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Chapter 225 - 127: Exploring the Underground Laboratory - So Many Treasures, It’s Dazzling_2

Chapter 225: Chapter 127: Exploring the Underground Laboratory - So Many Treasures, It’s Dazzling_2

"...There are fools who always thought I’d discovered a way to fuse sublimation particles after birth..."

Wu Yanqing sneered in one of his experiment logs, he had indeed been researching but had invariably failed.

"...I surmise that Princess Asmara must have mastered this technique, at least there’s a certain chance she could achieve it, otherwise she wouldn’t seek out life forms with a developmental potential exceeding level twenty."

When Li Ming heard this, a chill arose in his heart.

So this was the reason the Torch Organization sought highly potent life forms: to fuse sublimation particles after birth.

This was probably also the secret the Torch Organization wanted him to steal, but the true master wasn’t Wu Yanqing, it was Princess Asmara.

The Torch probably didn’t know this.

"...I found it, I really did, haha... the universe favors me!"

Wu Yanqing’s voice suddenly became high-pitched, "He will enter the relics of the Ascender Civilization and find a way to repair gene damage!"

Glancing at the time, it was half a year ago, just after Wu Yanqing returned from Silver Grey Star.

Repair gene damage?

Li Ming pondered thoughtfully, the experiences in the civilization relics must have caused great damage to Old Wu.

Li Ming had already roughly figured out what happened.

Casually clicking a few times on the smart terminal, suddenly, the thick walls slid to both sides, revealing a huge glass display behind them, housing several alloy cabinets.

One of them held the Feros War General Level Mecha that Li Ming had previously seen, broken and dilapidated, yet still powerful.

He touched it again, reluctant to part, but soon, Li Ming’s gaze moved to the other cabinets.

There were many items, Wu Yanqing had only shown him this mecha last time, the rest were hidden, had he not sneaked in this time, he wouldn’t have known there was so much more.

Li Ming picked up the closest item, fist-sized, completely black, with a hard surface, like some kind of irregular stone—

[Tanluo Monarch Biological Sublimator—Consumable (Broken): A biological device manufactured using the brainstem tissues of the colossal interstellar beast Tanluo Monarch.

Control Conditions: Five hundred thousand metal energy

Control effect—Sublimation: Consumes Controlled Objects, greatly enhancing the concentration of sublimation particles inside the body.]

?Li Ming arched his eyebrows, not expecting to encounter the climax right at the start.

This device could enhance the concentration of sublimation particles inside the body, and looking at its description and consumption, it could probably enhance it to a very high extent.

Most likely exceeding 50%, already meeting the requirements of those relics.

But he didn’t have much obsession with sublimation particles, with his ability to Control Objects, he could completely obtain multiple superpowers.

The allure of awakening superpowers wasn’t significant for him, and it also made him an easy target, unless he could awaken an especially exceptional superpower, it wasn’t worth the risk.

His current concentration was at 10%, the drug Old Wu gave him could still suppress it, but increasing it any further, that drug probably couldn’t suppress it anymore.

Unless he needed to enter those relics, otherwise there was no need to increase particle concentration, thinking over this, Li Ming put it back.

Turing his hand, he reached for a slab nearby, this thing was beyond his Control, but it was extremely heavy.

Li Ming couldn’t lift it with one hand, which surprised him, eventually he had to use both hands to move it.

It was only palm-sized, overall dark brown in color with irregular edges and faint golden lines on the surface, feeling quite smooth to the touch.

"Is it some kind of metal?"

Watching the numbers on the Control Bar jump, he was somewhat amazed, completely unable to feel any metal traits from this thing.

"Looks like it might be some kind of metal monument?" Li Ming examined it from all sides and couldn’t discern anything particular, only that the metal numbers kept jumping, fast and uninterrupted.

"Hmm? This sturdy?" Li Ming was surprised, finding no sign of discoloration or rust anywhere on it.

