Chapter 327 [Mechanical Warrior] Clues to the Terrax Stone

The control page popped up, accompanied by a vague shaking. Li Ming felt a tearing sensation in his body, and his cells began to become restless, stimulated by a force that came from nowhere.

The violent elemental energy that suddenly exploded around his body wasn't that intense, it just forced him to passively enter a liberated form, causing further changes.

The golden armor covering the entire body was further refined. Instead of becoming more bloated, it became more concise, as if it was meticulously crafted by an invisible hand.

In the end, he had transformed into a special form that was not much different from his own appearance. He was covered in armor-like armor, engraved with various complex patterns.

[Gene Warrior] → [Mechanical Warrior]

The other abilities of the profession remain unchanged, the [Secret Record Fusion] ability disappears, and a new ability is added.

[Mechanical Weapon Release: Unable to integrate external release secrets. Based on the gene seed, the release form will adjust automatically. In the release form, it will consume a large amount of physical strength, increasing the current comprehensive data blessing by 30%, and each life level by 5%.]

Huh? Li Ming's eyes lit up, and the released form also linked with the controlled object, becoming an overall amplification.

A direct increase of 30%. Just based on his current strength, it is an increase of nearly forty times. His throat moved.

The emergence of [Weapon Liberation] allowed him to no longer have to worry about the liberation of the secret records, freeing up his energy while improving his strength at the same time, achieving the best of both worlds.

This upgrade is well worth the money.

"Risks mean rewards..." Li Ming pondered, "If Fuxi fails, will they send another S-class lifeform to seduce me?"

"Forget it. We can't treat them as idiots. Even though they were beaten half to pieces by the Xingyuan Empire, who knows what kind of background they still have."

Li Ming thought for a moment and continued to develop the gene seeds. Five or six hours later, he opened his eyes somewhat depressed.

"It's really too slow..." He stood up, but sat down again, sighed, adjusted his mindset, and continued developing.

Another day passed quickly. Li Ming stood in front of the porthole and could clearly see a dark red star, which seemed to have entered its final years.

The Meteorite Galaxy is a galaxy belonging to the planet collector, Barbarol, who is also the overlord of the chaotic star gap and controls nearly one-fifth of the galaxies.

There are only three planets in the galaxy, two of which are barren planets and only one is barely a life planet.

Hantian Star, which is the planet that Blackbeard found for Qinglong.

Due to their unique gravitational influence, the three planets orbit around this dying star in an irregular manner.

A day here, calculated at 65 hours, is nearly three times longer than the interstellar standard.

On the outskirts of the galaxy, warships are neatly displayed. They are quite large, with nearly a thousand ships in total.

But there are not many main ship classes, only about a dozen in total.

Theo's Gray-Eyed Mercenary Group arrived here a few days earlier than them.

“…The surface temperature of Hantian Star, the last star in its history, should not exceed zero degrees.” After leaving the room, several people were discussing.

The spacecraft cabin was shaking, flames were shooting out of the portholes, and it had already entered the atmosphere.

They landed on a plain. The cold wind was howling, the ground was silvery white, and some black plants grew messily, absorbing the little warmth that was already there.

For people like them, this temperature is nothing.

"This planet has three continents. This one is the largest and has the most plains. If we want to develop a military factory..." Ulrich was introducing it, but before he finished speaking, everyone suddenly looked up in another direction in the sky.

With a sharp whistling sound, a small spaceship quickly approached them and stopped not far away.

The recommended engine slowly shut down, and after the hatch opened, a life form wearing a black suit and with dark green skin quickly ran over.

"Are you all His Excellency Qinglong's men?" He introduced himself respectfully and quickly. "I'm the person in charge here. This is your lease agreement, for a period of ninety-nine years. Who...will sign it?"

"I'll do it." Li Ming walked out. The planets and galaxies belonging to the "Planet Collector" were never bought or sold, but only rented. Blackbeard had told him this a long time ago.

After signing Li Ming's name, the other party put away the agreement and bowed, saying, "Excuse me, for the next ninety-nine years, this will be your private territory."

The other party left quickly, just going through the motions. Ulrich continued:

"We have applied for several companies. Can we link them to your account at the Mechanics Association? That way, we won't have to verify their qualifications when joining the Interstellar Chamber of Commerce."

