"I am willing to place the Lord of Flesh and Blood under your supervision," Abel said immediately, his expression solemn. "The birth of an ultimate life form is nothing compared to the Eternal Abyss."
"The risks involved are immeasurable. Yongyuan has already sent people to assassinate Lord Li Ming. I believe your request must be for the benefit of the entire galaxy."
"I hope you two can cooperate. Besides, it's only a hundred years."
Malcolm and Antigo glanced at Abel. This guy was already a dog in Li Ming's hands. How could he not trust him?
They didn't respond to Abel. Malcolm hesitated for a moment, then looked at Li Ming and asked, "Why a hundred years?"
This period of time is actually not that long. Since we are facing the threat of Yongyuan now, the threat should be even closer in a hundred years.
Li Ming had already suppressed his killing intent and responded calmly, "If I told you that in a hundred years, I would have a chance to defeat Yong Yuan, would you believe me?"
Defeat Yongyuan?
Malcolm's eyelids twitched violently, and Antigo's throat rolled.
There is no doubt that Yongyuan is powerful. Malcolm Yu still remembers the shock and uncontrollable despair he felt when he learned about Yongyuan.
But like his predecessors, he quickly accepted the status quo, because not only during his term of office, but even at the end of his life, it is likely that Yongyuan will not be seen active.
But who would have thought that he would suddenly see the Lord of Yongyuan appear in the main universe. This was enough to surprise him, not to mention Li Ming's words.
In the long history of the universe, not to mention those civilizations that were buried in the more distant history of the universe.
The Holy Spirit Civilization and the Terrax Civilization, which have clear records, both possess several ultimate-level life forms, which are many times more powerful than their civilizations that are still groping on the road of evolution.
But in front of Yongyuan, it will only become history.
In just a hundred years, Li Ming dared to claim to have defeated Yongyuan?
Malcolm subconsciously didn't believe it, but then, a little hope arose in his heart.
After all, the guy in front of him has violated many common sense of the universe.
And Abel was right about one thing. Yongyuan had already sent people to attack and kill Li Ming. The two were destined to be enemies.
In this case, listening to Li Ming may not necessarily be a bad thing.
Of course, there is another point. Their research on the ultimate gene seed is progressing slowly and may not be successful within decades. This has already taken up more than half of the hundred years and can only be delayed further.
As for the most crucial thing, it is Li Ming’s threat. Even the ultimate life form cannot withstand a bullet. What can he do if he doesn’t listen?
If he and his mechanical bodies were to use decapitation tactics, no one would be able to withstand it.
The matter was of great importance, and Malcolm had no choice but to think it over carefully. After considering all aspects, he slowly said, "I can agree to your request."
He changed the subject, but then added, "But it is impossible to place the Overlord's flesh and blood under your supervision. You can send someone there and keep in touch regularly to check on our research progress."
Seeing that Malcolm had made up his mind, Antigo immediately followed suit, "Yes, that's my stance as well. I hope you can understand."
Malcolm was speechless. This guy was such a thief.
"Okay." Li Ming didn't press the issue. Even if he didn't say it, it was still certain whether the Federation and the Star Alliance could make a breakthrough in gene seeds within a hundred years.
This threat is just a precaution to make the other party feel wary.
Seeing that Li Ming agreed, Malcolm breathed a sigh of relief, but then he heard him say, "There's one more thing."
Malcolm's heart tightened.
Li Ming said slowly, "You should lift the trade ban. You should have thoroughly studied the Mechanical Seed. There is no backdoor, and we can't control it remotely."
"It's just business, there's no need to be so vigilant."
Malcolm and Antigo looked at each other. The Empire, the Federation, and the Covenant had always used security as an excuse.
The purpose of prohibiting the regular sale of mechanical seeds within the country is to curb the development of Qinglong, but at the moment, it is of no use.
They could only nod their heads and promise to lift the ban after returning.
Afterwards, Abel briefly discussed some things, mainly about reaching a consensus on the matter. With Li Ming here to settle it first, it would prevent these two guys from sabotaging behind the scenes.
Malcolm and Antigo were in mixed feelings, but they were too lazy to argue with Abel who relied on Li Ming's power, so they both agreed.
