Chapter 389 The arrival of the master craftsman and the game with Azure Dragon?

Everyone was silent. Adam's attack was beyond everyone's expectations.

"Holy Emperor..." someone said. Adam looked at them coldly. "Member of the York Council, what do you want to say?"

York's tone paused slightly, and he sighed, "I know the Holy Emperor wants to take this opportunity to eliminate corruption, but that's not how it works."

"This isn't the Grand Council, so I'll be frank. Many things are already unspoken rules at the grassroots level. Does the Saint Emperor really think that just because you announce the Iron Blood Plan, everyone below will act recklessly at all costs?"

"Member of the York Council, watch your words!" someone beside Adam shouted. The Holy Emperor remained calm. "Since the door is closed, you can say anything."

"The Xingyuan Empire, to put it bluntly, is just four words. We see trillions of citizens, but those below only see a tiny fraction of what's in front of them." York said sadly.

"Does the Holy Emperor think that all these things were ordered by us? To be frank, if we can get even one star coin, I don't mind giving up my position as a councilor."

Adam's expression remained unchanged. He had just ascended the throne, so he naturally understood this principle.

But the scary thing is that a "habit" has been formed from the bottom up, and if you want to move, it will be as difficult as cutting bones and flesh.

He is not mentioning it now to settle accounts, but to spread the word first in preparation for follow-up and to further expand his voice.

Adam said indifferently, "I understand this truth, but it's a little shocking. The empire is in danger right now, and I just hope you can exercise some restraint."

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then York changed the subject, saying, "We've also found some preliminary clues in our investigation of the enemy. It seems to be a secret organization calling itself the Pioneers."

"Pioneers?"

Some people knew, while others were less clear and sneered, "Why do these rats in the gutter like to use names like this?"

"The leader is unknown, the organization's members are unknown, and the specific active members are unknown. The investigation is still ongoing."

"You, the House of Lords, have only found out this little information after such a long time?" A group of people sitting on Adam's right were dissatisfied.

York's face turned grim as he snorted coldly, "Upton, how are your House of Commons preparing for the matter of Fort Terrax?"

Upton said solemnly, "The program has already been completed, but basic operation requires ten Terrax Stones, and the debugging process will take at least ten times."

"This is just debugging in the main universe. If we enter the dimensional world, coupled with the obstruction of the dimensional barrier, the difficulty will be even greater."

"Conservatively speaking, if we really want to find the Holy Fortress of Terrax, it will probably take between 5,000 and 10,000 Terrax Stones."

When this number came out, all the members present looked at each other in surprise.

"We might not even have enough inventory," Eckhard said, unable to resist. "Is there no alternative?"

"Yes. According to the Imperial Academy of Sciences, the Hammersmith's program actually utilizes a special substance called 'string information' on the Terrax Stone. Our data also contains a large amount of 'string information'."

Seeing everyone's inquiring gazes, Upton said, "Every time the Holy Castle is revived, the concentration of 'string information' in its managers is over a hundred times that of the Terrax Stone."

"The chosen one?" Many of the members present were familiar with similar information.

York shook his head and said, "Finding those people is even more difficult than searching for Terrax. Who knows when the Holy Castle will revive?"

“It’s better to buy it from other forces.”

Upton's expression was indifferent. "An even more troubling situation is that two months ago, we received news that no fewer than five factions, including the Federation, all possessed this program."

"Five forces?" Many members of parliament frowned. They all had their own responsibilities, which were extremely heavy and they rarely paid attention to other aspects.

"Where did they come from?" York said with a grim expression, "Did they leak out from you?"

Upton's expression was indifferent. "This program has been handled by many people. Whether it was leaked from us is still unknown. As for the seller... I initially suspect it was Qinglong."

"Qinglong?"

This name made people wonder, "How could it be him? How did he get it? Could it be that when he ruled the Holy Elephant..."

Someone immediately thought of the matter of ruling the Holy Elephant. It was strange that Li Ming didn't become the successor of the Forging Hammer, and now...

"It's hard to say." York's eyes showed obvious fear. "Three months ago, I had someone capture a few mechanical bodies from that Mechanical Royal Court to collect relevant information."

"But after handing it over to the Imperial Academy of Sciences, although they were able to disassemble it, they made an incredible discovery: they couldn't even decipher the underlying programming of this mechanical body."

