This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 559 - 293: Li Ming Returns with Level 46 Development Potential!?_2

Chapter 559: Chapter 293: Li Ming Returns with Level 46 Development Potential!?_2

Right after that, the soldiers on the arena moved aside, and a figure slowly made his way forward.

Even sitting on the barstool with his back to the arena, Li Ming was quite surprised.

"Gabriel actually dared to come, isn’t he afraid anymore?" Li Ming muttered, only to see Rose looking as if she’d seen a ghost.

"Empire, Royal... Imperial Guard!?"

Her throat moved as she watched, flanked by the imposing figures in light gold combat armor.

Such an important figure... why would he come here?

She shrank back, trembling from the bottom of her heart.

"Li Ming..." Gabriel, holding the microphone, his expression calm: "I know you are here, shall we avoid wasting time searching one by one..."

Was he here to find someone? Li Ming?

Rose wondered to herself what kind of person would warrant a visit from such a superior figure.

Thinking this, Rose looked up, only to gasp, as the guy in front of her was still freaking drinking.

Gabriel surveyed the surroundings, his gaze eventually fixed, and he put aside the microphone.

Everyone in the dance floor consciously bent their heads down, except for that person... sitting at the edge of the bar.

"I’ve found you..." Gabriel’s eyes flickered slightly, he raised his hand to stop the soldiers who were ready to approach, stepped down from the arena, and slowly made his way over.

"How’s the liquor here?" Gabriel stood behind Li Ming, asking.

Rose’s face went through a drastic change, following which her eyes widened.

This person, suspected to be a big shot of the Star Abyss Empire, was actually looking for this handsome guy in front of her.

"It’s quite acceptable to me, have a taste yourself," Li Ming casually picked up a glass.

"Forget it." Gabriel shook his head, glanced at Rose who was petrified behind the bar, "Come on, let’s not waste any more time."

Rose’s imagination went wild, picturing a sullen noble son of the Empire, sneaking away from home covertly, thus causing a sensation, his father enraged, dispatching a large force to search.

Truly... the crème de la crème, a super big fish!

Li Ming sighed, seemingly a bit helpless, and then stood up.

Rose’s regretful look turned into utter disbelief.

Because a pair of gene inhibitors were just cuffed around that guy’s wrists.

Cuffed... cuffed on!?

...

"This should count as our first meeting, you see me for the first time, and I see you for the second time," Gabriel’s eyes were calm, "Last time your teacher taught me a lesson, I’ve always remembered that in my heart."

In the battleship laboratory, Li Ming, with a gene inhibitor on him, sat in the restraint chair while a lab technician drew a tube of blood.

Not until he saw the red liquid in the test tube did Gabriel reveal a slight smile.

"I am Gabriel, you probably don’t know me." He sat in front of Li Ming with the Empire nobility’s standard pretense, proud yet distant smile.

"I’ve looked for you for a long time, Isus was a pretty good man, I valued him highly." Gabriel said leisurely, "It’s a pity, his death was too sudden."

"Isus, ah..." Li Ming’s gaze appeared a bit scattered, as if in reminiscence, "Indeed a pity, he was a promising person."

"His death was very significant, but now it’s not important anymore, I’m more curious about your teacher." Gabriel shook his head, gazing intensely, "How exactly did you come to know him?"

"Know him? More accurately, he came to know me." Li Ming shrugged his shoulders, "As for why..."

He hadn’t finished speaking when a voice came from behind.

"Your Highness, the genetic data matches, we can confirm his identity..."

Gabriel’s smile widened, but as he spoke, the technician’s voice was trembling, "However, he is now a B-rank life form, with a development progress of 65%, and his development potential... development potential..."

"Level Forty-six!"

As the words fell, the entire laboratory fell into silence, completely still.

Gabriel suddenly stood up, his complexion dramatically changing, blurting out, "How is that possible!"

Others too were dry-mouthed and dizzy, given they came to capture Li Ming, they were naturally very familiar with his information.

His development potential was supposed to be Level Sixteen, and when he left Blue Star, he was a D-rank life form. Based on his development potential, it was highly likely that he had become a C-rank life form.

