This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 90 I was ambushed!
Ding Hui took a deep breath. In fact, when he saw Li Ming refining the magnetic core with his bare hands, he was already certain that this kid's level was not inferior to his own, and might even be better.

"Show it," he said.

"Okay." Li Ming picked up the gloves and put them on.
[Electromagnetic Explosion Gloves - Class E: Made by mechanical engineer Li Ming, but due to material limitations, their internal structure is not very stable.

Control conditions: 400 metal energy points

Control effect: Lightning element control - 40%
Control ability - electromagnetic explosion: charge for three seconds, increasing the lethality of lightning element by 100%]

Not a great thing, just average.

Crackling-
Electric arcs burst out, jumping back and forth between the two gloves, accompanied by a buzzing sound.

Everyone was shocked, and couldn't help but step back when they saw the arc of electricity.

This kind of elemental power has a certain degree of lethality to not only ordinary life forms, but even F-class life forms.

This technical level is completely different from theirs.

"If you are the controller of the lightning element, you can attack directly with the help of the gloves." Li Ming raised his hand, and a current surged out and landed not far away, with a snap, leaving a scorch mark.

"Even if it's not, you can charge it through external electric current first." As he spoke, the black crystal in the center of the glove gradually turned azure blue.

"Then gather energy for explosion!" Li Ming clapped his hands, and the moment his gloves collided, an extremely thick electric arc shot out and landed not far away, making a loud bang that echoed throughout the room.

Everyone's faces turned pale. If this happened to them, they would probably be burnt to death.

"Hmm..." Li Ming was about to continue speaking, but the black crystal in the center of the glove suddenly began to flicker.

Ding Hui's face changed slightly, and he shouted: "Throw it away!"

However, it was too late. A large amount of electric arcs burst out between the gloves, the electric fire was surging, and with a loud bang, the gloves shattered.

Everyone was startled and retreated in a hurry, only to find that the arc of electricity did not spread.

Instead, it was restrained by a powerful force, gradually condensed, and finally shrank into a ball of electricity in Li Ming's palm.

The elemental control blessing of [Thunder Machine Ball] is not just talk.

He casually threw it into an empty space. This time the noise was even louder. Li Ming sighed, "I'm sorry, teacher. I didn't control the quality well."

"That's enough. That's enough." Ding Hui's throat rolled. "This is not your fault. These materials are defective and not very stable."

"So, I'm done?" he asked.

"It's done, it's done, you don't have to come to class anymore..." Ding Hui paused halfway through his words, glanced at the others, then dragged Li Ming to a corner, a little excitedly: "You are a genius."

"I know." Li Ming responded calmly.

Ding Hui was choked and continued: "You are very talented in mechanical manufacturing and your level is very high. My teacher is Professor Xia. Are you interested..."

"Teacher, I am Professor Wu's man." Li Ming shook his head politely.

"Yes, yes, you are Professor Wu's man." Ding Hui's face changed, and he said unwillingly: "What Professor Wu gave you, Professor Xia can also give you. Your talent is far higher than your development potential."

"Teacher, it would not be good if this got out, so I'll just pretend I didn't hear it." Just kidding, Old Wu obviously has a big secret.

Seeing that Li Ming was determined, Ding Hui couldn't help but sigh and said in a dull tone, "Well, if the teacher knew, he would definitely be upset."

Ding Hui brought Li Ming back and announced on the spot that he had passed the test and that he did not have to attend classes for the next year.

Naturally, the other students had no objections. As for the others who took the challenge together, no one said anything. They were even too embarrassed to show off what they had made.

Li Ming expressed his gratitude and looked at the time. It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon and he couldn't help but frown.

It seems a bit late for the afternoon class.

.........

"…Class C is a watershed. It is not only an elevation of the life level, but also…" Professor Bai was speaking when many spiraling gene chains and various pictures and materials appeared on the holographic screen behind him.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened and a figure walked in. Professor Bai frowned slightly and said lightly: "You are late."

The others turned around and saw that the person coming was Li Ming.

"Professor, I'm sorry." Li Ming didn't explain anything, just apologized.

Professor Bai glanced at him and said, "You are much more polite than your teacher. Stand up and listen."

It wasn't even a punishment.

Professor Bai took a sip of water and continued, "When you reach level C, you will awaken a very important ability."

"Gene liberation!" Qi Xing said loudly. Li Ming frowned slightly, not quite understanding.

Professor Bai glared at him and said, "Yes, it is gene liberation."

"Through gene liberation, one can transform one's own limbs into the original organism of the fused gene seed, thereby gaining even greater strength."

"At the same time, gene liberation is also an important part of the gene sequence."

A protozoan that became a gene seed? Isn't that a genetic mutation?

Li Ming was puzzled. Knowing that he didn't know much, he simply asked directly: "Professor, can I ask, what is the difference between gene distortion and gene liberation?"

