Chapter 292: Thousands of Main Cannons? What to Do…

The command room was silent, the brilliant fireworks on the screen gradually went out, and the remaining Judgement fleet of the Judge civilization fled in a hurry.

The combined fleet began to clear the battlefield, and various small spaceships emerged from the main ship's hangar.

"That's really powerful..." Li Ming exhaled slowly. Only An Ye could withstand such a dense torrent of energy.

The main combat fleets of advanced civilizations are divided more finely, with specialized bombers carrying main ship-level energy turrets specifically used for energy attacks.

After all, there are no invisible rules of the universe that forcibly limit the installation of powerful turrets to the main ship.

It’s just that its facilities in other aspects are not as good as those of the main ship, such as defensive shields or sailing speed.

For this kind of ambush, a joint shield had already been deployed. The thickness of the energy shield in the camp was more than ten meters, and ordinary artillery fire could not penetrate it at all.

"Roughly speaking, this is only one-third of the combined fleet's firepower," Ulrich said with a lingering fear. "Just considering the main battleship-class energy cannons, there are probably no less than a thousand of them."

"Thousands of main guns, it's really... shocking." Li Ming's tone was dark, it sounded scary, and of course it was scary in reality.

Battleships, battleships, main guns, these things don't seem like living things.

A living being needs to develop its potential to a certain extent before it can become A-level.

As long as you have the technology and materials, all you need to do is accumulate them over time. For advanced civilizations, they are really good value for money, which is also the advantage of cluster combat.

If advanced civilizations did not have such means of suppression, those A-level life forms that had committed serious crimes would not have gone to the Red River Star Stream to hang out.

Ulrich paused. For some reason, he didn't hear fear in Qinglong's tone, but rather some anticipation?

His heart tightened, and he couldn't help but add: "And the Warp Folding Fortress, that is Asmara's trump card."

Li Ming remained silent, and neither did the others. Monroe added, "If we engage in a head-on battle, the likelihood of us breaking in is close to zero, and the probability of our death is over 95%."

"Fight head-on?" Li Ming shook his head subconsciously, but suddenly noticed the silence around him and was speechless. "You don't think I want to charge head-on, do you?"

"Isn't this courting death? Am I that stupid?"

After hearing what he said, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Normally, no normal person would think of charging in head-on, but in their impression, Qinglong was not a normal person.

"Then how do we reach the core ruins?" Jesseia couldn't help but ask, "With this level of firepower, even with Lord Dark Night's assistance, we may not be able to break through."

"If we can find a way to sneak in, there is still a possibility." Ulrich said. This is also the weakness of fleet-level combat. Once advanced life forms break into the fleet, no matter how many fleets there are, they will be helpless.

Energy attacks cannot turn or identify friend or foe, so if you shoot randomly within a camp, you will suffer heavy losses.

But the battlefield changes rapidly, and the specific situation depends on temporary response measures.

"But the Combined Fleet is not without Class A life forms," ​​Jessia added.

"An Ye won't take action." Li Ming shook his head, his eyes flickering, "As for how to get in..."

A-level life forms are secondary. The key lies in the S-level life forms that Ford mentioned.

Everyone else looked a little heavy-hearted. Even the usually reckless Sandro was speechless at the moment.

If he were thrown into the energy torrent just now, I'm afraid not even a trace would be left.

"This core relic is actually not that good." Sandro, who was now standing next to the metal wall, scratched his head awkwardly.

"Are you scared?" Benny couldn't help but said impatiently.

"You have no right to speak here. Get out of here." Sandro said angrily. "Have you forgotten how scared you were before? If you're not afraid, go ahead and do it yourself."

Benny ignored him and just looked at Qinglong.

"Don't worry, it's still early. Everyone go back and rest." Li Ming did not comment, nor did he discuss the next battle plan. He let everyone go back.

The ambush was still fresh in everyone's mind. They felt heavy-hearted and had no desire to talk. They all returned home.

However, he immediately went to An Ye and found a quiet place. After sitting down, he got straight to the point and said:

"Sir An Ye, I may need to disappear for a few days, so I'm telling you in advance,"

"Disappear?" An Ye frowned. "Where are you going?"

