This is not mechanical ascension...

Li Ming spoke very quickly, giving the three people almost no time to react. By the time they realized what they heard, it was already too late.

Charles stared at Li Ming in horror. Yongyuan’s primary goal was to kill the other party?
Boris and Gad were even more unbelievable. What was happening before their eyes was completely different from what they had expected when they came.

They thought that Li Ming might remain skeptical and test their memories.

Or maybe he is too arrogant and doesn't take Yongyuan seriously at all.

But judging from the other party's tone, he and Yongyuan seemed to have started dealing with each other a long time ago, and he knew clearly the reason why Tanus attacked him.

"You haven't reacted yet?"

A thunderclap rang in Charles' ears. He quickly came back to his senses, looked at Li Ming's expressionless face, and hurriedly responded: "The number of masters or ultimate life forms is only one aspect."

"The most important thing is that there is no fixed factor that causes the universe to react in a way that makes it 'overwhelmed'. We call it the 'Eternal Abyss Coefficient'."

"The number of Overlords, high-intensity battles, the absorption of cosmic energy by a large number of civilizations, or even the increase in the number of life forms in the entire universe will increase this coefficient and thus trigger the Eternal Abyss."

"If we compare the universe to a living organism, no matter what kind of virus it is, as long as it causes a burden to the mother body, it will be disinfected."

There are so many influencing factors... Li Ming rubbed his fingers against each other.

"However, the number of higher life forms is indeed an extremely important factor." Charles added, sighing helplessly.
"In fact, we had already arrived when your civilization found the direction of evolution. However, we did not expect that during the time we were traveling, two ultimate life forms were born in you."

"Hmm..." Li Ming couldn't help but wonder, "If you don't want this evolutionary civilization to give birth to the ultimate life form, you should have contained it from the beginning."

"In the early days of civilization, no one should be able to check you."

Charles said in a deep voice: "This involves another matter. Yongyuan is consciously regulating the direction of evolution in each evolutionary era."

Huh? Li Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he finally felt a little surprised.

Charles explained: "Before the Titans' evolution era, there was the Glorious Dynasty, and before the Glorious Dynasty, there was the Eternal Domain Empire. They were both stronger than the Titans, and even suppressed the Eternal Abyss at one point."

"But in the Titan era, it was extremely difficult to evolve to the Overlord level, and it is even more so in your era."

"Have you ever thought about why the sudden appearance of the Overlord's corpse was so coincidental?"

Li Ming's face was uncertain. He understood what the other party meant. Yongyuan was blocking the road to evolution.

The Titans' path of evolution and the path of genetic evolution have one thing in common: if they want to evolve to a higher level, they must rely on the seeds of a higher level of power.

The road to evolution is naturally blocked, and it is impossible for any life form that can pose a threat to Yongyuan to be born.

He knew that the appearance of the corpse was problematic, but he didn't expect that even the path of evolution was deliberately regulated.

"At the end of the last evolutionary era, Yongyuan guided the main direction of the next evolutionary era, and we didn't dare to get close at all." Charles looked helpless.

"In the later period, the secrets of our Titan branch were coveted by others, and we became more and more afraid to come."

"Then why does he want to completely eliminate every evolutionary era and retain certain powerful evolutionary bodies so that he can continue to exist?" Li Ming asked puzzledly.

Charles explained: "His purpose is not to exist forever, but to erode the universe. He can only erode a part at a time, and it takes time to digest. He acts according to the laws of the universe and suffers the least backlash."

Li Ming nodded thoughtfully. This indeed solved most of his doubts.

Then, he looked at the three people again, "Do you have any way to fight against Yongyuan?"

"Unfortunately, no." Charles said helplessly.

"So you are here purely to answer my questions?" Li Ming was speechless.

"We originally wanted to warn you and told you not to evolve for the time being, but now we can only remind you." Charles sighed, "Remind you to prepare the Fire Plan as soon as possible, at least we can continue civilization for a while."

"As for you..." Charles hesitated.

"Build your own tomb as soon as possible?" Li Ming added for him.

"That's not what I meant." Charles hurriedly shook his head and said helplessly, "The horror of the Eternal Abyss is hard to describe in words. And the more crucial point is that it is part of the universe itself."

"It is simply impossible. There is no hope of defeating him. The low-level evolutionists still have a chance of survival. As for the master level, they are the objects that he will inevitably devour. They are themselves part of the power of the universe."

