This is not mechanical ascension.

Chapter 262 Development Progress 30% Theo's Purpose

"Dimensional crystals are not a big problem. We have prepared everything we need. We are just waiting for an opportunity," Li Ming pondered. For this, he collected a lot of information and made a lot of relevant preparations.

After thinking for a moment, he thought of Theo who almost disappeared suddenly under the bombardment of the main gun.

That speed really frightened him.

He secretly estimated that this old guy could even approach his body when he couldn't react.

This was the first time he saw Theo's extreme speed. He had been hiding it before and had never shown his full strength.

Even in the last raid on Blerim.

"Fortunately, the character created before was too mysterious, and Theo's target was not me." Li Ming pondered, "But I have to be on guard."

"Either increase my speed or suppress his speed..."

………

The impact of Brot's death was great. Everyone was digesting the news and sighed for a long time.

After half a day, the Torch Organization had already started to clean up the ruins. This battle had a huge impact on the terrain, and it was very troublesome to clean up the crater.

The Torch Organization even dispatched the Flame Apostles, wearing heavy armor, to manually split the mountain from the edge.

Several warships were also dispatched to assist from the side, which was quite a big deal.

Even so, it took five or six days to cut the protruding part of the crater almost completely.

Next, the foundation and the rest area will be rebuilt. Torch staff wearing power armor are distributed everywhere, and some ecological shields have been rebuilt.

The floating heat waves rolled, and the armored transport vehicles drove through the spacious temporary roads, and the metal plates collided in the bumps.

The air was filled with the smell of metal and engine oil. With the experience of the last time, the progress this time was obviously much faster.

That day, in the temporary rest cabin, the roar of various machines outside passed through the cabin wall and entered Li Ming's ears.

He sat cross-legged on the bed. Under the effect of evolution, the surface of his body was surging with red light, and his skin was rising like a tide.

Outside the body, a vague and illusory creature was formed, with a slender neck, thick lower limbs, red wings on the back, scales all over the body, and roaring to the sky.

Red Lotus Thunder Dragon.

The red electric arc surged and crackled, as if reaching a certain limit. Li Ming, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes, and his pupils were red.

Then, the whole body suddenly exploded, turning into red electric arcs, and re-gathered one meter away in the blink of an eye.

"Wonderful..." Li Ming looked at his bare hands and couldn't help but be surprised.

Even without testing, he could be sure that his gene development progress had reached 30%, and the gene seed of the Red Lotus Thunder Dragon had completed the initial fusion with his body itself, and obtained some kind of talent.

This is also an additional change brought about by the gene seed of advanced creatures, and it does not belong to genetic martial arts.

"This move alone can occupy a lot of advantages in the B-level life stage." Li Ming exhaled, "It's just not very easy to use."

He walked to the closet and picked out a set of clothes to put on.

"From this point of view, A-level life forms and even S-level life forms are much stronger than I imagined." Li Ming pondered. With the comprehensive increase of various genetic abilities, individual life will reach an unimaginable level.

The development of gene seeds is progressing steadily, and the time to reach 30% is not much different from what he estimated.

His current regular energy level has exceeded 50B, which means that even if he does not use [Thunder Frenzy] and does not possess the tank guard, he has already touched the A-level standard by relying on the main combat system to control objects.

If he uses [Thunder Frenzy] and possesses the tank guard, he believes that he can suppress Sandro.

"Calculating the time, it has been almost a year since I came to this world." Li Ming sighed,

"Now I have some capital to settle down, but I am still a long way from being able to command the stars. There is a long way to go."

Perhaps the body has evolved to a certain stage, and physiological changes have some impact on psychological emotions.

Today, Li Ming felt particularly melancholy, and many familiar faces appeared in his mind, good friends, bad friends, and even enemies.

...

In another temporary rest cabin, Sandro was in a good mood these days.

Whenever he thought of Brot, the body that was almost charred, he couldn't help but feel lucky.

"Fortunately, I hugged him quickly..." He muttered to himself. Although he had some minor unpleasantness with Qinglong before, it was all in the past.

I believe that as long as I am honest and obedient, Qinglong will definitely change his mind about him.

