Chapter 1162: Chapter 596: Stealth Arrival and Mountains of Alloy Materials
"Is this... a Spiritual Puppet?"
Responsible for the handover and transportation, they were all special life forms wrapped in metallic shells inscribed with energy runes.
Their joints were made of semi-transparent crystals, with liquid ancient spells flowing inside, and each puppet’s chest cavity embedded with a fist-sized Star Core.
This was not a mechanical construct but an advanced product of Rune Technology, popular on the Federation’s side, similar in function to a Mechanical Body but with a completely different manufacturing process.
Moreover, the ships they brought were also a type of ancient sail warship.
Of course, it only looked similar on the outside, as it was inscribed with complex rune arrays and capable of interstellar navigation.
"This... Shouldn’t have an intelligent system on it." Li Ming hesitated, pondering.
The entire sail warship was enveloped in a layer of intricate rune shields.
Li Ming had an intuition that if he tried to shadow-hide past it, he might be detected.
Specifically targeting me, or just a coincidence?
Li Ming speculated in his heart, thinking it probably wasn’t a coincidence.
His various means had likely been thoroughly researched.
For instance, he could hide in shadows or hide in metallic machinery.
As a Divine Craftsman, his skills in machinery technology were unparalleled, so the Three Great Civilizations opted to avoid using machinery technology entirely.
He could even further speculate that perhaps that Star Gate Node was also constructed using Rune Technology.
Rune Technology was completely different from machinery technology, and he had very little contact with it; even in the Federation, Rune Technology was only used by a small portion of the mid to high level.
Mainly due to its application threshold, it was essentially made up of various runes capable of manipulating cosmic energy.
These runes contained spiritual power, making them difficult to mass-produce and only绘制 by hand.
So, there weren’t related creations applied to basic life.
Right now, Li Ming’s biggest problem was how to cross that distance to sneak onto the other party’s ship.
"Damn it..." Li Ming really hadn’t expected this.
It would be easy to jump out and kill someone now, but what he needed were the Star Gate coordinates.
The two guys in front of him probably didn’t know the coordinates either.
Flipping through the control page, most abilities were related to Mechanical Bodies.
"However, my Possession Ability doesn’t require a designated Mechanical Body but a carrier..." Li Ming’s heart moved slightly.
In the flicker of shadows, he had already slipped into a shadow further ahead.
It was a position he had deliberately chosen; the spiritual puppet responsible for transportation stepped over this shadow as he had predicted.
[Spiritual Puppet--B level: A puppet made using Rune Technology, with spiritual power as the main driving command, able to deeply understand orders.
Control Conditions: Seven hundred thousand metal energy
Control Ability--Body Splitting: Can disassemble limbs and temporarily merge them onto other controlled objects.]
The moment the control prompt popped up, Li Ming had already infused metal energy for control.
"Hmm?"
The moment the spiritual puppet stalled, Carlo cast his gaze over, hesitated slightly, then stepped forward for a careful inspection.
"Seems like energy fluctuations..." Opening the energy core and finding no other issues, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"This thing naturally counts as a vehicle..." Li Ming in the shadow hadn’t possessed it yet, quite surprised.
After possessing, part of his body data would forcibly enhance the vehicle, equivalent to reinforcement.
With the current level of caution, they would certainly notice something amiss.
After the other party confirmed no issues, he proceeded with possession; the metallic-like shell on the surface seemed heavier, but this change was silent, and Li Ming further retracted, trying to minimize it.
"Could it be because of the "Body Splitting" ability, allowing multiple spiritual puppets to freely assemble, perhaps even forming something like armor, similar to Mechanical Holy Spirit ..."
Li Ming couldn’t help but speculate, the upper limit definitely could not reach the Mechanical Holy Spirit.
The possessed spiritual puppet quietly transported the Lament Red Stone, already reaching the sail warship.
"Fortunately, the control system is effective; otherwise, it would truly waste time." Li Ming muttered in his heart.
Carlo was greeting Boenhardt, with a brief exchange, the sail warship then set off, also entering the warp channel.
Some Star Alliance soldiers who hadn’t seen much Rune Technology couldn’t help but exclaim repeatedly.
Just as Li Ming expected, this wasn’t the final handover yet.
They were gathering at another location, where the transport was handled by an x-level life form.
Not only responsible for receiving this batch of Lament Red Stone but also other materials.
Most had already arrived.
This inspection was the most stringent, even Carlo himself underwent a spiritual examination.
After confirming no issues, they proceeded with the cargo transfer.
"Indeed, all of it is Rune Technology..." Li Ming once again transferred the possessed spiritual puppet.
This ship resembled a Rune Fortress, with a three-layer structure, more magnificent.
If Reynolds and Mikhail were to come, they would probably be in awe, it’s a completely different technological path.
The x-level life form responsible for transportation, Li Ming knew, named Evans, nicknamed the "Puppet Master," specialized in making spiritual puppets.
After the handover was completed, Evans also prepared to set off.
This time it was indeed heading to the true Star Gate coordinates.
Throughout the process, Li Ming remained motionless, not wanting any mishaps to ruin everything.