This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 442 - 235: The Thing Torch Was Originally Making Is...

Chapter 442: Chapter 235: The Thing Torch Was Originally Making Is...

"But now that you mention it, I’m actually quite curious about this Li Ming. Just how outstanding must he be to catch the eye of Azure Dragon?" Sandro was very curious.

Ulrich seemed a bit sentimental, "If nothing unexpected happens, in a decade or so, he will definitely become a rising star."

"His potential for development is extremely high. He was only a D-level life form when he fled Blue Star, but now he’s probably a C-level life form."

"An A-level life form is a certainty for him, and with Azure Dragon around, perhaps... even an S-level life form would not be out of the question."

"S-level life form..." Theo, who had been silent, had a glint in his eyes.

"I wonder where Azure Dragon is hiding him."

Li Ming was unaware of the trio whispering behind his back, engaging in sporadic conversation with Connet.

The route they were taking seemed specially designed, and there wasn’t much of use to see.

"Your accommodations are in the west sector of the base, which has a full range of basic facilities. I suggest not going to other areas unless there’s a special reason," said Connet at the entrance of a corridor.

Crossing this corridor would take them to the place specially set aside for Ulrich and the others.

"So you’re putting us under house arrest?" Sandro snorted coldly: "Whatever you’re making or doing, we don’t care in the slightest."

"You’re all overthinking it. Please, understand," Connet nodded, adopting a very humble attitude.

They had anticipated these issues on their way here, and thus didn’t say much more about it.

Li Ming directly said, "Where’s the laboratory? Take me to see what I’m supposed to make first."

"Uh..." Connet was a bit surprised, not expecting Li Ming to be so eager, but still he said, "First, let’s put down your belongings."

Sandro kept a close watch on his box of metal materials, feeling increasingly anxious and regretful, thinking that he should have sold it earlier.

......

Meanwhile, in the core laboratory, Jesaya was overseeing the progress of an experiment, then said: "Lord Benny, based on what Connet has said, the arrival time of Azure Dragon should be soon, right?"

"It should be." Mechanic Benny nodded, "He was supposed to arrive three days ago, but there appears to have been some problem."

"There shouldn’t be any accidents, right?" Jesaya frowned.

Benny glanced at Jesaya, feeling that Jesaya was overly concerned about Azure Dragon.

While pondering, the door to the core laboratory suddenly burst open, and a figure stormed in.

"Des?" Jesaya paused, his built-in data analysis quickly concluding that the "target is extremely excited."

Des, looking thrilled, had already reached the spectrometer and started operating it; a cool mechanical female voice transmitted --

"Alloy No. 19 composition successful, energy transfer rate meets requirements..."

"Gamma value verification correct, core magnetic coil encirclement successful..."

"..."

Huh? Jesaya was quite surprised; these two issues had troubled them for a long time and had yet to be resolved.

Benny was also astounded and stepped forward to quickly verify, "There are actually no issues?"

"Des, where did you get your data? How could it be so accurate?"

Jesaya too looked suspiciously at him. Everyone was a Mechanical, and it’s possible to have a sudden stroke of genius, but to strike gold three times was impossible.

Such precise alloy composition was clearly based on knowledge of the solution in advance.

"I... I’ve found the prototype data for this device." Des’s flush of enthusiasm gradually subsided as he looked around at the two of them, and said in a serious tone.

"What?" Jesaya was shocked, and Benny was equally surprised.

From the beginning, they knew that the device, temporarily named "Ascender One", was definitely not designed by the Torch Organization.

Moreover, the Torch Organization couldn’t find the original prototype design, let alone the original drawings and related data; everything about Ascender Civilization had been erased very cleanly.

"This is called the Tanluo Monarch Biological Sublimator, a high-tech device from the Ascender Civilization, specifically used to enhance particle density," Des tidied his clothes, appeared quite proud, and further explained:

"In fact, I had come into contact with it a long time ago, my laboratory had unearthed a damaged prototype over a decade ago and extracted a lot of data from it, all of which are in my offline database."

"I always felt it looked familiar whenever I saw this device, but I just couldn’t recall it."

Jesaya became more skeptical — it sounded too magical to be true.

Kept in the offline database all along?

"Don’t believe me?" Des was paying attention to Jesaya’s expression and, seeing his skepticism, said coldly: "Babluo, in the third quadrant, raise the δ-value’s fluctuation to 1536.45."

"Yes..." The one addressed as Babluo, an experimental staff member, jolted into action and rushed to the relevant experimental equipment, inputting the data while sweating profusely.

"Simulation successful, energy spectrum reaction aligned."

Another success excited Benny, who was watching, "If that’s the case, then we’ll be able to make it very soon."

"Humph." Des seemed self-satisfied but quickly composed himself, "If Connet had allowed my laboratory to join sooner, we might have discovered the clue already."

"I’m going to tell Connet, he doesn’t need to bother with that so-called Azure Dragon."

Upon hearing this, Jesaya couldn’t help but frown and said in a deep voice, "Are you sure, you have all the related data for this device?"

"I only have a part of it for now." Des’s gaze drifted, but he was resolute, "But with our abilities, even reverse-engineering a part of it has solved a lot of problems."

Jesaya felt that something was not quite right; Des’s data had arrived in a very strange way — not earlier, not later, but at this particular moment.

However, they were in a position here where it was basically impossible to make contact with the outside world...