Chapter 195 A small upgrade and a sudden attack by Theo
Why doesn’t the Xingyuan Empire directly intervene in the fight for these relics?
Feeling embarrassed? Or do you really not care?
Li Ming's body was running various theories of evolution, but his brain could still think about other things.
Imperial-level civilizations are completely not on the same level as ordinary civilizations, and even advanced civilizations are out of reach.
The situation is now very clear. Only Princess Asmara can find the ruins. After the joint fleet was formed, it attracted the attention of many people.
Everyone wants to get a piece of the pie. She probably has the support of the Xingyuan Empire behind her.
But it must be just one person, and there must be someone who doesn't want her to succeed, and even wants to take advantage of her.
It is said that there are interstellar treasures and the crystallization of civilization in it, which must be true.
Li Ming thought about it and gradually calmed down.
The terrifying scale of the Combined Fleet was still vivid in his mind, along with its main guns that were nearly capable of penetrating planets.
Even A-level life forms find it difficult to escape. If he wants to touch these things now, they are too far away. If something unexpected happens, he may die without knowing how he died.
"I still have over four million metal energy remaining, and there are a few common items that can be upgraded..."
Shaking his head, Li Ming checked his control bar. In terms of main combat, there was nothing that needed to be upgraded for the time being, and if he wanted to upgrade to A-level, the metal energy was far from enough.
[Soul Visor--Level B: On some indigenous planets, the wearer is like a god.
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Control effect: Hidden blessing--300%
Control Ability - Psionic Masking: Distorts its own specific form under the B-level life form and the same level monitoring equipment, and obtains the "Shadow Trace" ability.
The broken visor had long since turned into a complete, smooth mask. Made of dark grey metal, it exuded a cold metallic luster. It fitted the facial contours closely, extending from the forehead to the chin, and covering both sides to the ears, forming a closed protective structure.
The eyes are equipped with transparent high-strength synthetic radiation crystals, which are embedded in the light golden patterned energy channels to form a radiation field.
The upgrade uses Black Shadow Mother Ore as the strengthening material. The upgrade consumes 900,000 metal energy, and the resulting "Shadow Trace" ability allows him to hide better in the dark.
It should be comparable to Serrad's mimicry ability. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for an A-level life form without special means to see through it.
There is also the commonly used [Anti-interference Communicator], which has been upgraded to——
[Mind Resonance Crystal--B: The power of the mind is still one of the most mysterious forces in the universe.
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Control effect: Perception blessing--300%
Control Ability - Telepathic Communication: Your voice can appear in the minds of living beings within a range of 100,000 meters, and gain the ability to "shatter."
The cost-effectiveness is very high. Even if it is strengthened with the "Ximing Mother Ore", it only costs 500,000.
What he got was an offensive ability. He originally wanted an ability that was more "mental", such as hypnosis and temptation.
Unfortunately, he does not have the mother ore of the spiritual level, but this ability is also pretty good. It can cause mental shock and interfere with the opponent at the moment of interference, which is very deadly.
And the [Eye of Sky Vision] which is upgraded from the [Locator]. This one is a little more expensive, requiring 600,000 metal energy, and the control effect is that of a professional [Scout].
There are two abilities, [Acute Perception: Increases Perception by 100%], and [Extreme Sense of Smell: Has an extremely keen sense of smell]
He tried it and almost suffocated himself. It took him a while to get used to it.
Naturally, you won't consume any control items to obtain this profession, you can use it when you need control.
[Positioning: Select a target and within a range of 100,000 meters, you can lock onto its position and obtain a rough estimate of the target's information.]
Not only can it lock onto the target, but it can also spy on the enemy. Li Ming tried it and was able to vaguely know the target's life level, abilities, and so on.
Those whose life level is lower than his are easier to obtain, while those whose life level is higher than his are more difficult to obtain.
After upgrading these three more commonly used brothers, his stock of mother ore was used up.
Given his current relationship with Ulrich, it would be difficult for him to get something for free.
"The mother ore wall..." Li Ming murmured. The mother ore wall in Ulrich's treasure house often appeared before his eyes.
He had been to Ulrich's castle several times, but there had never been a suitable opportunity.
It would be best to get rid of this problem once and for all. I also need to get the [Matter Reorganization Maker] as well as figure out how to get out.
