This is not mechanical ascension.

Under the guidance of Suzaku, the other party arrived quickly. He was a Beisero man with a strong body and abundant hair. His name was Lucas. When he saw Li Ming, he seemed very excited and his face flushed.

"Mr. Li Ming - you are back?"

The news of his return is still confidential, and not many people in the base know about it. Li Ming smiled and nodded.

"I won't say more. This is an experimental mission. You may die or not." Li Ming said briefly and asked Lucas to sit down.

The other party swallowed his saliva. He had prepared himself mentally when he came, but now he couldn't help but be a little bit determined.

Li Ming didn't waste time and activated his ability again, choosing Lucas as the target.

The next moment, he returned to his body from that strange state, and then watched Lucas roll his eyes and stagnate in place.

Li Ming asked Suzaku to record his physical data in detail, and he was always calm.

Until a certain moment, his heartbeat speed suddenly accelerated. Lucas yelled and stood up suddenly. Out of the instinct of a mercenary, he looked around vigilantly.

Then he remembered his current situation, couldn't help but touch his body, and said in a daze: "Are you okay?"

"Tell me in detail what happened just now." Li Ming saw that he had calmed down and said in a deep voice.

Lucas did not dare to neglect it. His face was a little dazed. He described: "I don't know what happened just now. I seemed to have entered some kind of transmission channel, and then flew up and up. In a very bright light, I seemed to see something-"

"".--It seemed to be a huge palace, and then I heard something like "obliterate" and lost consciousness. ”

Soul out of body?

Li Ming was surprised. It seemed more like the state when he came to the Iron Throne Hall. The consciousness was withdrawn and went to a certain place in a strange way. There should be no danger.

Lucas looked at Li Ming who fell into silence, and felt a little bit of ambition in his heart until he spoke:

"Okay, you can go. I will arrange a special job for you. You can't leave the base for the time being. "

"I will have someone send you the reward.

"Yes." Lucas nodded, excited in his heart, and vaguely guessed that his situation just now must involve some secrets.

I didn't expect it to be so simple. This time I really made a lot of money.

After Lucas left, Li Ming couldn't wait to try.

This time the target was chosen as himself. As expected, he felt a sense of withdrawal. His body seemed to be torn by an invisible force, and his consciousness gradually blurred.

It was indeed as Lucas said. He entered a certain passage. The surroundings were bizarre. Various strange shapes and lines flashed in front of his eyes, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Until I saw a magnificent metal palace, like a dazzling interstellar fortress, exuding a frightening pressure, as if standing in the void, with no recognizable objects around.

Its shell is made of huge metal plates, each of which flashes with a cold luster, countless energy pipes crisscross, and blue energy flows in it.

The main entrance is huge and magnificent, with two huge humanoid metal statues standing on both sides, with majestic and solemn faces.

The steps in front of the door are made of an unknown metal, with a faint golden halo, and a layer of faint energy mist around, making the whole palace look more illusory and mysterious.

Below, there is a pedestal made of energy fields, and the light on the pedestal spreads like ripples.

Li Ming looked at it and was slightly distracted. What exactly is this place? Holy Castle?

As soon as this thought came to his mind, a pair of extremely dazzling pupils suddenly appeared in the void around him, and a dull and solemn voice seemed to flow in them, as if a large amount of data was flowing.

"Not meeting the requirements, wiped out!"

Instantly, Li Ming felt a shock, an unstoppable force came from all directions, his eyes went dark, he subconsciously opened his eyes, and he was back in his room.

He couldn't help but stand up, his heart beat faster and faster, but he sat down again.

"What exactly is that place?" He thought, many doubts emerged in his mind, "Not meeting the requirements?

What requirements, blood requirements, or the chosen ones?"

"No, I should have arrived as a consciousness, how could he detect my body, because I don't have some kind of mark?"

Li Ming gradually got a clue in his mind, and then quickly took out the purple skull, which was still calling: "Error, error..."

Li Ming didn't care what he was calling, and directly consumed metal energy to construct. The purple metal on the surface transformed and instantly became colorful.

