Chapter 332: The Infinite Hammer of the Forging Master
Blackbeard... Ever since they parted ways at Red River Star Flow, he and the other party had never met again. They only occasionally kept in touch on the Internet and exchanged some information.
As for the organization behind the other party, or even the core plan, he never heard them mention it again.
While thinking in his mind, his body shape was changing at the same time, and soon he turned into a blue dragon and established a communication connection.
There was a response soon, and a virtual screen unfolded in front of him. Blackbeard was still rubbing his beard and smiling at the same time.
"I didn't expect that you still remembered me." Li Ming said lightly to express his dissatisfaction. The last time they met, the first thing he said was to split the Xingyuan Empire.
After that, there was no further communication, and no one mentioned introducing him to other people, and they even refused to let him join the group chat.
"What does Lord Qinglong mean?" Blackbeard looked surprised.
Li Ming said calmly, "Do I need to go through some tests before I can be accepted?"
Blackbeard coughed dryly, "Misunderstanding, our organization is loose to begin with, and this is also to retain more strength in the event of being discovered."
"Really? I've been waiting for your big plan." Li Ming did not comment.
"How can the plan be so fast..." Blackbeard shook his head and explained, "The personnel transfer, deployment, and various other plans have already aroused the vigilance of many people in the last incident at Red River Star Stream. Sir, please be patient."
Li Ming had a blank expression on his face. He certainly knew this truth. Every previous plan of the other party had taken several years to plan.
The Red River Star Flow incident has only come to an end since the end of the war between the two sides. There will not be the next step so soon, but we still have to maintain the right attitude.
Blackbeard was helpless. They were indeed not very confident about Qinglong within their organization, mainly because his origins were completely unknown. There were not many places that could hide a mechanic of this level.
"Actually, I have my own difficulties..." Blackbeard said helplessly, with a wry smile: "Your Excellency's background is unpredictable, and some friends are really worried. If you can reveal a little..."
"I remember that it was you who came to invite me to join. Why do you distrust me now?" Li Ming asked in return, "Besides, do you know each other well?"
Blackbeard paused, shook his head and said, "Forget it, Your Excellency is right, some people's nonsense."
After a few words, they got to the point. Blackbeard said solemnly, "Do you know the Master Hammersmith?"
"Heer?" A sharp gleam flashed in Li Ming's eyes. "Heer, the master forger, was one of the leaders in establishing the Mechanics Association, but he seems to have disappeared for a long time."
"Indeed." Blackbeard nodded. "The Hammersmith once delved deep into the dimensional world, searching for precious materials and tissues, but he never returned. His Infinite Hammer also vanished, causing countless mechanics grief."
"Recently, we've learned some clues that his disappearance might be related to the Xingyuan Empire."
"Really..." Li Ming stroked his chin. The master forger was extremely famous and had a high reputation among mechanics.
He is higher than the other two master craftsmen and has made great efforts to fight for the interests of the mechanics.
He was the first person to clearly divide the levels of mechanics, which benefited the mechanics a lot.
If it can be confirmed that his disappearance is indeed related to the Xingyuan Empire, the anger of the mechanics group will be enough to further reduce his luck.
"Is it true or false?" Li Ming asked suddenly.
Blackbeard shook his head, "What does it matter if it's true or not?"
"This matter needs to be exposed by someone of sufficient weight. We have already contacted two Casting-star mechanics and Your Excellency."
Li Ming pondered, "Three star-level mechanics from the Mechanics Association would be enough, but without a master craftsman to support such a major event..."
"The support of the Divine Craftsmen came from the top down. But it's also possible to work from the bottom up and coerce the Divine Craftsmen." Blackbeard shook his head. "Our goal isn't to make the Mechanics Association completely hostile to the Xingyuan Empire, or even to take action. This incident alone is enough."
All rivers flow into the sea, and things accumulate one after another. When they explode, they will be shattered into pieces.
"Specific plan..." Li Ming asked.
Blackbeard immediately said: "This matter is divided into three steps..."
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"Of course, I will take care of your students' business."
Blackbeard ended the call with a smile, pulled up a document, and studied it for a long time. "Such a small business... and he still wants me to take care of it. What on earth does he want to do?"
Blackbeard couldn't understand, if Li Ming wanted to play house, would Qinglong still play with him?
