Chapter 310: Qinglong's Purpose? I really can't figure it out!
"Self-destruction?" Everyone frowned. It was just an accident and they were not worried.
Prince Baijan whispered, "It must have been set up by Benny. He already knows that he has no value."
"If this place explodes, nothing will be found out." Albert looked at Asmara: "Can this be stopped?"
"It takes time to crack the control core." Asmara shook her head.
Albert was silent and looked at Qinglong again. The others also looked at Qinglong.
"Cracking it isn't as easy as you think." Li Ming also shook his head: "I'm not good at virtual data applications, unless you give me some time."
Reina didn't believe it: "Aren't you a Forge-level mechanic? You could even fix the Star Killer Spear in the blink of an eye. Can't you fix this core?"
"I'm a mechanic, not a god. Do you know how much preparation I made to repair that gun?" Li Ming patted his chest, making a thumping sound.
"You guessed right, my mecha doesn't have any offensive capabilities. After all, it consumes a lot of energy, and I might not even be able to hit you. It's better to focus on defense."
"At the same time, there are some special methods. Defense alone cannot become my star-forging device. It cost a lot of money to achieve the scene just now."
"Let me smash this place, just one punch will do, let me crack it, that will have to wait."
Everyone had different expressions and didn't pay much attention to what Qinglong said next. They only heard the word "head".
Reina's already dark face seemed to become even darker. He said angrily, "If it can't be broken, then it can't be broken. Why are you talking so much?"
Li Ming shook his head, too lazy to pay attention to him, and revealed that the time was counting down and was almost reaching zero.
They could only retreat temporarily, retreating a considerable distance and standing on a temporary platform. The warships gathered around them, watching the core ruins collapse inward.
The central area was rippling with invisible waves, silently and without any major energy explosions, only the core ruins that were constantly condensing, collapsing, and deforming.
A large explosion would leave behind debris, but this type of collapse would leave nothing.
"Who took the things inside?" Reina asked in a cold tone, and no one spoke.
"Alas, I was full of expectations, what a pity..." Li Ming shook his head and turned around and said, "Everyone, I'm leaving first."
"Wait!" Reina said in a deep voice, and then he felt his brows tremble. He still said stubbornly: "Qinglong, you are a Casting Star Mechanic, and you have sneaked in a long time ago. You are the most suspicious here."
"Then why should I advocate opening the core ruins?" Li Ming asked back.
"You did it on purpose. I'm afraid you killed Gabriel." Reina's true intentions were exposed.
"Funny, is there any connection between the two?" Li Ming sneered.
"Then why did you go to so much trouble to infiltrate the Combined Fleet? To go shopping?" Reina pressed on. "These two things must be related to you!"
As he finished speaking, he saw the mechanical head turn around and glance at him indifferently. Even through the helmet, he seemed to feel the other party's contemptuous gaze, which made him even more annoyed.
"If you want to infer from my sneaking in here," Li Ming said calmly, "Sir Asmara, may I ask how I sneaked in?"
Asmara, who was suddenly called out, hesitated and said, "Your Excellency must have used the Torch Organization to reveal Li Ming's whereabouts, allowing us to capture him and send Li Ming here first."
"You know he has incredible potential for development. Even if we were to discover him, we wouldn't be able to do anything to him."
"Then, using the method of sacrificing dimensional creatures, I teleported you here."
Well, it is indeed connected to the dimensional creatures. Li Ming nodded. He didn’t know how Asuma guessed it, so he let the other party speak first.
"Then it's interesting. Li Ming has been under strict surveillance. How did he do it?" Li Ming asked again.
Asmara was confused and continued, "Yes, Li Ming's development potential is indeed amazing. Although he has been given certain preferential treatment, he has not been looked down upon."
"I've even specially placed a Class A gene suppressor on him and placed him under 24/7 surveillance. If he makes any unusual movements, I'll be aware of them immediately."
Albert nodded secretly, there was nothing wrong with Asuma's response.
"Until the interference of the dark tide of the stars..." Asmara paused at this point, a glint flashing in her eyes as she looked at Reina:
"This sudden onslaught of stellar dark tide changed everything and allowed Li Ming to complete his sacrifice. Your Excellency Reina, this stellar dark tide shouldn't have come about suddenly."