A few glances came over, and Nan Huaxing gave a half-smile.

Professor Bai pondered for a moment and said, "There is no essential difference, except that one is controllable and the other is uncontrollable."

"The boundary between the two is extremely vague. At the level of C-class life forms, the most important thing is to balance gene liberation and gene distortion."

Li Ming nodded thoughtfully.

"Many powerful gene sequences are essentially composed of multiple gene liberation forms, which complement each other."

"Many people have the misunderstanding that as long as the gene seeds are integrated in order, it can be called the gene sequence, but in fact it is not the case." Professor Bai further explained: "And the gene sequence..."

Qi Xing shook his head and said, "Professor, we all know that gene sequences are very powerful, but the genes of many native organisms in gene sequences are controlled by powerful interstellar forces, and we can't touch them at all."

"Self-righteous!" Professor Bai scolded, "That is a concept implanted by interstellar forces. In essence, the C-level gene species are the very beginning of the gene sequence."

"The underlying gene sequences have low similarity and uniqueness and can be replaced."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone who had been somewhat nonchalant suddenly sat up straight.

"But..." Qi Xing frowned.

"Don't think you know a lot. Let me ask you, is there any essential difference between the Wind Blade Hawk and the Swift Wind Falcon?" Professor Bai said coldly, "If a gene sequence is constructed with one of them as the underlying gene, will it have any impact if it is replaced with the other?"

Qi Xing couldn't answer.

"The interstellar space is so vast, don't get trapped in the cocoon of your thoughts." Professor Bai said earnestly.

"Okay." Qi Xing didn't care and asked casually, "Then professor, can you tell us about people with special abilities?"

"A person with superpowers?" Professor Bai glanced over.

Qi Xing said as a matter of course: "Yes, most of us know about the relevant matters of genetic evolution. We may come into contact with people with superpowers in the future. Why don't you tell us about it?"

"Just because you know it clearly doesn't mean others know it clearly." Professor Bai frowned and glanced at Li Ming obscurely. Seeing that he didn't say anything, he continued:

"Psychics are a special kind of life form. There is no consensus on how they are created."

"Isn't it about genetic mutation?" Qi Xing interrupted again.

"Get out if you interrupt me again." Professor Bai said slowly, and Qi Xing shrank his head.

"You should form your own judgment and not just believe what others say. Even if it is a well-known interstellar laboratory or research institute, if you look up the past, you will find that many of them have made mistakes." Professor Bai snorted coldly:
"Many people with special abilities are no different from ordinary people before they awaken. Perhaps they are born with special powers when they experience major emotional ups and downs or life-and-death crises."

"In fact, it is essentially an evolutionary path for living organisms, which is different from systematic evolution such as genetic evolution."

"It's hard to follow any experience in the evolution of superpowers."

Li Ming was also listening. He had never been exposed to similar knowledge before. Even if a lot of information was available on the Star Network or the Black Hole Network, he would not search for it without a reason.

"There's no need to over-deify psychics. Although they are rare, the abilities that most psychics awaken are pretty useless." Professor Bai explained carefully:

"The slightly stronger ones, that is, those who control the power of elements, are not much different from the genetic evolvers in the middle stage of evolution. And you have been integrating the best gene seeds from the beginning, so you are not afraid of them."

"Only a very small number of people can awaken extremely powerful abilities. Some abilities are indeed unattainable through the path of genetic evolution."

At this point, for some reason, Professor Bai paused on Li Ming's body before continuing: "Of course, the most famous thing is the ability of time and space, but there is no record of this."

"Nuo Xing's ability seems to be to control the blood of living things?" Qi Xing said this, which surprised Li Ming. Nuo Xing was actually a psychic. No wonder there was no gossip about her development potential or development progress on the Internet.

"It's quite magical. Logically speaking, blood is mostly water. If you can control the blood, you can control the water. But it seems that you can't control the water, you can only control the blood..." Qi Xing said, but found that the eyes of the people around him were getting more and more strange.

My nose felt inexplicably warm and my lips were moist. I subconsciously stuck out my tongue and licked them. A fishy smell rushed straight to the top of my head.

Nosebleed!
"Fuck!" Qi Xing stood up suddenly, "Sister, sister, I'm just curious, I didn't scold you."

Qi Xing's nosebleed was pulled by some force, forming a blood arrow that floated in front of Qi Xing's left eye.

Nuo Xing's expression remained calm and he didn't even turn his head.

"Enough." Professor Bai frowned slightly, and the blood arrow dissipated.

"Qi Xing, get out." he scolded.

Qi Xing didn't feel embarrassed, wiped his nose and walked out.

"As you all know, this special training class is of extraordinary significance. Please improve your development progress as quickly as possible." Professor Bai made his closing remarks and waved his hand for them to leave.

