Chapter 318: The Black Hole Palace of the Red Robe Archmage
Hearing Li Ming's words, the others who were chatting casually looked over at the same time, and then looked away at the same time.
Sandro, who was sitting there like a wall, made faces and gave an expression that every man could understand.
Everyone thought that Li Ming was young and hot-tempered, and wanted to have some fun.
Hearing what Li Ming said, the woman who was pouring wine for him was slightly stunned, her cheeks flushed, she stroked her hair shyly, and spoke in a low voice.
"I'm very nervous to meet such a distinguished guest like you..."
As she spoke, she did not forget to fill Li Ming's wine glass. The deep purple liquid was rippling with silver-white light spots, like the deep starry sky.
"What's your name?" Li Ming picked up the wine glass and shook it casually.
"Zhang Fina?" she whispered.
Li Ming paused slightly, a little surprised, "From Blue Star?"
Names of this format are quite rare in StarCraft.
"No, I'm from the Philbaps civilization." She explained in a low voice, and the other service staff showed envy when they saw her.
The male service staff stood in the corner. After initial contact, they found that there seemed to be no homosexuals in this group of people, which was quite a pity.
"Oh..." Li Ming nodded thoughtfully. Names of this format are not only found on Blue Star. The universe is so vast that there must be similar civilizations evolving.
He swirled his glass but refused to drink. He said slowly, "I want to ask, how did you know I would arrive today?"
As soon as the words fell, the conversations around them suddenly quieted down, and everyone looked over at the same time.
As a result, the service staff became confused and at a loss.
Zhang Feina looked nervous and confused, as if she didn't quite understand what Li Ming was saying. She trembled and said, "You, I don't quite understand what you mean."
Li Ming put down his wine glass and stood up.
He took the bottle from the other person's hand, turned it over and looked at the bottom of the bottle, then he took out a flashlight from somewhere.
When looking at the bottle from the side, the bottle body is crystal clear, and a very obvious small shadow appears on the bottom of the bottle.
It was a tiny, almost imperceptible eye, as if something had been injected into it.
"0.02mm micro pinhole..." Monroe frowned, stood up and took it, scanned it with his mechanical eye, and gave the data.
He looked at Li Ming in surprise again, wondering how he discovered it. It was almost impossible to see it in such a hidden place like the bottom of the bottle without magnification.
Moreover, it was obvious that they had been prepared. At least after they got on the bus, they did not notice anything abnormal about the woman.
"What did you inject?" Li Ming stared at the woman in front of him with an indifferent tone.
As soon as he finished speaking, a strong wind surged in the shuttle. At some point, Monroe had already arrived beside Zhang Fina, pinching her mouth tightly with his metal palm.
A thin metal wire clamp extended from her elbow, like a small snake. In the other person's horrified eyes, it reached into her mouth and quickly squeezed out a blue capsule.
"He's still a deadly warrior." Monroe looked at the tiny blue capsule.
Li Ming's brows moved slightly. With [Intelligent Assistance], nothing could escape his view, so he could find the tiny hole at the bottom of the bottle.
I just noticed the other person's mouth movements, but Monroe was faster.
Monroe's mechanical pupils flashed red, and then he crushed the blue capsule directly, emitting crackling sparks. It seemed to be an electronic item, not a medicine.
"The drug kills too slowly. As long as the outer shell is corroded by her gastric juice, this thing will explode directly." Monroe said.
Only then did he let go of Zhang Fina, who looked very frightened and trembling.
The other service staff were all terrified. Ulrich and the others looked over with murderous eyes.
An Ye's face didn't look good.
"Tell me, who sent you here?" Li Ming squatted in front of the girl with a calm tone.
Zhang Fina was pale and curled up. Although she looked terrified, she said nothing and just kept shaking her head.
"Is she here to assassinate you? She seems to be just a C or D-class life form?" Sandro felt inexplicably ridiculous. With their group of people here, it would be too disrespectful not to send an S-class life form.
"You don't have to send the strongest to assassinate someone. As long as you find the right opportunity, there are many poisons that can kill higher life forms." Ulrich shook his head, his eyes gloomy and uncertain, and swept over An Ye.
"The life force isn't high, but the intelligence is very accurate, and the timing is excellent. If Li Ming had really drunk this glass of wine..."
