Chapter 257 Steadily Advancing Alloy Acquisition
"With the Fist of the Violent Tiger and your ape-bone mecha, I can withstand the blow even if I face Theo, let alone those two mechanical bodies and the Azure Dragon." Brot said proudly.
"Remember, don't make a big fuss. At most, dismantle his mechanical body. Don't try to kill him. Theo will definitely not watch." Seeing Brott's eager look, Deyes frowned and warned:
"If Cornett or other high-ranking members of the Torch Organization show up to stop us, stop immediately and don't give them a chance to attack."
The Fist of the Violent Tiger looks very good. Li Ming retracted his gaze. This must be an A-level weapon.
The ape bones were the mecha that Deyes had worn. He had seen it before and had Brot wear it. It was a huge expense.
"Don't worry, I understand." Brot nodded, and the two of them discussed some details before Deyes left.
When he passed by a staff member after walking out of the door, Li Ming had already disappeared.
Not long after, he returned to the room with a puzzled look on his face.
"Last time, they used me to test Cornett's attitude, and this time they're using me to verify the authenticity of the news." Li Ming muttered, "They're treating me like a soft persimmon."
"It's just right. It's time to kill Brot. Without any escape route, he'll be even more desperate. A simultaneous five-cannon attack will most likely kill him, but I have to stop him from moving..."
There was still some time before Connit left, and Deyes acted as if nothing had happened and everything was as usual.
Li Ming could not guarantee when Deyes would contact Asmara.
He just knew that when Deyes learned some important news, he would most likely contact Asmara, so he came to her house.
What if one day Deyes suddenly has a whim and does not plan to verify the authenticity of the news, but reports it directly to Asmara, Li Ming will not be able to find out.
In the blink of an eye, another seven or eight days had passed.
On this day, Li Ming left the core laboratory early. The visualization progress had exceeded 55%, and the progress was getting faster and faster.
With the accumulation of previous data, Li Ming and Deyes no longer need to provide relevant data in many aspects.
Benny and Jessiah can solve the problem by calculating based on the existing data.
In the Torch Organization's storage department, Li Ming has already hidden himself in Pierre.
Normally, there was nothing to do with Pierre today, but Cornette called him over specifically, so Li Ming didn't have to go through any extra trouble.
The place is full of fully armed torch soldiers and various logistics personnel. The combat armor on their bodies flashes with a cold metallic luster, full of solemnity.
All kinds of materials stored in the warehouse are sorted and loaded onto small transport ships after secondary inspection.
"Travel light..." Li Ming looked all the way and saw that the Torch Organization's trip this time was mainly a secret operation, without any large warships.
The number of manpower mobilized was not large overall, with five small transport ships and less than two hundred people in total.
"Chief, all materials have completed warehouse inspection and there are no problems." The Firework Apostle wearing combat armor stepped forward and reported in a deep voice.
"Where's the boiling blood alloy?" Cornett asked, glancing at Pierre who had come closer but was shrinking timidly.
Boiling Blood Alloy is the most valuable material, so he pays special attention to it.
"The testing has been completed, and all the data are consistent with the data before it was put into the database."
"The things are right here and no outsiders have touched them. How could an accident happen?" Kovis said nonchalantly beside him, wearing a black mask on his face.
"It's okay if you're more cautious, Chief." A slightly hoarse voice sounded, and there was someone standing beside Connet.
He turned out to be an Itlan man, with a hunched body, gray hair, and purple-black skin, which were signs of aging of the Itlan people.
Fernando, another A-level life form in the Torch Organization, was originally a noble member of the Itlan civilization.
Due to some accidents, he joined the Torch Organization. During this period, Connit was waiting for him to come back.
The old nest cannot be left unattended.
Cornett shook his head and asked, "Where is the thing? Has it been sealed?"
"You want to go and see it again yourself?" Ke Weisi asked in surprise.
Cornett ignored him and followed the Apostle of Fireworks directly to the container where the Boiling Blood Alloy was stored, with Pierre following closely behind.
"Cornet is quite cautious. Well, it may be that he has always suspected that there is a traitor among us, so he is on guard." Li Ming watched.
My previous guess turned out to be correct.
When the staff opened the door, a blazing red light rushed towards them. Several staff members standing nearby were stunned on the spot, their bodies trembling slightly.
