This is not mechanical ascension.

boom!

Blazing flames burst out from the metal shell of the Tanwei mecha, followed by twisted red arcs.

Crackling - a frightening aura reverberated in this area, and the arrogance that almost turned into substance lingered around the tank guard armor. He wore an elemental crown on his head, and a silk golden cloak was pulled out from behind.

"The liberated form can also be inherited..." Li Ming was surprised, and [Thunder Frenzy] was activated, and the increasingly fierce sea of ​​blue arcs almost flooded the entire room.

Then, everything gradually calmed down, and Li Ming roughly figured out that this fusion was literal.

The benefits of becoming one with a mecha are obvious. The reaction is quick and the defense is stronger. Of course, the armor's injuries will also be fed back to him.

At the same time, its own abilities are completely superimposed with the armor, making this combat form even more powerful.

After all, he had previously worn mechas to fight, although his elemental abilities could be extended with the help of the [Sword Wing Knight]'s abilities.

But strength, speed, and defense are not, but now they are, enjoying the advantages of the mecha while eliminating the disadvantages.

Li Ming estimated that with his current development progress of 20%, in this state, he could probably go head-to-head with Duke Bai Ye. It was hard to say whether he could win, but there was a high probability that he would not lose.

The development progress of Duke Bai Ye is about 60%.

Of course, this is just an estimate. If there is a real fight, sneak attacks will still have to be used.

………

"The Land of Stars, what has changed compared to the last time you came here?" When Jesiah returned, Ulrich was waiting for him.

Jesiah said indifferently: "It's so smoky, I thought it would get better."

Ulrich smiled lightly, "Every time you come, you disappear for a while. Is there any place you miss in this place of stars?"

"I just don't want people to stare at me. As for this time..." Jesse continued with an indifferent expression: "It's because the Torch Organization asked me to help investigate a person."

"Who?" Ulrich couldn't help but be curious.

"A man named Li Ming comes from a low-level civilization." A virtual projection was reflected in Jesiah's pupils, mixed with pictures and information, and Ulrich took a look.

"Just a D-class life form?" Ulrich couldn't help but wonder, "Why is the Torch Organization investigating him?"

Jesiah was unsure: "It is said that it is because his development potential has reached level 16."

"Level 16 development potential?" Ulrich's face showed obvious surprise: "It is certain that an A-level life form comes from a low-level civilization?"

"Does the Torch Organization want to cultivate him, or does it want to kill him in advance?"

Jesiah shook his head, "It doesn't seem to be the case. It is said that the Torch Organization can sacrifice it to a powerful dimensional creature and even tear the planet apart."

"Tear apart the planet?" Ulrich looked slightly shocked, "The torch actually has such a method? Dimensional creatures..."

Then, he wondered, "But why does Torch want you to investigate? This kind of development potential should be strictly protected, right?"

"Which advanced civilization does it belong to?"

Jesiah looked strange: "Here's the problem. He should have gone to the Etlan civilization to enjoy better resources and possibly even obtain advanced genetic sequences, but he ran away."

"Itlan?" Ulrich's heart moved slightly, "The civilization he was born in couldn't be Blue Star, right?"

"You know?" Jesiah was surprised.

"It's really Blue Star..." Ulrich's eyes flickered, "A son of King Etlan died on Blue Star. From what you said, I just have a vague intuition that he may be related to Blue Star."

"He was actually present when Isius died, but it had nothing to do with him." Jesiah said casually, "It is said that he ran away because he did not want to get involved in the vortex of games among the top leaders of Etlan civilization."

"His involvement is quite complicated. His teacher is from Princess Asmara, but he has a good relationship with the son of Prince Baijan, so Princess Asmara doesn't like to see him."

"Ha..." Ulrich suddenly sneered, "It's a political struggle, but this guy named Li Ming is also cowardly, and he ran away like this."

"He won't come to the Land of Stars."

"It's true." Jesiah's eyes were strange: "The Torch Organization also asked you to help investigate?"

"No." Ulrich shook his head, "I don't want to deal with those crazy people."

"One of his teacher's students, Yaro, is a member of the Star Hunters. He defected during a robbery some time ago. Now he is hiding somewhere with Li Ming."

"Yaro? Star hunter? Robbery?" Ulrich's expression was shocked. For some reason, he suddenly felt something about to come out and couldn't help but ask:

"You are not talking about the batch of goods that caused the death of Atom and Sera's Duke Bai Ye."

