Chapter 551 Upgrading and Manufacturing
"Of course, the most crucial point is that the two divine craftsmen's campaign to deify Azure Dragon has clearly caused dissatisfaction within the Imperial Federation, leading to the release of more information."
Anatoly couldn't help but sigh, "I'm starting to doubt it now. Azure Dragon might actually be the backup consciousness of the Hammersmith."
"Mechanical Holy Spirit, this is probably the second time I've seen it. The first time, it was just an insignificant little figure."
"That's all," Gutierrez said dissatisfiedly. "It seems like a lot, but we've already figured out a lot of this information."
"Haven't you also seen the issue of Azure Dragon's strength?"
"No, no..." Anatoly shook his head, "It's different."
"We have indeed seen it, but that is just one of Qinglong's methods. We don't know where his limit is."
"Although he is indeed very strong, at least I know his upper limit, so I am not so worried."
"Upper limit? Tell me about it?" Gutierrez remained noncommittal.
"It's simple. Just treat him like a master hammersmith." Anatoly said bluntly, "His life was in danger during the Red River Star Stream incident. He must have played all his cards."
"The strength of the Mechanical Holy Spirit lies in the number and strength of its mechanical bodies. This has been verified by the Hammersmith."
Anatoly said casually, "You can just apply the plan you prepared to deal with the Hammersmith directly to him. The effect will be the same. Then you can just grab the vice-chairman seat."
"Seize it?" Gutierrez said coldly, "We are not planning to attack Qinglong for the time being and give up the third seat."
"Give up?" Anatoly frowned. "That's a vice-chairman seat. It's okay to give it a try."
Gutierrez stared at him coldly. "Why don't we turn our attention to the other vice-chairman? It should be much easier than dealing with the hammer."
Anatoly's expression calmed down, and after a pause, he said with a half-smile, "Your Excellency can try."
"Dealing with Qinglong is not the goal. The goal is to find out what happened in the Red River Star Stream." Gustav, who had been silent, finally spoke.
Gutierrez snorted coldly: "Yes, this is also the reason why we support the expansion of higher life forms."
"The three great master craftsmen are under pressure from the Empire and the Federation. They can't tell us. Their whereabouts are elusive and difficult to find. It's best to deal with one of the Empire and the Federation first."
Although the incident with the vice-chairman seat was beyond expectations, continuing to deal with Qinglong was not in line with the plan.
"Now that the higher life forms have taken shape, we can move on to the next step."
Hearing this, Anatoly's expression became more solemn. Gustav even said, "The Federation has been peaceful in recent years. There haven't been any major disturbances within the Federation, and the situation abroad is equally stable."
"If you want to cause trouble, you can only start with the Empire."
"That's right," Gutierrez agreed. "Adam is ambitious and intends to rebuild the empire, which has led to the empire's internal and external troubles in recent years."
"In other words, the establishment of a united organization of higher life forms has somewhat curbed the external unrest, but the internal unrest has never stopped."
"Where is the alchemist baron?" Anatoly asked suddenly.
Gutierrez frowned and said calmly, "We haven't found any clues yet. We can't keep chasing one line."
"Where are you going to start?" asked Gustav.
Gutierrez didn't answer immediately. Instead, he glanced at the two people's projections and said slowly, "Can I trust you?"
"We have always been your staunch allies," Anatoly said immediately.
Gutierrez remained noncommittal and said slowly, "We must stop whatever they want to do."
"The Star of Eternal Silence, and the Holy Castle."
Suddenly, Anatoly paused and looked at me with a fiery look.
Even Gustav's eyes were shining brightly.
"The relics of Terrax..." he said in a deep voice.
There is no need to say much about the Star of Eternal Silence. He is even more familiar with the Holy Castle, which can even be said to be one of the cornerstones of the rule of the three major civilizations.
"That's right." Gutierrez nodded. "Due to Adam's stupidity, the Eternal Star was lost, but they found clues not long ago."
"As for the Holy Castle, it's another line, led by Prince Heckler, and it seems to have recovered."
"The Holy Castle has revived?" Anatoly was surprised, then thoughtfully said, "As expected of the Empire, we haven't even received any news."
Gutierrez ignored him and continued, "Finding the Holy Castle is too difficult. We're still investigating. We won't be considering it for the time being. However, the Star of Eternal Silence is much simpler."
"It's in the deep dimensional world."
"The deep dimensional world." Greed surged uncontrollably in Gustav's heart, but he quickly suppressed it.