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"The master hammersmith, the infinite heavy hammer..." Li Ming looked at the photo on the screen. Hull was a giant, four meters tall, with red skin and white beard.
The hammer in his hand was purple-black, dotted with stars. If it was an S-class weapon, a star-forging tool, it could be called an interstellar treasure.
This hammer is a cosmic treasure that combines destructive power and auxiliary capabilities. It is said that one hammer strike can change the properties of an object, and it is even useful for living things, and can change a man into a woman.
It looked ridiculous, but Li Ming knew that this changed his cognition of the universe and even his self-cognition.
Even breaking through space and traveling across galaxies.
Blackbeard's plan consists of three steps: news brewing, interstellar attention, and truth exposure.
The first two steps do not require their intervention, only this last step requires them to go deep into the dimensional world and discover the "truth."
Of course, there are various details in between, and Blackbeard didn't say much.
When planning in advance, you will always encounter various unexpected events, and you need to make constant adjustments and act accordingly.
Li Ming took the opportunity to ask the other party to take care of his student Li Ming's business.
During this period, the news had spread, and Qinglong had planted flags and set up poles in the chaotic star gap.
Although on the surface, the owner of the base is Li Ming, no one cares about this little guy.
The arms dealers, in particular, felt like they were facing a formidable enemy. The reputation and prestige of a star-level mechanic in related fields were not comparable to those of ordinary people.
Although compared to their business, the turnover of this so-called Mechanical Royal Court is nothing.
They even say that if other forces were to start a business, they wouldn't even care, even if the scale was a little bigger.
But this is a Casting Star-level mechanic. Once he decides to intervene, the share he wants will definitely not be a small one. How can we not be on high alert?
This is not to look down on Qinglong, but rather to be too serious.
All technological mechanical creations belong to the exclusive area of mechanics. Behind those large arms dealers, there are many star-level mechanics.
It is indeed not easy to make a name for yourself.
Various thoughts flashed through his mind. Li Ming checked the time and left the special training room. As soon as he walked out, the mimicked Suzaku landed on his shoulder.
"Is the warehouse ready?" he asked.
"It's ready. Ten thousand mechanical bodies have been put into storage." Suzaku responded.
Li Ming nodded, walked through the base corridor, and came to the huge warehouse at the back.
After stepping in here, the Suzaku on his shoulder also disappeared. There was no monitoring equipment here, let alone virtual imaging equipment.
The warehouse is brightly lit, and hundreds of large robotic arms and transport tracks are working non-stop.
This place is connected to the final assembly factory of the mechanical warriors. Every assembled mechanical warrior will be transported here and stored, layer by layer, hanging on the transport tracks.
Li Ming nodded involuntarily and walked to the middle. The circular metal platform on the ground quickly rose up and lifted it to the center of the mechanical combat array.
Then he stretched out his hands, and strands of golden arcs burst out from his fingertips, landing on the nearest mechanical body, and then rapidly multiplied. Large mechanical arcs burst out, one to two, two to four, and increased exponentially.
In the end, the entire mechanical combat array was shrouded in golden arcs of electricity.
But at the same time, the light on the mechanical warrior who first came into contact with the golden arc had faded, like a surging tide, from inside to outside, in less than five minutes in total.
The pupils of these mechanical warriors moved, and Li Ming was the first to speak, "Suzaku will access your system and guide you."
After hearing what he said, all the mechanical soldiers fell silent, started moving on their tracks, and walked down one by one.
Zhuque, the artificial intelligence created and enlightened by Li Ming himself, also has the ability to "take charge of all intelligent controlled objects."
"Tsk, six million metal energies..." Li Ming shook his head. The mechanical soldiers after being enlightened have absolute loyalty and will not be changed by any program.
The only trouble before was the need for control. Fortunately, the ability of [Mechanical King] allowed him to control it while constructing it.
However, this kind of control cannot gain any ability, nor can it be put into the control space.
But for Li Ming, it was worth the money.
These mechanical combat soldiers are all of uniformly manufactured models, classified as D-class, and the control requirement is 6,000 points of metal energy, which is the limit designed by Li Ming.
If he didn't have the [Mechanical Lord], he would have to spend an additional 60 million metal energy to control it, which would greatly slow down the start of his power.
This base, the numerous assembly lines it manufactures, and these mechanical soldiers have already consumed most of the remaining refined alloys.
