This is not mechanical ascension.

After being stunned for a while, Robin couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't want to, and as usual, waited for Li Ming to build the network and then connect to the black hole network.

But this time, he frowned and said, "That Nicholas contacted me again."

In the background of his black hole network, there was news about Nicholas, with only two words - "Let's talk".

"This old boy finally took the bait." Robin exhaled. He would come to Li Ming's room every day and log into the black hole network to see if there was any news about Nicholas.

Li Ming didn't say much, arranged everything and asked Robin to contact him, and the communication was quickly established.

Before Nicholas could speak, Robin was quite rude, "Isn't this the Bloody Archduke? Why did you think of contacting me again? Didn't you doubt my intentions last time?"

Nicholas' voice was calm: "Vigilance is inevitable, I always have to verify the authenticity."

"Is the verification completed now?"

"No."

Robin laughed angrily, "The verification hasn't been completed, what the hell are you talking about?"

Nicholas was very calm, "Are you angry? Your purpose is nothing more than profit. If you are not satisfied, I can provide additional benefits."

"Where are you talking?" Robin's voice was cheerful and exciting: "For a big man like you, it is inevitable to be vigilant. What about the Stone of Terrax I mentioned?"

"The amount you mentioned is too much. It's seven or eight yuan. It's impossible to give it to you. I'll give you one yuan at most."

"You have a piece?" Robin was furious, "Do you know who I offended? Just give me a piece. Doesn't it look down on me too much?"

Nicholas's voice became louder: "Do you think this thing is an item from the trashy street? Two yuan at most, which is already the most in the station."

"Can't you be transferred from the Empire headquarters?"

"It can be adjusted, but it takes time. You and I can't afford to wait. It will take at least three months."

"Three months?" Robin exaggerated, "No, are you still the Grand Duke? It will take three months to adjust this thing?"

Hearing what Robin said, Nicholas's voice wavered a little, and he said sternly: "It's true that I am a Grand Duke, but I am only a Grand Duke, not the Holy Emperor of Glory!"

"If you don't want to, the deal ends here."

Robin seemed to be frightened, and after a long while, he cautiously said, "How about adding some star coins?"

Nicholas took a deep breath and said, "I will give you another 100 million star coins."

"One hundred million." Robin hesitated and reluctantly agreed: "Okay, okay, one hundred million is one hundred million. You can pay this one hundred million over first and it will be regarded as a deposit, okay?"

Nicholas said solemnly: "Impossible, I need your specific coordinates and itinerary plan."

Robin hesitated for a moment and then said: "We are now preparing to go to the central world. However, I heard that the central world has been very strict in censorship recently, so Li Ming is still hesitant."

Nicholas thought about it, and it was no surprise that it was one of many possible situations.

He thought, "Let's do this. Tell me the specific coordinates of your itinerary, and I will send someone there. Don't resist when the time comes. I will tell them that you are mine."

Robin hesitated a little: "When the time comes, you won't deny your account, right?"

"It's just two stones. The person I want to capture is of great value." Nicholas said calmly.

"Okay." Robin hesitated, seeming to be fighting the greed in his heart. After a while, the itinerary coordinates were transmitted: "You can estimate the time yourself."

"Wait."

Nicholas dropped these words and ended the communication.

Robin looked at Li Ming hesitantly: "Will he take the bait?"

"No, no." He shook his head again, not quite understanding, "We are still here, why are we leading him to another place? Can we do it?"

Throughout this series, he followed Li Ming's instructions, but he really didn't know what he was going to do.

Li Ming lowered his head and looked at the screen. What was displayed on it was Costate's information. "It's hard to say. If it succeeds, it will be the best. If it fails, there will be no loss."

Robin didn't quite understand, so he could only mutter and leave.

On the other side, Nicholas looked down at the coordinates and was walking in the corridor, his eyes twinkling.

After a while, he arrived at the conference room. All the senior officials, including Prince Costart, were already here.

Seeing him come in, Prince Costart had no expression on his face, "Nicolas is so anxious to ask us to come. Is there something important to report?"

"Your Highness, I have obtained Li Ming's specific coordinates."

