This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 888 - 459: Invitation

Chapter 888: Chapter 459: Invitation

Mechanical Court, core base, in Li Ming’s room, his consciousness returned from the Holy Castle to his true body.

Opening his eyes, the pain of being pierced through his body had not yet dissipated, causing another surge of energy.

Li Ming clicked his tongue inwardly, "Tormented, tormented, it’s almost bringing me pleasure. There aren’t many people as diligent as me."

He got up, stretched his body, the insides of his body making crackling sounds, energy particles gushing out from his pores, completing a breathing-like cycle, adjusting his physical state.

Upon Vermilion Bird’s report, he opened the intelligent terminal placed on the table, at its center.

He found that Anduin had replied to him not long ago, and after a moment’s thought, he decided to call directly.

This time, the other party answered quickly, a half-body image popped up.

"Lord Anduin..." Li Ming was contacting the other party in the capacity of Azure Dragon, Anduin responded equally calmly, nodding with a smile, "Lord Azure Dragon."

After exchanging pleasantries for a moment, Li Ming got to the point, "The reason I’m contacting you this time, is because there’s something I’d like to ask you to help with."

"Oh." Anduin was moved, "Please speak freely."

The response seemed bold, but he neither agreed nor disagreed.

Li Ming didn’t mind, explaining, "It’s like this, soon I will be going to a certain hidden location, where I may remain for a long time, unable to attend to the Mechanical Court."

"To avoid any unexpected situations, I would like to ask you to come and oversee the Mechanical Court."

Oversee the Mechanical Court?

Anduin remained silent but pondered internally, half-jokingly and half-seriously said, "Is there really someone daring to attack the Mechanical Court?"

Li Ming was noncommittal, "One can never tell, which is why I’d like to ask you to oversee it."

Anduin remained silent, outwardly the Mechanical Court was a business of Azure Dragon’s students, rapidly expanding due to Azure Dragon’s influence.

It continuously purchased various advanced alloys, presumably for Azure Dragon’s use.

However, externally, it was generally believed that this was only a small part of Azure Dragon’s channel, but its future potential was enormous.

Azure Dragon didn’t want to reveal his true base, so he wanted to establish an organization in the interstellar realm from scratch.

But surely, no one would irrationally sabotage it, as it would be more harmful than beneficial.

"How long will it take?" Anduin asked, yet still did not agree.

"It should not exceed half a year." Li Ming estimated, the matter of the Holy Spirit Civilization ruins was still quite confidential.

As far as the outside world was concerned, not many people knew, and Li Ming had no intention of leaking this information.

Anduin considered, his expression changing.

Li Ming knew the other’s concerns, so he said, "Don’t worry, I’m just being precautionary, in other words, being cautious, if unexpected situations truly arise, you may leave as you wish,"

What about this Mechanical Court is worth coveting... Anduin speculated but spoke up, "No problem, since Lord Azure Dragon has spoken, how can I refuse."

Having just talked about banding together last time, it would be too embarrassing to refuse this time.

Moreover, if an unexpected situation indeed occurs, he had the means to extricate himself.

Li Ming said, "Thank you then."

After Anduin agreed, the atmosphere between the two markedly improved, they chatted a bit more before ending the communication.

Both tacitly avoided mentioning compensation, the amount of which depended on the troubles encountered.

If the overseeing period was smooth and peaceful, then this was just a small favor and Anduin surely wouldn’t ask for compensation.

However, if a formidable enemy was indeed encountered, the compensation would certainly have to be renegotiated.

After thinking about it, Li Ming used the intelligent terminal to call Robbin over.

...

"How’s it going?"

Heckler stared at the pitch-black virtual screen in front of him, the sound wave lines rippled within.

"There has been no response yet, he probably won’t come."

"Won’t come?" Hearing this, Heckler frowned, "You didn’t use the information of the World Moon as a lure in the invitation?"

"I made it very clear, if he is willing, he would respond." The voice coming from the screen was indifferent.

Heckler knitted his brows tightly, "Did he just decline the tasting event, or did he refuse both?"

"He responded to neither the tasting event nor the Dinner at Dusk."

Listening to this, a subtle expression appeared on Heckler’s face, he spoke in a prolonged tone, "It seems this Lord Azure Dragon is quite proud, your Dinner at Dusk, everyone desires to attend, considers it an honor to receive an invitation, yet he doesn’t care at all."

Hearing these obviously provocative words, Anatoli’s voice was still very calm, "It’s just having a meal together, coming or not coming doesn’t indicate anything, and not showing me respect..."

A laugh came over the screen, "There are quite a few people cursing me on the Black Hole Network and Interstellar Network, casually searching would yield tens of billions of results, do I have to care about each one?"

Upon hearing this, Heckler’s face sank, while Anatoli slowly said:

"Honored Prince, I also have to deal with the Lion Skin Dragon, such a precious ingredient, there are only fifty a year, my subordinates are too rough, hopefully, I can see you in a year."

Heckler snorted coldly, "Since the High-level Life Form Union was established, these guys, one by one have perked up."

Knock knock!

The sound of knocking on the door was heard, Heckler said in a low voice, "Enter."

Squeak--The room door was pushed open, it was Yon, looking hurried.

"Your Highness." As soon as he entered, he was about to salute but was interrupted by Heckler, "Just speak directly."

"Yes..." Yon nodded, reporting solemnly, "Your Highness, our people have confirmed that the reason the Three Civilizations delayed for a year is that during the negotiation meeting, Azure Dragon produced information related to the Eternal Silence Star."