While he was fantasizing, he was interrupted by the roar of the machine outside the temporary rest cabin.

He couldn't help but curse, the machine sound was too noisy during this period, which made people bored and uneasy.

A few days ago, he went out to yell, but was scolded by Qinglong, asking him not to disturb the work of those staff.

He had no choice but to be honest.

Suddenly, his ears moved slightly, and he looked at the door hesitantly, until the beeping sound mixed with the roar of the machine sounded again, and he was sure that he had heard it right.

"Who is it?" He frowned, walked to the peephole at the door and looked, his face darkened, and he couldn't help but sneered.

It was Ulrich.

He was about to open the door, but stopped, and waited for the "beeping" sound to sound again. He looked at Ulrich's somewhat impatient expression in the peephole, and then he opened the door in a good mood.

The burly figure blocked the door, folded his arms, and looked at Ulrich who was standing on the stairs.

"Isn't this Mr. Collector? How come you have time to come to see me today?"

There was a little pride in his words. Ulrich remained silent and slightly turned his body to reveal Theo behind him.

Sandro's face changed slightly. Facing Theo, he really didn't dare to be arrogant. He glanced at Ulrich fiercely, and his attitude immediately softened.

"Come in, come in." Theo walked into Sandro's room, and Ulrich followed closely.

Sandro closed the door with a "bang", looked around at the two people, and sat down hesitantly. He didn't speak at the first time, and the atmosphere was a little dull.

"What's going on with Qinglong? Why did it suddenly become eight cannons?" Theo asked himself.

"You ask me?" Sandro stared, "Who am I? Will Qinglong trust me?"

"The matter of the core ruins is no longer something we can intervene in." Theo suddenly jumped to another topic.

Sandro listened in a daze.

"On the surface, it's the Itlan civilization and the Torch Organization fighting openly and secretly, but in fact it's the fight between Grand Duke Thornblood and Grand Duke Guya."

"Xingyuan Empire?" Sandro said subconsciously.

"You still want to get benefits from the Torch Organization, which is doomed to be impossible."

"What do you mean?" Sandro didn't understand, "You knew it a long time ago? Then why didn't you stop it at the beginning, but followed Qinglong to come here in cooperation?"

"Why should I stop it?" Theo asked back, "This is exactly what the person behind me wants."

"The person behind you?" Sandro subconsciously glanced behind him, and Ulrich sneered, "You said it so obscurely, he won't understand."

Sandro's face turned cold, he just reacted subconsciously, not really didn't understand.

Ulrich added: "Theo is behind the Xingyuan Empire, so he is willing to come here, and even pick peaches in the end."

"You really hold the thigh of the Xingyuan Empire?" Sandro was surprised.

"Yes, so I want to ask you, do you want to come together?" Theo nodded.

"Together?" Sandro was stunned, and a thunder suddenly exploded in his mind.

Qinglong's calm face suddenly appeared in front of him, and he could hear his voice faintly: "Don't make the wrong choice?"

"Hiss~" He took a breath and felt horrified. Qinglong had guessed that these two guys would come to him and even invite him?

"Wait..." Sandro was startled, and waved his hands hurriedly, looking left and right, frowning:

"I went to you before, but you didn't want to pay attention to me. Why do you take the initiative to invite me now?"

"Oh, it's because of Qinglong, right? You want to know what Qinglong is doing secretly? Why did it suddenly change from two energy cannons to eight?"

"Are there any more hidden plans and means?"

Ulrich was slightly surprised. Sandro could think of so much?

"So?" Theo said calmly, "Sandro, you know me. Since I've spoken, I won't lie to you."

"This is your last chance to get on board, Xingyuan Empire or Qinglong?"

Even though Sandro is in awe of Qinglong now, he still hesitates subconsciously when he hears the two names together.

But then, he stood up suddenly and said coldly: "Theo, you are indeed a man of your word, but that doesn't mean you won't lie."

"If you can really represent Xingyuan Empire, you would have gone for revenge long ago."

Theo's eyes condensed slightly, and the piercing coldness penetrated Sandro's skin. Ulrich admired him.

Sandro's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said: "I mean, you are bluffing me. I know that your Casablanca flower must come from a big shot in Xingyuan Empire."

