My Endless Life.

Chapter 619 Brina

Alchemy is a magical thing.

It can combine any seemingly useless object into an item with special functions.

Some people think that alchemists are a bunch of prop makers. Li Qi wants to say that this is true, but it's not entirely true either.

If everything in the world can be seen as something that can be refined, then the world's top alchemists are the creator gods who created everything in the world.

That is, if it really exists.

Of course, Li Qi is bringing this up now not to say how amazing alchemy is, but to say that he seems to have gone down the wrong path before.

Whether it's martial arts, immortality, mecha pilots, mechanics, or other cultivation systems, they're not necessarily bad for Li Qi, but they're not actually suitable for him.

Since we chose magic and alchemy from the beginning, we must see it through to the end.

If Li Qi had understood this earlier, perhaps now... he would have been able to create better tools to conceal his identity.

Instead of being discovered within two minutes of entering.

So the story begins two minutes earlier.

Sophiuna confronted a martial arts expert, a seventh-tier martial arts expert who was already the pinnacle of the martial arts system in the interstellar era.

And it happens to be a seventh-tier beginner level, which is perfect for Sophiuna to practice on.

After watching the battle for a while and confirming that Sophiuna would be alright, Li Qi walked away from her with peace of mind and went to the depths of the control room, which was also the most crucial location in this floating city.

Normally, there should be an eighth-tier expert guarding this place.

But when Li Qi arrived, he didn't see any eighth-tier experts from the Empire; instead, he saw a member of the Revival Society.

She wore the signature silver-white knight outfit of the Revival Society, and a mask similar to the Nameless One's, but with more decorations.

She was very tall, nearly two meters, but had a slender figure with delicate arms and legs, making it clear at a glance that she was not a pure human.

It is a hybrid of certain species and humans.

Relying on the props he had made to conceal his presence, Li Qi intended to move forward a little further to observe, but after taking only two steps, he heard the female knight say:
"If you want to come in, just come in. What are you dawdling around at the door for?"

"..."

Very well, alchemical tools that can block the detection of a seventh-tier expert still can't block the senses of an eighth-tier expert.

Thus, Li Qi had the aforementioned internal monologue.

If he had studied alchemy more before, he might have been able to create a more powerful shielding item with his current extraordinary alchemical abilities!
Well… even without the materials, Li Qi is currently powerless to do anything…

As Li Qi pondered these thoughts, he stepped out of the shadows and looked at the lone Restoration Society knight in the arena, asking:

"Where are the people here?"

"I've packed it up, using my mech."

The knight explained simply that she didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards Li Qi.
Could it be because Li Qi is currently wearing the knight's uniform of the rebels?
No, that's not right. If that were the case, the martial artist who seemed capable of unleashing a rising dragon punch wouldn't have attacked him and Sophie.

Sensing something was amiss, Li Qi asked in a deep voice:

"Do you know who I am?"

"Hmm? I don't know, but I know you should be my companion."

The knight didn't turn around, his hands busy at the control panel as he answered.

Li Qi raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Companion?"

"Yes, aren't you the inheritor of the Legacy Mech? Let me introduce myself. My name is Brina, the inheritor of the Mech [Coordinates]."

"…coordinate?"

(It's twelve mechs! And the coordinates are the most troublesome!)

Long-lost feelings suddenly resonated within Li Qi's heart.

This means that she has been initially transformed into Li Qi's Horcrux and can establish a mental link with him.

According to the schedule, Xinlian should have been able to chat with Li Qi long ago, but she only appeared at this time...

Okay, let's put aside questioning Xinlian about what she's doing for now. Li Qi asked Xinlian:
"Coordinates? What type of mech is it?"

(It's very troublesome... the really troublesome kind, and his combat power should be among the top three of our twelve inherited mechs... by the way, I'm ranked second to last.)
"...Then you really are useless."

(This is a ranking of combat power! I'm not relying on combat power!)
A defiant voice echoed in Li Qi's mind, but he chose to ignore it and looked up at the knight named Brina.

He turned his head slightly, then walked towards the knight, approaching her side and asking:
"What are you doing?"

"As you can see, I'm modifying the floating city's control system to prevent outside support from coming in... Although I feel that doing this is redundant, there's no other way; it's the boss's order."

Brina's hands moved across the virtual screen, leaving afterimages. She kneaded, flattened, and tossed aside various futuristic nodes and lines, or shaped them into something else and let them slide to another location.

Li Qi knew a thing or two about magic, but when it came to higher-level technology, he was completely clueless.

There was no other way; everyone has their own expertise. Before switching majors, Li Qi was only a fifth-tier mechanic, and he hadn't even learned the mechanical manufacturing theories that a fifth-tier mechanic should learn.

Therefore, it's normal not to understand Brina's current actions.

Moreover, Li Qi doesn't need to understand it; all he needs to do now is distract Brina.

Seeing that Brina seemed to have no suspicion of him, Li Qi put his right hand behind his back and changed the prop that had been used to shield his aura.

He also chatted with Brina at the same time:
"Does the Empire provide a lot of support from abroad?" "Of course it does. This is the Empress, after all. It would be strange if the Empire didn't react if something happened to the Empress."

