Chapter 537: On the Eve of Expansion
"They're looking for more information to strengthen their grasp." Mikhail stared at Reynolds. "Since they've spoken, they must have done a lot of deductions. Do you really want to fight?"
Reynolds's attitude was quite domineering. "What if we fight? They don't know the path of mechanical evolution to begin with. I don't believe they'll have time to hunt us down when the entire galaxy is staring at that corpse."
"Idiot!" Mikhail said angrily, "Do you really think everyone is as stupid as you, with only confrontation in mind? Do you really think the Empire and the Federation are stupid enough to go against the entire galaxy?"
"Believe it or not, if we spread the news today, they will immediately invite everyone to participate in the research."
"Some even say that the condition is to kill us. Then, it will be us, not the Empire or the Federation, who will face the pressure of the entire galaxy!"
Reynolds froze for a moment, his momentum weakened considerably, his expression changing, "That's too easy, at least try to trick them."
This is just being stubborn.
"They should have guessed it long ago." Li Ming finally spoke, speaking in the manner of a Azure Dragon. "When Li Ming learned the secret, people from the Imperial Federation were also present. When they mention revival, it's hard not to think of the path of mechanical evolution."
Mikhail thought that they had actually deceived the Empire and the Federation because they were not researching that secret at all.
They also didn't know what Li Ming had obtained.
"That's true." Reynolds went down the steps that Qinglong handed to him.
Mikhail felt a pang of pain in his heart, and could not help but snort coldly, "This matter is not without benefits. It's time to move the base."
"Yes." Reynolds nodded suddenly, then said worriedly, "However, I guess the Imperial Federation must have more than just the coordinates of two bases."
"Do you need to guess?" Mikhail scoffed. "Here's a suggestion: relocate all the core bases. Listen carefully, all of them."
"All of it?" Reynolds was shocked and blurted out: "How much energy would that take?"
"Whatever you want, I'm just giving you a little reminder." Mikhail was too lazy to say anything more.
Reynolds thought thoughtfully, it is better to spend more energy now than to have people blocking the door later.
"We need to change places here too," Mikhail said suddenly.
"Yes, and there's this." Reynolds looked at Mikhail suspiciously again: "When this place was built, all we used were mechanical machines at our disposal. There was absolutely no connection to the outside world."
"How did they know?"
"After all, there are resources that need to be purchased from the stars." Mikhail shook his head. "When we move, we should be more secretive."
After saying that, he found that Reynolds was still staring at him. His heart skipped a beat and he said angrily, "Do you doubt me?"
"Why are you feeling guilty?" Reynolds became more suspicious.
Li Mingze said, "It shouldn't be His Excellency Mikhail. Doing this will not do him any good."
"That's true." Reynolds nodded thoughtfully.
It’s nm!
Hearing these words again, Mikhail's mechanical pupils spun, and he even gritted his teeth.
Reynolds' attitude towards him and Qinglong was originally different.
Later, Qinglong was suspected of forging a hammer, and his attitude was even different.
It's obviously the same words, but the effect is different when they come from his mouth and when they come from Qinglong's mouth.
This was also related to the many conflicts between the two. He believed that Reynolds was not that stupid. Many times he just deliberately confronted him, which really made him angry.
Then, Reynolds said in a deep voice, "Hurry up and transfer them. Hurry up and study them. I've seen enough of these people's faces. When I become the Ultimate Life Form, I will make them pay."
Mikhail didn't bother to respond to such harsh words. Instead, he said to Qinglong, "Thanks to you this time. Otherwise, even if we told them about this, it wouldn't be enough. They would definitely send someone to intervene."
Reynolds couldn't help but sneer: "We have to be like Qinglong and frighten them severely."
Having said that, his expression paused slightly, and he glanced at Qinglong, wondering what he was thinking of.
"It's my duty." Li Ming responded. He also needed to know the specific research progress of the corpse, so he just went with the flow.
The two of them had a lot of things to do next, including various moves, so Li Ming also logged off and returned to the Mechanical Royal Court.
"Huh..." Opening his eyes and exhaling, Li Ming stood up and stretched his body. "It's still more comfortable to use my own body."
He pondered, "After this encounter, the Empire and the Federation will undoubtedly conduct more covert investigations into me, but none of it will be made public, so it shouldn't be a big deal."
I sorted out the thoughts in my mind.