Anatoly was more direct. "When do we start?"
Gutierrez shook his head. "We don't want to engage in direct war with the Empire, so we can only send a coalition of higher life forms."
"Using us as cannon fodder?" Anatoly frowned.
"What else?" Gutierrez shook his head and said quietly, "The Empire is currently searching the deep dimensional world in full swing. If we were even slightly slower, we might have missed it."
Anatoly stared at Gutierrez and cursed inwardly.
This bastard is really cunning. If he knew the news before the expansion, he would not dare to act rashly.
But now after the expansion, the number of members exceeds seventy, all of whom are X-level life forms. What a huge force this is.
So, as long as Gutierrez puts something in front of them, greed will drive them to go there.
After all, that is the Star of Eternal Silence.
"Once we find it..." Gutierrez said with a stiff smile, "We'll be on par with the three great civilizations. It's within our reach."
After the words fell, even though the two knew that this was Gutierrez's rhetoric, their hearts skipped a beat.
………
Mechanical Royal Court.
In the forging laboratory, Li Ming was in a good mood, humming a little tune with his arms raised.
A large lump of metal material in front of him was melted into liquid by the power of the [mechanical hand], and then quickly solidified into tiny parts and fell onto the metal conveyor belt.
At the end of the conveyor belt, there is a busy robotic arm that accurately picks up a small gear, gently places it in the predetermined position, and then quickly turns the screw.
At the same time, another robotic arm has handed over a slender metal shaft, which carefully passes through the layers of parts, fitting perfectly without any deviation.
Parts of various shapes and sizes are assembled together in an orderly manner under the operation of the robotic arm.
The complex energy circuits are laid out as carefully as blood vessels, and each weld is completed in an instant.
In just two or three hours, a mechanical heart was gradually assembled and formed, with the metallic luster shining brightly under the light.
Started, upgraded, silky and smooth, then he continued to rub the parts by hand.
It took him twenty to thirty hours to complete the manufacturing and upgrading of the remaining eleven life power cores.
Looking at the mechanical heart icons arranged in sequence in the control bar, a sense of security arises spontaneously.
"Finally... As long as the metal has enough energy, I can keep hammering it down."
After admiring it in ecstasy for a moment, Li Ming turned his attention to his main combat system.
Right now, there are still 3 billion metal energies and six portions of world blood left, which can be used to upgrade at least three S-level control objects.
The first thing is naturally the two new control objects added to the system.
As metallic energy poured in, the world's blood mixed with it, and the whole thing transformed into a more dazzling silver-gold color, giving it new activity and abilities.
[Shadow Sky Combat Armor--Level X: A defensive combat armor customized for Li Ming, the master craftsman.
…
Control effect: Defense increased fifty times
Control Ability - Heavy Armor: Gain a hundredfold defense boost and gain the ability of "Instinct Void."
[Instinct Void: When attacked, if the host does not react, 10% of their stamina will be consumed, and they can passively enter a quantum void state, allowing attacks to pass through without causing damage.]
Can it be passively triggered? Li Ming was surprised. It didn't seem very good, but after thinking about it carefully, he was quite satisfied.
His original form was only an S-class life form. Even after going through the trials to become a king, his basic qualities far exceeded those of life forms of the same level, but there was still some gap.
At least, there is no need to worry about being attacked by surprise, as the body has one less weakness.
Although the passive trigger consumes 10% of your physical strength, it is still worth it when you weigh the pros and cons.
Following closely is the [Nightmare Wreath], which mainly protects the spiritual body.
After the upgrade, the interwoven wreath looks even more refined --
[Nightmare Wreath--X Level: A spiritual defense weapon customized for Li Ming, the master craftsman.
…
Control effect: Perception is enhanced a hundredfold.
Control Ability - Nightmare's Fury: Once the spirit body enters a state of loss of control, 15% of its integrity is damaged and it is forcibly awakened. In the next second, it becomes immune to and can deflect all mental attacks.
Hmm? Li Ming's eyes lit up slightly. Even though his level had increased to X, it had lost another 5% of its integrity, but its abilities had been greatly enhanced.
It has an additional one-second immunity after awakening, and also gains the ability to passively counterattack.
He had always wanted to come up with a method of mental attack to kill people without them being seen. The thought of it was quite exciting.
However, after careful consideration, he gave up this plan.
He is not good at this aspect, and he certainly cannot kill others with the same level of mental attack.
We can't just create a set of controls specifically for the spiritual system. It would be a bit like putting profit before the main goal, and we would lose interest.
