Li Ming spoke very quickly, giving the three people almost no time to react. By the time they realized what they heard, it was already too late.
Charles stared at Li Ming in horror. Yongyuan’s primary goal was to kill him?
Boris and Gad were even more unbelievable. What was happening before their eyes was completely different from what they had expected when they came.
They thought Li Ming might remain skeptical and test their memories.
Or maybe he is arrogant and doesn't take Yongyuan seriously at all.
But judging from the other party's tone, he and Yongyuan seemed to have started dealing with each other a long time ago, and he knew clearly the reason why Tanus attacked him.
"Haven't you reacted yet?"
A thunderclap rang in Charles' ears. He quickly came back to his senses and looked at Li Ming's expressionless face. He hurriedly responded: "The number of Overlords or Ultimate Lifeforms is only one aspect."
"The most important thing is that there is no fixed factor that causes the universe to react 'too much'. We call it the 'eternal abyss coefficient.'"
"Whether it's the number of Overlords, or the series of intense battles, or the absorption of cosmic energy by a large number of civilizations, or even the increase in the number of life forms in the universe, all of these factors will increase this coefficient and trigger the Eternal Abyss."
"If the universe is compared to a living organism, no matter what kind of virus it is, as long as it burdens the mother organism, it will be disinfected."
There are so many influencing factors... Li Ming rubbed his fingers against each other.
"However, the number of higher life forms is indeed a very important factor," Charles added, sighing helplessly.
"In fact, we arrived when your civilization found its evolutionary direction. We didn't expect that during our journey, two ultimate life forms would be born."
"Hmm..." Li Ming couldn't help but wonder, "If you don't want this evolving civilization to give birth to the ultimate life form, you should have contained it from the beginning."
"In the early days of civilization, no one should be able to check you."
Charles said solemnly, "This involves another matter. Yongyuan is consciously controlling the direction of evolution in each era."
Huh? Li Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he finally felt a little surprised.
Charles explained, "Before the Titans' evolutionary era, there was the Glorious Dynasty, and before that, there was the Eternal Domain Empire. Both of them were more powerful than the Titans, and even suppressed the Eternal Abyss at one point."
"But even in the Titan era, evolving to the Overlord level was extremely difficult, and it's even more so in your era."
"Have you ever thought about why the sudden appearance of the Overlord's corpse was such a coincidence?"
Li Ming's face was gloomy and he understood what the other party meant. Yongyuan was blocking the road to evolution.
The Titans' path of evolution and the path of genetic evolution have one thing in common: if they want to evolve to a higher level, they must rely on the seeds of higher-level power.
The path of evolution is naturally blocked, and it will never be possible for a life form that can pose a threat to Yongyuan to be born.
He knew that the appearance of the corpse was problematic, but he didn't expect that even the path of evolution was specially regulated.
"At the end of the last evolutionary era, Yongyuan guided the main direction of the next evolutionary era, and we didn't dare to get close at all." Charles seemed helpless.
"And later on, the secrets of us Titans became coveted, and we became even more afraid to come."
"Then why does he want to completely eliminate every evolutionary era and retain certain powerful evolutionary bodies so that he can continue to exist? Isn't it better?" Li Ming asked in confusion.
Charles explained, "His purpose isn't to exist forever, but to erode the universe. He can only erode a portion at a time, and it takes time to digest. He acts according to the laws of the universe, and suffers the least backlash."
Li Ming nodded thoughtfully. This indeed solved most of his doubts.
Then, he looked at the three people again, "Do you have any methods to fight against Yongyuan?"
"Unfortunately, no." Charles said helplessly.
"So you are here purely to answer my questions?" Li Ming was speechless.
"We originally wanted to warn you, asking you not to evolve for the time being, but now we can only remind you." Charles sighed, "Reminding you to prepare the Spark Plan as soon as possible, at least we can continue civilization for a while."
"As for you..." Charles hesitated to speak.
"Build your own tomb as soon as possible?" Li Ming added for him.
"That's not what I meant." Charles hurriedly shook his head and said helplessly, "The horror of the Eternal Abyss is difficult to describe in words. And the more crucial point is that it is part of the universe itself."
"It's simply impossible, and there's no hope of defeating him. Those at the lower evolutionary levels still have a chance of survival, but as for the master level, they are bound to be devoured by him and are themselves part of the power of the universe."
"If you degenerate, you might still have a chance to survive, but since you've been targeted..."