"Small problem." Li Ming nodded.

During this time, Ulrich and others have been dealing with some miscellaneous matters, including the registration of various companies, qualification applications, and applications to various large interstellar organizations such as the Mercenary Association and the Interstellar United Chamber of Commerce.

Everything is ready, only the materials are missing. The materials are on the way, so there is no need to rush.

What was beyond Li Ming's expectation was that ten days later, before the materials arrived, someone from the Black Hole Hall sent him a message.

…

Somewhere in a dark and cramped space, a bloody pattern was drawn on the ground, and in the center was a crack that flashed with blood-red light.

There were several headless corpses lying in a disorderly manner on one side, and in the corner there was a sturdy blond man restrained by a gene inhibitor. He looked terrified and seemed to be trembling.

There were rustling footsteps in the darkness. They were wearing white robes, and behind them was a bloody and distorted sun. From time to time, low discussions could be heard.

"Three days and three nights have passed, and there's been no news from the explorers who went there. Could this guy's intelligence be false?"

"No, no, I swear, it's absolutely true!" The bound figure on the ground responded hurriedly, with loose golden hair and a pair of brown pupils revealed through the gaps, with fear and uneasiness in his eyes.

"If they don't come back, you will be buried with them." Someone shouted coldly in the shadows.

After waiting for another hour or two, the atmosphere in the dark and cramped environment became increasingly tense.

At a certain moment, the long and narrow crack in the central area suddenly began to shake unsteadily, and some thick liquid sprayed out, with a faint terrifying roar.

"Space parameters fluctuate, and the dimensional channel is unstable!"

"Is there something coming out?"

There was a lot of noise, and the cracks were shaking more and more violently, making everyone extremely alert.

Finally, with a loud roar, a burly figure squeezed out from the crack in the center.

"Close it! Close it!" The voice fell to the ground, urging him repeatedly, as if there was something terrifying chasing him from behind.

"Crack!" A crisp sound like glass shattering was heard.

At the same time, the crack in the center suddenly closed, and a human arm wrapped in a metal shell fell from the air. White smoke was coming out of the wound, and the fingers were twitching.

"Huh..." The burly figure was panting heavily, his white combat armor was covered in blood, and even had several holes in it, bleeding uncontrollably. Someone quickly came up to clean his wounds.

"This is someone from the Xingyuan Empire's Dimensional Pioneer Camp." Someone picked up a piece of arm from the ground and saw the irregular ring logo. His face was horrified, and then he looked coldly at the guy lying on the ground.

"Didn't you say they were from the Holy Silver Civilization? How did they end up provoking the Xingyuan Empire's Dimensional Vanguard Battalion?"

"I...I..." The figure lying on the ground was speechless, but the lifeform in combat armor waved his hand, "Don't blame him. That place originally belonged to the Holy Silver Civilization, but was occupied by the Xingyuan Empire."

"It does involve some great secret. Unfortunately, I only brought out a... stone."

As he spoke, he spread out his tightly clenched right hand, in which lay a pitch-black, irregular stone.

"This thing has very strict security. The slightest movement from me would have caused those vanguard officers to hunt me down." The vanguard officer frowned and carefully examined the object in his hand. "However, I don't feel that this thing is anything special..."

"Ha..." An untimely laugh suddenly rang out. The vanguard officer's face froze, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he looked down in disbelief. A black blade suddenly emerged from his chest.

Before he could react, the blade split his brain from bottom to top, and red and white substances and blood gushed out.

Everyone around looked behind them in horror.

The blond young man who should have been tied up in the corner had broken free from his restraints at some point, holding a black mechanical sword in his hand.

"You...you...how could you..." Someone was shocked and unbelievable.

"Tsk tsk..." The blond young man raised his left hand from his forehead and brushed his hair back, revealing his rather handsome face. He smiled elegantly, "Thank you all for your help."

"You..." Someone looked angry, and lightning flashed, but the next moment, black light and shadows kept flashing in the dark and cramped space. In just a few seconds, blood clots were scattered everywhere.

The blond young man shook his trouser legs with a hint of disgust, then walked into the pool of blood and picked up the irregular black stone from the ground.

He pinched it with both hands, held it to the light source and looked at it carefully, with a look of confusion on his face, "This thing is... why does it feel familiar?"