As the light flashed, the metal began to twist and reorganize, evolving in an unimaginable way, spreading more pipelines and growing mechanical limbs. The mechanical limbs seemed a bit stiff when they first appeared, but under the drive of metal energy, they quickly became flexible and powerful.

Soon, it fits perfectly with the skull and becomes a mechanical body about one meter high, which looks strange and weird.

"Master-" He half-knelt on the ground, and it was completely different.

Li Ming felt a little painful. This consumed 70 million metal energy, and the construction ratio reached 1:1, which added up to 140 million metal energy.

Although the combat power of this thing is not low, it can be compared with the wrist of an S-level life form with a development progress of about 30%, but Li Ming can't send it out, so he can only use it as a vase.

I can only hope that the secret there is worth the money.

"Skeleton—" Li Ming simply gave him a name: "Can you bind me as your successor?"

"Master, you can do it." The skeleton nodded, "Do you need me to do it now?"

"Wait a minute." Li Ming stopped again. After thinking for a moment, he asked him many questions about Terrax.

As expected, what I know is similar to that of the butler, because the permissions are not unlocked and cannot be obtained through information state replacement.

"Just choose me as your successor." Li Ming prepared and ordered.

"Yes." The skeleton nodded. The green flames in his pupils burned extremely brightly, and rays of light fell on Li Ming.

The whole process lasted very short, only two or three minutes, and Li Ming hardly felt any difference.

"Is this done?" He was a little confused.

The skeleton responded: "Yes, master, you have now become the alternative successor to the Terrax civilization.

Li Ming muttered, and simply regained control of the skeleton, and then activated his ability again. After a strange scene, he came to the metal palace again.

After waiting patiently for a moment, those big eyes did not appear.

"Really passed?" Li Ming felt relieved.

The next moment, his vision was infinitely withdrawn, and he was already standing on the base in front of the giant metal door. Li Ming could feel the magnificence and magnificence even more closely under the crying ruler.

At the same time, on the base, bones, flesh and blood, nerves, and blood vessels quickly condensed and formed, turning into another one of him. "With this kind of technical power--" Li Ming was secretly stunned.

The virtual screen appeared in front of me, and it was actually the lingua franca of the interstellar world.

"Trialist—No. 1, warrior level—"

No. 1? Am I the first? Li Ming was surprised.

Impossible - there should be many chosen ones in the known universe rising from the Empire?

How could I be the first?

Li Ming was confused, so he suppressed it for the time being. Based on the amount of known information, the warrior-level should correspond to an A-level life form.

The screen blurred for a while, and new text appeared, "Error--non-transcendent life forms cannot undergo the final trial. Switch to the ladder trial. The blood concentration is lower than 5%. The trial is extremely difficult."

Li Ming frowned. Can the trial be switched?

Under normal circumstances, only X-level life forms should be able to participate in the trial.

"After completing the trial, can you start the gate in front of you? The Holy Castle?" He looked up at the magnificent gate in front of him,

After sensing it for a while, this body seems to be a one-to-one replica of his true body.

The control system was still there and seemed to be able to affect his current body. He was surprised and at the same time felt more at ease.

Or my own plug-in is more powerful.

The text on the virtual screen changed again, "After completing the trial, you will be qualified to open the Holy Castle."

"Is this really the Holy Castle?"

Li Ming's heart was slightly stagnant, a little strange. He just opened the Holy Castle. What did the butler say about inheriting the civilization of Terrax?

However, he was still quite surprised. Others were still struggling to find the Holy Castle, but he only needed to pass the trial?

This cake is really big and round.

"Your strength is too low. The ladder challenge is very difficult for you." New text appeared on the screen.

The guy behind it should be highly intelligent, Li Ming thought to himself.

At the same time, a pair of mechanical pupils were analyzing him in the secret, and seemed extremely strange, "Why did this warrior-level human come in here?"

"Difficulty?" The weirdness on Li Ming's face flashed away, "Then let's start."

The text on the screen changed again: "Once the trial starts, there are only three chances. If it fails, it will be erased. It is not a virtual erasure, but it will be erased together with the body. Are you sure you want to continue?"

Li Ming's eyes narrowed slightly, but the matter was already at this point, how could he give up, "Can I stop halfway?"

