This is not mechanical ascension.

As time went by, Li Ming still hadn't come back, and Theo was increasingly suspicious: "Did this guy really run away?"

Even if he left for a short time to do something secret, he should be back now.

He could only think of the possibility that the other party had run away, and his face was ugly: "Ulrich is really stupid, leaving him here like this, leaking like a sieve."

That being said, if the other party was under strict supervision, he would have no chance to take action.

But now, the opportunity for Torch to help him was gone, and Theo was naturally angry in his heart. He snorted coldly and disappeared.

...

In the collector's castle.

"The batch of goods was intercepted?" Ulrich looked solemn and looked at Hortan who came to report.

"Well, a magnetic storm covering several galaxies appeared in the Poseidon Grand Channel. As a last resort, the transport ship had to change to the Ice Flow Channel..."

Ulrich looked grim: "Ice Flow Channel? Isn't that the channel in the Lasos Cluster? The Judge Civilization will definitely not let it go easily."

"I gave the order a few days ago. What happened to Susilo!?"

Hotan was helpless: "There is no way. When the order was issued, they were already in the Ice Flow Channel. The Judge Civilization had intercepted our people."

"What do you think?"

Ulrich said coldly: "I have told them that the man with golden pupils is already in the hands of the Interstellar Alliance. I don't want to offend either of them."

"The Judge Civilization is holding me back, damn it!"

"Dust-shining alloy is extremely rare. If this batch of goods is not delivered, I don't know if the materials will be enough." Ulrich hesitated.

"The laboratory has been built almost, and all the materials are in place. There is no need to prepare thoroughly before inviting the Great Mechanic Qinglong to come, right?" Huo Tan said cautiously: "Why not let him do the preliminary preparations first?"

Ulrich remained silent. Of course, there was no need to prepare before asking that guy to come. He could even force him to come directly.

But mechanical repair is a high-precision job. He can force the other party to come, but he can't force the other party to work.

Moreover, the current situation is not the same as he expected at the time. This Qinglong is too mysterious.

Originally, he thought that this person was just a great mechanic who came to the Land of Stars by chance, and he was quite excited.

Later, it was determined that this person was an exiled great mechanic who had countless troubles and all kinds of unheard-of technologies. He was so mysterious that he was a little frightened, which made him gradually hesitate.

If he was too involved with him, what would he do if some powerful life forms came to him?

And this guy was quite arrogant and not afraid of him at all. In the previous few confrontations, he was mostly at a disadvantage.

It was completely different from his performance when he first met the other party, which made him feel uneasy.

During this period, he even vaguely suspected that this Qinglong had learned from some sources that he had a [Material Reorganization Device], so he deliberately contacted him.

Under the combination of various factors, he had many concerns in his heart, but deliberately delayed time, but the crisis of the joint fleet was approaching step by step, leaving him in a dilemma.

"Master, are you worried?" Huo Tan has followed Ulrich for many years, and he has also seen some clues during this period.

Ulrich frowned.

Huo Tan whispered: "Master, you think too much. No matter what, you are an A-level life form. When you followed Lord Star King, or when you monopolized the land of stars, danger was always around you."

Ulrich was sometimes too cautious and thought too much, and he was a little hesitant.

"Sir Qinglong, after all, is only a B-level life form, and still needs to rely on you."

"Maybe there were a few times when you had to retreat because of other considerations, but he never refused to repair items."

Ulrich was silent, and then sadly, "Yes, the comfortable life has lasted too long, even Sandro is not as good as him."

A sharp light flashed in his eyes, "Let's go, I hope he will be sensible."

Ulrich seemed to have thought it through, and Hortan nodded and followed behind.

Just after leaving the hall, the collector's eyes moved slightly, and when he looked up, Theo's figure fell from the sky.

He didn't like others flying around, Ulrich frowned slightly, and then quickly restrained, "Are you going out?"

"Well, my subordinates reported that there was a clue about Serrad, so I went out to take a look." Theo responded simply, his face was not very good.

"What do you mean?" Ulrich became interested.

"It's useless." Theo was vague, and he said a few perfunctory words and was about to go back.

However, when he passed by Ulrich, he seemed to think of something, "Are you going out?"

"Well, there are some urgent matters to deal with." Ulrich said vaguely.

