Chapter 351 Undercurrent: Why am I surging again?

"What about you?" Li Ming asked back.

Lauren and the other two looked at each other, and she said, "Actually, I was hired by a research institute to collect some special materials."

"Give me the coordinates." Li Ming did not comment.

Lauren hurriedly took out the smart terminal. Li Ming looked at it and thought that according to their route, it was not a detour.

"Then I will send you to a safe channel first." Li Ming said.

Lauren felt relieved, "Thank you, sir."

Li Ming smiled, then boarded Lauren and his crew's spaceship, cleared Suzaku's subroutine, connected to the control system of another spaceship, and erased the navigation log.

Next, they only need to follow the synchronized jump, and the navigation log will not record it.

Lauren thought it was a pity that without the navigation log, there was almost no chance for them to find this place.

But he also knew in his heart that Li Ming must have done something extraordinary in that dimensional world, and it was already good that he didn't kill them to silence them.

Thinking of this, she felt a chill in her heart and followed Li Ming's new spaceship obediently.

More than ten days later, the two spaceships parted ways in a dimensional world.

Inside the cabin, Raph repeatedly exclaimed how fantastic this experience was, caressing the gun in his hand lovingly. "Tsk, I'm really lucky this time. I met a great and easy-going person."

But Lauren frowned and warned: "When you two go back, don't tell anyone about this experience. If they ask, just say you got lost accidentally."

She only speculated that the other party must have attacked the Xingyuan Empire.

This kind of thing is not something they can get involved in. If they are not careful, they will be smashed to pieces. The best way is to pretend that nothing happened.

The other two also nodded repeatedly. They were not young boys and knew what was going on.

The three of them piloted the spaceship to make another jump, and the scene in front of them suddenly changed. It turned out to be a lush-looking world with all kinds of plants and creatures, which had obviously been modified.

"Ship code identification, Explorer Three..."

There was a buzzing sound in the channel. After a brief pause, someone asked, "According to the mission log, you should have returned a month ago. Why did you only come back now?"

"We encountered a dimensional vortex while traveling and got lost in several dimensional worlds." She explained solemnly.

The other party was just asking routine questions. After recording the information, they asked them to undergo testing to make sure they were not carrying any strange viruses.

In the sealed testing room, Rafe couldn't wait to pull out his smart terminal. "After waiting for so long, I can finally connect to the internet... and see what's going on lately."

The other two were similar, and of course they were also very curious about Li Ming and Robin.

However, before they could search, they saw a familiar name on the Star Network push.

"The successor of the Hammersmith? Li Ming!?" The troll Raf suddenly stood up with a look of horror.

Lauren and the other two were dumbfounded.

"Haha... you didn't expect it, right? After only disappearing for a month, such a big thing happened outside..." The guy in charge of the inspection couldn't help but tease them when he saw their big reaction.

"This Li Ming seems to be from a small civilization, and he's a student of a Casting Star mechanic. I don't know how many people are looking for him right now..."

The three of them choked, looked at each other, trembled, and decided to keep the name Li Ming to themselves.

………

In the central world, in the territory occupied by the Xingyuan Empire, in the most magnificent building, the door of the core conference room was closed, and the long metal table was filled with solemn-looking senior executives sitting on both sides.

Gaint, who had been stepped on by the Holy Elephant before, sat on the right side of the main seat, and on the left was an expressionless middle-aged man.

"According to the Holy Elephant of Domination, he doesn't know where the Divine Hammersmith disappeared to. He was trapped while searching for him," someone spoke first. "As for where he was trapped, he refused to reveal."

"This iron elephant..." Jiaint's face looked extremely ugly. He had been stepped on by the big foot for more than ten days, and he didn't know how many people saw his ugly appearance.

There are even various kinds of weird emoticons circulating in the interstellar space.

Jiaint said solemnly, "The Hammersmith originally collaborated with us before going deep into the dimensional world. Where did he disappear to? Why did he disappear? These are all extremely important and must be investigated!"

The middle-aged man on the other side said calmly, "Jiaint, the Hammersmith is cooperating with your royal family. We don't know the details. How can we investigate?"

Upon hearing this, Gaint said coldly, "Diaz, all the information you need to know has been shared with you."

