This is not mechanical ascension.

His main combat capability now is the power system based on [Heart of Talos].

The blessing of the controlled objects is based on his own strength, but his current base is not high, it is nothing more than icing on the cake.

At present, when there is not much metal energy, upgrading the mechanical guards is a better choice.

It is better to get S-level combat power first with dozens of times more blessing, but the improvement of the controlled objects also has special abilities.

But the guards also have [Guard Armament], which can assist in combat, and in disguise improve the frontal combat capability.

It is more cost-effective. When the metal energy is abundant, the relevant controlled objects will be upgraded.

Li Ming did it as soon as he said it. He found the two mechanical guards that he had put away long ago, Thunder and Tepper.

"Tepper is mainly for defense, and the tank guard is good at defense. Thunder is mainly for killing. Let's upgrade Thunder." Temporarily put Tepper back.

Thunder is only half a person tall, slender and slim, and his streamlined alloy body embodies the beauty of machinery. The lights in the room fall on his mechanical body, reflecting a touch of reflection.

No one knows how powerful the seemingly weak mechanical body can be.

Li Ming is already familiar with this process. A large amount of metal energy surges out, wrapping Lei Ting. In the golden electromagnetic light, the mechanical structure in his body begins to transform again, this time more violently, as if it has turned into a cloud of ions, making a violent clanging sound.

Not long after, the movement completely subsided. Lei Ting has changed a lot. He is finally a little taller, just as tall as Li Ming.

The limbs are still slender, and the surface structure armor is more complex, turning into blue and gold. Except for the color and facial features, it is almost the same as a normal human body. The mechanical electronic eyes are serrated in double rings inside and outside, which is very strange.

The energy engine in the chest accounts for a larger proportion, emitting magnificent colors like a turbine.

Class A is a threshold. For normal life forms, it is considered to be a preliminary touch to the mystery of the universe.

For mechanical bodies, they are becoming more intelligent, whether it is the way of energy application or the way of combat, they are also more powerful.

"Master..." Lei Ting seemed to be adapting to his new body, and after a long time, he made a sound.

A-level mechanical body, and it is the top batch. The burst energy level should be comparable to that of Monroe at the peak, and the sense of security is even greater.

Li Ming showed a relieved smile, and struck while the iron was hot. Li Ming took out a pair of mechanical iron arms that he had prepared long ago.

After consuming 10 million metal energy, it was upgraded to A-level, and it was still convenient and easy to use [Giant Earth-shaking Fist], with 28 times the power blessing.

Once again, the main battle power system was filled up, and the total was more than 150 times.

The power blessing that can play a role is also close to 90 times, and the strength has increased slightly again.

Li Ning was immersed in it. Every time he tossed it, it was considered to have brought him a certain improvement. He enjoyed it and unknowingly, seven or eight hours had passed.

Ulrich and others were waiting outside all the time, chatting from time to time, until the hatch opened, they all looked in.

The [Matter Reorganization Maker] in Li Ming's hand was floating intact, and each face was rotating.

"Fixed?" Ulrich's eyebrows jumped. Once upon a time, this was the scene he had been thinking about day and night.

He had prepared all kinds of precious raw materials at the beginning, but it turned out that ordinary materials could be used to repair it.

Ulrich recalled some bad memories, and his heart was bleeding. Then he comforted himself and regarded it as an investment.

Then, his eyes suddenly focused and saw a mechanical body following Li Ming.

"Why does that mechanical body feel so familiar..." Sandro looked at it.

More than familiar, Ulrich remembered more, when he first came into contact with Qinglong.

There were also two mechanical bodies, one tall and one short, around him, and the short one was also blue.

At first, it only had the strength of a C-level mechanical body, but it could burst out the combat power of a B-level mechanical body.

Later, in the Torch Organization, he saw two mechanical bodies, one tall and one short, with similar colors but greatly changed in form.

It was also the strength of a B-level mechanical body, but it could burst out the combat power of an A-level mechanical body, which shocked them at the beginning.

And now, this blue mechanical body has a new one?

This can't be an A-level mechanical body... Ulrich's throat rolled, and he couldn't suppress his curiosity.

"Sandro, go up and take a look. This is not the one you pinched last time." Ulrich said.

