This is not mechanical ascension.

"As expected of Qinglong, let's continue!" The Mechanical Soul Master walked forward.

The two mechanical fingers split open and transformed into a data interface. The complex line texture was looming and inserted straight into the head of the mechanical body.

Suddenly, dazzling electric sparks shot out, like bright stars splashing in all directions, and strong current was conducted crazily along the interface, making a "sizzling" sound. .

"Data ghost infiltration, let me see where the invisible hands come from." The data on the mechanical pupils of the Mechanical Soul Master flashed crazily, and the data fusion storm raged.

It turns into dazzling rays of light, forming a dazzling digital maze inside the mechanical body, searching every corner.

"Can't find any traces? What a brilliant technique, let's use Code Storm to invade--" The mechanical soul master looked solemn and became more and more excited. It was rare to encounter an opponent like Qinglong.

"Pulse hijacking, virtual data black hole, worm, logic bomb detonation"

The creative master looked at the vaguely excited Mechanical Soul Master and couldn't help but shake his head.

On the other side, Li Ming, who was about to go out, just opened the door and ran into Ulrich who came to report.

"Ready to go out?" Ulrich was very discerning and stepped aside.

Li Ming sighed secretly, "Nothing, is there something wrong with you?"

"Oh, it's still the same old problem." Ulrich said helplessly: "Over the Sea of ​​Stars, our business has been cut off, and several companies in the Ravenx Circle have withdrawn their orders."

"The headquarters of the planet where the Zhixing Prosthetics Company is located, the only one we have contact with, just suffered a major terrorist attack yesterday. All life forms on that planet were wiped out."

When Li Ming heard this, he couldn't help but look over, "All are dead?"

"Yes, the death is very strange, and it has caused an uproar in the Sea of ​​Stars." Ulrich said helplessly, "It seems that the will of the universe does not want us to extend our tentacles."

"Donate some star coins in the name of the Mechanical Royal Court." Li Ming muttered, Ulrich nodded, "It's already being done."

Li Ming nodded. With the help of the name of the divine craftsman, the Mechanical Royal Court grew wildly for a while, but as they grew, many people discovered that this Mechanical Royal Court was not just for fun.

The Chaos Star Gap is okay here, the fist is the Dao. Although the expansion speed has slowed down, it is still expanding.

It can be regarded as entering the stage of fair competition.

Those mechanics only dared to complain secretly, and no one dared to stumble openly as they were being bled bit by bit.

But it was different outside the Chaotic Star Gap. He originally wanted to use Trevor as a board to slowly penetrate into the Sea of ​​Stars. He didn't just know how to make weapons.

By opening more branch bases and acquiring other businesses, we can expand faster.

But that Prince Ryan, even though he was already desperate, did not forget to target him, and almost explicitly ordered the civilization in the Sea of ​​Stars not to cooperate with him.

Even if he couldn't get in, Trevor was affected and his business shrank a lot.

It's similar in several other directions. The empire and its allies are working together to contain the Mechanics Association, let alone him.

Business for other mechanics is not easy either.

The Federation is better, but not much better. It can only be said that it provides a level playing field.

Some piecemeal civilizations are not stopped, but unfortunately they cannot become a phenomenon. The exchange ratio of their own civilization's currency and star coins even reaches an exaggerated 1:1296.

"Part of Qinglong's bonus is almost gone. Unless he comes out to do something else, or directly supports the Mechanical Royal Court," Li Ming muttered to himself, then shook his head and said:

"Forget it, stop the expansion plan for the time being and continue to consolidate the market in Chaos Star Gap. The main target is still arms. Other industries have giant monopolies. Arms belong to the Mechanics Association."

This kind of business involves too many levels and people it comes into contact with, and it is impossible to use Qinglong to suppress everyone.

You can't act like a master craftsman and go talk to the responsible people in low-level and intermediate civilizations one by one. The gain outweighs the loss.

"Understood." Ulrich also breathed a sigh of relief. The stall was too big and the pressure was too great.

Watching Ulrich leave, Li Ming frowned, still thinking about this guy Ryan.

He has been paying attention to the opponent's movements, and he has studied this guy's past resume in detail, which can be summarized in eight words: decisive and ruthless.