"Can't crack it?" A certain council member looked surprised, as if he had just heard the news. "We can crack the advanced mechanical bodies of the Mechanical Soul Master, but we can't crack this guy's mechanical body?"

York sighed and nodded. "Yeah, even the Imperial Academy of Sciences didn't believe it. They spent over a month dissecting every inch of the chip, but they still couldn't find the cause. Some of them are still going crazy."

"The Academy of Sciences is becoming increasingly useless," a council member snorted. "What on earth does he want to do? Pretend we don't exist? Or does he think the interstellar world isn't chaotic enough?"

Adam remained calm, as if he had known this all along. "This matter is irreversible. As for the Azure Dragon, investigate it first. Don't act rashly until you've discovered its origins and confirmed its location."

"As for finding the Holy Castle of Terrax, it has never been an easy task. We have to work on both sides of the Silence Star."

"Also, how's the matter with the Higher Life Forms United Organization going?"

"Including Qinglong, ten X-level life forms have already agreed and can be announced at any time." Someone responded.

It’s Qinglong again... Many parliamentarians frowned slightly and had no good impression of this life form that was beyond their control.

"Don't be in a hurry for now. This matter requires a suitable opportunity." Adam pondered.

The general information is briefly summarized, and although the other information is just details, it also takes a lot of time to process.

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At the same time, in the chaotic star gap - the star gate node of the Meteorite Galaxy, several cargo ships sailed out from the bright blue vortex and connected to the cargo star port under the guidance of regional management intelligence.

The hatch slowly opened, and a transport aircraft carrying a large number of metal boxes was already waiting here.

When the two parties' leaders were handing over the tasks, two mechanical bodies walked down from the cabin in a dignified manner, one black and one white.

There were surveillance devices everywhere, but no warning was issued. The life forms nearby seemed not to see anything and let them walk away.

"Tsk..." The black mechanical body made a sound and stood in front of the glass wall, looking at the magnificent building outside.

Hantian Star has expanded again. The surface of the planet is covered with extremely thick metal pillars, shining with cold light, and complex energy patterns flow on the surface.

It sank into the space in a domineering manner, connected to huge satellite fortresses, like a huge suspended steel city, huge and majestic.

Its shell is made of extremely strong alloy and is covered with various weapons and detection devices. The energy transmission lines between the fortresses flash with dazzling light, forming a huge energy network.

More than 50% of the surface of the crimson star is covered by a silvery-white shell, absorbing the star's energy in its final years.

The magnificent mechanical base came into view, and the black mechanical body spoke, "Creation, I remember that this Mechanical Royal Court seemed to have been established just over a year ago."

"Fourteen months," Zaozao responded, his tone teasing. "What's the matter? Are you still feeling sentimental about this little place?"

The Mechanical Soul shook his head and sighed, "It just reminded me of when we were still humble. We didn't have such good conditions back then."

"I remember spending three days and three nights drinking with that troll over a prosthetic limb order worth 2.3 billion. My stomach hadn't even been mechanically modified back then..."

“Haha…” The Master Craftsman laughed, “But we didn’t have a Master Craftsman as a teacher back then, so we could only learn step by step.”

The two of them were talking as they walked, and they had already flown out of the star port. The defense measures here seemed to be useless to them.

The Mechanical Soul Master's pupils twitched. "It's said this place was built by the [Material Recombination Fabricator]. I remember being quite interested in it back then, but I don't know where it ended up. I never expected it to have fallen into the hands of Azure Dragon."

"Reconstructing low-level matter isn't a big problem." The God of Creation shook his head, not taking it seriously, and said with a hint of meaning:

"Recently, the program for finding the Holy Castle of Terrax that Forged Hammer used has been circulating like crazy. The person who started it is Qinglong."

"Hmm?" The Soul Mechanical Master seemed to have just heard the news and was a little surprised. "The Holy Castle orbit calculation program? How did he get it?"

The God of Creation shook his head: "I don't know. It is said that it was leaked to him by someone within the empire, or it may have been obtained from the Holy Elephant of Domination."

"Command the Holy Elephant?" The Mechanical Soul Master was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening and frowned, "You asked me to come here, not just to ask Qinglong for help?"

The God of Creation explained, "Don't get me wrong, I have no intention of taking advantage of you. I'm also quite curious about this Lord Azure Dragon, and I want to test him myself. Is that not okay?"

