This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 656 Half a Year
"What on earth are you doing?" The monitor standing nearby had his pupils shrinking, his eyes fixed on the severed arm in front of him, and he said in a dull voice: "If you want to do anything with it, move it away as soon as possible."

This guy kept moving back and forth, and no one knew what he was doing, but it was obvious that he had intentions towards the severed arm.

Although the owner of this severed arm was not Digras, who created him, as a Titan master like his master, he did not want to see the other's body being desecrated.

But now this situation is a foregone conclusion. Qinglong can absorb the power of Yongyuan. Although the hope is slim, it is possible to defeat Yongyuan and avenge the Titans.

He could only turn a blind eye, and more importantly, he no longer had any ability to stop it.

But it is somewhat difficult to accept watching the corpse being desecrated.

"Nothing..." Li Ming glanced at him. He couldn't stand it. If he saw the fragments of the base above, he would go crazy.

After thinking for a moment, he added: "I will take this severed arm away as soon as possible."

The Supervisor then nodded reluctantly. Out of sight, out of mind. This was all he could do.

Li Ming collected his thoughts and believed that his flesh and blood could be regarded as the "ultimate power".

He just doesn't know whether a mechanical body counts, and he doesn't have any experimental method right now. He can only wait until he can fuse the ultimate mechanical body to be sure.

"Hmm... If there are two limbs, I wonder if they can be fused..." Li Ming suddenly had an idea. The Domination Laboratory is right up there, and he could confirm it by going there.

However, he was not in a hurry. Instead, he looked at the Supervisor and said, "By the way, there is something I have always wanted to ask."

The supervisor was about to leave, but when he heard Qinglong's question, he stopped, his eyes flickering, "What's the matter?"

"How were these dominant weapons broken?" Li Ming asked.

After fighting with Tanus, he found that he had always ignored this extremely important issue.

The Dominant Weapon, not to mention the properties it contains, the material itself is strong to a certain extent.

At the same evolutionary level, it is difficult to destroy weapons of the same level.

However, in the records of the Titans, the strength of all the Lords of the Eternal Abyss did not exceed the limit, which was very strange.

Moreover, there is no description of how it collapsed.

Li Ming estimated that it might be because the war was almost over when the weapons broke apart, and probably no one had recorded it.

But for him, who will face Yongyuan sooner or later, this matter is quite important.

The Supervisor paused. He might not know other things, but the period when he was built was at the end of the Titan era, so he actually knew a thing or two about this matter.

"It's the Eternal Abyss..." The Supervisor explained, "There are eight Eternal Abyss Overlords in total, equal in number to the Titan Overlords, and their evolutionary strengths vary."

"If they were alone, they would still be far from enough to destroy the Titans, but by the end of the war, the Eternal Abyss will have entered a highly active state, which can greatly strengthen these Overlords to a certain extent, greatly increasing their strength."

"Yong Yuan intervened... to improve his strength." Li Ming's eyes flickered slightly, which was similar to what he guessed.

He asked, "How powerful can these enhanced Eternal Abyss Overlords be?"

The Supervisor sighed and said, "I also know the specific situation. Not long after this method appeared, the Overlords could no longer hold on. In almost every battle, an Overlord fell."

Can I kill the Overlord directly? Besiege or fight alone? Li Ming pondered in his mind.

Seeing Qinglong remained silent, the Supervisor thought that his words had frightened the other party, and could not help but comfort him: "But you don't have to worry too much, these methods will only appear in the later stages of the war."

At this point, he was a little speechless. Just because it will appear in the later stage doesn't mean it won't appear.

"Late stage?" Li Ming came back to his senses and shook his head, "No one can tell for sure."

The Supervisor was keenly aware that Qinglong's tone was wrong and asked quickly: "What do you mean?"

After thinking about it, Li Ming did not hide anything and said frankly: "Some time ago, I met Tanus..."

"Tanus?" The Supervisor was confused at first and didn't react, but then he widened his mechanical eyes and said in surprise: "Is it the King of the End!?"

"Impossible!" His voice could even be described as decisive.

Li Ming just looked at him quietly, and the Supervisor's voice gradually faded from high pitch, "These Eternal Abyss Overlords only appeared in the middle of the war, and they have never entered the active period. How could they..."

Finally, he fell into complete silence. The Supervisor could not think of any reason why Qinglong had lied to him, and hesitantly asked, "Is it really him?"