He was halfway through his words when Sandro couldn't help but frown and said, "We came all the way here without telling anyone, Ulrich. Did you betray them?"
"Get lost!" Ulrich's face darkened, and his words were incomprehensible: "Is she from the Xingyuan Empire?"
"Apart from them, I can't think of anyone else who would do it, but if it was them, their hands are too rough."
Moreover, it feels a little too early to prepare this bottle of wine in advance.
After they analyzed the situation, the leader of the service staff finally reacted, his throat rolling, and he hurried forward to explain:
"Dear guests, please don't be angry. We will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."
"Should we retreat first?" Ulrich was more cautious. His eyes fell on Li Ming. He now had a guess.
Could it be that Qinglong is fishing on purpose?
"Need not!"
An Ye's face was somewhat embarrassed. After all, he was the one who brought everyone here and had the status of half-host, but he encountered such a thing as soon as he arrived. He snorted coldly and simply said, "Wait for me for a moment."
After saying that, he disappeared. Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Monroe held up his wine glass, observed carefully, and said, "Unfortunately, I don't have a drug analyzer on me."
Li Ming frowned slightly. He was also surprised. They had jumped through multiple civilizations along the way, and their identities were handled through the black hole network. The network for external communication on the spacecraft was isolated, so there shouldn't be any problems.
How come we were discovered as soon as we got here?
If it really was the Xingyuan Empire, he would feel a chill in his heart.
There were no psychics among their group, so it was difficult to search their memories directly. Li Ming suddenly remembered and asked Cornett in the corner, "Mr. Cornett, have you activated your clone yet?"
"Corvis?" Connett's face was slightly stunned, and he hesitated. "At present, he can temporarily concentrate in the outside world, but I'm afraid he can't use his psychic abilities."
"Your clone has psychic abilities?" Sandro was surprised.
Cornett also murmured that Kovis's psychic ability had never been displayed on others.
The most recent display was when he was searching for the memories of several of his men in the base.
Could it be that Qinglong was also present at the time? Cornett subconsciously recalled, which involved a dark memory that he could not bear to look back on. His cheeks twitched, and he was too lazy to think about it.
At this moment, the car suddenly stopped and hovered in the air. Through the window, you can see that other shuttle cars on the nearby tracks have also stopped.
Immediately afterwards, there was a knock on the door, and the metal door opened automatically, letting in a strong wind.
A luxurious shuttle-shaped spaceship was docked on the side of the shuttle. It looked very ostentatious, with a bright red paint job and some strange patterns.
An Ye was standing at the door, calling them over.
Li Ming walked over first, and the others followed. Then soldiers wearing combat armor walked into the shuttle and detained each service staff member.
"I'm sorry, it was my fault for scaring you all." Beside An Ye, an old man in a long red robe appeared. Large swathes of his skin were covered in dense red scales that stopped at his neck. His facial features resembled those of a human, but he looked quite old.
Her hair was gray, her eyeshadow was thick with black, but her nails were painted in all sorts of colors, and her mannerisms were more feminine.
"He's the manager of Twin Peaks, Austin." An Ye introduced him briefly, his face displeased. "Twin Peaks has fallen into this state under your leadership? And someone's plotting an assassination right from the start?"
Austin covered his mouth. "Oh, oh, oh, I'm just here to work. You can't ask me to conduct a memory check on everyone."
"But don't worry, I will definitely find out what's going on."
As they were talking, Zhang Fina was brought up, already wearing a gene inhibitor. Austin made a "tsk tsk" sound and gently lifted Zhang Fina's chin with his three or four centimeter long nails.
The woman looked at Austin in horror, trembling and unable to speak.
"What a nice girl..." After saying that, he waved his hand, signaling to take the person away.
Then, he fixed his gaze on Li Ming, his eyes filled with wonder: "This person should be the student of Lord Qinglong. The potential for development at level 46 is truly incredible."
"Because of you..." He pointed at Li Ming, "Recently, many forces have sent people to some small civilizations, hoping to find another you."
Li Ming's face turned strange when he heard this. With the development of the Red River Star Stream incident, the fact that he had the potential for development at level 46 was bound to be revealed.
What he didn't expect was that it actually caused a butterfly effect.
"Where is Lord Qinglong?" Austin looked into the shuttle.
"The teacher has left for something." Li Ming explained.
