Chapter 586: Foreseen Crisis

"Oh." Li Ming responded calmly, without commenting, "Tell me about it."

The navigator hesitated for a moment, although because of the previous awkwardness, he couldn't be too flattering to Qinglong.

But this time, he was sincere in his warning. To avoid Qinglong's misunderstanding, he emphasized, "I didn't mean to throw cold water on you."

"Although your Excellency's methods are superb, and you almost completely suppressed the three major civilizations this time, it was only a show of strength, and did not cause any substantial damage to the other side."

"Of course, this is already impressive enough." The navigator added, which after all seemed a bit like pouring cold water on the topic.

The relationship between the two of them wasn't harmonious, so he needed to be more careful with his words.

The navigator emphasized, "The United Organization of Higher Life Forms has begun to develop cohesion, but please, sir, do not count on them to fight against the three major civilizations."

"If a conflict really breaks out, these people will definitely stand by and watch, and they might even turn against you."

After that, the atmosphere became quiet for a while.

The navigator's face was tense. He had to say these words regardless of whether Qinglong was angry or not.

Don't be fooled by the enthusiastic masks of these people.

Everyone clearly understands that it is impossible for the three major civilizations to liquidate everyone.

The more respectful they are to Azure Dragon, the more prominent it becomes. In essence, they are using Azure Dragon to fight against the three major civilizations.

Qinglong broke the silence with a soft "tsk" that carried an unspoken meaning. "I'm really lucky. Even now, there are still people willing to tell me the truth."

The navigator paused and breathed a sigh of relief.

Qinglong didn't seem angry and remained calm, which was the best case scenario.

"Thanks for the reminder." Li Ming said politely. He didn't expect the navigator to advise him, and he couldn't help but feel a little more worried.

"They and I are just using each other. It's almost impossible to get them to fight for me."

Li Ming has a clear understanding of this point, and has never become arrogant because of a few compliments from others.

"Since you understand, I'm relieved," the navigator said, adding, "One more thing: I'm afraid the three great civilizations won't let this go."

Li Ming's expression was puzzled. "Then, Your Excellency, what do you think the three great civilizations will do next?"

The white sound wave lines on the virtual screen rose and fell, but no obvious sound was heard.

The navigator paused for a moment and responded, "Then I'll venture to analyze it..."

"The three major civilizations' primary target must be you, but now you have forcibly dragged the United Organization of Higher Life Forms into this. The two sides are inherently opposed."

"After your actions, the three major civilizations will have to respond, whether they like it or not, to prove that they still hold a dominant position in the interstellar space."

"I suspect that since the deterrent strategy failed this time, they will probably just take direct action."

He was thinking clearly and logically.

Li Ming nodded and continued, "Then who do you think will be attacked?"

"Hmm..." The navigator pondered, "The target they choose needs to meet many requirements."

"Firstly, the reason for this attack is to intimidate people, and it will inevitably be made public, so they need to find a reasonable excuse. After all, they are an orderly and civilized people. Picking on anyone at random is like a desperate dog. They don't just want to save face, but they must save face."

Li Ming's eyes flickered slightly, but he remained silent.

The navigator further added, "Secondly, this incident started with you, so the target you choose should also be related to you, so that you can suppress your prestige. If you can force you to take action, that would be even better."

"Anduin?" He spat out a name, then denied it, frowning slightly. "No, he's a member of the board of directors. He's clearly giving you an excuse to cause trouble. This is a nascent, cohesive organization of higher life forms, and they're just struggling to find a place to use their energy."

"Chaos Star Gap." Li Ming uttered four words.

He is in a game of chess with the three major civilizations, so naturally he would not think that this matter has come to an end. He has been trying to predict the other party's subsequent reactions during this period.

Among his several guesses, the Chaos Star Gap was almost the most likely.

The navigator's pupils shrank slightly, but he murmured: "Chaos Star Gap...Chaos Star Gap..."

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that? It doesn't have to be just one person, or several people."

"This is a perfect target. If I were Adam, I would also choose to attack the Chaos Star Gap."

Li Ming pointed it out, and the navigator thought of more and continued:

"We've even taken buffering into account. If the resistance is too strong, we can take a step back and target only a few people. After all, almost everyone is connected to you."