"He is holding the Trident of the End. If he wasn't seriously injured, you wouldn't be able to see me." Li Ming sighed.

"Yongyuan... can actually send the master directly to the main universe." The Supervisor was obviously greatly shocked.

This means that Yongyuan could actually send people to destroy the Titans before they gave birth to a dominant one.

The reason this was not done was because Titan was not qualified.

Yongyuan had just recently discovered that Qinglong could devour its power, but before long, a Yongyuan master arrived.

“…You…” The Supervisor didn’t know what to say for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to comfort the other party, but found that the other party was much calmer than him, and he felt uneasy instead.

Yongyuan's power is simply unimaginable. Even if Qinglong can absorb Yongyuan's power, can he really defeat it?

When he first discovered that Qinglong possessed this ability, he was indeed very excited.

But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that having this ability only meant that he would not be eroded by the Eternal Abyss.

It does not mean that he can evolve to above the Overlord, this is the most crucial thing.

After a long time, the Supervisor finally spoke, his voice was hoarse, with the electromagnetic tremor unique to mechanical bodies, "So what are you going to do?"

"We'll take it one step at a time." Li Ming shrugged, not caring at all. "There's no point in being afraid."

The Inspector paused for a moment, his mood suddenly becoming complicated. When he was about to say something, he saw that the other party had already walked out of the Holy Castle Hall, so he had to shut up and sighed deeply.

Regardless of the supervisor, Li Ming has already arrived at the dominant laboratory on the upper level.

It's busy here again, with researchers in lab coats running around in various laboratories.

A few months was enough for Sheffield and others to absorb the general research information, and all experiments were back on track.

What Li Ming cares most about is naturally the ultimate gene seed. The person leading the entire project is Sheffield, after all, he has experience in preparing X-level gene seeds for him.

Sheffield and others were surprised by Qinglong's sudden visit. They thought he was here to inspect the progress, so they started reporting after a few words.

"…We have roughly grasped the progress of the research, and we have also figured out how to refine the source material." Sheffield fiddled with the smart terminal in his hand, which had various charts and information. The entire Domination Laboratory was controlled by Suzaku, and he had real-time progress here, and he had known the relevant information for a long time. Hearing this, he couldn't help but say:

"In that case, in the process of promoting the Ultimate Gene Seed, we should prepare a few copies of Gene Essence."

"I will send you the relevant materials as soon as possible."

The genetic material that was modulated was naturally tailored to his gene seed. It was not too early to prepare for a rainy day.

Although the [Ultimate Warrior] has the ability to extract the genetic material of other X-level life forms, it is hard to say what the specific situation will be. It is definitely a good idea to be prepared for both situations.

Several people roughly guessed that it might be prepared by Qinglong for them, so they naturally had no objection and nodded.

Li Ming chatted with them for a while, then left the main laboratory and headed to the storage warehouse where the Lord's flesh and blood was stored.
Only Sheffield and others are qualified to come in here, and there is no one else here.

Li Ming picked up two larger pieces of flesh and blood and tried to mark them, but was unable to mark them a second time.

Li Ming looked at the flesh and blood limbs covered by black threads in front of him. Although they seemed to be marked, they were all the same type of marks and still could not be integrated.

"They are all the same ultimate power..." Li Ming had expected this and did not take it too seriously. He left the Dominant Laboratory and passed through the Star Gate back to the Royal Court.

After returning to the Heavenly Palace, Li Ming gave Ulrich an order to collect several gene seeds, which were the sequences he had fused.

It is easy to go from F to A level, but S-level gene seeds are a bit troublesome. The Star-Devouring Prison Dragon is a captive star beast of the empire and cannot be obtained through normal channels.

"I guess I can only start with Abel..." Li Ming muttered, but he was not in a hurry. There was no urgent need for this matter.

"In the short term, there shouldn't be anything that can disturb me, so I should develop the gene seeds..." Li Ming thought about it in his mind, and basically couldn't find anything that required him to take the initiative.

The Lord of Yongyuan made him feel a little anxious. Usually, the enemy was in the open while he was in the dark, but suddenly the situation was reversed and he was not quite used to it.

However, the good news is that the other party is also vague about his identity, so it would be useless to look for him by following Qinglong.