Li Ming thought as he walked. Gene sequence is an extremely important part of the evolutionary process. He planned to go to the Black Hole Network to see if there was any further news after he returned.

After leaving the school gate, Zhang Yong was still waiting there. Li Ming walked to the car and put the box in the trunk. The rear door opened automatically. He sat in the back seat and said, "Brother Yong, let's go."

"Okay." The hovercraft took off.

…………

At the same time, in the Privy Council Center in southern Beijing, which covers a vast area, dozens of towering buildings are lined up one after another, and the internal shuttle staircase tracks between the buildings are crisscrossed.

On the top floor of one of the buildings, a neatly dressed middle-aged man walked out of the elevator, straightened his clothes, and pressed the touch panel next to the pale golden door. "Enter..." a cold voice came from inside.

He pushed open the door with a respectful look. The figure in the room stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, with an upright posture and his hands in his trouser pockets.

Fu Zongchen, one of the deacons of the Privy Council.

"Deacon, it has been confirmed that Li Ming is the son of a remnant of Xiaolong. Here is his information." He held up the transparent crystal plate.

There was no movement after waiting for a while.

The figure in front of the floor-to-ceiling window turned around with a calm expression, took the crystal plate from his hand, sat behind the desk, and slowly flipped through it.

"... the head of the care center... is taciturn... introverted... hesitant in doing things... no threat at all, haha." Fu Zongchen smiled, "It's time to sort out the people below. Is there any similarity between the information on paper and what this person shows?"

"They won't try to use stupid stories like the father's death and the son's change of character to evade me, will they?"

"Wang Yan, you are the commander-in-chief of "Jin", what is your opinion?"

Wang Yan's heart tightened slightly, and he said, "Deacon, I think this person should be the remnant of Xiaolong, a good seedling secretly cultivated in order to avenge you."

"Yes, that's more like what you said." Fu Zongchen's expression eased slightly. "Now it seems that Professor Wu called here specifically not for the safety of the interstellar review team members."

"It is to intimidate me and prevent Li Ming from getting hurt."

Wang Yan said in a deep voice: "It is my subordinates who are incompetent. I am willing to be punished."

"Such high potential? Who could have thought of it? It's not entirely your fault."

We can't blame everyone, there are still some things to blame.

Wang Yan's heart sank slightly, and he said, "What should we do next? This person will surely become a big shot in the future, should we... kill him?"

"Kill him?" Fu Zongchen sneered and shook his head, "If we kill him, who will bear Wu Yanqing's wrath?"

"I'll take it!" Wang Yan said firmly.

"Are you qualified?" he asked.

Wang Yan remained silent, feeling slightly relieved.

Fu Zongchen threw the information on the table and said calmly, "Some people can be killed and put an end to everything, but some people cannot."

"I don't have that much hatred against him. The man who killed his father has been killed. You go find him and explain the matter clearly. It would be best if he is willing to make peace."

"I understand." Wang Yan nodded, and then asked hesitantly, "But what if he doesn't want to? The remnants of Xiaolong must have brainwashed him a lot."

Fu Zongchen pondered and said, "If that's the case, there's nothing I can do. The eighth level of development potential will be a problem in the future."

"Wu Yanqing wouldn't kill me just for a dead person, would he?"

.........

In a dilapidated starport somewhere, on a rusty chair, a cripple was sitting with his head lowered, his body trembling slightly.

The entire page on the smart terminal in his hand was filled with news reports about Li Ming.

"He... actually did it." The cripple murmured. After Li Ming left the Silver-Ash Star, he naturally left as well.

Until this moment, he had been skeptical about what Li Ming said about gaining Professor Wu's support.

Then, the astonishment and shock in his eyes intertwined into a complex emotion.

After sitting here for a long time, he raised his hand with difficulty, opened the black hole network, and clicked on a contact at the bottom.

.........

"Brother Yong, isn't this the way back?"

In the hovercraft, Li Ming had been thinking about the genetic sequence. When he accidentally glanced at the scene outside the window, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

There were more tall buildings around them, but when they returned to the laboratory, they should be surrounded by the sea.

"It's like this, Lord Luochuan asked me to take you to a place." Zhang Yong answered casually.

Li Ming looked back from the window, "Why didn't Senior Brother Luo tell me?"

"Didn't I tell you? I don't know either. Why don't you ask him?" Zhang Yong's tone was a little surprised.

Li Ming nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly jumped up without warning and grabbed Zhang Yong's neck from behind.

"Brother Yong, where are you taking me?" Li Ming said in a low voice.

“I…I…” Zhang Yong’s face flushed and he seemed to have difficulty breathing, but his hands that were driving the hovercraft were as steady as a rock.

click-
Before Li Ming could make a move, Zhang Yong's head suddenly turned 360 degrees. The sound of bones breaking could be clearly heard in the narrow space. The tip of his nose was only a millimeter away from Li Ming's cheek, and a hideous smile appeared on his face.