The summit meeting ended, and the surrounding projections gradually faded. Abel's expression kept changing. He looked at Li Ming and couldn't help but ask, "How long will it take for Yongyuan to strike?"
In his opinion, fighting against Yongyuan has become an inevitable reality, so he must be prepared.
"Don't worry about that for now." Li Ming shook his head.
Seeing that Li Ming was not going to elaborate, Abel did not ask any further questions. Instead, he whispered a reminder: "I'm afraid the Federation and the Star Alliance may not necessarily obey your arrangements."
"They'd better behave themselves." Li Ming's meaning was unclear. As long as a mechanical body entered the laboratories of the Federation and the Covenant, he would be able to find out the other party's specific location.
Naturally, he would not tell Abel about these things. He just said, "Let's deal with the current affairs first."
Glancing at the smart terminal, Reynolds and Mikhail sent him a large number of messages, mixed with shock, astonishment and situation reports.
"In about a month and a half, Reynolds and Mikhail's mechanical bodies will arrive, and you can use them at your convenience."
Li Ming paused, his eyes flickering, and said, "As for the people from the Higher Life Forms United Organization, they will only be responsible for external interference. I will warn them not to interfere in the internal affairs of the empire."
The reason why Reynolds and Mikhail were used instead of people from the Joint Organization of Higher Life Forms to cleanse the empire was to prevent these guys from gradually getting involved in the empire during the cleansing process and becoming a force that was difficult to deal with within the empire.
The empire has become his forbidden territory, and no one can interfere.
"I understand." With Li Ming's words, Abel felt relieved. He was really afraid that the United Organization of Higher Life Forms would interfere in the empire's internal affairs in the name of Li Ming.
"However, there's no need to prohibit normal business dealings." He added, "You decide the right balance."
Adam nodded. Li Ming thought for a moment and then asked, "Does the Empire's home planet have any metal materials in reserve?"
"Metal materials?" Abel subconsciously thought for a moment and responded, "The home planet is a political center, not a production center, so the metal materials stored shouldn't be much."
Li Ming also understood this and said, "Search for it first and send it to me as soon as possible. I need it urgently."
"Yes." Abel nodded solemnly.
At this point, only half a day had passed since Adam's death, and the citizens of the Empire's home planet were still in a daze.
Although they witnessed a scene that seemed to be Adam's return, it was difficult for them to see the subsequent developments because the related battles were all taking place outside the earth.
Also, because the external communications of the Empire's home planet have always been closed, the Imperial citizens who are at the core of the battle have no idea what is happening.
One can only guess that there will be another earth-shaking change in the ruling class.
The vast majority of citizens who could live on the Empire's home planet had unusual identities, and many were family members of high-ranking officials.
For the sake of stability, Abel did not open up communications immediately and still declared that the situation was on alert.
Costat came forward and cooperated with Adam's royal guards to quickly deal with Arthur's old subordinates left behind.
Many lower-level soldiers just followed orders and had no idea what was happening above them.
After the generals were replaced, they became a guard force loyal to the empire and began to clean up the mess in full swing.
Of course, their most important task is to carry out Li Ming's requirements.
In just three days, all the alloys stored in various research institutions on the empire's home planet were gathered in the temporary palace.
It is basically used for experiments and does not contain low-grade alloys.
"Hmm..." Li Ming absorbed the last piece of "Wu Jing Alloy", and the balance of metal energy on the control page has reached 30 billion.
After consuming a part of it in the previous battle, he originally had more than 9 billion left. This time, he hurriedly collected and accumulated 21 billion of attribute energy.
Even though it is a political center and does not have special metal material reserves, this amount is still not small.
"90% of the metal materials have been collected. As for the remaining 10%, the difficulty and time of collecting will be greatly extended. There is no need to wait." Li Ming's heart moved slightly, and King Yutian, holding the Void Anchor, walked forward from the corner.
He stretched out his hand, and 17 billion metal energies poured into it, directly controlling it. He looked at the effect of the control--
[Space Immunity: Can generate great resistance to spatial influences on oneself other than the main body.]
It's pretty much the same as he expected. It's still in a damaged state. It will probably only be completely immune after it's fully repaired.
Li Ming was not surprised. The reason for controlling the Void Anchor was not to see the effect, but for its ability.