Brina answered without hesitation.

Li Qi raised an eyebrow: "If that's the case, then why do you say that what you're doing right now is superfluous?"

"Well, that's because we have a lot of support too. The president has already come, and... there's also the Pantheon of the Darkest Star Sea."

"?" The name that Brina uttered made Li Qi pause for a moment.

All gods?

Is it the Darkest Star Sea, that country of superpowers, the strongest in that foreign land?
But isn't she only at the peak of the eighth rank? How can she participate in a ninth-rank battle? Even if she could break through, with only the strength of the initial stage of the ninth rank, it would be difficult for her to play any key role.

After all, the empire's foundation is not limited to just a few ninth-tier beings.

While Li Qi was pondering, his hands didn't stop moving. Once the prop was finished, Li Qi suddenly asked:

"Then I have another question."

"Ok?"

Are you really a member of the Revival Society?

"..."

Brina's hand suddenly stopped. She turned to look at Li Qi. When he saw her face to face, Li Qi noticed the two...cat ear decorations on the front of her helmet.
Li Qi's gaze lingered for a moment on the pair of cat ears on the other person's head before he instantly took out the modified prop and exploded it right in front of the other person!

boom! !

The white smoke was so thick that it could block out any detection by consciousness or mental power, perfectly concealing Li Qi's figure.

Taking advantage of this moment, Li Qi arrived at the main control panel in front of Brina and smashed it hard against the only physical emergency red button!
Li Qi was unaware of other things, but he knew very well the function of this emergency red button.

When this button is activated, the console will immediately enter locked mode, and no one can operate it unless they have a specific key!

Therefore, no matter what Brina wanted to do with the control panel, once the button was pressed, she was powerless to do anything about it!
Li Qi's speed was undeniably fast. He even donned the Heart Love mecha and temporarily created two arms of the same color as the mecha, which he then used to smash the button protected by a special shield.

But Brina's reaction speed was unusually fast.

Just as Li Qi reached the button, his arm was grabbed. Brina, who was wearing a gray-white mecha with extra cat ears and a cat tail decoration on it, suddenly appeared next to Li Qi and grabbed his arm!
"!?"

"Oh dear, I didn't expect to be exposed. How strange, you're clearly not a member of the Revival Society, so how do you know I'm not?"

While holding Li Qi's hand, Brina tilted her head and asked him a question.

Both of their mechs were humanoid in size and the same height, so Li Qi could look them in the eye and notice the light flashing inside their mechs.

"Because if the Revival Society had inherited the mechs, they wouldn't have gone to the Federal Academy Star to cause such a ruckus."

Li Qi gave a calm explanation while simultaneously kicking Brina.

Brina didn't let go. She slightly turned to dodge Li Qi's attack, then grabbed Li Qi and flashed away. In the blink of an eye, space shifted, and when the two reappeared, they were already above the floating city.

Li Qi: "!?!"

(The rule governing coordinates is space! At his peak, he could even instantly teleport from one end of the universe to the other!)

Xinlian's explanation arrived just in time.

Li Qi's lips twitched slightly: "Why didn't you tell me about this from the beginning!"

(...you know...my memory is still a bit hazy...)
Xinlian replied in a weak voice.

You useless piece of trash!
Li Qi took a deep breath and asked Xinlian, "So she's not going to go straight back to the control room to continue her operations, is she?"

(Don't worry, I'm also a legacy mecha. She forcibly used teleportation on me, and the spatial flow around here is already disordered. She probably won't be able to return in the same way for a while.)
"estimate?"

(…Definitely! She definitely can't go back!)

Xinlian said with absolute certainty.

As if verifying the correctness of her words of love, Brina released Richie's hand and reflected on herself there:
"...So there was this part too. I didn't know that. Oh dear, I've been out of touch for so long, I've become a bit out of touch. But the Fuxing Society's operations should be very secretive... You even know what they want... Could you really be a member of the Fuxing Society?"

Before Brina could even reply, she said, "Forget it, thinking about it is too much trouble. In short, please leave the scene first. I don't really like fighting with my companions, so... I'll just teleport you a little further away."

pat.

A crisp snap of fingers rang out, and in that instant, the space around Li Qi underwent an extremely strong change.

It felt as if every inch of space was squeezing him, trying to push him out of the area!

This feeling... is exactly the same as when I was targeted by the world's will before!
(It's exile! If her trick succeeds, you don't know where you'll be exiled to!)

Xinlian immediately reminded her.

But Li Qi's expression didn't change as he felt the repulsion. His eyes searched the spatial lines around him, and then, with a thought, his figure disappeared from the center of the compression!
"Huh?" Seeing Li Qi disappear, Brina exclaimed in surprise, then reached out and blocked him without turning her head.

This block perfectly blocked Li Qi's leg that was about to kick!

Although she had blocked Li Qi's attack, Brina was filled with even more confusion.

Normally, once she activates [Exile], any enemy will be thrown into some unknown space.

But why did this tactic fail today?

Looking at the pink-painted Heart Love mecha, which looked very cute, Brina was full of questions.

(End of this chapter)