"Pull it open, pull it open!"
The Fireworks Apostle beside Cornett scolded coldly, quickly took the staff who were in an inexplicable state aside, and poured several basins of prepared ice water on them before they came to their senses.
Cornett walked into the box and took a casual look. He himself was not well versed in materials science, so he just took a casual look, pulled out a few pieces of boiling blood alloy and handed them to Pierre.
"Look at these things and see if there are any problems. Don't look for metal materials that have no visible problems on the surface but are completely damaged internally."
"Cornet still doubts me?" Li Ming was speechless upon hearing this.
But on second thought, Cornett probably didn't doubt him, he was just being extra cautious because of what happened before.
As the R&D director, Pierre has some knowledge of materials science and took over the Boiling Blood Alloy.
Under the gaze of everyone, he tremblingly took out the detection device, turned it over and over several times, and looked at the various data graphs on it.
"Chief, no, no problem," Pierre whispered.
Keweisi shook his head, the black mask on his face hiding all his expressions: "Is it really that serious?"
"Okay, let's package it." Cornett waved his hand and felt relieved.
This time it concerns the Torch Organization's follow-up plans, so he has to be careful and vigilant.
Watching the container being loaded onto one of the transport ships, Cornett turned around and asked, "How's the investigation going?"
Pierre's heart trembled, and he said stubbornly: "It's still the same as before, nothing gained."
Cornett frowned, glanced at Pierre who lowered his head, and couldn't help but remind him: "Think divergently, don't be too fixed, think of other ways."
He knew nothing about virtual data and could only give such instructions.
Deyes was his main suspect, but he had no evidence, which made him quite suspicious and he didn't know whether his idea was right or wrong.
"Yes," Pierre replied, feeling bitter.
"You can focus on investigating Deyes." Cornett glanced at his men who were almost ready and couldn't help but say more.
"Deyes? Not Qinglong?" Pierre looked up in surprise.
"Who said it was Qinglong? Have you found out?" Connet asked.
"No, that's just my personal guess." Pierre shook his head hastily.
Cornett was disappointed. "Don't make wild guesses. Even if I ask you to keep an eye on Deyes, don't come up with some far-fetched evidence to deal with me."
He didn't really need evidence, but the Torch Organization and those great mechanics were two different camps. If he arrested Deyes without any investigation, Benny would definitely be dissatisfied.
Even Jessiah and Qinglong might protest.
"Yes." Pierre felt more and more guilty. The leader had high hopes for him, but he could only deceive the leader.
Cornett sighed, feeling mentally exhausted. Many things in the organization required him to make the final decision.
"Get ready to go." He said in a deep voice. The torch soldiers who had been lined up in formation were boarding the transport ship one by one meticulously.
But during this process, a strong fluctuation of energy suddenly erupted on one side of the main base in the rear.
The sky-high column of magma slammed into the purple energy shield, creating ripples that were clearly visible even here, blocking the aftermath of the dissipated energy.
Cornett's face suddenly darkened, and Kevis sneered, "These people are really restless."
"Chief, you guys go ahead, I'll go take a look." Fernando frowned.
"No need, I'll go." Cornett shook his head, jumped up, turned into a streak of light, and quickly approached the rest area.
Ke Weisi smiled faintly, not caring at all. He stood there, not knowing what he was thinking about.
Pierre's scalp tingled. For some reason, he always felt scared when he was with Lord Corvis, but he didn't dare to leave rashly.
At the same time, in the operating room of the transport ship where the boiling blood alloy container was stored.
In the shadow of a certain driver, Li Ming sensed the fluctuation of Qi and mused in his heart, "Sandro really didn't disappoint me."
I vaguely heard a "pop" sound.
Immediately afterwards, the operators, who had originally looked solemn, froze in their expressions, and then pressed a few operating keys woodenly.
One of the operators even stood up and walked through layers of barriers to the transport room at the rear. It was completely silent there, with surveillance cameras hanging down at the four corners.
He entered the instructions woodenly, opened the box, and walked in.
A figure suddenly jumped out from the blurry shadows illuminated by the scarlet blood light. It was Li Ming. His movements were extremely fast and purposeful.