"After all this work, all I got was a small piece of stone?" He shook his head. "That place was actually occupied by the Xingyuan Empire. It's a good thing I didn't do it myself. Otherwise, if I had provoked those lunatics in the Vanguard Camp, it would have been very difficult to deal with."

He casually walked to the corner, picked up an inconspicuous backpack, and took out a mechanical skull the size of a baby's head. It was crystal clear, round, and purple-gold in color.

“…Butler…” The blond man patted the top of the skull’s head.

The mechanical skull's eyes suddenly lit up with a green light, then flickered, seeming a little unstable. After waiting for a moment, a mellow voice came out, "Robin?"

"I'm glad it didn't crash. Take a look at this thing. Do you recognize it?" Robin placed the black stone in his hand in front of the skull.

"I know him." The skull replied affirmatively.

"Ha...then tell me quickly." Robin urged.

"Sorry, you don't have the relevant authority." The voice was soft but firm.

Robin's face fell, but he wasn't surprised. He just asked, "What kind of authority do I need to know that?"

"If it's just the name, A-level clearance is enough, but to know the specific origin and function, S-level clearance is required." The skull explained, and the voice seemed a little puzzled: "You haven't become an A-level life form yet?"

"Once you become an A-level life form, you can unlock A-level permissions."

"Fuck, you make me angry just by saying that." Robin rolled up his sleeves and said angrily, "Yeyue Labs told me that there was an accident during the preparation and the gene seed was destroyed. I need to wait for more than two months."

"Is that so? What a pity." The skull said in a flat tone.

"What a shame! That's what they told me. The truth is, someone stole my gene-seed." Robin snorted coldly. "It seems to be some important figure, perhaps an S-class lifeform, and there's more than one person behind it."

"Intercepted?" The skull's voice was surprised, and it was quite intelligent. "The requirements of that gene seed were specially designed by me. It doesn't belong to any other gene sequence. How could it be intercepted..."

"Who knows?" Robin gritted his teeth and said, "It's the law of the jungle. Actually, I don't mind. It's just a three-month wait. After all, they paid the penalty. I'm angry that they lied to me and treated me like a fool."

"Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about this." Robin was depressed. "Old rules, you can't bypass the authority to tell me what this thing is, so tell me, should I keep it or throw it away."

"It's better not to stay." The skull pondered for a moment.

"Lost?" Robin pondered, shifting the stone in his palm. "I feel like I've seen it somewhere before."

"Impossible. You can't accept it at your level." The skull denied.

"Be more tactful when you say this next time..." Robin said, his face changed, as if he remembered something, and took out the smart terminal from his bag, but found that there was no signal.

With a helpless look on his face, he walked out of the door with the sword in his hand, and then there was a wailing sound that lasted for five or six minutes.

Finally, he sat on a bloodstained chair, the blood on the ground reaching up to his ankles. The strong smell of blood filled the small base, and he was groping at the smart terminal in his hand.

"Found it!" He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the photo on the screen. In the photo, there was also a black stone, which looked very similar to the stone in his hand.

The only difference is the shape, but the material and gloss look very similar.

"Look, is it the same thing?" He held the screen in front of the skull.

"It's most likely the same thing." The skull was uncertain.

"Ha...it says it's warm to the touch, so that's probably true." Robin smiled and put away his smart device. "I remember a while ago, I was bored and looking through the backstage of the Palace, and I found this bounty."

The reward is very simple, and you can even get a reward as long as there is a clue.

"I have a stone, what does he have to give me?" Robin rubbed his hands eagerly, but when he clicked on the details of the person who issued the task, his expression changed slightly: "Just a junior member?"

To a certain extent, the level of the members of the Black Hole Hall demonstrates their own strength and means.

The person who issued the task was actually just a junior member, which made him back off.

"No, even those with A-level authority can only know the name of the butler. The person who can issue this task must be extraordinary." After figuring this out, his confidence was rekindled.

"Robin, I suggest you be cautious when contacting the other party. The level of this thing is not something you can get involved in at your current level." The skull reminded.

"Don't worry, I'm just delivering a shipment, I won't get involved." Robin waved his hand, not caring. This was not the first time the butler had reminded him.

(End of this chapter)