This is not mechanical ascension.

"Unfortunately, there is no news about the Stone of Tyrax yet, and other S-class control objects cannot be upgraded for the time being." Li Ming thought of this again.

Opening the backstage of the Black Hole Palace, there was no news about the reward, so I couldn't help but shake my head.

But the evolution of life levels and the overall jump in strength still made Li Ming feel good.

He simply took out the [Certificate of Casting Stars]. It required 10 million metal energy to control this thing. Li Ming had less than 20 million left, so it was basically drained.

Take control and then consume.

The control page popped up, and the profession [Large Mechanical Constructor] was wrapped in colorful colors. Li Ming was extremely familiar with the scene in front of him.

[Great Mechanical Constructor] → [Mechanical King]

[Mechanical King: The King of Machinery, possesses the abilities of [Large Scale Mechanical Construction] and [Excessive Mechanical Guard]. 】

[Large-scale mechanical construction: Metal energy can be used to carry out large-scale transformation, repair, strengthening, and construction of control objects, and the construction can be done at the same time as the control. 】

[Super Mechanical Guards: You can construct four mechanical bodies with [Guards] characteristics. 】

That's when career advancement is complete.

After a long absence, Li Ming once again felt the vast and complex knowledge surging like a tidal wave, directly stuffed into his mind.

Just consuming 10 million metal energy is not enough for him to have the real material to become a true star-casting mechanic.

But that's not what he needs.

After knitting his brows for a long time, he carefully read the instructions after career promotion, and his abilities were upgraded in all aspects.

From a single construction to a large-scale construction, this mainly saves time and saves him from touching each one with his hands.

It's just unclear how large this scale will be.

Then there are the quota of mechanical guards, which has been increased from two to four.

This surprised Li Ming. The mechanical guard was still very powerful. Although it consumed a lot of metal energy, Li Ming never felt a loss.

However, before obtaining [Heart of Talos], using [Thunder Frenzy], even if it only provided 50% of the blessing, would overwhelm the mechanical guards, and the burst time would be limited.

And now that there is [Heart of Talos], with the dual blessing of power and defense, even if it can only get 50% of his blessing.

Calculated based on the nearly 100A energy level of an A-class mechanical guard, the burst energy level exceeds 30S, which is comparable to an S-class life form that is close to 30% of the development progress.

The reason why Li Ming did not use the 30% analogy was because he had reached the level of an S-class life form.

The blessing brought by gene seeds is so huge that it can no longer be compared with the conventional development progress to combat energy level, and it will basically exceed it.

There is also a liberated form that can be further enhanced.

And to enlighten an A-level mechanical guard, you need to consume 100 million points of metal energy. Is that much?

It's a bit much for Li Ming now, but even based on the most ruthless black hole network, 100 million metal energy is about 10 billion star coins.

Ten billion star coins can be exchanged for an S-class life form. I am afraid that many forces will rush to pay for it.

Of course, this kind of combat power is due to the 50% blessing obtained from the [Guard] characteristic. Otherwise, it is essentially just an A-level life form.

Li Ming brainstormed for a while. If he enlightened the guards again, he would definitely use top-notch materials.

It is conservatively estimated that to enlighten all four mechanical guards, it would require no less than 450 million metal energy or even more.

"I still lack accumulation and foundation..." Li Ming clicked his tongue and suppressed his thoughts.

Although he was extremely short of money, Li Ming was very satisfied with this career promotion.

Then he logged into the Black Hole Palace and began to carefully select the metal materials he needed to purchase.

Unlike the Black Hole Network, the mall in the palace clearly identifies the suppliers, which also means that the buyer's information cannot be kept as confidential as the Black Hole Network.

But Li Ming no longer needs to keep secrets and has found a large company called Xinggong Heavy Mine.

Li Ming searched specifically. Xingong Heavy Mine mainly undertakes the metal raw material business. It is said that there are more than 10,000 mineral planets underneath.

What Li Ming purchased was a refined alloy steel, which is extremely versatile.

The super bulk purchase order of nearly 25 billion frightened the salesperson in charge and hurriedly contacted the upper management.

Li Ming had no requirements, only speed and whether it could be cheaper.

He was responsible for connecting with the person, and with a wave of his hand, he gave me a 10% discount and was responsible for the transportation costs.

