This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 590: The Hole of Billion Metal Energy
Everything in front of his eyes was hazy, and white light and shadows filled Li Ming's vision.

As the energy gradually decays, the light beam generated by the information state enhancement device also gradually dissipates.

The mechanical guards responsible for guarding the surroundings entered his body one by one.

Li Ming asked other mechanical bodies to pack up the equipment and transport it to the warehouse. He returned to Tiangong and came to the development room.

The refrigerated metal box popped out, and the combination of medicines was re-optimized and encapsulated in a hexagonal isolation cabin, arranged in groups of different colors. The refrigerated gas condensed into an ice ring at the edge of the cabin cover.

A set of three tubes - S-level development potion, cell potential stimulation potion, and life energy recovery potion.

This is the optimal solution he found after many experiments.

He pulled it out casually, the interlocking structure made a crisp sound, and star-shaped cracks appeared on the bottle. When Li Ming raised his hand, the medicine opening had already opened.

He gulped it down.

His group will earn no less than 200 million star coins.

You get what you pay for, and the energy substances contained in it are quickly consumed.

His body gradually heated up and the development sequence was switched. The distortion force field of the Star of Eternal Silence enveloped him, the gravity field opened, and energy particles gradually dissipated from the surface of his skin.

His development process is basically fully automatic. Under the influence of the time distortion field, not only is the development time shortened, but it also means there is more time for thinking.

Li Ming was relieved to be able to reconnect with the Holy Castle and confirm that the three major civilizations could no longer squeeze in.

"Although according to Leonidak, Heckler has a backup plan, but now there are too many people involved. I estimate that it will be difficult to put it on the agenda for a while..."

This time, the three major civilizations just happened to work together, instead of working together.

As he was thinking, a sudden throbbing broke out from deep within his body, and the energy particles surging on the surface of his skin became even more chaotic. Li Ming focused his mind: "Hmm... It's almost 60%..."

Before going to the Holy Castle, his development progress had already reached 59%, and it was estimated that it would reach 60% in a short time.

While Li Ming was concentrating on development, the public opinion field in the interstellar society was stirred up by some people with ulterior motives.

The cause was a kidnapping incident involving the daughter of a high-ranking military official in the Federation, who was also an interstellar star in the Federation and quite famous on the interstellar level.

But during a public tour, he was caught by a human trafficking organization.

This naturally shocked the Federation, which issued several statements in succession, calling on other civilizations to assist and cooperate.

What will happen after the interstellar female star, the daughter of a high-ranking federal official, is kidnapped?
Many living beings naturally associate many things with unspeakable things, and are natural catalysts of public opinion.

Many people also want to know what kind of organization is so powerful or unlucky that it dares to attack such a person.

The Federation was furious, and other civilizations cooperated, so efficiency was naturally swift and resolute.

Within ten days, the kidnapped female star was found, and it was announced to the public that she had not suffered any harm.

However, there are a lot of rumors circulating, which stimulate the crowd.

The entire human trafficking organization was uprooted as a result, but its leader got the news in advance and escaped to the Chaos Star Gap.

For many interstellar life forms, this place is both strange and familiar.

Soon after, many interstellar media began to popularize and decipher the chaotic interstellar gaps.

[Criminals’ paradise, lawless place! ]

[More than 60 million interstellar life forms of all kinds disappear here every year! ]

[Organ Empire, the place where slaves sink! ]

All kinds of shocking headlines emerged one after another, and interstellar public opinion continued to discuss it.

"No way, there are still places like this in today's interstellar society? Why hasn't anyone wiped this place out?"

"This place is not under the jurisdiction of any civilization. Who would be willing to waste resources to wipe it out?"

"There are no less than six X-level life forms active here, they are very powerful..."

"No wonder it feels familiar. Qinglong's student and Li Ming's business seem to be here..."

After the initial popularization of science, more victims spoke out at the interstellar level.

Murderers who claim to have caused harm to themselves or committed some horrific crimes, after escaping the wanted by civilization, will go to the Chaos Star Gap to linger and seek pleasure.

This tearful accusation indeed aroused the sympathy of many people, and naturally caused them to be hostile to Chaos Star Gap.

In just five days, interstellar public opinion went through the transformation from curiosity to realization to anger to resentment.

