This is not mechanical ascension.

"There are still many things that may need to be handled by you or Lord Qinglong personally." Ulrich added.

Li Ming nodded, "Notify the others and prepare to hold a remote meeting."

Ulrich nodded and quickly made arrangements.

In the base conference room, it has obviously been expanded many times and the space is extremely wide.

Li Ming sat at the head of the table, and the supporting virtual projection equipment was suspended in every corner of the conference room, like diamond-shaped crystals.

Data and images flowed through it, projecting three-dimensional scenes and detailed information charts in front of Li Ming.

This is various detailed data for the past six months. The scale of the Mechanical Royal Court itself has been continuously expanding, eroding the arms market in the Chaos Star Gap.

As a result, almost no profit was retained, and all was invested by Ulrich.

In the past six months alone, the turnover has skyrocketed twenty-fold to more than 200 billion. The explosive growth was mainly concentrated after the events in the central world.

There are still orders of 100 billion, which are being digested intensively. There is a [Material Recombination Fabricator], and even if it is constantly expanding, the production capacity still cannot keep up.

Ulrich and his group of A-level lifeforms also bought a lot of things with their own money.

A long metal table lay across the center, its surface shone with a cold luster and its lines were strong. It was cast from a single piece of interstellar alloy at one time, and its edges were inlaid with fine energy lines, and a faint blue light appeared and disappeared.

Ulrich and others were sitting on both sides, while Sandro was talking endlessly, his eyebrows dancing.

""--You don't know that I took on the employment task of the Andel civilization to deal with several star thieves who escaped to the territory of another civilization. "

"In order not to cause civilized disputes, they couldn't take action personally, but something happened in the middle. There was something wrong with the information Andel Civilization gave me, which led to me accidentally killing a few people."

"If the task is not completed well, there is no problem with the other party deducting money, but the bastard in charge looks arrogant and **** said that I am only at this level."

Sandro looked angry, but then changed his face in a blink of an eye, "Guess what--"

No one paid attention to him, and Sandro had long been used to it. Suddenly he said, "At this moment,

The news has come that Lord Qinglong is a divine craftsman! "

"I was already about to leave the Andel star civilization, but the person in charge suddenly changed his face. He was so flattering that it made me sick. Not only did he return the money I had deducted, but he also paid me an extra 20% of the remuneration."

"You don't know, let alone how wonderful it is." Sandro sighed with emotion, but no one paid him any attention.

Then, an arc light flashed on the seat next to Ulrich, and with the shaping of the bright blue light, Theo's figure emerged. He looked at Li Ming for the first time, his eyes twinkling.

Sandro and Theo have been leading people on hiring missions, and they are also expanding channels in disguise. They have come into contact with the most people. Since the events in the central world, they have also felt the most changes.

As long as they know that they are members of the Mechanical Royal Court, they will basically give the green light. Unlike in the past, they had to take extra care.

Seeing Theo also arriving, Li Ming swiped his hand and the virtual screen in front of him disappeared. He looked around and said in a deep voice: "Now that everyone is here, we can start."

Everyone subconsciously straightened their chests. Even when facing Li Ming, they did not dare to show any slightness at this moment.

"Ulrich, tell us about the problem we are facing now."

Ulrich nodded and said immediately: "Because of the influence of Lord Qinglong, many companies in the Chaotic Star Gap are making concessions. There will basically be no obstacles to our development until it reaches a certain point."

"Because of Prince Ryan, it may not be easy to extend outwards, but we haven't finished eating the Chaos Star Gap yet so we don't have to think about it for now."

"The obstacles come from within us. After all, the time for establishment is too short, and production capacity and manpower are currently seriously insufficient."

"The production capacity problem can be solved as long as there are resources due to the existence of the [Material Recombination Maker], while the manpower problem can only be solved through recruitment."

Ulrich looked at Li Ming, "We are extremely short of middle managers. The mercenaries from Theo can still be useful when the scale is small, but as the scale grows, there must be professional managers. "

"There are more backbone armed forces, and the employment business has also entered a period of stagnation, mainly due to the serious shortage of B-class life forms."

"Then let's recruit." Li Ming nodded, "However, we only need to recruit managers. As for the backbone of the armed forces-"

He pondered: "I will ask the teacher to give me some drawings of B-class mechanical bodies."

