Chapter 387 The Empire’s Spirit for Half a Year
He exhaled, rubbed his hands, and the video link came up, which was quite powerful.
It would be interesting to fight against such an old fox.
He raised his hand, and the surroundings suddenly darkened. He changed the appearance and Qinglong came online.
The screen flashed, and the majestic face of Prince Costart appeared.
"Your Excellency Qinglong..." Costat was very polite, "This is the first time we have met. We have known each other for a long time."
Li Ming was noncommittal, "His Royal Highness the Prince holds a high and powerful position. Perhaps at a certain banquet, I paid my respects to you below."
Costat's eyes moved slightly, but he just smiled and said: "Your Excellency Qinglong, you are so polite. If we have really met, I will remember it deeply."
The two of them hesitated for a while, but no one got any useful information.
Costart stated the purpose, "I am contacting you this time mainly to thank you for saving Abel's life during the student's most critical moment."
He solemnly said: "I will keep this kindness in my heart."
Old guy, Li Ming snorted secretly. On the surface, he was saying that Qinglong saved Abel, but in fact, he was reminding him that he also saved Li Ming.
Li Ming said with emotion: "Your Excellency has already paid it back, hasn't it? In full view of the public, you are still willing to stop Prince Ryan, which is touching."
Costart smiled: "I already promised you, and I will naturally fulfill my promise. Besides, even if I don't stop you, I believe that with your ability, Li Ming's life will not be in danger."
Li Ming's eyes flickered. At that moment, Ryan was so close in front of him. For X-level people, it was only a thought.
Saying it can be guaranteed sounds a bit harsh.
He said he couldn't, which naturally made him weaker, and gave him a vague feeling of being owed a favor.
"The divine craftsman is just a divine craftsman, and it is impossible to reverse time and space." Li Ming said helplessly.
Costat chuckled lightly, and when he was about to speak, he heard Qinglong continue:
"So during this time, I have been thinking of ways to repay your kindness."
"I still have some contacts in the Holy Revolutionary Army, and I got a few videos some time ago."
Kostat's face tightened slightly, and the next moment he received the document from Qinglong. As soon as he opened it, his pupils suddenly shrank.
The video shows the seriously injured Diaz, who is wailing: "The royal family, it is the royal family who betrayed me. What do they want to do!"
The first suspect in attacking Diaz was the Holy Revolutionary Army, who made him disappear on the way to ambush the opponent.
Costat frowned slightly, not sure whether the video was real or fake. The video might be fake, and the Diaz in the video might be someone else pretending to be him.
But he fell silent when he saw the first few videos, which were the battle scenes from the beginning, in which Diaz clearly showed his liberated form.
The liberated form of S-class life forms can already be regarded as a unique symbol. With those battleships, as long as it is confirmed that this video is not a composite, it can be basically confirmed to be real.
The method to determine whether the video was synthesized was simple, and he believed that Qinglong would not fool him in this way.
Thinking of this, his face turned ugly. The empire finally gathered some strength. If this video was leaked, that madman Ryan would definitely not give up.
Unnecessary waves will arise internally.
"This video is of great value." Costart said in a serious tone, "I hope it will not fall into the hands of others."
"Of course." Li Ming smiled, "This is something I have collected in every possible way to repay your kindness."
Costart was silent, and the first confrontation focused on Li Ming's life-saving grace. It was not a failure, but it was not a success either.
It doesn't matter to him who killed Diaz, Qinglong or the Holy Revolutionary Army.
His expression calmed down, knowing that he could not take any advantage, so he simply went straight to the final topic, "Your Excellency Qinglong, there is a more important reason for contacting you this time."
"Oh." Li Ming responded with a listening expression.
Costart elaborated: "Today, the interstellar situation is turbulent and undercurrents are surging. As the Empire is an important civilization in the interstellar world, in order to maintain interstellar peace, we are preparing to build a peacekeeping organization under the Interstellar Alliance. The main invitations are those with no prestige and strength. Common life forms join in.”
"It is best to solve many problems for the interstellar world in a non-war form."
This is the empire's response, to get people on board first?
Or in the name of the Star Alliance, how did they convince the Federation and the Star Cluster Republican Alliance? Li Ming was confused.
"We call this organization the Alliance of Higher Life Forms. Are you interested in being the leader?" Costant then revealed the true purpose.
"Leader?" Li Ming was surprised and sneered secretly. He had a good idea.
