This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 564 - 296 The Ins and Outs Approaching Storm

Chapter 564: Chapter 296 The Ins and Outs Approaching Storm

When the east remains dark as the west begins to shine, everything is just perfect, there’s obviously something wrong here.

Li Ming pondered deeply, then finally asked, "Teacher, I’ve always been curious, how exactly did you enter the Core Relics in the first place? And the sublimation particles on you, how did they come to be?"

"This matter..." Wu Yanqing sighed, his eyes deep with thought, "I’ve only recently come to understand... it seems we’ve been caught up in some kind of vortex, and it’s been so for nearly a decade."

Hearing this, Li Ming grew more interested and straightened up.

Wu Yanqing didn’t intend to keep him guessing, and continued in a gentle voice, "You should already know most of the details, it’s just the most central part that you don’t."

"At the time, I was just an ordinary college lecturer, frustrated on Blue Star. In a moment of impulse, under some unwilling oppression, I spent a lot of money to buy a ticket to the Land of Stars."

"My intent was to find my opportunity there, to witness the splendor of the Star River."

As Wu Yanqing got to this point, he couldn’t help but reveal a bitter smile. Who doesn’t yearn for the boundless universe and the brilliance of the stars?

But even he, after all he’s been through, could only find solace in some corner of the Silver Star Cluster.

And in the Northern Crown Star Ring, the Silver Star Cluster is just one of thirty-six, and who knows how far the Red River Star Stream stretches across the Northern Crown Star Rings.

What immensity!

Shaking his head, Wu Yanqing reined in his emotions and continued:

"After arriving in the Land of Stars, I went through a lot, which I won’t go into detail about now. Ultimately, Chen Jinglong, who also came from Blue Star, along with Asimara, masquerading as an ordinary Yitelan, and a few other companions, formed an adventure team."

"During that time, I indeed grew a lot and even fortuitously obtained a Level C Genetic Seed." At this point, Wu Yanqing scoffed, "I thought it was a chance occurrence, but in truth, that Genetic Seed came from Asimara."

Li Ming listened silently, his expression strange.

"Until we encountered a Tidal Period just like this one, we were excited to venture into the Red River Star Stream."

"Out of caution, we found a guide who had been in and out of the Red River Star Stream many times. I still remember what he said," Wu Yanqing’s voice turned complex, his gaze sharp, his voice suddenly deepening:

"Rest assured, gentlemen, I have entered and exited the Red River Star Stream over a hundred times, I know this place like the back of my hand."

Wu Yanqing clenched his fist as if he had returned to that time, "Everything about him was verifiable, so we let him guide us into the Red River Star Stream."

"I don’t know if it was by chance or fate, but during one Dark Tide, we were inexplicably swept into the Core Relics."

"At the time we didn’t know that this was one of the three major Core Relics of the Ascender Civilization, and naively thought we had really hit the jackpot, getting a lot of good stuff from it."

"Only Asimara, she didn’t take anything, just watched."

"And I felt dizzy and inexplicably sore in my arm, I was too excited to notice anything wrong at the time, but that was clearly the aftermath of an injection of some kind."

Wu Yanqing took a deep breath, "And after coming out of the Red River Star Stream, everything changed, everyone else gradually disappeared, except for me and Chen Jinglong."

"This changed my life..."

Li Ming nodded thoughtfully. He probably knew the rest. Asimara could have revealed her true nature or turned dark, manipulating this secret by any means necessary.

"That guide..." Li Ming couldn’t help but say, "Was there a problem?"

"Yes, a big problem," Wu Yanqing snorted coldly, "After we were swept into the Star Stream Dark Tide, the guide mysteriously disappeared; we thought he had died."

"Only recently, when Asimara suddenly found sublimation particles inside me, did I realize that it was all a set-up."

Li Ming pondered, then glanced at the surveillance camera in the corner of the room; their conversation was being monitored clearly.

"Asimara must know about this as well," Li Ming couldn’t help but say.

"She selectively ignored it," Wu Yanqing said gravely, "after all, the Core Relics are right here, do you think she could just let it go?"

Li Ming paused; it was an overt plot. If it were some cunning and devious scheme, there would naturally be a way to counter it once discovered.

But there’s no solution for an overt plot, similar to that incident with Monroe. Even if you realize there’s a problem, the thing is genuinely real.

The situation with the Core Relics this time is the same; the thing is right there. Even if Asimara realizes there’s a problem, can she withdraw now?

Give it all up to Duke Guya?

Or tell Duke Guya that it’s someone else’s ploy, and neither of us should touch it? That would be ridiculous.

So, Asimara can’t stop, no matter what’s ahead; she has to keep going.

"Impressive..." Li Ming murmured, deep in thought.

Based on the current information, it seems like the other side wants to stir up a conflict between Duke Bloodthorn and Duke Guya.

And it’s not just simple conflict; there’s no telling how many more times they’ve been schemed against besides the two times he knew of.

This time, the intention must be to ignite a full-blown war; even Level S lifeforms have been dispatched, no one will back down without their minds being bashed in.

But what next? After all, they are both big figures in the Star Abyss Empire; they wouldn’t want to escalate the conflict too much, would they?

Li Ming thought for a moment, suppressed his thoughts, and then, puzzled, said, "Since you exist as a key, it makes sense that Asimara didn’t kill you, but she didn’t even search your memory?"

Wu Yanqing’s complexion flickered, seemingly evasive, "About that, there are some secrets in my mind that she probably doesn’t want a third person to know."