"That's right. Bulk purchases should be discounted. Blackhole Network is really bad..." Li Ming muttered.

Seeing that the other party was so forthcoming, he paid the deposit directly without further entanglement.

Through the transaction of the palace, the palace will endorse it with its own credit, and there will be no escape.

The other party promised that they would entrust Giant Shield Company to transport it as quickly as possible.

But it would take nearly a month to deliver it to the coordinates he specified.

Li Ming made a rough estimate and found that it would take more than ten days to reach the coordinates of the planet given by Blackbeard. The delay would not be long, so he agreed.

………

At the same time, An Ye quietly arrived at the top of a high-rise building in Twin Peaks. It was like a small laboratory, full of auxiliary robotic arms and small mechanical bodies with crooked heads.

An Ye seemed to be very familiar with this place, until he reached the deepest place and looked at the figure with his back to him, "Ulysses."

"Here we come." Ulysses stopped what he was doing and turned around slowly. He looked like a human being, wearing glasses, easy-going and ordinary.

"Bring it to me and take a look." He stretched out his hand, his calm face looking a little impatient.

"You wasted so long to come here just to take a look at this gun?" An Ye seemed a little speechless, took the gun case from behind and handed it over.

Ulysses' eyes flickered. He had been waiting for a long time and opened it immediately. The Starkiller was lying peacefully inside.

The place where the crack originally was was flat, and at the same time, his fingertips split open from the center, and a metal device like a scanner stretched out.

Obviously, he is also a mechanical transformation.

The flashing fluorescent scanning equipment scanned all the way from the original crack.

"The molecular scale is normal, and there are no cracks in the molecular layer..." As he spoke, Ulysses became more and more excited, even trembling. "The material coefficients are all normal, and there is no difference at all from when they were intact."

Looking at Ulysses's appearance, An Ye was a little puzzled, "It's exactly the same as when it was intact, isn't it just right?"

"No, no, no, you don't understand." Ulysses waved his hand, extremely excited,

"Repairing a broken thing, even with the most exquisite repair craftsmanship, can make it look the same, but in fact it will never be restored to the original state."

"The molecular scale is formed when the same material is melted and cast in one piece. If the damaged parts are repaired, the molecular scale will inevitably..."

Halfway through, he noticed that An Ye looked confused. Ulysses paused, shook his head and said, "You just need to know that it is impossible to restore the original state through repair, but Qinglong did it." "Oh..." An Ye still didn't feel right. He understood and explained: "I think I heard the man named Ulrich say that Qinglong pays attention to repairing things as they were before."

"What the hell is repairing the old stuff like before!" Ulysses said angrily, feeling like he was playing tricks on a cow: "Qinglong brought the time scale of the damaged area back to the time before it was damaged, and bridged the time distortion!"

An Ye was stunned for a moment, and finally reacted, taking a breath of cold air: "Small-scale... time reversal?"

Ulysses snorted coldly, picked up the Starkiller, and came to the console.

"Is it possible?" An Ye couldn't help but said: "Reversing time in a small area, this kind of technology must be a method only available to master-level mechanics, right?"

Ulysses sneered, "That's the division of the Mechanics Association. Do you really think of it as a strict level?"

"I don't believe there are no mechanics of this level in the Star Abyss Empire. Have you seen their certification?"

An Ye frowned and thought about it, "But Qinglong doesn't look like a master-level mechanic..."

"I guess Ulrich didn't think he was a star-casting mechanic at first." Ulysses didn't know what he was fiddling with, his hands were clasped, and his fingers were facing each other.

A blue ring surrounded by runes lit up in his palm, nesting together to form a flat rune mirror.

"You inquired clearly. Are you saying Qinglong is still hiding?" An Ye pondered.

"How is he?" Ulysses' pupils opened, lighting up purple flames like turbines, and he conducted deeper detection through the rune observation mirror in his hand.

"Very humble and polite. There is no difference between me and those E-level and F-level life forms." An Ye recalled:

"It's probably not a deliberate disguise, it's the kind of thing that I think from the bottom of my heart, there's no difference."

"It's different from the cast-star mechanics I've come into contact with."

Ulysses was speechless: "Except for me, you seem to have not come into contact with many."

