This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 149 - 98: You All Be Fierce, I’ll Play it Safe - Part 2

Chapter 149: Chapter 98: You All Be Fierce, I’ll Play it Safe - Part 2

After watching, everyone was even more astonished and then delighted, "Blue Star is truly declining. We haven’t even taken action, and they have already begun infighting."

"Don’t celebrate too early, everyone. Luo Chuan had a reason to take action, and this attack will not spread," the person sitting to the right of the envoy leader said, looking quite young and handsome.

"However, this is also good news. When the time comes to settle accounts, everything will fall on Wu Yanqing’s shoulders."

"Lord Sain seems to have some insider knowledge."

Sain smiled and waved, and a slightly youthful young man appeared on the virtual screen in front of everyone.

"Li Ming, he is the key to triggering this disturbance. According to our information, he has at least level eight developmental potential, perhaps even higher."

"Wu Yanqing’s student, but he carries many troubles."

"At least level eight developmental potential?" The many officers’ expressions became grave, "Only four levels behind Lord Youke, perhaps even fewer."

"Blue Star actually has such a promising seed, we must not let him grow, assassinate him!"

"No, no, he has already registered with the Yitelan Civilization," Sain frowned, seemingly worried about his colleagues’ foolishness:

"You should understand the stance of the Yitelan Civilization, Wu Yanqing is also a madman, now is not the time to move against him."

"Murder is not the only solution."

When the Yitelan Civilization was mentioned, the many officers dared not speak.

The envoy leader then took over the conversation, "These minor details, let Sain handle them. Our main goal is to retrieve the mineral star we lost five years ago."

"And to return the humiliation once inflicted on us by the Blue Star Civilization and even make them cede the entire Heluo Star System!"

The envoy leader’s voice grew increasingly vehement, and the many officers were also visibly stirred, clenching their fists.

After the meeting ended, more officers left in succession, but Sain was kept back by the envoy leader.

"I know you bear Prince Bai Jiang’s mission, I won’t inquire into it, but I do not want my mission to be interfered with," the envoy leader said coldly and bluntly.

"Your Excellency, rest assured," Sain responded, placing his right hand over his left chest, giving a nod, "Our efforts complement each other, our goals might seem different, but essentially, they are no different."

"Additionally, I have another proposal regarding friendly exchanges between Sela Royal Academy and Blue Star’s capital University of Science and Technology."

The envoy leader heard this and slightly furrowed his brows, "Those matters among the children?"

"Indeed, this Li Ming is quite unusual. I have to admit that at the level of E-rank life forms, he likely has no rivals."

"No rivals?" The envoy leader was not interested in these trivia but prompted by what Sain said, could not help but say, "Are you sure? This sounds a bit exaggerated."

"If we consider the entire interstellar context, I’m not too sure, but what I can confirm is that, at the level of E-rank life forms at the Sela Royal Academy, no one is his match."

"Hmm..." The envoy leader slightly furrowed his brow, "Since the Blue Star Civilization has been supported by the Yitelan Civilization, the exchanges between the two academies have almost always been our victories."

"Last time, it was five years ago. This time, it’s a comprehensive suppression of all levels of Blue Star Civilization, even in such a small matter, I do not wish for any mishaps."

"Of course..." Sain nodded, "I have already thought of a solution, send an escort ship to take all E and F level students back, forcing Blue Star to only engage in competitions of D-level life forms."

"By doing so, we can avoid this individual."

"Good that you have ideas," the envoy leader agreed, letting him proceed.

...

In the workshop, tools were strewn carelessly about, and on a metal table, there lay a prism plasma longsword, whose full elegance could be seen once taken out.

The light silver handle was engraved with delicate patterns, which were both decorative and could increase friction.

The blade was long and sleek, cool and smooth, with a crystal alloy intermixed that refracted beautiful colors. It lacked a cutting edge, which made the overall look somewhat uncoordinated.

But with a "buzz," the pale golden ionic state clung to one side of the sword, rectifying the slight discord.

To control this plasma longsword, one needed eighty thousand points of basic energy, whereas Li Ming had only slightly over forty thousand left, far from enough.

Of course, Li Ming wasn’t in a rush to control it; he was merely curious about what the Slicing Ability was.

Leaving the longsword here, Li Ming headed to the training room to develop gene seeds.

During this time, Luo Chuan didn’t allow him to go out randomly, to avoid desperate acts from others, waiting until the coast was clear to ensure safety.

Following that, Li Ming shut himself in, developing gene seeds and training Thunder Burn Thirty-six Forms which was indeed much harder than Thunder Sixteen Forms.

Performing a complete set took a lot of time, involving bioelectric stimulation and the scorching heat of biothermal energy, doubling the pain and torment.

During this period, Ding Hui also visited several times, bringing various blueprints and equipment templates for Li Ming to optimize.

Initially it was just for conductive materials, but gradually Ding Hui found that not only those, but many flaws in other design blueprints could be fixed by Li Ming as well.

This made him repeatedly express his admiration and reach out to many people, and in just five days, he had gathered thirteen sets of design blueprints and template equipment.

Some were ready to be molded, while others were still in the design phase.

The design fees varied, with the highest being up to two million.

With the functions "Modify" and "Repair," Li Ming made the original designs unrecognizable, but he also greatly improved all their parameters.

The thirteen design blueprints brought Li Ming an income of nearly eight million Star Coins.

However, this was the result of Ding Hui’s extensive network exploding into action, and also the backlog of major projects over the months.

Next was to go with the flow. After Ding Hui’s promotions, Li Ming’s reputation was established.

"Everyone is guessing that you are a secretly groomed successor by the professor. If they knew you’re actually Professor Wu’s student, who knows how many would be shocked," Ding Hui sighed, bringing out the template equipment he had brought this time.

Since all the business was brought in through Ding Hui’s personal connections and Li Ming had not allowed him to reveal his information, many people thought they were dealing with a protege of Professor Xia.

This was a life monitoring device, a flat, palm-sized, round metal plate with a display screen.

It also featured several external interfaces that could exchange data with various devices implanted in the body.

"The total design fee is only two million, will I even get fifty thousand from it?" Li Ming looked at the price and couldn’t help but shake his head.

"Where are there so many big projects? Some of the military’s orders do offer large amounts, but would they let you intervene?" Ding Hui helplessly asked:

"Not to mention you, we can’t even get involved. Sometimes the professor is conscripted and has to sign a confidentiality agreement," Ding Hui explained.

"Well, a mosquito’s leg is also meat; come pick it up in the afternoon," Li Ming shook his head. To avoid appearing too miraculous, he always intentionally extended the time for modifications.

No matter how many times he heard this, Ding Hui would genuinely marvel.

Even he did not possess such level and certainty, always striving to push the original designs in a better direction, yet Li Ming could do it naturally.

Born to play with mechanics, it was a pity that Professor Wu had gotten to him first.

These days, he had heard his teacher sigh and curse Professor Wu’s cunning more than once.

Sending Ding Hui off from the side door, Li Ming was about to head back when he saw the laboratory’s main door wide open, with old Luo standing at the entrance, talking to someone.

As the person was facing away, Li Ming couldn’t see their face, but their fully green hair was quite striking.

People of the Sela Civilization?

Two days ago, he indeed saw news that a delegation from the Sela Civilization had arrived, and the Blue Star Civilization had welcomed them with grand ceremonies, but he hadn’t paid attention as he was busy with his own matters.

He hadn’t expected anyone to come here.