Chapter 622 Gene Seed Modulation Completed
"I'm afraid it's almost finished." The Supervisor's mechanical pupils flickered with fluorescence and slowly rotated. "About five days ago, the structural equipment near this thing was gradually removed."
"At present, only a few construction workers are still working, and only the finishing work should be left."
The virtual projection in his hand enlarged, and through the gaps in the giant structure, he could vaguely see some auxiliary construction equipment in motion, or jet welding beams of light, or unfinished energy circuits being carved.
Li Ming stared at it carefully for a while before asking, "Have you figured out the specific use of this thing? I have a feeling it shouldn't be just a simple energy transmitter."
"There are no clues yet." The Overseer shook his head. "I think so too. Although this thing looks like some kind of energy generator, I don't think the energy it generates can break the Holy Fortress's defenses."
If one wants to break through the Holy Fortress's defense head-on, one must possess the ultimate life-form-level power.
Li Ming didn't think that the thing in the air alone could create that level of power, but he still kept his guard up and pondered:
"I guess as soon as this thing is completed, they will definitely start working directly to avoid any further complications."
"I don't have the authority to mobilize energy. If they really break in, I can only rely on you." The Supervisor reminded again.
"I understand. From now on, I will come over to check on the situation every once in a while." Li Ming nodded.
"However, there is a problem." The Overseer frowned. "Even if you are here, we can catch them off guard, but the Holy Castle is here, and they will keep trying."
After hearing this, Li Ming felt helpless, "Who made that damn King Trial so difficult?"
If the Crown of Diglas cannot be taken away, it will inevitably attract the three major civilizations to take action.
Especially now, the three major civilizations are suspected to have made a breakthrough in corpses. After obtaining several methods, they will definitely not stop.
However, Li Ming was not too worried. On the one hand, he was sending people here.
As long as he can suppress it this time, once the star gate is completed, he will be able to arrive in person.
By then, he can also rely on the power of others, whether it is the Mechanics Association or the United Organization of Higher Life Forms. The power he can mobilize will be far greater than before.
On the other hand, the Supervisor still has a last resort that can turn the tide.
Unfortunately, this mimic body can only move within the Holy Castle, otherwise he would have rushed out directly and there is no way he would just wait here.
After making sure that there was no problem here, Li Ming went offline.
Go to the modulation room deep in the base, find Sheffield, continue to play the role of assistant, and modulate the gene seeds.
Even during the modulation process, his consciousness could descend upon the Holy Castle at will and keep an eye on the situation.
In this way, half a month passed quietly.
That day, in the mixing room, Sheffield looked solemn.
The green vertical pupils were fixed on the petri dish in front of him. Floating in it was the grayish-white seed embryo, wrapped in the genetic link he had carefully edited.
Following the energy tentacles, the nebula-shaped extract is injected into the seed germ.
The liquid with a blue glow stimulated glittering patterns on its surface the moment it came into contact with the seed germ. This was the fusion-promoting liquid that he had carefully prepared.
It doesn't mean that once the gene seed is injected into the body, it will automatically fuse; a medium is still needed.
Silver veins similar to integrated circuits began to grow on the surface of the seed embryo, causing the culture medium to boil into a gelatinous state. Cracks appeared on the surface of the embryo, and it seemed to be showing signs of collapse.
The emergency system beeped, Sheffield's face changed slightly, but he moved incredibly quickly, making a decision in a short time that he must not stop.
Then, a large amount of auxiliary materials were continuously incorporated into it, stimulating the seed embryo and making it increasingly unstable.
This was already the final stage of the adjustment. The other staff members were standing around, watching intently, with cold sweat faintly appearing on their foreheads.
Until a certain moment, the seed germ, which was already covered with cracks, seemed to have reached a certain balance limit.
It suddenly entered a stable state, the surface cracks gradually healed and became restrained.
"Huh... I bet right. This thing is incredibly strong. When on the verge of collapse, it can hold out much longer than other gene seeds."
Sheffield took a breath, turned around, and looked around at the researchers with excitement in their eyes. His gaze finally fell on Li Ming beside him: "Fortunately, we have fulfilled our mission. The modulation is complete."