The symbolic significance of these organizations is greater than the actual significance. Moreover, they were created by the empire in response to the current situation. It is unknown what changes will be made in the future, but the leaders will definitely bear the brunt.
He has no interest in being a target, and is even somewhat resistant to joining.
But when I thought about it again, I felt something was wrong.
There is still no joint organization of higher life forms in the interstellar world. The Mechanics Association is already the largest unofficial joint organization.
The union of higher life forms has always been a trend that major interstellar civilizations have resisted.
There are many people in history who want to take the lead, but this kind of organization is too threatening. The leader of any small civilization can see the hidden dangers, let alone these top interstellar civilizations.
This peace organization vaguely has a similar prototype.
The empire's plans are not small.
Li Ming tried his best to think about the big picture, and couldn't just think about this one thing. He remembered something Abel once told him.
In response to the withdrawal of the Interstellar Machinists Association, the Empire has drafted a prototype of the Royal Machinists Association, preparing to directly hand over the resources left by the Machinists Association.
He remembered a saying, crisis is also an opportunity, let the empire get through it, tsk tsk...
Although there is some suspicion of over-speculation, when it comes to the empire, no amount of over-speculation is too much.
It's better to keep a secret. When Li Ming spoke, he changed his mind again, "I'm used to being idle and have no ability to lead others. So, just leave me a place."
Kostat's face was calm, and Li Ming's reaction was what he expected.
"However, I have been a little busy recently and may not be able to cooperate with the publicity, so there is no need to announce my joining for the time being." Li Ming added.
On the one hand, they think that the empire is powerful, and on the other hand, they also consider that the other party is suspected of pulling the flag. For example, there are currently no members.
Costate's face darkened, he was afraid that they would be in vain if they didn't give him any chance. They were really thieves.
"Your Excellency, you are worrying too much." Costat said, but did not reject Qinglong's words.
After the game, the two of them were both a little bored, and Costart ended the communication after chatting for a few words.
Li Ming thought for a while and contacted Abel again. He didn't receive a reply until mid-afternoon.
From his mouth, Li Ming was shocked to learn that the empire had not convinced the Federation and the Star Cluster Republican Alliance at all, but was preparing to kill first and then tell them later. "The empire is preparing to release the alliance of advanced life forms as a big killer. There have been many powerful life forms intending to organize this alliance." Abel's voice was solemn, "Several overlords in the Chaos Star Gap will definitely join."
"Aren't you afraid of being outed?" Li Ming was surprised, and finally understood the true intention of the empire.
The empire needs help, but now everyone wants to step on it, and it is impossible to help them unless the flesh is cut off.
No one is willing to cut off their own flesh, so the empire simply plays a big game, bringing down all civilizations and unlocking the big killer weapon of higher life forms.
When the time comes to unite multiple X-level life forms to declare to the stars, even if the Federation and the Star Cluster are unwilling to join forces, they will already be facing the embryonic form of the empire and higher life form organizations.
The empire was already covered in lice, and it didn't mind being stepped on a few more times. It was so happy to receive a lot of help out of thin air.
Otherwise, they will be forced to admit this matter. Since the organizer is the empire, they will definitely take the initiative and still have a strong support.
After figuring out the context, Li Ming couldn't help but marvel, and the person who proposed this plan was none other than the Holy Emperor of Glory - Adam.
Li Ming praised him, he was really brave.
If this killer weapon is released, if you don't pay attention, it will grow into a behemoth that is out of the control of the three major civilizations. It is many times more threatening than the Mechanics Association.
And he was keenly aware that the empire's right to speak was gradually recovering. The Glory Holy Emperor seemed to have been leading the overall situation since the crisis.
After ending the communication, Li Ming kept deducing the direction of the matter, and finally had to give up.
Whether it is the Empire or the Pioneer, he does not stand on either side. In this upcoming change in the universe, what he needs to consider is how to gain enough benefits and fill up the green dragon that he blew out.
This organization cannot be established in a month or two. There are many things that need to be coordinated, which is very troublesome.
Another day later, the prophet of the sister cult contacted Qinglong. The prophet's attitude became very humble and his tone was soft: "Your Excellency Qinglong, I haven't congratulated you on becoming famous among the stars."
"It's not a good reputation. I don't know how many people suspect that I am secretly hatching a conspiracy." Li Ming said simply.
The prophet was silent with twinkling eyes. The Holy Mother was standing behind her. The two of them thought about it for a long time before deciding to contact Qinglong.
