Chapter 1121: Chapter 575: Old Friends
Quietly stepping aside, revealing a somewhat shy Yang Yu, who had already matured and grown into an adult, was wearing a knee-length white dress.
“How’s the research on Kranier’s cell structure coming along?” Li Ming stepped forward to inquire. He wasn’t unfamiliar; he would occasionally exchange messages with Yang Yu.
This girl was deeply engaged in genetic biology research, seemingly moving towards the direction of a Genetic Seed Blender.
“…Almost there…” Yang Yu looked up at Li Ming; the last time they met, it had been a long time ago.
After multiple evolutions, Li Ming’s appearance hadn’t changed significantly, but his skin, in all aspects, was frighteningly delicate, and there was even a faint fragrance wafting into her nose.
She stared in a daze until Yang Peng gave an exasperated cough, which snapped her back to reality, blushing deeply and awkwardly explaining, “…It’s just that the ion analyzer in my lab is too low-end…”
“Ulrich…” Li Ming slightly turned his head.
“Understood, Miss Yang Yu, everything you need will be delivered soon,” Ulrich nodded.
“No, no need…” Yang Yu hurriedly waved her hand, explaining, “I’m not skilled enough; giving it to me would be a waste…”
“Uncle… Uncle…”
A childish voice came from below.
“Why not practice?” Li Ming casually replied to Yang Yu and looked down.
A small child had already wrapped himself around his leg, his big eyes staring up at him, with a familiar mechanical body perched on his head.
That was a little gadget he had given to Li Ning’s unborn son back then.
Li Ming raised an eyebrow, casually lifting the child up, the big and small pairs of eyes met, “What’s your name?”
“I… I…” The little one stammered, unable to speak.
“Li Xiaolong,” Li Ning suddenly appeared from the side, with a touch of nervousness and gratitude on his face.
The little gadget Li Ming had given him had saved his son’s life.
“Li… Xiaolong?” Li Ming paused slightly, his expression a bit strange.
He shook the little one, who only giggled in response.
Ulrich had already left quietly.
Li Ming didn’t chat for too long, but he was in a good mood.
Returning to the Heavenly Palace, he gathered his thoughts, calculating the gains from this trip.
On the return journey, Chrono had already been completely absorbed by him, and the Dimension World had collapsed.
A total of twelve portions of the Blood of the World were extracted.
This quantity was even more than he had anticipated, and combined with the previous three portions remaining, a total of fifteen portions of Blood of the World was definitely enough.
“The scene when the Dimension World collapsed was indeed very beautiful…” Li Ming couldn’t help but recall that dazzling moment, “It’s a pity that dealing with other Forbidden Life Forms isn’t so simple.”
Just as he was thinking, an unexpected communication link startled him.
“Gutierrez?”
Looking at the virtual screen, Li Ming felt a slight movement in his heart, roughly guessing the other party’s purpose.
After some thought, he connected, and the face of the Star Alliance Chairman appeared, smiling, “Lord Azure Dragon, good day.”
He was very polite, as if he wasn’t prepared for confrontation, and even expressed a few sighs, “The events in the Deep Dimension World are indeed astonishing.”
“Just being polite,” Li Ming gave a perfunctory response, “Chairman, you must have contacted me for more than just compliments.”
Gutierrez nodded, “We’re more or less acquaintances, so I’ll get straight to it. The Empire and the Federation are discussing how to deal with you and intend to ally with the Star Alliance.”
“But as long as you tell me what really happened deep in the Red River Star Stream, I will side with you.”
Gutierrez seemed very sincere, offering a price right off the bat, “With the backing of the Star Alliance, the Empire and the Federation won’t be able to do anything to you.”
Li Ming stared at him with a half-smile, but didn’t respond.
Gutierrez frowned slightly and continued, “The Empire and the Federation have been concealing from me, and I’ve had enough of them; you and I can unite and not fear them.”
“I can guarantee this.”
“Chairman Gutierrez, your guarantees are useless,” Li Ming slowly said, “If I tell you, you’ll just turn around and sell me out, so why bother?”
“I’m not interested in helping anyone profit.”
The matter of the corpses still needed to be handled slowly; he would never tell the Star Alliance, as he didn’t trust Gutierrez.
Gutierrez, however, wasn’t embarrassed by the exposure; he had taken a chance, after all, without paying any price, and even continued to advise:
“For you, this is definitely not a loss; the secret of the Red River Star Stream has nothing to do with you anymore. By telling me, you can even pull in the Empire and the Federation, indirectly buying you time.”
“Buy time?” Li Ming shook his head, the meaning unclear, then changed the tone, “However, what I can tell you is that this matter is indeed important, even related to the reshaping of the interstellar landscape.”
Gutierrez couldn’t help but straighten up, ready to listen carefully, but Azure Dragon said, “I can only say this much. I hope you can find clues soon.”
Gutierrez’s face suddenly turned unpleasant; this was worse than telling him nothing at all.
Without waiting for a response, Li Ming ended the communication, rubbing his chin, “Tsk, Gutierrez is probably trying to thoroughly understand this secret, which is perfect; the more eager he is, the easier it is to cause trouble…”
Pushing this matter aside for now, he had a sudden thought, drawing two azure blue crystals from within his body, enveloped in a nebula-like deformation field.
These two fragments seemed to be resonating with each other, as if responding.
But on the return journey, Li Ming had tried many times and couldn’t completely merge the two fragments into one.
Each fragment required fifty billion metal energy for control, but the abilities were slightly different.
[Future Prediction] had been replaced by [Space-time Deformation]
[Space-time Deformation: Specify a target to forcibly change its timeline to a certain stage; the higher the life level, the greater the difficulty and consumption.]
Directly adjusting the target’s time, it could be pulled to infancy or advanced to old age; it was an extremely powerful single-target attack technique.
“Against X Level Life Forms, the effect might be limited…” Li Ming thought, but this influence could serve as a means to complement his attacks.
“Interfere with this thing first, and then execute [Giant God’s Strike], significantly increasing the hit probability.”
“But how exactly these two fragments should be fused…” Li Ming felt a bit troubled, as combining the two fragments would definitely bring a substantial enhancement in all capabilities.
But on the return journey, he had tried many times but without success.
“Under normal circumstances, it’s very difficult to accomplish, and only after gaining control can I attempt it again, at the cost of consuming metal energy.”
The only method he could think of was to rely on the power of the control system.
“However, just controlling these two fragments requires one hundred billion metal energy,” Li Ming clicked his tongue, roughly calculating; it required a trillion Star Coins.
Even with the current state of the Mechanical Court, it would take no less than a year to accumulate this amount.
“Moreover, the Mechanical Court is soon going to be suppressed; I can only hope for other channels…”
His eyes flickered; he didn’t know how much metal energy the Pioneers could provide him, but it probably wouldn’t reach a hundred billion.
He currently had twenty billion metal energy left, consumed six billion in the battles in the Deep Dimension World to repair the Life Power Core.
Later, the weapon left by the big black guy in the Holy Castle replenished it for him.
Along with the accumulation of the Mechanical Court over the past two months, it added up to nearly forty billion.
But more metal energy was certainly better.
Hmm… Let me think, Reynolds and Mikhail’s side should be able to provide some as well.
They should be able to see the necessity of supporting me; Li Ming opened the intelligent terminal, intending to contact them.
As a result, he received a message from Mikhail, inviting him to descend to the Divine Craftsman Laboratory.
“Heh, we were thinking alike. Not bad, old Mi,” Li Ming grinned, already anticipating something; these two guys were the real sponsors.