"It may be a grand duke, or even that he may not think so highly of you. You are recruiting me on behalf of the other party. Does that guy know?"

"Do you mean to refuse?" Theo looked indifferent.

When the words came to his lips, Sandro hesitated again, and after a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe you anyway."

"Okay." Theo stood up and left, and Ulrich followed behind him.

After closing the door, Sandro breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help cursing, "Fuck, why am I so unlucky."

After thinking for a moment, he felt that this matter could not be hidden. He opened the crack of the door and took a look. He found that Theo and the other person had disappeared, so he tiptoed out.

"He actually refused." Ulrich stood behind Theo in the shadow of the corner, a little surprised.

"Sandro is a simple person. If you are better than him, you can dominate him." Theo seemed indifferent.

"In other words, he thinks that Grand Duke Guya is weaker than Qinglong?" Ulrich thought.

Theo was silent for a moment, and said speechlessly: "You think too much. Sandro simply doesn't believe us. If Grand Duke Gu Ya stands in front of him, he will definitely surrender."

"Really?" Ulrich pondered, shook his head again, and sighed: "I hope Qinglong can understand what we mean."

To this day, the pillar of light that penetrates the sky and the earth still appears in front of him from time to time.

Theo stared at Sandro's back: "He will."

………

"It turned out to be Grand Duke Gu Ya."

In the room, Li Ming listened to Sandro's narration and was thoughtful.

Occasionally, he also thought about who was behind Theo, but there was no clue, and it was useless to think about it.

Until today.

"Grand Duke Guya? That paralyzed guy?" Sandro was surprised and breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought it was who it was. Theo couldn't pull it, so it turned out to be a guy who was about to die."

"He can't die." Li Ming shook his head. He didn't know much about the Xingyuan Empire, but he still believed in their methods.

"Can't you die?" Sandro tensed up, "Then we have to fight this Grand Duke in the end?"

"We?" Li Ming glanced at him, Sandro sneered: "I'm not qualified yet, it's you...you..."

He couldn't help but said: "However, Theo is not easy to deal with. This guy is a thief."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to hit him with those few shots."

"Why are you fighting him?" Li Ming shook his head: "He is asking you to convey the idea of ​​cooperation to me."

"The only thing that can fall into the eyes of the Grand Duke is the Sublimation Source Crystal, but other things are also a big fortune. It's just that he doesn't want to fight me."

"Let me pass it on? When?" Sandro was confused.

Li Ming didn't bother to explain. Theo found Sandro, and he wasn't sure whether Sandro would accept it, so he revealed his trump card when he came up.

It was definitely not for the real purpose of inviting Sandro to join, or in other words, it didn’t matter whether Sandro agreed or not.

Just let Sandro tell him the news and understand the current situation.

Li Ming believed that there was no need to make it so complicated. Even if Theo came straight to the point and talked directly, he would be able to accept it.

But this old bastard just likes to be roundabout.

"It's a pity. I can represent myself, but can you really represent the Grand Duke?" Li Ming shook his head secretly, and it was enough to find out who was behind Te'ao and what his purpose was.

Sandro couldn't help but ask: "What on earth does he want to do?"

"It's nothing." Li Ming shook his head and issued an eviction order: "You can leave."

Sandro stood up slowly, and when he saw that Qinglong had no intention of talking to him, he left.

Li Ming had no interest in the cooperation that Theo said, because the ownership of the core ruins was still unknown, but they were discussing how to divide it. It was too funny.

"Does he think that by staying in the Torch Organization, he already has an advantage?"

Theo wanted to cooperate with him, most likely to pick the cherry of the Torch Organization, which was the completed sublimation device.

Theo probably thought that no one was closer to this thing than he was.

Except for the help of dimensional power, almost no one in the Torch Organization can pose a threat to him. If they cooperate with themselves, the success rate is indeed very high.

Once you get the finished sublime device, go find the Grand Duke. It will naturally be a great achievement.

And he believes that he is his most likely obstacle and a strong competitor for the sublimator.

Well, before Brot was killed, I probably wasn't considered an obstacle by him.

He speculated on Theo's thoughts, but in the end he laughed inexplicably, which made people shudder in the empty room.