Hearing Sheffield's final confirmation, suppressed shouts of excitement were heard all around.
Ever since they took over the task of developing this gene seed, they had encountered various difficulties, and Sheffield was putting even more pressure on them, keeping them on edge all the time.
Especially in the last period, there was almost no rest, and Sheffield couldn't bear it, let alone these guys.
Now that the modulation has been successful, not only have I accumulated experience, but I can finally have a good rest.
"Your skills are truly amazing." Li Ming exclaimed in admiration. After the gene seed was prepared, he felt relieved.
Upon hearing this, Sheffield's face couldn't help but look a little strange. He had concocted many X-level gene seeds, but this time, the concoction felt the strangest, as if it were divinely assisted.
When faced with various difficulties, I can almost always find the most appropriate solution, and the feel is better than ever before.
He even felt that his skills had reached another level completely during this adjustment, which was quite strange.
After all, this kind of technical means can basically only be achieved through daily practice. It is not an evolution of life level, where you can leap forward after reaching a certain stage.
But no matter what, he did not mess up the task that Qinglong assigned to him, and the time it took was only a quarter of what he had originally estimated.
"Wait a moment. Once the gene seed embryo is filled, you can take it away." Sheffield said.
There was no technical requirement for filling, so naturally he didn't need to do it himself. He and Li Ming walked to an open area on the side, and he couldn't help but remind:
"However, this time, like the last modulation, no stability adjustment was made."
Stability regulation is also an extremely difficult part of the modulation process, which is to ensure that the gene seed will not be excessively distorted inside the living organism.
The last time Qinglong asked him to prepare the S-level gene seed, and this time, he gave time the highest priority and eliminated this step.
It didn’t matter to him last time, but this time it actually eliminated a link where accidents might occur.
"X-level evolution, extremely violent..." Sheffield stopped there. He still hasn't figured out who this gene seed is for.
"Don't worry, nothing will go wrong." Li Ming smiled.
Seeing that Li Ming didn't care, he didn't say much, but tentatively said, "The gene fragments extracted from the corpse that Your Excellency Qinglong gave me are enough to prepare another gene seed."
"If you're in a hurry, I can rush and prepare the other one."
Li Ming smiled and shook his head, saying, "The teacher told me that we only need one copy, and the rest will be handled by Lord Sheffield."
Sheffield felt relieved. This was an agreement he and Qinglong had reached long ago to offset various consumption expenses.
However, things are different now. Since Qinglong attaches so much importance to this gene seed, it is inevitable that he will change his mind, so he is testing it.
"Sir Qinglong, you are truly a man who keeps his promises." Sheffield couldn't help but sigh, and the two chatted for a while.
Li Ming asked a question, "By the way, how difficult do you think it is to create the Ultimate Gene Seed?"
"Ultimate gene seed?" Sheffield's smile gradually faded, and a moment of contemplation passed through his face. After a moment, he spoke: "Well... I dare not say anything rashly. The main difficulty lies in preparing the raw materials."
"What if there are raw materials for preparation?" Li Ming asked.
Sheffield's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't dare speculate too much. He hesitated and said, "If we use the corpse of an Ultimate Lifeform as the raw material for the recipe, then the difficulty will actually be reduced by half."
"Even if we can only scrape it bit by bit due to the strength of the corpse, extracting the genetic fragments and preparing the rough pieces is not an easy task."
Li Ming seemed to be thinking about something, and then asked, "If I give you the ingredients, how long will it take to prepare it?"
Sheffield couldn't help but smile bitterly. What kind of questions were Li Ming asking?
"How could I possibly have that ability..." Sheffield shook his head, and halfway through his words, he remembered his previous state and changed the subject:
"The gene seed I prepared for Lord Qinglong this time is in surprisingly good condition. If it can be maintained in this state, it is not impossible."
"Including the preliminary preparations, I estimate it will take no less than fifty years, no, a hundred years..."
Sheffield's expression changed, and he said helplessly, "I can't give you a specific timeline. No one knows what the genetic characteristics of the Ultimate Life Form are."
