Chapter 486 The Only Chance
When some are happy, others are sad.
Li Ming's heart was also not at peace. According to his understanding, after the death of Titan, he would undergo self-annihilation similar to "cremation".
This is also the main origin of the Terrax Stone, and Li Ming also speculated that it should be to prevent the corpse from becoming raw materials for other evolutionary paths.
The bodies of higher life forms are extremely precious and have various values. Today, most of the higher life forms in the interstellar society use similar methods after death.
Except for some ruthless people, in order to maximize their own value, they will leave the corpses for research and application by their own forces.
But this body was surprisingly complete, with only one arm missing.
There is no doubt that the appearance of this corpse will solve most of the problems on the road of genetic evolution, and may even give birth to a true ultimate life form.
Given the completeness of this corpse, even if an arm is missing, it is certain that gene seeds can be produced. With the level of the Empire and the Federation, more than one copy can even be produced.
All they lack is almost genetic material. I can only extract it from higher life forms. I don’t know if there are other sources.
Li Ming's thoughts were running at high speed. These were all things in the past. The problem they faced now was how to escape safely.
It's such a big secret, the fewer people who know about it the better, they are already trapped.
Given his own value, he would definitely not be killed, but the outcome would probably not be much better.
However, the powerful strength of Etandin and Alvis, two top-level life forms, is completely unmatched.
But there is still a chance. Li Ming's eyes flickered, and he had a vague idea.
His mind raced as he looked up at Mikhail and Reynolds. The two also realized that the situation was unpredictable and their faces were gloomy.
He couldn't help but ask in a deep voice: "You two?"
No one paid any attention to him.
The two were immersed in their own thoughts. Mikhail felt depressed, with a feeling that "the universe is mean to me" and a bit of gnashing of teeth.
How could such a powerful corpse be washed out!?
I mistakenly believed the disaster model data of the Red River Star Stream, thinking that with such a short disaster duration, there would be no good thing, so I came here calmly, but the result was this scene.
"You two!" Li Ming's voice was a little heavier. Mikhail suddenly came back to his senses and smiled bitterly, "What's wrong?"
"Now is not the time to be depressed." Li Ming looked solemn.
"I know..." Hearing Li Ming say this, Mikhail felt even more bitter. He felt that the young people were fearless and helpless, "But, there's nothing I can do."
"Yeah..." Even Reynolds, who was always reckless and wanted to fight and kill, lost his momentum at this moment, with a dejected look on his face: "Those two are guys on the same level as Forging Hammer. Unless Forging Hammer is resurrected from the dead, otherwise..."
He didn't finish his words and just shook his head.
"It's not a dead end yet." Li Ming said in a deep voice. Reynolds sighed again, "I understand what you mean. We will definitely not be killed. We are still very valuable. But if we are put in a dog necklace, it would be better to kill me."
Due to the special nature of the Red River Star Stream, the message cannot be delivered, and it is even more difficult to escape.
Seeing that the two guys were already losing their minds and still not getting the message, Li Ming simply explained it more clearly: "I have another idea."
"Hmm?" Mikhail couldn't help but look over, a hope rising in his heart, but then he shook his head and said, "If your teacher said something like this here, it would have some weight."
Li Ming was speechless. "But what I'm operating is my teacher's exclusive mechanical body. He has prepared many methods for me."
Mikhail's body trembled slightly. Although he still didn't believe the method Qinglong had prepared for Li Ming to fight against Tandin and Alvis, he couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean?"
"My teacher's mechanical body has a special method." Li Ming emphasized, "However, you two must completely trust me."
"What do you mean by completely trusting you?" Mikhail asked subconsciously.
Li Ming said solemnly, "To activate this method, a large amount of metal materials will be consumed. Give me all the metal materials you two are carrying, as well as control of the entire mechanical army and your bodies..."
"This..." Mikhail's face changed slightly. This was equivalent to handing over his life and property to the other party.
"No problem!" Reynolds said without hesitation, staring at the God of Creation. "It's come to this point. The result is almost the same anyway. Mikhail, you won't be hesitant anymore."
