Chapter 602 Deserter
Anduin and the others quickly agreed on a meeting place and sent him the coordinates.
"Lanka... is quite far away..." Li Ming pulled out the star map and saw that it was at least ten days' voyage from the Chaos Center, and the star gate node could not be reached directly.
"It won't be long." After calculating the time briefly, he prepared to set off.
Before leaving, he took advantage of the situation to absorb all the metal materials accumulated by the Mechanical Royal Court.
Affected by external interference, the Mechanical Royal Court's base in the chaotic star gap has been greatly affected.
Business is less than one-tenth of what it used to be. More than 60% to 70% of life forms have almost all escaped from the chaotic star gap during this period.
Therefore, the accumulated metal energy is less, only about 600 million, and the overall balance is still 13.5 billion.
"After this, the Mechanical Royal Court...will blossom everywhere."
Li Ming walked out of the warehouse and headed straight to the spaceship dock. Ulrich had already prepared the spaceship.
The worry on his face was almost unsuppressible, and the outside world was in an uproar.
The three major civilizations have not carried out joint actions for a long time, and the attention of the entire interstellar space is almost all focused here.
The video of the sailing of the coalition fleet of the three major civilizations has been captured more than once. It is endless, like a long river of steel, full of oppression.
Some information from the meeting of the joint organization of higher life forms has also leaked to the outside world.
Under the impetus of some people with good intentions, various analytical videos have emerged one after another, with only one theme -
Qinglong has been abandoned by the United Organization of Higher Life Forms and there is no room for maneuver.
The voices of pessimism are heard one after another.
"You..." He hesitated, not knowing what Li Ming was going to do. In the end, he just said, "Be careful on your way."
He didn't doubt that Li Ming was planning to run away. The group of people he had asked him to pick up were still in the Mechanical Royal Court. If he really wanted to run away, he would definitely take this group of people with him.
"Don't worry." Li Ming left only two words and boarded the spaceship. The propulsion engine spewed out red energy fluid and headed straight for the star gate node.
Inside the spaceship, Li Ming casually swiped the smart terminal. The interstellar network was now full of evil spirits.
The three major civilizations want to regain the face they lost in the last challenge for the board seat from the chaotic star gap and prove that they are still powerful.
Therefore, under deliberate guidance, some horrific and terrible deeds spread every once in a while, such as "raising female life forms" and "imprisonment and killing" incidents.
He vaguely directed the blame on Qinglong, accusing him of being the vice-chairman of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms and setting up a base in the chaotic star gap and leaving it alone.
While catching people's attention with pornography, violence and bloodiness and enhancing the "justice" of the coalition, the popularity of Chaos Star Gap has never decreased, attracting the attention of various civilizations and countless life forms.
However, some people are naturally dissatisfied with this behavior of throwing dirty water, especially the "Chief Dragon Fan" who has accumulated a large number of fans, as well as some enemies of the three major civilizations, who have been refuting the rumors.
Amidst such a chaotic situation, the coalition forces of the three major civilizations have been approaching the center of chaos in a mighty manner.
Li Ming also arrived at Lanka more than ten days later.
This is a desolate planet. A mineral vein was accidentally discovered deep underground. It was taken by Barbaro and later sold to Anduin.
After the deep minerals were mined, they were sublet to a small looting organization as a base.
However, there is no life on this planet now, they have all run away.
"Tsk... Reynolds and Mikhail are really nice." Li Ming looked at the virtual screen, on which was the information summarized by Reynolds and Mikhail.
The two of them really spent a lot of money this time. The total number of various mechanical bodies has approached 600 million, nearly 10 million warships, no less than a hundred fortress-class motherships, and the number of X-class mechanical bodies is as high as ten.
"I guess this isn't the limit for these two guys." Li Ming couldn't help but gasp in amazement. "They're really rich."
This is the advantage of the assembly line: as long as there are enough resources and time, things are infinite.
The only thing they need to craft by hand is probably the X-level life form.
With a bang, the spaceship landed. Li Ming put away the smart terminal and the hatch opened.
As soon as I walked out of the cabin, a biting cold wind blew in, mixed with black sand and gravel. The environment here was extremely harsh, and the ground was full of dry gullies.
Li Ming glanced around and found that this was an abandoned base. The crooked gate of the base was covered with rust.
