Chapter 421: It feels so good to let you win, how can I still play?
His control objects are not compatible with the upper level. A-level control objects cannot have any effect on him who is S-level.
For example, the [Shadow Human Skin], its ability to converge information state is just a decoration, and now it can only be used as a simple mimicry skin.
Of course, after reaching S-level, his ability to restrain himself becomes even stronger.
Many control objects have been upgraded to S-level and have very good capabilities. The main combat system is the core and the first to be upgraded, but other items can sometimes also have miraculous effects and cannot be ignored.
"I still have divine power, but I used it all up this time. This thing can be used temporarily in an emergency, so I need to replenish it..."
He figured that the easiest thing to upgrade right now was the mechanical guard, which didn't require any upgrading materials, only metal energy.
With the current support, if it is upgraded to S-level, each one should be able to have the strength of nearly 100S level and share half of his data support.
In combat mode, the power he can enjoy is more than a hundred times stronger than he actually is.
If the life level of the mechanical guard could not surpass his own, it would be most appropriate to use the metal energy obtained before to upgrade the guard.
Each billion adds up to six billion, which means at least five hundred billion star coins are needed to purchase metal materials.
Why does it feel like it’s not a lot?
Li Ming did not gasp at the number. Instead, he realized that the control system was becoming more and more incredible, and was secretly shocked.
He was thinking here, while the army of spaceships outside the Mechanical King's Court had begun to gradually disperse, and a long queue formed in front of the star gate.
It has only been in the past two months that the situation has reached such a scale. It is not easy to evacuate in a short period of time.
The queue-jumping incident even caused a lot of fights, but the Mechanical Royal Court quickly sent patrol spacecraft to help maintain order.
The might of the Azure Dragon had just passed, so naturally no one dared to resist. They all lined up obediently in a long queue that could almost circle the Mechanical Royal Court two or three times.
"Chuangzao, are you leaving too?" muttered the Mechanical Soul Master in the command room. "We'll have to wait in line for days here. Why not go down and talk to Qinglong?"
"I'm not interested." The carrier of the God of Creation had a blank expression on his face, but his heart was bleeding. He had been busy for nearly half a year looking for clues about Levenbeck.
As a result, he got nothing and everything was taken away by Qinglong. He was afraid that he would see Qinglong and would not be able to resist taking action.
Barbarole was not interested either. He came here in secret and has now returned to his spaceship.
"It seems that I have to strengthen my connection with this master craftsman in the future." Sheffield smiled and was in a good mood. He had already made the investment and was sitting on the Diaoyutai.
Anduin nodded. "Indeed, the stargate here should be expanded. A level 4 stargate is clearly not enough. Mechanical Soul, give me Qinglong's contact information. I'll talk to him about upgrading it to a level 2 stargate."
In the past, the strongest strength Qinglong showed was when he hit Ryan with a cannon. Although the outside world had many speculations about him, it was not as direct as showing his fist.
Just based on the individual strength that Qinglong has shown now, he is already qualified to be on par with them.
Barbaroer, this guy, didn't care about the mechanic and gave away the small planet last time, let alone him.
Everyone had their own thoughts. They would inevitably have to deal with this Azure Dragon for a long time in the future, and no one wanted to make an enemy for no reason.
The Mechanical Soul Master has already left the spaceship and landed in the Mechanical Royal Court.
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"I just don't know more about this level of X-level life forms. It seems to be different from previous life levels."
Just as he was thinking about it, a voice suddenly came from the video link at the door, "Master, the Mechanical Soul Master has sent a visit request."
"Him?" Li Ming wanted to refuse, but something moved him and he said, "Please invite him to the reception area first."
"Yes." The video device went off, Li Ming stood up, tidied himself up, and a few minutes later, he met the mechanical soul master in the reception area.
"Li Ming?" The Soul Mechanical Master looked at the newcomer and couldn't help but ask, "Where's your teacher?"
"When you came, he had just left. The armor was badly damaged and needs to be repaired when he returns." Li Ming apologized slightly, "I have sent a message, but the teacher doesn't often read my messages. I don't know how long it will take for him to reply."
"If you have urgent matters, I will contact him through special communication methods."
If the creator was here, Li Ming would definitely not say this. The old fox would definitely let him contact him on the spot.
The Soul Mechanical Master simply waved his hand and said, "Forget it, there's nothing urgent. I wanted to chat with him, but since he's busy, I'll leave first."
