This Is Truly Not Mechanical Ascension

Upon opening his eyes, Li Ming found himself in a turbulent interstellar era. Countless civilizations wielded their hunting rifles, eyeing everything in the universe with predatory gazes, and his m...

Chapter 60: Four-arm machine tool evolves into an armored exoskeleton! (Next chapter, at noon)

Chapter 60: Evolution of the Four-Arm Machine Tool - Armored Exoskeleton! (Next chapter, at noon)

"A bounty?" Li Ming paused. "Why would there be a bounty on me? At least it would have to be someone like you, a captain, right?"

Yang Peng said anxiously, "Tu Zheng and the other three have been put on the bounty list again, and then a large number of city guards were also put on the bounty. Moreover, your bounty is higher than that of others at the same level. It's 200,000 star coins!"

"You only have 100,000 star coins, how come I have 200,000?" Li Ming was even more puzzled.

"I don't know." Yang Peng urged again: "No matter where you are, come back quickly!"

"I understand. I'll go back right away." He didn't say much to Yang Peng and responded simply.

After opening the Black Hole Network and taking a look, I saw that a large number of bounties had appeared, including those for Tu Zheng and several others. The bounties for other gang cadres had also increased a lot, about 50%.

This should also be one of Qin Xiao's revenges, and Tu Zheng and others responded by offering a reward for another group of city guards.

Qin Xiao and Xingchuang Company are still restraining themselves and have not personally taken action, but are only using external tactics.

As for why he was suddenly superior to others, Li Ming guessed that it was probably due to personal grudges.

The ones who offered the bounty on me might be the Xionghu Gang. I killed Pang Wenlong before, and the city guards made a big fuss about it, making them lose face. This time, it's a good opportunity for them to take revenge.

Li Ming absorbed the metal energy while secretly pondering it.

The bounty hunters, who were already being hunted, now had a stronger motivation to fight back, causing even greater unrest.

"The Evil Tiger Gang...Tu Zheng..." This guy once again had a bounty of one million star coins on him. Li Ming had already begun to consider whether he could kill him.

"Tu Zheng's information is very vague within the City Guard. As an E-class lifeform, his development progress must be over 60%, well... let's say 90%..."

As he was thinking, Li Ming was suddenly stunned. He was really becoming more and more arrogant. He had just become an E-class life form, but he was already thinking about killing this veteran E-class.

"He can't be alone. He must have all kinds of life-saving equipment on him. A situation like Feng Yue's last time is rare..." Li Ming suppressed his thoughts and concentrated on absorbing the metal energy.

It took Li Ming nearly ten hours to absorb all the information. As night fell, the wind and dust howled, and the severely desertified surface rolled up the sand.

11236, this is the final fixed metal energy, which makes Li Ming's heart burn, more than he expected.

Originally there were about two thousand left, and this time more than nine thousand points of metal energy were absorbed.

As for which control object to upgrade, he already had a decision in his mind, which was naturally the four-arm machine tool.

Although it is not as concealed as other controlled objects, its strength increase is the greatest. At the low-level life form stage, no one can stop the metal mechanical creation.

This is also one of the important reasons why most life forms that are unable to evolve to a higher level choose to undergo mechanical transformation.

Nine thousand points of metal energy flowed, and the four-arm machine tool in the control column emitted a dazzling light.

The arc seemed to be more intense, and the metal appearance seemed to be carved by an invisible hand. The mechanical structure and mechanical components were more sophisticated, and the surface metal shell was peeling off.

It did not develop in the direction of becoming thicker, but instead became slightly smaller. What's more strange is that its huge base machine tool also underwent tremendous changes.

Like a silver liquid, it was gradually shaped into a snap-on carapace, and the four robotic arms began to extend from the carapace.

"What is this...?" Li Ming was stunned. The power in his body suddenly surged, his bones crackled, his muscles became more solid, and his explosive power increased by several levels.

[Thunder Armored Exoskeleton--D: After multiple evolutions from an ordinary machine repair lathe, it is mixed with cloud thunder mother ore and undergoes special changes during upgrades.

Control effect: Strength blessing +100%

Control Ability - Armored Four Arms: Evolves four mechanical arms to assist in combat, and grants 50% control over lightning elements.