The folded space had been cleared long ago, and large pieces of boiling blood alloy were swept into the folded space.
At the same time, one hand was holding the alloy and absorbing it continuously, while the other hand was throwing out a large number of model blocks that looked almost the same as the boiling blood alloy, with high efficiency.
This is the simplest crude model, but Li Ming fine-tuned it many times, and at least on the surface, it looks no different from these boiling blood alloys.
They are very small and each one costs only a few dozen metal energies.
Even so, it still took him more than ten minutes to completely clean up the place, mainly absorbing the remaining alloy blocks that could not be placed in the folding space.
Kovis looked at the rest area. The fighting had subsided, but Cornett had not returned yet.
The staff were running non-stop between the several transport ships, and more than ten minutes had passed since the scheduled departure time.
"Sir Corvis, if everything is fine, I will go back first..." Pierre finally couldn't help it, and said with a stiff upper lip, not knowing where he got the courage from.
"Go away." Keweisi waved his hand.
Pierre left in a hurry as if he had been pardoned. However, for some reason, he was extremely curious about the lava column and couldn't help but go to the edge of the rest area to take a few glances.
………
Li Ming opened the door and glanced at the scorched black corridor.
The main scene of conflict was not here, but on the other side, which was mainly burned by the surging flames.
He hurried to the hall. It seemed that the conflict had not escalated. There was just a big hole in the floor and the ceiling was pierced, with red edges.
The most powerful one is the column of magma rising into the sky.
The only one who met the genetic ability requirements was Sandro. He folded his arms and held his head high.
Jessiah also arrived here, as well as Theo.
The conflict was not serious. Benny, Deyes and the other two A-level life forms did not show up.
The person who had a conflict with him was Ulrich. The collector had an ugly expression on his face and stared at Sandro coldly.
Sandro snorted coldly, "...I've already said it, there's no other reason. He keeps calling me an idiot. We're both A-level lifeforms, and he's too disrespectful to me."
Theo stood not far away, his expression calm.
Upon hearing this, Ulrich didn't say anything. Instead, Jessiah spoke up, his face expressionless: "You are a fool to begin with. It's well known to all."
"You also want to..." Sandro glared at him, and when he was about to speak, he seemed to think of something and said angrily, "I won't argue with you."
Although he was scolded by Jessiah, Sandro was still feeling pretty good now. He had always been the younger brother in the trio.
Ulrich is slightly stronger than him, but because he is smarter, he is closer to Theo.
He had tolerated many verbal disputes in the past, but the situation was completely different now, and the two men had isolated him.
As Qinglong said, he went to Qinglong's room from time to time during this period, although the two of them didn't say anything.
What he didn't expect was that a few days later, Ulrich actually came to him, and his attitude was much softer than before.
But he followed Qinglong's instructions and did not pay attention to the other party at the first time. Instead, he refused to let him in. This feeling really made him feel good.
Ulrich left abruptly at that time, but he ignored him several times later.
Until earlier today, Qinglong told him that he could make an appointment to meet Ulrich.
Moreover, his attitude should be strong when meeting. He has already tasted the sweetness, so he will naturally do as Qinglong said.
He and Ulrich had known each other for many years, so he naturally knew how to poke Ulrich's sore spot. The two of them started arguing after just a few words when they met.
He remembered what Qinglong said, that he could be more assertive, so he just took action.
"You've got a big leg to hold onto."
Ulrich said coldly. He didn't expect that Sandro would be so tough and dare to take action directly. He was really shocked.
Naturally, he also guessed that it must be Qinglong who gave him the courage.
He certainly couldn't fight with Sandro, so he just retreated, and then Cornette came.
But Sandro still refused to give in and even asked him to apologize. Ulrich naturally refused and the two of them were stuck there.
Cornett's face was calm as he glanced at Qinglong who had arrived. Although the other party was in a hurry to leave, he did not show any urgency.
He shook his head and said in a deep voice, "You two have been friends for many years. Is it possible that verbal friction will develop into an armed conflict?"
He turned to look at Qinglong: "Sir, I was just about to send someone to look for you, this situation..."
Sandro looked over, and the others had different expressions. They could all guess that Sandro was so tough now, he must have someone backing him up.
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but focus on the great mechanic, waiting for him to speak.
(End of this chapter)
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