“Troublesome…”

The navigator couldn't help but feel tricky. The chaotic star gap seemed to exist for this moment. As a target, it was perfect and had almost no flaws.

"I suggest that you should not interfere."

The navigator's expression was solemn. "The Chaos Gap doesn't have a good reputation in the interstellar space. I'm afraid it will be difficult to save you."

"It would be better to let the three major civilizations take action and make the people of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms realize that the three major civilizations cannot coexist peacefully with them. This is also a necessary step."

"Besides, the Mechanical Court is just your student's business. As for Anduin and the others, they can go elsewhere."

Li Ming remained noncommittal. To be fair, the navigator was right.

But the Mechanical Royal Court is not his student's business, and Sheffield is not easy to escape.

Realizing that Qinglong seemed to have made up his mind, the navigator didn't say much.

Li Ming stopped discussing related issues with him and instead asked, "How's the investigation of the blood-losing person going?"

"There are no clues yet, and he hasn't responded to our actions."

The two discussed for a moment, and then the navigator ended the communication.

"Chaos Star Gap..." Li Ming's eyes flashed. This time, the three major civilizations had hit the jackpot by accident.

To some extent, Chaos Star Gap is really his lair.

The Mechanical Royal Court cannot be lost. After all, it is a continuous source of metal energy, and he has paid a lot for it.

As for Sheffield, he must not let anyone see that he was overly concerned about the X-level gene seeds.

In order to solve this problem, he has been thinking about it for a long time and has a preliminary plan, but it may not be successful because it requires many uncontrollable factors to progress simultaneously.

"One more thing..." He pondered as he developed the gene seed.

"The Holy Castle..." He frowned slightly. He had been out of touch with the Holy Castle for several months, and the three major civilizations had even tried to cut off the Holy Castle's external connections.

Although the Supervisor has guaranteed that no one can exploit the bug in the King Trial to squeeze into the Holy Castle.

But he felt somewhat uneasy and wanted to find out more about the progress of the three major civilizations.

"Although we have figured out the coordinates of the Holy Castle, we cannot go there rashly."

"There are at least two more Titan relics, held by the Federation and the Covenant respectively, both of which can pose a direct threat to me."

"The Star of Eternal Silence cannot be repaired in a short period of time. For the time being, we can only think of a way to see if we can break through the isolation." Li Ming pondered.

The communication method used by Saint Castle is unique, and he currently has no clue. "But Reynolds and Mikhail are not necessarily the same."

Those two guys are real master craftsmen.

Thinking of this, Li Ming simply ended the development, switched the controlled object, and went directly to the God Craftsman Laboratory to possess the carrier.

The holographic page in the mechanical pupil shrank into a needle. Li Ming came back to his senses from his trance, moved his body slightly, and walked straight out of the room and came to the core laboratory.

The two were not surprised by his arrival.

Reynolds ran forward excitedly, pointing at the mechanical body on the operating table that had been almost disassembled into parts. "Qinglong, you are really perverted. This is more than just a prototype, it's the reincarnation of the mechanical holy spirit race..."

Mikhail was looking down, and parts with a bluish-gray fluorescent light were suspended above the circular workbench.

There are hundreds of rotating molecular structure models on the workbench surface, and three liquid metal probes hang from the ceiling and sink into the metal parts.

At this moment, he was slowly pulling away, and Mikhail looked over with complicated eyes.

After their resource support was in place, Qinglong sent over one of the prototypes in his hand.

At first he thought that the so-called prototype was just Qinglong's rough test product.

As a result, after it was delivered, they were shocked to find that this was not a prototype at all. There was almost no trace of experimentation on it. It was as perfect as those real mechanical holy spirits.

This naturally allowed them to progress rapidly, with new breakthroughs every day. He estimated that within a year or two, they would be able to restore the true "Mechanical Seed"

"You've already built it to this point, why do you still need us to study it? Just give us the results directly." Reynolds intended to get it for free.

"I can give it to you, but do you two dare to accept it?" Li Ming shrugged.

Reynolds muttered something, but didn't force himself to say anything like "dare".

This technology is to be applied to all the mechanical bodies under their control. The technology provided by Qinglong may have a backdoor.

They not only want to know the facts, but also the reasons behind them, so they have to go through the research process thoroughly.

