Chapter 639: The Star Alliance Wants to Overturn the Table
Brad, what are they doing!?
No ability to even resist?
Edmund's initial anger gradually turned into shock and confusion, but he also became more and more convinced that it must have been the Empire or the Alliance that was behind it.
Only they can use the backdoor program to quietly invade the Dominate Laboratory.
As expected, as expected... the Empire and the Federation can never be trusted.
As soon as they parted ways, the other party secretly attacked.
Brad was extremely angry.
Turning the corner, the core laboratory was right in front of them. Standing at the door were two obviously different burly mechanical bodies, one of which was obviously more powerful.
Edmund took a quick look and felt that the place looked somewhat familiar. Before he had time to think about it, he was taken into the core laboratory.
Looking up, I saw the X-level life forms standing in a row, all imprisoned.
Brad, whom he had high hopes for, was also among them. He even looked more seriously injured than the others and was a little shaky just standing.
The gaps in the armor blocking his body were filled with blood.
This... Edmund was stunned. He seemed to catch a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head, his pupils dilated, and his whole body seemed to be touched by lightning.
The neural network under his skin was working at high speed, and the whole person seemed to be in a state of madness, shouting in shock: "Qinglong, how could it be you!"
Li Mingcheng, who was looking through relevant research materials in front of the operating table, turned around when he heard the shouting from behind.
Then he asked the experimenter standing next to him with a flattering face, "Is he Edmund?"
"It's him. He is now the chief researcher in charge of this laboratory." The other party echoed.
Li Ming nodded and then said, "Sir Edmund, you seem very surprised. Who did you expect it to be?"
Edmund's mind was in a mess, but he managed to sort out the clues. "You...Qinglong, how did you find this place?"
"How could you occupy this place quietly...you...you..."
"That's not important." Li Ming shook his head calmly. "I have always had great respect for talents like Sir Edmund. This guy next to me is vague in many materials. How about you, Sir, introduce him?"
In the past few days, he has roughly figured out the experimental progress here, and the gene source enhancement technology has entered the application stage.
The unfinished armor was made from skin fragments from the Overmind's corpse. Its main purpose was to counterbalance the Eternal Star through its temporal strength.
The gains from the Overmind's corpse go far beyond this. There are also a large number of experimental projects, such as direct flesh-blood fusion, organ enhancement, muscle fiber extraction, and limb weaponization...
There are a wide variety of research projects, some of which seem to be far-fetched at first glance, while others have made substantial progress.
Among them, the most important technology, in addition to the gene source enhancement technology, is the ultimate gene seed. According to the information from the Star Alliance, it has entered the research stage.
We are reproducing the normal modulation process to see if any problems may arise and deal with them at any time.
And someone like Edmund is exactly what he needs most.
"You want to recruit me?" Edmund reacted immediately and subconsciously wanted to shake his head.
But he heard Qinglong respond, "Don't be so hasty to decide. It's not easy for you to get to where you are today. A single thought could ruin all your efforts."
Edmund's expression changed, and Qinglong had already left the operating table.
"Suzaku..." he said, "Prepare to disassemble the instrument. Be very careful not to damage it."
"Understood." Suzaku responded.
The Overmind Lab is too large to be brought back through the Stargate.
However, the empty shell outside is not important. What is important is the various instruments inside, which can be disassembled and taken back.
In addition to these sophisticated instruments, there are also the dismembered bodies of the Overminds.
He had already roughly counted them and found that the Covenant had a thigh and part of the torso, which had been cut into small pieces, making it easier for him to transport them.
Soon, researchers, precision instruments, and flesh and blood began to be transferred in an orderly manner.
Edmund felt disheartened and remembered what Gutierrez had said. The arms race had just begun and the Covenant had already been eliminated.
If the Chairman had not intended to use the laboratory to hold others within the Star Alliance hostage, perhaps this would not have happened.
Now, he is really finished.
Under Suzaku's command, the mechanical bodies acted in unison with incredible efficiency.
In just five days, the Dominant Laboratory was emptied out and only an empty shell remained.
Li Ming didn't even let go of the empty shell outside.
Let the mechanical guards perform multi-faceted cutting, which is equivalent to turning it into a small module. When it is moved to another place, it can be welded together.