Li Ming stood up suddenly, the surprise in his eyes almost unable to be concealed, and then he clenched his fists, trying to calm the emotions surging in his heart.

The changes brought about by this upgrade of the machine tool are too great.

The control effect has completely changed. The original mechanical maintenance was not very useful to him, but now it has become a 100% increase in normal power.

It has just become an E-level life form, and its development degree should be only 1%, but its energy level fluctuates around 5E, which exceeds the development progress.

Because the Purple Lightning Bear gene seed focuses on strength, with slight sacrifices in other aspects.

After doubling, it becomes 10E. It may not seem like much now, but as long as his development progress increases, this increase will become more and more terrifying.

Moreover, there are other abilities added, and when combined with [Charged Attack], the power is tripled.

Its abilities have also changed, with the addition of control over the element of thunder.

He couldn't wait to try it out, and instantly felt the difference. A thick metal carapace covered the lower half of his back, and the extended shoulder armor was buckled on his shoulders, carved with inverted triangle patterns, like a stack of feathers.

Four slender and silent robotic arms slowly emerged without any sound. The slender drill bits were integrated into the robotic arms, which was magnificent and dangerous.

The saw blade at the end of the other robotic arm also turned into a drill bit, probably because he often uses drill bits.

The cross clamps of the two lower robotic arms have been transformed into blue metal claws, which are more flexible and have stronger clamping force.

Crackle!

The azure arc of light reflected on Li Ming's cheek. His mind moved slightly, and the arc of light from his fingertips shot out like a bullet. It dissipated after ten meters and blasted a deep pit.

"It's more condensed, more powerful, and the distance from the body is almost doubled. This is the effect of controlling the thunder element..." Li Ming's mouth opened into a grin, which eventually turned into a loud laugh mixed in the strong wind.

Level D is indeed a watershed.

According to Li Ming's understanding, after becoming a D-level life form, ordinary kinetic weapons, pistols, submachine guns, etc. can hardly cause fatal injuries to it.

"When objects with special energy are upgraded, they will undergo special transformations based on their usage habits. We must not neglect the collection of special energy in the future." Li Ming pondered.

Now, of course, he had to take advantage of this chaotic period to fill up his empty black network balance and meet his old friend, the Xionghu Gang.

………

"Damn, I knew these bounty hunters were no good. Sure enough, they are related to these gangs..." Lao Yao was lying on the roof of an abandoned building, covered with rags and holding an optical telescope.

Not far away is a small three-story building with closed curtains and surveillance cameras in every corner.

"Old Peng, this is the Fierce Tiger Gang's smuggling port. These bounty hunters want to leave. Otherwise, when the patrol fleet blocks space, they'll be trapped."

Lao Yao whispered, suppressing his excitement, "I've been watching for several days. There are at least three F-rank bounty hunters in here. If we take this place down, we'll have quite a harvest."

"I got two high-explosive bombs. Do you want to try them?"

"Okay." Peng Gang said concisely.

"Let's disguise ourselves first and pretend to be bounty hunters. Let's sneak in and wait for an opportunity to act." He took out a mimicry mask, put it on his face, and took a long detour with Peng Gang to arrive in front of the building.

Boom! — Boom! Boom! — Boom!

After the special knock on the door, he made a gesture to the surveillance camera at the door. This had a special meaning, proving that he was one of them and knew the way.

After waiting for a while, no one opened the door.

Hmm? The code should be correct, Old Yao was puzzled and repeated it again, but there was still no movement.

Just when he was about to knock for the third time, the door finally opened.

"Damn it, why are you so slow? Just put it inside and smoke it..." He spoke in a pretentious and rough tone, imitating the words of those bounty hunters. When he saw the figure opening the door clearly, he was stunned where he was.

The other person had a white bandage covering his face, wore sunglasses, and was dressed very simply. Two silver-blue mechanical arms were slowly retracting into his back.

Old Yao caught a glimpse of blood slowly flowing on the worn floor.

I have a splitting headache.

The next chapter will be at noon, and it is really hell to update it in the early morning. I have to publish it and make sure it is not blocked before going to bed. It will be even more troublesome to change the update time after it is put on the shelves.

From now on, chapters will be updated at 12 noon. Thank you all for your support!

(End of this chapter)