Before Charles finished speaking, Li Ming did not refute him. He just said, "Thank you for coming to remind me. However, because I told you something, you probably won't be able to leave here in the short term."
Nagad's expression changed slightly, but Charles didn't show any special reaction. He nodded and said, "We understand."
"By the way, there's one more thing." Charles hesitated for a moment and took out an inconspicuous pendant from his arms.
A diamond-shaped crystal is hung on a silver-white metal chain. There are faint cracks on the surface, and a faint black light is emitted from the depths.
"Char!" Gad's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help but shout in a low voice, but he looked at Li Ming again and swallowed the next words.
Boris next to him couldn't help but pursed his lips.
The reactions of the two people made Li Ming focus his attention on the necklace.
"This is the Trace of the Eternal Abyss..." Charles held out his hand and said, "This thing can, to a certain extent, sense the level of activity in the Eternal Abyss. I hope this can help you, Your Excellency."
He originally didn't plan to take this thing out, but what Li Ming said made him change his attitude.
Yongyuan insisted on killing him, and the meaning behind this was greater than he had imagined.
"Hmm?" Li Ming's eyes flashed with brilliance. There is actually such a thing?
He didn't hesitate and took it from Charles immediately. The control page popped up--
[Scar of Eternal Abyss--Special Type (Damaged): Created by the Glorious Dynasty combined with the power called the Abyss Core.
Control conditions: 10 billion metal energies
Control Ability - Yuanhen: Can detect Yongyuan's active state to a certain extent. Note: The damaged state is not accurate. 】
"Glorious dynasty?" Li Ming couldn't help but be surprised.
As soon as these words were spoken, Charles, who seemed to be hesitant to speak, Gad, who looked angry, and Boris, who was helpless, all looked at him at the same time, with astonishment in their eyes.
This guy could actually tell at a glance that it was made by the Glorious Dynasty?
"Have you seen it?" Charles couldn't help asking.
"The manufacturing process is very similar." Li Ming was vague, but his eyes changed when he looked at the three big water-drop heads.
Originally, these guys were chattering and dragging their feet, acting like "I am holding a secret that will shock the entire galaxy, so I am very profound", which made him very impatient.
But now, he actually looked quite handsome, which made him say, "Don't worry, the three of you will be well taken care of here, and all your requests will be met."
Charles just smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Only after making sure that the three had nothing else to say did Li Ming let the mechanical body take them away.
"What an unexpected gain..." He carefully looked at the necklace in his hand. This thing was exactly what he needed.
His only worry was that he had no idea how active Yongyuan was, and he was afraid that a group of strong men would suddenly come to kill him one day.
Looking closely at the necklace, Li Ming found that the structure of the diamond-shaped crystal was not simple. He had never seen a similar craftsmanship before. It was not a seamless whole, but a transparent Rubik's Cube made up of countless prisms, which was in operation all the time.
However, due to cracks on the surface, some of them have stopped operating.
The most central part is extremely dark, which should be the so-called abyss core.
"A special type of control object only costs 10 billion." Li Ming glanced at the control page. He was very wealthy, with a total of 130 billion, which was accumulated over the past six months.
Before Anduin came, he had absorbed the metal materials accumulated for half a year.
Since metal materials are now delivered almost continuously, Li Ming's absorption time is not fixed. He basically only absorbs them when development is stopped.
Ten billion metal materials were immediately thrown in and taken control.
I estimated that the cost of repairs would not be much, only 10 billion.
Without hesitation, another 10 billion was thrown in. The cracks on the surface of the diamond-shaped crystal glowed brightly and gradually healed. The process was very short, only a few minutes.
After it was completely repaired, the annotations of its abilities also completely disappeared.
Li Ming tried to activate his ability and suddenly had a strange feeling. A piece of information emerged in his mind - activity level: weak.
weak?
Li Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. Under normal circumstances, he should be inactive.
Sure enough, the birth of Adam did have an impact.
However, as long as no ultimate life forms are born in a short period of time, it is estimated that there will be no major problems.
After putting away the necklace, my sense of security reached a new level.
So, Li Ming took out the Void Anchor again, and the dark surface was still covered with cracks.
Repairing the Void Anchor only costs 43 billion.
As metal energy was infused into it, liquid gold threads intertwined, spatial fluctuations began to vibrate rapidly, and overlapping patterns similar to dragon scales appeared on the metal surface.
