This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 79 Sixfold Development Blessing [Thunder Body Forging]

"Chief Lin, this doesn't count as accepting a bribe, right?" Li Ming pondered.

"How can this be considered as accepting a bribe?" Lin Yaoxian was full of surprise, as if he didn't understand why Li Ming could ask such a question: "If you gave it to me, it might be considered a bribe, but how can a superior sponsoring a subordinate be considered a bribe?"

"That's right." Li Ming nodded, then opened the Star Network account without changing his expression.

This kid didn't even hesitate, is it so natural? Lin Yaoxian cursed inwardly, but his movements were smooth and fluent.

Li Ming glanced at it and raised his brows slightly. Five hundred thousand star coins, he really is rich.

It doesn't look like much, but they are all visible.

"Thank you, Chief Lin." Li Ming said solemnly.

Although Lin Yaoxian felt painful, he was still smiling happily. He was not afraid that Li Ming would not want him, but was afraid that Li Ming was the kind of young and inexperienced person.

He also wanted to invite Li Ming to dinner, but Li Ming waved his hand to refuse. After asking which floor the Internal Affairs Department was on, he walked up the stairs.

……

"Brother Li..." Li Ning, who was walking with his head down, heard a familiar voice and suddenly looked up, with a look of surprise on his face: "Li Ming?"

"When did you become an F-class life form?" Li Ming sensed an unusual aura from Li Ning and asked as he walked.

"Not long ago, after all, Captain Yang is now Yang Ke." Li Ning winked. There were many people on the floor who greeted Li Ming. Their faces were very familiar, and most of them were Yang Peng's old subordinates.

A new emperor appoints new ministers, nothing more than this.

"Yang Ke's office is at the innermost part. Originally, the section chief had a separate floor but Yang Ke didn't want to go. He has been too busy these past two days. Yang Ke also serves as the chief of logistics, so there is really a shortage of staff." Li Ning was processing documents on the smart terminal while talking.

"Li Ming!" Lao Diao ran over. It seemed that he had been very busy in the past two days and had lost a lot of hair.

"Brother Diao." Li Ming greeted him.

"Come and find Yang Ke." Lao Diao looked through the information and slapped Li Ning on the back of the head: "Don't blame me for not reminding you. You have to be careful. Yang Ke is not happy with you."

"Ah?" Li Ning beside him was a little confused, "Why, why didn't I see that?"

"How many years have you followed Yang Ke?" Lao Diao sneered, and laughed: "You are eating from the bowl and looking at the pot, be careful not to mess it up."

Li Ming was still a little confused at first, but he was speechless after hearing this. After chatting for a while, the two of them went about their own business.

Li Ming knocked on Yang Peng's office door, and an impatient voice came from inside: "Come in..."

"…Tell him to go find the former head of logistics. I don't recognize the contract he signed. The qualified rate of nutrient solution is less than 97%. How can we use you as a supplier…"

When Yang Peng saw that it was Li Ming, his expression changed a little. He cursed twice and ended the call. After asking Li Ming to sit down, he had a complicated expression.

"I haven't congratulated Uncle Yang yet." Li Ming spoke first.

"That's enough." Yang Peng waved his hand. "Don't I know what's going on? Are you and Secretary-General Fan okay?"

"What could it be?" Li Ming shook his head: "It's ok for others to spread rumors, but you actually believed them."

"Don't choke me." Yang Peng glared at him. He seemed to want to say something, but he just mumbled a few words and said, "I can't control your affairs."

"Do you want to be transferred to my Internal Affairs Department, or what? To the Logistics Department? You are too young, and it might be troublesome for you to be the head of the department."

"Uh..." Li Ming pondered for a moment and said, "No, we should leave Silver Gray Star soon."

Yang Peng paused for a moment, not surprised: "I guessed it."

"By the way, Uncle Yang, did Tu Zheng and the others escape?" Li Ming finally spoke up.

Tu Zheng and his gang still have a million-dollar bounty hanging over their heads, but probably because Qin Xiao is temporarily detained, no one has withdrawn it.

"Well, they are well-informed, but the Sixth Patrol Fleet is still blocking the space lanes. They are still on Silver Gray Star." Yang Peng said in a deep voice: "They can't escape."

Tu Zheng has Yang Peng's people around him, so he naturally can't run away.

The two chatted for a while, and Li Ming learned that Yang Peng had taken Yang Yu and Yang Lao to the City Guard.

As a section chief, his family members can enjoy special protection.