"Every time you complete a trial, you can temporarily suspend it. The maximum stagnation time cannot exceed ten years."

"That's OK." Li Ming did not hesitate.

"The lower-ranking general-level trial has begun, and the scene is being set up."

Li Ming heard a mechanized voice in his ears, his face moved slightly, and he secretly estimated:

"Lower general level? Is it an A-level life form with 30% development progress?"

Everything around him was changing. The ground looked like a ring beneath his feet, and a gray-black mist appeared all around. "Why does it feel like this mist is a bit familiar?" Li Ming looked around, his eyes suddenly condensed. As the mist dispersed, a shadow gradually disappeared. out.

The facial features are standard, but the pupils are dark, and there is no sense of gaze. The skin is gray-black, the color is like the deep night sky, exuding a cold and mysterious atmosphere, without a single wrinkle.

Smooth as a mirror, but with a metallic texture, subtle silver lines extend from the shoulders and elbows.

These lines are like flowing electricity, running down the limbs, shining with faint light, standing there quietly, but giving people a sense of oppression that can burst out with amazing power at any time.

Not just one, but another, coming out from the other direction.

Li Ming looked wary. He had never seen a similar life form before, but he had a suspicion in his heart that this could be a creature under Yongyuan, right?

It was a one-on-one fight. Li Ming could clearly feel the pressure brought by this life form. The opponent's strength was not low, and every one of them was stronger than him.

"The Staircase Trial is not even a trial prepared for normal Titans. For humans, it is even worse than death."

Outside the gray-black mist, a delicate mechanical body with its right hand behind its back looked at the scene in front of it. Its lines were smooth and perfect, and its head was inlaid with a pair of electronic eyes as bright as stars, with cold and deep eyes.

Its face was covered by a translucent energy shield, on which complex data flowed, and its posture was elegant.

Its anthropomorphic facial features frowned and stared at Li Ming,

"This human can actually bypass the review of the Saint Castle and crack the Dimension Review Watchtower?"

He was awakened and thought that a new trialist had come, but it turned out to be just a human at the level of a general, which was really disappointing.

"Either find the legacy of the Titans with your own strength, or the heirs pass the trial, this way" He shook his head, with a very rich emotional reaction.

"--Every member of the Yuan Clan is stronger than him. I hope he will give up when he sees the difficulty.

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He turned around, not wanting to continue watching this battle without suspense, but preparing to find out how the other party got in, and make up for it to avoid similar situations from happening again.

However, he paused slightly, turned back suddenly, his mechanical pupils condensed, and his facial features showed a very humanized look of surprise: "This-"

On the screen, the seemingly ordinary general-level human was the first to attack, as fast as a flash of lightning.

The two fists blasted out, and the air wave at the end exploded, hitting the enemy directly. At the moment of contact, a powerful energy wave erupted, forming a circle of shock waves visible to the naked eye, spreading to the surroundings.

His arm turned into an indestructible blade, easily tearing through the defense of the Yuan Clan, his chest was pierced, and the wound flashed with a strange light. The broken tissue and splashing blood were instantly vaporized under the action of the huge force.

The piercing arm did not stop at all, and continued to move forward until it pierced through the enemy's back, leaving a brilliant energy trail.

One of the Yuan clan flew backwards like a kite with a broken string, and fell heavily to the ground. The fate of the other Yuan clan was not much different. The battle lasted less than a minute from start to finish.

""--How could this happen? Why can he burst out with such a powerful force?"

He couldn't understand it, and quickly called up the opponent's physical data. He was slightly shocked, and the processor couldn't explain it.

The physical data actually soared to the lord level under some unknown ability.

"What else? "Li Ming shook his hands, and looked at the four figures that walked out of the surging mist, and his cheeks twitched.

This is just a trial for lower-level warriors. In normal combat, can any living being really pass it?

He felt incredible. His control system was still usable, so it looked simple and ordinary, but if it were other living beings.

In a one-on-one situation, it is difficult to win with 30% progress. Now in a four-on-one situation, even with 60% progress, it is not certain to win. Only the evolutionary bodies with various top gene seeds still have a certain chance.