Reina's face froze. How did this conversation end up with the Judge Civilization?
He knew about the Star Stream Dark Tide. It seemed that Antonio had found someone and used some method to form it. He was quite surprised when he found out about it.
The dark tide of stars caused a major breakdown of the joint fleet, allowing Li Ming to escape and teleport Qinglong here.
The judge has become an accomplice?
No, this group of people suspect that I was the one who created the Star Stream Dark Tide!
Everything fits together so perfectly that he even starts to wonder if Antonio has secretly reached some kind of agreement with the Torch Organization.
"Bullshit! Does that mean that without this dark stellar tide, you won't be able to join the combined fleet?" Reina said coldly. Antonio would definitely report this crucial plan to him.
"You must have a backup plan!"
"Are you two... deliberately putting on a show for us?" Asmara suddenly said, glancing suspiciously at Reina and Qinglong.
Albert's expression suddenly froze. Yes.
Does the murder have to be one of them? Can't they do it together?
"You're being unreasonable." Reina was even more annoyed. He really wanted to destroy everything, but unfortunately, he wasn't invincible yet. He stared at Asmara coldly.
"You entered the ruins many years ago. You might have taken everything away then. You've been acting all these years."
They started to make random accusations. Under such circumstances, it was almost impossible to find out the truth.
Li Ming also looked over in agreement, "That makes sense."
Asmara's expression tightened slightly. Seeing Qinglong agreeing with him, Reina felt as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly. He said coldly, "Only by searching his memory can we prove his innocence."
His gaze fell on Wu Yanqing, "He should be useless."
"He can't do that. After all, he is another teacher of my student. Anyone who touches him needs to be careful." Li Ming reminded lightly.
Asmara also said immediately: "I still have people who went in there before, I can hand them over."
Are you kidding? Wu Yanqing knew the truth about Gabriel's death, so how could his memory be searched?
Reina snorted coldly, while Li Ming shook his head and said, "It's obviously pointless to continue arguing. This matter is not simple. I need to go back and think about it carefully."
"As for other things, it has nothing to do with me. If anyone wants to stop me, then go ahead." Li Ming's tone was very casual, and Reina was so angry that he was fuming.
Qinglong is not like him. He follows Grand Duke Gu Ya. Once the other party leaves here, it will be difficult to find any trace of him.
Adding to the matter of Star Stream Undercurrent, Gabriel's death must be linked to him in some way.
He felt cold all over, and An Ye was still watching him in secret. He couldn't break Qinglong's mecha and couldn't defend against An Ye's sneak attack. How could he stop him?
He could only watch the other party, calling on his own men, and gradually leave the central area.
During the time they were in a stalemate, the outer warships had already formed a third-outer-third-layer array, but now they had to open a gap.
Wherever they passed, the Itlan people, the golden-eyed people, and the plunderers all watched the group leave, their eyes filled with awe, envy, jealousy, resentment, and so on.
But until they returned to the small, broken battleship, not a single energy flame was lit.
………
While the onlookers were either excited or frightened, or yearning or envious,
On the roof of one of the warships, Blackbeard stroked his chin and watched the group leave.
"Qinglong, he must be the one who has been secretly fanning the flames recently. What a powerful mecha... Such a thick shell..."
Before, in the eyes of others, the central area was just a constantly exploding energy wave field, but he could see it clearly.
"So, this guy has been planning this since he joined the Torch Organization. No, even before that."
Blackbeard had known the name Qinglong for a long time, but he didn't take it seriously at first. He thought he was just a great mechanic driven by greed. Until what happened just now, he was extremely surprised.
"He has been planning for so long, so his purpose is most likely to sublime the source crystal." Blackbeard has been recalling various clues since the beginning, and now he has a preliminary outline.
"Li Ming is his student, with a development potential as high as level 46, but he has been struggling on that small planet for so long and even became Wu Yanqing's student. He should be investigating..." Blackbeard always pays close attention to his chess pieces.
"Investigate whether there is any problem behind the entire incident of the core ruins."
Li Ming also didn't take it too seriously until recently when he was shocked by the news from within the Combined Fleet that this child's development potential was as high as level 46.
After the Azure Dragon appeared, it was as if a bolt of lightning connected all of this together.