After leaving Yang Peng's office, Li Ming was about to look for Lao Wu. When he passed the first floor, his expression paused slightly.

In the lounge area on the first floor, Xu Wei and Yang Yu were chatting and having a great time.

The hall was crowded with people, and the two men did not notice him. Li Ming left on his own, found a secluded place, changed his appearance, and came to Yincheng Hotel again.

This time, the people in charge of security were already familiar with him, and no one took action.

……

"Teacher." Li Ming sat opposite Professor Wu. Professor Wu put away the complicated holographic projection in front of him. Fang Biao stood in the distance, looking over curiously from time to time, then quickly looking away.

"Are you satisfied with the development of the situation?" Professor Wu asked slowly.

"The teacher's hands are invisible and are able to influence the overall situation, which really impresses the students," Li Ming said sincerely.

Professor Wu smiled faintly: "You are a good flatterer."

He continued, "Also, I have already warned the Privy Council deacon about the beast tide, and of course I didn't mention you, but they probably won't dare to come to Silver Ash Star again in the short term."

"After I leave, you don't have to worry about this."

Tsk… Is this what it feels like to have someone to back you up? Li Ming listened, feeling relieved.

"Of course, when they re-investigate the matter later, they will discover your existence, but by then you will probably have entered Capital University of Technology and entered my laboratory."

"If there is another conflict, I will be able to handle it."

Old Wu arranged things very clearly.

"Thank you, teacher." Li Ming said sincerely.

"Don't worry about it." Old Wu said casually, "I asked you to come here mainly because we are leaving soon."

"Leaving?" Li Ming was quite surprised: "So soon?"

"The reason I came here is because of the game between Xingchuang Company and the top management. Now that the game has come to an end, there is no point in staying any longer." Old Wu briefly explained, and then asked, "How much progress have you made in development?"

"9%."

"Hmm... about the same as I estimated." Professor Wu nodded, and then took out a silver metal box from under his feet, "This is for you."

"What is this?" Li Ming couldn't help but ask.

"【Thunder Sixteen Exercises】"

"Exercise method?" Li Ming's heart moved slightly.

"It is a special training method used to assist in the development of gene seeds." Professor Wu explained: "There are tens of thousands of life forms in the universe, of many kinds, and humans are a large group."

"In addition to basic development methods, there are many special exercises that can deeply stimulate cells."

"RIT training method?" Li Ming suddenly realized. "Yes, that is a more popular method. This one is a training method specifically used to stimulate the gene seeds related to the thunder element, and the supporting equipment." Professor Wu further elaborated.

This advanced training method requires not just doing a few movements, but using a specific electric current to stimulate a certain part of the body at a specific time to achieve maximum effect.

It even requires the living organism itself to mobilize its own bioelectric current to proceed synchronously, just like the internal energy technique.

According to Professor Wu, if the proficiency is high, it is enough to increase the development speed by 1.5 to 2 times.

That is to say, it increases by 150%-200%.

"Those powerful civilizations are really hard to guess." Li Ming couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes." Professor Wu agreed.

Li Ming opened the metal box and took a look. It contained a thumb-sized ball and a USB drive.

The USB flash drive should be a movement, but the ball surprised Li Ming--
[Thunder Sixteen-style Body-building Equipment Ball--D-level: a special instrument used to assist in the development of thunder element gene seeds.

Control conditions: 6,000 metal energy points
Control effect: Lightning element control - 150%
Control ability - Thunder Body Forging: can help the host to perfectly perform the Thunder Sixteen-style training method. 】

This is also a controllable item, and it is D-level.

This ability can help him perform this body-building method perfectly. According to Professor Wu, it can increase the development speed by up to twice.

This is not an intuitive blessing, but an increase made through the body-building method, and will not be repeated with the development progress of other abilities.

The most important thing is that this thing is equivalent to a portable training room, which is very convenient.

"This method of physical training is quite difficult, but you should practice more and master the tricks, and try to be proficient in it before the start of the school year at Capital University of Technology," Professor Wu reminded.

"Student understands." Li Ming nodded and took control of it when he returned.

"It takes at least half a month to get from here to the capital planet by the fastest interstellar spacecraft. If it's slower, it could take a month. Although school starts in October, you need to arrive half a month in advance and leave by mid-August at the latest." Professor Wu was very thoughtful.

"There is still half a month left..." Li Ming nodded, there was enough time.

"Actually, I really want to take you away directly." Professor Wu sighed.

"Teacher, that's enough." Li Ming smiled: "No one will notice me, this is the best."