Under the guidance of some people, this resentment soon turned into a demand to eliminate the chaotic star gap.

They even petitioned in the interstellar space and held protest marches in local civilizations. For a time, the interstellar space was very lively.

In the development room of the Mechanical Royal Court, Li Ming's body trembled slightly.

From a distance, it seemed as if something was being played in slow motion. The energy particles surging from the surface of his body jumped extremely slowly, directly breaking through a certain limit, and then suddenly accelerated and dissipated.

After a long time, his body trembled violently, and delicate black and red scales grew on the surface of his skin, and his pupils turned black and red.

This change quickly converged, and after reaching the 60% point, he awakened new genetic abilities, which should have been an extremely strong transformation.

But for Li Ming now, he just shuddered, exhaled a breath of gas mixed with black and red electric arcs, and carefully felt the changes in himself.

What he was concerned about was not the improvement of his strength. His explosive power was almost unstoppable, and further improvement would only be icing on the cake.

What he cared more about was how long the development progress had slowed down.

After a brief attempt, his expression became slightly distorted. Even though he had expected it, he couldn't help but curse, "Fuck, how come it's decaying so much?"

The decay of the development rate is not without regularity. The stronger the gene seed and the lower the development potential, the more serious the decay will be.

This time, it has been directly reduced by half. According to his current development speed, if he wants to increase the development progress by 60% on the basis of 1%, it will take a month.

Without the help of the [Star of Eternal Silence], it would take three months.

Even with the help of the Eternal Star, it would take at least two and a half years to develop it to 90%.

After calming down a little, Li Ming couldn't help but frown. This time was not unacceptable.

However, it would be best if it could be shortened.

Right now, he has almost only one way, and that is to completely repair the Star of Eternal Silence.

Thinking of such a big hole, Li Ming couldn't help but gritting his teeth.

When he opened the control system, he saw that his current metal energy balance was still 15 billion.

Of course, it was not just the Mechanical King Court's credit, but the interest-free loans before had basically been transformed into metal energy by him, so it increased to 15 billion. But it was still a long way from the 50 billion hole.

The benefits of repairing the [Star of Eternal Silence] are self-evident. Not only can it shorten the development process, it is also an extremely powerful weapon, which will be more advantageous in facing the subsequent situation.

Li Ming didn't just think of this matter suddenly. He had been thinking about it before, but his methods were limited.

"I think we can squeeze some more out of Reynolds and Mikhail. Although it's impossible for them to give me the full amount at once, 10 billion shouldn't be a problem..." Li Ming calculated and paused, "15 billion is not impossible..."

"But I still have to find at least another 20 billion... Tsk..."

Li Ming's eyes flickered. To be honest, he did think about snatching it.

Anyway, they are now enemies with the three major civilizations, so Li Ming will have no psychological burden at all when he takes action.

However, the problem still exists. He has to send someone to get the intelligence first, otherwise he will be like a headless fly.

Moreover, the inventory of cutting-edge alloys will not be too much, and they will be extracted and manufactured temporarily when needed.

However, it takes too much energy to absorb low-grade alloys.

Although there are many problems, he has asked the navigator to help gather intelligence. If a suitable target is found, it will be a solution.

"The best way is to use multiple approaches..." Li Ming estimated that nearly half a year had passed since the last time he "exploited" Reynolds and the other man, and the resistance should have weakened a lot.

He muttered: "At worst I can take out an interest-free loan. It's not like I won't pay it back."

Li Ming casually opened his smart terminal and browsed the latest news.

The first thing he received upon entering the Star Network was information about the recent turmoil in the Chaos Star Gap.

"Public opinion is ready..." Li Ming was not surprised. After taking a rough look, he found that there were not many fabricated news.

Chaos Star Gap is such a filthy place where there are no laws and it is a paradise for criminals.

On the interstellar network, there is a strong call to eliminate the chaotic star gap, requiring the three major civilizations and various organizations to assume the responsibility of maintaining economic stability and eliminate such a place.

According to statistics from relevant institutions, the frequency with which the United Organization of Higher Life Forms is mentioned far exceeds that of the three major civilizations.

Through popularization by various interstellar media, most people who follow this news know that Qinglong and Anduin, two members of the council, have important relationships with the Chaos Star Gap.

