Chapter 496: The Expansion of the Royal Court
After the upgrade, Li Ming was in a good mood. His strength was greatly increased. He simply contacted the Holy Castle to find out about the situation of the peak transcendence trial.
As a result, he had closed his eyes for less than twenty minutes when he opened them with a lingering fear on his face, and a burst of energy particles burst out of his body.
"This peak transcendent level is too powerful..." Li Ming subconsciously touched his head, the pain of being almost beaten to pieces was still vivid in his mind.
"The energy level is at least 500X, close to 600X. It's too abnormal." Li Ming estimated and couldn't help but be amazed.
According to his estimated development progress, it would have to reach at least 60%, and the conventional energy level would have to exceed 500X, to barely get by.
Take the hammer, more than 1000X, to gain an advantage in the siege.
"Even if I use that ultimate source of essence, it can only reach about 40%, so there is no need to rush." Li Ming pondered. Originally, he thought that if the gap was not big, he would use it directly and open the Holy Castle in one go.
Ideals are full of hope, but reality is very skinny.
He shook his head, took a short break, and continued developing the gene seeds.
After more than ten days, they finally arrived at the Mechanical Royal Court node.
After coming out of the star gate, he glanced at the endless team in front of him, and then he used Suzaku's special authority to access the exclusive traction channel.
The review of stargate nodes is becoming more and more stringent. Any unregistered cargo spacecraft must undergo multiple reviews, not to mention unfamiliar warships like his.
After landing, they quickly switched to a small aircraft and headed for the core base.
Nearly half a year has passed since he left the Mechanical Royal Court.
Time passes too quickly among the stars.
The Mechanical Royal Court seemed to have expanded a bit. In the gravitational orbit, there were many giant structures, seemingly constructing a small planet. On the surface, there was a string of words: [Superstar Engineering Construction Company]
An engineering company affiliated with Planet Collector, mainly contracting the construction of artificial planets outside the earth.
Barbarole is not just a landlord.
The Mechanical Royal Court has also reached this stage. Li Ming couldn't help but sigh. Ulrich reported the construction plan to him.
Every major interstellar force will have a similar expansion plan. This kind of artificial planet built on gravitational orbits is not just an expansion of the assembly line.
More importantly, it exists as a defense node. The drawings left by the forging hammer show a large-scale defense array called "Star Barrier".
Its main function is to detect, search and defend against X-level life forms. In order to maintain a high-intensity energy barrier, the supporting nodes must also keep up.
Not only that, Li Ming observed carefully and found that there were many giant buildings on the metal shell of the entire star.
This seems to have changed the gravitational structure of the entire galaxy, causing it to completely stop functioning, and this terminal star is gradually moving away.
The base expansion is a major project, and Ulrich launched a bidding process for it four months ago.
Five companies were selected as the main engineering contractors for the next phase of expansion plans for the Mechanical Royal Court's main base.
These five contractors all have experience in building super-large interstellar bases and have participated in many mother star expansion projects of cluster-level civilizations.
Furthermore, Ulrich had learned from previous experience that due to the rapid expansion of the Mechanical Court, many projects had to be scrapped before they even began.
An important requirement put forward is greater scalability.
In the end, the entire project was named "Rebirth", and in-depth construction was carried out using the desolate star as the main base.
Ultimately, at least sixteen conventional life-bearing planets and forty-eight satellites must be expanded, leaving behind a gravitational system that can almost double its expansion.
Using a star as the main base, even if it is a star in its late years, is a very difficult challenge for the five major contractors.
But the advantage of the Mechanical Royal Court is its almost tireless mechanical bodies.
Normal higher life forms would definitely not be willing to do the work of "moving bricks and plastering", but these mechanical bodies, from D-level to S-level, would not resist.
This advantage is unparalleled, and it also leads to Ulrich's severe price pressure.
The entire project is divided into five phases. The first phase is the reconstruction of the gravity system, which is now nearing completion, and the construction of the planet is in progress.
This information was also the report that Ulrich made after he came out of the Red River Star Stream. Since he could not contact Li Ming and Qinglong, he made the decisions on most matters himself.
But after all the results, Li Ming was still quite satisfied. After all, it was a deposit, and he would pay when the work was done.
Thinking in his mind, he had already arrived at the core base without alerting anyone.