Sandro was also confused. Hearing this, he wanted to go up and take a look, but his steps paused and his face sank. "Ulrich, every time you call me, there must be something bad. You can see it yourself."

Ulrich's eyes were surprised. Did this fool react?

"This is what the teacher gave me for self-defense." Li Ming took the initiative to explain, "It's an A-level mechanical body."

A-level mechanical body, everyone's face was slightly solemn, the atmosphere was quiet, and they looked at each other, with a faint shock in their eyes.

They all thought of the battle in the Torch Organization.

A-level mechanical bodies, can't burst out the combat power of S-level mechanical bodies.

This speculation seems to be a fantasy no matter who they tell it to, but they have seen two mechanical bodies fighting across energy levels with their own eyes.

If it was an ordinary A-class mechanical body, it would not be of much use to Li Ming now.

Qinglong really had some hidden tricks. If he really applied that terrifying overload engine to the A-class mechanical body, it might be able to burst out with a strength comparable to that of an S-class life form.

Li Ming smiled after seeing the excited expressions of the crowd. He always wanted to give people a reassurance.

"Everyone, the teacher has activated the material recombination maker, and I will leave it to you." Li Ming stretched out his hand, and the cube mechanical block suspended in his hand floated to the center of the group of people.

Everything was ready, and Monroe took over the [Material Recombination Maker] without hesitation. As a former user, he was most familiar with it.

"If you want to make the most perfect use of this thing, use it to make an assembly line." Monroe said solemnly, came to the remaining metal material, and twisted it gently. The mechanical block in his hand expanded rapidly until it reached a diameter of 100 meters, with sharp edges and corners. .

The invisible force pulls the surrounding metal blocks to fly up, and when they reach mid-air, they decompose into metal ions, pouring into it like rivers of metal.

"Let's take one first, an intelligent base..." Monroe opened his palm and extended a data line to connect to the material recombination maker.

There are a large number of applicable drawings in his data storage device.

Soon, silver-white metal particles condensed above the material recombination maker, and gradually accumulated, neither slow nor fast.

This is a very large structure. Although the material strength is not high, the interior is extremely complex.

Li Ming looked at it for a while and felt that it might take some time to create it, so he simply went back to continue developing gene seeds.

In the glove compartment of the spaceship, Fuxi, who seemed to have been forgotten, looked a little confused.

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"It seems to be here..." Robin looked at the approaching red stars, and then glanced at the coordinates on the star map.

On the small table next to the driver's seat, there is his skull butler.

A "sizzling" sound came from the communication channel, followed closely by a stern scolding: "The unknown spacecraft is private territory, please stay away from here as soon as possible."

"I'm here to find someone." Robin was not nervous. He had been interrogated like this dozens of times. "Looking for someone?" The other party's voice sounded a little surprised, "Identity?"

"The Phantom Thief of the Stars." Robin grinned, smoothed his hair, and raised his head slightly.

"What the hell..."

"As mentioned above, it seems that a guy named the Phantom Thief of Sex is coming."

"It's the Phantom Thief of the Stars!" Robin frowned, "My friend, your pronunciation of Interstellar Common Tongue is not very standard."

The communication channel fell into silence, and a voice came after a moment, "Identity verification passed, please follow the guidance of the spacecraft to land."

A small aircraft suddenly appeared, leading Robin to the only living planet. There were several star ports in the extraterrestrial orbit, like octagonal fortresses.

"The architectural style is different from those of ordinary star thieves..." Robin docked the spacecraft here. Everything here looked unusually new.

After boarding the small aircraft, it stopped in front of a huge base not long after.

This base occupies a large area and is mostly silvery in color. The alloy walls are tall and thick, and it is heavily defended. There are many high-rise metal buildings in it, and the building structure is extremely precise. Even the metal floors look like they are cast in one piece, with almost no connections visible. at.

Robin looked at it, slightly surprised, "It's not the standard of ordinary forces..."

He followed the soldiers into the base. Small shuttles criss-crossed the base, carrying internal members throughout the base in a steady and orderly manner.

They also boarded a shuttle and looked at the members operating it. Robin was quite surprised.

"Rigorous... Natural... This design drawing alone is worth a lot of money, and it is not something that ordinary construction companies can undertake..."

He became increasingly curious about who the shadow was.

However, the soldiers coming and going were slightly inconsistent with the overall architectural style.