A-level life forms are very powerful and far beyond his ability to fight. Even if he uses the [Thermonuclear Fusion Bomb], he can only survive at best, and it is impossible to confront it head-on.
It would be best to have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, but such opportunities are too rare or even non-existent.
"It's a bit troublesome..."
The next day, Saber came again cautiously. After confirming that Li Ming was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief and praised sincerely:
"Even someone as cunning as the Collector was manipulated by you."
Li Ming waved his hand and threw out the metal arm from yesterday. He hid it in the folding space, and Ulrich would have to be shocked to find it.
Saber brought his left leg today and asked, "How long will it take? I won't wait here to avoid any accidents."
After many repairs, Star King and Saber's trust in Li Ming has increased. The last time the collector suddenly came, he was really scared and decided to be more careful.
"No need, don't leave yet." Li Ming shook his head. He realized that the situation in the Land of All Stars was becoming more and more urgent, so he didn't want to pretend with this guy anymore.
Saber was a little confused. He had been pushed out of the room by Li Ming and could only wait here.
After waiting in fear for most of the day, the door behind me opened.
"Okay, take it." Li Ming threw both boxes to him.
"Okay, okay?" Saber was confused and didn't react at first. He looked at the box and then at Li Ming.
Li Ming calculated: "Well, left and right hands, energy core, this is a leg, there is still one leg missing, torso, and head, right..."
Saber opened the metal box and found that the metal limbs inside had indeed been repaired to a certain extent.
He swallowed, shocked, but was this too fast?
So what did you do when you waited for several days?
His whole body went numb, and he came back to his senses. He looked up and saw Li Ming staring at him with a frown. He said hurriedly, "Yes, yes..."
Saber left in shock, and even when he returned to the shop and came to the Star King, he was still a little dazed.
"Saber, what's going on? Has Ulrich discovered us?" Monroe's urgent voice came from the room. His condition was much better than at the beginning.
The energy engine in the chest was constantly running, the energy glow was flashing, and the energy pathways in the body were corroded a lot.
But he is an advanced mechanical body after all, and does not simply rely on energy pathways for energy conduction. The repaired arm is moving all the time.
Saber came back too early and looked very out of sorts, as if he hadn't recovered yet. This gave him a bad feeling.
The last time Saber came back, he told him that Ulrich's sudden appearance disrupted their plans. Although he was not discovered on the spot, the robotic arm had to stay with the other party.
After Saber left, he observed from afar that a small-scale battle seemed to have broken out on the floating island. He didn't know what had happened.
This made both of them very worried. Saber even suggested to move, but was stopped by Monroe. If Ulrich really found out, they wouldn't be able to get far.
The hope of restoration is just around the corner, and he doesn't want everything to become a dream again.
"No, no..." Saber hurriedly explained, quickly opening the box, "No accident, Ulrich didn't find it."
Monroe breathed a sigh of relief, but then the energy engine in his chest suddenly blazed brightly, and the intense energy raged along the damaged energy pathway, causing his entire body to twitch.
"How come it was repaired so quickly? Both mechanical limbs are healed?" Monroe's tone was filled with suppressed shock.
Saber smiled bitterly. "It's like this. Earlier, the great mechanic seemed to be afraid that we would be too surprised, so he deliberately delayed."
Monroe was silent, his heart unable to calm down for a long time. He was already surprised enough to find a way to repair the "Nano Curse" in the Land of Stars.
No matter how you look at it, the nano curse is a difficult problem to deal with, but in the end, the other party dealt with it as easily as drinking water. The previous repair time was just a show for them.
"Where on earth did this great mechanic come from..." Monroe was increasingly surprised. "Could it be a Casting-level mechanic?"
But he secretly denied it, "Impossible... Impossible..."
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After sending Saber away, Li Ming entered a state of concentrated development again. With many goals before him, he really wanted to improve his life level as soon as possible.
Electric arcs flowed, elemental energy surged, and the radiation on the trading island gradually dimmed as night fell.
Huh? Li Ming's heart suddenly jumped and he opened his eyes abruptly.
Due to the special environment, even when developing gene seeds, he turned on [Intelligent Assistance], even if it required occupying a control bar.