"Sir Divine Craftsman..." Li Ming couldn't help but speak. The Mechanical Soul Divine Craftsman said in a warm manner, "Just call me Reynolds. Do you have anything else to say?"
Li Ming smiled shyly: "Well...my teacher left in a hurry. I asked him what level Ryan was among the X-level beings...but he didn't tell me..."
This level of information is no longer circulated in the interstellar space, and even in the black hole network there is very little information.
"Young people..." Reynolds couldn't help but laugh, "They just love to compete in fighting strength."
"You..." As he said this, he suddenly paused and looked at Li Ming in surprise and suspicion, suddenly realizing something was wrong.
Why does it feel like this kid's life force is unusually strong?
His carrier body was only used for daily travel, and the various equipment on it were not too advanced, so it could no longer see through Li Ming's life level.
He wasn't sure if it was because of the other party or some kind of Qinglong's equipment. After thinking for a moment, he simply sat down and said, "Since you want to know, then I'll tell you..."
Li Ming sat upright and listened to the other party's narration. The Interstellar Alliance was established more than 50,000 years ago, and the existence time of the Empire and the Federation was much longer than that.
The known evolutionary paths have long been developed to their limits. Although it is impossible to make the ultimate leap, many methods of expansion have been derived.
For example, after the development progress is fully accelerated, if you fuse the X-level gene seed again, if your body can hold on, you can continue to develop the second gene seed and continue to strengthen yourself.
At this point, Reynolds gave an example: "Like Barbaroel, this guy fused the second X-level gene seed more than three hundred years ago..."
"Barbarol..." Li Ming looked surprised, but Reynolds just mentioned it briefly and continued his story.
And this is just one way to broaden the path of evolution.
There are also ways to discover other evolutionary paths and open up another one, such as forcibly awakening superpowers or absorbing elemental energy.
"Anduin is like that. Rumor has it that he has sixteen paths of evolution." Reynolds said, seeing Li Ming's expression change, and then explained:
"It sounds like a lot of them, but the vast majority of them can't even evolve to S-level."
Finally, he emphasized, "But these aren't considered Ultimate Lifeforms. Essentially, they're still exploring and evolving at Level X. There are always limits to how much they can enhance."
"Perhaps the energy level can increase from 100X to 500X, or even 1000X, or even more, but it will never happen that after a life transition, every tiny bit of enhancement is a hundred times that of the lower-level life form."
Reynolds couldn't help but sigh as he spoke: "So, it's also called the Ultimate Road. Walking on the Ultimate Road, I don't know when I'll see the end."
"The ultimate path should be equivalent to the secondary overlord. This ultimate leap is extraordinary." Li Ming couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
But Titan had seven or eight such ultimate life forms, but they were all gone.
He sighed in his heart, thinking that it was still too far away to think about these things, the Holy Castle had not even been opened yet.
Then, Reynolds explained, "Also, in actual combat, you can't win by relying on paper energy levels. After all, within the realm of X-level life forms, the gap won't be that big."
Li Ming looked as if he suddenly understood something and thanked the other party repeatedly for clearing up his confusion.
Reynolds said it was nothing, this information was no secret between them, since Qinglong didn't have time, he just said it casually.
After sending the Mechanical Soul Master away, Li Ming was still pondering what Reynolds said.
Before he returned to the room, his smart terminal rang. It was Costat.
After adjusting and answering the call, the other party's face appeared on the screen, his expression calm. "Qinglong, we are ready to leave. It was a pleasure to cooperate with you this time. I hope there will be a next time."
"Happy?" Li Ming remained noncommittal and said calmly, "I don't like to have much contact with partners who act on their own initiative."
Costat shook his head, as if he didn't understand what he meant. "Exposing interstellar massacres is a good reputation."
Everyone pretended to be ignorant even though they knew the truth. The thing had already happened, and Li Ming didn't argue with him about it any further.
Levenbeck's ugly face appeared in his mind, and Li Ming's eyes flickered. "Be careful on the road, don't let Ryan get away."
Costat was slightly startled and asked, "Do you know something else?"
"I don't know." Li Ming shook his head and said bluntly, "I just think that instead of taking Ryan back, it's better to kill him on the spot."
"He is of the imperial royal blood. Even if he needs to be executed, it should be us who should do it." Costat was very firm in his attitude on this matter.