"This vest is really useful." Li Ming couldn't help but sigh. He drank a few sips of medicine and switched to the development system. The time distortion field covered him, and the energy particles surged gradually, drowning him.

As the third batch of captives returned to their respective civilizations, a small wave of disturbance was caused.

These ordinary soldiers are not as numerous as the X-level life forms, and they cannot stop the media who want to cause trouble and pay high fees to conduct interviews.

Questions were asked about the treatment he received as a prisoner, his thoughts on the outcome of the battle, and his attitude toward Qinglong.

"…We have been guarded by machines all the time. It is all set up. We have three meals a day and are allowed to go out for exercise at set times. No one tortures us on purpose…"

"..."

"…We are just following orders, we don't have any attitude towards Lord Qinglong himself…"

As the relevant video spread, for a time, many people recalled the siege that shocked the interstellar space.

However, it is nothing new. After the major media outlets received a wave of traffic, no one paid attention to it soon.

The interstellar space returned to its former tranquility, and half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

.........

On this day, in the imperial capital, the Imperial Frontier Affairs Department was on an artificial satellite. Its main responsibility was to investigate the sneaking of other civilized life forms, as well as smuggling and trafficking activities.

Due to its large number of patrol fleets and its uniqueness, it has a strong presence within the empire.

The spire-shaped Ministry of Affairs building is surrounded by a large number of spacecraft, which operate in an orderly manner under the unified traction of the waterway system.

In the top-floor room, the Minister of Affairs was smiling as he opened the wine cabinet. With a crisp clinking sound, he took out two cups and a bottle of quite distinctive wine.

The entire body is made of nebula glass. The dark golden wine is not static. Every drop of liquid is moving, occasionally colliding to form fleeting magnificent patterns.

Instead of a traditional label, the bottle is etched with a dynamic relief woven from reactive metal.

"Fallen Star. When it was dug out from the ruins, there were only six bottles, surrounded by rotten bones. The civilization had perished, but someone was guarding these bottles of wine..."

When the minister's finger brushed over it, the relief automatically interpreted the winemaking process, and he said with emotion: "The wine is actually not that good, but this story is very valuable..."

He leaned over and placed the wine glass on the table, then uncorked the bottle. The dark golden wine drew an arc and sank into the glass. "Your Highness Abel, please taste it..."

Abel looked indifferent, not fooled by the other party's enthusiastic attitude, and said in a cold voice: "Minister Martin, I don't think I have offended you."

Martin looked terrified and hurriedly explained, "Your Highness, you are joking. There is no such thing as an offense between us."

Abel narrowed his eyes slightly. "Since two months ago, you have detained my goods six out of ten times. Can you explain why?"

"Your goods? What goods?" Martin looked confused. "Did you come to the wrong place? I'm responsible for smuggling here. The Ministry of Commerce is on MK-475. How could they detain your goods?"

Abel stared at him coldly and spat out a string of numbers, "G-147ZS-23, -25, -27, -28..."

Martin was immediately surprised and asked, "Aren't these all the data codes of the smuggled spacecraft that was seized a while ago? There are a lot of mechanical seeds on them. How did you know?"

After saying this, he suddenly realized something, his face full of shock, and then he lowered his voice and came closer: "Your Highness, the goods you are talking about, are they these smuggled goods?"

Abel's face was tense. Even for him, there were some things that could not be weighed.

But he had to use the S-rank Star-Devouring Prison Dragon to get the purchasing qualification for those mechanical seeds from Li Ming.

Although mechanical seeds are selling like hot cakes in many civilizations, they are not included in the three major civilizations.

On the one hand, it is because they do not want to see the Mechanics Association continue to expand its sphere of influence in the country with the help of the Seed of Machinery.

On the other hand, I am also worried about this thing, fearing that there may be a backdoor in it.

There is another more critical factor. The three major civilizations must control the pricing and sales rights within the country. This is inconsistent with the philosophy of the three great craftsmen, and the negotiations between the two sides have been deadlocked.

Even though we can’t sell them, the demand won’t disappear.

There is a great demand for mechanical seeds within the three major civilizations, and many people are even willing to pay a high price and leave the country to buy them.

The huge profit difference naturally gave rise to smuggling. They promoted massive purchasing in various civilizations and then aggregated them to the empire.

He is not the only one doing this in the country, many people are doing it, including his brothers.

(End of this chapter)