The three of them exchanged a few pleasantries before Li Ming got down to business. "I'm here mainly because I have a problem and would like to ask for your help."

He said it bluntly, saying that when he was weaker in the past, he had to maintain his dignity and couldn't tell anyone when he had trouble.

But now that we are getting stronger, we don’t need to hold on any longer.

"Oh? What trouble?" Reynolds perked up.

Li Ming explained, "The three of us are in this together. I won't hide it from you two. The Saint Castle and I could have communicated through hyperdimensional communication."

Mikhail couldn't help but look over.

"But after the three major civilizations took over, they somehow blocked this extradimensional communication, preventing me from contacting the Holy Castle. I couldn't be the first to know what was happening there."

Li Ming said sincerely, "I don't know much about hyperdimensional communication, so I'd like to ask for your help."

"Aren't you coming here using hyperdimensional communication?" Mikhail asked hesitantly.

"That's not the case..." Li Ming shook his head, but didn't explain much.

"Hmm..." Mikhail pondered. "Hyperdimensional communication, or hyperdimensional information state entanglement communication, is a cutting-edge communication method that surpasses quantum communication."

"Essentially, it's about utilizing the information state, leveraging the vast ocean of the universe's information state, to communicate with the other end. Therefore, distance is almost negligible; all that's needed is an 'information key.'"

"What the three civilizations are doing now is actually locking up the entire Holy Fortress, isolating it from the information state and making it impossible for you to communicate."

"So much nonsense..." Reynolds said impatiently, "Actually, it's quite simple to connect. As long as you know the coordinates, strengthen your information state, and conduct a targeted breakthrough, you should be able to break through the isolation of the three civilizations."

"I do know the coordinates..." Li Ming said, a little surprised. It seemed quite easy to hear Reynolds talk about it.

"It's not that simple." Mikhail shook his head. "This method only allows you to maintain a short connection. The information state is extremely susceptible to interference, and they can easily cut it off again."

"The most crucial thing is that common information-state blockade methods have a recording function. They currently don't have your information-state imprint, but if you break through once, it's equivalent to leaving information behind, and you won't be able to break through next time."

The first time they didn’t know what you were doing, but after they found out, they wouldn’t even let you in the door the second time.

I knew Reynolds was unreliable, Li Ming was speechless.

However, Reynolds added, "Unless you can pull a line out from within the Holy Castle, giving the information state a physical attachment and increasing the strength of the connection."

"A line." Li Ming pondered. He had never been exposed to this aspect and didn't understand it very well.

"Something like this..." Mikhail's mechanical pupils flickered, and he directly sent over a data drawing.

"Although hyperdimensional information state entanglement is very convenient, it is very troublesome to adapt to mechanical bodies. This is a method I used before, equipping sub-devices at the target location to increase stability."

Li Ming looked through the information and found that it was a special communication device, divided into two parts: the main body and the matrix. His eyes suddenly lit up.

Tsk... This is exactly the kind of thing he wants, to be manufactured and upgraded directly.

"But you have to send this thing first," Mikhail emphasized again.

Li Ming couldn't help but grin. This problem was easy to solve for him.

He looked at Reynolds, "Just now you mentioned a breakthrough..."

"Oh..." Reynolds suddenly realized, "I'll have someone send the relevant equipment to you. Is it still the Mechanical Royal Court?"

"Yeah." Li Ming nodded, in a good mood.

Reynolds and Mikhail did not disappoint him.

Just a few words solved the problem.

He didn't plan to delay here any longer and wanted to go make communication equipment. The carrier had already left the laboratory, but he turned back and asked tentatively:

"By the way, could you two provide some more resources?"

"How much?" Reynolds couldn't help but look.

"Uh, three trillion?" Li Ming said, then emphasized, "Three trillion for the two of them combined."

Reynolds turned his head quickly. "I think there's something wrong with the parameters. Look, the energy transfer rate at this deflection angle is too low..."

Mikhail didn't even turn his head and responded repeatedly: "Yes... It should be some kind of node that has modified the transmission efficiency..."

The two of them were more harmonious than ever before. Li Ming twitched the corner of his mouth, too lazy to say anything more, and walked out.

After going offline, he went to the foundry eager to start manufacturing related communication equipment.

(End of this chapter)