"Of course I understand!" Mikhail snorted coldly. It was just his personality that made him subconsciously speculate. He also understood that there was no time to doubt each other in the current situation.
Now the three of them are tied to the same rope. Since Li Ming said there is still a chance, they can only let him give it a try.
"But we didn't carry much metal..." Mikhail added.
"Just provide as much as you can." Li Ming pretended to be serious, took a deep breath, and then asked, "What is the specific combat capability level of these two guys?"
"Not sure, I estimate it may be more than 2500X..." Mikhail pondered for a long time before saying an uncertain number.
Li Ming took a deep breath and couldn't help but ask, "The Ultimate Path can actually reach this level?"
Reynolds scratched his head and said, "Forging Hammer previously believed they had even reached the edge of becoming the Ultimate Life Form, but later said that these people had completely strayed from the right path and would never be able to become the Ultimate Life Form."
The boundary of the ultimate life form...I'm afraid it's about the same, even if the gap between X-level and the ultimate is a thousand times, rather than a hundred times that of ordinary life forms.
2000X can barely reach the minimum standard.
Li Ming was secretly shocked, but then he thought that the energy level standard was shaped by the current interstellar society and was deeply bound to the genetic evolution system, thus radiating to other evolutionary systems.
Only the genetic evolution system can be accurately measured. Other evolution systems will have some errors. The so-called minimum standard is actually inferred based on their genetic evolution system.
If it were the ultimate mechanical body of the Holy Spirit Civilization, or a Dominant-class Titan, the situation might be very different.
Li Ming was pondering, while the two master craftsmen had already given orders to move materials from the warship warehouse.
Soon, several large boxes were brought over. They contained some high-grade materials to repair possible injuries to themselves and their X-class mechanical bodies.
Reynolds asked hesitantly, "Do you want the high-level unified material we found from the Holy Spirit Civilization?"
That thing is quite precious, especially since we already have a prototype of the Mechanical Seed. With cooperation, it will definitely have great potential in the future.
But at the moment, it is not certain whether I can leave alive. Thinking about the future is too far away, so I have to give all the support I can.
"Hmm..." Li Ming pondered, "I remember that the two gentlemen each got half. Just give me half. Keep half for now. We need to establish a joint laboratory to study the mechanical seeds. Then, we can seize the opportunity and work together to study this metal material as well."
This was said as if they had already solved the current problem.
"Okay." Reynolds nodded without saying anything and prepared to take it. Unexpectedly, Li Ming stretched out his hand to Mikhail: "Sir Mikhail..."
Mikhail, who had been pretending to be invisible, couldn't help but look dark when he saw this. This kid really holds a grudge. Doesn't he just want to take advantage of you?
Since they are going to cooperate in the future, it doesn’t matter who of them provides it.
But no one can predict the future of things, what if things break down? So Mikhail is reluctant to give it.
"It's already this late, why are you still hesitating?" Reynolds said impatiently, "Forget it, forget it, forget the greater good for the sake of small gains, I'll go get it..."
"Here you go!" Mikhail angrily threw out half a piece of purple metal, and Li Ming immediately pocketed it.
Several mechanical guards came out from behind him, carrying metal boxes on the ground and followed him back to the small room.
He closed the door and deployed an energy shield on the surface of his body. A thin wall could hardly block the God Craftsman's prying eyes.
Silently, half a piece of purple metal appeared on his palm and immediately began to absorb the metal energy.
The piece that belonged to him had been absorbed, and the remaining metal energy had now reached 2.2 billion.
Although this metal material is precious, he does not have enough research capabilities under his command, and it is basically impossible to reproduce it. It is better to get it for free from the two master craftsmen, so he did not keep it.
While absorbing the metal energy, a thumb-sized milky white light ball appeared in Li Ming's other hand.
Gently cut it open, and a broken golden core the size of a football appeared. It was the [Holy Spirit Core].
This was the only way he could think of to break the deadlock. Although he did not have many mechanical bodies under his command, Mikhail and Reynolds did.