"He went to the Land of the Stars again, exposed the level of the Great Mechanic, and joined the Torch Organization. It must be to get close to Benny, the descendant of the Sublimator..."
"He even saved Monroe. I'm afraid he must have seen the secret behind the whole thing."
Blackbeard's expression became more and more solemn. This Qinglong might have figured out all their plans in this area.
Before this, he didn't know that Monroe was still alive.
"He's already a Casting Star-level mechanic, yet he still refuses to modify his body. However, his development potential is probably severely insufficient. He's searching for the Sublimation Source Crystal in order to increase his development potential."
Thinking of this, Blackbeard couldn't help but sigh, "How low is his development potential."
It's not that there are no ways to improve the potential of fundamental development in Interstellar, it's just that the cost is a bit high. With the capital of a Casting Star-level mechanic, he must have tried many methods.
But this Azure Dragon is still a B-level life form, which is enough to show that its foundation is terribly poor.
Due to the genetic adaptability of living organisms, most methods of enhancing fundamental development potential can only be used once.
Therefore, Qinglong needs to constantly look for new ways to enhance development potential, so he set his sights on the sublimation source crystal.
But he did not act blindly. Instead, he carefully investigated and figured out the whole story before taking action.
Everything fits perfectly, and the motives and behaviors have reasonable explanations.
"He's really cautious. Even if he doesn't know our origins, he must know that there are many people behind this." Blackbeard's eyes were dim.
"However, he must know that the Sublimation Source Crystal has been stolen. All the preparations made over the past few years have been wasted. The person behind this will not let this go..."
His mind shifted, and he was slightly surprised: "So, we're going to use Gabriel in exchange?"
Their purpose was naturally to provoke disputes, and they used sublimation source crystals because it was the smoothest. After planning for so long, everything happened naturally.
Gabriel's death was the most explosive, like a thunderclap out of nowhere, striking Reina.
"So, he has guessed our purpose."
He shook his head. The current situation had developed completely differently from what he had expected. He was not angry, but felt a little weird instead.
"But the Sublimation Source Crystal only needs to be used once. He could have cooperated with anyone to borrow it. There's no need to resort to such violent means, or even kill Gabriel directly."
"So what does he want to do?" Blackbeard speculated.
A star-casting mechanic who has been dormant for so long must have something big in mind.
A series of information intertwined in his mind. Suddenly, his expression paused, and an indescribable expression suddenly appeared on his face. A flash of lightning flashed through his mind:
"Could it be... a token of allegiance?"
"Could it be that he not only guessed the purpose of this time, but also more, so...he wants to join!?"
The last of the fog suddenly dissipated, and the mecha seemed to be standing in front of him, staring at him quietly.
Blackbeard's expression was uncertain. Qinglong heard the news about the sublimation source crystal and crossed the interstellar space to the Northern Crown Star Ring.
Later, he accidentally discovered Li Ming, an excellent seedling, and accepted him as a student. He used him to get close to the original chess piece - Wu Yanqing.
Gradually, I figured out the whole story and became keenly aware that there was an invisible hand behind it.
But he was not sure how big these hands were. Later, he came to the Land of Stars and contacted Monroe, repaired him, and learned more.
After peeling back the layers, he realized that these big hands wanted something bigger and more than he had imagined.
So, an idea came to his mind. He also wanted to get a piece of the pie, but if he made any rash contact, it would inevitably arouse the vigilance and disgust of the mastermind behind the scenes.
So Qinglong remained calm, showing his ability and strength by adding fuel to the fire, and killed Gabriel as a token of his loyalty, proving that he was not from the Xingyuan Empire.
Blackbeard let out a long sigh and squinted his eyes. "This cake is too big and too hard to divide. It doesn't matter if you are one more person. However, there is one thing that needs to be confirmed..."
These things were just his own unilateral speculations. Although he was 90% sure, there was still one most important link that had not been verified, and that was the ownership of the sublimation source crystal.
If Qinglong was caught while escaping after a successful operation, that would be understandable, as no one can plan everything for sure.
Besides, Qinglong's methods can provide a backup, so there is no danger to life.
But if you are caught before the action even begins, that is a completely different matter, as your methods are ultimately inferior.
As for what happened in the core ruins, he didn't know it at the first time and needed to wait for news.
(End of this chapter)
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