This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 460 - 244: Post-event Analysis - The Trio Who Noticed Something Was Wrong, Must Protect the Azure Dragon!

Chapter 460: Chapter 244: Post-event Analysis - The Trio Who Noticed Something Was Wrong, Must Protect the Azure Dragon!

"However, I need to figure out their collaborative plan. The Torch Organization is still a decent place for me. If Des is planning to directly bring Asimara here, I will have to officially report it..."

But what troubled him was that he couldn’t be sure when Des would contact Asimara.

He couldn’t possibly stay in Des’s shadow all day, but Li Ming didn’t want to expose Des directly. He felt that there was great potential in handling this matter well, and it could turn out to be a brilliant move.

With a slight frown, he looked down at his smart terminal, his expression then relaxed.

"The signal is completely blocked, even the internal network can’t be connected."

Before this, they couldn’t contact the outside world but could connect to the Torch Organization’s internal network. With limited permissions, they could access notifications or communicate with others through the internal network.

But now even the internal network signal was blocked. This was physical isolation. No matter how advanced Des’s technology was, he couldn’t contact the outside world without a signal connection.

"Connet probably wanted to do this for a long time, but never had the right reason. This is a good opportunity to completely isolate us."

Li Ming pondered, from now on, he just needed to pay attention to when Des could connect to the internal network.

At least in this area, it was impossible for the other party to do so.

"And this purple Energy Force Field suppression..." Ten minutes later, as soon as the cooldown for switching ended, he immediately tried to perform [Space Blink], but found it impossible, feeling a strong blockage.

Li Ming thought: "Since the space is locked, there must be other Traits. Tank Guard can’t detect it, I should ask Jesaya..."

Over the mottled planetary surface, the purple Energy Barrier seemed to ripple, the thin internal air whirled up the dust, and several spacecraft were haphazardly situated here.

Hum--

The cabin door opened, the expressionless Theo and Ulrich entered the spacecraft where Sandro was.

Sandro, looking glum, saw their solemn expressions, adding a bit of awkwardness, but then he straightened his chest.

The cabin door closed, Ulrich glanced at Sandro, Theo straightforwardly asked: "Tell us, what’s really going on with that material?"

This conflict seemed totally abrupt, hinting at something unusual.

"Boss, I’m also confused. That material was perfectly fine, who knew it would turn bad once it got to Brother’s hands." Sandro said helplessly.

He genuinely wanted to sell the goods and believed from the bottom of his heart that there was nothing wrong with the items and had no intention of scamming Brother.

"Are you sure you didn’t mess with it?" Theo asked again.

Ulrich interjected, "With Sandro’s brain, how could he think of such a ruse."

"When I handed over the batch to Sandro, I glanced at it, though not too carefully, but there seemed to be no issue on the surface."

Sandro unusually didn’t argue back to Ulrich, instead agreeing deeply: "Yeah, I don’t have such tricks."

"It’s only two possibilities: either it’s Des’s trick or what we got was junk."

"I’ve dealt with Bryrim, and he isn’t easy to trick," Ulrich shook his head, his eyes flickering: "Besides, at that time Azure Dragon had already made an offer, indicating he also hadn’t noticed any issues."

He added, "At least, there weren’t issues at the time."

Sandro was sullenly frustrated, even though he had made some money, it was money he should have earned anyway, and now it had caused him even more trouble.

"That’s strange, since I got the materials, they’ve almost never left my sight, how could they have been mysteriously destroyed."

"Azure Dragon..." Theo uttered two words, Ulrich was not surprised, nodding in agreement: "I also tend to think it’s most likely his doing."

"Azure Dragon?" Sandro blinked, then realized: "I remember now, right after we had divided the loot, during the time waiting for Theo’s men to return, Azure Dragon indeed had asked to meet me."

"I initially thought he wanted to secretly discuss the metal materials’ purchase price, but upon meeting, he said it was nothing."

"He contacted you too?" Ulrich pondered, "He had also asked to meet me, and similarly, there was no one in his room, I went straight back to my room to check the materials, and at that moment they seemed fine."

"Thinking about it now, it was probably some trick used at that time."

"Was it really him?" Sandro widened his eyes, then looked at Theo.

"He asked to meet me too." Theo nodded.

Bang!

Sandro abruptly slapped the table and stood up, indignantly said: "Such dishonor! It’s fine not to buy, but to secretly sabotage like that."

"Why? What’s the point?" Compared to Sandro’s emotional reaction, Ulrich was more composed: "Risking the chance that we’d discover it, he damaged those metal materials, and then what?"

"What then..." Sandro blustered, "Your brain, always overthinking, that’s why it’s so big."

"It was supposed to be sold for one and a half billion, just sell it to him at that price, but you had to raise it, treating him like a sucker, he definitely wasn’t pleased."

"It’s just venting."

"Just simple venting?" Ulrich frowned, this kind of purpose being very simplistic and involving emotional venting made it hard for him to associate it with the Azure Dragon he knew internally.

"What else then?" Sandro retorted irritably: "I really shouldn’t have listened to your nonsense back then."

But he expressed relief, "Thank goodness we found a sucker to take it off our hands, otherwise it really would have become a burden onovas."

"It was probably Azure Dragon’s doing." Theo concluded, Azure Dragon having sought out all three of them was not a coincidence that could be explained away.