Chapter 187 The Regretful Collector Comes to the Judge
"The Torch Organization seems to have some plans for you." Ulrich said solemnly.
There were only the two of them in the room. Li Ming thought for a moment and decided to remain silent.
Ulrich had maintained a certain tacit understanding with him and had never asked about his background, but this tacit understanding seemed to be broken.
"Li Ming, is he your student?" Ulrich asked.
It's become a common consensus now, right?
Li Ming was speechless and frowned slightly, "Are you also interested in him?"
"No, it's the Torch Organization that's interested in him. You should know the details. You're the only one who can contact him now." Ulrich shook his head, his voice becoming more serious. "I've almost prepared the materials to repair the [Matter Recombination Fabricator]."
"I don't want anything to go wrong at this critical juncture."
"so…"
Ulrich exuded a sense of pressure. "At this critical moment, I suggest you hand Li Ming over to the Torch Organization to prevent them from making unwise choices."
I hand myself over?
Li Ming's face suddenly darkened. Without any fear, he said in a cold voice, "Sir Ulrich, the Torch Organization is just a third-rate organization hanging around in the star cluster."
"He's not the first trouble I've encountered, nor is he the biggest trouble, and he certainly won't be the last trouble!"
"You want me to surrender just because of this little trouble? Your Excellency the Collector, you look down on me too much. There's no need to say such things again."
Ulrich's face was expressionless, but the aura around him became increasingly heavier.
Li Ming looked at the other party quietly. Even though he was very sure that the other party would not take action, he was already extremely alert.
As expected, after a moment, the aura on Ulrich suddenly disappeared, and he laughed instead. "Your Excellency, there's no need to be so angry. I was just making a suggestion. Since you don't want to, then forget it."
"The Torch Organization is really nothing."
Having said that, Ulrich felt a little unsure. The other party didn't seem to be afraid of him at all.
After all, he is an A-level life form. Is the other party bluffing?
If an ordinary B-level life form dared to treat him with this attitude, he would naturally be taught a lesson.
But this person is a great mechanic, and you can't be sure what tricks he has.
Now, he doesn't want to break up with the other party.
Ulrich felt increasingly troubled. He was indeed very excited when he first met this person, but now that he knew more and more, he felt a little regretful.
But he was reluctant to let go, so he held himself back instead.
Li Ming's expression also softened. "About when can we start repairing the [Matter Recombination Fabricator]?"
Ulrich explained, "The materials are almost ready, and the lab is being set up. This floating island is too simple, so we can go to the lab in my castle and repair it when the time comes."
"During this period, it's best not to come out."
His eyes were fixed on the other person, and he could have easily not said the last word, which had the effect of putting him under house arrest.
But the other party's attitude just now made him very uncomfortable, and he wanted to see if the other party still respected him.
"This is better, it's safer." Li Ming didn't think about it for too long. It was just as he expected. Ulrich would never let him take such a precious thing out casually.
Seeing that Li Ming agreed, Ulrich's expression relaxed slightly. After they exchanged a few perfunctory words, the collector left the floating island.
"He's a little anxious..." Li Ming felt Ulrich's attitude change.
At the beginning, Ulrich seemed confident in controlling him, but recently he has been making various attempts.
Perhaps it was some kind of speculation in his mind that made him feel uneasy.
"I wonder if the Star King can kill this guy if he moves a little." Li Ming's eyes flashed.
The Land of Stars has been very turbulent recently. The Night Eyes Mercenary Group has been causing chaos everywhere. Most of the interstellar villains have bad tempers, and many conflicts have broken out.
But these interstellar villains had no one to support them, so their deaths would have been in vain, but there was still no trace of the so-called hidden star thief.
And so, a few more days passed.
On this day, Li Ming, who was developing genetic seeds, was interrupted by a group of unexpected guests.
In front of the open space in the center of the floating island, he looked at the group of people in front of him. They were wearing light golden armor, lined up in neat rows, and had obviously received military training.
The most eye-catching thing is the golden vertical pupil on everyone's face. The guards surrounding them don't even dare to look at their vertical pupils.
The golden-eyed people were from the Judge Civilization. The leader was thin, and even his golden vertical pupil looked longer than the others.
