Chapter 430: The last piece of the puzzle, the Blood-Falling One, is actually...
"There is a wave of protests within the empire..." Li Ming continued to look through the news. This counterattack was more intense than he had imagined.
The headquarters of the Interstellar Alliance has received more than a thousand attack warnings, and many life forms have even gone to block the door and hold sit-in protests.
However, once this hole is opened, it will be difficult to mend it regardless of whether it succeeds or not.
More than one prominent figure has publicly declared their support, including several well-known private media companies in Interstellar, Giant Shield, the Leiden United Chamber of Commerce, and so on...
Even before the names of the ten founding members of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms were announced, a trend of confrontation had already formed.
"Adam is so ruthless. These people got on the Empire's pirate ship for no apparent reason." Li Ming couldn't help but sigh. Helping the higher life forms to form a united organization is almost equivalent to helping the Empire.
In the turbulent situation where a prince was involved in an interstellar massacre and overseas troops were completely evacuated, surprisingly not many civilizations interfered with it.
Who the ten founding members were and what qualifications they had to be invited to the empire has therefore aroused unprecedented curiosity.
Not even Reinitz is one of them. He is quite famous on Starnet and is known as the Sacred Heart Scholar.
He has solved epidemic plagues for many civilizations free of charge and is also the rotating chairman of the non-civilization medical organization under the Interstellar Alliance.
Many people had previously speculated that he was one of the ten, but he recently revealed that he was not one of them and that he was neutral about the establishment of a united organization of higher life forms.
There are even news reports that he privately stated that the emergence of such an organization may not be a bad thing, and it may break the monopoly of imperial civilizations on interstellar resources.
Li Ming looked at it for a while before opening the Black Hole Network and connecting with someone using Qinglong's account.
[The other party has unfriended you. Do you want to add them again? ]
"Huh?" Li Ming was slightly stunned, looking at the feedback on the Black Hole website. "Deleted it for me?"
"Not really, haven't I just tricked you a few times? Is that all the Virgin Mary Church has to be so tolerant?" Li Ming muttered, lost in thought: "What was the reason for tricking them the last time?"
"Oh, Terrax Holy Castle, is it because they found out that I purchased a wholesale copy?"
He sighed, there were only a few forces that possessed the Stone of Terrax.
The only one who has bargaining chips for trading now is the Sisterhood. He originally planned to trade with them for the whereabouts of the Star of Eternal Silence.
He added an application with the note "I have important news", but there was no response for a while. The other party must have really made up their minds and would ignore whatever he said.
………
In the lair of the Virgin Mary Church, the Virgin Mary looked at the friend request on the virtual screen and couldn't help but sneer. She raised her palms folded on her lower abdomen, pinched them, and her eyes fell on the prophet in front of her.
Ripples appeared in the void, and the prophet seemed to be in extreme pain. The surface of his body was vaguely loose, and there was a blue gem between his eyebrows, and strands of particles that were invisible to the naked eye were pouring into it.
"Huh..." After an unknown amount of time, the prophet suddenly opened his eyes. The blue gemstone shone brightly, and a figure seemed to appear vaguely, but quickly disappeared.
"Alright." The prophet's face turned pale as he clutched the blue gem. "As long as Li Ming gets in touch with this gem, with his A-level life form, he can be easily controlled and the seed taken."
"Okay." The Virgin Mary nodded, her expression cold. "We were distracted by Qinglong before, and this guy is not willing to cooperate with us at all."
"Isn't his Mechanical Royal Court recruiting externally? Looking for an outstanding talent to infiltrate."
…
Amidst this increasingly turbulent interstellar situation, a few days later, two master craftsmen from the Mechanics Association descended upon the Mechanical Royal Court.
This time, he came here through the official channels of the royal court after being notified and obtaining consent.
"Mr. Reynolds, the master craftsman." Li Ming walked into the reception room and greeted him.
Reynolds nodded. The carrier seemed to be a mimicry template, tall and solid.
Are they so close?
The God of Creation glanced at them and said, "Just call me Mikhail."
"Sir Mikhail." Li Ming nodded, feeling puzzled.
"Is your teacher free? We have something urgent to discuss with him." Mikhail went straight to the point and didn't want to talk any more with Li Ming.
"Well..." Li Ming hesitated. Reynolds's carrier said with a serious expression, "It's indeed an urgent matter."
