This is really not mechanical ascension Chapter 1029: 529: Changes in the Royal Court, Heavenly Pala

Chapter 1029: Chapter 529: Changes in the Royal Court, Heavenly Palace (Part 2)

“…However, due to this issue, my midterm election support rate dropped by 2.3%…” Malcolm said coldly, “Once the expansion is decided, it will inevitably drop further.”

“The two-term presidency has been an unwritten rule of the Alliance for a long ti. With the credit for discovering the bodies, no one would want to take your position.” Adam smiled, “The core of the High-level Life Form Union is the Council Seat. As long as we replace all the council seats with our people, won’t that do it?”

Malcolm was not surprised by this suggestion and responded calmly, “It seems you had this in mind when it was created…”

“Better to be safe than sorry…” Adam shrugged, “Actually, I estimated that the expansion would take at least ten years, which would be more peaceful.”

“But plans can’t keep up with changes. Delay the issue of the bodies as long as possible.”

“Then let’s settle it this way.” Malcolm said bluntly, “I want a deputy council seat, and two regular seats.”

Adam’s expression shifted slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, “Based on strength. If you, Mr. President, are confident, go ahead and fight for it yourself.”

Malcolm frowned and did not respond to Adam’s words, the screen abruptly went dark.

Adam was not surprised either, a faint smile on his lips, “President…”

This was already the sixth Federation President he dealt with. Each term lasted five hundred years, with a possible re-election for one term, totaling a maximum of a thousand-year term.

Malcolm could be considered tough, but… it’s just five hundred years in power. By then, he would just be an idle old guy.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but run his hand over the armrest of his chair, his mood slightly improved, only to catch sight of a paper report on the desk, his expression darkened.

Heckler, this guy, was unexpectedly decisive, and actually stopped.

The kidnapping of Li Ming caused a huge uproar, and after sensing sothing was wrong, he quietly swallowed the loss, never ntioning anything targeting Azure Dragon.

What annoyed him even more was that he himself contributed to the chaos, never anticipating that it was the Star Alliance taking action, falling into Azure Dragon’s trap, and instead becoming a stepping stone to the other’s rise in power.

Even if he used the power of the Pioneers to systematically eliminate Heckler’s subordinates, which greatly delayed their progress in searching for the selected ones.

Heckler no longer focused on Robbin, who was beside Azure Dragon.

This guy even took action himself, leading the X-level life forms in their camp to capture the listed targets.

The X-level life forms they could mobilize together barely exceeded ten, so the efficiency was naturally very slow.

Although the thod was clumsy, as long as it worked, it was fine. If this trend continued, sooner or later, Heckler would find the chosen ones.

Things had progressed to this point, making it difficult for him to instigate a dispute between the two sides again.

Azure Dragon was extrely cunning, being targeted by Heckler multiple tis, still not retaliating.

And when Heckler realized sothing was off, he imdiately retreated like a turtle, no matter how provoked he was, he wouldn’t co out.

“The root is that Heckler doesn’t know Azure Dragon’s bottom line and doesn’t dare act rashly.” Adam mused, “Continuing to hide Azure Dragon’s activities in the Red River Star Stream is aningless now.”

“In fact, he needs to know Azure Dragon’s background before he’ll dare to act.”

Adam rubbed his chin. Azure Dragon displayed chanical Holy Spirit in the Red River Star Stream, which was intimidating.

But it wasn’t invincible; the issue was the number of chanical bodies—it wasn’t possible to bring a large number of chanical bodies to assist in combat everywhere.

He pondered but then shook his head, “No, even if Heckler knows, he probably wouldn’t be willing to invest more resources in Azure Dragon. He’d rather handle it himself, catching each one.”