He had the experience of competing with Adam for the Holy Emperor, and almost succeeded, representing the power of a considerable part of the emerging nobles.

Li Ming is just a student of Qinglong. Others may not bully others, but this is not necessarily the case for Ruien.

The gold content of using any means necessary is quite high.

Earlier, in the Sea of ​​Stars, the Mortonst advanced civilization - the Hel galaxy - the Nanluo planet, as a very prosperous planet, is one of the core planets of the entire civilization and a very important economic center.

It has more than five billion permanent residents and is also one of the large garrison bases of the Star Abyss Empire in the Sea of ​​Stars.

More than three million soldiers are stationed there.

However, a three-month-long demonstration has erupted here, demanding the expulsion of the Imperial garrison, claiming that this is oppression by interstellar authoritarianism.

Half a month ago, the imperial garrison was forced to evacuate due to various factors, and today is the last day of evacuation.

In a certain city, floating vehicles came and went on the flight path, but the speed was very slow. The Morton people marching had occupied the main transportation hub. There were many people, shouting at the top of their lungs, and many media were broadcasting it.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted and pointed at the sky, causing a commotion.

I saw a red meteorite falling at high speed across the space, falling extremely fast, heading towards the city.

Buzz--

A large energy shield appeared over the city, and anti-aircraft cannons were stretched out in the fringe areas. Loud banging noises continued to be heard. The sound of the cannons was deafening. The dense shells were like a black rainstorm, shooting wildly into the sky.

The flames ejected from the muzzle joined together and dyed half of the sky red, as if they were about to tear the sky apart.

In the next second, the meteorite's speed suddenly accelerated, slamming through the city's protective shield and landing in the city center.

A large crater of several hundred meters was made.

Flames were burning at the edge of the pit, and the meteorite in the center was fully revealed. It looked like a black-red oval stone, flashing with red light. With it as the center, wisps of blood-colored lines quickly expanded in all directions.

Under the gaze of space satellites, the bloody lines spread out from this oval sphere are like ferocious flowers blooming on the surface of the planet.

Expanding in all directions at an incredible speed, it soon covered the continental plate and crossed the ocean, seeming to include the entire planet.

In the other hemisphere, many Mortons are still sleeping, completely unaware of the current changes.

And just half an hour later, the blood-colored lines expanded by the oval-shaped object spread all over the planet, and faint blood light was transmitted from them, like blood-colored ravines.

However, before the top management could discuss any countermeasures, something unexpected happened.

The marching Mortons made shrill horn sounds. They looked at their hands, and their skin was aging at an incredible speed. Wisps of bloody energy were pulled into the bloody gaps in the ground by invisible forces.

This horrific scene spread across the entire planet, and almost no living thing could avoid it. Just three hours later, the originally noisy and prosperous city had become silent.

Many unmanned aircraft, under intelligent management, did not directly hit the city buildings, but were still spinning in circles.

"What the hell is this--"

An A-level life form was wandering aimlessly in the city with a sluggish expression. He was the supreme commander responsible for garrisoning the planet.

However, since the incident, he has not even reacted at all. The communication system has been cut off long ago. This is a premeditated terrorist attack.

His stunned expression suddenly turned ferocious again, and he growled in a low voice, "Who on earth is so cruel?"

Suddenly, his pupils suddenly shrank, and a chill came over him. Before he even had time to react, he felt the world spinning.

In his field of vision, he saw the headless corpse standing there, as well as a few shadows.

The strong vitality of the A-level life form made him want to ask questions, but he could only feel dizzy for a while. His strong vitality had been absorbed by the bloody lines on the ground.

"Your Highness the Prince - this is part of the effect." The rickety man in black robes had his head lifted. The wind and waves around him vaguely lifted the corners of his clothes, and you could clearly see the green skin that looked like it had been mercilessly burned by raging flames.

Pockmarked and wrinkled.

It was as creepy as a demon crawling out of the depths of hell.

And there are large and shocking scars on the body, criss-crossing like ugly ravines.

Those wounds were even simply crudely sutured with black thread, which stood out against the green skin.

In today's interstellar age, this stitching method is extremely weird.

