This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 681: Showdown, Interrupting the Evolutionary Path for Years
He didn't know how to react, so he could only ask.

Several members of the cabinet have gone offline, apparently due to excessive shock. The leakage of their life force has caused the signal to be interrupted.

Malcolm was quite receptive, which surprised Alves. He whispered, "One more thing."

"A-more?" Malcolm said with difficulty. It's already so bizarre, and it's not over yet?

"Say, it's nothing, it's just unbearable."

"You misunderstood. This is roughly what happened. What I was talking about is the identity of the third ultimate life form..." Alvis explained.

"You know him?" Malcolm asked in surprise.

Alves hesitated, "I can say I know him, but his identity is a bit complicated..."

……

The news of the Holy Emperor's succession had already caused a stir in the interstellar space, giving rise to many conspiracy theories.

The subsequent declaration by the United Organization of Higher Life Forms pushed the matter to another climax.

Unfortunately, the three major civilizations joined forces to impose a ban on the interstellar network, resulting in a standoff on the Empire's home planet, and there was no way to learn about it on public channels.

Although the black hole network is not a big secret in the interstellar space, in many civilizations it is difficult to log into it through normal methods.

Most interstellar citizens are already curious and are searching for relevant information everywhere, hoping to get some words.

Even those who have no sensitivity to interstellar politics can clearly understand that today's outcome will definitely have a profound impact on the direction of the interstellar.

Those who could log into the black hole network were watching the live broadcast with great interest, but it was temporarily interrupted. Naturally, they were very unhappy.

But the scene before the signal ended had already given him a lot of imagination, and someone took a perfect screenshot, which was then processed in high definition, so that the huge shadow of the empire's mother planet was clearly visible.

The image quickly spread across the interstellar network.

"Absolutely right, this is the figure of the Holy Emperor Adam of the Empire. He is not dead at all!" Someone shouted excitedly in front of the screen.

"Fuck, fuck, this is a big deal, the Holy Emperor is not dead, everyone has been fooled by him..."

"Hahaha, I guessed right. This is a big conspiracy. Anyone who interferes in this matter will face an unprecedented reckoning. The empire is still the empire, and the Holy Emperor is still the Holy Emperor!"

"... Qinglong is going to suffer a great loss this time. He has been counted in. I have been displeased with him for a long time..."

"…Which eye of yours saw Qinglong go? The one who went was his student…"

"..."

The interstellar network was in chaos, and some of the empire's spiritual citizens were extremely excited, believing that the empire would become great again and that the Holy Emperor was about to settle everything.

There are also supporters of Qinglong who believe that he had seen through the truth early and that they did not go there at all.

Most of the interstellar citizens did not know, and it was difficult for them to see, that Adam had become the ultimate life form, but there was one thing they could see clearly.

Since the situation is like this, if Adam returns with such force, he will surely be able to clean up the mess.

But just one hour later, the situation was completely reversed. A series of shocking information appeared from nowhere and quickly occupied the interstellar hot search list, completely blowing up the public opinion field--
[Qinglong is Li Ming, Li Ming is Qinglong! ]

[Adam was pierced (photo)]

[The unknown third person who attacked and killed Qinglong/Li Ming! ]

[What is the Ultimate Life Form? ]

[The Holy Emperor of the Empire is really dead this time! ]

【...】

Each title contains a huge amount of information, which strongly stimulates the eyes and heart of every living being, making them unable to help but click in to take a closer look.

The title at the top is like a sledgehammer, smashing hard on the head of every living being that sees this sentence, making them dizzy and completely stunned.

"Where did this outrageous title come from? How could a student and a teacher be the same person? ...Fuck, Adam revealed it? Qinglong also admitted it?"

Among the X-level life forms present at the time, there were many mechanically modified ones. Except for some extremely fierce battles, most of the scenes were clearly recorded and disseminated.

"This...this guy deceived everyone. Wasn't Li Ming just a child? How could he kill Adam?"

"No, I just took a shit. How come Adam died? And in such a miserable state, with his head pierced through?"

"........."

As the news spread rapidly throughout the universe at viral speed, an unprecedented storm also swept across the universe.

All those who knew Li Ming, had contact with Li Ming, or even had a say in him, as well as the heads of various civilizations, the chiefs of various forces, and all interstellar citizens, were shocked beyond words.