With a roar in the space, the Void Anchor was completely repaired, and the black anchor body made the surrounding space extremely solid.
[Void Anchor - Ultimate: A space-controlling weapon forged with all the strength of the Titan race.
…
Control ability: [Space Immunity]
Control Effect - Space Controller: You can manipulate space at will and place ten markers. For every 100 million metal energy consumed, you can place an additional marker.
"Tsk, that's great, there's no upper limit." Li Ming's main concern was the number of marks.
This ability is terrifying. As long as he has been there once and marked the place, he can descend directly there.
The broken one can only place a mark, and it is still on the side of the empire. He cannot go there again, otherwise he will have to rush back in pain.
The ability has also improved -
【Space Immunity: Immune to space attacks not caused by oneself.】
Li Ming took a quick look and found that as he controlled more and more Titan relics, there would inevitably be some overlap in their abilities.
Just like being immune to the effects of time and space, it essentially overlaps with the abilities of the Crown of Digras.
But there's nothing we can do about it. After all, when they created the weapons, they didn't intend for one person to control them all.
Moreover, other powerful unique abilities are enough to make up for this shortcoming.
After thinking about it, Li Ming simply took out the tank guard. The luxurious metal armor had a cold edge.
As with previous life levels, the first thing to upgrade is your old friend.
He possesses the ability of [Possession]. When the two are combined, all of his abilities can be superimposed on the Tanwei.
The upgrade of Tanwei is worth the money.
As for other controlled objects, they are basically amplified according to their own strength, which is not as direct as the tank guard.
Li Ming had thought it through long ago, and threw in 50 billion metal energies, along with the only upgrade material.
The Tank Guard immediately underwent an incomparable and drastic transformation. The outer shell of the mecha suddenly exploded, exposing the internal parts. Every energy conduit was growing wildly at this moment.
Some kind of rainbow-colored substance between liquid and gas gushed out from the inside. These streams of light flowed along the gaps in the joints of the mecha, and all the rivets it passed through were vaporized into stardust. The metal molecules were reorganized into a stronger and higher-quality structure at the quantum level.
The molten golden storm tore into a vortex, completely enveloping the tank guard.
The boiling energy rushed out, but was tightly restricted on all sides. The Void Anchor was repaired, and Li Ming had become one with time and space, so this kind of blockade was easy for him.
"There are still more than 10 billion left, and there are still six mechanical guards that have not been upgraded. It only takes three or four months." Li Ming stared at the transformation of the tank guard, but his eyes were actually distracted.
Soon, the details of the Tank Guard emerged from the molten gold storm, with ripples of liquid dark gold and rainbow light flowing all over its body, and an energy crown extending from the top of its helmet.
The edges and corners of the facial armor are more distinct, the shoulder armor is like a pair of dragon heads, and the six pairs of energy wings spread out on the back are not solid.
The armor on the waist and abdomen is layered, and thorn patterns grow on the edges of each dark silver armor plate. Twelve dynamic holy rings are swirling around the back, possessing some kind of strange power.
As the molten gold storm was completely absorbed into the mecha, the tank guard was also completely upgraded and stood quietly in front of him, demonstrating unparalleled dignity and power.
Li Ming couldn't let it go and even activated his [Possession] ability to experience the overwhelming sense of power. After more than ten minutes, he reluctantly withdrew.
After putting away the tank guard, he walked out of the room, not forgetting Anduin who was still in the royal court.
Chatted with Anduin and mentioned some things he has been doing.
Anduin said helplessly, "We've found a few outposts for the Mother Mother, but there's no sign of the Prophet or the Mother Mother. As for the Alchemist Baron, although we've found a lot of clues in the Sea of Stars, his true form is nowhere to be found."
This kind of X-level life form that is determined to hide is difficult to find.
Kubra and Sind were lured out little by little through other interstellar maniacs, which took a very long time.
Li Ming nodded, and did not dwell on it too much, and turned to talk about other things. After most of the day, both the host and the guests were very happy, and then he sent Anduin away.
Everything that needed to be dealt with had been dealt with, and Li Ming returned to the Heavenly Palace, immersed in the development state.
At this level, there are very few things that can disturb him, and he has truly felt what it means that "time is like water", passing by quickly day by day and month by month.
Until this day, somewhere in the sea of stars, a wisp of black substance mixed with blood and gold bloomed silently.
(End of this chapter)
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