Ryan's eyes retracted from the head of the A-class life form that had almost turned into a skeleton. His expression was very indifferent, "It seems to be quite efficient when used to destroy stars, but it is not as good as one punch from me. Alchemy Baron, if this is the only effect." If so, you can go die."

The guy known as the Alchemist Baron hurriedly said flatteringly: "Of course, your power is enough to eclipse the stars."

"Of course this is only part of the effect." He hurriedly explained, "As I told you, he can make living bodies break through their own limitations."

Prince Ryan was noncommittal, and the group quickly arrived at the location of the oval-shaped object. It seemed that due to absorbing a large amount of life force, it had expanded to a kilometer in size and was flashing with red light.

"Seed of blood -" the Alchemist Baron looked enthusiastic, and then quickly came to his senses, "Your Highness, where are your people?"

Ryan waved his hand, and a soldier with a resolute look came forward, "Your Royal Highness, Captain Rand of the Guards is reporting to you."

Ryan nodded and said: "The development progress of B-class life forms is over 90%. Let me see if what you said is true or false."

"Yes." The Alchemist Baron quickly pushed this guy in front of the Blood Seed, and then drew some complicated symbols on Rand's body.

Following the strange chanting sound, the blood seed swayed rapidly and extended its bloody branches, fiercely inserting itself into Rand's body.

"ah!"

In an instant, Rand let out a shrill wail, and his skin bulged, as if small snakes were swimming in his blood vessels and muscles.

"Drink!"

Along with the cry of mourning, Rand's body began to expand and make a clicking sound, as if he was undergoing an extremely tragic transformation.

A fierce aura hit his face, and at the same time, the blood seed behind him began to gradually shrink.

The whole process lasted for more than half an hour before the bloody branches wrapped around Rand were retracted.

thump!

Without any support, Rand fell straight to the ground. Prince Ryan's face didn't look good.

"My Lord, even the heartbeat has stopped." The subordinate beside him whispered.

"Wait, wait!" The alchemist baron was enveloped by a chilling murderous intent, and he hurriedly shouted: "Alive, alive!"

He pointed at Rand on the ground, and Ryan's face moved slightly. He could indeed sense a faint vitality coming from Rand's body.

"It may be because the blood seed absorbed too much life energy, and he was a little bit overwhelmed." The alchemist baron hurriedly explained.

Rand struggled to get up from the ground, shook his head, and seemed to be in great pain. The whole person swelled more than twice, and his skin turned bloody.

"Prince--Your Highness?" He was in a trance, and he didn't stand firmly, and he took a few steps back. His footsteps landed on the ground, but it made a roar and spread cracks.

"I-this is!" Rand was startled.

However, Prince Ryan looked at it, his gloomy face converged, and gradually pulled out a smile.

A moment later, the test results for Rand came out.

"The highest burst energy level exceeds 50A!" The subordinates who came to report were a little unbelievable, and looked at the hunched alchemist baron in disbelief.

"Sure enough--" The alchemist baron nodded and said, "Logically, the energy level should not exceed 30A, but there is too much life energy, which is caused by excessive enhancement, so he almost died."

"Yes." Prince Ryan nodded slowly, and the alchemist baron said with fanatic eyes: "Your Highness, you should believe it."

"This is a special evolutionary path, using life force to force the life form to jump. As long as there is enough life energy, I will definitely let you break through the limit and become the ultimate life form!"

"From B level to A level, and from X level to the ultimate life form, the difficulty is incomparable." Ryan was not bewitched, but emphasized.

The Alchemist Baron was anxious, and when he was about to persuade him again, he heard Ryan say, "But I can let you try."

"How many planets like this do you need in total?"

The Alchemist Baron's face flickered, "If they are all planets like this, I guess there should be no less than a thousand."

"A thousand?" Even Ryan's face changed slightly. A thousand life planets all died. This is already the most tragic terrorist attack in recent years.

He frowned: "It is definitely impossible to promote it on a large scale in the Sea of ​​Stars. The resistance is too great."

"Well, what is the name of the civilization under Nicolael?" He asked.

"Itlan civilization." The subordinate quickly reported: "About four months ago, the Judge civilization under the demon Tsathoggua declared war on it, and the two sides are in the war."