"Okay." Li Ming nodded, his expression slightly changed. Tanwei suddenly appeared on his body, his eyes lit up, Qinglong came online, and his voice was filled with electromagnetic fluctuations. "What's the emergency?"
Mikhail hesitated, his mechanical eyes filled with scrutiny, but he felt that Li Ming would not dare to pretend to be his teacher, so he said in a deep voice: "The Empire is going to take action against the Mechanics Association."
"Attacking the Machinists Association?" Li Ming pondered. He had heard the Creator God exaggerate this before, so he wasn't surprised. He just said:
"Isn't the matter of the Higher Life Forms United Organization enough to worry them?"
"We are taking action against the Mechanics Association in order to resolve the issue of the Higher Life Organization." Mikhail's voice sounded a bit gritted.
"Huh?" Li Ming was confused at first, but he vaguely felt that there was something in his heart, which seemed to be about to come out.
Mikhail didn't keep the secret. The carrier's mechanical pupils flickered as he said in a deep voice, "Right now, although the Federation and other civilizations are taking an extremely tough stance, even hinting at a fight."
"But one of the three major civilizations already supports the United Organization of Higher Life Forms. Together with those higher life forms, it is enough to resist any external pressure."
"It's even been said that the greater the pressure, the more united they become. These noisy civilizations simply didn't get to eat the meat, while the Empire took all the benefits. Naturally, they're unwilling to accept this."
At this point, Mikhail became increasingly angry: "And what the Empire is going to use to deal with them is the Mechanics Guild!"
"It's all the fault of that old elephant. Before he died, he insisted on causing us trouble. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have to fight the Empire."
"The Empire is ready to use us as a scapegoat. They've decided to cut our piece of cake into pieces, which will barely be enough to shut up those people."
Li Ming's brows were furrowed at this moment. He understood halfway through listening. In other words, the accusation of the Holy Elephant was in disguise paving the way for the empire to do this?
How do you feel...
Mikhail's face was extremely grim. "Adam... he really shouldn't be underestimated. That pioneer is also a complete loser. He made a big fuss, but in reality, he didn't cause much damage."
He glanced at the mecha carrying Azure Dragon's consciousness and said in a deep voice, "This is a matter of life and death for the Mechanics Association. Only if we join forces can we have a chance of overcoming this crisis."
Li Ming's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he could no longer hear what was said next.
Mikhail's words were like thunder that split the sky, slamming into his mind and causing a raging flame.
Emotions surged in his heart, and the feeling that was about to burst out suddenly exploded, and the expression under the mecha became very interesting.
"So, from the very beginning, all of the pioneers' plans actually did not cause any damage to the empire, or they were all laying the groundwork for the future."
"The revelation of the Hammerbreaker's death forced the Mechanics Association to confront the Empire. At the time, it seemed like the first shot fired, but now it seems to be a preparation for the formation of a coalition of higher-level life forms."
"The Polk Declaration was grand and ambitious, but in reality, its ultimate goal was to return to the Sea of Stars and eliminate the garrisons. This was the empire's original goal."
"The Ryan incident was probably an episode that greatly accelerated the Empire's plan to recapture the Empire."
Who are the organizers of these plans, the pilots?
No, a light bulb suddenly lit up in Li Ming's mind. The one who fell into blood was most likely him!
Mikhail's words were like the last piece of a puzzle. More and more connections were made in his mind, and he integrated a lot of information.
"Any member of the Pioneers who attempted to contact the Empire was killed. It was the Blood-Fell who tipped off the empire, but the empire didn't need these ordinary members tipping off because they already had their people among the core leadership."
"Last time, the Empire had a plan for how to deal with Ryan. I guessed they had a spy inside."
Li Ming was secretly shocked. The pioneers' plans all resulted in apparent losses.
But in fact, it is very consistent with the real thoughts of some people.
"The enemy and I have the same origin, we will shed blood..." Li Ming was almost certain that his guess was correct.
The list of people Abel had given him flashed through his mind. "This guy isn't on the list."
Li Ming's eyes lit up, and a figure appeared before him.
"Adam!"
The Glorious Holy Emperor, the nominal supreme leader of the empire.
Even Li Ming was surprised by this guess.
But from the information he knew, there was a high probability that Adam was the one who caused the blood loss, or that the one who caused the blood loss must report directly to him. There was no essential difference between the two.
Once this speculation emerges, it connects almost everything the Pioneers are currently doing.
"We've cleaned up the old empire and risen from the ashes. Those apparent losses are just rotten flesh. They haven't affected Adam's interests at all. If we complete the centralization of power, the power Adam can control will be many times greater than it is now."