But now he turned out to be a B-rank life form, with even the development progress exceeding 60%.

Level Forty-six development potential?

Could such a thing even be counted in "tens"? Everyone was too shocked to speak.

"Is the data definitely correct?" Luo Nan, standing behind Gabriel, asked with suppressed emotion and in a deep voice.

"The probability of an error shouldn’t exceed 1%..." the researcher replied cautiously.

"Level Forty-Six Development Potential..." Gabriel’s expression changed. Could the development potential of a natural life form possibly be this high?

Once the development potential exceeds Level Thirty, it’s almost certain to become an S-level life form.

This Level Forty-Six is simply inconceivable.

Generally speaking, the probability of natural birth is too small, and even more so on a minor place like Silver Grey Star.

Everyone’s faces were complex; most of them had been mixing within the ranks of the Silver Faction, and they had never heard of such a high level of development potential.

"So that’s the reason." Li Ming commented casually.

Gabriel’s face suddenly darkened, no longer in the mood for conversation: "Take him away, guard him closely, and if there’s any disturbance, execute him on the spot!"

Execute on the spot?

Not just the others, even Luo Nan at Gabriel’s side looked over. Level Forty-Six Development Potential, who dared to execute on the spot?

Everyone thought this was just to frighten Li Ming and paid no heed.

Li Ming rose slowly, and the soldiers following behind didn’t dare to shove him; they weren’t fools.

Level Forty-Six Development Potential, if this guy chose to defect to the Star Abyss Empire now, willing to have a Genetic Lock imprinted, he would immediately enjoy high-standard cultivation and could directly rise to S-level.

Who would dare disrespect him?

Level Forty-Six Development Potential?

Gabriel’s complexion was gloomy. This time, it threw his plans into chaos, and he coldly said, "Notify Asimara."

Luo Nan whispered, "I need to inform the Duke."

...

"How do you all even eat, such a large group of people, to just disappear like that!?"

Asimara’s face was extremely ugly, furious, "If anything happens to Gabriel, you all will be buried with him!"

Gabriel disappeared?

Feder, sitting in a corner, looked up, somewhat surprised.

The room full of generals became deathly silent; someone cautiously said, "He said he was following your orders..."

"He said he was following my orders and you just believed it, without verification?" Asimara barked angrily.

This matter was bad for her either way. If something happened to Gabriel, she couldn’t shirk the blame.

And if Gabriel succeeded in capturing Li Ming, he would inevitably find out that the latter had already become a B-level life form, which would be equally troublesome.

The crowd exchanged glances, no one daring to verify the claim.

After Asimara had scolded her own people for a few minutes, her smart terminal suddenly rang out.

After a quick glance, Asimara took a deep breath and said coldly, "All of you get out."

The group, as if granted amnesty, scrambled out of the room.

Feder was inwardly puzzled and purposefully commented, "You all really, even if Gabriel has a special status, you should still verify before letting him go, right? Just letting him leave like that?"

"How could anyone expect this?" the previously speaking person retorted irritably: "Isn’t it better to stay put here safely? Why go out to capture people?"

"Capture people?" Feder was slightly startled. Who are they capturing?

Azure Dragon? He thought at first, but then immediately dismissed it.

Gabriel had been frightened by Azure Dragon last time and for a long while did not dare to take rash actions. If it really was to capture Azure Dragon, Asimara wouldn’t still be here. Then who could he be capturing?

Puzzled and without understanding, he kept probing with several more questions, finding out that these people didn’t know either. They only knew it was Asimara’s secret order, and even a Level A Life Form had been specifically assigned for the task.

Carrying this confounding bewilderment, he paid close attention to related news.

So, when three days later that group returned, he was the first to crowd over.

Several small spacecraft landed in the hangar, and Feder, following behind Asimara, stared at the gradually descending hatch door.

A figure gradually appeared at the door, and then, his eyes widened, and his curiosity vanished as he exclaimed in shock, "Li... Li Ming!?"

Standing at the door, bound by a gene inhibitor, was indeed Li Ming.

His forehead scattered with disheveled hair fluttering, Li Ming smirked and looked down, "Feder? Long time no see."

So, the United Fleet really let him in, huh.