Chapter 459 Undercurrent (Happy New Year's Day, Happy New Year!)
In enlightening the mechanical body, Ulrich no longer needs to follow him, but he cherishes every opportunity to meet Li Ming.
Seeing Li Ming come out, Ulrich stepped forward and said, "The latest batch of purchased metal materials has been stored in the small warehouse of the core base."
Li Ming couldn't help but nod when he heard the words. Ulrich reported all the way until he watched Li Ming walk into the core base before leaving reluctantly.
He lowered his head and glanced at the smart terminal, his expression suddenly changed, "There is an S-class mechanical body this time?"
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The Damenleth Stargate Node is a small stargate transfer node belonging to the Barendit Civilization. It has been in operation for more than three hundred years, and its various facilities have fallen seriously behind.
Hum--
The unstable star gate spit out a dark dagger-shaped spaceship.
"This is it..." In front of the porthole, the gray-haired old man was holding a crystal ball, in which energy was flowing, showing a scene.
"Lord Lingshou, this star field is quite amazing..." Behind the scenes, two people were looking at the virtual screen, secretly speechless.
"There cannot be a civilization that is too weak near the River of Eternal Silence." The spirit leader responded calmly, staring at the crystal sphere in his hand. "According to the guidance, the bloodline of Holy King Terrax should pass by here."
"The Eternal Holy Seat fluctuates frequently. It is suspected that someone has started the King's Trial. Only the blood of Holy King Tyrax can do it. Go ahead and arrange it."
"Yes!"
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In a certain stargate node, an inconspicuous person was queuing up for space coating. Clyde looked away from the porthole window and asked in confusion: "Teacher, where are we going?"
Florian's voice, suspended in mid-air in the distance, was calm: "Red River Star Stream."
"Red River Star Stream?" Clyde was confused, "Are we going to explore?"
"No, go to a place that is very important to you." Florian's voice came, and Clyde became more and more confused. He continued to ask, but there was no response and he could only look helplessly out of the porthole.
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After Li Ming returned to the core warehouse and absorbed the latest batch of metal energy, his metal energy accumulation had once again exceeded one billion.
After returning to the room, Dangji upgraded the mechanical guard, this time to King Tai. The four thick mechanical arms became six, and various functions were greatly improved.
With a wave of his hand, four upgraded mechanical guards stood neatly in front of him, namely the Four Heavenly Kings Zhen, Yu, Heng, and Tai.
They all exude a fierce aura, and all functions are greatly improved.
That's right, King Taitian is not the third mechanical guard he has upgraded, but the fourth.
After the cooperation between the Mechanical Royal Court and the Stargate Company, the Mechanical Royal Court expanded faster than he imagined, and the return rate of funds was greatly increased.
There are more resources that can be squeezed out, and the metal energy provided every month has even reached nearly 500 million.
With four mechanical guards in hand and armed with guards, the strength has once again jumped to a new level, with the combat level approaching 500X, and the sense of security greatly improved.
He put away the four mechanical guards with satisfaction.
He was preparing to develop gene seeds intensively. In four months, plus the previous scattered time, his development progress climbed to 8%. The conventional energy level is close to 30S.
Hum--
At this time, placed on the table, the smart terminal in the middle suddenly rang, it was Qinglong's account.
The contacts were two master craftsmen who jointly initiated the communication request.
Hmm... I guess the time is almost up.
After clicking on it, the big faces of Reynolds and Mikhail each occupied half of the screen.
Reynolds said familiarly: "Old Long, it's almost time, it's time to set off."
"The star gate can only jump to the Kamendar node. If you want to go deep into the storm area, you will need to sail for a long time."
Li Ming nodded, "I understand."
Reynolds nodded and continued: "Then we will meet up at Red River Star City. It's best to hurry up and not lose the opportunity."
Red River Star City is located on the outskirts of the Red River Star Stream. It is almost the largest gathering place and belongs to a certain X-level life form.
Li Ming's eyes flashed slightly and he said: "No problem, but I am going to let Li Ming go on my behalf first."
"Let Li Ming go on your behalf first?"
His words made Reynolds and Mikhail look surprised.
Reynolds was even more outspoken, "Old Long, you let Li Ming go for such a big thing? Such a good precious seed, if something goes wrong, you will be heartbroken."
Mikhail also couldn't figure it out. Li Ming obviously didn't have the ability to participate in such a thing, and the risk was too high.
