This is not mechanical ascension.

"Do you think they will clear out the Land of Stars in advance?" Ulrich saw Li Ming's thoughts and couldn't help but ask.

"It's just a whim." Li Ming did not deny it.

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"It's not impossible." Theo suddenly said, and Shandro Fushu's eyes became more serious. "Huitong, if you know something, just say it directly and don't be secretive."

Theo shook his head and pinched out a virtual screen. It was a news report with a black circular logo in the upper left corner - Xingyuan Times.

"...At 7:13 in the morning, Archduke Guyar, who was on an inspection tour in the Empire's Semothra star cluster - the Paproul star system - Clint star, was assassinated."

"An ultra-long-range orbital-grade sniper bullet pierced Grand Duke Guyard's shoulder. At 13:00 in the afternoon, the empire issued a statement stating that Grand Duke Guyard's life was not in danger and that the assassin was being pursued rigorously."

"A big shot in the Xingyao Empire was assassinated?" Sandro was surprised, and then grinned: "I really deserve it. I don't know who is so bold as to assassinate him."

"That means he wasn't killed. If he was killed, wouldn't the Xingyao Empire go crazy?"

Ulrich frowned and looked at the news on the screen. He had been busy with the aftermath for the past two days and had no time to pay attention to the outside news.

It was also because Hotan was dead, otherwise such big news would have been reported to him. Thinking of this, he felt a little depressed again.

"Not dead, almost done." Theo turned off the screen and said calmly.

Ulrich came to his senses, "What do you mean?"

Li Ming also looked over.

"That bullet was smeared with information-state poison. Even if it only penetrated his body slightly, the poison has spread and will wipe him from the universe." Theo explained, "The Star Abyss Empire temporarily established an information-state stabilization device. , barely keeping him in a state of immortality.”

"Is the Star Abyss Empire just trying to make a fool of itself?" Sandro sneered, "The old empire isn't that good either."

"This is because the Star Abyss Empire has not yet figured out who the attacker is behind and is not sure how to deal with it, so it will temporarily curb public opinion." Theo explained casually.

Li Ming asked: "What does this have to do with the Land of Stars?"

Theo was quite helpless: "The Star Abyss Empire issued a notice of assistance in the investigation, and many star clusters responded. According to the information I received, the attacker seems to be fleeing along the Red River star stream."

"The Etlan civilization may respond to the call of the Star Abyss Empire and deploy defenses in advance."

"Fuck." Sandro cursed: "Then wouldn't he be hanged again on the way to escape?"

"An unforeseen disaster." Ulrich shook his head, feeling more and more unlucky that this kind of thing could happen to him.

Li Ming was also speechless, "I hope the Torch Organization won't keep us waiting too long."

However, Theo explained: "I just speculate that although the Star Abyss Empire issued a large-scale cooperative investigation notice, it did not require these civilizations to respond."

"The Etlan civilization should still follow their own battle plan. There are so many people in the Silver Star Cluster staring at them. They are so big that even if they want to make a surprise attack, it will be impossible. Don't worry."

Sandro breathed a sigh of relief and said nonchalantly: "The worst that can happen is to run away early."

"If you ask me, let's hide in the Red River Star Stream now."

Theo shook his head: "Once it enters the Red River Star Stream, all external communications will be cut off, and it will become passive."

Sandro just said casually and continued the topic, "Who is this attacker? Do you have any news over there?"

Theo pondered: "Not yet. It is said that the Star Abyss Empire wanted to retrieve information from the black hole network, but was rejected."

While the few people were talking, Li Ming's eyes were distracted and he was thinking about another thing. He wanted to build more main ship-level turrets.

Although the number of times it can be fired is limited and you have to recharge it in advance, it is indeed very powerful.

No matter what, you have to stock up on enough numbers to kill A-level life forms at once, so that you can feel more secure.

However, the main ship-level turret was not easy to obtain. He checked on the Black Hole Network and found that one of them, including miscellaneous transportation costs, cost four to five billion star coins.

And his current balance is less than 10 million.

"The fleet in Ulrich's hands is all transport ships. At most, there are a few armed frigates with main guns, which are not qualified at all."

