This is not mechanical ascension. - Chapter 329

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“The Phantom Thief of the Stars? This name is a good one…” Li Ming looked at the pop-up dialog box, which showed that the other party had accepted his reward.

Although his name was second best, Li Ming was quite excited. The bounty posted in the Black Hole Palace was not one that could be accepted casually.

If there is no reason why, applying for court arbitration will cost the other party a lot.

After establishing a conversation connection, the Phantom Thief was quite direct, “Your Majesty Shadow, could you please elaborate on the generous reward you mentioned in the bounty?”

Li Ming’s eyes flashed, and he clicked on the other party’s profile and took a look. He found that this guy was a senior member, at least a B-level life form. He had completed more than a hundred bounties or rescue missions, and had never violated the rules of the palace.

There are also more than a dozen thumbs up, all of which are the evaluations of the mission partners.

After the task is over, there is only one evaluation option: praise or not. Being able to get more than a dozen indicates that the overall quality and reputation are very good.

The paper information looked very good and seemed trustworthy. Li Ming thought to himself, without asking what level of information the other party had, and answered directly:

“If it is just some crude information or rumors, and there is relevant evidence to support it, I will give you a C-level weapon that can be customized.”

“If I have detailed coordinates or origin information, I can give you a B-class weapon that can be customized.”

“Hey, you are so rich…” Robin looked at the information on the screen and marveled: “With just the coordinates and origin, you can customize a B-class weapon.”

“It seems that this thing is really valuable.” He looked at the stone in his hand and quickly replied: “If there is a real thing, can I get an A-class weapon?”

Li Ming frowned, quite surprised, “Real object?”

He thought for a moment and typed two words: “Okay.”

“A-level weapons, all for…” Robin sat up straighter, with a serious look on his face.

He put the black stone in his hand and looked at it carefully. Apart from being warm to the touch, he couldn’t see anything special about it.

Then two words popped up on the screen, “Cannot be customized.”

Robin didn’t care about this. He was thinking about it and hesitated a little. He looked at the skull and asked, “Butler, throw this thing out. I won’t regret it in the future, right?”

“No.” The butler said simply.

Robin was relieved when he heard this, and without saying much, he took a photo directly.

“It really does exist…” Li Ming’s eyes lit up as he looked at the photos on the screen. Although the shapes were different, the color and material were very similar.

At least you can’t tell any difference from the photos.

Then, Black Hole Palace popped up a thoughtful reminder, “In order to avoid unnecessary losses and barter transactions, it is recommended to meet offline.”

“I’m in the chaotic star gap, where are you?” the other party asked.

This kind of thing must be verified in person to ensure that there is no problem.

Whether he sends the things first or the other party sends the reward first, it is unrealistic.

“I am also in the Chaos Star Gap.” Li Ming replied.

“That’s just right, it saves time.” Robin didn’t care much, “You come to my place, or I go to yours.”

“Come to my place. There are some things coming up and I may not be able to leave for a while.” Li Ming sent the coordinates to the other party.

“It will take more than ten days to arrive.” Robin looked at the star map and replied, “You can change the bounty content first, and then I will accept it again and let the palace act as the referee.”

The reason why Robin felt relieved was also to rely on the Black Hole Palace to allow Li Ming to carry out more advanced arbitration rewards.

Black Hole Palace will contact both parties when the reward ends to ensure that the transaction is completed.

The process was smooth and uneventful. What surprised Li Ming was that after confirming that the thing in his hand was indeed relatively precious, the other party did not open his mouth to bargain further.

“Value is only called value in the hands of those who can make it work.” Robin held the black stone with emotion.

Even if he knew that there was a secret in it, it would be useless. In his hand, it was just an ordinary stone.

After accepting the bounty again, Robin glanced at the skull beside him, his heart moved slightly, and then he sent another message:

“If I have more relevant intelligence and information, what other reward is there?”

“It depends on what the specific information is and whether I know it, but it shouldn’t disappoint you.” Li Ming sighed in his heart. There are indeed capable people in the black hole palace. Those S-class life forms don’t know what this thing is. .