At present, the only things worth his attention are his gene seeds and the Holy Castle.
Both of these involve the ultimate level of life forms and Titan relics, which should not be underestimated.
"And the Star of Eternal Silence..." Li Ming frowned slightly. This was actually the most troublesome thing.
It is not easy for him to go to the deep dimensional world.
Although he will not be harmed by Chronoa, Chronoa is not the only forbidden life in the deep dimension. The other party can definitely pay the price and find someone to help.
Since the Star of Eternal Silence has not been found yet, he is not sure whether the other party can be of any help, and it is not easy to drain Chronoa.
It is obviously impossible to snatch things from the Empire by relying solely on remote control of the Pioneers.
"These forbidden beings are too abnormal. They rely on the entire world and are extremely powerful." Li Ming couldn't help but feel a headache. "I guess it will be difficult to compete with them at the S-level stage."
However, without Chronoa's help, the Empire's deep dimensional world also found it difficult to move forward.
The pioneer's Blackbeard often gave him written reports, describing the progress.
Putting this matter aside for the moment, Li Ming stroked his chin and asked, "What did you want to do before?"
"Oh right, the mental defense device, an early warning against bewitching."
With a slight shock in his spirit, he followed his previous ideas and began to continue to create what he needed.
The sound of "ding ding dang dang" continued to ring out. A few days later, Li Ming was holding a diamond-shaped crystal, his brows furrowed, "No..."
He threw it away and continued working.
However, the difficulty of creating something at the spiritual defense level was beyond his imagination.
What he created was always a little bit different from what he wanted.
This construction took more than half a month. The high-frequency laser cutter moved on the crystal, and the splashed metal debris was captured by the vacuum port.
Six robotic arms worked in coordination, twisting six strands of crystalline metal extending from a high-temperature forge, entwining them with each other.
Thirty-two fiber filaments are pulled out from the automated spindle. Whenever the fibers intertwine into nodes, the adsorption device lights up with blue light, organizing the disordered silk threads into a honeycomb array and attaching them to the crystalline metal.
It resembles a metal wreath, and the final polishing process is completed by a suspended grinding head.
The quantum particles on the surface of the grinding head rotate at high speed when in contact, and foggy scratches appear on the metal surface first, and then a mirror-like luster emerges during the vibration.
The formed "metal wreath" was transferred to the testing table by a mechanical claw. Twelve probes simultaneously penetrated the internal interface, and the green light of the test lamp lit up one by one along the energy lines.
Before it completely cooled down, Li Ming couldn't wait to pick up the Nightmare Wreath - Grade A.
[Control Ability - Nightmare: When the spirit body is detected to be out of control, 10% of the control integrity is consumed, and the person can fall into a deep sleep, similar to coma.]
"Falling into a deep sleep? Made myself unconscious?" Li Ming muttered, but this ability was somewhat similar to what he wanted.
"Let's get promoted to a lower level and see if I can get some improvement." He thought.
As expected, after the upgrade, there was a qualitative leap.
[Control Ability - Nightmare: Once the spirit body loses control, its integrity will be damaged by 10% and it will be forcibly awakened.]
Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief. He finally got the ability he wanted, which was equivalent to spiritual purification.
He has the ability to possess others, and with just a moment's reminder, he can possess others and make himself disappear, thus avoiding mental attacks.
But he couldn't possibly be wearing the [Tank Guard] all the time and be in a possessed state all the time.
Having this thing is equivalent to giving him time to react, which is enough.
"【Shadow Sky Combat Armor】, 【Nightmare Wreath】... it's almost done, I'll save the last one 【Earth Shaking Fist】 for now..." Li Ming glanced at the control page and was in a good mood.
After leaving the laboratory and coming to the gene development room, I took the gene development drug, turned on the [Magnetic Crystal Heavy Domain], and energy particles surged on the surface of my skin, and I entered a happy development time.
As for the consciousness body, he entered the Holy Castle. He is still unable to defeat the peak transcendence level trial, and the development progress needs to reach 60%.
His current development progress is 39%, just a little bit away from 40%.
He still had some mechanical essence in his hand, and if nothing unexpected happened, he planned to use it when it was at 50%.
Assuming that all evolutionary sources have reached level X, it is estimated that 60% can be raised in one fell swoop, saving a lot of time.
