Chapter 237 Eyes in the Shadows, Hope in the Dark Night
"Is the party over so soon? Doesn't he want to enjoy it more?" Deyes said coldly.
"The master is not a pleasure-seeking person." Lei Ting explained seriously.
Deyes was about to retort, but his face darkened. Why should he compete with a mechanical body?
"I'm not interested. Tell your master that I'm drunk and need to rest." Deyes wanted to close the door, but found that he couldn't pull it open. He looked down and found that the legs of the mechanical body were stuck in the gap of the door.
"What do you want to do?" Deyes's face turned cold. A mere mechanical body wanted to bully him?
"Oh, sorry, sorry..." Lei Ting suddenly realized and quickly retracted his legs.
Deyes was completely speechless. The level of this mechanical body was too low.
After closing the door, this sudden incident did not disrupt his thoughts. He pulled out the document again and opened the attached special agreement.
"Respected Master Mechanic—Mr. Deyes, I am Asmara..."
“…If you are willing to cooperate with us, in addition to the benefits guaranteed by the Torch Organization, we are willing to provide more additional prices…”
This was an invitation for cooperation from the Islamic civilization, so it was not surprising that he was targeted by the Islamic civilization.
He was not surprised that the other party could find his connection with the laboratory.
It can even be said that he did it on purpose, wanting to use Yitlan's power to find out the origin of this thing.
He had no intention of cooperating with the Itlan civilization. The Itlan civilization was too large, and if he cooperated with them, he would easily be eaten up without leaving even a bone.
There is still some room for improvement by cooperating with the Torch Organization.
But now this Azure Dragon that suddenly appeared, and the three A-level life forms he brought with him, have greatly shared the cake after opening the Sublimator ruins.
Coupled with the series of events that had just happened, this gave him some ideas.
But Deyes did not notice that in the extremely long shadow behind him, a pair of eyes were slowly opening.
"Tsk...special agreement?" Li Ming, who was hiding in the shadows, was quite surprised.
The party ended shortly after Deyes left.
Realizing that he was being targeted by Deyes, Li Ming naturally had no habit of waiting for the other party to make the first move, so he prepared to see what this guy was trying to do.
He first used [Shadow Sting] to hide in the shadow of Thunder, and then in the shadow of Deyes.
The ability of [Shadow Sting] requires contact with the target's shadow to complete dormancy and transfer.
But this hidden state is quite strange, like a space layer, but not. If someone attacks his lurking shadow, he will still be hurt.
It is between half real and half virtual, and once it attacks, its characteristic of being sure to hit the target will follow the opponent like a shadow, and no matter how the opponent dodges, it will be useless.
What surprised Li Ming was that, judging from the current situation, Deyes seemed to be secretly in contact with Asmara.
Then the other party obtained the design data of the sublimator, which provided an explanation.
The blueprint was most likely obtained by the Torch Organization during their last attack on Asmara's laboratory.
"That looks like a data prison, using junk data to create a fence to curb the spread of the virus." Li Ming looked at it. He had some hacking skills and could roughly tell what it was.
"interesting…"
Li Ming guessed that Deyes actually had some way to bypass the Torch Organization's blockade and contact the outside world.
"Every great mechanic should not be underestimated..."
Scanning the terms, Deyes had already read them over and memorized them firmly.
These seemingly formal terms are nothing but empty talk. When things really turn against each other, no one will admit it.
At that time, it will depend on their respective means. He is just a mechanic. Even with Brot, it will be difficult to compete with the Itlan civilization.
Although a green dragon appeared and suppressed him, and the cake was divided much thinner, he was still quite hesitant.
In the end, he put away the supplementary agreement, his eyes flickering, and he murmured softly, "I hope you won't force me."
Force him? Who forced him?
Li Ming heard it clearly in the shadows and was surprised. Who was he talking about? Was it me? Or was it Cornett?
What does that mean? Is he going to cooperate with Asmara, or not?
This guy seems to be still hesitating and can't make up his mind.
Li Ming was thinking in his heart that the current situation seemed different from what he had just imagined. It seemed that Deyes had not yet cooperated with Asmara.
"Deyes hasn't made up his mind yet, but he will turn to Asmara because of certain things." Li Ming estimated.