"We are preparing to carry out a secret plan, but don't worry, it won't be delayed too long." Li Ming emphasized.

"Hmm..." An Ye pondered, clearly resisting the proposal.

Now that the materials have been purchased, Qinglong is about to leave temporarily. Although it is unlikely that he will run away with the money, he can't help but think about it.

"Do we have to leave?" he asked, expressing his attitude.

"We have to leave. It's urgent." Li Ming's attitude was also very firm, and then he said tactfully: "Actually, I don't need to tell you in advance."

An Ye frowned slightly. It was true. The day after Qing Long met him, he improved his camouflage equipment and could even converge his information state.

This also made it impossible for him to grasp Qinglong's position in real time. If the other party left quietly, he might not be able to find it.

"How about this, I can leave my combat mecha here with you, or something else..." Li Ming went further.

An Ye pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, just give me a deadline."

Li Ming quickly said, "You will see me again in no more than half a month. I will find a way to make up for the lost time and will not delay repairing your weapon."

"Okay." An Ye nodded reluctantly. He had already given Qinglong a lot of face.

It was not just because of these few words, but also because of the mechanical body that arrived not long ago. He had also figured out during this period that it was actually a mechanical modified body corroded by the nano curse.

But it has been repaired almost completely, it was the nano curse.

An Ye knew very well in his mind that it was impossible for a great mechanic to repair the nano curse. Since Qing Long was at the level of a forging star mechanic, there was no need for him to deceive him.

After dealing with An Ye, Li Ming left in a hurry without saying a few words.

………

At the same time, on the top floor of the magnificent interstellar fortress, Asmara stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the ambush fleet returning like a long steel dragon.

She was wearing exquisite close-fitting combat armor, which did not make her look bulky. Instead, it outlined her curvy figure and added a touch of heroic spirit.

"Antonio arrived much faster than I expected..." Her voice was cold. Although she had won a great victory, the coordinates were leaked, which was not a good thing.

They have now become targets, although they are very solid targets, but they cannot withstand the arrows shot from all directions.

The many commanders in the rear each performed their duties, and various orders were transmitted from here to the entire combined fleet in an orderly manner.

A moment later, hurried footsteps were heard from behind. It was Ford, whose expression was strange and a little confused.

"Your Highness..." Ford whispered. Asmara didn't even turn her head, but just asked, "Are you sure?"

"It has been confirmed that it was Qinglong who leaked the coordinate information to Antonio." Ford responded in a low voice.

"As expected." Asmara was not surprised at all, as if she had already guessed it. Her voice was cold and silent. "Tell me, what exactly does Li Ming want to do?"

Ford was slightly surprised, "This... I don't know either."

In the past, although Asmara knew the source of his information, she never revealed it. Today, she didn't know what happened.

"Qinglong is his teacher and a star-casting mechanic. He has all kinds of tricks up his sleeve. Why does he keep leaking information about his teacher?" Asmara seemed to be talking to himself.

"That's because I exchanged other information with him..." Ford complained.

However, Asmara seemed to have guessed what he was thinking and continued, "The transaction is just a pretext. If you don't have the intention to sell out, you won't trade information, just like you."

Ford was horrified and suddenly alert. It seemed to be true. That was why he had no scruples about trading top-secret information with Li Ming.

It was because he no longer had any awe and admiration for Asmara, his father, or even the Itlan civilization.

So what had Li Ming experienced that allowed him to trade with him without any scruples?

He had thought about this question before, but had not delved into it.

With a flicker of his eyes, he saw Asmara wave his hand, Ford nodded, and left silently.

Asmara walked straight to the small room in the command room, closed the door, and turned on the smart terminal, as if she was contacting someone.

After a long time, a voice came from the smart terminal, "Do you believe me?"

"Cornit..." Asmara uttered a startling name, her eyes cold. "You're right. It was indeed Qinglong who leaked the coordinates to Antonio."

"Then why are you hesitating? Don't you believe me? He played tricks on me and caused Torch to suffer heavy losses. Do I have any reason to lie to you?" Cornett said coldly.

"Release the people we captured last time, and I can tell you Li Ming's whereabouts."

"It can't be a trap." Asmara was very wary.