Among them, the active X-level life forms are all members of the Higher Life United Organization, so they are naturally required to express their stance.

"We cannot allow maintaining interstellar stability to become a slogan!"

Li Ming looked at the big words on the screen. He had no idea who had created the petition website. The slogans were very inflammatory, and the petition counter on it had so many zeros that he couldn't count them.

"Tsk tsk..." Li Ming's meaning was unclear. This was the perfection of the Chaos Star Gap. It hardly required much promotion. The facts in plain sight were enough to create momentum for "eradicating" it.

"But..." Li Ming also realized another point. This matter has been brewing for more than half a month, but the three major civilizations have not shown any sign of it.

"According to my estimation, their action plan and even manpower have probably already begun to be deployed. Public opinion only seems to be the first step, but I don't know how many steps it is in reality."

"But they don't seem to be in a hurry..." Li Ming swiped the screen unconsciously.

The public opinion step is dispensable. The fact that the three major civilizations are so slow is enough to prove that the priority of this matter is obviously not high.

"They probably think that this incident can't cause any substantial damage to me," Li Ming speculated, "so they are not that enthusiastic."

This is the difference in cognition between the two sides. The Mechanical Royal Court has consumed a lot of his efforts, and the X-level gene species modulated by Sheffield is even more crucial.

However, only he himself knew these. To outsiders, the Mechanical Royal Court was just Li Ming's business and had little to do with Qinglong.

The X-level gene seeds prepared by Sheffield are not too precious.

"Ha..." Li Ming couldn't help but grin, and once again praised his own amazing wisdom, "This is the advantage of a vest."

"I'm afraid they still regard Fort Saint as their first priority."

Naturally, he would be happy to see it happen and hoped that it would take as long as possible.

After reading the news, Li Ming picked up Qinglong's smart terminal again and found a lot of information.

Li Ming also received reminders during the development process, but they were not important information and he was too lazy to pay attention to them.

The more important one is the message Anduin sent him, asking him when he would have time to discuss the current situation.

Compared to him, Anduin was more anxious. The moment the interstellar public opinion changed, he realized what the three major civilizations wanted to do.

Of course, not only him, but also Sheffield, all the X-level life forms active in the chaotic star gap are very concerned about this matter.

Li Ming thought for a moment and then sent a message to Anduin. He immediately received a response and a link.

“…They are having a meeting to discuss something?” Li Ming was surprised. After thinking about it, he performed simulation and connected to the virtual conference room.

The bright blue projection light intertwined all around, quickly outlining a small virtual conference room.

There were not many people, only six in total, standing in twos and threes.

Anduin, Sheffield, and Barbaro are all here, along with three others.

They are all X-level life forms from the Chaos Star Gap, and they are involved in different industries. Li Ming had never had much contact with them before. It was only at a gathering some time ago that he had some contact with a few of them.

Captain - Sven, Snake Hunter - Carter, Scarlet Corruption - Benito.

Anduin frowned, Barbaroel's face turned red, Sheffield had a blank expression, and the other three also looked unhappy.

Seeing Qinglong coming, everyone suppressed their thoughts and greeted him: "Your Excellency Qinglong..."

"Yes." Li Ming nodded calmly, "I'm sorry everyone, when Lord Anduin contacted me before, I was dealing with some important matters and couldn't get away. Please forgive me."

"It's okay." Anduin said, "I understand."

"Sir Qinglong..." Scar sighed. He was a Mist Hidden Fishman, with gray-blue skin covered with tiny scales, pupils contracted into vertical lines, and webbed membranes between his fingers.

"It would be great if you could come and discuss this."

"Because of what happened last time, the three major civilizations are obviously going to use the Chaos Star Gap as a target to establish their power."

Li Ming looked at Scar. This guy was clearly saying that the disaster in Chaos Star Gap was caused by him.

He doesn't care about the other person's little thoughts, and this is actually the case in essence.

"Hmph..." Benito sneered. He was a crystal descendant, with diamond-shaped crystals growing on his joints, energy veins visible under his translucent lavender skin, and three rotating magnetic crystal cores embedded in his forehead.

"The Chaos Star Gap has existed for so many years, there must be a reason for it. If there is no Chaos Star Gap to carry these criminals, there will be other places. Now I want to wipe them out."

(End of this chapter)