Suddenly, for some unknown reason, Deyes felt a chill. He subconsciously turned his head and saw nothing behind him.
He looked suspiciously and looked around carefully, but still found nothing.
At this moment, there was another knock on the door. Deyes's mouth twitched, and only half of a metal body appeared on the video terminal.
It is another mechanical body under Qinglong's command.
He gritted his teeth. He had seen it once before. Before the other party could bang on the door, he opened it and suppressed his anger. He said in a deep voice, "I've already told the other machine that I have no interest. Tell your master to see you in the lab!"
The shadows on the ground rippled, and Tepper said in a deep voice, "The master asked me to tell you that he knows."
Bang!
The door closed, and Deyes gasped and growled in a low voice: "This is too much, this is too much!"
Tepper walked all the way back to the room, and the staff on the way gave him strange looks from time to time.
Li Ming emerged from Tepper's shadow with a flicker in his eyes. He did not choose to kill Deyes on the spot.
On the one hand, he had to take into account the reactions of Connet and others. They had just arrived and Deyes died. Even if there was no evidence, they would definitely be suspected.
That Brot force will definitely cause a big fuss and stir up quite a few waves.
On the other hand, he realized that the Deyes card might have other uses.
"However, lurking in the shadows makes it easy to be sensed." Li Ming frowned slightly. When his murderous intent emerged, even Deyes, a B-level life form, could sense it, not to mention the A-level life form.
"How can I improve this concealment..."
After this experiment, he found that [Shadow Sting] was quite powerful, but the possibility of being discovered by the target needed to be reduced.
After thinking for a long time, he was suddenly stunned and murmured, "So this is how the hidden blessing is used."
…
And just when Li Ming and his group arrived at the Torch Organization.
In the abandoned starship city that had become a wreckage, the most important wealth was divided up by Li Ming and his men, and the rest was snatched away by the scavengers here.
The huge, wrecked starship is now just an empty shell, and the ecological life-support equipment inside has been removed and taken away.
On the thick and rotten skeleton, An Ye, carrying a slender black box on his back, was looking around. Broken metal pieces floated past him, and several living beings in bloated combat uniforms were lying around him.
He was completely in an interstellar environment, but he did not take any protective measures, only a simple oxygen shield.
"Another step late." He sighed, turned on the smart terminal and entered the black hole network.
His page seems to be completely different from the ordinary background, and many logos have gold lines on the edges.
There was an unread message in the background. When I opened it, it was the information he had purchased.
"According to information from within the Itlan Civilization, it has been confirmed that Master Mechanic Qinglong and three other A-level lifeforms have gone to the Torch Organization."
In this paragraph, several words are marked in bright blue font, such as "Itlan Civilization" and "Great Mechanic Qinglong"...
"Torch Organization?" An Ye looked a little puzzled. "Why does this name sound a bit contradictory to me?"
He clicked on "Torch Organization" and a new page popped up, asking him to pay.
An Ye was obviously used to this. He paid two million star coins and a large amount of text was refreshed.
"...a local resistance group active in the Silver Cluster, the ring of the Corona Borealis constellation, established in...
"...Most of the members joined because of persecution by the advanced civilization Ethlan..."
"…and was once funded by a mysterious organization…"
After reading through each paragraph, An Ye's expression became even uglier.
He was unfamiliar with the place and had no way of contacting the organization.
He clicked on the bright blue fonts in the text one by one, jumping to payment pages one by one. He spent tens of millions of star coins and finally saw a familiar name.
"…Three hundred and twenty-four years ago, the Torch Organization suffered an unprecedented devastating blow. A traitor emerged from the upper echelons, and all three A-level lifeforms were killed. Only the Holy Revolution Organization extended a helping hand, allowing them to linger..."
"Shengge..." he muttered, then opened the contacts, searched one by one, finally found someone, and tried to initiate a communication.
After a long beep, the call finally connected. The other party's voice was hoarse and a bit surprised. "An Ye? I heard that you did something big in the Xingyuan Empire. If you weren't busy escaping, how did you have time to contact me?"
"Wendell, do you have any impression of the Torch Organization?" An Ye asked directly.
"Torch Organization?" Wendel hesitated at first.
"A local resistance organization active in the Silver Group." An Ye reminded.
