This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 436 - 232: An Increasingly Confusing and Bewildering Situation on the Road

Chapter 436: Chapter 232: An Increasingly Confusing and Bewildering Situation on the Road

Li Ming felt a surging fulfillment in his body and couldn’t help but clench his fists, feeling an irresistible urge to vent.

The fusion of the three Liberation Forms, he estimated, had given him an overall enhancement of about twenty times, with a conversion rate of around 70%.

He glanced at the control page, and his metal energy balance was less than ten million, only a little over nine million left.

Outside the porthole, the stars flowed like rain, and the fleet had slimmed down again, leaving only the Cruise.

The starship Li Ming had seized, he had sold to Theo, for a not-so-low price of fifty million. After all, it was a luxury model, and the price was fair.

After releasing his form, the multiple transformations at the genetic level made him feel somewhat weak, severely lacking in nutrients, and his cells were on the verge of autophagy.

So he simply went out to the cafeteria; the Cruise was highly automated, and there were hardly any staff in the corridors.

"Lord Azure Dragon..." The chef in the cafeteria had a pleasing and gentle voice, like that of a slender young girl if one closed their eyes and imagined.

Unfortunately, before him stood a life form one meter tall, with slender limbs and pink translucent skin.

The Hal Clan, unable to undergo genetic evolution due to their unique bodily structure,

possessed a natural sensitivity to smells and tastes, making them renowned chefs in the Silver Star Cluster.

"Pomi, give me a Nolan diamond crab and a Magnetic Crystal Salad," Li Ming casually took his seat and ordered.

"I’m sorry, Lord Azure Dragon, the diamond crabs have all been eaten by Sandro," Pomi said helplessly.

"What a glutton..." Li Ming shook his head speechlessly, then quickly added, "Then replace it with crystal shrimp."

"Okay." Pomi nodded and went to prepare the food. While waiting, Sandro also came to the cafeteria.

"There you are..." The burly man casually sat down next to Li Ming, "I went to your room to find you, and the ship’s AI said you weren’t there."

Li Ming glanced at him, "You needed me for something?"

"Hey..." Sandro laughed awkwardly, looking around guiltily, and whispered,

"Do you still want those metal materials? Let’s do this, let’s settle for ten billion, and you give me two point five billion, and I’ll give you all the metal materials."

"Not interested," Li Ming shook his head, the metal energy inside had been drained by him, now it was worth about twenty-five million.

"Don’t be too harsh..." Sandro was a bit desperate, thinking the other party wanted to drive the price down further.

As they approached the rendezvous point set by the Torch Organization, he gradually came to his senses.

Holding onto these metal materials was indeed pointless for him; better to sell them to Azure Dragon.

Blame that bastard Ulrich for driving up the price, which stirred up his greed.

"Don’t think I don’t see what you’re up to, trying to play hard to get," Sandro lowered his head and ground his teeth, "Two billion, can’t go any lower."

He still thought Li Ming approached him earlier to negotiate the metal materials, now it was just a matter of price.

"Theo seems to have pushed it a bit too far. After all, we are all friends, and the price is too low," Li Ming suddenly spoke up.

Sandro agreed fervently, angrily exclaiming, "Yeah, that blind bastard, thinking one billion would..."

He stopped halfway, suddenly realizing what he had revealed, and hastily shut up.

"One billion," Li Ming couldn’t help but remark on Theo’s ruthlessness.

Sandro’s face went from clouded to clear, finally, he said, "One billion and five hundred million, that’s my final price."

"I advise you to sell it to Theo," Li Ming sincerely advised.

Sandro’s face shifted between pale and flushed, the price was more than a half cut, though these items had come easily, once acquired, how could he let them go so easily?

Still reluctant.

"I won’t sell then, I’m not lacking that bit of money," Sandro huffed and left in frustration.

It wasn’t until Sandro had left that Pomi brought over his dish.

"Lord Sandro seemed not very happy," Pomi whispered.

"Yeah, heard there weren’t any shrimp left," Li Ming casually replied.

Pomi’s jelly-like body trembled slightly, seemingly with no particular reaction, but the pink translucent skin had turned white.

This was the Hamil Clan’s peculiar reaction when in fear.

Li Ming’s lips twisted into a grin.

...

On the Cruise’s journey, the remnants of Trading Island in the Land of Stars attracted a large crowd of Raiders looking for excitement and spies from other forces.

It was the Collector’s old haunt, a veteran A-Level establishment of the Land of Stars with good relations to Grey Eyes and Sandro.

Why would the lair be blown up without any warning?

For ordinary Raiders, it was fun, but for some, it was enough to glean plenty of information.

Especially when Sandro vanished without a trace, and the mercenary troops under Grey Eyes dispersed, a subtle atmosphere spread throughout the Land of Stars.

A little further, inside a seemingly unremarkable warship, Asimara still looked stunningly beautiful, with no signs of any injuries from the explosion on her pale purple skin.

Her subordinates were reporting, Intelligence Officer Alik had died in the castle, and the person who received him was an officer with a rather unfamiliar face.

"Your Highness..." He lowered his head, "We’ve just received confirmation, Mechanical Azure Dragon, Theo, Ulrich, and Sandro have appeared in the Starship Ruins and killed the master of the Starship Ruins, Pastor Bryrim."

"Who killed him?" Prince Bai Jiang asked on the side, still with many signs of injuries, wrapped in special life-sustaining dressings.

"It seems to be a joint effort by the four." The reporter responded,

"Due to the suddenness of the event, the battle affected a large area, with virtually no effective combat recordings transmitted, according to scattered eyewitness reports, Sandro did the blocking, Ulrich the suppressing, and Azure Dragon fired both cannons, turning him into char."