60: Chapter 60 Evolution of the Four-Ard Machine Tool – Armored Exoskeleton!
(Next chapter, at noon) 60: Chapter 60 Evolution of the Four-Ard Machine Tool – Armored Exoskeleton!
(Next chapter, at noon) “A bounty?” Li Ming paused mid-action, “Why would I have a bounty on my head?
You would think that only people of captain level like you guys would get bounties, right?”
Yang Peng spoke in an anxious tone, “Tu Zheng and the other two have been put on a bounty again, and right after them, a big group of city guards also got bounties on their head, and your bounty is higher than others at the sa level, two hundred thousand Star Coins!”
“You’re only one hundred thousand Star Coins, how could I be two hundred thousand?” Li Ming was even more puzzled.
“Not sure.” Yang Peng urged again, “No matter where you are, hurry back!”
“Got it, I’m on my way back.” He didn’t say much to Yang Peng, just a simple response.
He opened the Black Hole Network and took a glance, indeed, a large bunch of bounties had appeared, including Tu Zheng and several others.
The bounties for other gang executives had also increased by about 50%.
This must also be one of Qin Xiao’s acts of revenge, and in response, Tu Zheng and others put up a new batch of bounties for the city guards.
Qin Xiao and Star Creation Company were still restraining themselves, not getting involved personally, just using roundabout tactics.
As for why his own bounty was particularly high, Li Ming figured it probably had to do with personal grudges.
The ones who put up the money for his bounty were likely the Fierce Tiger Gang, as I had previously killed Pang Wenlong and the city guards had made a big deal out of it, causing them to lose face—this was their chance for retaliation.
Li Ming continued to absorb tal energy while pondering to himself in secret.
The already besieged Bounty Hunters now had even more motivation to strike back, causing greater chaos.
“Fierce Tiger Gang…
Tu Zheng…” The man was once again tagged with a million Star Coins bounty, and Li Ming was beginning to consider whether he could take him down.
“Tu Zheng’s information is quite vague in the city guard’s database, an E-level Life Form, definitely over 60% in developnt progress, hm…
let’s say 90%…”
Thinking about it, Li Ming suddenly paused, realizing he was getting ahead of himself—having just beco an E-level Life Form, he was already thinking about taking down a veteran E-level.
“He won’t be alone, and he will have plenty of life-saving asures and various pieces of equipnt—like the situation with Feng Yue last ti, which was a rare opportunity…” Li Ming suppressed his thoughts and focused on absorbing the tal energy.
It took Li Ming nearly ten hours to complete the absorption.
Nightfall arrived, dusty winds howled, and the severely desertified earth whipped up violent sandstorms.
11,236—that was the final count of tal energy, which made Li Ming’s heart race, even more than he had anticipated.
Originally, he had about two thousand left, and this ti he absorbed more than nine thousand points of tal energy.
As for which Controlled Object to upgrade, he had already decided—it would naturally be the Armored Four Arms.
Though it wasn’t as concealed as other Controlled Objects, its power enhancent was the greatest.
At the low-level Life Form stage, no one could withstand a tal chanical creation.
This was also one of the main reasons why most could not evolve to a higher-level Life Form and opted for chanical modifications instead.
Nine thousand points of tal energy drained away, and the Armored Four Arms in the Control Bar emitted a dazzling radiance.
The electric arcs seed denser, and the tal exterior appeared as if being sculpted by invisible hands.
The chanical structures and components beca more intricate, and the tal shell on the surface flaked off.
Instead of becoming bulkier, it shrank slightly, and even more remarkably, its massive base also underwent a significant transformation.
Like a silver liquid, it slowly morphed into a fitted back shell, while those four chanical arms transford into extensions emanating from the back shell.
“What is this…?” Li Ming was stunned—the power within his body surged, his bones crackled and popped, his muscles beca more solidified, and his explosive strength increased by more than a few levels.
[Thunder-based Armored Exoskeleton–D: Evolved multiple tis from a regular chanical Repair lathe, it has mixed in Thunder Elent Mother Ore, and during the upgrade, it underwent a special transformation.