Theo's gray pupils flickered with silver light, and he said, "Can you take me to meet Qinglong?"

Ulrich's eyes flashed with a sharp light, "You want to see him?"

"I want to build another A-level weapon and ask his opinion." Theo's reason was very sufficient.

Ulrich hesitated, his tail swung behind him, and after a moment he said, "He is on that floating island, you can go there anytime, no need to ask me."

Theo shook his head: "After all, he is your subordinate, so it's better to go through you."

Ulrich's face eased, and he thought, "I just happened to go to him too, let's go together."

Theo looked a little surprised, and the two of them tacitly did not mention the perfunctory just now, and followed Ulrich to board the aircraft.

"The collector knows him better and should be able to determine whether the other party ran away or not." Theo was still unwilling to give in.

At the edge of the floating island, at a small dock, a group of people got off the aircraft.

Ulrich always landed from the pier of the floating island and walked there on foot. He never landed directly in the center of the floating island.

Halfway there, Ulrich frowned slightly. The instinct of an advanced life form gave him a feeling that something was not right.

Stopping and looking around, metal scraps were piled everywhere, the floating island had turned into a garbage dump, and several rooms could be vaguely seen among the metal debris.

"What's wrong?" Theo stopped and asked, looking confused.

"It's nothing, I just have a strange feeling." Ulrich shook his head, not knowing where that feeling came from.

When he arrived at Li Ming's studio, Huo Tan went to knock on the door, and then stood to one side.

Theo thought in his mind that Ulrich had always thought that this person was under his control. It would be hard to imagine that the other person could come and go freely here.

I hope that the other party has not left the Land of Stars. When Ulrich is angry, he will definitely block his territory. If he has not left, there may be a chance.

But Theo didn't have any expectations. The other party had disappeared for more than ten hours and had probably left completely.

After a while, the door opened, and Li Ming poked his head out, seemingly surprised, "Your Majesty the Collector?"

Ulrich nodded slightly, but felt inexplicably that everything was normal, but at the same time it seemed not normal.

Theo's pupils, who were standing behind, suddenly shrank, and he looked at Li Ming who opened the door and walked out in disbelief, feeling a turmoil in his heart.

He is back! ?

When did you come back?

He just left and he came back? Such a coincidence?

Theo couldn't understand that it wouldn't take long for him to return to the floating island from here. Although he deliberately made a circle in order to cover up the traces of his flight, it only took about ten or twenty minutes.

He spent nearly ten hours here without waiting for this guy. As a result, during the time when he was flying back, he came back?

Theo didn't believe it. Of course, there was another guess that made him even more incredible, that is, the other party had been staying in the room the whole time, but he didn't notice it.

But this is almost impossible.

Various thoughts were intertwined in his mind, but he could not draw a specific conclusion.

"Your Excellency Theo is here too?" Li Ming glanced at Theo behind him and sounded surprised.

After all, the A-level life form had calmed down for a moment and nodded slightly.

"You two, please come in." Li Ming turned sideways, and there was no clue. He was holding a spray gun in one hand and a welding gun in the other.

After Theo came in, he felt the urge to vomit blood more and more. He had been tired of seeing it after staying here for ten hours.

Li Ming seemed to be repairing the pale golden armor, which made Theo feel confused. Did he really come here before?

Ulrich frowned slightly, what's going on here...

The feeling that something was wrong in his heart became more and more serious. He looked around, but he couldn't put it into words.

"Sorry, this is a studio, there is no place to sit, sorry." Li Ming said sheepishly, put down the spray gun in his hand, and said first before the two of them could speak:

"Your Excellency Collector, I was about to go find you, but I didn't expect you to come first."

"Looking for me?" Ulrich was surprised and swallowed back what he wanted to say.

"Yeah..." Li Ming frowned, "I don't know why, but I've been having a bad premonition in my heart for the past two days. I always feel like someone is going to do something to me."

"So, can I move to your castle? It will be convenient for my repair work..."

Ulrich's face was full of astonishment. Before he could say anything, Li Ming asked to move over?

Li Ming couldn't explain clearly that Theo was here, but Ulrich understood that what the other party was talking about was the work of repairing the [Material Recombination Maker].

He originally thought of many words, but in the end he didn't say a single word.

Although it met his expectations, he was not happy at all.

Taking the initiative to ask indicates that the other party is not afraid.