"Oh?" Prince Costart's eyes flashed slightly, "Now that you have it, why don't you send someone to arrest it?"

Nicholas said solemnly: "Because I'm not sure if it's a trap, so I kindly ask Your Highness to send more people to help me."

"You should be cautious." Prince Costart knocked on the table, "How many people do you plan to ask for?"

"You, Your Excellency Jiante, Your Excellency Diaz." There was a hint of cruelty in Nicholas's eyes.

Costat's movement stopped, and Diaz glanced at him in surprise, and other senior officials looked at each other.

Together with Nicholas and Albert, this is a huge crowd. Nicholas persuaded:

"There are widespread rumors that Qinglong is mysterious and unpredictable, and the Imperial Intelligence Agency has been vague in its assessment of him."

"This matter has a wide impact. If he escapes, the Mechanics Association will not give up. It must be foolproof."

Everyone frowned slightly. This idea did sound a bit shocking at first, but it made sense after thinking about it carefully.

However, everyone finally looked at Prince Costart, who looked calm and said: "Your concerns are very reasonable."

Nicholas nodded, but then he heard Prince Costat say: "However, it is not necessary to go out in full force. Let's do this. You and Albert will stay as guards, and Gainter and Diaz will follow me." Go."

After the words fell, Nicol's face stiffened, and the others looked at each other in confusion. Diaz frowned slightly, intending to say something, but was interrupted by Prince Costat, who said meaningfully:

"After all, Qinglong, the star-casting mechanic, is not an enemy of the empire. Nicholas, don't let your personal emotions affect the interests of the empire."

Diaz shut up. Prince Costate's reason was very orthodox. Nicholas regarded Qinglong as an imaginary enemy, so he thought it was an ambush and proposed such a plan.

Prince Costart adopted this plan, but used this excuse to kick Nicholas out.

This was an excuse that had been thought up as early as when Nicholas was being used.

"Okay, that's it. Get the coordinates and get ready to go."

This was like killing a donkey, but no one was too surprised. Sathogya was deceived by Nicholas.

Now some people are saying that Nicholas sent people to kill Reina, and it is strange that Prince Costart did not give him small shoes.

Almost no one considered whether Qinglong could be captured, but the information was correct, and catching him was inevitable.

Nicholas suppressed his anger in his heart, but he had to force out his expression and nodded: "I understand."

He left the meeting room expressionlessly and snorted imperceptibly.

This result was both expected and unexpected.

He doesn't necessarily need this credit. If he can't make a contribution, it would be nice to get revenge.

At almost the same moment, some waves suddenly appeared in a desolate dimensional world, and a spaceship shuttled in. Its shell was slightly mottled, with dense scratches and repair marks.

The thrusters ejected light blue tail flames, hovering in the void.

The hatch opened, and a figure stepped out. He dropped an unknown substance the size of a fingernail with a dull expression, and then returned to the cockpit.

When the cabin door closed, he woke up with a start, a little confused, and glanced at the coordinates on the screen, "Hey, why am I here?"

Not knowing why, he started the spacecraft again and headed to the destination according to the planned plan.

…

The resulting series of chain reactions caused Li Ming to react quickly.

Half a day later, Blackbeard contacted him again, and when Li Ming saw it, another half day had passed.

As soon as the communication was connected, Blackbeard's tone was unusually restless, and he asked: "Where are you?"

Li Ming's heart moved slightly, "What's wrong? There was an accident?"

"Costat doesn't know why. Suddenly, he has to take people out of the central world. He doesn't know where to go? And with Gainter and Diaz, the battle is huge."

"Gainter and Diaz." Li Ming frowned slightly, "Where is Nicolas?"

Blackbeard was restless: "Nicolas seems to have stayed, it seems because of internal struggle, it's not important."

If Qinglong was caught, there would be a big problem. As soon as Blackbeard got the news, he thought of Qinglong, fearing that something would happen to him.

No, this is very important.

Li Ming lowered his head, his eyes were so bright that he could hardly hide them, but his voice remained calm, "Don't worry, they are not doing it for me, and they can't find me where I am."