"If you degenerate, you may still have a chance to survive, but since you are being targeted..."

Before Charles finished speaking, Li Ming did not refute him, but just said: "Thank you for coming to remind me, but because I told you something, you probably won't be able to leave here in a short time."

Nagad's expression changed slightly, but Charles didn't show any special reaction. He nodded and said, "We understand."

"By the way, there is one more thing." Charles hesitated for a moment and took out an inconspicuous pendant from his arms.

A diamond-shaped crystal is hung on a silver-white metal chain. There are faint cracks on the surface, and a faint black light is emitted from deep inside.

"Charle!" Gad's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help but shout in a low voice, but he looked at Li Ming again and swallowed the next words.

Boris next to him couldn't help but pursed his lips.

The reactions of the two people made Li Ming focus his attention on the necklace.

"This is the Trace of the Eternal Abyss..." Charles stretched out his hand and said, "This thing can sense the activity level of the Eternal Abyss to a certain extent. I hope it can help you."

He originally didn't plan to take this thing out, but what Li Ming said made him change his attitude.

Yongyuan was determined to kill him, and the meaning behind this was greater than he had imagined.

"Huh?" Li Ming's eyes flashed with brilliance. There actually is such a thing?

He didn't hesitate and took it from Charles immediately. The control page popped up--
[Scar of Eternal Abyss--Special Type (Damaged): Created by the Glorious Dynasty combining the power called the Abyss Core.

Control conditions: 10 billion metal energies
Control ability - Yuanhen: Can detect Yongyuan's active state to a certain extent. Note: The damaged state is not accurate. 】

"Glorious dynasty?" Li Ming couldn't help but be surprised.

After these words were spoken, Charles, who was hesitant to speak, Gad, who was angry, and Boris, who was helpless, all looked at him at the same time with astonishment in their eyes.

This guy could actually tell at a glance that it was made by the Glorious Dynasty?

"Have you seen it?" Charles couldn't help asking.

"The manufacturing process is very similar." Li Ming was vague, but his eyes changed when he looked at the three big water-drop heads.

Originally, these guys were whining and dragging their feet, acting like "I am carrying a secret that will shock the entire galaxy, so I am very deep", which made him very impatient.

But now, he actually looked quite handsome, which made him say, "Don't worry, you three will be well taken care of here, and all your requests will be met."

Charles just smiled bitterly and said nothing.

Only after making sure that the three had nothing else to say did Li Ming let the robot take them away.

"What an unexpected gain..." He carefully looked at the necklace in his hand. This thing was exactly what he needed.

His only worry was that he couldn't figure out how active Yongyuan was, and he was afraid that a group of strong men would suddenly come to kill him one day. Looking closely at the necklace, the structure of the diamond-shaped crystal was not simple. Li Ming had never seen similar craftsmanship. It was not a seamless whole, but a transparent Rubik's Cube made up of countless prisms, which was always in operation.

However, due to cracks on the surface, part of it has stopped operating.

The most central part is extremely dark, which should be the so-called abyss core.

"A special type of controlled object only costs 10 billion." Li Ming glanced at the control page. He was very wealthy, with 130 billion, which was accumulated over the past six months.

Before Anduin came, he had just absorbed the metal materials that had been accumulated for half a year.

Since metal materials are now delivered almost continuously, Li Ming's absorption time is not fixed. He basically only absorbs when he stops development.

Ten billion metal materials were immediately thrown in and directly controlled.

After some estimation, the cost for repairing the problem is not much, only about 10 billion.

Without hesitation, another 10 billion were thrown in. The cracks on the surface of the diamond-shaped crystal glowed brightly and gradually healed. The process was very short, only a few minutes.

After it was completely repaired, the annotations on its abilities also completely disappeared.

Li Ming tried to activate his ability and suddenly had a strange feeling. A piece of information emerged in his mind - Activity level: weak.

weak?

Li Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. Under normal circumstances, he should be inactive.

Sure enough, the birth of Adam did have an impact.

However, as long as no ultimate life forms are born in a short period of time, it is estimated that there will be no major problems.

After putting away the necklace, my sense of security reached a new level.

So, Li Ming took out the Void Anchor again, and the dark surface was still covered with cracks.

It only costs 43 billion to repair the Void Anchor.

As metal energy was infused into it, liquid gold threads intertwined, spatial fluctuations began to vibrate rapidly, and overlapping patterns similar to dragon scales appeared on the metal surface.

