This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 613: We must not sit back and wait for death

It's Adam.

Li Ming locked onto the target almost immediately, his face flickering under the metal visor.

During the confrontation with Hemod, he felt something was wrong. The attack against Sheffield was unreasonable.

Coupled with this attack, he was almost certain that Adam must have seen through something.

Not only did they let Hemode conduct a test, but they also launched an attack on the Yeyue Biological Company, which had a weak defense.

Li Ming knew where the problem lay. It was probably because Adam had obtained the information that Chlonoa initially claimed would reveal his identity.

But Adam certainly couldn't believe it directly, so he tried all kinds of tests. He looked gloomy and uncertain, "Then he should have confirmed by now that Qinglong and I are the same person. What a difficult guy."

Thinking of this, he immediately asked the tank guard's auxiliary system to connect to the Mechanical Royal Court to see if his hometown had been attacked.

Before coming, he left all his mechanical guards in the royal court to avoid any unexpected situations.

Given the current level of enemies, it is difficult for the Mechanical Guards to provide frontal support, so it is better for them to defend the home.

Zhuque soon responded that the royal court was peaceful and calm, without anyone attacking.

Although Wang Ting is fine, he is now considering whether to go to the empire's mother planet and kill this guy directly.

But he estimated that Adam was very likely to have left the empire's home planet, unless the other party had the means to check and balance him.

"If you don't hand over my star beast, I will turn the empire upside down." Li Ming felt indifferent and subconsciously thought that the star beast had been lost.

Class X gene-seed is of utmost importance and cannot be lost.

"Sir Qinglong, the things are not lost." Sheffield noticed the increasingly strong murderous aura around him. He could guess what Qinglong was thinking and hurriedly contacted him secretly.

"Huh?" Li Ming was slightly surprised, and then he heard Sheffield explain: "When I came here, I had asked Monica and my confidant to take the things and go to another place."

So far-sighted?

Li Ming was inevitably surprised. In order to prevent others from realizing the importance of this X-level gene seed to him, he had not taken the initiative to contact Sheffield several times.

Normally, Sheffield would never have done anything like this, and it wasn't told to me.

He pondered in his heart and had a vague answer, but he still exclaimed, "Great, it's better to be prepared."

Sheffield smiled awkwardly. He certainly didn't expect anyone to attack his company.

The reason why people were sent away with the X-level gene seeds and star beasts that were being prepared was not to guard against others, but Qinglong.

After all, when they came to the central node, they were still very nervous. Sheffield and Qinglong had a purely trading relationship and had only dealt with each other a few times.

The level of trust is not as high as Anduin. Anduin has a worst-case plan, let alone him.

He anticipated many situations, the worst of which was that Azure Dragon did not appear and the three major civilizations were ready to kill them.

It would be tantamount to being killed by Qinglong, so Sheffield naturally didn't want to let Qinglong find his star beast again.

Such a precious star beast, Qinglong will definitely feel distressed for a while.

Unexpectedly, by some strange coincidence, he actually accomplished something great.

Li Ming secretly asked, "What stage has the gene seed been adjusted to?"

Sheffield's mental fluctuations came: "I estimate that it will take three months at the longest, or two months at the shortest, to reach the final stage."

Hmm... Li Ming thought about it and simply responded: "How about this, you take Li Ming back with you, and I will compensate you for your company's losses. I hope you can debug the seeds as soon as possible. If there is any accident, I will come."

After getting the gene seeds, there will be no worries, and I can slowly create this guy Adam.

This gene seed is indeed very important, Sheffield confirmed again.

I also guessed that Qinglong was deliberately pretending not to care before.

"The company's damage is nothing. How can we ask you to pay for it?" Sheffield felt guilty and naturally refused.

Seeing that he was determined, Li Ming did not force him.

After a brief greeting, everyone went their separate ways.

Reynolds and Mikhail took Gaius and others back to their base, waiting for Qinglong's follow-up instructions.

Li Ming followed Sheffield to his secret base.

Seeing this, Anduin muttered to himself, "They actually let Li Ming go with them. It's so important, could it really be the Ultimate Gene Seed?"

Does Sheffield have this capability?
.........