Afterwards, Li Ming implicitly expressed his desire to add a friend, paving the way for asking for star coins later. This body-building ball is quite precious, and what is even more precious is the body-building posture inside it.

Li Ming was too embarrassed to ask for an order, but Professor Wu refused.

Professor Wu shook his head: "The Star Network is not safe for me."

Too much information can be investigated through the Star Network. Every civilized government has the authority to retrieve data on Star Network accounts registered within the civilization.

Li Ming did not mention the black hole network. Compared with the star network, the black hole network is even more difficult to deal with.

The Star Network's access permissions at least require a process, but the Black Hole Network requires nothing.

.........

After leaving Professor Wu, Li Ming went for a walk. Although the situation at the top was turbulent, the lives of most citizens of SilverAsh City were not disturbed.

"Boss, how much is the genetic testing device?" Li Ming walked into a store and saw a wide variety of holographic projection advertisements and serious light pollution.

"An ordinary one is 5,000, a better one is 10,000, and the best one is 30,000..." the boss said lazily, looking at the hot girl on the holographic screen, and the music was extremely loud.

Li Ming took a look and found that the ordinary ones were not graded, the better ones were F-grade, and the best ones were E-grade.

"It seems like there is some price difference that can be exploited..." Li Ming realized, according to the calculations of going to the scrap recycling station.

One thousand points, thirty metal energies, from non-entry level to F level, only thirty points are needed, and you can earn four thousand round trip...

After calculating for a while, Li Ming smiled. He forgot to calculate the value of time. Moreover, if he sold it as a personal item, it would be considered second-hand and the price would be greatly discounted.

If calculated based on the price of the Black Hole Network, he would even lose money, unless he could manufacture the most basic detection equipment from scratch.

It didn’t matter if I wasted some time when my level was low before, but it’s unnecessary now. I might as well develop more genetic seeds.

It is better to wait until the price difference reaches a certain level before considering it.

"Give me two of the best ones." Li Ming said. The lazy boss instantly became energetic, with a smile on his face, and he no longer cared about the hot girl.

After packing up the two testing devices, he was enthusiastically escorted out of the store and was asked to come back next time.

I went back home after a long absence. Now that I have the Thunder equipment ball, I don’t have to stay in the training room all the time.

It consumed 6,600 points of metal energy to control both detection devices and the Thunder Device Ball, and there were only about 6,400 points of metal energy left.

Two E-class detection devices, each can increase his power by 60%, which adds up to 120%. A D-class gene radiator has an effect and ability that adds up to 300%, which is 420%.

There is also the [Thunder Sixteen Styles], which can bring about 200% blessing, or 620%.

With the development speed increased six times, Li Ming was quite excited.

Li Ming immediately activated the [Thunder Body Tempering] ability, and then his limbs became uncontrollable, his hands were spread out, three fingers of his left hand were curled inward, his elbows were turned outward, and his legs were trembling slightly at a high frequency.

The cells began to heat up rapidly, bioelectricity flowed through his body surface, and soon he felt pain.

Since there was no defense from the blast shield to reduce the pain, it came so violently this time.

Only ten minutes had passed and Li Ming already felt like he had no desire to live, with sweat forming a puddle at his feet.

Not only did he feel severe pain inside his body, but he also felt numb and itchy. He even wanted to cut open his skin and pull out his blood vessels and tendons.

Fortunately, he didn't have to control his body, and Li Ming tried his best to calm down, but this had the opposite effect, and he could feel the pain in various parts of his body even more.

In this torture, time passed by minute by minute, and night fell in the blink of an eye.

In the darkness, even though he was extremely tired, his breathing was still at a very even pace.

"grass!"

Finally, he was completely exhausted and collapsed on the bed, gasping for breath.

After a short rest, he materialized a detection device and a number appeared on the screen - 12%.

Six hours, a 3% increase?

The progress presented intuitively in front of him made him forget all the pain and fatigue he had just felt. He took out the nutrient solution he had bought in the morning and drank it all.

After an hour or two, it should be almost fully recovered.

The night is dark, and tonight, stars can be seen in the sky of Silver Ash City for the first time in a long time.

About half an hour later, without any sound, his bed exploded with a "bang"!
Li Ming stood in the corner with a cold look in his eyes. Not far away, a figure slowly stood up from the ruins of the bed. The tight black combat suit on her body outlined her curvy figure.

With the moonlight coming through the window, Li Ming saw that the other person was wearing a black mask. His eyes seemed somewhat familiar, and he wondered where he had seen him before.

(End of this chapter)