The Mechanical Royal Court is still a small force now, but judging from the attention it has received, with open recruitment,

I don’t know how many spies will be packed in.

Especially for the force, Li Ming didn't expect to recruit a hundred people, and ninety of them would be spies. "Mechanical body?" Ulrich nodded slowly, "Our own problems are these two. Externally, there are Many forces want to form alliances with us and share channels. "

"Reject them all." Li Ming said decisively.

Ulrich wondered, "Reject them all?"

He thinks this is a good opportunity for expansion. Anyway, with Qinglong sitting behind Li Ming, those people can't make any trouble.

Li Ming didn't explain. Of course he knew that those people came for Qinglong, and there were countless people with evil intentions.

If Qinglong really had the foundation and strength of a divine craftsman, he wouldn't mind accepting everything.

For now, he just wants to shape the Mechanical Royal Court into Li Ming's own force and let others stop causing trouble for Qinglong's sake.

He has too deep connections with other forces. If something happens to him, will he save him or not?

If it happened to be the kind of person that Li Ming couldn't defeat and Qinglong had to take action, should he move or not?

"We just need to do business." Li Ming emphasized, and Ulrich nodded.

"In addition, I will form a dimensional exploration department to explore the dimensional world. Your Excellency Theo will be responsible for this matter." Li Ming designated:

"I will ask Mr. Austin to come and help us permanently secure the passage to the dimensional world."

The dimensional world is a treasure, and he will not give up, but exploring it by himself is too time-consuming, so he prefers to harvest it.

"Understood." Theo remained concise.

"The theme remains unchanged, it is still expansion." Li Ming looked around the crowd and said firmly, "If there are any obstacles,

I can handle it. If I can't handle it, I will ask the teacher for help. "

He stood up: "Everyone, the top of the stars is waiting for us!"

"The top of the stars!"

Everyone stood up and agreed, even if it was Ulrich, he couldn't help but feel confused. Why did they have to pay for it from their own pockets? There is a bright future with Qinglong!

Li Ming leads the general strategy, while the details are the work of Ulrich and others.

After the meeting, Ulrich took Li Ming to the warehouse. The confidentiality level of this warehouse was very high, and the metal materials used to build it were of more than one level.

The scale is also relatively small. After passing various verifications, what is placed inside is exactly the star crystal core.

The dazzling metallic luster made Li Ming narrow his eyes and walked straight in.

After closing the warehouse door, it took a long time before he walked out of it and slowly exhaled.

Ulrich was still waiting here, and out of the corner of his eye he saw the empty warehouse through the gap in the metal door.

Something is gone?

He murmured in his heart, was it sent directly to Lord Qinglong in some way?

He didn't know what Li Ming wanted these metal materials for, but he just thought it was Lord Qinglong's request.

Li Ming's eyes were bright, with 650 million metal energy, which was a new high so far.

He was now ready to spend it eagerly.

"The mechanical body warehouse is over here -" Ulrich turned around and said. Li Ming wanted to go, but his heart suddenly moved slightly and said, "Wait a moment, don't be in a hurry yet."

Ulrich paused slightly and nodded.

Li Ming left in a hurry, and before leaving, he told Ulrich, "Sir Ulrich, someone may send something in the past two days, just bring it to me directly."

"Understood." Ulrich nodded. After watching Li Ming leave, he opened the smart terminal.

All the way back to the room, it didn't change much, it was very familiar.

With 650 million metal energy, he had to plan it carefully.

Controlling the infinite hammer requires one billion, and the gap is 350 million. It is not a small number, and it should not be enough in a short time.

Then take control of the [Sacred Craftsman’s Relic] first.

Li Ming took out the [Magic Craftsman's Relic], which contained all the skills of the hammer-forging craftsman. He first exported the data, copied it to Suzaku, and asked it to be classified into categories.

These things are not waste paper, they are extremely precious, such as [Photon Storm Field], [Superstring Resonator],

They are all very useful, and there are also drawings of various types of armed mechanical bodies, which are very helpful for him to produce high-end mechanical bodies.

Then, decisively consume 200 million metal energy, control the [Godly Craftsman's Relic], and then consume it directly.

The control page pops up, the text is distorted, and it is covered with a layer of magnificent colors.

【Mechanical Lord】→【Mechanical Lord】

After being promoted once again, [Machine Lord] is already considered a sixth-level profession.