With a roar in the space, the Void Anchor was completely repaired, and the black anchor body made the surrounding space extremely solid.

[Void Anchor--Ultimate: A space-controlling weapon forged with all the strength of the Titan race.

……

Control ability: [Space Immunity]

Control Effect - Space Controller: You can manipulate space as you wish and place ten markers. For every 100 million metal energies consumed, you can place an additional marker. 】

"Tsk, that's good, there is no upper limit." Li Ming's main concern is the number of marks.

This ability is terrifying. As long as he has been there once and left a mark, he can descend directly there.

The broken one can only place a mark, and it is currently on the side of the empire, so he cannot go there again, otherwise, he will have to rush back in pain.

The ability has also been improved——
【Space Immunity: Immune to space means not caused by oneself. 】

Li Ming took a quick look and found that as he controlled more and more Titan relics, there would inevitably be some overlap between their abilities.

Just like being immune to the effects of time and space, it is essentially superimposed with the abilities of the Crown of Digras.

But there is nothing we can do about it. After all, when they created the weapons, they didn't intend for one person to control all of them.

Moreover, other powerful unique abilities are enough to make up for this shortcoming.

After thinking about it, Li Ming simply took out the tank guard. The luxurious metal armor carried a cold edge.

As with previous life levels, the first thing to upgrade is your old friend.

He possesses the ability of [Possession]. When the two are combined, all of his abilities can be superimposed on the Tank Guard.

The upgrade of Tanwei is worth the money.

As for other controlled objects, they are basically amplified according to their own strength, which is not as direct as the tank guard.

Li Ming had already thought it through, and threw 50 billion metal energies, along with the only upgrade material, into it.

The Tank Guard immediately underwent an incomparable and drastic transformation. The outer shell of the mecha suddenly exploded, exposing the internal parts. Every energy conduit was growing crazily at this moment.

Some kind of rainbow-colored substance between liquid and gas gushed out from the inside. These streams of light flowed along the gaps in the joints of the mecha, and all the rivets they passed through were vaporized into stardust. The metal molecules were reorganized at the quantum level into a stronger and higher-quality structure.

The molten golden storm tore into a vortex, completely enveloping the tank guard.

The boiling energy rushed out, but was tightly restricted on all sides. The Void Anchor had been repaired, and Li Ming had become one with time and space, so this kind of blockade was easy for him.

"There are still more than 10 billion left, and there are still six mechanical guards that have not been upgraded. There are only three or four months left." Li Ming stared at the transformation of the tank guard, but his eyes were actually distracted.

Soon, the details of the Tank Guard emerged from the molten gold storm, with ripples of liquid dark gold and rainbow light flowing all over its body, and an energy crown extending from the top of its helmet.

The edges and corners of the facial armor are more distinct, the shoulder armor is like a pair of dragon heads, and the six pairs of energy wings spread out on the back are not solid.

The waist and abdomen are covered with layers of armor, and each dark silver armor piece has thorn patterns growing on the edge. There are twelve dynamic holy rings swirling around the back, which possess some kind of strange power.

As the molten gold storm was completely absorbed into the mecha, the tank guard was also completely upgraded and stood quietly in front of him, demonstrating unparalleled dignity and power.

Li Ming couldn't let it go and even activated his [Possession] ability to experience the overwhelming sense of power. After more than ten minutes, he reluctantly withdrew.

After putting away the tank guard, he walked out of the room, not forgetting Anduin who was still in the royal court.

Chatted with Anduin and mentioned a few things he has been doing.

Anduin said helplessly: "The Holy Mother Church has found a few bases, but there is no trace of the prophet and the Holy Mother. As for the alchemist baron, although many clues have been found in the Sea of ​​Stars, his real body has disappeared without a trace."

This kind of X-level life form that is determined to hide is very difficult to find.

Kubra and Sind were lured out little by little through other interstellar maniacs, which took a long time.

Li Ming nodded, and didn't worry too much about it. He started talking about other things. After half a day, both the host and the guests were very happy, so he sent Anduin away.

Everything that needed to be dealt with had been dealt with, and Li Ming returned to the Heavenly Palace, immersed in the development state.

At this level, there are very few things that can disturb him, and he has truly felt what it means that "time is like water", passing by quickly day by day and month by month.

Until this day, somewhere in the sea of ​​stars, a wisp of black substance mixed with blood and gold bloomed silently.

(End of this chapter)