This is really not mechanical ascension Chapter 877 - 453: An Unprecedented Interstellar Change in T

"Understood, sir..." Yon gritted his teeth, yet felt relieved inside as Heckler’s fury was finally vented. Otherwise, being bottled up, it might get him into trouble soday.

Heckler glanced at him, his expression restrained, "How’s the investigation in the lab going?"

"No information has leaked; everyone is tight-lipped and unaware of Prince Ryan’s situation," Yon quickly reported.

"And who knows what’s going on with Ryan," Heckler’s eyes flickered. He could see Adam’s intentions but was uncertain how many contingencies this Holy Emperor had prepared.

The interests of the Upper House hadn’t been fully sorted out yet, and he didn’t want to tear up relations— or even if he did, no one would support him.

"We’ve got to co up with sothing. If Adam really finds the Eternal Silence Star, we’ll just have to concede," Heckler pondered.

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"This batch of materials was quite the unexpected gain..." Li Ming erged from the warehouse, seemingly in good spirits, as the balance of tal energy on the control screen had reached two billion.

Barbaro’s tal materials had provided him with fifteen billion tal energy, a windfall falling from the sky.

He originally had six billion, but repairing the [Life Power Core] consud nearly one billion.

Ryan’s gun, even if recycled, could at most retrieve five billion tal energy, amounting to a hefty ten billion profit.

Returning to his room, he rubbed his hands and two chanical bodies erged from him, one tall and one short, precisely the Storm King and Heavenly Sovereign who had followed him for the longest ti.

Twenty billion tal energy, just enough to upgrade two chanical Guards.

This was a plan he had conceived long ago, and without hesitation, he placed his palm against the Storm King, as tal energy flowed out,

Crackle—

A dazzling scene unfolded before him, fierce golden arcs of electricity burst forth from the chanical body, accompanied by rampant arcs.

The tallic components of the Storm King erupted one after another, sending a series of dazzling sparks, yet were firmly constrained by an invisible yet overwhelmingly powerful force, unable to escape.

Then, the golden arcs ford an energy storm, spinning at a dizzying speed, and the various tal parts underwent a fantastical transformation.

The coarse textures gradually beca smooth and delicate under the washing of powerful energy, with the edges of each component beginning to emit a soft glow, spreading along the tal textures like flowing liquid light film.

The film was like a layer of dynamic skin, continuously expanding and contracting, as if breathing.

The core engine inside began to emit a dazzling light, with the high-speed operating energy furnace exuding a heart-stopping aura.

This transformation was not sothing that could be completed in a short ti; Li Ming placed his hand on the Heavenly Sovereign,

In an instant, two thunderstorms almost occupied the entire room.

After a long ti, the thunderstorm gradually subsided, and two renewed chanical Guards appeared before him.

"Master..." They spoke simultaneously, emitting deep voices.

Li Ming nodded in satisfaction, and with a thought, the Tank Guard instantly donned.

Imdiately, the chanical guards disassembled, with pieces of tal components attaching to the surface of the Tank Guard’s body, assembling into a new combat form in the blink of an eye.

Power swelled within his body, and Li Ming clenched his hand, the wide chanical hand moved silently, with the energy coatings among the tal structures binding them together more tightly, making both force conduction and energy transmission more efficient.

"Estimating that I should be able to battle Barbaro now," Li Ming assessed.

Two S Level chanical Guards, both top-notch, with half of his current amplification surpassing 150 tis power amplification and nearly 150 tis defense buff, with normal energy level at 150X.

Under Guardian Armant, it’s estimated to add around 200X, combined with his own strength, the normal energy level has already exceeded 300X.

In this state, he couldn’t use peak hits, lacking defense buffs would directly cause Guards to collapse in high-intensity battles.

"Though I can fight, victory isn’t certain..." Li Ming reverted from his combat form, as the Storm King and Heavenly Sovereign reentered his body.

The abrupt visits of Anduin and Barbaro were indeed unexpected for him, although the two bore no ill-will, it still brought him a sense of urgency.

Many kept a close watch on him in secret, but the developnt progress could only take ti; so far, it’s at 6%, which wasn’t slow.

"Genetic Essence... and Blood of the World..." he pondered.

"X Level life form, lone X Level life form, not too strong X Level life form..." He thought, with energy particles rising on his skin surface, not forgetting to develop Genetic Seed.

Until the next morning, both Divine Craftsn, Reynolds and Mikhail, contacted him simultaneously.

"Azure Dragon, the negotiations are about to start," Mikhail said directly.

"So soon?" Li Ming was surprised, realizing that more than half a month had passed unknowingly.

"Didn’t we notify you more than half a month ago?" Mikhail shook his head; they had a vague concept of ti, with so experints taking two to three months seen as normal.

They weren’t surprised at Azure Dragon’s reaction.

"The eting room is set up, I’ll send you the link," Mikhail swiftly sent over a Star Network link.

"Alright." Li Ming nodded and casually asked, "By the way, do you guys know about the material called Blood of the World?"

"Blood of the World?" Reynolds raised an eyebrow, "Are you involving yourself in Dinsion World again? This seems to be a special substance only extracted from X Level Dinsion World, an entity in information state, the source of all things."

Mikhail glanced at him without comnting.

The na was quite popular, Li Ming nodded, "Yes, that’s the substance, I need it for recent experints, but I have no clue how to extract it."

"Do you guys know? I can offer so price in exchange."

A sharp light flashed in Mikhail’s eyes, Reynolds boldly stated, "You overestimate us; we don’t have ti to study Dinsion World, reality holds many unsolved mysteries too."

Mikhail was speechless, cursing inwardly, yet didn’t rebut.

Each profession has its expertise, especially for Divine Craftsn—though they understood a lot about low-end dinsion knowledge, extracting ’Blood of the World’ involved very high-end applications of dinsional technology, needing significant support from mid and low-level technologies.

"Alright..." Li Ming shook his head, seemingly disappointed, and Mikhail added, "Such technology is almost exclusively possessed by the Three Civilizations."

Li Ming remained silent, already aware, but the Empire had collaborated with Chrono, making it naturally impossible to provide him with related technological support.

The only option was to seek from the Star Alliance and Federation, but he had little interaction with those two civilizations.

"I do have a few acquaintances, I can ask them at the ti," Reynolds said generously, causing Mikhail to darken his face again, though it wasn’t much trouble.

Li Ming nodded, appreciating the gesture.

"Log in, it’s about to start." Mikhail urged.

The two ended the communication, and Li Ming prepared and clicked into the link provided by Mikhail, passing layers of verification to access the eting room.

Glowing projections surrounded him, depicting a simple virtual eting hall instead of a realistic conference, with him standing in the center, Mikhail to his left and Reynolds to his right.

It wasn’t out of any courtesy from Mikhail; rather, in such virtual etings, the main perspective was central, and in the other two’s views, they too stood in the center.

Across from him were three individuals—

Empire Representative — Braun

Federation Representative — Crow

Star Alliance Representative — Diwusi

These so-called negotiations were essentially about dealing with the Three Civilizations; without them leading, no one would dare move against the chanic Association.

They were mostly acquaintances; he had t Crow and Diwusi during the Dominion Holy Image’s Inheritor selection.

The Empire’s representative was sowhat unfamiliar, but seed to be an X Level life form, a main representative in external activities and statents for these Three Civilizations.