His current maximum range for absorbing metal energy could completely cover this palm-sized object.

If it were made of Flame Blue Alloy, it would have been drained dry by now.

He became a bit interested, curious about just how much metal energy could be extracted, and constantly watched the object closely. If there appeared even a slight trace of rust, he would stop.

However, as time passed by the second, the metal energy balance kept fluctuating and showed no signs of slowing down.

Li Ming’s expression also changed from curious to amazed, and then to stunned.

After a full three hours, he had extracted two hundred and twenty thousand metal energy before a slight trace of rust began to appear on its surface.

Li Ming immediately stopped and carefully wiped off the trace of rust on the surface, his heart pounding dramatically.

According to his previous experience, if he absorbed the entire chunk, he could probably extract three hundred thousand metal energy.

"What in the world is this, having three hundred thousand metal energy from such a small piece?" Li Ming couldn’t contain his surprise.

He speculated that this object might have come from those so-called civilization relics, and he gained a deeper understanding of the developed state of Ascender civilizations.

Simply converting, this was equivalent to nearly twenty million Flame Blue Alloy condensed together, and its hardness was probably so great that even a level B Life Form would struggle to smash it.

"If it is a piece of a critical component, it’s fine, but if the entire relic were made of this material." Li Ming’s eyes glowed with excitement, his interest in those civilization relics suddenly piqued.

"Thinking too far ahead," he calmed his thoughts and shook his head, just the two hundred and twenty thousand metal energy alone was worth the ticket price.

It wasn’t in vain that he made such an effort to come here.

After putting the object back, he headed towards something he had spotted earlier, a damaged silver cylindrical object placed in a corner, only half as long as an arm, looking quite inconspicuous.

After picking it up, his eyes suddenly widened--

[Gene Homotopy Evolution Theory--B Level (Damaged): Evolution Theory meticulously researched for years by Ascender Civilization.

Control Conditions: One million metal energy

Control Effect: Development speed boost--500%

Control Ability--Gene Homotopy: Temporarily modify the inherent traits of a gene seed to meet any gene sequence requirements.]

[Gene Homotopy]!?

Such a thing actually existed, Li Ming’s breathing suddenly became rapid.

Undoubtedly, this was a truly great treasure, this ability allowed him not to exhaustively search for powerful gene sequences.

Or worry about whether his fused gene seed fell outside a powerful gene sequence.

Although it stated that currently only one could be modified, according to Li Ming’s experience, such quantified data generally could improve as the level increased.

Why would Princess Asmara let Wu Yanqing have such a thing? Bait?

But a moment later, he shook his head, suspecting he was overthinking because there was nothing particularly unique about its appearance.

An ordinary person would have no possibility of knowing its real use, perhaps that’s why Wu Yanqing picked it up by chance.

Such a powerful Ascender Civilization, yet it too had fallen. After his excitement cooled, he thought about this issue.

[Gene Homotopy] such an ability, was indeed extraordinary.

But then he realized, [Gene Homotopy] in reality was an ability brought to him by the Control Bar; this Evolution Theory’s true ability might not be so extraordinary.

Calming himself, Li Ming continued to look around, but there wasn’t anything else particularly interesting, some items were unmanageable through Control, and not made of metallic materials.

After surveying the area, he took a deep breath.

"[Philos Armor], [Tanluo Monarch Biological Devices], damaged stelae, [Gene Homotopy Evolution Theory], all are great items," Li Ming looked around, reluctantly.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t control any of them, he could only look on.

However, what comforted him was that no one knew the specific uses of these items, not even Old Wu, and they would remain unnoticed here without any accidents.

Eventually, with enough metal energy, they would all be his, he reassured himself.

Having known the ins and outs, and the secrets behind it, Li Ming felt much more secure.

At least, Wu Yanqing only knew part of the secrets, the real wealth was with Princess Asmara, and as long as he did not expose the sublimation particles within his body, the danger was not great.