It was only after arriving that Ulrich was informed.
Since he came out of the Red River Star Stream, the two have been in contact and knew that Li Ming was returning.
Ulrich was not surprised to receive the notice.
And when he saw him, Ulrich felt completely relieved.
"Anduin puts so much pressure on you." Li Ming raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but say.
Ulrich's cheeks twitched, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he shook his head helplessly: "It has nothing to do with Lord Anduin..."
It seems that he was tortured a lot by Anduin.
Li Ming didn't care and walked towards the base. Ulrich had already informed Anduin.
In the lounge, Anduin was already waiting there, tapping the armrest slowly. Lux stood behind him with her head lowered.
Click--
The door opened automatically and Li Ming walked in. He immediately felt Anduin's scrutiny.
He was prepared so that Anduin would not be able to detect the surge in development progress unless he specifically investigated.
"You're back." Anduin smiled and greeted him like a familiar elder.
"Thank you for guarding the Mechanical Royal Court." Li Ming nodded. On the way back, he learned from Ulrich's report that an X-level life form had been captured.
"If I really want to thank you, I'm curious why the Empire cares so much about that kid." Anduin pointed casually, and Robin, who was standing in the corner, trembled.
I don’t know what’s wrong with this damn old man. Ever since he captured that X-level life form, he has been keeping him by his side.
Although no tricks were used on him, the pressure was too great and Robin felt like he had a nervous breakdown.
"Are you scolding me again?" Anduin glanced at him indifferently.
Robin subconsciously tensed up, but before he could say anything, he heard Li Ming say, "Sir Anduin, if Robin has been rude in any way, I apologize on his behalf."
Robin was stunned and looked at Li Ming blankly. For a moment, he felt like tears welling up in his eyes.
Brother, you are my real brother!
Anduin looked at him and for some reason, felt that Li Ming was a little different.
He shook his head and laughed, "I wouldn't do anything to him. Your teacher should come back too."
I'm just too lazy to talk to him anymore.
"Well, you guys chat first, I'll go out first." Robin hurriedly said goodbye after receiving a signal from Li Ming.
After the door of the room was automatically locked, the Tanwei possessed him, and the Azure Dragon slid online and uttered a dull voice: "Anduin."
Lux couldn't help but look up, her amber eyes hinting at scrutiny, but she quickly lowered them again.
"It seems like you've gained a lot this time. You didn't even have time to see me." Anduin stood up and said with a smile.
Li Ming shook his head and motioned Anduin to take a seat. After they sat down together, he said, "Something unexpected happened and I needed to deal with something urgently. That's why I didn't have time to meet you. I hope you can forgive me."
"Oh..." Anduin's eyes flickered slightly, but he didn't ask any more questions. He casually took out a crystal ball from somewhere. There was mist in the ball, and he could faintly hear the sound of roaring.
He said meaningfully, "Your Excellency truly has a wealth of talented people under your command. At first, I thought these people didn't know about Li Ming's departure and were coming for him. Turns out, they're actually after that kid named Robin."
"His development potential is actually level 43. If nothing unexpected happens, this is another X-level evolutionary form."
Andoyin couldn't figure out where Qinglong recruited these talents from.
Needless to say, Li Ming must be hiding a huge secret, but this Robin is not simple either.
Even in the Black Hole Hall, with its Black Hole Network as a medium and full of talented people, few can reach the level of Robin.
More importantly, if we only rely on developing potential, it would never be so coveted by the empire.
He studied it openly and secretly for several days but found no clues. The next step was to search the memory, but searching the memory would definitely offend Qinglong.
"Your Excellency, do you really want to know?" Li Ming asked back, which caught Anduin off guard. After hesitating for a moment, he shook his head and said, "Forget it. I'm afraid I can't help myself."
He was also afraid that Qinglong would fool him.
Li Ming turned his gaze towards the crystal ball in front of him, "This is the Scarlet Wolf."
"The Empire's highly genetically evolved form," Anduin explained. "It comes from a certain tribe of orcs and was incorporated into the Empire thousands of years ago."
At this point, he reluctantly explained, "I know he's a nuisance, but since he's already here, I can only trap him. It wasn't intentional."
What does that mean? Li Ming was stunned. Anduin was apologizing to him for capturing the Scarlet Wolf?