"It's far from enough..." Diaci shook his head. "The Hammersmith couldn't have simply disappeared, right? Where is his trajectory?"

"You are too greedy..." Gaint stared at Diaz coldly.

"Enough." The person at the top finally spoke in a majestic voice. He was an old man with white hair, wearing complicated purple clothes, and his cheeks were like fossils.

As soon as he spoke, everyone present sat up straight, including Diaci, whose expression also became restrained. He simply said, "Prince Costa, you should not hold back."

Costat glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "The most urgent task now is to deal with the Holy Elephant of Domination and prevent him from saying anything that would be detrimental to the empire."

"His Highness Abel has arrived. He is the pinnacle product of the empire's biotechnology, with a development potential of level 52. As for his talent in mechanics, he is naturally intelligent, so it won't take him long to learn other things." Gaint pondered.

"The only problem now is that we don't know whether the selection of a successor was ordered by the Hammersmith or was made on its own initiative."

"If it's the latter, then these so-called conditions are actually empty talk."

"And then there's Li Ming. His teacher is a Casting Star Mechanic, and he's also a member of the Mechanics Association. He's considered a legitimate talent, and his background in a small civilization is very similar to Duan Chui's. The Intelligence Analysis Department believes that the Ruler of the Holy Elephant will have some bias due to subjective factors."

"Indeed." Costat nodded. "The Sacred Elephant of Domination is no longer just an ordinary intelligent program. Its essence is no different from a living being, possessing its own thoughts and emotions."

“Subjective factors do account for a large proportion.”

Someone in the back added, "We've investigated and found that Li Ming has already entered the dimensional world, and the time of his entry is very close to the time when the Holy Elephant of Domination appeared."

"You mean to say that the Holy Elephant of Domination appeared for his sake?" Prince Costat frowned.

"Fool." Jiaint sneered. "If the Holy Elephant of Domination could really sense it, he would have sneaked out to find him long ago, instead of showing up here and roasting him over the fire."

The person who spoke suddenly shut up.

"If it's a fair competition, Li Ming has no chance. The seeds we cultivate all have higher development potential than his," said Jiaint, and then sighed: "A naturally born seed with a development potential of level 46 is rare."

"Even if he gets it, so what? The Holy Elephant of Domination can't leave. His teacher is just a Forge-star mechanic. With so many eyes staring at him..." Diaz shook his head.

"Don't forget the Mechanics Guild..." Gaint frowned. "Both Master Craftsmen have expressed their concern about this matter and have revealed that they will not let anyone off the hook if they dare to interfere with the selection of the Hammersmith's successor."

"Master craftsman..." Diaz's expression changed.

"We don't need the inheritance of the Hammersmith. We just need some information and we must prevent that information from leaking out." Prince Costat shook his head.

Everyone was silent, but then the prince said, "However, in order to avoid accidents, it is best not to let this unexpected factor interfere."

"Nicholas..."

Nicolás, who was sitting two seats away from Diaz, looked up and said solemnly, "Your Highness..."

"I've read your proposal. The idea of ​​joint review is good. I'll leave this matter to you," Costat said calmly.

Everyone present had different expressions. Kostarte's son, Satogua, had had a piece of flesh torn off by Nicholas not long ago.

Watching the two of them pretending, I felt a little weird.

To be honest, catching or excluding Li Ming is not a good job, and it is an offensive job.

But for some reason, Nicholas flocked to him, and there was a possibility that Costat would take advantage of this opportunity to do something.

"Yes." Nicholas nodded, "He will never have the chance to get close to the Holy Elephant of Domination."

………

"…Hey, I'm glad you're okay. I've been so worried lately. I can't even contact your teacher. I'm really worried he'll think I hurt you."

On the screen, Austin finally felt relieved.

"I'm sorry to have worried you." Li Ming nodded, then asked, "Sir, did you find any problem with that spatial passage? Why did it suddenly collapse?"

Austin's expression faltered slightly. He was about to ask Li Ming something, but he was taken over by the other party. He felt helpless:

"That's the power from a powerful dimensional life form. I don't know why it invaded my space channel."

Austin didn't dwell on the matter and said, "Since you can contact me, you should know about the Hammersmith."

"Yeah." Li Ming nodded, "I think I know."

