This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 639: The Star Alliance wants to overturn the table
Brad, what are they doing!?

No ability to even resist?
Edmund's initial anger gradually turned into shock and confusion, but he also became more and more convinced that it must have been the Empire or the Alliance that was responsible.

Only they can use the backdoor program to quietly invade the Dominate Laboratory.

As expected, as expected...the Empire and the Federation cannot be trusted.

As soon as they parted ways, the other party secretly attacked.

Brad was extremely angry.

Turning the corner, the core laboratory was in sight, with two obviously different burly mechanical bodies standing at the door, one of which was obviously more powerful.

Edmund took a quick glance and felt that it seemed somewhat familiar. Before he had time to think about it, he was taken into the core laboratory.

When he looked up, he saw the X-level life forms standing in a row, all imprisoned.

Brad, whom he had high hopes for, was also among them. He even looked more seriously injured than the others and was a little shaky just standing.

The gaps in the blockade armor on his body were filled with blood.

This... Edmund was stunned. He seemed to catch a glimpse of it from the corner of his eye. He turned his head, his pupils dilated, and his whole body seemed to be touched by lightning.

The neural network under his skin was running at high speed, and the whole person seemed to be in a state of madness, shouting in shock: "Qinglong, how could it be you!"

Li Mingcheng, who was looking through relevant research materials in front of the operating table, turned around when he heard the shouting from behind.

Then he asked the flattering experimenter standing next to him, "Is he Edmund?"

"It's him. He is now the chief researcher in charge of this laboratory." The other party echoed.

Li Ming nodded and said, "Sir Edmund, you seem very surprised. Who did you think it would be?"

Edmund's mind was in a mess, but he managed to sort out the clues. "You...Qinglong, how did you find this place?"

"How could you occupy this place quietly...you...you..."

"None of this matters." Li Ming shook his head in a very calm manner. "I have always had great respect for talents like Sir Edmund. The guy next to me is very vague in many materials. How about you introduce him?"

In the time just now, he has roughly figured out the experimental progress here, and the gene source enhancement technology has entered the application stage.

The unfinished armor was made from skin fragments from the corpse of the Overmind. Its main purpose was to balance the Eternal Star through its temporal strength.
The harvest from the corpse of the Overmind is far more than that. There are also a large number of experimental projects, such as direct flesh-blood fusion, organ strengthening, muscle fiber extraction, and limb weaponization...

There are a wide variety of research projects, some of which seem to be far-fetched at first glance, while others have made substantial progress.

Among the most important technologies, in addition to the gene source enhancement technology, there is the ultimate gene seed. Data from the Star Alliance shows that it has entered the research stage.

We are reproducing the normal modulation process to see if any problems may arise and deal with them at any time.

And someone like Edmund is exactly what he needs most.

"You want to recruit me?" Edmund reacted immediately and subconsciously wanted to shake his head.

But Qinglong responded, "Don't be so hasty to decide. It's not easy for you to get to where you are today. A single thought may ruin all your efforts."

Edmund's expression changed, and Qinglong had already left the operating table.

"Suzaku..." he said, "Prepare to disassemble the instrument. Be careful not to damage it."

"Understood." Suzaku responded.

The Overmind Lab is too large to be brought back through the Stargate.

However, the empty shell outside is not important. What is important is the various instruments inside, which can be disassembled and taken back.

In addition to these sophisticated instruments, there are also the dismembered bodies of the Overmind.

He had already roughly counted them and found that the Covenant had a thigh and part of the torso, which had been cut into small pieces, making it easier for him to transport them.

Soon, researchers, precision instruments, and flesh and blood began to be transferred in an orderly manner.

Edmund felt disheartened and remembered what Gutierrez had said. The arms race had just begun and the Covenant had already been eliminated.

If the Chairman had not intended to use the laboratory to hold others in the Covenant hostage, this might not have happened.

This time, he was really finished.

Under Suzaku's command, the mechanical bodies acted in unison with incredible efficiency.

In just five days, the interior of the Dominant Laboratory was emptied and only an empty shell was left.

Li Ming did not even let go of the empty shell outside.

Let the mechanical guards perform multi-dimensional cutting, which is equivalent to turning it into a small module, and when it is moved to other places, it can be welded together.