But this senior member actually knew, and seemed to know a lot.

Turning off the screen, Li Ming was looking forward to the arrival of the Star Phantom Thief, which seemed to be able to solve a lot of his doubts.

With this mood in mind, a few more days passed, and the alloy material that I had been longing for finally arrived.

Boom!

The wind was howling, and heavy transport spaceships, nearly a hundred of them, were hovering in the sky. There were also a large number of escort warships, covering the sky and the sun.

The surface of the battleship spit out the symbol of the golden shield, and the anti-gravity ring at the bottom emitted a bright blue light, gradually landing on the great plain.

A group of people got off the largest battleship and came to Li Ming. There was a metal box at his feet. Ulrich and others stood behind him, their eyes frequently falling on the box.

“Hello, you must be Mr. Shadow.” The leader was thin and had a very respectful attitude: “I am the transportation director of Xinggong Heavy Mine – Moro, and this is the escort specialist of Giant Shield Company.”

He pointed to the burly figure wearing combat armor beside him and introduced him.

The two sides exchanged a few pleasantries, and Moro pointed to the heavy transport spaceship behind him and said, “The refined alloy steel worth 24 billion star coins is all here. Please check the goods first.”

Li Ming nodded. After all, this group of people is not a black hole network, so they still have to check.

Theo’s men had been ready for battle and quickly boarded the ship, moving and checking.

Alloy steel is a universal material with low value, which also led to the extremely large volume of this batch of goods. It took most of the day to completely move these materials down.

On the large plain in front of us, there are piles of alloy blocks at intervals, distributed in rows.

“Total weight – 800,000 and 200 tons.”

A captain under Theo came to report that not only was there a lot, but there were 200 tons more. This company is very good at doing things.

Li Ming was very satisfied. He signed the receipt, settled the balance in the Black Hole Hall, and said to Moro, “Look forward to working with you again.”

Moro nodded repeatedly. This is a top customer. The company has already checked it out. With Qinglong, a great mechanic of the Casting Star level, backing him, it is natural to build a good relationship.

The other party hurried away with his people.

“Prepare to block the space vision.” Li Ming said.

Ulrich nodded, raised his hand slightly, and layers of soil flew up to the sky, condensed into a sky curtain, and completely blocked this area. Then, in full view of everyone, Li Ming took out a broken metal cube from his suitcase.

When Ulrich saw this thing, his breathing stagnated slightly, and then he smiled bitterly.

Although he had guessed many times that this thing might be in Qinglong’s hands, when he really saw this scene, he really had an indescribable feeling.

Sandro scratched his head, and Monroe’s mechanical pupils turned.

“This is the material reorganization maker…” Theo looked at it. He had not seen it many times before when it was in Monroe’s hands.

“Not bad.” Monroe nodded and pondered: “With this thing, our plan will be twice as effective with half the effort.”

“I just don’t know when Lord Qinglong sent it to him.”

“Didn’t you notice it?” Theo was quite surprised. Ulrich couldn’t help but look at it, but he was relieved in his heart.

The material reorganization maker could not be put into the folding space. It must have been sent by Lord Qinglong himself.

This shows that the other party is indeed following Li Ming all the time, in a way that they can’t find at all.

Could it be hidden in the shadows? He muttered, sweeping the shadows on the ground.

At the same time, Li Ming had already taken the material reorganization maker and walked in front of those alloy steel blocks, and the two were close together.

Soon, those alloy steel blocks disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“He is…” Ulrich was surprised and looked at Monroe, “Does the material reorganization machine have this ability?”

“The material reorganization machine has always had this ability, absorbing metal materials and directly making things.” Monroe frowned, “But after it was damaged, I don’t know if it still has this ability.”

“Hasn’t it always been in your hands?” Monroe’s mechanical pupils swept over Ulrich.

Ulrich felt a little cold in his heart for some reason, and said awkwardly: “I couldn’t activate it after I got it.”

“Maybe it’s the trick of Lord Qinglong.” Monroe said, not caring.

Everyone just watched quietly.

