This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 849 - 439 Tidying Up the Aftermath_2

Chapter 849: Chapter 439 Tidying Up the Aftermath_2

"Do you have any secrets that nobody else knows, except yourself?" Li Ming continued to inquire.

"As long as you let me go..." the Swearer responded with difficulty.

Upon hearing this, Li Ming instantly lost the desire to communicate with the other party, merely shook his head.

Dealing with this kind of person is too mentally exhausting.

Seeing him silent, the Swearer grew increasingly uneasy, repeatedly questioning, but Li Ming kept ignoring her.

Until she voluntarily divulged some information, Li Ming showed interest, but then she pulled back again, requiring her body to be repaired to learn more.

Li Ming completely lost interest, half an hour quickly passed, extracting the Genetic Essence, Li Ming muttered, "I don’t even know the principle behind extracting Genetic Essence, with such a damaged body, it can still be extracted."

Ignoring the Swearer’s pleas, Li Ming reduced the last piece of her body to dust.

This Conservative leader had completely turned into cosmic dust.

A few S Level life forms that hadn’t managed to escape were caught by the Mechanical Guard, their expressions fearful and alarmed, filled with anxiety.

The site was still being organized, a large number of Mechanical Bodies were shuttling back and forth in the nest ruins, sorting out useful things.

Li Ming was about to go over to interrogate those S Level life forms but turned his head suspiciously, his gaze landing on the spot where the Swearer had completely died.

In the void, layer upon layer of strange ripples slowly emerged, strands of mysterious black energy intertwined, forming special symbols, then converging from all directions.

Flickering with eerie light, carrying unknown power, as if a curtain covering the Starfield had been drawn.

"What is this?" Li Ming surveyed the surroundings, feeling faintly astonished, some black symbols even passed through his body.

The black symbols continuously gathered, eventually forming a black sphere the size of a fist.

The surface shimmered with a dim glow, the surrounding space was slightly distorted due to its presence, emanating a chilling aura.

In the dazzling starlight, it appeared so incongruent, yet carried an unusual allure.

"What is this thing?" Li Ming became spirited, calling over a Mechanical Body to tentatively approach the black sphere.

In Li Ming’s view, the Mechanical Body had just approached within ten meters of the black sphere when black Thunder exploded across its entire body.

Tadpole-like black symbols quickly spread all over it, and then suddenly burst, the flames disappearing swiftly.

Li Ming frowned, observing the metal debris floating around, "What is this thing, does anyone know?"

He looked towards the five S Level life forms being escorted over, the Conservatives were indeed not doing well, compared to any random overlord in the Chaotic Star Gap, their forces were much weaker.

These five S Level life forms exchanged glances, hesitated for a moment, then shook their heads.

"No one knows?" Li Ming frowned, waved his hand, and a Mechanical Guard stepped forward, it was the Thunder King.

Before knowing exactly what this thing does, he certainly wouldn’t risk going up himself, the Mechanical Guard was precious, but it wasn’t worth more than himself.

Soon, the Mechanical Guard surpassed the distance the previous Mechanical Body had approached, entering within ten meters, but nothing changed.

"There is a special force eroding my body." The Thunder King reported in real-time on the channel: "Unable to discern the energy nature."

When the Thunder King approached three meters from the black sphere, black symbols emerged on the metal shell surface.

Li Ming’s heart moved slightly, immediately applying all Defense Buffs, doubling the Thunder King’s defensive strength, causing those black symbols to disappear immediately.

Until the Thunder King completely held the black sphere in his hand, those black symbols slowly spread on the metal shell.

"So, as long as the strength is higher, it can withstand this erosion?" Li Ming hesitated slightly, using the Tank Guard as a medium, letting the Thunder King carefully place the black sphere in his palm.

The moment it landed, Li Ming felt a strange itch spreading from the sphere.

He observed carefully for a while, the spread of black symbols on the Tank Guard was extremely slow, almost indistinguishable to the naked eye.

Without any Control page prompts, this thing couldn’t be controlled.

Li Ming examined closely, the black sphere was extremely delicate, its surface densely covered with countless symbols, like tiny and mysterious tattoos, closely connected yet independent.

Without detection equipment at the moment, he couldn’t delve further, so he let the Tank Guard hold it for now, and asked the S Level life forms again: "Are you sure none of you have seen this thing?"

Everyone hesitated, when someone seemed about to speak, Li Ming casually added, "If I find out someone is lying to me, you’ll wish you were dead."

Receiving the Spiritual Fluctuation, the life form about to speak turned pale.

"Only the Swearer knew the secret, however, the Prophet and Holy Mother should know too..." Li Ming mused, seeing the way this thing appeared, it seemed it only emerged after the Swearer died.

"I’ll research it further when I get back, for now, let’s clean up the site."

Li Ming looked up again towards the S Level life forms in front of him, "By the way, I have a few questions to ask, you should cooperate, right?"

...

Meanwhile, as Li Ming erupted, the Holy Mother looked at the screen that suddenly went dark, her face grim, "Even the Swearer has become so arrogant."

"The previous generation of Swearers couldn’t beat us, she just happened to get lucky with this matter, yet she’s still so brazen."

The Prophet was silent, helplessly saying, "And how did Li Ming fall into his hands."

"My Spiritual Body shouldn’t have changed the plan without authorization, even if discovering Li Ming is an S Level life form, they should follow the original plan to extract the seed first, and discuss upon returning."

"These two plans are not at the same level, if the plan was to bring Li Ming back from the start, the execution review would have been more stringent."

The Holy Mother’s expression eased, shaking her head, "This was something no one could have anticipated, Li Ming is an S Level life form, with the facilities we prepared, it would be very hard to just extract the seed."

"Your Spiritual Body just didn’t want to return empty-handed, triple-digit Development Potential, really..." the Holy Mother had greed in her eyes.

The Prophet glanced over the Holy Mother’s face, his expression serious, "If what the Swearer said is true, given time, she could indeed nurture a large batch of X Level life forms."

"I’ll try to contact her once more, hoping she’ll understand, ultimately we’re one, or we’ll have to go all-in." The Holy Mother turned her eyes back to the virtual screen, attempting to contact the Swearer again, but got no response.

"Alright." The Holy Mother’s eyes were cold, about to speak when someone hurried over, reporting in a deep voice, "Holy Mother, Prophet, just received a special signal, from our undercover in the Conservative nest."

"Conservative nest?" The Prophet’s eyes narrowed slightly, "When?"

"Just now, the timestamp was -- 24:76." The subordinate quickly replied.

The Prophet looked at the Holy Mother, the Holy Mother looked at the hang-up time on the virtual screen, her expression puzzled, "Within a minute after hanging up."

"Could it be that someone discovered us, sending a message in secret?"

The Prophet frowned, his Spiritual Body still throbbing in pain, unable to focus on thinking: "Unknown, this might also be a trap."

"Never mind, send someone to the coordinates first, at any cost, we must retrieve Li Ming." The Holy Mother’s voice was resolute, it was not merely a matter of face-saving anymore, but a matter of life and death!

......

"Although they’re not doing well, there’s really a lot of stuff."

On the floating platform, Li Ming looked at the various items and materials his Mechanical Body had sorted from the ruins.

In the metal box on the left, irregular items were placed, they were Terrax Stones, quite a number of them, a total of twenty-four.

Instantly filling his gap, usable for a long time, much faster compared to one-by-one trading.