With the help of the transport warships that dominate the laboratory, they headed towards the location of the star gate in a mighty manner.

The journey was smooth and smooth. When arriving at the star gate, the staff in charge of guarding were stunned. They didn't know where such a large group of warships came from, and even caused panic.

They didn't feel relieved until Li Ming contacted them.

He watched in astonishment as the warships sank into the star gate.

Soon, orders came from the top, asking them to destroy the star gate and return as soon as possible.

At the same time, at the original location of the Domination Laboratory, a transport fleet also flew out from the jump channel.

In the lead ship, the commander frowned as he looked at the desolate starry sky in front of him, and compared it with the virtual star map on another screen, "That's right, the coordinates are here..."

He didn't know where this place was. He was just transporting some things here according to orders. He didn't even know what the things were.

After a moment of confusion, he suddenly remembered Gutierrez's instructions and quickly asked his men to build a communication link.

In the office, Gutierrez had been waiting anxiously for a long time. As soon as the smart terminal in front of him rang, he immediately answered it and asked impatiently, "What's going on? What happened there?"

"What happened?" The commander was also stunned. Looking at the chairman of the Star Alliance on the huge screen in front of him, hesitantly said, "It seems that nothing happened."

"Nothing happened?" Gutierrez was obviously relieved, but he realized something was wrong. "If nothing happened, why can't we contact them?"

"Who to contact?" the commander asked cautiously.

"The laboratory at the coordinate location!" Gutierrez said in a deep voice.

"Laboratory?" The commander glanced out the porthole and said cautiously, "Mr. Chairman, there is nothing here."

Gutierrez was visibly stunned, and subconsciously repeated, "Nothing?"

His face turned visibly pale, almost twisted, and he growled through gnashing teeth, "How can there be nothing! Open your dog eyes and take a good look!"

The commander did not dare to hesitate and quickly asked his men to access the external observation facilities.

After the images were synchronized, Gutierrez on the screen fell silent, his eyes moving around, as if looking for something he wanted to see. But his distorted cheeks became uglier, his face changed from cyan to indigo, and then flushed, the image began to blur, and the communication signal was disturbed.

"Chairman..." The commander added cautiously, "I have carefully checked the coordinates, absolutely..."

The communication ended before he finished speaking, and the staff in the command room looked at each other in confusion.

……

"Get out!"

The office was in a mess. Gutierrez's eyes were bloodshot as he ordered the guards who rushed in to leave.

He took a deep breath, and an uncontrollable panic surged into his heart.

The last time this feeling occurred was when the Gun of Kashmir was snatched away.

And this time, it may be even more serious than last time.

The Overmind's body was divided into three parts, and all research data was shared, which was a trump card in his hand.

The enhancement of gene source is the ladder to the ultimate life form, which is highly dependent on the dominant corpse, and the same is true for the ultimate gene seed.

These two can even be said to be the cornerstones of the continued existence of the Star Alliance.

Losing it means falling behind the times. If we wait a few more years, the Imperial Federation may even give birth to the ultimate life form, but the Star Alliance has no hope now!
He can't afford such consequences!

"No, I won't allow it!" He gritted his teeth and slammed the already twisted table top. He walked out of the room with a gloomy expression, went to the backup terminal, directly activated the highest communication protocol, and initiated a summit-level dialogue.

Soon, Adam and Malcolm were connected to the top-secret virtual space and divided into three parties.

Malcolm, sitting in the virtual seat, was a little unhappy. He looked at Gutierrez, who was obviously not in a good state. "What's so urgent that you even need to make a highest-level communication request?"

He was in the middle of a meeting when he received an urgent message and had to stop.

Adam looked at Gutierrez's expression, realized something was wrong, and asked, "What's going on?"

Both of them had spoken, but Gutierrez did not notice anything unusual. He looked around at the two of them coldly, not in the mood to be polite, and said directly: "Stop pretending, you two. Who did it? Or did you work together?"

"Who did it? What joint action?" Malcolm also reacted. He could only suppress his dissatisfaction and asked carefully: "What happened?"

Gutierrez seemed to be squeezing out these words from between his teeth, "Apart from you, who else can locate the location of the Overlord Laboratory, or even take it away silently?"