With the help of the transport warships inside the Dominant Laboratory, they headed towards the location of the star gate in a mighty manner.
The journey was smooth, but when they arrived at the star gate, the staff in charge of guarding were stunned. They didn't know where such a large group of warships came from, and even caused panic.
They didn't feel relieved until Li Ming contacted them.
He watched in astonishment as the warships sank into the star gate.
Soon, orders came from the top, asking them to destroy the star gate and return as soon as possible.
At the same time, a transport fleet also flew out from the jump channel at the original location of the Dominant Laboratory.
In the lead ship, the commander frowned as he gazed at the desolate starry sky before him, then compared it with the virtual star map on another screen. "That's right, the coordinates are right here..."
He didn't know where this place was. He just came here to transport some things as ordered. He didn't even know what the things were.
After a moment of confusion, he suddenly remembered Gutierrez's instructions and quickly asked his men to build a communication link.
In the office, Gutierrez had been waiting anxiously. The moment the smart terminal in front of him rang, he immediately answered it and asked impatiently, "What's going on? What happened there?"
"What happened?" The commander was also stunned. Looking at the Star Alliance Chairman on the huge screen in front of him, he hesitated and said, "It seems like nothing happened."
"Nothing happened?" Gutierrez's face was clearly relieved, but he sensed something was wrong. "If nothing happened, why can't we contact them?"
"Who to contact?" the commander asked cautiously.
"The laboratory at the coordinate location!" Gutierrez said in a deep voice.
"Laboratory?" The commander glanced out the porthole and said cautiously, "Your Excellency, there's nothing here."
Gutierrez was visibly stunned, and subconsciously repeated, "Nothing?"
His face turned visibly pale, almost twisted, and he growled through gnashed teeth, "How can there be nothing? Open your dog eyes and take a good look!"
The commander did not dare to hesitate and quickly asked his men to access the external observation facilities.
After the images were synchronized, Gutierrez on the screen fell silent, his eyes darting around as if looking for something he wanted to see.
But the distorted cheeks became more and more ugly, the face changed from iron blue to indigo purple, and then turned red, the picture began to blur, and the communication signal was interfered.
"Chairman..." the commander added cautiously, "I've carefully checked the coordinates, absolutely..."
Before he finished speaking, the communication ended and the staff in the command room looked at each other in confusion.
…
“Get out!”
The office was in a mess. Gutierrez's eyes were bloodshot as he ordered the guards who rushed in to leave.
He took a deep breath, and an uncontrollable panic surged into his heart.
The last time this feeling emerged was when the gun of Kashmir was snatched away.
And this time, it may be even more serious than last time.
The Overmind's body was split into three parts, and all research data was shared, which was a trump card in his hand.
The enhancement of gene source is a step towards the ultimate life form, which is highly dependent on the dominant corpse, and the same is true for the ultimate gene seed.
These two can even be said to be the cornerstones of the continued existence of the Star Alliance.
Losing it means falling behind the times. If we wait a few more years, the Imperial Federation may even give birth to the ultimate life form, but the Star Alliance has no hope now!
He can't afford such consequences!
"No, I won't allow it!" He gritted his teeth and slammed his hands on the already twisted table. He walked out of the room with a gloomy expression, went to the backup terminal, and directly activated the highest communication protocol to initiate a summit-level dialogue.
Soon, Adam and Malcolm entered the top-secret virtual space and formed three parties.
Malcolm, sitting in the virtual seat, looked at Gutierrez, who was clearly not in the right state, with a hint of displeasure. "What's so urgent? You even need to use the highest level communication to request this?"
He was in the middle of a meeting when he received an urgent message and had to stop shortly.
Adam looked at Gutierrez's expression, realized something was wrong, and asked, "What's going on?"
Both of them had already spoken, but Gutierrez didn't notice anything unusual. He looked around at them coldly, not in the mood to be feigned. He said directly, "Stop pretending, both of you. Who did it? Or are you working together?"
"Someone did it? Some joint action." Malcolm also reacted and could only suppress his dissatisfaction and asked carefully: "What exactly happened?"
Gutierrez squeezed these words out through his teeth, "Who else but you could locate the Overlord Lab and even take it away silently?"