Li Ming and Qinglong are one!
This incident shocked them even more than Adam's death.

Everyone realized that Li Ming held the great secret that could reveal the universe.

But everyone also clearly understood that no one could get this secret from Li Ming.

What they need to do now is to study how to welcome the new interstellar era, the era of Qinglong/Li Ming!
.........

On the home planet of Itlan, in a palace somewhere, a middle-aged man stared blankly at the virtual screen in front of him. Surrounding virtual screens surrounded him, playing a large number of videos of the empire's home planet.

Next to him, there sat quietly a little girl who looked like a porcelain doll. She was wearing a white dress and was very cute. She looked at her father with her big eyes full of curiosity.

But there is a black lightning scar on the forehead as thick as a hair, which destroys the beauty.

"You...what kind of monster have you taught?" A slightly hoarse female voice came from the side. Asmara, who was wearing a black dress, had a stiff expression and seemed that she still hadn't recovered from the shock.

"Me? Does it have anything to do with me?" Wu Yanqing's expression became complicated when he heard this, and he couldn't help but recall the day when he and Li Ming first met.

The other party sacrificed himself for a minor employee of the Interstellar Alliance and blocked the assassination bullet, which barely made him remember him.

He knew that Li Ming had a secret, but he didn't expect the secret to be so big.

"Li Ming and Qinglong are the same person, really..." Wu Yanqing repeated in a low voice, recalling the several times he had come into contact with Qinglong, and shook his head helplessly.

"But..." A hint of murderous intent quickly flashed across his face, and he looked at Asmara, "In this way, I seem to be able to do something that I couldn't do before."

Asmara had a complicated expression. He knew the relationship between Li Ming and Wu Yanqing, which was pretty good.

In the past, they had inherited a lot of Qinglong's influence, but Li Ming was only Qinglong's student after all, so they didn't want to make too much of a fuss.

But now, it's different.

.........

Deep inside the Mechanical Royal Court, Ulrich pretended to be calm as he walked out of a silent conference room, where Theo and the others were still in a daze.

Arriving at a deserted place, an energy shield burst out from his body and surrounded him. Ulrich took a deep breath, shrugged his shoulders, and laughed twitchingly, which gradually turned into a loud laugh, and then into hysterical laughter. "Hahaha..." He laughed so hard that tears came out, and there was only one thought in his mind.

Qinglong and Li Ming are actually the same person!

It's a person!
"It's simply amazing!" Ulrich was extremely grateful for everything he had done. Since the establishment of the Mechanical Royal Court, he had been working diligently and had never slacked off.

Following Li Ming and relying on Qinglong's power, he would be able to become a big shot that he had never dared to imagine before.

But now, he found that he seemed to have thought too simply.

From this moment on, he has the qualifications to be among the most powerful people in the galaxy. Even though his life level may not keep up, it doesn't matter.

The value of a desperate fight is still rising!
.........

"These messages, especially this picture, must be blocked as soon as possible, otherwise it will bring unimaginable resistance to Abel's rule."

On the empire's home planet, in a temporarily vacated palace, Costat was holding a smart terminal with a frown on his face.

The image above is the scene of the huge machine controlled by Li Ming piercing Adam's head with a bullet. It has been processed in high definition and is extremely detailed.

His heart ached slightly, but he suppressed his extra emotions and analyzed rationally.

After all, Adam has ruled for thousands of years, and currently the vast majority of the empire's citizens have been under Adam's rule since birth, and they have extremely deep feelings for this Holy Emperor.

From this picture, one would naturally develop hostility towards Li Ming.

It would be easy to trigger one rebellion after another if someone fanned the flames.

"It has spread too widely. We can still find ways to deal with it on the interstellar network, but as for the black hole network, we can only use other methods to erase its influence." Abel shook his head.

"This picture will not appear on the Black Hole Network." Li Ming said lightly.

Costat looked at it in amazement and said, "The black hole network also..."

"The activities of the Holy Revolutionary Army within the Empire will cease. I will have the Higher Life Forms United Organization ensure that no outsiders cause trouble during this period."

Costat's heart was shocked. With just a few words from Qinglong, it was the situation that Adam had always dreamed of.

He sighed, "In this case, the problem won't be that big. With the help of public relations, after three to five years, this matter will gradually be forgotten."