"Something happened in the Dominate Laboratory?" Adam's face changed slightly.

Malcolm was also shocked, but he immediately reacted, "Do you suspect we did it?"

Gutierrez said in a deep voice: "We can't even detect the slightest bit of battle fluctuations. Apart from breaking through from the inside, is there any other possibility?"

Malcolm looked at Adam suspiciously, and Adam frowned.

Gutierrez has almost lost his mind. He looked around at the two people and said, "I warn you, don't think that I can do nothing after we go our separate ways. At worst, we will both die together and no one will play!"

"It's not us!" Adam said firmly, "It's Qinglong!"

“Qinglong?” Malcolm’s heart skipped a beat. He wasn’t sure if it was Adam who did it, but at this moment he could only agree: “Yes, Qinglong is also a possibility. He had already locked onto the location of the Overmind Laboratory.”

"But didn't you guess that the loophole was found because his carrier was still in the laboratory?" Gutierrez said immediately, "But now, the laboratory has been cleaned many times."

It's not like he didn't suspect Qinglong, but he denied it immediately.

He sneered, "We all know that the location of the Domination Laboratory is very remote. If it is really Qinglong, according to the time speculation, it means that he went to the Domination Laboratory without stopping after the siege in the Chaos Star Gap."

"So, what you mean is that he can always locate the laboratory?"

Hearing what Gutierrez said, Adam couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

Yes, Qinglong can always lock onto the location of the Domination Laboratory. How does he do that?
It had clearly been cleaned more than once, and the external signals were also blocked.

If there is no split, it is likely that more than just Gutierrez will suffer.

Malcolm also felt a little puzzled. He was sure that he did not do it, but he was not sure whether Adam did it.

Gutierrez glanced at the two silent people with a cold gaze, "…Return the Overmind Lab to me now, and I can pretend that nothing happened. Otherwise, I will make all the truth public, and I will find the location of the body in your hands at any cost."

"We didn't do it." Adam said in a deep voice: "It's useless to threaten us. You can just make everything public."

Malcolm couldn't help feeling anxious. If the body was made public, it would cause a lot of trouble.

"Don't be so anxious. This matter really has nothing to do with us."

Seeing Adam's strong attitude, Gutierrez couldn't help but feel suspicious. Could it be that it really wasn't them?

Qinglong… His mind was full of thoughts, but he gritted his teeth and said, “Don’t pretend. No matter how powerful Qinglong is, he can’t lock the position out of thin air. You must give me an explanation.”

"The Star Alliance can admit defeat in this matter, but if you want to cut off the Star Alliance's path to evolution, then think about whether you can afford the price."

"You can take the Overlord Laboratory, but you must return some of the flesh and blood."

He thought about it and realized that he could only blame the Empire and the Federation.

Even if it was really Qinglong who did it, he had no way to deal with Qinglong. The only one he could control was the Mechanical Royal Court under Li Ming, but it was too small.

He didn't think that taking action against the Mechanical King's Court would make Qinglong compromise.

The Empire and the Federation are both huge and powerful, and he can use this attitude of not sparing any cost to threaten the other party, and then snatch some of the Overlord's flesh and blood to make up for the losses.

Isn't this just extortion?
Adam's face darkened. He also realized the difficulty of this matter. In order to recover his losses, Gutierrez had no choice but to hold on to both of them.

His eyes flickered and his attitude was firm. "Please do as you please, Excellency. As for asking for an explanation, you should wait until the next chairman of the Star Alliance comes."

After saying that, Adam went offline directly. Gutierrez looked at Malcolm with a grim face.

Malcolm also forced a smile, "I can only say that this was definitely not done by the Federation."

After saying that, he also logged off, leaving Gutierrez alone, his face looking extremely gloomy.

"Okay, okay, Empire, Federation, Qinglong... okay..." The edge of the virtual projection twisted slightly, and bursts of murmured sounds like grinding teeth were heard.

.........

Like last time, Li Ming did not return to Anduin's base with the Overmind Laboratory.

The laboratory was asked to get off the vehicle halfway, and several mechanical guards were assigned to transport it to other places.

Only he himself returned to Anduin's lair.

(End of this chapter)