"Here it comes..." A familiar voice sounded in his ears, ripples appeared in the void, and a familiar figure appeared, it was Anduin.
This guy even ran out of the Chaos Center. Li Ming nodded: "Sir Anduin."
"Your teacher really let you come like this." Anduin was quite emotional. He glanced at Li Ming and found that the other party did not restrain his information state and displayed it so unscrupulously.
He had come into contact with the other party before and was immediately sure that it was not a mimicking life form, and he felt more and more emotional.
The two entered the center of the abandoned base and found that it had been roughly tidied up and was quite tidy.
Sheffield had arrived, and so had Carter.
Li Ming greeted each other. Sheffield responded warmly, a flash of green in his pupils. He looked at Anduin and smiled.
"We haven't seen each other for a while. Monica often talks to me about you. You young people should talk more."
This was not Sheffield's first contact with Li Ming. Due to his own gene seeds, he was highly sensitive to information status and was sure that there was nothing wrong with the other party.
Carter was the only one here who had never met Li Ming. With his eyes flickering, he kept looking at this "life form with the highest development potential in history."
"Barbarol will be here soon," Anduin said. He looked at Li Ming with a look of hesitation, and asked hesitantly, "Didn't your teacher tell you anything when he came?"
"No." Li Ming shook his head. "The teacher just wanted to reassure me and everyone else."
Anduin and Sheffield looked at each other, both quite helpless, in typical Qinglong style.
The few of them chatted idly, and whether intentionally or for other reasons, no one mentioned the upcoming meeting with the coalition forces of the three major civilizations.
After waiting for about five days, Barbarole arrived, and after another three days, Sven arrived.
There are less than ten days left until the deadline given by the three major civilizations. Taking into account their journey to the chaotic star gap, it is actually a bit late to set off at this time.
"Why hasn't Benito arrived yet?" Sven frowned, staring at the virtual screen. "We can't reach the Chaos Center by the agreed time."
"It's late, so what? Don't they really allow us to be late?" Barbarol said in a muffled voice.
It is of course nonsense to say that being late is not allowed. What the three major civilizations said is just an attitude.
At least the coalition forces of the three major civilizations have not yet reached the center of chaos.
They waited for another five days, but Benito's response was always coming sooner and sooner.
Benito did not arrive until the coalition forces of the three civilizations arrived at the center of chaos.
It was Barbaro who, growing impatient, picked up his smartphone and gave him a good scolding. Only then did Benito speak the truth, his face helpless and his eyes evasive: "Actually, I'm not going."
"You're not coming?" Barbaroer was slightly stunned, a surge of anger rising in his heart for no apparent reason. He said in a deep voice, "Didn't we agree on this at the beginning?"
"Alas..." Benito sighed, "Don't blame me, everyone. If we go there like this, we're simply going to die."
"The Higher Life Forms United Organization is unwilling to help us. Lord Qinglong, I'm afraid you can't handle it alone."
Several people looked unhappy. They had come here with all their might, and now someone backed out, which was like a bucket of cold water poured on them.
Anduin deadpanned, "Since you weren't coming, you should have told me earlier to save us from wasting our time."
"Alas..." Benito knew he was in the wrong and was too embarrassed to say anything when being accused, so he explained:
"I was actually hesitant until just now and finally made up my mind."
"Okay, you can go away now. Go as far as you can. There will be no place for you in the Chaos Star Gap from now on." Anduin said calmly.
"Coward." Barbarole spat even more fiercely.
"Idiot..." Sheffield shook his head.
Seeing the contemptuous looks from the others, Benito felt a bit embarrassed and annoyed. Even though they were separated by a virtual screen, he was not afraid. With his evil heart rising, he said coldly, "In the future? Will there be another Chaos Star Gap in the future..."
Before he could finish his words, an arc of electricity burst out from the smart terminal in Barbaro's hand, and the virtual screen closed. It was Anduin who made the move.
After confirming that Qinglong would take action, things became less embarrassing than before.
At worst, they can turn against you at the last minute.
Of course, doing so would completely offend Qinglong.
But Anduin also has his own logic. They believe that the Azure Dragon has a solution, so they are willing to take the risk.
In the end, Qinglong really couldn't hold on, and it couldn't be blamed for them turning against him.
After so many years in the interstellar world, Anduin has become accustomed to betrayal.