One third of these mechanical soldiers will be instilled with relevant mechanical knowledge in order to manufacture weapons.
The remaining two-thirds, after being equipped with weapons, will be mixed with gray-eyed mercenaries to accept various missions.
"What we need to do next is to come and enlighten me every once in a while..." Li Ming estimated that the initial investment plus the subsequent profits would generate a continuous stream of income and form an autonomous cycle.
"After further expansion, we will be able to get involved in mining planets and master the refining of materials from the source. That will be the real takeoff."
"And you only need to find the energy needed to upgrade, and harvest regularly to improve your strength."
He pondered, but these things could not be rushed.
"Master, the regular meeting will last half an hour."
Coming out of the warehouse, Suzaku appeared on his shoulder again and reminded him at the right time.
Li Ming nodded. Since the Mechanical Royal Court got on track, there were a lot of things to do in the early stages, and a meeting would be held every three days to report and summarize.
He immediately went to the core meeting room. Ulrich had arrived early and was preparing various materials. Cornett was also there, along with Sandro. Middle-level managers were sitting in two rows.
Seeing him coming, Ulrich greeted him, looked around, and said, "Since everyone is here, let's start early."
Everyone sat upright. Ulrich looked at Li Ming, who nodded and said:
"The manpower issue we discussed at the last meeting has essentially been resolved. The first batch of mechanical combat soldiers has been produced, configured, and is ready for use."
Manpower is a big problem. The mercenaries under Huitong are all rough men and cannot do technical work.
Even highly automated assembly line production requires manpower.
Ulrich was not surprised. After the assembly line was built, the first thing produced was the mechanical soldiers, and all other things were put on hold. It has been almost a month, and it is time to see some results.
"This is even better. Production efficiency can be raised to a higher level..." Connit nodded. "The security company's arms are only two months away from delivery. There's still time..."
The two of them made a brief summary. Basically, there was nothing big, just a summary of performance and the overall situation seemed stable and improving.
Sandro had no say in these matters and was like a mute person.
More than an hour later, the middle-level managers left one after another, leaving only Ulrich and Konnit. Only then did their faces become solemn.
"Those arms dealers are becoming more active. Three days ago, a batch of orders was canceled, and the other party was even willing to pay a 10% penalty."
"Who are the main arms dealers?" Li Ming frowned slightly.
"Burke, Harlan, and Sibyl are leading the charge, along with many other small and medium-sized arms dealers..." Ulrich kneaded his brows. "They're not short of Forge-level mechanics."
The personal connection channels have already taken over the first batch of business, but the other party is using low prices to forcibly pry away their orders, and there is nothing they can do about it.
"Of course, with our current production capacity, we can't accept more orders, but if we want to expand, we should make preparations early." Ulrich hesitated and said, "Should we have His Excellency Qinglong greet those people?"
"Hmph, what's the point of saying hello? If they dare to steal our orders, we dare to destroy their merchant ships." Sandro said coldly, "It's just a matter of who has the bigger fist."
"It's not that simple. Are we still going to do business in the future?" Ulrich frowned.
Cornett added, "Recently, there have been a lot of unknown spaceships outside the galaxy. They must be trying to gather information."
"Hmm?" Li Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. They have even spied on the base camp?
"Mr. Sandro is right. It's just a matter of who has the bigger fist." Li Ming said indifferently.
Sandro grinned and glanced at Ulrich with pride.
Ulrich frowned and advised, "If we want to take action, we will have no choice but to abandon this place."
"Of course we won't attack their merchant ships. We'll clear the surrounding area first." Li Ming shook his head. The Chaos Star Gap was not really chaotic.
Even the Bristle Tooth Man who robbed us before knew how to pick on the weak.
At the same time, there is also an invisible rule - strength and power are equal.
Only a dominant figure like Anduin can control every stargate in the Chaos Star Gap.
Fists alone cannot support a large organization, but without enough fists, even a force cannot be formed.
"I'm afraid there are many people who want to weigh in on my teacher's worth."
Li Ming said slowly, Ulrich and Connit looked at each other, this was what they didn't say.
After the meeting, his orders were quickly implemented, and Sandro personally took action to clear out the exploration spacecraft near the galaxy one by one.
Some spies saw that the situation was not good and quickly retreated, barely escaping the disaster.
(End of this chapter)
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