This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 785 - 407: Leisure Time Always Flies By_2

Chapter 785: Chapter 407: Leisure Time Always Flies By_2

"Pulling a bit should keep him stable for a while." Leaving the prison, Li Ming restrained his expression, contemplating.

Levinbeck isn’t a fool, not giving him a reaction for long will definitely make him notice something’s wrong.

And just as he was pulling Levinbeck, the external storm did not cease; the Northern Crown Star Ring entered a subtle situation.

The war between the Yitelan Civilization and the Judger continued, and many civilizations keenly detected that the number of stowaways within their borders was rapidly increasing, with various attack incidents occurring frequently.

Especially the main body, the Yitelan Civilization, was practically leaking like a sieve.

In an underground chamber on a certain planet, several Yitelan people knelt in a row, trembling, surrounded by the dead bodies of guard soldiers, blood spreading across the floor, the stench of blood almost becoming tangible.

"Thump!"

From left to right, the first man, who was obese, lay on the ground with rolled eyes, continuously convulsing.

A man with a vertical eye mark on his forehead walked behind the second person.

"If you want to know anything, just ask, I’m willing to speak, I’ll say everything." He pleaded, but the man behind him paid no heed, his palm landed on the back of his head, the vertical eye mark on his brow emitted white light, the wails echoed in the hall.

Until two or three hours later, Blackbeard ended the communication expressionlessly, growing increasingly restless within, "No news, no news, not a bit of news!"

"How did so many leads vanish without a trace?"

"What about the people in action? Ryan’s people?"

Over a month had passed since the Pioneer issued orders, various forces had already gathered at the Northern Crown Star Ring.

Originally believed to be an easily achievable action, it turned out right at the start, they were splashed with a bucket of cold water, the formerly dense leads all disappeared silently.

The secretive Yitelan troops, vanished.

Those few under Prince Ryan, also gone.

Asimara always stayed with Xavier, focusing intently on directing the outward war, as if the matter of the Blood Seed suddenly ceased?

Apart from those life planets already investigated where the Blood Seed had been planted, they couldn’t find any trace.

It seemed to have stopped.

But Blackbeard knew this was impossible, internally there’s already news circulating, it’s a battle of words between Azure Dragon and Pioneer regarding the few known big figures.

These people haven’t disappeared, they’re just acting in an even more secretive style; if in a short time Pioneer doesn’t find any clues, they’ll have no choice but to turn to Azure Dragon.

When Blackbeard learned of this news, he merely sighed inwardly, even though Azure Dragon didn’t respond at the time, he indeed didn’t swallow his anger.

At first, he didn’t pay much attention; with such a large-scale operation, how could no clues be found?

But over the past month or so, he fell into bewilderment.

Can an advanced civilization really handle matters so flawlessly?

He even suspected Azure Dragon was secretly aiding, trying to suppress Pioneer.

And with time passing, this possibility kept expanding, Navigator and the others have already urged several times.

But finding nothing, he was helpless.

"Alas, giving some leeway in the power of words isn’t much about anything, the Empire hasn’t split, yet we’re the ones fighting first." Blackbeard sighed, feeling quite helpless.

Pioneer pressed on him, he could only press his subordinates, and many members joined this gambit, with almost no one opting for Azure Dragon’s side.

He was no exception, no one believed Azure Dragon alone could resist the entire Pioneer.

But if ultimately Azure Dragon presses on them, it’d be too humiliating; with a fierce expression he ordered, "Continue, investigate!"

...

The outside world was volatile and ominous, on Silver Grey Star, more than half a month passed, the midwinter intensified.

Li Ming stayed here quite comfortably, even though he was juggling multiple lines, psychologically he was not exhausted but rather pleasantly at ease.

Ding dong—

The door to the general store was opened, a few laughing and playing girls came in, tall and youthful, yet each had their style.

"Hey... isn’t the owner here an old man?" The girl on the left, with a prominent chest, delicate waist that seemed to ooze water, wore black stockings under her short skirt.

For life forms slightly on the Evolution Path, this low temperature was nothing.

She looked at the young boy rising from behind the counter, puzzled.

"Old Yang’s health isn’t good, he went to the hospital for a check-up today, anything you need?" Li Ming asked politely.

"Are you the new attendant here?" The girl on the right in a white dress, clasping her bag in front, asked curiously.

"Not really, I’ve lived here a long time, this time just came back to visit family." Li Ming shook his head, "Just helping out today by chance."

"Is that so!" Suddenly a head popped out from under the counter, wedged between two girls, skin like porcelain doll, big eyes eagerly asked:

"Then you must have met Li Ming, judging by your age, did you grow up with him?"

"Him?" Li Ming’s eyes flickered, "That’s right, sort of."

"Hey..." The other two girls exchanged quick glances, hurriedly pulled the short girl to the side, whispering:

"I saw on the news, Li Ming was bullied a lot when he was a kid, none of the nearby peers were any good."

Li Ming’s mouth tugged slightly, watching the girls conspiring loudly, somewhat speechless.

"No way, I heard the old man here treated Li Ming very well, how could he let such a person be an attendant."

"True, shall we take a photo with him?"

"Ah, we originally wanted a photo with the kind old man, too bad..."

"What’s there to be disappointed about, many have taken photos with the old man, doesn’t matter if it’s us three, but this handsome guy probably appeared recently, quite handsome, we’re like having the first taste..."

"What a weird analogy..."

After whispering a while, pretending to choose things in the general store, they bought over a thousand Star Coins worth of stuff, during checkout.

The girl with the fiery figure cleared her throat, "Um..."

"A photo?" Li Ming raised his head.

"Ah, how did you..." The girl was surprised, then nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes..."

"Alright." Li Ming thought for a moment, nodding.

"Ha..." The three cheered, scrambling to pull out folding standees.

After opening them, Li Ming grew increasingly speechless; they were standees of him.

"Come on, handsome." The three gathered around him, holding special cameras, forming a 360-degree snapshot.

Later, any desired angle of photo could be easily switched.

Li Ming estimated he merely played the role of a check-in watermark.

He didn’t move while the three girls kept changing poses.

"Alright, thank you so much." The girl with the fiery figure was the most enthusiastic, fiddling with the smart terminal while leaning close, revealing her assets, hinted asking,

"By the way, handsome, what’s your name and when do you get off work?"

The other two girls pouted, Li Ming shook his head, "I have something to attend to soon."

"Really..." The fiery girl looked disappointed, glared at the snickering companions, only then bid him farewell.

Glancing outside, there weren’t many people, partially because Li Ming’s popularity had greatly diminished.

Partially because Silver Grey Star lacked other sights, being remote, merely looking at an empty house, only the very passionate fans were willing to travel far.

A few days later, he received a message from Feder, returning to the Flowing Shadow.

"The last batch, metal materials from Lannika Civilization, will arrive at Yitelan in half a month."

In the cabin, Feder reported, "A total of twelve batches of metal energy, from twelve advanced civilizations, each batch of metal materials worth no less than ten billion Star Coins."