Li Ming's gaze swept across the faces of each of them, and finally landed on a figure at the end of the team. A faint smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.
In the field of vision of [Intelligent Assistance], the skin on this person's surface was strangely distorted, but even so, it was difficult for him to see the true face behind the other person.
It is an extremely sophisticated mimicry camouflage, and it is not a simple mimicry mask.
"Interesting..." Li Ming had already guessed the other party's identity. It should be the so-called hidden star thief - Sera. He didn't expect that the other party had hidden in the judge's team.
This is indeed an excellent choice. As an advanced civilization, the Judge is naturally not afraid of the Land of Stars.
Serrad's eyes flickered. For some reason, he always felt that the great mechanic named Qinglong seemed to linger on him for a few extra seconds.
He had a bad feeling in his heart. This was the unique perception of the environment by the Quantum Light and Shadow Lizard, which had saved his life many times.
However, due to being hunted by A-level life forms in recent times, this perception has occurred frequently, and he is not sure whether it is because of the other party.
"Even A-level life forms can't see through my disguise, so how could he, a B-level life form, possibly see through it?" Serrad comforted himself.
All of his gene seeds focus on speed and camouflage. Even for an A-level life form, seeing through his disguise requires extremely special enhanced eye gene abilities.
However, such gene seeds would greatly weaken combat power, and almost no A-level life forms would choose auxiliary gene seeds, after all, there are plenty of testing equipment.
"I am Mogaro of the Inquisitor Civilization," the leading figure with golden pupils said solemnly. "Master Mechanic Qinglong, you should know our purpose. Please hand over the exile, Kai, to us, and you will earn the friendship of the Inquisitors."
He spoke very rudely, with the arrogance unique to advanced civilizations.
Li Ming was very familiar with this tone. Ford, Isius, and Duke Bai Ye all used this tone when they met him for the first time.
Ya Luo stood behind Li Ming and snorted coldly, "What gives you the courage to speak to a great mechanic like that?"
"The Judge has already shown enough respect to an exiled great mechanic." Mogaro said in a deep voice. Yaluo's face changed and he was about to shout at him, but was stopped by Li Ming who waved his hand.
"The Interstellar Alliance also sent people to take him away. They offered 3 billion star coins, but I didn't agree." Li Ming said slowly, "What about you guys?"
Mogaro's pupils narrowed slightly. "Our price is that we won't actively spread news about you."
Yaluo was a little confused when he heard this.
Li Ming grinned, as if everyone thought he was a great mechanic who had gotten into big trouble and had to go into exile.
He also thought about where this speculation came from. Wasn't there a possibility that he was here to enjoy the scenery?
Later he figured it out and realized that the problem was with Li Ming.
If he was really that good, why would he have to sneak around to get in touch with a good seed with level 16 development potential? He could just take it away directly.
Mogaro frowned. "Right now, your news is only circulating among a few concerned civilizations and hasn't spread widely yet."
"If you leave Kai to us, we won't spread it."
Li Ming sighed, "It seems that we can't reach an agreement."
"Mogaro?"
At this moment, Kai, who had noticed the movement, had arrived here and couldn't help but shout in surprise.
"Kai?" Mogaro's expression paused slightly, and then became a little complicated, but he still acted without hesitation. A thick golden flame burned all over his body, and he rushed towards Kai like a meteor.
The parts of the heavy armor of unknown type on his body began to move, and the structure became more complicated, as if it had entered combat mode.
Li Ming's eyes were slightly cold, and blazing arcs of electricity burst out from his body, like thunder whips, lashing the air and leaving a trace of burnt smell.
The two men collided, and a shock wave burst out in front of Yu Kaiyi. The huge force hit Mogaro, who was immediately pushed back quickly, and his legs dug a deep groove in the ground.
"Not as good as Duke Bai Ye, and about the same as Atom." He made a judgment on Mogaro's strength the moment they fought.
Even without using the second-stage mecha state, he can now clash with this level.
The Inquisitor's team shouted loudly and immediately entered combat mode, but Mogaro suddenly waved his hand, signaling them to stop.
"Do you really want to protect him?" Mogaro said coldly.
"I'm not the one who wants to protect you, it's you who want to get it for free." Li Ming shook his head.
Mogaro looked at Kai and said, "Kai, the president is waiting for you to come home."