Li Ming's tone was firm, but Blackbeard was still suspicious and couldn't help but remind him: ""Prince Costate himself is an The progress is over 60%, this battle..."

"Don't worry, they can't know my location." Li Ming emphasized again.

Blackbeard breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time reminded, "The last life form from the Sea of ​​Stars with level 50 development potential will arrive soon. According to the agreement between several parties, they will jointly go to see the Holy Elephant. , you don’t have much time to think about it.”

"I understand." Li Ming responded calmly and ended the communication.

Glancing at the World Tree outside the window, he stood up and left the room. He quickly found an inspection team on the street. They were from the Star Abyss Empire and wore the iconic blue combat armor.

When Li Ming walked past them, the soldiers looked confused, turned around suddenly, and followed him away.

In the central world, there are almost no surveillance blind spots, except for hotel rooms.

As for the soldiers responsible for the review, they were running rampant in the central world during this period, and naturally no one dared to stop them.

At the front desk of a certain hotel, my throat rolled as I watched them ascend the stairs.

But soon, the group of inspection soldiers came down again, and the leader was already holding a rectangular metal body in his hand.

How can I avoid all the layers of scrutiny and enter an extremely tightly guarded base?

It may be a problem for others, but Li Ming has many ways.

The Xingyuan Empire's residence is surrounded by a metal wall more than ten meters high, which stretches to the end of the horizon. It is not made of ordinary metal. Energy patterns flow on the surface, and a faint blue light appears and disappears.

There are one post every three steps and one sentry every five steps. The soldiers standing guard are wearing high-tech armors, which are inlaid with various sensors and weapon modules.

The eyepiece on the helmet shone with a cold light. He stood tall and straight, holding an energy gun tightly in his hand.

Each post is equipped with advanced monitoring equipment and defense facilities, monitoring all movements around in all directions without blind spots.

The soldier in charge of guarding this post is obviously familiar with them. Looking at the rectangular block on the track, he greeted, "Luo Er, what is this? Aren't you the inspection team?"

"Confidential." Luo Er smiled. This is the advantage of having many departments. You can use any excuse to get away with it.

The other party shrugged and didn't ask any more questions. The soldiers also need to go through multiple inspections.

Taking up the metal block from the other side of the track, Luo Er went straight to the low-altitude aircraft.

The air was filled with a strong metallic smell, like a thick curtain covering the entire area.

The combat mechanical body more than ten meters high walked by with heavy and powerful steps from time to time. Every time the huge metal soles landed, it caused a slight tremor on the ground.

The low-altitude aircraft shuttled like a ghost, and the wind and waves it raised whirred, forming a strong air vortex.

The scope of the station is beyond imagination, as if it is an endless metal jungle. It is unknown how long it will take to walk on foot.

Three or four hours later, the low-altitude aircraft stopped. The core area is in front, and no one is allowed to enter without orders.

"Stop." The soldiers at the entrance are obviously much more burly. They stretched out their mechanical arms to stop Roll. Each of them is two or three meters tall, wearing more complicated combat armor and carrying more external combat weapons.

"Joint Review Department, 123rd Detachment, 36th Squad Leader - Roll." He said in a deep voice, and handed over the metal box in his hand, "This is the thing of Grand Duke Nicolas, I came to hand it over."

"Grand Duke Nicolas?" The guards looked at each other, then looked at the metal body in front of them, raised their arms, seemed to be checking the information, and frowned: "No record was found."

"I am only responsible for handing it over." Roll put down the metal body and turned away.

"Wait..." someone shouted, "Item number."

"SH-4578".

Roll has boarded the low-altitude aircraft.

After entering the number, the intelligent system immediately popped up relevant information, including the detailed route from the review at the entrance to the time when Roll carried him all the way here, as well as the review pictures.

The guard looked at the pictures on the screen in amazement, "Is this a folding motorcycle?"

"The big guild wants this thing?" They looked at each other, but did not dare to say anything. They picked up the metal object and put it on the detection equipment beside them to check it again. There was no clue, let alone an explosive.

"Forget it, let's notify the secretariat." They did not dare to intercept and report.

The secretariat did not have any relevant records, but just asked them to send the things to the security department first.