His side is thriving, but Interstellar will not stagnate.
As the news of the expansion of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms intensified, related news almost occupied the pages of every civilization, and it seemed that everyone was discussing it.
Except for those civilizations that have severed their connection with the interstellar network and closed all evolutionary routes within their territory, everything remains calm.
Many interstellar life forms are either expecting or protesting. Of course, some people remain skeptical about this news.
In the noisy discussion.
A month later, a statement jointly issued by the three major civilizations caused a sensation.
"…In order to maintain interstellar security and stability, the Higher Lifeforms United Organization will accept ordinary members who are willing to contribute to interstellar peace and development…"
“…At the same time, due to various considerations, the board of directors will undergo its first renewal in a year…”
The United Organization of Higher Life Forms is really going to expand!
Not only that, the board members also need to be replaced.
Once the official news was released, the heat that had been accumulated for a long time completely exploded, and various related discussions emerged one after another.
The most eye-catching of these is the replacement of the ten-member board of directors of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms.
According to the announcement released when it was first established, the board of directors will not be replaced within five years.
But now nearly four years have passed, and with only one year left, it will pass in a flash, and replacement is imminent.
The rules for replacement are also very clear and based on strength.
There is no first in literature, and no second in martial arts.
The strongest contest of individual power is naturally more eye-catching.
Everyone on the board of directors has basically become well-known to the outside world during the period since the establishment of the joint organization.
Their pursuit of the strong has also allowed them to accumulate many fans.
There has always been a discussion about who is stronger and who is weaker, and now that it is put on paper, it is naturally more intense.
Five or six days after the announcement, most of the news discussed who was most likely to be replaced and who was least likely to be replaced on the board of directors.
The historical performance, scope of activity, and growth experience of the board members were all compared in various ways.
As they were comparing, some people suddenly went off topic and talked about Qinglong, and the style of the discussion was completely different.
"...Tsk, I still think it's impossible to open this opportunity for Qinglong. Everyone is competing in individual strength. If he starts with a mechanical body to pave the way, how can we fight him?"
"If we give him this precedent, then wouldn't the other two master craftsmen be able to challenge him as well?"
"But those mechanical bodies are part of Lord Qinglong's strength. You can't let him cut off his own arms, right?"
"Don't confuse the concepts. If Qinglong is a mechanically modified body, let him fight with his original body. If not, forget it."
"Just because he's a mechanic, he can use robots to assist him. Does that mean others can also call themselves mechanics?"
It is generally recognized that mechanically modified bodies are evolved bodies, but whether mechanics are evolved bodies has been a topic of discussion since the establishment of the Mechanics Association.
Many people think that if mechanics are counted, then everyone is an evolved being. Who can't drive a mecha and control a mechanical body?
But some people also believe that the so-called mechanics essentially use the mechanical bodies they create to fight.
But those who oppose it also have something to say: who knows whether you built your mechanical body yourself or bought it?
In short, this old topic was brought up again due to the change of board seats and involved the master craftsman Qinglong, sparking a lot of discussion.
"Don't be misled!" a well-known interstellar commentator issued a stern statement. "What's important now isn't the change of board seats, but the rules governing the expansion of higher life forms."
"Can all X-level life forms be absorbed?"
"Those who have launched interstellar massacres, those who are wanted by over a hundred, over two hundred civilizations."
"Those inhumane, beast-like higher life forms can be accepted as law enforcers defending interstellar justice. I don't believe it!"
Cromwell was a doctor without borders, often traveling to backward civilizations and enjoying a high reputation.
His statement resonated with many people, who expressed their support and demanded that the Interstellar Alliance not accept higher life forms with wanted warrants.
However, this raises another question, as another Interstellar critic stated:
"A wanted criminal in one civilization might be a hero in another."
"Different races, different civilizations, different laws, how can we determine whether a crime has been committed or not?"
It seems that everyone has a point, and interstellar public opinion is like the roaring waves, making it difficult to reach a conclusion.
In this situation, the United Organization of Higher Life Forms, which is at the center of the storm, is preparing to hold another meeting.
"…Second regular meeting?"
In the Mechanical Royal Court, Li Ming received a notice with a flicker in his eyes. This notice came very urgently. It was a notice jointly initiated by the three major civilizations. The wording was quite impolite, requiring all members of the board of directors to be online within three hours.
(End of this chapter)
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