The prototype has been made. Mikhail was a little confused and took a look at the cutting-edge laboratory that had consumed a huge amount of resources to build.

Then Qinglong said, "I had planned to send it to you two after the Star of Eternal Silence ended."

Mikhail turned his head and said with difficulty, "Sir Qinglong, you are so selfless."

In consideration of the resources he provided, Li Ming automatically ignored the other party's ridicule and said sincerely: "We all prosper together and suffer together. It's only natural."

Mikhail was speechless. If they hadn't shed blood this time, there was no telling how long the bastard Qinglong would have hidden.

However, he has already developed a prototype. This guy is really abnormal...

He was secretly shocked in his heart, but his confidence in Qinglong was quietly strengthened a lot.

After confirming the resource delivery time and coordinates, Li Ming went offline with satisfaction.

At this point, the metal energy needed to control the Star of Eternal Silence has basically been met.

"Then the next step is to dominate the laboratory..." Li Ming pulled out the star map and looked at the coordinates he marked.

"This place is too desolate. If someone goes there for no apparent reason, we must find a suitable reason and attract the attention of the Star Alliance so that they can gradually get involved..."

"Not just the Covenant... there have to be others..."

This is a great target for attracting attention, but it must be carefully considered or it may backfire.

Li Ming stared at this coordinate and fell into deep thought.
(End of this chapter)