"I remember the Silver Cluster, near the Corona Borealis ring of the Xingyuan Empire." Wendel suddenly realized, "There was indeed a local resistance organization and an interesting civilization. They actually mastered the technology to communicate with dimensional creatures, and then they were wiped out."
"But the rest of them seem to have joined the Torch Organization and caused quite a bit of trouble."
"Do you have the contact information of their leader?" An Ye asked.
"What do you want to do? Did they provoke you?" Wendel asked back.
"Something happened." An Ye didn't explain.
"Ha..." Wendel laughed. "I heard that the Xingyuan Empire activated a high-dimensional blockade device in the Corona Borealis ring, and it's constantly shrinking. You're trapped inside, right?"
An Ye frowned and said nothing.
"Grand Duke Gu Ya, tsk... you're really brave." Wendel praised, then changed the subject: "How about this, tell me who hired you to assassinate Grand Duke Gu Ya."
"I'll give you the contact information of the leader of the Torch Organization."
"Get lost!" An Ye frowned, and Wendel sighed, "If that's the case, then there's nothing we can do."
"Don't forget, you still owe me your life."
Wendell paused and said helplessly, "Well, forget it. Tell me why you want to contact the Torch Organization, and I will tell you the contact information of its leader."
After a moment's hesitation, An Ye said, "The Phantom Hunter is damaged. I need to find someone to repair it."
"Huh?" Wendell was stunned. "Your gun is broken? No wonder you couldn't escape."
"But are you sure there's someone in that small place who can repair your gun?"
An Ye frowned and said, "There is a great mechanic named Qinglong. It seems possible."
"Qinglong? The Great Mechanic can't do that...huh?" Wendel stopped halfway through his sentence, as if he was looking up some information.
"This Azure Dragon isn't from the Silver Cluster? It's not even from the Corona Borealis Ring... Interesting, but he doesn't seem to be a Forge-level mechanic either."
"It's just a repair, maybe it doesn't require a Forge-level mechanic." An Ye shook his head and said impatiently, "I've already explained the reason, it's your turn."
Wendell sent an electronic business card and said, "It seems you've really reached a dead end, pinning your hopes on a path that has almost no chance of success."
"If this fails, the renowned Dark Night might be doomed..."
"Don't worry, if I escape, I will come to you first." An Ye said expressionlessly.
Wendel's laughter stopped, and he said helplessly:
"Mind you, we only gave them a little help a few hundred years ago. These resistance groups have their own agendas and are unwavering."
"They seem to be busy with some big plans lately and may not be willing to contact you."
"Even you can't speak?" An Ye frowned.
Wendell shook his head and sneered, "Who am I? I can't provide them with any help, nor can I threaten them. Why would they listen to me?"
An Ye ended the communication directly, stroked the black box behind him, looked up at the starry sky without silver, and seemed a little worried.
Wendel was right. Without this gun, he couldn't break through the high-dimensional blockade and could only wait to be caught in a trap.
Moreover, due to his sudden action some time ago, it seemed that the Xingyuan Empire discovered that he was in the land of stars, and the blockade range was suddenly narrowed to several nearby star clusters.
"A faint hope..."
…
At the Torch Organization headquarters, Li Ming was considering his many hidden possessions when Jesaya suddenly came to visit him.
"Sir Jesseia." Li Ming opened the door. He didn't have a bad impression of Jesseia. His main combat profession, mechanical cavalry, was learned from him.
He also wanted to find the other party and ask him about some things about Deyes, but he didn't expect the other party to come first.
After entering the room, Jessiah extended his hand, opened his palm, and a small device popped out, interfering with the force field, immediately surrounding the two people.
Li Ming has already done a rough check and found that there is no surveillance equipment in the room.
The Torch Organization also knows that this is a waste of time and it is better to leave a good impression.
"Lord Monroe, was it repaired by you?" Jessiah went straight to the point, suppressing his excitement.
"Huh?" Li Ming was surprised, his eyes flickering slightly: "What Monroe?"
Jesseya suppressed his excitement and explained, "Don't worry, I am a loyal follower of Lord Monroe. I know that Lord Monroe has been hiding in the Land of the Stars."
"When I saw the silver mechanical body that assisted you in the battle, I was certain that it was Lord Monroe."
(End of this chapter)
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