That's not right. Shouldn't this guy ask for benefits?
Li Ming couldn't help but wonder, and Anduin continued, "You should have the Empire's contact information. They'll probably give you 500 million to 600 million star coins."
"Five or six hundred million star coins?" Li Ming asked in surprise, "This redemption price is too low."
Qinglong doesn’t know the unspoken rules?
Anduin was quite surprised and couldn't help but smile bitterly. "There's no redemption price for an X-class lifeform. If you don't want to break up with the Empire, you have no choice but to let it go."
Li Ming immediately understood that it was because of the majesty of the empire.
Although the other party took action first, the Empire did not care about that. Every X-level life form was important and a powerful weapon.
If you catch him and really dare to kill him, a large number of X-level life forms will be waiting for you.
But the offended party is obviously unwilling to release the person directly, so there is a symbolic redemption price.
No matter how unwilling you are, you have to swallow this bitter fruit.
This is also the reason why Anduin and others want to vigorously promote the joint organization of higher life forms.
They are almost at the top of the food chain, so naturally they don't want to be suppressed by the three major civilizations.
At the same time, this is also an important reason why the three major civilizations are able to gather most of the X-level life forms.
Although the United Organization of Higher Life Forms has been established, it is still just an empty shell in the short term and is far from being able to compete.
"I understand." Li Ming nodded thoughtfully and said, "Then please let him out, Your Excellency."
"It will be difficult to deal with it if we let it out." Anduin shook his head and picked up the crystal ball. Without him making any movement, the crystal ball suddenly grew larger, covering the two of them.
This Anduin... is really not simple.
Li Ming was secretly surprised. The combat capability of this special evolutionary system was difficult to estimate directly.
Ivan was almost exhausted. Not only did this space seem to have no end, but it also constantly drained his strength. He could only roar from time to time.
"Qinglong...you..."
Ivan paused halfway through his words, and saw a figure suddenly appear in front of him, a majestic light golden mecha.
He had seen its pictures and videos, and was very familiar with it.
"Qinglong, it really is you." Ivan's face changed slightly and his voice quickly dropped.
He couldn't see Anduin?
This guy is really cautious. Li Ming glanced at Anduin standing next to him.
It's understandable that Anduin only came to help and didn't want to get involved.
Anduin remained silent. Ivan would definitely be let go, and he didn't want to get into trouble.
"Sir Ivan." Li Ming walked forward, grabbed the scarlet wolf, and began to absorb the genetic essence without any hesitation.
"What... are you doing?" Ivan looked fierce but was actually timid. When he found out that Qinglong just pulled him up and didn't take any further action, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, he is a member of the empire. Qinglong can torture him a little, but he can't really do anything to him.
"I would like to ask, what do you want to do?" Li Ming chatted casually, simply trying to buy time for him to absorb the gene source.
"I admit I'm not as skilled as you." Ivan straightened up and said in a deep voice, "But you will never get any useful information from me."
Seeing this, Anduin's face turned cold, and he felt annoyed, but then he sighed.
Ivan's first X-level gene seed has not yet been fully developed, and its combat capability level does not exceed 200X.
Qinglong could crush him to death with just one finger, yet now he was pretending to be strong and tough.
He simply relied on the empire's support and was certain that these people would not dare to kill him.
"It seems that you are still a tough guy." Li Ming's voice showed no emotion, he was just conducting a routine interrogation.
He already knew exactly who the instigator was and what his purpose was.
Ivan was really getting impatient with the questions. Everyone understood the unspoken rules of the interstellar world. If Qinglong was really unhappy, the worst that could happen was that he beat him up and then threw him back to the empire.
There's no point talking about this now, he definitely won't be able to reveal who the mastermind behind this is.
Since you don't dare to really kill him, why bother pretending to interrogate him?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but snort coldly: "Your Excellency, there's no need to ask. You can kill me or chop me up as you wish. I won't answer any questions."
Anduin's expression became even uglier. This was clearly a squeeze.
Even if Qinglong wasn't angry, he would be angry.
After this matter is over, or when the united organization of higher life forms gradually grows stronger, he will definitely instigate Qinglong to settle accounts with this person.
It is difficult to kill him now because the empire knows that this person has fallen into Qinglong's hands.
Who will still remember this in a dozen years?
(End of this chapter)
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