Chapter 451: Azure Dragon's Unfathomable Depth
"It's okay... Thank you very much, sir." Li Ming steadied himself, breathed a sigh of relief, and handed the gun back to Barbaroer. "The teacher said that the materials will arrive sooner or later, so you can familiarize yourself with them first."
Babarol paused, but did not refuse. He walked straight over and twisted it casually. Clang clang - the black gun body shrank inch by inch until it became the length of a palm, and he casually hung it around his waist.
"I won't bother you two anymore now that the things have been delivered. If you need anything, you can just call Zhuque." Li Ming nodded and then left the room.
After Li Ming left, Barbaroer said unhappily, "Anduin, you're not going to do that. I just threw it casually, and he would definitely be able to catch it. Why would you go out of your way to help him?"
"It seems like I'm targeting a little guy."
Anduin glanced at him, his expression more solemn than ever. A symbol popped up, enveloping the two of them, before he said in a deep voice, "Li Ming...is already an S-class lifeform."
Barbaroer was stunned for a moment, then horrified. Unstable energy burst out from him. Anduin was quick to stop him and shouted, "What are you doing!?"
"S-class life form? Are you sure you're not seeing things?" Barbarol couldn't believe it, his voice hoarse. This was far more shocking than his arm being wiped off just now.
"That's absolutely right. Although there is a special energy covering the surface of his body, I took the opportunity to test it." Anduin was also uneasy.
"But, is this possible?" Barbaroel still couldn't believe it. "How old is he biologically?"
"Could this all be real, Qinglong..." Anduin slowly sat down. "This is truly terrifying. Li Ming's potential for development is definitely more than level 60."
Barbaro's mouth was dry, and he suddenly said, "This guy, could he become the ultimate life form?"
Anduin suddenly understood, his expression solemn, but he said, "It's not impossible."
"How can there be such a life form?" Baba sat down. He was really shocked this time.
"It's hard to say. It could be an experiment of Azure Dragon. It's unfathomable." Anduin speculated, then looked at Barbarole meaningfully.
"We are old acquaintances. I don't know who you are secretly contacting, but those people you contact may not be as powerful as Qinglong."
"Of course, I'm not just talking about strength. Think about it yourself. The future of interstellar space will increasingly tend to be group-based. Individual strength alone cannot support the whole."
Barbarole looked gloomy and remained silent.
………
"The [Shadow Skin] deceived Barbaro, but it didn't deceive Anduin... Well, he also used some means to see my life level..." Li Ming looked at the control page.
He recently upgraded [Shadow Skin] to S-level, greatly improving its concealment ability and effect.
Due to the special nature of this mimicry equipment, even if it is an X-level life form, it is impossible to tell its life level at a glance without special means or even contact observation.
For now, it's barely enough.
Li Ming thought about it and said, "Austin is quite a friend. He didn't even tell his boss that I have become an S-class life form."
He deeply agreed with what Anduin said about banding together. The Chaos Star Gap was quite special, being able to accommodate several Level X life forms, and they were natural allies of each other.
"Well, if we're talking about banding together, the Machinists Association isn't bad either. I've gained a lot of benefits through their channels recently..." Li Ming pondered. "This is a huge force, but it's too difficult to keep it. Let's try to buy time first..."
After returning to the room, Li Ming finally had time to carefully study the object in his hand. The red fragment didn't look anything special.
There is no way to tell that it can actually unleash such terrifying energy and control the conditions as high as 20 billion.
Even for Li Ming now, it is an astronomical figure.
And this thing is just one piece. Controlling this piece alone is useless, it must be combined with the other two pieces.
The total amount is only 60 billion metal energies. Just thinking about this number, Li Ming was secretly shocked.
If you look closely, you will find that its edges are jagged and irregular, with sharp protrusions and depressions interlaced with each other.
It was broken off from some solid object by brute force.
Every broken part seemed so rough that when Li Ming rubbed it, he could vaguely feel the powerful and irresistible external force at that time.
He recalled the scene he saw in a short time. Through the only piece of information, he could roughly guess that this should be the key item created by the so-called Time Zero Clan at the last moment.