He stretched out his hand and tried to activate the power of [Lord of the Void]. In an instant, he felt that the space around him, which was as solid as ice, suddenly turned into water waves, and surrounded him with joy and activity.
Just stir it gently and you can make them move as you like.
Li Ming exclaimed in amazement. None of his gene seeds had any space-related abilities, and he had never experienced such an affinity with the void.
The body flickered and dispersed, moving, an endless corridor, a spatial projection, a void cage, the spatial ripples around Li Ming continued to ripple, producing various changes under his control, but confined to a certain range.
After playing for a while, Li Ming's novelty wore off a little, and then he made a "mark" in the current space based on that mysterious feeling, which only he could feel.
"It's really strange..." Li Ming's figure flashed and he arrived at the outer layer of the mother planet. The fluctuation of space parameters immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding escort fleets.
However, they soon received orders from their superiors to leave it alone.
Trying to activate his ability again, Li Ming felt his vision blurry and his fingertips began to mist into quantum dust, each particle of dust carrying an afterimage of space.
"So weird..." Li Ming raised his hand and observed carefully. When he moved his eyes downward, he found that his knees had dissolved into a vortex-shaped energy flow, which was assimilated by space into drifting nebula ribbons.
The whole person seemed to be caught in a vortex, everything in front of him was invisible, only blurred lights kept shuttling back and forth, as if he was passing through some passage, but it was completely different from the previous feeling, and he could faintly hear the sound of dimensional vibration.
When his vision became clear again, he had arrived at the space he had "marked" before, and the spatial parameters had not changed at all.
"It's not pure space travel..." Li Ming came to the conclusion after experiencing it. It was more like breaking up the body and then gathering it in another place, involving the quantum field.
Feeling the energy draining from his body, he couldn't help but frown.
"If someone came here directly from the Mechanical Royal Court and drained me dry, I probably wouldn't be able to do it..." Li Ming muttered, not worried about this.
Once the Eternal Throne is repaired, it probably won't be a problem anymore.
After marking the place and making sure he could come here at any time, Li Ming prepared to leave the empire's mother planet.
Let's take that inconspicuous spaceship and travel with Anduin.
He had dismissed all other members of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms and they had all left. Only Anduin stayed until now because he was on the same journey with him.
"Right..." Li Ming set the coordinates and entered the temporarily opened Imperial Star Gate. He asked, "Among the currently known X-level life forms, how many have the potential to become ultimate life forms?"
Anduin, standing behind him, paused for a moment before responding, "Excluding non-genetically evolved forms, those with insufficient development potential, and those already on the path to ultimate evolution, there are probably no more than ten cosmic beings with the potential to become ultimate life forms."
"That's quite a lot..." Li Ming couldn't help but be surprised, and then said, "How many are not members of the organization and those trained by non-civilizations?"
"It seems that there are only those interstellar fanatics, only two..." Anduin thought about it. There are not many X-level life forms in the interstellar space that have not joined the joint organization, and he ruled out the option of civilization cultivating them on its own.
Almost only those who have committed extremely serious crimes and do not meet the criteria for joining the joint organization.
Open the smart terminal and call out two pictures.
One of them was an interstellar human with deep grooves on both sides of his nose, looking extremely gloomy. The other was a red dragon subhuman, covered with fine scales all over his body and with a single horn on his head.
Anduin pointed at the human and briefly introduced him: "Cynde, the Mad Shadow. He has suffered from Mad Shadow since childhood, a mental illness that has caused him to become extremely paranoid and insane. He spent five years slaughtering an entire planet."
"His development progress reached 100% five or six years ago, and he had been searching for new X-Class gene seeds. However, he stopped searching a while ago after the release of the Ultimate Evolution Path."
Then, he zoomed in on the sub-dragon. "The Red Flame Hell Dragon—Kubra. He's a mixed-race subspecies. After his race was annihilated, he embarked on a path of revenge, using any means necessary to achieve his goal, harming many innocent people."
"Seventeen years ago, the development progress was already 98%..."
"That's it for the two of them. Find a way to capture them and send them to me." Li Ming took a quick look and didn't take them too seriously. He then issued a sentencing order and added, "I want them alive. Don't cause too much harm."
(End of this chapter)
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