"So decisive."

Li Ming frowned, knowing that this was a trap. Without hesitation, he kicked the side door with both feet.

boom!
A dull thumping sound was heard and Li Ming's feet went numb. He felt something was wrong. The car door was definitely not that solid.

"Don't resist, you can't run away." Zhang Yong stared at him.

Then, an invisible and powerful force surged from all directions, gradually compressing Li Ming's space for movement.

What kind of ability is this? Zhang Yong can't possibly have this kind of strength.

"Wait..." Li Ming suddenly spoke, and the power surging from all around suddenly stopped.

"We can talk it over. There's no need to be so aggressive. If you kill me here, you won't be able to escape."

"Interesting." Zhang Yong stared at him, "Why don't you try to resist?"

"Since you have started taking action, it won't be that easy for me to escape. Instead of wasting time, I might as well save some energy." Li Ming straightened his clothes and sat in the back seat.

"But how can I trust you?"

Li Ming's tone was slightly surprised: "Don't tell me you really came here to kill me. Don't you have something like genetic shackles?"

Zhang Yong fell silent. He felt very uncomfortable. They had clearly captured Li Ming, but the other party had taken the initiative.

What Li Ming said was right. There were high-pressure explosive bombs on the car. If they couldn't control it, they would kill them. However, this threat was not used, which really made him feel suffocated.

He snorted coldly, and the passenger seat cushion was lifted up, revealing a pair of sturdy shackles.

"Gene suppression shackles, put them on."

Li Ming knew this thing. Qin Xiao was taken away using a similar thing. It can suppress the genetic seeds in living things.

Li Ming took it without hesitation.

[Gene Suppression Shackles--Class E: A tool specifically used to curb genetic vitality.

Control conditions: 500 metal energy points

Control effect: Strength blessing--20%
Control ability - Suppression: Suppress the genetic vitality of E-level life forms]

Buckled on both wrists, preventing the shackles from cracking from both sides, mechanical components extended out, eventually covering both of Li Ming's palms and buckling them together.

Following a sharp pain, Li Ming felt even weaker.

"Very good, it looks like we have reached a preliminary consensus." Although Li Ming had just taken the initiative, the other party was finally imprisoned. The corners of Zhang Yong's mouth curled up.

"The trajectory of the hover car should be able to be monitored in the laboratory, so be careful." Li Ming reminded kindly.

Zhang Yong sneered: "Don't hold out hope. We used analog signal transmission to slow down the speed and created a time difference of about 20 minutes."

"By the time the lab realized something was wrong, we were gone."

"Oh." Li Ming seemed to be thinking, "Whose enemy are you? Old Wu's or mine? I don't think I can protect enemies like you. Maybe not. Xingchuang Company should hate me now."

Zhang Yong frowned, looking at Li Ming who was not nervous at all, and he felt unhappy.

"Shut up!" he snapped.

Three or four minutes later, the hovercraft slowly stopped and entered an underground garage. A sturdy man wearing sunglasses was waiting here and quickly took Li Ming into the elevator.

Glancing at the surveillance camera in the upper right corner, Zhang Yong, who had already twisted his neck, said, "Don't worry, all the surveillance cameras in this building have been cracked."

"That's good." Li Ming nodded.

On the sixteenth floor, he was pushed out of the elevator and brought to a room where there were three people, two men and one woman.

One of them was thin, with prominent cheekbones and sunken eyes. He exuded a life aura that made Li Ming feel a little frightened - a D-level life form.

Plop - Zhang Yong beside him seemed to have lost all support and collapsed to the ground, while the woman who was sitting on the chair and had no reaction suddenly stood up.

"So it was you who controlled him, the psychic?" Li Ming was surprised.

The woman was dressed in red and had heavy makeup on her face. She walked towards me with a cat-like step and a charming smile on her face: "It's much easier than I thought. Wu Yanqing, you really can't do it."

"Were you sent by Luochuan?" Li Ming suddenly said, then shook his head: "No."

The fleeting confusion on several people's faces did not escape his eyes.

"You have a good mind and remain calm until now." The woman restrained her smile. Li Ming acted indifferent, which meant that in the other party's mind, they were not a threat at all.

"Don't waste time, let's start." The thin man frowned, pulled Li Ming over, pressed him on the chair, and put on a pair of electromagnetic locks.

"What are you going to do?" Li Ming's face finally showed some panic, but he was thinking in his mind.

He has control over everything, so even if he faces a D-level life form, he is not without the ability to fight back.

However, this psychic is quite strange. He seems to be able to control other people's bodies and manipulate invisible forces.

According to Professor Wu, people with special abilities cannot follow the path of genetic evolution.

Except for physical abilities, the physical body is not very powerful until other abilities reach a certain level.

(End of this chapter)