"I heard that Sandro has a large main ship, but it's too far away from here. Theo also has it...but..." Li Ming thought about it, and there seemed to be no place to steal it.

"tnnd!"

Suddenly, Sandro roared angrily, his two bull's eyes almost popped out, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn Alphonse, how dare you snatch my floating island while I'm not at home!"

Li Ming glanced over. Alphonse, the land of stars, one of the other two A-level life forms, came from the Lasos star cluster and was mainly engaged in human trade.

"I'm tired of living. Do you think I have no one under my command?" Sandro snorted coldly, "Guys, we are all in the same boat now, how can we let him bully us?"

Ulrich looked at him indifferently, "This is your business. It has nothing to do with us. If you want to go back and regain your place, no one will stop you."

Theo was silent and his attitude was very obvious. They were only temporarily tied together. Do they really think they were good friends who helped each other?

"Forget it, I have something else to do, so I'll go back first." Li Ming stood up and walked upstairs leisurely.

His top priority was to become a Class B life form as soon as possible, and he was not interested in doing this thankless job.

Following Sandro, he might be able to steal the main gun, but the obstacles were also great. With several Class A life forms watching, it was not that convenient and not worth it.

"You..." Sandro looked ugly, turned around suddenly, but did not even walk out of the door. He snorted coldly and turned back.

He really didn't dare to leave casually, for fear that the three guys would leave him behind as soon as he left.

Li Ming noticed Sandro's little move from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help shaking his head, returned to the room, and continued to develop gene seeds.

Without other things to interfere, Li Ming kept developing gene seeds, even after exceeding 60%, the development speed declined.

But the time spent made up for this, and he still maintained a terrifying speed of more than 1% development progress per day.

Three days later, his development progress reached 82%. Looking at the screen in front of him, his eyes flickered, and Ford contacted him again.

However, the conversation message sent over surprised him.

"Fuck, what did Asmara talk to you last time? Didn't you give away anything?"

Li Ming stroked his chin and typed a "?"

"My smart terminal was confiscated a few days ago. I thought it must be because of you. Didn't she try to trick you?"

"Or did you not see it? Impossible?"

"Tsk..." Li Ming was quite surprised and a little unpredictable. "She did talk to me. There was something strange in her words, but I didn't talk much."

"I knew it!" Ford seemed very angry. "Fortunately you saw it."

"Why did the smart terminal return to you?" Li Ming asked.

"After all, I am the son of the Baijan prince. My father and Asmara have been at odds for a long time. I haven't committed any crime. She dared to confiscate my smart terminal and keep me like a prisoner. How could my father let it go so easily?"

It seemed reasonable. Li Ming looked at the response, but he and Ford were in a mutually beneficial relationship, and there was no trust.

In other words, as long as you can get benefits from this Ford, does it matter whether the other party is Ford or not?

Ford continued: "My smart terminal was confiscated, which has a lot to do with you. Is the prototype of the nano armor worn by your teacher from the sublimator civilization? Does your teacher have a way to enter the sublimator ruins?"

Li Ming did not respond immediately, and waited for another message.

"I'm watching closely here. I have to let my father see the value. What do you want?"

Li Ming's mouth was slightly grinning, which was a bit familiar.

On the other side of the screen, Asmara, Prince Baijan, and even Ford, who was sweating profusely, were all looking at the big screen.

In the intelligence studio, everyone held their breath until a message popped up on the side belonging to Li Ming, "I want to know if Asmara has been investigating the death of Isius?"

Fard was numb all over, his face was dazed, and he could only hear a series of discussions in his ears.

"Assessment of the confidentiality of the question..."

"In the preliminary analysis, there is an 85% chance that this is not the first time the two have exchanged information. In terms of the confidentiality of the other party's questions, there is a 70% chance that previous information transactions have violated the interests of civilization."

"Sure enough..." Asmara chuckled, "What close friends, just exchange of interests, Baijan..."

Prince Baijan looked ugly, and his eyes swept coldly over Ford, who was in a trance.

Ford gritted his teeth secretly. Asmara was really vicious. After the last "close friend" had a personality problem, it turned directly into "exchange of interests"

The key is that she really guessed it right.