"The sixty-level development potential, an A-level life form in its twenties, you have to think clearly about it." Reynolds couldn't help but emphasize, "There is no guarantee that someone will do something evil during the process."
Li Ming said casually: "Don't worry, I have a sense of propriety, and it's not a bad thing to grind hard."
When Reynolds saw this, he smacked his lips a few times and said, "If you don't want this student, you might as well give it to me."
Some people need tempering, and some people don't.
Li Ming was a person he had paid attention to during the incident of controlling the Holy Elephant. He was calm, neither arrogant nor impetuous, and clearly had the style of Qinglong.
There is no need to sharpen anything, just develop gene seeds honestly and learn techniques.
Li Ming was too lazy to talk to him, but Mikhail added in time: "This situation is special. I'm afraid we need to come up with some information in case of emergency."
"Hmm..." Li Ming was thoughtful, and Reynolds added quite directly: "To put it bluntly, it is possible to fight with the three major civilizations."
In the exploration of similar ruins, there will definitely be attacks on each other. The civilizations of all parties have long reached a consensus that the friction that occurs will not be brought to the outside world unless some respected figures die.
"How many robots are you planning to bring?" Li Ming asked tentatively, his eyes flashing slightly.
Reynolds glanced at him and estimated: "Not to mention top-level machinery, ordinary combat machinery must cost 300 to 400 million."
Li Ming's heart twitched, and when he opened his mouth, it was three to four hundred million... It was really proud.
"Don't worry, the scale of the battle will be controlled at a certain level, and the losses will not be much." Reynolds also specifically comforted.
"Don't worry." Li Mingyun said calmly. Although he didn't have so many mechanical bodies at his hands, he could boast that he could easily pick them up.
After briefly informing him, the two ended their correspondence, and Reynolds finally urged him to set off as soon as possible.
Li Ming put down the smart terminal and counted the number of mechanical bodies under the trader. It had initially exceeded the five million mark.
It started with D-class machines, with more than 200,000 C-class machines, nearly 10,000 B-class machines, thirteen A-class machines, and one S-class machine.
To be honest, the overall number is not large, but the mid-to-high-end combat power is not small.
At this point, he didn't plan to move anyone, and he would be heartbroken if anyone died.
"Hmm... I'd better bring some..." After thinking about it, he tapped a thousand B-level mechanical bodies and two A-level mechanical bodies. As for the newly evolved S-level mechanical bodies, let's stay home first.
After waiting for another two or three days, Anduin arrived in a hurry and took a small spaceship, being careful and not attracting anyone's attention. It is worth mentioning that he was not the only one who came, there was also a girl who was also an interstellar human.
"My youngest student - Lux."
Li Ming introduced him into the reception room, and Anduin introduced him seemingly casually.
Lux nodded slightly to Li Ming, slapped his face, and had short hair reaching his ears, looking fresh and capable.
Li Ming simply said hello, and then Tanwei possessed him and switched to the Qinglong vest with silky smoothness.
"I'm sorry, Lord Anduin, I'm already on my way and can't greet him in person." Li Ming apologized.
Lux's eyes were full of curiosity, and he looked at the mecha vaguely.
"It's okay..." Anduin didn't care and said thoughtfully, "Are you planning to go to the Red River Star Stream?"
"Sure enough, there is no airtight wall in this interstellar space." Li Ming couldn't help but shake his head.
"The information is better..." Anduin smiled. He only knew that something might happen in the Red River Xingliu, but the specific situation was not clear. "Then I wish Lord Qinglong a successful start."
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He didn't want to get involved because there were already enough people involved.
As far as he knew, the three major civilizations had taken action, and together with the Mechanics Association, they seemed to be targeting the ruins of a certain civilization that had been controlled by the Mechanics Association. He was not very interested in this.
Li Ming smiled lightly, but saw Anduin's face moved slightly, his eyes fell on the display cabinet on the wall of the room, and he couldn't help but said: "You also received it."
"Twilight banquet?" Li Ming followed his gaze and saw the box containing Anatoly's invitation. "The Twilight believers sent it in person. This Lord Anatole is quite individual."
"The Twilight Hermit has a great reputation." Anduin sighed with emotion, and then asked, "So, are you ready to go?"
Under normal circumstances, Li Ming would definitely ask the other party if he was going.
However, Anduin came to help him, so Li Ming felt that he had to be more sincere and said: "I don't want to go to that tasting party. As for the evening banquet, we will talk about it then."