"Something happened in the Dominant Laboratory?" Adam's face changed slightly.
Malcolm couldn't help but be shocked, but then he realized, "You suspect we did it?"
Gutierrez said solemnly, "We can't even detect the slightest bit of battle fluctuations. Apart from attacking from the inside, is there any other possibility?"
Malcolm looked at Adam suspiciously, and Adam frowned.
Gutierrez had nearly lost his mind. He looked around at the two of them and said, "I'm warning you, don't think that just because we've parted ways, I'm completely powerless. At worst, we'll all be dead. No one's playing!"
"It's not us!" Adam said firmly, "It's Qinglong!"
"Qinglong?" Malcolm's heart skipped a beat. He wasn't sure if it was Adam who did it, but at this moment he could only agree, "Yes, Qinglong is a possibility. He had already locked onto the location of the Overmind Lab."
"But didn't you speculate that the vulnerability was discovered because his carrier was still in the lab?" Gutierrez said immediately. "But now, the lab has been cleaned many times."
It's not like he hadn't suspected Qinglong, but he denied it immediately.
He sneered, "We all know that the location of the Overlord Laboratory is extremely remote. If it really is Qinglong, judging by the timing, it means that he headed straight for the Overlord Laboratory after escaping the siege at the Chaos Star Gap."
"So, you mean, he can always pinpoint the location of the laboratory?"
Hearing what Gutierrez said, Adam couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.
Yes, Qinglong can always lock onto the location of the Domination Laboratory. How does he do it?
It had clearly been cleaned more than once, and the external signals were blocked.
If the split had not occurred, it would have been more than just Gutierrez who would have suffered.
Malcolm also felt a little puzzled. He was sure that he did not do it, but he was not sure whether Adam did it.
Gutierrez glanced coldly at the two silent men. "…Return the Overmind Lab to me now, and I can pretend nothing happened. Otherwise, I will reveal the entire truth and locate the body in your hands at all costs."
"It wasn't us." Adam said in a deep voice, "It's no use threatening us. You can just make everything public."
Malcolm couldn't help but feel anxious. If the body was made public, it would cause a lot of trouble.
"Don't be so anxious. This matter really has nothing to do with us."
Seeing Adam's strong attitude, Gutierrez couldn't help but feel suspicious. Could it really not be them?
Qinglong… His mind raced with thoughts, but he gritted his teeth and said, “Stop pretending. No matter how powerful Qinglong is, he can’t lock onto a location out of thin air. You must give me an explanation.”
"The Star Alliance can accept this matter, but if you want to sever the Star Alliance's path to evolution, then consider whether you can afford the price."
"You may take the Overlord Laboratory, but you must return some of the flesh and blood."
He thought about it and realized that he could only blame the Empire and the Federation.
Even if it was really Qinglong who did it, he had no way to deal with Qinglong. The only one he could control was the Mechanical Royal Court under Li Ming, but it was too small.
He didn't think that attacking the Mechanical Royal Court would make Qinglong compromise.
The Empire and the Federation are both powerful and wealthy, so he can use this attitude of not sparing any cost to threaten the other party and snatch some of the Overlord's flesh and blood to make up for the losses.
Isn’t this just extortion?
Adam's face darkened. He also realized the difficulty of this matter. In order to recover his losses, Gutierrez had no choice but to hold on to both parties.
His eyes flickered, and his attitude was firm. "Please do as you please, Excellency. As for asking for an explanation, I'd better wait for the next Chairman of the Star Alliance."
After saying that, Adam went offline immediately. Gutierrez looked at Malcolm with a grim expression.
Malcolm also forced a smile. "I can only say that this was definitely not done by the Federation."
After saying that, he also logged off, leaving only Gutierrez with an extremely gloomy expression.
"Okay, okay, Empire, Federation, Qinglong... okay..." The edge of the virtual projection twisted slightly, and bursts of murmured sounds like grinding teeth were heard.
………
Like last time, Li Ming did not return to Anduin's base with the Overlord Laboratory.
The laboratory was asked to get off the vehicle halfway and several mechanical guards were assigned to transport it to other places.
Only he himself returned to Anduin's lair.
(End of this chapter)
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