"As far as I know, Asmara has indeed been secretly investigating this matter. In addition, someone from the Xingyuan Empire is suspected to have intervened, but I am not sure."

Li Ming looked at Ford and responded. Someone from the Xingyuan Empire?

Then Isius is so valued?

He pondered for a moment and replied: "Yes, that armor was indeed obtained by my teacher from a sublimator civilization ruins, and was repaired and transformed into nano armor."

"As for whether there is a way to enter the sublimator ruins, I am not sure."

"Not sure?"

"Your answer is too ambiguous."

Fred roared in his heart, this is obviously not my tone.

To be more precise, this is not the tone he used when talking to Li Ming. Although he didn't want to admit it, he and the other party were in a weak position in the conversation.

Can't this guy see it?

"The answer you gave me is also ambiguous." A message popped up on the screen.

Asmara thought for a moment, with a look of control in his expression, and then raised his hand to signal, "Tell him scenario number one."

"Forget it, I'll send you a message. Professor Wu Yanqing has escaped. Asmara is now chasing him. He seems to have taken away something precious, which is related to the Sublimator Ruins."

Li Ming raised his eyebrows slightly, swiped to open the friend page, and found Wu Yanqing's account. There were several unanswered messages, mainly asking where he was.

The most recent one was more than a month ago.

Old Wu defected?

Li Ming frowned slightly and squinted his eyes: "Then I'll send you a message too. My teacher has found out who the Xingyuan Empire person standing behind Theo is."

Fred's heart suddenly jumped, and Prince Baijan's face changed slightly. He knew this news a long time ago, but he didn't tell Asmara, and even asked Ford to keep it secret.

As expected, when Asmara saw this line of words, her control over everything was broken, her brows knitted, she was in doubt, and then looked at Prince Baijan coldly.

"What's going on?" She asked coldly.

Prince Baijan hesitated, but he also knew that since Li Ming had exposed it, he could not hide it, so he had to say: "The gray eyes of the power of the stars - Theo, lost something not long ago, it was the [Flower of Casablanca]."

"What!?" Asmara's pupils suddenly bloomed with a quiet light, and she understood many things in an instant.

The strange look was quickly covered up, but her face became more indifferent.

"Did you find out? Who is it?"

Ford asked impatiently.

Li Ming smiled slightly, "I want a main ship-level turret, including a complete energy generator, and it can't be too damaged."

"What do you want that thing for? What other uses does that turret have besides being useful on a warship?"

"Don't worry about that. Do you agree to this deal?"

Everyone looked at Asmara. Ford vaguely felt that something was wrong. He didn't seem to have asked Li Ming to check the news about the person behind Theo.

"Ask him where to send it?" Asmara said in a deep voice.

"I will find a way. Where to send the things to you?"

"The Land of Stars."

Asmara's sharp eyes flashed, and the conversation continued.

"Are you also in the Land of Stars?"

"Don't worry about that. The things will be delivered and the news will be presented. In addition, I don't have much time to wait. I want it within fifteen days."

"Fifteen days is too short. The time is not enough. Counting the planning, at least one month."

"Friendly reminder, the black hole network can be purchased."

"Promise him!" Asmara suddenly spoke, and many intelligence personnel were slightly stunned, and then quickly operated.

"I know, give me the detailed address."

Prince Baijan couldn't help but remind him, Asmara, you are too anxious. "

"What you should care about now is your son's treason." Asmara's voice was cold.

Fed's eyelids twitched wildly, and he couldn't help but say: "Commander, this is an unfounded accusation."

He now seriously suspected that Li Ming had already seen something wrong and was using Asmara to make money.

The mimic personality imitated him very perfectly, but the problem was that he had more than one or two handles in Li Ming's hand.

The leakage of the theory of evolution and the liberation records, as well as the video of the oath of allegiance to the Torch Organization.

All these things made him less confident when facing Li Ming, and the two sides were not equal at all.

But he couldn't explain these.

Asmara ignored him, his expression was uncertain, "What about Wu Yanqing?"

"No information yet." The subordinate reported.