"According to the characteristics of evolution, the genes of the Ultimate Life Form should already be close to perfection, able to eliminate many useless environments, and it would not take too long to create an embryo."
"But, again, I haven't seen it, so it's hard to say for sure."
Li Ming's eyes flickered. With Sheffield's ability, even in the best case scenario, he would dare to agree to this matter, not to mention the three major civilizations.
"Thank you for your explanation..." Li Ming nodded. Sheffield muttered to himself, not knowing whether Li Ming's question was out of pure curiosity or instructed by Qinglong.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the gene seed was packaged and placed in a special gene syringe with a transparent spiral glass at the end.
In the black viscous liquid, one can faintly see the genetic embryo emitting a grayish-white glow.
Finally... Li Ming took it and immediately put it into the folding space, and only then did he feel truly relieved.
From now on, he can face any accident with ease.
"Since the seeds have been prepared, I won't bother you here." He said goodbye immediately and prepared to return to the Mechanical Royal Court.
Sheffield pretended to keep him, but Li Ming naturally insisted on leaving. He sent Li Ming onto the spaceship with some regret.
After seeing the spaceship completely leave the dock, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said sadly, "I really thought too much."
"Father, you..." Monica, who was standing next to him, immediately noticed something was wrong and didn't understand why.
Sheffield shook his head. He was confused by Qinglong's emphasis on this gene seed.
Although he tried his best to adjust it, he still had a vague fear that after the gene seed was adjusted, Qinglong would take some action to prevent future troubles.
Fortunately, he was overthinking it.
………
“Tsk tsk…”
On the spaceship, Li Ming took out the gene seed again and rubbed it in his hands, as if it were some kind of treasure.
After several years, I finally got it started smoothly.
After playing with it for a while reluctantly, he put it away.
Connect the spacecraft to Suzaku and head to the nearest star gate. The journey will take about a month.
Set it to automatic navigation and release the mechanical guards.
I casually flipped through the news. There hasn't been any big news recently, ever since the three major civilizations announced the attack on Istanbul and started to hedge against public opinion.
The entire interstellar public opinion has stabilized and gradually returned to its previous state.
After everything was ready, he arrived at the Holy Castle.
The Supervisor was used to it, and this guy would come over to check every few hours.
He monitored in real time that the giant structures built by the three civilizations had already entered the initial operation state, and the layers of constraint rings were moving faster and faster.
The reaction of the energy center became increasingly intense, the surging energy slurry was chilling, and the whole area was shrouded in a dense electromagnetic field.
"I guess it will happen in the next few days." The Overseer also looked a little solemn. He was full of confidence in the Holy Castle.
But those guys are not stupid. Since they have been preparing for so long, they should have some power.
Leonidas hid in the corner, his throat rolling and he was very nervous.
Li Ming remained silent. The collision in the Holy Castle was a well-known tacit understanding.
The three major civilizations also deliberately ignored this when talking about prisoners.
In fact, there is only one meaning, that is, it depends on one's ability.
At the same time, they don't want what's happening here to spread to the outside world and cause a greater impact.
Competition, peace, and coexistence are the norm between civilizations, and it is the same with him now.
Although it is destined not to cause a bigger stir.
But the three major civilizations were holding their breath, so they acted so urgently and did not want to give him time to react.
…
Outside the Holy Castle, in the joint command room of the three major civilizations, the operating status of the "Spear of Judgment" was monitored in real time on a huge screen.
The three commanders and deputy commanders of Costa were all here, each with a different expression.
Among them, Hines was the most dissatisfied. He looked at Heckler and said, "Your Highness, it has come to this point. Are you still not going to reveal how to open the Holy Castle?"
According to Heckler's requirements, they gathered all kinds of rare materials and built this thing called "Spear of Judgment".
But according to estimates, the ultimate energy intensity of this thing did not reach the level that made them dumbfounded.
Whether the Holy Fortress can be opened by a head-on bombardment is still unclear.
Moreover, this giant energy cannon should not require many of the cutting-edge materials they provide.
But those materials disappeared silently. In addition to the public drawings, Heckler must have hidden something else.
But he was secretive and unwilling to say what the secret was.
(End of this chapter)
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