"What's the plan?" he asked tentatively.

"I have to go and take a look." Li Ming was ambiguous.

Austin reminded him, "I have some news. It seems that no one, including the Xingyuan Empire, wants you to get close to the Sacred Elephant of Domination."

"The Ruling Holy Elephant is not an ordinary machine. They are afraid of the qualifications mentioned by the Ruling Holy Elephant. They are not hard and fast rules. And out of emotional aversion, they do not choose those with great power."

"After all, your experience is very similar to that of the Hammersmith. This alone is enough to make them worried."

"Oh..." Li Ming was secretly surprised. Are those guys so cautious? I don't even have the qualifications, but they are still wary of me.

The two exchanged information briefly. Li Ming stroked his chin. More than half a month had passed since he parted with Lauren and the other two.

During this period, he also contacted Ulrich and others to confirm that Reiner's death did not affect them. Although the Xingyuan Empire sent some people to investigate, it was just routine inquiries.

However, due to Li Ming's surge in popularity, business actually improved a lot. Trevor provided a lot of convenience for them to expand their scale and achieve steady growth.

Of course, there are some people with ill intentions, but the Mechanics Association did issue a statement that as a co-creator, the Hammersmith's process of selecting a successor cannot be interfered with by anyone.

It can be considered as supporting him half way.

It is a pity that he has not encountered any metal element dimension world on the way here. They are extremely rare and are considered to be the most valuable dimensional worlds. Once discovered, they will be snatched up.

He switched to Qinglong's account again. There were a lot of messages on it. Blackbeard tried to contact him many times.

But Li Ming was not ready to reply for the time being. It was not the right time yet, and he was not the one who was anxious.

After dealing with these, he walked out of the cabin. Robin was sitting in a chair bored, looking at the surging purple ocean outside the cabin. He could vaguely see the huge life forms swimming around. Seeing him come out, he couldn't help but complain.

"You're really good at sitting still. I didn't feel anything before, but after becoming an A-level life form, the rate of development has slowed down dramatically."

"I estimate it will take at least 30 to 40 years to reach 100% development, and during this process, various resources must not be cut off, otherwise it will take even longer."

"If you include rest and handling miscellaneous matters, it may extend to more than 50 years."

The length of time it takes is staggering. He has just entered the period of adaptation.

The growth in development progress was not that significant, and there was very little positive and negative feedback, which constantly challenged his patience and made him admire Li Ming even more.

He estimated that even if Li Ming's development potential was higher than his, the growth in development progress would not be that obvious when broken down into daily details.

"Just be patient." Li Ming smiled lightly. With the surge in development speed, his development progress has reached 21%, which is a considerable rate. There is no time to waste.

Li Ming walked to the operating table and asked, "Is everything okay on your end?"

"No, I have found a way to restrain the information state." Robin was quite calm, and naturally it was the butler who helped.

"That's fine." Li Ming nodded. The incident with the Holy Mother Church reminded him to avoid any accidents when heading to the central world. He also asked Robin to hide in all directions.

With the skull here, there is naturally no problem.

After traveling through several dimensional worlds, accompanied by ripples on the water, the scene in front of me suddenly changed, and a grand and vast world appeared before my eyes.

There are all kinds of shuttle aircraft crisscrossing everywhere, all kinds of strangely shaped and tall buildings are lined up one after another, and exaggerated virtual images are suspended in the air.

"...Ding, I'm the traffic management intelligence of the Central World. Please grant me permission to tow the spacecraft to avoid a collision."

When a voice sounded in the channel, Li Ming opened the permission and connected to the navigation, and a large number of locations were displayed.

But they cannot go for now because the shuttle is still too big and needs to be replaced with a small aircraft.

"That's..." Robin leaned against the window, utterly shocked, and murmured, "It's even bigger than it looks in the picture."

Li Ming looked in the direction he was looking at, his expression slightly condensed. He saw a giant tree in the distance that reached from the sky to the ground. There was very little description of it in official documents, and it seemed to be just a decoration.

"Do you know him?" Li Ming looked over.

"That seems to be the World Tree," Robin relayed it naturally, "It's a dimensional life form on the same level as Chlonoa. It has a special ability that can merge multiple dimensional worlds into one."

(End of this chapter)