They are now very resistant to contact with Qinglong. When they originally thought that Qinglong was a star-casting mechanic, they didn't mind fighting him twice.
But now I regret it very much, having easily bitten the bait given by this fox.
Before she could speak, Qinglong took the initiative to say: "We are all old friends, and I won't waste any words. I have a deal to discuss with you in detail this time."
"Listen to the deal, but no matter what he says, don't agree." The Virgin's voice was cold, but it only reached the ears of the prophet.
It's not that they are afraid of Qinglong, but they don't want to be entangled with such a guy in the dark. No one knows the benefits of hiding in the dark better than them, and now there is someone more mysterious than them.
"Deal?" The prophet's voice was filled with doubts.
"That's right, I stole some things from the empire, and I thought you might need them." Li Ming said leisurely.
"Oh? What is it?" The prophet frowned slightly, and the Virgin's face was expressionless. They first aroused curiosity and then offered the price. They had already used this method to death.
"The Hammersmith searches for clues to the Star of Eternal Silence in the deep dimension world, as well as the anchoring procedures for the Holy Castle of Tyrax."
The prophet was stunned for a moment, his face changed drastically, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the Holy Mother.
The Virgin's face was even more ugly, and she gritted her teeth: "He shouldn't be allowed to speak."
The reason why this method is bad is because it is really easy to use.
She took a deep breath. Could Qinglong throw out this kind of precious information for no reason? I don’t know what kind of trap is hidden behind this.
But can she refuse?
Even though he knew there was a problem, he could only close his eyes and bite into it.
The prophet already understood what the Virgin meant and felt very helpless, "Are your data sure?"
"I can give some verification first. I believe that the Marist Church is definitely honest." Li Ming said frankly.
"What do you want?" asked the prophet.
"Well...ten stones of Terrax." Li Ming opened his mouth.
"This..." the prophet immediately refused, and even went further: "Your Excellency, since you have contacted us, please sell this kind of replicable information to more than just us. This price is too expensive."
The Holy Mother Church is not a fool, but the trouble lies here. Do you think everyone has you?
"Forget it, let's get three ether crystals for a fixed price. There's been a bit of shortage recently." Li Ming was too lazy to chat and simply quoted the price directly.
The prophet was silent, looked at the Virgin and nodded, and then said: "No problem, where to send it?"
"The Mechanical Royal Court."
The transaction was completed happily, and Li Ming gave them some information for verification.
Then, news came from Estelle. He contacted Dius, and after some push and pull, the price was finally set at three Stones of Terrax. The Federation was still a little richer.
However, when he contacted the Black Hole Palace again, he learned unexpected news.
"Sorry, Lord Qinglong, we already have the relevant information and we don't need it for the time being." Julius, the star-casting mechanic in charge of docking, apologized.
Moving so fast? Has someone resold it?
Li Ming muttered, No, I haven't given out the real information yet.
Is it an empire?
Li Ming contacted the so-called United Organization of Higher Life Forms and speculated that the empire might use this as a bargaining chip to recruit powerful X-level life forms.
Some people may be attracted to this organization, but there are also some people who don't care much and need to use other means.
Li Ming shook his head, muttered a few words, and temporarily stopped selling.
With the current matter almost done, Li Ming was ready to retreat into seclusion for a while.
While the aftermath of the central world was still lingering, the Mechanical Royal Court started recruiting external parties. Because of the reputation of the divine craftsman, it indeed attracted many people to come, and even many A-level life forms came here with the intention of joining the divine craftsman.
But Ulrich declined all of them, and then introduced more details, only management talents were required, and emphasized that this was just Li Ming's small business and had nothing to do with the magic craftsman.
The guys who came to see the excitement left one after another, and the recruitment gradually got on track.
Although the size of the Mechanical Royal Court is still not large, its popularity is not low, and it is still expanding at a high speed with the benefit of its reputation as a master craftsman.
And this is just a snapshot of the aftermath of the central world. The bigger waves are still dominated by the empire, which finally began to take tough actions, frequently mobilizing the army, meeting with leaders of civilizations and organizations, to deal with all kinds of troubles.
Li Ming's external sales process has accelerated the speed of undercurrents. Both visible and invisible forces are acting to get a piece of the pie.
Nothing is achieved overnight, and time is an important catalyst. In such a turbulent situation, half a year has passed in a blink of an eye.
(End of chapter)