“…Yongyuan will not let us go…”
He frowned slightly. Yongyuan was not a force or a living being, so why wouldn't he let them go? Could this group of people be referring to the Yuan clan?
Li Ming subconsciously speculated that judging from what he needed to control, it must be at least a top-level item at the level of the ultimate life form.
As he thought about it, his face darkened again, and he couldn't help but feel the urge to curse, "...Only female life forms can inherit, really..."
It is estimated that if one can inherit it, one will be able to obtain the special ability of the Holy Mother Church that is similar to reincarnation.
Although it didn't do much for him, he was still very unhappy after being bombed.
"But this thing can only explode once." Li Ming shook his head. The Holy Mother Church only absorbs female life forms, which is probably due to this.
And because it only absorbs female life forms, its development path has deviated to this strange form, with every sip and every peck having its own purpose.
"As for this trinity, could it be something like a fusion?" Li Ming guessed.
In this interstellar age, we have stopped at X-level life forms and are exploring the path to evolve into the ultimate life form.
But the known Terrax civilization has the existence of ultimate life forms.
The ultimate life form is not completely unknown.
And the ultimate life form may also be exploring the path of evolution.
"...a civilization dominated by female life forms..." Li Ming looked through the interstellar network and the black hole network, searching for the Zero Clan and the Trinity keywords.
As expected, nothing was found, basically just some useless waste information.
He scanned through the information about the Holy Mother Church again. He had basically read it all. No one knew the exact time of its appearance. The first time it officially became active in the public eye was nearly 20,000 years ago.
It is considered a relatively ancient force in the interstellar space. The span of its existence is almost comparable only to civilizations, and it has risen and fallen several times.
Li Ming tried to magnify it with an optical microscope. The surface structure was extremely smooth. No matter how many times it was magnified, no structure could be seen.
Even from a microscopic level, it is still smooth and unresponsive to any energy. It is also incredibly strong and cannot be blocked by the tank guards.
"I can only put it aside for the time being." Li Ming couldn't figure it out, so he simply put it away.
The introverted nature of this thing is done very well. If you throw it away, it becomes an inconspicuous piece of iron. It can even be stored in the folding space without changing the properties of the space at all.
"This universe... I wonder how many secrets it hides..." Li Ming muttered in his heart. It was really too scary that such a powerful civilization disappeared without a trace.
Anduin and Barbaroer stayed here temporarily, but both of them were very sensible and just stayed in their own rooms, rarely going out.
A few days later, a high-standard giant shield escort fleet flew out of the star gate and contacted the Mechanical Royal Court immediately.
The metal materials shipped by Barbarole have arrived.
In the Royal Court Starport No. 16, the handover site was temporarily cleared and mechanical guards were guarding every place.
A specially made anti-gravity transport box was lowered, and Barbarole stood beside it, watching with a blank expression, but his heart was bleeding.
This time I really suffered a huge loss.
Although this preparation was made, it was originally believed that the worst-case scenario would be to use these materials to customize weapons.
At most, we have to pay some extra labor costs, but now we have lost both the wife and the army. If we take Ryan's weapons, the Empire may come to our door one day.
"Mr. Barbaro, please sign." The transport manager abided by the rules and took over the order. The sender was Barbaro and the recipient was also him.
The Giant Shield Company should not be underestimated. It is considered the largest cross-civilization transportation company. The person behind it is Axel, the defender of one of the ten members of the Higher Union.
Barbaroel signed, the other party nodded respectfully, and then they packed up and left.
"It's a pleasure to work with you." Li Ming, who had already changed into the Qinglong vest, stretched out his hand. Barbaroer forced a smile and shook hands with the metal hand.
"Sir Qinglong, we won't bother you anymore and will leave first." Anduin said beside him. They had nothing to do here and they couldn't even see Qinglong.
"When you two come next time, remember to say hello."
A strange hollow echo came from the mecha. It was impossible to tell the tone of the words, whether it was sarcastic or mocking.
Anduin smiled and nodded, "That's for sure."
The Mechanical Royal Court randomly assigned them two spaceships.
The two guys didn't go all the way back. After watching them connect to the star gate orbit, Li Ming led his men back.
On the way, Ulrich had already finished counting the materials and came to report: "Sir, the total value of this batch of materials is estimated to be no less than 80 billion..."