"Hmph." The Soul Mechanical Master snorted coldly. He and the Soul Creator had many conflicts, both overt and covert, but neither of them had a falling out.

"This Lord Qinglong is quite thoughtful. I wonder how much trouble he has stirred up in secret." He sighed.

"This kind of thing can't play a big role in our hands. I know that orbital program. It consumes a lot of Terrax Stones." The Mechanical Soul Master defended Qinglong and had a good impression of him.

"Besides, with our capabilities, we can hardly compare with civilizations like the Empire. It's better to sell it like he did."

The master craftsman smiled and said nothing more.

The two had landed near the base, and the tall metal wall was like a mountain across the ground.

The place is full of fully armed patrolling mechanical guards.

"This Li Ming seems to have great ambitions, and he seems to really treat this Mechanical Royal Court as a serious business." The Creator God looked around.

"Isn't this normal?" The Mechanical Soul Master felt puzzled.

The God of Creation said with a hint of meaning: "For the sake of Azure Dragon, it's okay to let people bleed, but if it comes to really cutting flesh, many people won't be willing to do it."

"It depends on his methods." The Soul Mechanical Master didn't care about this kind of thing. The Creation Master glanced at him and then said:

"By the way, I heard that these mechanical bodies are very strange and ordinary mechanics can't crack them."

"Are you interested?"

The Mechanical Soul Master frowned, "We're on his territory. It's not a good idea to directly hack his mechanical body."

"What's the big deal? Just one or two mechanical bodies. Azure Dragon won't care." The God of Creation advised:

"Besides, I'm not very good at making mechanical bodies, but this Lord Qinglong seems to be very proficient in it. Aren't you curious?"

The Mechanical Soul Master's eyes moved slightly. He had not paid much attention to the Mechanical Royal Court. Even now, in his eyes, the other party was just a small force.

But after hearing what the master craftsman said, he couldn't help but feel itchy to try his hand at it.

"Then let's give it a try, just as a greeting." The Mechanical Soul Master nodded, a flash of light in his eyes, and a barely perceptible stream of data flowed into the nearest mechanical body.

Almost instantly, a black light flashed in the mechanical body's eyes.

"Hmm... is it solved now?" He paused, a little disappointed, and shook his head again.

This is just a low-level mechanical body, and its intelligent system is definitely not very advanced, so it is normal that it can be cracked directly.

It was just that the extraordinary rendering by the master craftsman gave him unnecessary expectations, just like a punch on cotton.

"Boring..." He said coldly, thinking that the Creator was deliberately playing tricks on him.

"Take another look..." The God of Creation shook his head, his mechanical pupils dim, "This mechanical body is really not that simple."

The Mechanical Soul Master frowned and shot out the virtual data stream again with doubt. He had just done a simple crack and had not conducted any data search or other means, which seemed impolite.

This time, as soon as he connected to the cracked mechanical body, his mechanical pupils suddenly bloomed with brilliant light, "When was it overwritten?"

"Qinglong discovered us?" He looked around in surprise.

"No, there shouldn't be." The God of Creation shook his head, "Go ahead and try to crack it."

The Soul Mechanical Craftsman looked at the Creation Craftsman with dissatisfaction. This guy must know something and that’s why he deliberately provoked him.

But it must be said that Qinglong's move did arouse some interest in him.

"Then let's go to the next level..." His mechanical pupils were filled with constant data streams, trying to modify the underlying logical code of this mechanical body from all aspects.

Just like the initial modification went smoothly, this time he did not cut off the connection, and then something happened that made him even more suspicious.

As if there were an invisible big hand, it began to overwrite the modified code without him noticing anything unusual.

"A ghost program?" The Soul Mechanical Master was not sure. In front of him, no program could be called a ghost.

"Try it again!" The Mechanical Soul Master worked hard, this time using the more difficult sixty-four-bit multi-layer overwrite modification and a completely different programming language.

However, just like before, the modified program was overwritten again.

"1.5 seconds, not even the slightest error?" The Mechanical Soul Master's face was solemn. "Is Qinglong behind this?"

He did not cut off the external communication connection of this mechanical body, so he thought it was very likely that Qinglong was playing a game with him in secret.

This caused his emotions to surge. He hadn't experienced this feeling in a long time. He seemed to see a figure sitting upright, inviting him -

"It's your turn."

(End of this chapter)