“Ordinary framing wouldn’t work either. Um… I’ll think about it, I must find what Azure Dragon values most…”

“Li Ming? No, that’s an obvious bait. What else…”

The room was silent, the Holy Emperor furrowed his brows, his left index finger tapping on the table, while his right hand flipped through a special intelligence report, just recently reported–

“The Dinner at Dusk fleet appeared at the Desolate Anchor Star Gate Node, with an advanced spaceship from the chanical Court, Li Ming suspected to be present…”

“Desolate Anchor…”

……

The chanical Court had undergone significant changes since Li Ming last left.

“Rebirth” had already progressed to the third stage, with the Constant Star Main Base completed, under the traction of the Gravity System, the eight completed regular planets revolved in orbit.

Their surfaces were covered with a tallic shell made of special alloys, engraved with dense, intricate energy patterns, constantly flickering with a bluish or silvery light.

Currently, they were still in a rough state, with deep renovations to follow, and each planet had its own mission.

Spaceships shuttled among them, moving quickly and orderly, carrying out their missions.

Inside, there were short-distance space channels for rapid movent, solidified with high intensity, also serving as important energy transmission routes.

Moreover, there were still eight regular planets being shaped, and once completed, it would be the fourth stage, the construction of forty-eight satellites.

In the vast area, a glowing blue Energy Shield like a huge transparent do tightly protected the entire base–the Planet Barrier.

The advanced defense barrier left by the Hamr Divine Craftsman used a barrier structure similar to the Dinsion World, effectively encapsulating the covered area into an independent space, enough to prevent spatial trespassing.

And the greatest benefit of the Planet Barrier defense system was the phased improvent of defense performance; as the number of barrier nodes increased, the defense strength also heightened.

Every regular planet, artificial satellite, could serve as a barrier node, supporting up to 108 barrier nodes.

A Planet Barrier supported by rely eight barrier nodes could already withstand a peak 200X single-point high-intensity attack.

anwhile, Li Ming also noticed that Anduin’s Star Gate Company had again arrived here, constructing new Star Gate nodes intensively in the other three directions of the base.

As the chanical Court expanded, a single Star Gate node was no longer sufficient to support the terrifying spaceship traffic. Three more would need to be expanded to form a hub-level Star Gate node.

“Not bad, not bad…” Li Ming nodded, watching the magnificent scene before him.

After the spaceship was pulled out from the Star Gate node, he didn’t return imdiately, instead spending a long ti observing outside the Star Gate node.

“How did it change so much? The construction speed is amazingly fast…” Robbin couldn’t help but be amazed, rembering that when he first descended here, there were only a few scattered Star Ports.

Every ti he returned, it looked different.

“With so many S-level chanical bodies assisting, the construction efficiency is naturally incomparable.” Feder couldn’t help but say, feeling equally shocked.

The Capital Star of the Yitelan Civilization had only added a few artificial satellites, and many star cluster-level capitals were of that scale.

He had seen the complete design plans, and that scale was even more astounding.

“Let’s go…” Li Ming waved his hand, as Vermilion Bird integrated into the chanical Court, guiding the spaceship back.

The main base had already been transferred to the Constant Star Base. The surface was still sparse, with small black dots moving at high speed, all chanical bodies at work.

The Constant Star Main Base would host many key facilities, such as the core node of the Planet Barrier, nurous Dinsion Gates, even private Star Gate nodes, and more instrunts and equipnt from the Hamr Divine Craftsman’s legacy.

And the main base for Li Ming’s activities had of course been completed long ago, with twelve silver-white floating stairways leading to the palace high in the sky.

One had to admit, Ulrich had quite ideas.

“…You’re really good at flattering…” Robbin looked up at the tallic palace suspended in the Heavenly Vault, unable to help gulping.

“As long as you’re satisfied, the main base hasn’t been nad yet; it’s waiting for you to return and na it.” Ulrich followed beside Li Ming, introducing the renewed chanical Court, completely ignoring what Robbin was saying.

“Naming?” Li Ming pondered briefly, then quickly decided, “Let’s call it the Heavenly Palace.”