Even though a lot of losses were suffered during the voyage, the total now still exceeds 450 million.
There are also several standard X-class mechanical bodies, and it can even be said that they themselves can become fusion raw materials as long as they don't resist.
But Li Ming was unsure of the potential of the fused Mechanical Holy Spirit. He murmured, "At least, it needs to be strong enough to escape."
Outside, Reynolds stood at the porthole, looking at the giant corpse in the distance. He couldn't help but say, "This is really weird. A Dominant-level Terrax actually rushed out."
He glanced at Mikhail hesitantly, "Do you think that Li Ming really has a solution?"
"Weren't you very confident just now?" Mikhail couldn't help but sneer.
"If a kid like him is so confident, I definitely can't fall behind." Reynolds retorted, then added uneasily, "But after all, I'm not Azure Dragon himself, so I always feel insecure."
"Tell me, what method did Qinglong give him that allowed him to still have such confidence?"
Mikhail remained silent, glancing at the closed door. "I just hope that when we described Tandin and Alvis, we were accurate enough so that he didn't misunderstand us."
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"Could this be..."
On the other side, Costat had already flown out of the battleship, his eyes fixed on the giant's corpse. Although he had some guesses, it was still hard to believe.
The muscle fibers in the missing right arm of the corpse were severely worn, and there were special black symbols left on the muscles.
"Yes, Your Highness, this is the Terraxian, the corpse of a dominant-level Terraxian." A mental wave came, and an old man in a white robe was approaching.
"Sir Raphael..." Costat nodded, still a bit incredulous. "The Red River Star Stream actually rushed out the corpse of a Dominant-level Terrax. This has never happened before."
"Yes, this may overturn many speculations about the Red River Star Stream." Raphael also sighed.
Costat couldn't help but ask, "But this catastrophe lasted so short a time, how could something so powerful emerge?"
"Not sure, but we tend to think someone sabotaged it." A new mental wave spread, and everyone nodded: "Sir Granger"
"Someone destroyed it?" Dius was stunned and couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, who can destroy the Red River Star Stream?"
"It's not the Red River Star Stream..." Granger is a female fire spirit with red skin and hair that burns like flames.
She explained, "The causes of the catastrophe's duration are quite complex. You can understand it as someone forcibly dragging this body out."
"Pulled it out forcibly?" Everyone's face turned pale. Just approaching the corpse made them feel horrified, let alone pulling it out.
"Who can do this in this galaxy?" Dius murmured to himself.
Gonzalez was still hiding behind the crowd, his heart pounding with fear. The more he listened, the more terrified he became.
Rafael added: "According to our tests, the missing arm was amputated recently."
He did not hide the fact that these people were already core senior executives and were qualified to know these things.
"Recently...cut off?" Even Costa found it inconceivable. "The corpse of a Dominant-class Terrax is inherently too strong to be destroyed by a mere X-class lifeform."
"Are there still people like this in the current interstellar world?"
His imagination ran wild, and at this moment he even thought of Qinglong.
The guy didn't go to the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization, probably because he had more important things to do. The corpse in front of him is very similar to that.
"According to our estimation, they must have used special methods, because the other party obviously couldn't take away the entire body." Raphael shook his head.
Costat did not relax too much. Regardless of whether it was a special method or not, the fact was that it was cut off.
Gonzalez's throat was rolling and his face was pale. The injuries he had suffered from Qinglong had not yet fully recovered, and he cursed in his heart.
It's over. What the hell are those idiots in the Star Alliance doing? They know nothing about such an important thing.
He felt bitter. If he wanted to survive now, he would probably have to join the Empire or the Federation.
"By the way, have you finished exploring the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization so quickly?" Raphael asked, "I thought it would take at least three or four months."
"Almost..." Costat sighed, "Even if we haven't finished exploring, there's no chance anymore?"
"What do you mean?" Raphael was puzzled. The research institute was very concerned about this matter and had already prepared several laboratories.
"The ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization collapsed and have completely dissipated." Costat explained.
(End of this chapter)
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