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Control Effect: Power Amplification 100%
Control Ability–Armored Four Arms: Evolves four chanical arms to assist in combat, with an added 50% Thunder Elent Control.]
Li Ming stood up suddenly, hardly able to hide the astonishnt in his eyes, then clenched his fists, trying to calm the tumultuous emotions inside him.
The upgrade of the lathe this ti brought about significant changes.
The Control Effect had completely transford; what was once chanical Repair of little use to him had now beco a regular state of Power Amplification at 100%.
Having just beco a Level E Life Form, his developnt should have been only at 1%, yet his energy level fluctuated around 5E, exceeding the pace of advancent.
Because of the Purple Lightning Bear Gene Seed, which inherently focused on strength, other aspects were slightly compromised.
After doubling, that would be 10E.
It didn’t seem like much now, but as his advancent progressed, this enhancent would beco increasingly terrifying.
Moreover, with the addition of other abilities, stacked with “Charged Strike,” it would triple.
His ability had also changed, now augnted with control over the Thunder Elent.
He couldn’t wait to experint and instantly felt the difference; a heavy tal backplate covered his lower back, and shoulder armor with inverted triangle patterns, resembling overlapping feathers, extended and latched onto his shoulders.
Four delicate and silent chanical arms slowly erged, without any sound, with slender drill bits integrated into their structure, exquisite yet dangerous.
Another chanical arm ended in a saw blade that had also turned into a drill bit, likely because he often used drill bits.
The cross pliers on the lower two chanical arms had beco blue tal claws, more flexible and with stronger clamping power.
Crackle and pop!
Brilliant blue arcs illuminated Li Ming’s cheeks.
With a slight motion of his mind, the arcs shot out from his fingertips like bullets, dissipating only after traveling ten ters and blasting a deep pit.
“More solid, more powerful, nearly doubled the disembodied distance—this is the effect of augnting Thunder Elent control…” Li Ming grinned, which finally turned into a laugh mixed with the howling wind.
Level D was indeed a watershed.
As Li Ming understood, after becoming a Level D Life Form, ordinary kinetic weapons, like pistols and submachine guns, would hardly inflict fatal injuries anymore.
“Controlled Objects imbued with Special Energy undergo unique transformations during upgrades, depending on their usage habits.
I can’t neglect the collection of Special Energy in the future,” Li Ming pondered.
And now, it was ti to take advantage of this chaotic period to fill up his empty Black Hole Network balance, starting with an old friend—the Fierce Tiger Gang.
……
“Damn, I knew these Bounty Hunters were up to no good, they’re definitely involved with these gangs…” Old Yao lay prone on an abandoned rooftop, covered with rags, holding an optical telescope.
A three-story building not far away had its curtains tightly shut, with surveillance caras covering every corner.
“Old Peng, this here is the Fierce Tiger Gang’s Snake Head Port.
These Bounty Hunters are trying to leave; otherwise, once the patrol fleet blockades space, they’ll be sitting ducks.”
Old Yao whispered, containing his excitent, “I’ve been watching for several days, there are at least three Level F Bounty Hunters here.
Hitting this place could yield a huge bounty.”
“I’ve got two high-explosive bombs, want to try them out?”
“Okay,” Peng Gang replied succinctly.
“Let’s disguise ourselves first, pretend we’re Bounty Hunters to blend in, then wait for an opportunity,” he said, pulling out a Mimic Mask and adhering it to his face, taking a detour with Peng Gang towards the front of the building.
Thud!—Thud!
Thud!—Thud!
After a special knock, he gestured to the surveillance cara at the door.
It had a special aning, proving they were insiders who knew the ropes.
But after a mont of waiting, no one opened the door.
Huh?
The code should be correct, thought Old Yao, puzzled.
He repeated it, but still, there was no response.
Just as he was about to knock a third ti, the door finally opened.
“Goddammit, why so slow?
Were you in there sucking…” he began to speak roughly in imitation of the Bounty Hunters, but when he saw the figure who opened the door, he froze in place.
The person’s face was covered with white bandages, wearing sunglasses, dressed simply, with two silver-blue chanical arms slowly retracting into his back.
Old Yao caught a glimpse of the worn-out floor, where blood was slowly seeping.
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