Of course, Li Ming was not using the [Material Reorganization Machine] to absorb metal materials, but he was absorbing metal energy himself.

The scale of this time was too large, and under the watchful eyes of the public, he had to find a reasonable reason.

For three days and three nights, Li Ming did not stop for a moment, but only absorbed two-thirds, but even so, his metal energy balance reached more than 220 million.

If all of it is absorbed, it may exceed 300 million metal energies, which is much more cost-effective than buying it on the black hole network.

“Huh…” He breathed a sigh of relief. If it was specifically used for metal energy absorption, he would definitely not buy this ordinary material.

But this time it is not only used as metal energy, but also as raw materials for building bases and production lines. If it is purchased in batches, not only the preparation time will be extended, but also the delivery time will be longer.

“Everyone wait…” Li Ming greeted a few people and returned to the small spaceship.

“He is…” Ulrich was puzzled, “After absorbing so many metal materials, why did he go back again?”

“Maybe he went to repair it.” Monroe guessed.

In the spaceship room, he adjusted his mood and couldn’t help rubbing his hands.

First, he controlled the [Sublimation Source Crystal], and 60 million metal energies were lost.

This crystal clear special crystal disappeared in his palm.

He couldn’t wait to switch the evolution system and put the Sublimation Source Crystal in the vacant slot unlocked by the promotion to A-level life form.

The ability was activated, and he tried to develop the gene seed. In an instant, elemental light suddenly burst out around his body.

The cells in his body swept away the silence of the past, as if stimulated by something, and became cheerful and active.

With the blessing of the sublimation source crystal, the development speed was increased by 224 times, which had reached a terrifying level.

His body became warm and active again, and he almost groaned. After a moment, he calmed down a little and couldn’t help smacking his lips.

“Sure enough, indulgence after restraint is the most joyful. This development rate is far from the peak of the past, but it makes me feel indescribably satisfied.”

The contrast of this direct increase of more than a hundred times is too obvious. It originally took nearly twenty days to develop to 1%.

Now, it only takes eight or nine days, which is a qualitative leap compared to not long ago.

“At this level, it is no longer realistic to expect an increase of 1% a day. I wonder if we can return to the top when we are all upgraded to S-level evolutionary essence.” Li Ming thought in his mind.

It takes seven copies of S-level gene essence to complete the transformation of the evolutionary system. It takes too long to absorb S-level gene essence. Unless there is an unexpected situation like Fushi, it can basically only be captured and absorbed.

Catching an S-level life form alive is even slightly more difficult than killing it.

Putting this matter aside for the time being, he took out the [Material Recombination Maker]. This thing was also in a damaged state and could only be used in a controlled manner. Taken out alone, it could only make some gadgets.

“I don’t know how much metal energy is needed to repair it…” Li Ming muttered. This thing is an investment. There will be no return in a short time, but it will definitely not be a loss.

He took the cube metal block and injected metal energy into it. The damaged edges soon glowed with light, and slowly grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Soon, the 30 million metal energy was consumed, and the missing part of the [Material Recombination Maker] was filled in.

“Thirty million, not bad…” Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief and looked at it carefully. After the repair was completed, the patterns on the surface became more complicated.

I don’t know what switch Li Ming pressed, and every surface of the entire cube began to rotate, and there was a clicking sound similar to the rotation of mechanical gears.

After the repair was completed, the [Material Recombination Maker] returned to the S-level evaluation.

It can produce up to A-level items, but it consumes a huge amount of materials and takes several months. It is obviously not for the purpose of producing cutting-edge technological creations.

This is its limit. The biggest role of this thing is to create low- to medium-level items, more precious and rarer materials, the synthesis speed and efficiency will be greatly reduced, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Unless Li Ming upgrades it, it will consume four billion metal energy and unknown special energy. Just looking at it will give Li Ming a headache.

“It’s enough for now.” Li Ming thought, there was still 110 million metal energy left, and he thought about the Stone of Terrax that would arrive soon.

We have the materials and enough metal energy.

“Hmm…” He murmured, hesitantly, and turned over the controls.