[Mechanical Lord: Has the ability of [Lord’s Power] and [Guard Squad]. 】

[Power of Lord: You can use metal energy to carry out large-scale transformation, repair, strengthening and construction of the objects you control. There is a certain chance of [mutation] in the construction process]

[Guard Squad: You can construct six mechanical bodies with [Guard] characteristics. 】

Li Ming looked at the explanation carefully. The promotion enhanced two abilities at the same time. Large scale became super large scale, and there was also a [Mutation].

There were two more mechanical guards, which Li Ming expected.

What he was more curious about was the [Mutation] ability.

[Mutation: During the construction process, the mechanical body has a 0.1% probability of being promoted to one level, and a 0.01% probability of being promoted to two levels. No additional metal energy is consumed. After general promotion, the level cannot exceed that of the host. 】

Li Ming blinked and his expression became very exciting. [Mutation] is very powerful. Triggering this ability will not consume additional metal energy.

Although the probability is too low, it can’t handle the large number.

"Fortunately, I kept an eye out." Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief. Before his promotion, he had expected that his professional ability would be related to the attunement of the mechanical body, so he did not try to enlighten the mechanical body first.

He couldn't wait, and immediately went to the mechanical warehouse to experiment with new abilities. .

Leave the room and take the aircraft straight to the new mechanical body warehouse. The specifications have been expanded more than ten times. Layers of standard mechanical bodies are piled up together, like a towering mountain made of metal.

The shell shines with a cold luster, and every component fits precisely. The lines are regular and sharp, squeezing and interlacing each other, and the complex structure is dazzling.

After the warehouse door closed, Li Ming stepped forward and soon came to the middle of the piled mechanical bodies. He stretched out his limbs and saw wisps of arcs shooting from between his fingers, with a faint blue light shining through the gaps.

It was like the mysterious veins of this metal mountain range, which began to spread rapidly. Electric currents were running on the surface, making crackling sounds, like low thunder echoing in the valley.

From a distance, it looked like a frozen metal mechanical storm.

Suddenly, a white arc exploded at a certain location, like a violent blue snake, twisting its body wildly.

The wrapped mechanical parts were scattered, like a metal rainstorm. Each part was trembling, deforming, and reorganizing under the powerful energy impact, becoming more refined and powerful.

This was just the first one. White arcs exploded everywhere, hundreds of them.

Suddenly, a blue arc exploded, and the transformation was more intense. The collision of metals was deafening, and sparks flew everywhere, like brilliant fireworks.

Energy surged wildly inside the mechanical body, and light sprayed out from the gaps, dyeing the entire area a dazzling blue.

In this light, the appearance of the mechanical body kept changing, gradually forming a new, more complex and powerful form.

It had two mechanical horns on its head, flashing with cold light, which could easily pierce through all obstacles. Its three-meter-tall body stood tall and exuded a breathtaking pressure.

The mechanical limbs were extremely thick, and the muscle-like metal lines showed a strong sense of power. The bright blue mechanical pupils kept rotating.

On the surface of the body, there was a layer of light blue energy shield flowing, and the electric current was moving like a snake.

After the enlightenment, Li Ming came to this mechanical body on purpose, looked at it carefully, and made a few attempts to confirm that its level had reached Class B.

It took six million metal energies to construct 100,000 Class D mechanical bodies, and more than a hundred Class Cs were produced before one Class B was produced.

Li Ming sighed, but he also knew that his mechanical body was too low in level. If it was upgraded to a higher level, this Class B would be Class A.

But for these mechanical bodies, if they were upgraded to a higher level as a whole, the various resources consumed would not be as simple as doubling, but might be more than ten times.

The warehouse door opened, and Ulrich was still waiting outside. Li Ming was a little surprised, but still said: "These mechanical bodies are ready to work."

"I understand." Ulrich nodded, and this time explained his purpose, holding a black box in his hand, "This is something that has just been delivered. The recipient is His Excellency Qinglong, and it is delivered by Giant Shield Company as soon as possible according to the instructions."

"Oh." Li Ming's eyes flickered slightly, and he took the metal box and weighed it. It was very light.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, I'll leave first." Li Ming nodded and left.

Ulrich walked into the warehouse, ready to distribute these mechanical bodies to various places.

However, he was stunned as soon as he entered, staring blankly at the burly bull-headed mechanical body.

When did we make such a thing?