On the Empire's home planet, Costat, who received the information, contacted Adam immediately.

“…He has actually reached this point…” Costat was still in shock.

God knows how shocked he, Heins, and Schmidt were when they received the relevant information. They couldn't help but ask:
"How could the half of the Star of Eternal Silence in his hand have such great power?"

Adam was silent and silent, with no thought of replying.

Costat didn't come here to ask about this matter. Seeing that Adam didn't react, he quickly said:

"I suggest that you should transfer from the Imperial home planet and enter the Wandering Imperial Ship now."

"With his current strength, he is capable of launching a decapitation tactic. Although the defenses outside the mother planet are extremely strong, his lurking methods are enough to easily bypass them."

"I've already had a closed-door meeting immediately. I'll move as soon as possible." Adam finally spoke, sighing.

This is the trouble with individual strength being unable to check and balance each other. These leaders of civilization are in danger all the time and can only keep moving.

Although someone would immediately take his place if he were killed, the damage to the empire would still be very high.

However, he knew in his heart that Li Ming's strength was actually composed of multiple dimensions.

His own life level should not be very high, and the Mechanical Holy Spirit and the Star of Eternal Silence are his greatest means.

It's not that there is no way to fight against the Mechanical Holy Spirit. Just take out the plan to deal with the Hammer Forging God.

As for the Gun of Kashmir, unless he is willing to sacrifice his own vitality, it will be useless.

But the only remaining Star of Eternal Silence can block all his methods.

"That's good..." Costat nodded, but then he heard Adam ask, "What's the situation at the Saint Castle?"

"We closed the star gate immediately. Even if Qinglong wanted to rush here, it would take at least half a year. The external communications of the Saint Castle have been cut off long ago." Costat reported.

"The materials are basically in place. The rest will be transported over long distances using the Void Anchor. We will be able to open the Holy Castle in three months at most."

The distance between stars is the biggest barrier to resist the Azure Dragon.

"That's good. The Crown of Diglas must not fall into his hands again." Adam nodded solemnly. "What about Gaius and others..." Costat hesitated, "Will Qinglong kill them for revenge?"

"No." Adam said firmly. Li Ming was not as powerful as he appeared.

He still needs to accumulate capital, at least he can't rely on Reynolds and Mikhail's mechanical body every time.

So he needed resources, and the best way was to use these captives to exchange for resources.

As he was thinking, an emergency report popped up on both sides of the screen in front of him. Adam seemed to have been waiting for a long time. He opened it immediately, took a glance, and couldn't help but feel disappointed.

"I failed..."

It was the report from the people he sent to attack Yeyue Biological Company.

He made preparations for both scenarios. The coalition forces of the three civilizations were mainly at the central node of chaos.

But he secretly sent people to Yeyue Biological Company.

As long as Sheffield appears at the central node, his nest will be unguarded.

However, although Yeyue Biological Company was breached, nothing was found.

"You are so well prepared. Did you know that I would take action?" Adam frowned.

The people he sent out were actually of low quality.

The Empire is now operating on multiple fronts. A group of people have been sent to the Holy Castle, and people are also required to guard the nodes leading to the Holy Castle base.

People also need to be sent to the main laboratory and even more to the central node, which results in the number and quality of people he can mobilize being limited.

The Empire's X-level life forms are not infinite.

He originally wanted to send people to the Mechanical King's Court to launch a sneak attack while Li Ming was away.

But precisely because of the limited manpower mobilized, he had to give up this idea. Li Ming had many means, and without the core combat force, the probability of success was not high.

Sheffield is just an X-level life form, so he has a better grasp of the situation.

Seeing that Adam had a frown on his face, Costat didn't know what news he had received, so he could only remain silent.

A moment later, a new signal came in. Adam looked up and said to Costat, "Sir Tandin contacted me."

Costat tactfully ended the communication.

Tan Ding answered the call with a very unhappy look on his face. He immediately asked, "Doesn't he only have half a piece?"

Adam sighed deeply, "I don't know."

Tandin frowned, and there was a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes when he looked at Adam, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Adam asked, "Is everything okay over there at the Domination Laboratory?"