Now that he has made up for this problem, he is quite fond of this ability of "hitting me is equivalent to hitting himself".
It's just this perceptual blessing that's not very satisfying.
Li Ming thought that in fact, this [Nightmare Wreath] could be replaced after he possessed the tank guard, mainly as a mental defense when he was in the form of others.
"We can add some other things, or put the Earthshaker back."
Li Ming thought briefly, but he did not use the last billion metal energies to upgrade the [Earth-Shaking Fist].
Instead, he took out the [Magnetic Crystal Heavy Domain], a special control object to assist him in developing gene seeds, which was actually used very frequently.
There are two functions. The first is gravity coverage, which passively stimulates cell activity.
The other is the built-in development force field, which is enough to improve his development efficiency by 10%.
This embodiment can still use the development force field, although it cannot be superimposed, but it is one of the few additional means to increase development efficiency.
At present, ten thousand times the gravity can no longer oppress him, and the upgrade is just around the corner, with billions of metal energies flowing like water.
[Magnetic Crystal Heavy Domain--X Level: Specially designed gravity field blockade training equipment.
Control effect: Super magnetic crystal
Control Ability - Gravity Field Adjustment: Lock onto a target, increase gravity by up to 100,000 times normal gravity, and be affected by "Development Stance".
[Super Energy Magnetic Crystal: Any action loss while locking onto a target increases by 40%]
[Development Stance: Within the gravity coverage area, development efficiency increases by 30%. Materialization also works, but cannot be stacked.]
Development efficiency has increased from 10% to 30%?
Li Ming was quite satisfied and thought it was just doubled.
The overall capabilities have undergone a transformation. It is no longer regional coverage, but direct targeting, which is much more convenient.
Not only can it assist in development, it is also an excellent suppressive control item.
A 40% loss in activity is already very scary.
In just a short moment, the metal energy in his body was completely consumed.
I still have three portions of World Blood left. I'll accumulate some metal energy and then see what to upgrade.
In other words, if you want to save it, you need to store at least 800 million metal energies in the future to support one round of repair of the [Life Power Core].
Li Ming couldn't help but sigh in his heart. There is never too much metal energy, and it has always been in short supply.
However, after glancing at the overflowing control column, I still felt a sense of accomplishment as there were more X-level controls than I could read on a single page.
He wondered what materials were needed to upgrade to the ultimate control object.
The controlled objects cannot be upwardly compatible. If he becomes the ultimate life form and the level of the controlled objects has not caught up, then he will be in trouble.
As he thought about it, he suddenly shook his head, "...Ha, we're not even an X-level life form yet, let's take it slow."
Coming out of the forging lab, Li Ming opened his smart terminal and checked Wang Ting's specific situation. "A while ago, a new batch of contracts were signed, and Wang Ting had to invest a lot in advance. The metal energy provided will be difficult to increase in a short period of time."
Today, the Mechanical Royal Court's tentacles have extended to more than a hundred star clusters and is in the early stages of investment.
To form a positive cycle, even with the help of multiple parties, it will probably take about half a year.
"You can't eat hot tofu if you are impatient." Li Ming was very patient about this, and glanced at Sheffield who sent him another progress report.
Originally, the report was made once a month, but since the last expansion meeting, the reporting time has been shortened to half a month.
Sheffield sent him several pictures and text charts, which seemed to help him understand more easily, and he also thoughtfully provided data progress.
"...We've already extracted approximately 35% of the required limb remains..."
"Three months, 35%, not bad." Li Ming took a quick look.
"…We've tried various materials, including alien extracts and Bodor solvents. We've determined that the superstring stripping agent can barely achieve the desired gene extraction results. We've contacted the manufacturer, Victoria, to find a way to increase the concentration…"
Seeing this, he couldn't help but frown and contacted an external company...
He looked carefully and saw that what Sheffield was talking about was a gene-dissolving material.
Tygos's body is too strong and unresponsive to many substances.
The superstring stripping agent has been tested and is the most effective.
However, Yeyue Biological Company is not good at producing this kind of medicine and can only purchase it on a customized basis from other companies.
He shook his head helplessly. It was just a matter of buying medicine, so there shouldn't be any problem. StarCraft had never had experience in modulating gene seeds of this strength, so they could only experiment step by step.
After reading Sheffield's report, he checked Blackbeard's report again. After reading only a few lines, he paused. His expression changed and his brows furrowed. "...Time and space riot..."
(End of this chapter)
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