When he said this, his expression couldn't help but look strange. Barbarol took Ryan's weapon, which was clearly a huge loss.
There was only one possibility he could think of, and that was to make amends.
It seems that in the confrontation with Lord Qinglong, not only was he at a disadvantage, but the gap was quite large.
"I understand. Let's send it directly to the warehouse inside the base." Li Ming nodded.
………
At the same time, Barbaroer, who was hiding in the spaceship, had a grim expression on his face. He stared at the [Gun of Annihilation] in his hand, gritted his teeth, and then sighed.
After hesitating for a moment, he took out a metal disc from the ring and threw it casually on the operating table. Metal wires spread out from it and then stretched into the gap of the operating table.
A moment later, the lights on the entire spacecraft flickered, and a mechanical voice echoed out: "Highest authority has been obtained."
After hearing this, he opened his smart terminal, found a contact without any notes, and dialed the number.
The call was connected without waiting too long. The other party's voice was hoarse, "What's going on? Didn't you arrive at the Mechanical King's Court a long time ago? Why are you leaving now?"
"Something unexpected happened." Barbaro said in a muffled voice.
"You lost to Azure Dragon?" The other party was keenly aware of Barbaro's gloomy mood, but was not surprised. "It seems that Azure Dragon is indeed not to be underestimated. Describe the details of the battle to me."
“…”
"Barbarol?" the other party called out. Barbaros, his voice dry, said hesitantly: "No..."
"No fight?" The other party's voice suddenly rose, full of doubt and surprise. "Then what have you been doing in the Mechanical King's Court for so long?"
"I..." Barbaroel hesitated and said helplessly, "This matter is difficult to describe."
"Then tell me slowly, I have plenty of time." The other party also realized that something was wrong and became much more serious.
"It's like this..." Barbaroel sighed and recounted what he had seen that day.
"...Space-Time Isolation Matrix?" the other party interrupted abruptly, his voice hurried. "Are you sure it's the Space-Time Isolation Matrix?"
"That's what Anduin said. I can't see it." Barbaroel shook his head.
The other party's voice was low: "The space-time matrix is blocked. How could he do this?"
Barbaroel had already heard Anduin sigh once, so he simply continued, "Then, I put my arm in..."
"...You didn't feel anything when your arm was annihilated?" The other party listened halfway, becoming increasingly suspicious. "With your life level, the self-reaction of your body cells, couldn't there be any warning?"
"Hasn't what I said been clear enough?" Barbarole was a little dissatisfied.
Saying it again would be like opening up his scars, and he wouldn't have repeated it if he hadn't promised the other party.
The other party was silent for a while before saying, "...Go on..."
Barbaroer said coldly, "...Later, Anduin used some method to pry open a gap, and we can see that the Azure Dragon is inside..."
After he finished speaking, the other party's voice murmured on the virtual screen: "Qinglong can withstand such energy intensity without any damage..."
Barbaroer said helplessly: "I was also surprised at the time, so there was no need to fight."
The other party was silent for a moment before he said, "So, you just went there to watch the fireworks? You didn't actually find out anything about Qinglong's methods?"
Barbaroer was unhappy, but he suppressed his anger and said, "You can say that."
"You..." The other party seemed to be about to say something, but then stopped and said in a deep voice: "Then do you know what kind of experiment Qinglong is conducting to be able to burst out such terrifying energy intensity?"
"I don't know." Barbaroel said simply.
"Then what do you know?" a dissatisfied voice came, as if igniting the anger in Barbaro's heart, "I know you hide behind like a rat."
The voice on the screen said indifferently, "Don't forget, I've already paid you, and this is all you can give me."
Barbaroer paused, then said in a deep voice, "One more thing."
"What's the matter?" The other party waited attentively.
Li Ming's figure flashed before his eyes. Barbaro was about to speak when the words Anduin said a few days ago rang in his ears again.
"...The person behind this might not be as powerful as Qinglong..."
With a gloomy expression, Barbaroer changed the subject, "...Ryan's gun is in my hands. You have to make sure the Empire doesn't cause me any trouble."
Snap—a gap appeared on the virtual screen page, and the other party ended the communication.
(End of this chapter)
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