Li Ming couldn't help but marvel at it. He saw Adam's extraordinary skills in the matter of Ryan.
And it was discovered at that time that the Empire had already anticipated Ryan's incident.
But unexpectedly, the other party was even more powerful than he imagined.
He created an enemy that was completely under his control and posed a moderate threat. He used this as his knife and the core of both sides. He could precisely control how to strike.
"Qinglong?"
Mikhail shouted, looking at Qinglong who remained silent, a little dissatisfied.
He spoke passionately, but Qinglong didn't respond at all, which was really embarrassing.
"Sorry, I just thought of something." Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief. Although there was no evidence, he felt that his speculation was very close to the truth.
Thinking this through made him feel completely satisfied, even more so than fighting a fight.
"If I hadn't been able to gather the core information of the Empire, the Pioneers, and the Mechanics Association, it would probably be impossible to deduce it."
There was a lot of information that was disconnected, such as when he contacted the Empire to tell them that Ryan had caused an interstellar massacre.
The decision made by Adam is one of the strong evidences. From the outside, it seems more like an agreement reached between Qinglong and the Empire, rather than a unilateral proposal from the Empire.
"The Blood-Loser...Adam, then why did you push me to the front?" Li Ming thought again.
If the Bloodbath represents Adam, then his behavior in the Iron Throne Hall last time is even more difficult to understand.
"Qinglong!" Mikhail's voice became much louder, thinking that Qinglong did it on purpose.
The last time I came here, I was unwilling to give up the benefits.
As a result, he had to come to him again this time. This guy's attitude was to deliberately embarrass him.
"Sorry, what did you say?" Li Ming came back to his senses and put the matter aside for the time being.
"We need cooperation!" Mikhail took a deep breath. This was the third time he said this.
"Cooperation." Li Ming pondered and said with difficulty: "As you two know, although I have the title of Master Craftsman, I have only been a member of the Machinists Association for a short time. To be honest, I don't have much affection for it."
"What do you want?" Mikhail asked bluntly.
It seemed like the time had come to take immediate action. Li Ming immediately said, "Twenty or thirty ether crystals."
Reynolds's carrier's expression changed slightly, and Mikhail directly refused: "I can't possibly provide such direct benefits."
Confrontation is a long process. You can't have to pay all kinds of things every time you ask Qinglong for help. No matter how rich your family is, you can't withstand such a toss.
"Then what do you want to do?" Li Ming also figured out what was going on. It seemed that this guy already had an idea.
Mikhail said solemnly, "We can give up the arms market in the Chaos Star Gap, help the Mechanical Royal Court gain a foothold in other civilizations, and provide all possible assistance."
After hearing this, Li Ming suddenly realized that they were trying to tie him to the chariot of the Mechanics Association. The binding of interests was the most indestructible front of cooperation.
When damaging the interests of the Mechanics Association is equivalent to damaging one's own interests, the greatest primitive driving force can be unleashed, just like Mikhail.
However, for Li Ming, it is not impossible. One has to take advantage of the situation to rob. Under normal circumstances, it would be extremely difficult to get Mikhail to make such concessions.
Not to mention helping him, we might even have to suppress him secretly.
"Two hundred billion interest-free loans, all channels must be open to me, and the most preferential treatment... and a few pieces of Terrax Stone." Li Ming pondered for a moment and asked for more.
Mikhail's face changed slightly. The condition proposed by Li Ming was no longer support, but lying on their bodies and sucking blood.
Not long ago, Qinglong cooperated with the Empire and directly revealed the matter of the Ryan Interstellar Massacre, although this incident also made him certain that Qinglong was not Levenbeck.
But the information he had been investigating for a long time turned into nothing and became useless.
Thinking of this, he became increasingly unhappy and said in a deep voice, "I can agree to everything you say, but how are you going to support the Mechanic Association? Will you use this Mechanical Royal Court, or will you just write a statement on Starnet?"
Reynolds remained silent, more like a decoration.
Responsibilities and rights are equal. The pressure faced by the Machinists Association is extremely great, and it is not something that Ryan can compare to.
Without sufficient deterrence, no one will care too much.
"I am one of the ten." Li Ming said lightly.
Mikhail was still a little confused after the words fell, and then his mechanical pupils suddenly dilated, and the processor started working at high speed. "You...you are one of the ten founding members of the Higher Life Forms United Organization?"
(End of this chapter)
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