"Tasting session? What tasting session?" Anduin's expression moved slightly and his tone was confused.
Li Ming's eyes flashed slightly: "It's the pre-tasting session of the Dusk Banquet. They said there are some rare cosmic ingredients that have been rare for hundreds of years. Let me go over and taste them first."
"I didn't receive the invitation." Anduin said proactively, looking quite emotional: "It seems that His Excellency Qinglong has a very high status in Anatole's heart."
"Who knows what the other party is thinking." Li Ming's words were incomprehensible.
Anduin just thought that Qinglong was cautious and said with a smile: "Before the joint organization of advanced life forms was completed, the master of the Black Hole Palace and the Twilight Hermit should have the greatest combined power."
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"Do you know why this twilight banquet is sought after by so many people?"
"Huh?" Li Ming asked, "Are there other things besides those strange ingredients?"
"X-level gene seeds..." Anduin spat out a few words, "There must be an X-level gene seed at the Dusk Banquet."
X-level gene seed? When Li Ming heard this, he couldn't help but feel shocked.
In the known universe, S-class star beasts occasionally appear in the wild, but X-class star beasts are extremely rare.
Therefore, at the level of X-level life forms, genetic evolution is not the mainstream.
People like Barbarol basically have inextricable connections with the three major civilizations in order to obtain X-level gene seeds.
Otherwise, like Anduin, he is not following the path of genetic evolution.
Anatole can produce a copy of gene seeds every hundred years. You can see how powerful this temptation is.
"Currently, it is known that the Dusk Banquet has been held for twenty-two times. Are there twenty-two people who have become X-level life forms through his hands?"
Li Ming couldn't help but be surprised that this number was close to the number of X-level life forms on the surface of the empire.
"Of course there are not that many people." Anduin explained: "Currently, there are only nine people who have become X-level life forms through Anatoly's gene seeds, and the other thirteen have all died in the process of evolution."
"More than 50% mortality rate? There is something wrong with his seeds." Li Ming immediately noticed something was wrong.
Evolving to an X-level life form is bound to be accompanied by an extremely violent transformation.
However, the genetic evolution system is almost the most complete one with the most parameter data. There are many ways to reduce mortality.
"Yes, but there are still many S-class life forms flocking to them." Anduin nodded and sighed:
"Even those who have become X-class life forms, such as Barbarol, intend to go further on the ultimate path, still need more X-class gene seeds.
Anatoly's methods are quite attractive, and the momentum becomes more and more terrifying.
No wonder they are jointly suppressed. If this continues, it will be held forty or fifty times. It will be more terrifying than the United Organization of Higher Life Forms.
"But even if he is suppressed, if he can steadily take out gene seeds and cultivate them secretly, it seems to be okay, right?" Li Ming asked doubtfully.
Anduin's eyes deepened a lot, "This involves another thing, the Law of Twilight. In the hundred years between the Twilight Feast, an X-level genetic evolution will inevitably die."
Li Ming's heart moved slightly, "His gene seeds were extracted from those dead X-level life forms?"
"This is very likely." Anduin nodded. Gene seeds cannot be reused, but there is always a chance, especially when the benefits are huge.
"That's why the death rate of his gene seeds is so high." Li Ming couldn't help but sigh. Each of these old guys who have been famous for a long time has their own signature.
The two briefly communicated for a moment, and Anduin told a lot of interstellar secrets, mentioning a person - the Black Emperor.
It is said that this person's level of evolution and the "Superpower Alliance" under his command are almost as powerful as Gust and Anatoly.
But it was so weird that he died without a burial place. It is said that it was the joint work of three major civilizations.
After arranging the two of them, Anduin secretly asked Li Ming to take Lux around.
Only then did Li Ming understand what Anduin meant, and couldn't help but be speechless and declined.
In the corridor, Li Ming's thoughts intertwined in his mind, and finally settled on the X-level gene seed.
He definitely needs X-level gene-seed, though.
Don’t worry yet, after all, the development progress is only 8%. Even if you plan ahead, it’s still too early.
With his strength, as long as he finds an X-level star beast, he can easily defeat it.
But when he thought about it, he secretly murmured in his heart that he didn't know if the X-level star beast would have any way to explore the level.
He really didn't know much about it, and it was almost impossible to find relevant information at this level.
He had just forgotten to ask Anduin. He thought about it and put the matter aside for the time being.
The meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be walked step by step. The most important thing at the moment is the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization that are right in front of us.
(End of chapter)