An Ye still doesn't believe it: "If he is a master-level mechanic, it would be too weird. How could a mechanic of this level jump out of thin air?"

"No casting star should jump out of thin air, but he just jumped out of thin air." Ulysses shook his head. If it was just a casting star, it might not attract so many people's attention.

But a star-casting mechanic whose calendar cannot be found has to make people think deeply.

An Ye wanted to speak again, but found that Ulysses looked shocked and said in disbelief: "Well, how could this happen?"

"What's wrong?"

Ulysses murmured to himself: "No distortion in the time scale was found. He can bridge the time distortion, but it is impossible to make the time flow rate completely consistent..."

"This difference in time flow rate should be gradually repaired as the overall time flows. This scale is at least ten years."

"Unless he is not using time." An Ye spread his hands and said, "Master-level mechanic, what you said is a bit too scary."

"Ha..." Ulysses glanced at him and sneered: "I am holding this weapon that was damaged more than a month ago, but I can't find any traces or means of repair on it."

"Do you know how scary it is for a star-casting mechanic?"

An Ye blinked, pretending not to be so confused.

"I would rather he used time technology." Ulysses breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes flashing: "What exactly does he want to do?"

An Ye finally captured the keyword and coughed dryly: "He seems to want to create a force and sell arms and the like."

"Creating a force?" Ulysses was not surprised. He seemed to have known the news a long time ago. Looking at the fool's eyes, he looked at An Ye: "Do you believe this?"

"Do you think Qinglong is even a loner now and suddenly wants to create a power?"

"Uh..." An Ye hesitated and felt that it was outrageous: "Actually, I think he was fishing. He let that student, the guy who developed potential at level 46, walk around here in a big way."

"It feels unusual no matter what."

"Fishing?" Ulysses threw the Starkiller back and thought: "Who does he want to catch, or in other words, how big of a fish does he want to catch?"

Both of them were lost in thought. Don't blame them for thinking too much. With Qinglong's current scheming, he would definitely take one step at a time and count three steps at a time.

But Ulysses knew better and was more afraid.

An Ye couldn't figure it out, shook his head and said: "However, he is also a bit too confident. With Li Ming's high development potential, if something happens to him, he will suffer a big loss."

Ulysses was noncommittal, "You still have the heart to worry about other people. Gabriel's death did not fall on Qinglong, but you can't run away from the assassination of Grand Duke Guya."

Hearing this, An Ye smiled faintly, "I'm alone, let them come, but it's you, what on earth do you want to do?"

"Asking me to assassinate Tsatogua is not just about revenge."

Ulysses was silent.

………

"Hiss—" Sandro lay on the chair holding his stomach and grinning: "Why does it feel so painful? That kid's hands are too cruel."

It had been a while since he came out, but the pain in his abdomen had not subsided, but had become more intense. Judging from his recovery speed, he should have injured some organs.

"I'm lucky if I didn't beat you to death." Monroe said calmly.

"Beat me to death? That's not true." Sandro couldn't help but said, "It's incredible enough to be able to beat me away."

"He gave up his strength at the end." Monroe said lightly.

There was silence all around, everyone looked around.

"Stop, have you stopped?" Sandro almost bit his tongue.

Ulrich's eyes narrowed slightly and he smiled slightly, the value of the desperate bet still rising.

"What a monster..." Sandro gasped, "You're stronger than me just after you became an A-level life form."

"But if you stop using your strength, you won't beat me to death. Beating you to hurt me and beating me to death are two different concepts."

Ulrich couldn't help it anymore: "Idiot, this is just an analogy, why are you so obsessed with it?"

When Sandro was about to retort, everyone heard the door open and Li Ming walked out of the room.

"How many people are here so soon?" He raised his eyebrows and looked at everyone who was ready.

Ulrich smiled: "There's nothing to deal with."

The attitudes of the few of them also changed slightly. The scene of beating Sandro away was really shocking, and after listening to Munro's addition, they became more polite.

Li Ming shrugged, "Then let's go."

Their spaceship had already replenished its energy source. The planet was located in a relatively remote location in the chaotic star gap, far away from the main transit nodes.

But there are not only large transit nodes in the chaotic star gap, but also countless small star gate hubs.