This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 867 - 448: Going to Explode! (Sorry, it’s a bit late)_2

Chapter 867: Chapter 448: Going to Explode! (Sorry, it’s a bit late)_2

Anduin’s expression stiffened for a moment, then he nonchalantly put away the intelligent terminal, "Indeed, I am curious too, but do not randomly destroy things."

"This small territory, I’m not interested in destroying it." Barbaro shook his head.

Only then did Anduin extend his finger, runes swirling around the two of them, emitting powerful energy fluctuations as they circulated.

Making their figures appear illusory and unreal, seemingly in another dimension, sometimes clear and visible, sometimes vague.

The two transformed into flowing light, moving faster than the conventional propulsion speed of a spaceship, silently passing through the protective barrier of the Mechanical Court.

No warning mechanism detected them as they descended outside the core base, where patrolling mechanical bodies moved back and forth incessantly.

"Quite a number of A-Level mechanical bodies..." Anduin glanced around, remarking, "I’ve heard that the Mechanical Court publicly offers a bounty, and to this day, no one has been able to crack the mechanical bodies made by Azure Dragon, not even the most basic ones."

"So what?" Barbaro frowned, reacted indifferently, unimpressed by these technologies, only believing in himself.

Anduin realized he was speaking to a brick wall, shook his head helplessly, "You don’t understand just how terrifying this technological power is."

"I truly don’t understand how terrifying this technological power is; I only know he hasn’t discovered our descent." Barbaro’s tone was indifferent, looking at the tall metal wall ahead, "Let’s go give Lord Azure Dragon a surprise."

Anduin became even more speechless, just prepared to follow, when his pupils suddenly contracted, his gaze manifesting a large number of runes.

He abruptly looked up towards a certain direction, "This energy fluctuation..."

"Huh? You again..." Barbaro sensed something amiss, turned his head for a glance, speaking with slight dissatisfaction, his words also abruptly cut off, looking up in surprise and uncertainty, "What’s going on?"

...

A while earlier, Li Ming was stationary in a void sky, followed by several life forms tightly confined.

The place was relatively distant from the Mechanical Court, with the court appearing as a blur of light and shadow to the naked eye.

His body slowly floated forward, as if passing through water waves, arriving at a specially constructed area.

The periphery was wrapped in mimicry devices, inside was a metal platform circle, at the very center, floated the black symbol stone.

Its vibrations grew more intense, the ripples nearly becoming substantial, around it were working mechanical bodies, various instruments pointed to the central stone.

"After researching for so long, still haven’t figured anything out..." Li Ming hesitated internally, with Tank Guard attached, he slowly approached again.

Like before, even with Tank Guard’s touch, there was no effect.

A slight raise of the head, a confined life form floated forward.

This was a destroyer captured at the Star Gate’s transit node not long ago, intending to use a bomb to destroy the transit node.

Li Ming thought this was sent by some enemy, brooding for quite a while then, but the execution was rather clumsy.

The Royal Court’s transit node had tight surveillance and patrols, with plenty of mechanical bodies, easily discovering the opponent.

Subsequent interrogation revealed it wasn’t sent by anyone, merely a fool trying to gain notoriety.

Due to memory extraction, he basically became an idiot.

He squeezed the other’s hand, holding the black symbol stone.

Next moment, the black symbols spread across his body in an instant, filling every part, his stiff face twisted, seeming very painful, but only for an instant, then the body suddenly exploded.

"Much like the mechanical body’s behavior then, the body strength must be high enough to withstand." Li Ming thought, raising his hand again, a life form flew over.

Mouth and nose all sealed, unable to speak, only producing some weak spiritual fluctuations, looking terrified.

This was an A-Level life form, heavily wanted in more than twenty-three civilizations.

Of course in Chaotic Star Gap, pursuing Order Civilization’s warrants is a tacit rule, so Li Ming secretly captured him.

To the frightened gaze, he had him grab that black stone.

Black runes spread, making his expression blurry, Li Ming abruptly intervened, forcefully removed the black stone.

A-Level life form shuddered, eyes vacant, with black symbols on the arms rapidly fading.

"Nothing?" Li Ming pondered, opening the mouth seal, "I ask, you answer, don’t say extra words."

The opponent looked terrified, nodding hastily.

"What did you just see?"

He swallowed, voice trembling, "I... I seem to have entered a bizarre world, changing with every step, then... suddenly came back."

Li Ming nodded, re-locked him, placed him aside, watching for a moment, and found no anomaly.

The Tank Guard on the body’s surface disappeared, Li Ming stared at the stone before him for a moment, then waved, letting Tank Guard surface by his side, accessed Vermilion Bird control, commanded, "Hold this stone for five seconds, then pull me out."

"Yes."

Li Ming inhaled deeply, then stretched out his slender arm, opening his fingers, switching the main battle system to fully buff defense, hesitated slightly, then suddenly grasped it.

Instantly, everything before him became vague, as if passing through a colorful corridor.

Moments later, he appeared in a whole new world.

Looking down, sure enough, it was his own body, he roughly surveyed the surrounding world, knowing this was just a test method, not caring, and continued forward.

Not walking two to three steps, the vision suddenly cleared again, returning to reality.

"Master, how do you feel?" Tank Guard issued the voice, with Vermilion Bird splitting open his hand according to his instructions.

"I’m fine..." Li Ming felt reinvigorated, confident since confirming no issue with mid-exit.

With so much multiplied defense buff, surely able to pass the test, still unclear what inheritance it is.

Considering this, he simply grasped the black stone again, stepping forward step by step into that bizarre world.

At a defense buff over seven hundred times, his physical strength rivaled Tank Guard, naturally no problem.

At a certain moment, he paused, feeling surrounded by boiling flames like hell, with intense temperature becoming almost solid, feeling agitated.

"Been through 134 worlds, last time Tank Guard went through 135 before hearing that voice."

Taking a deep breath, he suddenly stepped forward, with the foot landing, the world transformed, and a voice echoed by his ear, "Test passed..."

Li Ming’s mind relaxed, then witnessed the collapsing world ahead gradually coalesce, becoming a scene akin to a laboratory.

The surrounding lights dispersed, with indistinct shadows of people, unable to discern what kind of life forms they were, with three indistinct objects floating at the central experiment platform.

Vague sounds arose, never before heard language, yet Li Ming comprehended their meaning.

"...experiments preliminarily succeeded, just finding a suitable inheritor can achieve Trinity..."

"...a suitable inheritor? How much longer, Eternal Abyss won’t give us this opportunity..."

"...our era is about to end..."

Eternal Abyss, Trinity?

The information volume was substantial, Li Ming was fully concentrated, guessing this might be some historical reenactment, listening intently without dawdling.

Suddenly, a discordant voice abruptly sounded, "...Rejecting inheritance for non-female life form!"

"Huh?" Li Ming was surprised, not reacting at the first moment.

Upon finally reacting, all before him vanished, returning him to reality, with a dark expression, "Oh, shit..."

Wait... before swearing fully, his expression drastically changed, the black stone before him incrementally vibrating at an extremely high frequency,

surging outward, beneath layer upon layer of black symbols, was a mass of crimson energy.

"Is it about to explode?"

That was the only thought left in Li Ming’s mind.