And now, there was suddenly a target in the coverage area, falling from the edge of the floating island, with narrow cheeks, indifferent and gloomy eyes, and gray pupils. It was Theo, and his speed was extremely fast.
What is he here for?
Li Ming's heart skipped a beat. This guy just appeared at the edge of the range, and within a few seconds, he was less than 10,000 meters away from him. The next moment, he should be outside the room.
However, despite such a fast speed, there was no sonic boom, and the guards on guard were completely unaware of it.
Li Ming's heart was beating violently and his mind was racing like lightning. Theo had come sneakily with ill intentions, so it was impossible for him to run away now.
beat?
Using the [Thermonuclear Implosion Bomb] might be able to hold out for a while and attract the attention of the collector.
But afterward, Ulrich would certainly be more wary of him.
He looked around, and a bold idea suddenly popped into his mind.
Theo didn't force his way in, and even used some hacking methods to open the studio door.
The whole person is suspended in mid-air, with his feet not touching the ground, and even covers the electromagnetic field of view, which is used to interfere with conventional monitoring equipment. It is fully prepared.
"Hmm?" Theo paused, looked around, and asked in surprise, "Where are the people?"
The studio was empty, filled with various metal parts. In the corner, there was a statue of pale golden armor being repaired, with its back opened.
"Not here?" Theo frowned and murmured softly, "He shouldn't have left here after the banquet yesterday. Ulrich has been watching him the whole time."
He looked around the studio carefully, his eyes falling on several tightly closed cabinets. With a wave of his hand, the metal doors opened, revealing nothing inside.
"Really not here?" Theo turned almost the entire studio upside down, even tearing off the metal plates on the wall, and then pasted them back after making sure there was no hidden space behind them.
In fact, as a Class A life form, he has a keen sense of the environment, and ordinary hiding methods are unlikely to be effective.
But the other party is a great mechanic after all, and should not be underestimated.
"Let's go look somewhere else..." He left the studio, searched every room in the center of the floating island, and finally returned to this studio.
"I always have an inexplicable premonition that something seems to be wrong." Theo paced back and forth, his eyes flickering, his gaze fixed on the light golden mecha in the corner.
I took another look into the cockpit to make sure there was nothing.
"What's wrong..." Theo said in a low voice, feeling depressed, "It seems that he is not here... What a pity..."
He shook his head, restored everything in the room to its original state, and his figure disappeared.
There was no movement in the silent studio. After about half an hour, Theo appeared again and looked around. Everything was exactly the same as he remembered.
"Really not here?" Theo shook his head, as if he had really left.
Another hour later, he suddenly appeared and came in from the ceiling, but the room was still empty.
"Well, you win!" Theo shouted in a deep voice, "You are worthy of being a great mechanic."
He seemed to be gone completely, a full six hours later.
Theo returned again, his face almost as black as the bottom of a pot, his gray pupils flashing with a hazy silver light, "How could he disappear so suddenly!"
"I just don't believe it!"
In his vision, the room was filled with hazy black traces, which were pheromones left by living organisms.
He could barely sense it, but couldn't make a specific distinction.
There was a lot of this pheromone in the room but very little outside, so he went back and forth many times, thinking that the other party was in the room.
If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to avoid alerting the other party, he would have even wanted to turn the entire room upside down.
But now it’s almost the same as if it had been turned upside down, and there’s no place to hide people here.
"Did he run away..." Theo had an incredible guess in his mind.
Theo became furious and decided to wait here. He didn't believe that the other party could really disappear out of thin air.
Moreover, he could feel a sense of being sporadically watched.
"This guy is really crazy." The corners of Li Ming's mouth twitched. Of course, this was due to psychological effects.
Because he was now possessing the tank guard, his physical body had disappeared, and he opened the cockpit again, creating the appearance that he was repairing it.
Theo never imagined that he was the armor in the corner.
He doesn't mind if the other party wants to waste time here.
But he didn't understand why Theo came to him, and it seemed that he would not give up until he achieved his goal.
"Shouldn't he be worrying about where his potion went?" Li Ming muttered, "Did he really guess it was me?"
"No, if he guessed it, he would have made trouble at the banquet. There's no need to be so sneaky."
"Why is everyone so greedy for me..."
(End of this chapter)
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