Cornett scoffed. "A trap? If I were talking about revealing Qinglong's whereabouts, it could be a trap. But that was a student, a C, no... B-level lifeform."

"You didn't even need to deploy any A-level lifeforms to easily capture him. I went to great lengths just to trap and kill a few of you B-level lifeforms. Do you think that's justified?"

Asmara frowned. It was indeed true. After all, with Li Ming's strength, even if he wanted to be on the safe side, he could only send one A-level life form to support him at most.

In the current situation, does it make sense to kill an A-level life form, who is not a direct descendant of Itlan?

Wait… Asmara's heart skipped a beat. "What did you say? Li Ming is a Class B life form!?"

"Are you surprised..."

"How is this possible..." Asmara murmured, "When he left Blue Star, he was clearly only a D-class life form. It's only been a short time..."

As she spoke, a fiery flame suddenly flashed in Asmara's eyes. "How high is his development potential?"

She wasn't asking Cornett, she was asking herself.

"Okay, I promise you that when I catch Li Ming, I will release those captives." Asmara said in a deep voice.

"Put half in first." Cornett continued.

"Okay." Asmara nodded decisively.

"Li Ming will appear on the 'Luxury Wine Fleet' in three days." Cornett said, ending the call without giving Asmara a chance to ask further questions.

"Luxury wine fleet?" Asmara frowned, and a hint of excitement could not be suppressed in her amber eyes.

She turned her head to look at the center of the combined fleet, at the diamond-shaped phantom body that was gleaming with brilliant blue, and suddenly realized.

I'm afraid that what I gain is not just the core relics.

………

Boom! Click! Bang!

The harsh music was like surging waves, one after another.

Colorful lights shone down from all over the ceiling, and the dance floor was filled with a mixture of unspeakable smells. Even with a high-powered air purifier, it was difficult to purify the smell emitted by the various cosmic races with extremely strong body odors.

Li Ming frowned, not liking this atmosphere very much as he passed by all kinds of strange and wildly twisting life forms.

Suddenly, he stopped and a silky and sticky black tentacle fell out from under the short skirt of a female life form that looked like a spotted leopard. The leopard ears on the top of its head were stretched tight, and then a long groan came out.

The owner of the tentacle is a black lime, whose limbs are like tentacles and can be extended freely, and he is wearing a well-fitting suit.

Li Ming's mouth twitched, and he walked carefully past these people and finally arrived near the bar, which was finally quieter here.

"One glass..." Li Ming took out a silver coin with a wine barrel printed on it and placed it on the table. He glanced at the wine list and said thoughtfully, "Breath of Flame..."

"Okay..." The bartender, who was wearing multiple prosthetic limbs, turned around quickly.

Li Ming's eyes were unfocused. There were many gathering places along the Red River Star Stream, which were basically paradises for the troublemakers.

Such a place may sound impressive, but in fact, it carries a lot of potential risks. Since it cannot be moved, it can easily become a place for emerging forces in a civilization or emerging nobles to gain merit.

Only the land of movable stars has developed relatively well.

In order to avoid this risk, there are many gathering places in the Red River Star Stream that are always in a moving state.

The Luxury Wine Fleet is one of them, consisting of more than 150 warships. Its owner is an A-level life form known as the "Wine Handsome Man".

The most peculiar thing is that the warships have basically all had their fire control components removed, leaving only the thrusters and enhanced energy generation devices.

After the Red River Star Stream tidal period arrived, the Luxury Wine Fleet even sold "Star Stream Tickets" at sky-high prices.

Within twenty days, the luxury wine fleet will go deep into the core area of ​​the Red River Star Stream and experience many unprecedented interstellar wonders.

In addition to the distinguished guests who bought Star Stream tickets, there were also many explorers and scavengers who came to take a short break or indulge themselves.

The currency used here is a kind of "luxury wine coin", one thousand star coins per coin, which can be used anywhere such as casinos, bars, red-light districts, etc.

"Sir, your fiery breath..." A cup of crimson liquid like magma was placed in a special slender wine glass and brought to him.

Li Ming picked up the wine glass, looked at it for a while, opened his mouth, and drank it all in one gulp. It was hot and scorching, like magma flowing through his throat.

"Guest!" The bartender was startled, but when he saw the man in front of him remained calm, he breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)