"Execution?" Li Ming's meaning was unfathomable. "Oh, don't tell me you're really going to kill him. Aren't you curious about how he became like this?"
"Ryan will definitely be executed. This is the Empire's commitment to the interstellar space." Costat said calmly.
Li Ming sneered, "I don't care whether you execute him or not, I don't want him to suddenly pop up and cause trouble for me one day."
Kostat shook his head, knowing he was in the wrong on this matter. He then said, "I'm contacting you this time to inform you of another matter. The Higher Life Form Alliance will be put on the agenda soon. If possible, within two weeks, and no more than a month at the latest. I hope you're prepared."
"Hmm?" Li Ming was surprised and doubtful. "You chose the perfect time."
He felt something was wrong. Prince Costat had believed him so easily before, and he could explain it by saying that the Empire might have found some clues.
However, this alliance of higher life forms has been suppressing this for such a long time and has been reluctant to announce it to the public.
Now that it’s suddenly on the agenda, to be honest, the timing is perfect.
After all, Ryan did something big.
Even if the empire sacrifices its own relatives for the sake of justice, there will still be some impact, which may cause turmoil in the situation and cause a lot of losses.
But with the counterattack of the Alliance of Higher Life Forms, it would be difficult to cause any waves.
So perfect?
Everything is interconnected. I always feel that the empire seems to know a lot and has calculated it very well.
"The enemy is in the dark, and we are in the light. If we don't make more preparations, it will be difficult to protect ourselves. I hope that Lord Qinglong will help us in the future." Costat said meaningfully, and then ended the communication.
"There's something extremely wrong..."
Li Ming looked at the dark screen with a frown.
He originally thought that this was a matter of the empire being forced to cut off its limbs in order to survive, but Costat suddenly brought up the Alliance of Higher Life Forms, which made him alert.
Why does it feel like I'm just going with the flow?
"But with Ryan in trouble, the Starry Sea garrison base is bound to be shaken. He's been blocking my door here for two months, and the situation over there is already urgent."
"The Empire's losses are significant no matter how you look at it... No..." a thought flashed through his mind, "We can't view the Empire as a whole. If we do, there will indeed be some losses."
"From what I know, the garrison base is already under the control of the House of Lords. For Adam, it's a piece of fat meat that he can only see but cannot eat."
"Ryan isn't his man either. With this heavy blow, the House of Lords will inevitably be suppressed, and their voice will be eroded by both sides. This will actually benefit Adam greatly."
"Good Saint Emperor..." Li Ming murmured in a low voice, "If Adam knew about this from the beginning and just kept it to himself, and I happened to find him, I could have taken advantage of it..."
This Holy Emperor is often used as a background figure, but he is the winner of the palace fight and should not be underestimated.
Based on the known information, he could only make a rough guess.
He suppressed the House of Lords, regained his voice, established a good reputation, and organized a coalition of higher life forms to bring Ryan back and further study alchemical substances.
Win, win big and win big.
But, how can I play when you are winning so happily?
If it was a win-win cooperation where both sides got what they needed, he would only admire Adam's skills, but the Empire had cheated him, which was really unfair.
There was a dangerous light flashing in Li Ming's eyes. Adam won so happily that he should not mind a counterattack from him. Letting the tiger go back to the mountain was not his style.
If Ryan really ran away, or negotiated some terms with Adam and became a family, he would be in a lot of trouble.
"I'll take a gamble and hope Levenbeck won't let me down."
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"Contact the Mechanical Royal Court and ask them to clear the way. How long do we have to wait for this?"
Prince Costat looked at the long line in front of the star gate, and couldn't help feeling impatient. He turned around and issued orders to his subordinates.
The men moved swiftly, and so did the Mechanical Royal Court—
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, this is not the jurisdiction of the Mechanical Royal Court. We don't have the right to force these teams to make way. We can't help you."
On the screen, Li Ming said with an apologetic look, and then added kindly: "You can use the imperial prestige to order them to give way."
Costat's face darkened. Why did this kid speak so unpleasantly? What did he mean by an order? Would the Empire do such a thing?
He just thought Qinglong had suffered a loss and didn't want to help. He was too lazy to talk to Li Ming. When he was about to hang up, he heard the other party say:
"By the way, please wait a moment. The teacher has prepared a gift for Saint Emperor Adam and is on the way."
(End of this chapter)
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