However, that was a last resort, and he didn't want to do that until it was the last step.
Moreover, defecting is not without disadvantages, as the three major civilizations will inevitably take certain measures against you.
"Since Benito is unwilling to come, let's get ready to set off," said Anduin.
"Everyone, can you wait for a moment?" Li Ming suddenly asked, and several people looked over.
Barbaroer teased, half jokingly and half seriously, "Why, are you scared too?"
Li Ming shook his head and laughed. He did not respond to Barbaro's teasing, but simply said, "Teacher, you haven't given me the signal to go."
"Oh?" Several people's expressions became subtle.
Sven's eyes flickered, and he asked impatiently, "Master Qinglong, do you have any preparations?"
Li Ming didn't answer, but smiled and said, "I hope everyone will wait a little longer."
"Then let's wait a little longer." Anduin pondered.
Several people nodded, but they were all wondering in their hearts what method Qinglong had prepared.
………
The chaos central node, a huge translucent shield covers the entire node.
The starport, which normally would have been tens of thousands of kilometers away, was now completely deserted. The siphon tunnel was still operating, but the magnetic berths that were supposed to be handling cargo ships were only occupied by a few dilapidated spacecraft.
Endless warships have surrounded the entire central node. They seem to be integrated into one, but they are clearly divided into different styles and appearances. Various warships guard the mothership to form a combat unit.
The Federation's giant whale-shaped motherships most resemble the appearance of warships in textbooks, demonstrating the empire's profound heritage. These standard hulls, which are over 80 kilometers long, are made entirely of cutting-edge metal armor.
The main ray gun at the bow of the ship, which is powerful enough to penetrate an terrestrial planet, is now flashing with a dark blue ring-shaped charging pattern.
The Federation's mothership is even simpler, with a streamlined silver-gray hull covered with nano-scale wave-absorbing scales, and spatial folds appearing around it from time to time.
What attracts the most attention is the Covenant's fleet. As a complex civilization, it has all kinds of warships, giving people the feeling of a ragtag army.
Among them, there is a group of motherships that completely subvert the traditional concept of ships. Their surfaces are covered with biomass armor similar to insect compound eyes, with thousands of tentacle-like biological electromagnetic cannons that secrete green fluorescent plasma mucus.
At the outermost edge of the coalition camp, a large number of media spaceships gathered, filming the coalition fleet in front of them from various angles.
Some people estimate that the total number of various warships of this coalition is no less than 12 million, which is enough to sweep across 95% of the civilizations in the universe, not counting the accompanying X-level life forms.
The original purpose of the three major civilizations was to deter with force, so they naturally would not block the news. Instead, they hoped that as many people as possible would know.
However, during the process, no information will be allowed to be leaked in advance. These media will only be allowed to connect to the outside world after the operation is completed.
One of the most eye-catching interstellar fortresses is located in the center of the coalition. Its surface is covered with honeycomb-shaped energy diversion grooves. Dark red condensation tubes grow along the lines and connect to prismatic gun muzzles, with purple arcs of electricity leaping out.
In the central command room, the operational commanders of the three major civilizations gathered together, and on the virtual screen in front of them were the heads of the three civilizations.
This operation is large-scale and extremely important, so it naturally requires the personal supervision of a top leader.
"The time has come, but Anduin and the others have not appeared yet." One of them spoke. There were several black lines on his cheeks, and his eyes were pitch black without white.
It is three meters tall, with a burly build, covered in metal armor, holding a pale golden spear in his hand. A pale golden glow between metal and energy flows throughout his body. If you look closely, you will find that it is a series of special symbols.
Three dark matter star rings rotate counterclockwise suspended at the end, and thorn patterns spread from the handle and extend through the dense cracks on the gun body.
Hermod, the "gunman" of the Covenant, is also the commander-in-chief of this operation.
The representative of the Empire's higher life forms standing beside him whispered:
"Previous secret intelligence stated that Azure Dragon intended to send Anduin and the others, but the recent joint meeting of higher life forms dealt a significant blow to Azure Dragon's reputation. Seeing the situation was not good, they might give up on coming."
"Don't worry." Adam on the screen said calmly, "It's only been a short time. Wait for them for a while."
The Star Alliance representative hesitated: "Will Qinglong really let Li Ming take this risk?"
"I always feel it's unlikely, like a trick."
(End of this chapter)
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