"You know what?" Jesiah frowned and looked Ulrich up and down.

"The Torch Organization suspects that Yaro sold this information to the person who killed Atom and Duke Bai Ye, and wants me to find that person for questioning. He seems to have arrived in the Land of Stars. Do you know who he is? "

Ulrich vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he did not answer, but asked: "Didn't the Torch Organization find out?"

"There seems to be a clue." Jesiah's expression flickered and he shook his head: "But he didn't tell me, saying he was still confirming it."

In fact, Torch did ask him to help with the investigation before, but not long ago he told him that it was no longer needed.

He said it just to divert Ulrich's attention.

Ulrich frowned, "I do know who that person is."

"oh?"

"You just saw it."

Jesiah's expression slightly condensed, "Qinglong?"

Ulrich said solemnly: "Yes, he came here on Sera's royal spaceship."

"Sandro of Star Hunter also attacked him because of this matter."

Jesiah thought for a while, "It's such a coincidence. By the way, the information says that the guy named Li Ming has a good level of mechanics and seems to be very talented."

"By the way..." A large amount of data was refreshed in Jesiah's mechanical pupil, as if it was retrieving, and then it suddenly shook and projected a virtual screen:

"Found it. He once studied relevant mechanical knowledge in an academy supported by the Etlan civilization."

"It is said that even Castron, the great mechanic of the dwarf star civilization, highly praised his mechanical style, which is extremely regular, just like..."

"It just came off the assembly line." Ulrich added, "It seems obvious that Li Ming is most likely a student of Qinglong..."

"That's right." Jesiah was convinced and sighed: "Each mechanic's style is unique, it can't be a coincidence."

"This also explains why he was born on an ordinary planet, but has an extremely mature craftsmanship style, and dares to give up training in Etlan. With such a great mechanic here, he really doesn't have to worry about resources."

However, at this point, Jesiah glanced at Ulrich again.

But the great mechanic was controlled by Ulrich, and he didn't seem like someone who could provide a stable environment for Li Ming.

He couldn't help but ask: "What is the origin of Qinglong? Did you really not check it?"

Ulrich didn't know what he was thinking about. Hearing this, he sighed, "It's just someone who escaped from a large civilization."

"Imperial civilization?" Jesiah's expression was slightly condensed, and his mechanical pupils flashed.

"Only an empire-level civilization can allow a great mechanic like him to remain anonymous." Ulrich felt a little troubled in his heart. His decision not to delve into the origins of this man was indeed the right one.

As a student, he was remembered by Etlan and Torch in many ways.

He didn't even know what kind of trouble he had caused, which made him even more worried.

Why do you feel that the advantages of holding this person in your hand outweigh the disadvantages?

But then [Material Recombination Maker]...

Seeing Ulrich's look, Jesiah couldn't help but laugh, "You can't solve the trouble caused by letting him go into exile."

"Besides, far from it, right now, his students are being coveted by the Torch organization, and he himself is a great mechanic. With these two combined, I feel that the Torch will not give up."

Ulrich glanced at Jesiah coldly.

…

In the small room, there was only the sound of various instruments running. Monroe's body lay quietly in the glass cabin. He spent decades like this.

"I hope Saber will keep his promise when he comes back." Monroe sighed. This guy would listen to him in everything except letting him die.

He has no hope at all for any great mechanic. That is the nano-curse of the Star Abyss Empire. What great mechanic can fix it?

I promised Sabo just to stop this kid from thinking about letting him continue to live.

"pity…"

Buzz--

A crack opened in the wall, and Sabo came back, with an unspeakable complex emotion on his face, and shouted in a high-pitched and excited voice: "Lord Star King!"

Monroe's voice sounded, "I told you, the great mechanic is useless, it can't be repaired. This time, you can let me die."

However, Sabo shook his head eagerly, "No, no, Lord Star King can cultivate, he can cultivate!"

"What!?" Monroe's voice suddenly rose in pitch and became distorted due to the crackling sound of the speaker.

"Impossible!" Monroe said firmly: "You have been cheated, or you are lying to me."

Sabo didn't explain. As he spoke, he had already opened the box in his hand and took out the mechanical arm.