Abel said, "In that case, I will convene a summit meeting first, communicate with the Federation and the Star Alliance, and ask them to cooperate."

"Well, I'll come too. There are a few things I need to talk to them about." Li Ming added.

Abel naturally had no objection. With the assistance of Costat, he used the privileged account exclusively for the Holy Emperor of the Empire to invite the rulers of the Federation and the Star Alliance.

Just a few minutes later, the three leaders gathered in the familiar virtual conference room.

However, this time there was one more person.

Malcolm and Antigo's eyes automatically ignored Abel and fell on Li Ming, mixed with a complex emotion of inquiry, curiosity, fear, uneasiness, etc.

Antigo also received the report from the Covenant's X-level lifeforms and was immediately stumped.

He even contacted former chairman Gutierrez, hoping to bring him over and take up the banner of the Star Alliance again.

Gutierrez was silent for a long time, and only said one word, "Get lost!"

He has only been in office for a short time and he has to deal with such things. It's too tricky.

Seeing that no one spoke, Abel took the lead and said, "You two, I won't say more. I hope you can cooperate with the Empire and block some information on the interstellar network."

Seeing that the two had no reaction, Abel frowned slightly and called out again, "You two?"

"no problem."

"Just let the people below take over."

The two responded perfunctorily, their eyes still firmly fixed on Li Ming.

Li Ming also spoke up, "You two, I am participating this time mainly to let you know. You should know the origin of the ultimate life form that attacked me."

Abel couldn't help but look over. From the tone of Li Ming's voice, it seemed that the ultimate life form did not appear out of thin air?
Malcolm looked solemn, temporarily putting aside other emotions, and uttered a few words: "The Lord of the Eternal Abyss, the King of the End, Tanus."

"Yes, it's him." Li Ming nodded without surprise.

Abel had a dazed look on his face. Someone from the Eternal Abyss?
He didn't know much about Yongyuan, he only had some one-sided information. He knew of the existence of the Yuan clan, and understood that Yongyuan was related to the destruction of the previous evolutionary civilization.

But he always believed that Yongyuan was very far away from the main universe and from him.

He felt a little numb. He had just become the Holy Emperor of the Empire, and already he had to face the trouble of Yongyuan?
The intensity is not increased in this way.

"Yongyuan doesn't even show any signs of being active. How could a top-level combat force like the Lord suddenly appear?" Malcolm frowned and stared at Li Ming.

The other party's sudden appearance and attack on Li Ming was enough to prove something.

"This is exactly what I want to say. Everyone, please suspend your exploration of the path of evolution. Don't let the ultimate life form be born in a short period of time." Li Ming glanced at the two of them.

!!!

The hearts of the three people, including Abel, were skipped a beat.

Malcolm hesitated, then asked tentatively, "According to the incomplete data we have, in the last evolutionary era, even if five or even six Titans were born, Yongyuan was inactive."

"That was the last evolutionary era." Li Ming was blunt. "Now it's different. The birth of Adam alone has caused Yongyuan to change."

"Perhaps it won't last for three days, and Yongyuan will be fully active. Who will stop it then? Who can stop it? Malcolm, or Antigo?"

"This..." Malcolm looked hesitant. Their Titan relics were not obtained through conventional channels, and the relevant information they obtained was very incomplete.

So, he was skeptical about what Li Ming said.

"Qing, Mr. Li Ming..." Antigo said cautiously, "It's not that we don't trust you, it's just that we have no evidence..."

"No evidence? Do you think I just want to stop you from giving birth to the ultimate life form?" Li Ming's eyes were slightly cold. "Don't think that if you hide the flesh and blood of the masters, I won't be able to find them. It's just a waste of time."

"Besides, even if the ultimate life form is born, it can't escape being shot to death by me."

Li Ming looked indifferent: "Isn't this enough?"

The three of them were silent. In the past, even as Qinglong, Li Ming rarely showed naked murderous intent, but now he didn't pretend at all.

"Don't worry, I have no intention of interrupting the path of evolution." Li Ming's tone softened again, "One hundred years, I only need one hundred years. During this process, I don't want any more ultimate life forms to be born."

"Otherwise..." He paused, his eyes full of murderous intent, "There is only one way to go, and that is death!"

(End of this chapter)