"They have been safely relocated. Although the group of people were eager to try, Gustav and Anatoly had ulterior motives and finally did not dare to act."

"We have destroyed everything left behind by the three great craftsmen, and are conducting a comprehensive screening."

"Yeah." Adam rubbed his brows. "The exposure of the Overmind Laboratory was really unexpected. The Star Alliance will intervene soon and prepare to share a copy of the experimental data with them."

Tandin became increasingly dissatisfied and snorted coldly.

Adam saw his dissatisfaction, but pretended not to notice it, and said helplessly:
"Qinglong's individual strength has been unbalanced. The Ultimate Life Form is the only hope to fight him. We must not let him find the location of the laboratory."

Tandin narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "The ultimate life form is not the only hope."

"Oh?" Adam looked slightly shocked. "Any new progress?"

The master of the laboratory's progress would only report to him every once in a while. He didn't understand the specific details and only looked at the results.

Even though Tandin was dissatisfied, he patiently explained: "Sir Raphael, through the source essence extracted from the corpse and combined with the gene seed, he cultivated a substance he called gene source essence."

Gene source substance...Adam stroked his chin. This thing was mentioned in the last report, but it was only in the speculation stage.

Tandin recalled Raphael's words, "For example, my F-level gene seed is the Red Flame Rat. If I use the gene seed of the Red Flame Rat to mix the gene source and inject it into my body, it can strengthen my bottom-level gene seed and increase its strength to an extremely high level."

Adam's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but ask, "If we develop the X-level gene seed to its limit, and then inject this gene source material to strengthen it, increase the strength of the body, and finally fuse the ultimate gene seed, can we become the ultimate life form?"

"That's the theory," Tandin nodded. "However, this gene source is still in the unstable experimental stage."

"The Ultimate Gene Seed is still in its infancy."

Tandin then emphasized: "The method I am talking about is not the ultimate life form."

"Rather, our evolutionary bodies have gone astray, and due to the fusion of too many X-level gene seeds, their genetic structure has been destroyed.

"Although it is impossible to become an ultimate life form, it can use the gene essence to strengthen multiple gene seeds in the body, thereby strengthening again in a short period of time."

What Tandin didn't say was that this method was very dangerous. There were too many gene seeds in their bodies and it was easy to become unbalanced.

If Qinglong's performance this time had not exceeded everyone's expectations, this method would not have been put forward.

Adam's face changed and he let out a breath. Finally, there was some good news.

"But it will take time. This gene source is still very unstable and requires more and larger experiments."

At this point, Tandin could no longer suppress his dissatisfaction and emphasized, "If the Star of Eternal Silence was still in our hands, it would greatly shorten the experiment time."

Adam knew that the other party was blaming him for accepting the Virgin Mary Church and thus losing the Star of Eternal Silence.

But he still pretended not to understand anything, and even agreed: "Yeah, what a pity."

Tan Ding couldn't help but feel depressed, and said coldly: "The Holy Emperor had better pray that Qinglong can't find the location of the laboratory before our plan is formed."

"Yeah... pray." Adam sighed, and Tandin ended the call expressionlessly.

"If I had not accepted the Virgin Mary's religion, the person talking to you now would be someone else." Adam shook his head and did not regret what he had done.

About two or three hours later, his transfer measures were ready, and the captain of the guard came to inform him to prepare to go to the secret waterway and he would not come back until he was sure that he had the means to check and balance Qinglong.

Adam stood up from the throne, but before he could move, the terminal on the desk rang rapidly.

"The commander of the outer defense of Imperial Star?" Adam looked at the source of the communication and couldn't help but be surprised.

After the call was connected, the commander with a solemn expression reported: "Holy Emperor, urgent news, the Holy Mother, the Prophet, Morris, and an X-level life form who calls himself the Alchemist Baron have arrived at the outer defense cordon and request to meet with you."

Adam paused, and the expression on his face suddenly became interesting. These guys were all his acquaintances.

Moreover, there is another point in common, which is more or less related to Qinglong.

"Interesting, coming here suddenly at this time..." His thoughts raced, and he immediately ordered, "Let them in."

(End of this chapter)