Kai sneered, his tone full of hatred, "Go home? Go back and let him kill me? Maybe die on the way back?"
Mogaro pursed his lips slightly, but did not respond. He then looked at Li Ming and said in a deep voice, "The Land of the Stars is not a safe place. I hope you will protect him well."
Li Ming raised his eyebrows. Does this seem like a threat?
After that, Mogaro led his men away. Yaluo stared at their backs and couldn't help but say, "They are so arrogant. They just start fighting as soon as they say so?"
"If you work for the ruler of a higher civilization, you will be more arrogant than them." Li Ming said indifferently.
But... he glanced at the huge "Collector's Cabinet".
Ulrich didn't react this time. It was probably because there were too many troubles around Qinglong: Li Ming, Kai, and himself...
Even if it is an A-level life form, he may not be able to withstand it, so he will throw away as many as he can.
Ya Luo was stunned for a moment, then put himself in his shoes for a moment before nodding in agreement. "Indeed."
Kai lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking about.
…
"Captain, this big mechanic seems unwilling to cooperate."
The group boarded the aircraft. Hearing this, Mogaro looked calm and said, "As expected. I've caused huge troubles before, so why would I be afraid of these small troubles?"
"It's okay if he's not afraid. As long as Ulrich is afraid, that's fine. Since this collector didn't stop us, it means he doesn't want to get involved either."
Mogaro's eyes flashed with a sharp light: "Prepare for a surprise attack. As long as we don't harm this great mechanic, Ulrich will turn a blind eye."
His attitude was for the collector to see. They had four B-level life forms, and there would definitely be no problem in raiding and taking Kai away.
They have already investigated and found out that the collector is interested in this great mechanic.
"Aren't we going to retreat?" A discordant voice came from the end of the team.
Mogaro frowned, "How can we retreat when the mission hasn't been completed yet?"
The one who spoke was Serad, disguised as a golden-eyed man. He said tactfully, "A surprise attack is too dangerous. Why not send an A-level lifeform?"
Mogaro stopped, turned around abruptly, and said in a cold tone: "You just need to obey orders."
Serrad smiled awkwardly, indicating that he understood. The teammates around him looked at him with some confusion.
Mogaro snorted coldly and continued to rush towards the spaceship.
Along the way, they attracted a lot of attention, and the interstellar villains pointed and talked about them. People with golden eyes rarely appeared in the land of stars.
Mogaro didn't care, until he arrived at the dock, his expression changed slightly.
They saw that the spaceship they were on had been surrounded by a group of fully armed mercenaries, and the guards left behind were in a standoff with them, with swords drawn.
"What's going on?" Mogaro forcefully pushed aside the onlookers and stared at the leader of the mercenaries, who was the bearded Lelian.
"The Night Eyes Mercenary Group has informed Mr. Collector that all spacecraft traveling back and forth on the trading island must be inspected." Lelian said in a deep voice.
"Impossible." Mogaro said in a very firm tone: "We belong to the Inquisitor Civilization. If it is a joint investigation notice issued by another civilization, we will accept it, but we cannot abide by your rules here."
Lelian's face suddenly changed. The mercenaries behind him were ready to move. Many of the interstellar villains watching were already whistling, and various languages were translated into words such as "kill" and "do" through the translator.
"This is the Land of the Stars!" Lelian was a little embarrassed. "Can you guys represent the Inquisitor Civilization?"
"Of course!" Mogaro's golden eyes shone brightly. "If you dare to harm any Inquisitor soldier, or search our spaceship without permission, it will be considered as declaring war!"
Tsk... This is an advanced civilization, Serrad sighed secretly. Thanks to the timely arrival of this group of golden-eyed people, otherwise they might not be able to leave here.
Lelian could see that the other party was not bluffing and was really not afraid.
Damn advanced civilization.
"Hmph!" Lelian's face turned pale, but he could only stop here and turn away.
There was a sudden hiss behind him. Mogaro was not surprised. He boarded the spaceship with his men. After the hatch was closed, he whispered an order:
"Go find out what's going on, whether they are deliberately targeting us or if something really happened."
"Yes." The men obeyed the order and left. Serrad was in the corner, his pupils somewhat unfocused.
(End of this chapter)
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