Ulrich knew that there was one thing that he had always tacitly understood with the other party, and that was where the great mechanic would go after repairing the [Material Recombination Maker].

This thing is Ulrich's biggest secret, and he doesn't want more people to know about it.

Killing is the best choice.

He believed that the other party must have thought about it, but he still took the initiative. Could it be...

Ulrich came up with various speculations and shook his head secretly. His old habit had returned. When the time came, he would put it under his nose and put surveillance cameras everywhere. He didn't believe that the other party could make any waves.

Theo was extremely suspicious. He looked at Li Ming and took the initiative to move to the castle?

With Ulrich here, he couldn't take action at will, but this was too sudden.

Because of a bad premonition?

This reason sounds a bit ridiculous. Could it be that someone came to his studio?

Theo couldn't figure it out, and this feeling of being unable to figure it out made him very uncomfortable.

The three of them had evil intentions. Li Ming remained calm on the surface, but in his heart he had scolded Theo eight hundred times.

This guy didn't know what was going on with him. He wasn't afraid of thieves stealing, he was just afraid that thieves would miss him.

Li Ming often plays the role of a thief, so he naturally understands the truth and is ready to find a safer place.

As for Star King's body repair work, Li Ming didn't care. He had been paralyzed for so many years, and it didn't matter if he was paralyzed for a while. Nothing was more important than his own safety.

"That's fine..." Ulrich reluctantly said, "When are you going to go? Do you want to pack?"

"Nothing to pack, just now." Li Ming said immediately.

More anxious than me?

More cautious than me just because of the premonition in his heart?

Ulrich was even more puzzled and felt more and more confused, but he couldn't find a reason to refuse, so he could only let Li Ming go back with them, and packed some materials and items, including the light golden armor and several mechanical bodies.

Along the way, Theo pretended to ask about some information about A-level weapons, and Li Ming answered in detail and gave various suggestions.

After returning to the castle, Ulrich still felt very strange, so he asked Huo Tan to arrange a room for him, and he went to deal with some things.

"The guest room is on the third floor... The fourth floor is the cafeteria..." Huo Tan introduced all the way.

Li Ming interrupted: "Sir Theo and Sandro are both on the third floor?"

Huo Tan nodded: "Yes."

"Which floor is Sir Ulrich on?" Li Ming asked.

"Seventh floor." Huo Tan didn't quite understand.

"Is there a room next to him?"

Hotan was in a mess, and shook his head blankly: "No, the whole floor belongs to Mr. Ulrich."

"What about the sixth floor?" Li Ming asked again.

"The sixth floor is where we live." Huotan said.

"Then let's go to the sixth floor. We are all family members. How can I live in the guest room?" Li Ming said immediately.

Hotan hesitated and finally nodded: "Okay, I will have someone clean up a room as soon as possible."

"What about the fifth floor?" Li Ming followed Huotan into the elevator, but found that there was no option for the fifth floor on the elevator page.

"This..." Huotan hesitated, his old face full of embarrassment.

Li Ming said dissatisfiedly: "We are all family, what else can't you tell me?"

Family... Huo Tan complained in his heart, explaining: "The fifth floor is the studio, and some mechanics work here."

"Oh?" Li Ming's eyes lit up and he became interested, "Can you take me to see it?"

Hotan felt a toothache and said he would ask Ulrich. After the call, he said: "Please follow me."

The elevator stopped on the fourth floor, and Li Ming followed him to a metal door at the end of the metal corridor. After various tests, it slowly opened a gap with a buzzing sound.

After entering it, there is a staircase going up. The floor and walls are all silver-white, with almost no gaps, and the smell of metal rust hits you.

After stepping up the stairs, there is an extremely open and large space. A large number of workbenches are placed in a regular pattern. The harsh friction sound, the bursting sparks, and the noisy discussions are constantly heard, like a large factory.

The air is also floating with heat waves brought by high-temperature smelting.

"Lord Huo Tan..." A little guy came running over, shorter than a dwarf, only up to Li Ming's knees, with dark green skin, huge eyes, and a bald head, like a goblin.

With a flattering smile on his face, "Why didn't you tell me in advance? Does the collector have any instructions?"

"Brown, this is the great mechanic, Lord Qinglong, I'm here to show him around." Huo Tan pointed at Li Ming.