This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 472 - 250: Laying Plans and Weaving Traps

Chapter 472: Chapter 250: Laying Plans and Weaving Traps

After a night of deliberation, by the next morning, Li Ming looked at the time, left his house punctually as usual, and ran into Ulrich head-on. Judging by his direction, he seemed to have just come out of Theo’s room.

Ulrich nodded slightly, and they exchanged greetings without much conversation, brushing past each other.

Li Ming appeared somewhat distracted as he was still pondering another matter.

The primary function of the Tanluo Monarch Biocatalyst is to increase the concentration of sublimation particles within a life form, not to endow them with sublimation particles out of thin air.

These two meanings are completely different, according to the information he currently had.

The condition for opening the Core Relics is the need for a life form with a concentration of sublimation particles reaching a certain standard.

Since there were only three Core Relics, the standard for opening them would naturally be very high, and it must have belonged to the upper echelons in the previous Ascender Civilization.

That’s why the Sublimator is needed, as an assistive tool.

And the Torch Organization was laboriously manufacturing Sublimators here, but if they did not have a life form with sublimation particles, even if they managed to create the Sublimators, they would probably be of no use.

"Who knows whether the Torch Organization is aware of this information..." Li Ming mused to himself.

The Torch Organization did not even know the name of the Sublimator before and might not know its function.

They simply deduced from the information collected that this object had the capability to open Ascender Relics and decided to make it first and ask questions later.

"But it’s hard to say, they got it from Asimara’s laboratory, and even if some information was destroyed during the attack, there must be those who are fearful of death and would not leave without leaking some related information and speculation." Li Ming speculated along the way.

"Do they have it in Asimara’s possession, hmm... seems like I’ve never heard of it, then maybe in the hands of the Star Abyss Empire..."

In the core laboratory, the other three Mechanics had already begun work, and one of the three core nodes of the Sublimator had been breached.

Now they were preparing to tackle the second core node, which was not less challenging.

Des, in order to avoid bumping into Azure Dragon, deliberately arranged to leave earlier today.

"Your Excellency Benny, the Liquid Nanoflow is almost depleted, remember to report to the Torch Organization and have them provide more," Des said, walking past a glass jar with only a thin layer of golden liquid left.

"I informed the Torch Organization yesterday, they asked us to wait a bit. The consumption rate is high, and reserves are insufficient, they are working on an emergency mobilization," Benny explained, looking up.

"High consumption?" Des sneered coldly, "The items we are producing are missing a lot of data. The manufacture of crucial parts can only be done through trial and error with Liquid Nanoflow; is that considered fast?"

"My laboratory consumes more Liquid Nanoflow in a month than this."

Benny tried to pacify with a slight sense of helplessness: "They are not complaining, it’s just that they didn’t expect our recent progress to be this fast. Aren’t they arranging for supplies now?"

"Poor preparation." Des scoffed.

Benny didn’t understand why Des was so irritable, he sighed and said, "It’s mainly because they recently bought a large batch of various materials, and the related consumption has also been great."

"Hm?" Jesse, who had been working with his head down, looked up, suddenly puzzled, "How do you know?"

Des was also curious in his heart. They were all confined to this area; how did Benny know seemingly more than the rest?

"I heard it from the mouths of other experimental personnel." Benny didn’t seem to care, lowering his voice, "You guys don’t bother to chat with them, I chat more with them, and I often stay in the laboratory, so they end up revealing some news over time."

The three of them were in the most central area where various magnetic fields intermingled; their voices were easily distorted, and since everyone was busy with their own tasks, no one else overheard his words.

Des’s eyes flickered; he looked around at the experimental personnel. Being a Mechanic for so long, naturally, he was reluctant to deal with these lower-level people.

Benny lowered his voice: "I reckon the Torch Organization is probably preparing for war. Once this thing is made and they go to unlock the Core Relics, it may cause a large-scale war."

Des looked indifferent yet keen: "Just make sure it’s a secret operation, and that would be alright. The Red River Star Stream is full of unpredictability; who can guarantee that they can keep those Core Relics absolutely secure."

After discussing for a while, since they had been isolated from the world for too long, they had very little information and couldn’t come to a conclusion.

"Forget it, let’s focus on figuring this thing out." Benny gave a wry smile, "The progress has reached 32%, one of the three core nodes has already been dealt with."

"However, it’s going to be more troublesome next. The next core node appears to utilize a completely different energy conduction technology; the Cluster Energy conducted from the first core goes through more than three thousand six hundred types of transformations."

"Using data inferred from the first core node, I was unable to find any that would adapt to this node’s energy conduction."

"Your Excellency Des, how about on your end..." He asked tentatively.

"I’m already prepared..." Des seemed casual, pulling out four palm-sized, rectangular green metal objects from the pocket of his lab coat.

"What is this?" Benny took them and examined them carefully for a while; he could tell the material was delicate and exquisite but couldn’t discern its specific function.

Des smiled, "This is a special technique that I’ve exclusively researched, Your Excellency Benny. Take a guess, what’s its specific use?"