Monroe's voice stopped suddenly, and then, bubbles continued to be released from the glass chamber, the mechanical body trembled slightly, and electric sparks continued to burst out.

"How is it possible!" The hushed voice was filled with unspeakable shock, "It's actually getting better?"

That was a nano-curse, created specifically to kill mechanical modifications. It was designed and manufactured by several great mechanics who spent decades.

Ordinary great mechanics may not even be able to understand its origins and operating principles.

But he really noticed that the condition of the robotic arm had improved.

"Pretend it back, put it back for me." He said impatiently.

Saber was already moving, putting the robotic arm back into place. After the structure was fitted, the fingers at the end even twitched.

"It's really getting better." Monroe was in disbelief, and then said decisively: "This is definitely not something that ordinary mechanics can do."

"This kind of mechanic would actually come to the land of stars and work under Ulrich?" Monroe murmured, but then laughed: "Ha, haha... Okay, okay, you can survive from a desperate situation, you can survive from a desperate situation. !”

Sabo was equally excited, but he had already experienced it once, so he kept calm and said, "He seems to have guessed your existence."

"Normal." Monroe said calmly, "Destruction is far easier than repair. He can handle the nano-curse and guessing my existence is not surprising."

Saber added: "He said that it would be difficult for him to repair your injuries, and the price would be beyond imagination. I can't afford it."

Monroe's tone calmed down, "Of course I understand, let alone you, I can't even afford this price now."

"However, it doesn't require him to completely repair it all at once, as long as it allows me to move."

With his life in front of him, Monroe said in a deep voice: "Sabo, I need you to do something for me."

"Say it." Sabo said immediately.

"I still have some things in the Land of Stars. You go get those things, and then use them as reward to let the other party repair my energy core."

"However, there may be risks..."

"I'm not afraid!" Sabo didn't wait for Monroe to finish. Then he agreed.

………

Two days later, Cassis found Li Ming and sent a large amount of materials needed for repair, allowing him to dry up the metal energy to more than one million.

After seeing Cassis off, Li Ming rubbed his hands impatiently and came to the temporary warehouse. A new batch of shoes had been delivered and almost filled the entire warehouse.

The assembly line ran non-stop day and night, until today, the number finally reached 100,000 pairs.

In fact, Li Ming has already absorbed a batch. It is better not to accumulate too much, otherwise things will easily go wrong.

He first mastered one piece as a basis, and then used objects of the same specifications to upgrade, F, E, D, C... step by step.

Li Ming was very enthusiastic at first, but before he reached C level, he became numb. His movements were completely mechanical and he kept repeating them...

After reaching C level, he used the mother ore he obtained previously to strengthen it, and then continued to superimpose it.

The process may have been boring, but in the end he even ran the theory of evolution while superimposing it.

After more than ten hours, his pair of B-level shoes finally came out. From the original simple and shapeless slippers, they had turned into sharp-edged silver-white metal boots that covered the ankles.

[Super Magnetic Electric Explosion Propulsion Shoes - Class B: From basic shoes, after many upgrades, they have changed beyond recognition.

…

Control effect: Speed ​​blessing - 400%

Control ability - Super compression burst: Gain 800% speed blessing and gain the "Wind Shadow" ability. 】

It is very good in all aspects, due to the strengthening of the mother ore, and the [Wind Shadow] ability.

With the addition of these shoes, the overall speed boost reaches a terrifying twenty-two times, a tenfold increase from before, reaching a new level.

Li Ming tried, and with a slight movement of his feet, he rushed out as if equipped with a booster engine. He felt that the air in front of him was causing a great obstacle to him.

With a little force, there was a bang, and a ring of air burst out around him, easily breaking the sonic boom.

The whole body is surrounded by cyan airflow, almost flying, leaving behind phantoms. This is the "wind shadow". While increasing the speed, it leaves disturbing phantoms.

At his current speed, it would be difficult for even a B-class life form that specializes in speed to catch up.

Yaro ran out in a hurry, and the guards responsible for guarding him had to gather urgently to check if there was an accident.

Li Ming casually said a few perfunctory words before letting them leave, and then thought: "It is definitely feasible to make it yourself and then upgrade it by stacking and upgrading, and you don't have to look for those rare materials. It is very cost-effective, but manufacturing efficiency is an issue."

"However, the collector seemed reluctant to give the ten small assembly lines requested last time. When will the A-level control objects be stacked up..."