"Left?" Austin was surprised, then covered his mouth with his hands, his eyes narrowed into slits. "Oh, to make it up to you all, I'll cover all your food and lodging for the next few days."
No one reacted much. It was just food and lodging, and wouldn't cost much.
As a few people were chatting, the luxurious spaceship started up, and the shuttle that was paused nearby began to move slowly. The life forms in it didn't know what was happening and looked around.
Under Austin's arrangement, they stayed in the most luxurious Star Hotel in the upper floors of Twin Peaks, with an entire floor booked.
The Twin Peaks node is divided into two parts, the upper part is more orderly and luxurious, and the lower part is more chaotic.
Walking on the carpet in the corridor, surrounded by silence, Sandro exclaimed in amazement, "I just checked on the Black Hole Network, and this Austin is actually an S-level psychic, nicknamed the Red Robe Master, who can control the five elemental powers."
“I really can’t tell…”
"The Twin Peaks Floating Island is not a small place in the chaotic star gap." Ulrich said lightly.
"This is not a small place like the Land of Stars. Be careful with what you say and do. If you get into any serious trouble, no one will save you." Jessiah said indifferently.
This time, Sandro rarely refuted and just shrank his head.
An Ye took Li Ming away and headed to Yeyue Laboratory. There was a shuttle bus passage directly to the outside every thirty floors of this hotel.
"Sir Dark Night, my teacher told me that you seem to be able to recommend others to join the Black Hole Hall."
In the elevator, Li Ming suddenly spoke.
An Ye glanced at the surveillance camera and said nonchalantly, "Yes, I can do it."
"But you can't join on behalf of your teacher. The Black Hole Hall's review requirements only require the hall mark, but you must be present in person."
"If your teacher wants to join, he has to come in person."
"I have one myself." Li Ming added.
"Huh?" An Ye glanced over, quite surprised. "The Black Hole Network usually doesn't give this kind of thing to people with connections."
Thinking of this, he said in a deep voice: "Although the Black Hole Network account is anonymous, you must show your background and relevant information when joining."
"If it's your teacher's account, there will be punishment."
"Don't worry, it's mine." Li Ming also emphasized.
An Ye stopped talking, his heart was filled with turmoil. The Black Hole Network would only support lone wolves, at least those who were certified in their information.
The offspring of some powerful life forms are equally outstanding, which means that the favor of the black hole network is not worth mentioning in their eyes.
"That is to say, when the Black Hole Network gave him this mark, it didn't know about the existence of Qinglong. He is too good at hiding." An Ye pondered in his heart, but didn't say anything more. As long as there was a mark, it was fine.
He opened the navigation, glanced at the map, and said, "Then let's go to the Black Hole Hall branch first."
Li Ming had no objection. The two of them boarded the shuttle bus, which was deployed by the city management system. They had high authority and could travel to specific destinations at the fastest speed.
Just half an hour later, An Ye brought him to a black building that looked like an ancient medieval fortress with a very high peak in the center and a closed gate.
This place is located in a remote place on the upper level of the Twin Towers, and there are few people around.
He followed An Ye to the front door, and with a flick of his hand, the iron door opened with a roar. The passage was unobstructed, and there was not even a single person in sight. The two of them arrived at the deepest room.
On the high platform, there is a row of five Iron Thrones, as if overlooking the people below. No one knows what material they are made of. The patterns are twisted and crooked, but there is a strange beauty in them.
An Ye casually tapped the button on the wall, and immediately afterwards, the golden patterns on one of the Iron Thrones gradually lit up, and a blurry shadow emerged.
"An Ye?" His voice was deep and thunderous. "You've caused quite a stir."
An Ye ignored him.
Soon, four more figures appeared, and finally there were figures on all five Iron Thrones.
"Okay, we have enough people. Now, I want to recommend this person to join the Black Hole Hall. You are all witnesses." An Ye said.
"Li Ming?" This was a magnetic voice with overlapping voices, obviously recognized, "Qinglong's student?"
"Level 46 development potential? Tsk tsk..."
"Where's Qinglong? Doesn't he have a palace emblem?"
The noise gradually became louder, and several blurry shadows on the throne jumped down like streams of light and surrounded Li Ming.
"I asked you to come here to witness, why are you talking so much?" An Ye frowned, then took out a smart terminal and asked Li Ming to log in to his account.
(End of this chapter)
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