The overall quality seems to be much higher than that of some star thieves, but it is different from some civilized soldiers, and laughter can be heard from time to time.

"Mercenary..." He muttered as he was led into the lounge.

The research room at the deepest point of the base is clean and neat. There is only one person here, Li Ming. There is a disassembled humanoid mechanical body on the table.

"Suzaku, record the laying distance of the energy path..." Li Ming was dismantling the mechanical body.

Twenty days have passed since the materials arrived, and the place has begun to take shape.

What he is dismantling now is a C-level mechanical body that he inspired.

Enlightenment of the mechanical body requires the consumption of metal energy. The greater the number, the more this part cannot be ignored, and he has already studied it clearly.

The metal energy consumed was nothing more than the extra increase when the control object was transformed into a human form, although he didn't know why the construct had to be in human form.

But as long as the mechanical body is humanoid from the beginning, this metal energy can be saved as much as possible. The more it resembles the constructed mechanical body, the more energy it will save.

He can now control the conversion ratio to 50:1, and he wants to control it to the extreme.

Suzaku, on the other hand, is an A-level intelligent system he specially created. It consumes the little remaining metal energy and is responsible for the operation of the entire base.

"Recording..." Suzaku's voice was soft and light, "Master... the guest you were waiting for has arrived."

"Oh..." Li Ming paused slightly and finally came.

In the lounge, Robin looked left and right. There was a skull beside him, and then he looked at the virtual screen in front of him. "This planet belongs to Barbarol. It was rented out some time ago. Who the renter is is confidential. Junior members are not allowed to use it." There may be something like this…”

"Your Majesty the Phantom Thief, please wait a moment, the young master is on his way."

A voice suddenly sounded in the room, and Robin was startled.

He looked up, and at some point, a fiery red bird appeared on the table in front of him, with an elegant posture and extremely long tail feathers.

"I am Suzaku, the manager of this base. You can call my name at any time." Suzaku said.

"Okay, okay..." Robin nodded repeatedly, his eyes wandering, and suddenly asked: "Little master? Do you have a big master?"

Suzaku said softly: "Yes."

Robin was curious and looked at the flying bird. He thought he should be the management system here. He wondered if he was an artificial idiot and whether he could get the information of his master.

He thought about it and prepared to go around the artificial intelligence: "Is the shadow your little master or the big master?"

The shadow is definitely not operating here under the code name of the Black Hole Hall. This question will make the artificial intelligence stuck.

Suzaku moved his tail feathers in a smart manner, "Your Excellency should want to know the identity of the master. This is not a secret. His name is Li Ming."

"Fuck, so smart..." Robin was surprised and couldn't help looking at the butler.

The general management system basically answered his question with insufficient authority. More advanced ones may confirm the meaning of this question again.

But this management system guessed his intention directly, skipped all kinds of temptations, and told him the final answer directly.

This reminded him of the butler.

His butler was the closest to a normal life form among all the intelligent systems he had seen.

He could even bypass the core authority and answer his questions.

"... Li Ming!" Robin, who was sighing at the artificial intelligence, suddenly had a twitch in his mind and suddenly realized that the important thing was not this artificial intelligence, but this name.

"Student of the star-casting mechanic Qinglong?" Robin's throat rolled, he was familiar with this name.

Because he passed by Twin Peaks when he came here, and when he was chatting with an old friend, the other party specifically mentioned this matter, saying that a cross-river dragon came some time ago.

He didn't know much about Qinglong at first, but later he went to find out.

Is this Qinglong's base?

His throat was dry and itchy... and he felt something was wrong. For a forging-star mechanic, the scale of this base was a little small...

"Is this what Qinglong gave to Li Mingjian?" He thought subconsciously, and couldn't help but feel envious, and lamented:

"Alas, how can the gap between people be so big? That's a forging-star mechanic..."

"You don't have to be gloomy," the butler's voice sounded directly in Robin's mind, like the use of mental power, "Your future is far more than that of a forging-star mechanic..."

"Don't paint me a pie in the sky." Robin was used to it and had long been tired of hearing it. He couldn't help but said in grief: "If I had a teacher like this, the gene seed would definitely not be..."

Speaking of a book, he held it back again. After all, this is not the place to talk, and he sighed helplessly.

I have something to do today, so I will update it a little later. Sorry, sorry.