Chapter 1159: Chapter 594: The Azure Dragon Is Li Ming!
The number of people who might be suspicious is very few.
After Ulrich left, he contacted several related X Level Life Forms.
However, their responses were vague and they didn’t directly say who was sweeping the market.
But such an attitude itself indicated something.
"There aren’t many who can make this group show such awe." Li Ming’s eyes flickered,
The last person he contacted was the Navigator, whose intelligence network of Pioneers was now fully focused on watching the Three Great Civilizations for him.
"The ones sweeping the market aren’t the Three Great Civilizations..." Facing his question, the Navigator’s response surprised him, but he added, "More precisely, it’s the Federation and the Star Alliance."
Li Ming was speechless, the uneasiness in his heart dissipated, and he thought he might have guessed wrong.
"I also only recently noticed this matter. What they’re purchasing is not just metal resources but also a large amount of other advanced materials. I’m investigating their purpose, so I haven’t contacted you yet," the Navigator explained.
Purpose? In Li Ming’s mind, the first thing that came to mind was what Leonidas mentioned about Heckler’s backup plan.
He couldn’t be sure, but this was the only action plan he’d learned about so far that might require a large amount of resources and needed to be completed in a short time.
"Backup plan... a lot of metal resources..." An astute look flashed in Li Ming’s eyes.
"Could you find out where they are storing all the materials they’ve collected?" Li Ming inquired.
"You want to take action?" The Navigator immediately guessed and hesitated, "It’s quite difficult. Though they are sweeping the market on a large scale, the outside is loose and the inside is tight, and all material movements are strictly confidential."
"It would be hard for me to pinpoint the target in a short time."
"Hmm..." Li Ming frowned slightly, and then suddenly thought of another method, "Do you know where the Star Gate that the Three Great Civilizations constructed to lead to the Holy Castle is?"
"Holy Castle?" The Navigator was surprised, "They are collecting these materials for the Holy Castle?"
"If that’s the case, no matter where they’re stored, they’d have to be transported to the Holy Castle through the Star Gate."
"I can check, but the confidentiality level of the Star Gate is also very high."
He emphasized that Pioneers were not omnipotent.
"Just do your best," Li Ming nodded.
After ending the communication, Li Ming was also thinking that if he could seize this batch of materials, he would have more or less enough metal energy needed to repair the Eternal Silence Star.
However, he was lacking far too many information nodes, still blundering in the dark.
He had no idea to what extent the other side had collected materials, when they would start shipping, or through which routes.
"Abel..." he whispered softly, immediately thinking of this prince.
But he quickly dismissed the thought; Abel wasn’t a traitor, and this kind of critical information was unlikely to be disclosed to him.
Moreover, even if someone did say something about such information pertaining to true actions, he wouldn’t dare believe it too much. What if it was a trap?
"Tsk, this is a bit tricky..."
......
On the Empire Capital Star, a metal box with a confidentiality level of X+ from the Deep Dimension World was delivered to the Dimension Administration Bureau, immediately triggering the highest alert mechanisms.
"Everyone, be on high alert, lock down the entire building!"
The director ran out of the office with a sweaty brow, his fat jiggling while he quickly made various arrangements.
And in less than ten minutes, the Holy Emperor’s Personal Guard Captain personally arrived at the Dimension Administration Bureau to enforce a lockdown.
Under the trembling gaze of the director, the metal box was sealed and taken away.
A small number of people were left behind to check if anyone violated the rules during the verification process and looked at the metal box.
This metal box passed through various stringent inspections, and about half an hour later, it appeared on Adam’s desk.
"Holy Emperor, it has been verified that after arriving at the Dimension Administration Bureau, no one touched this box." The Personal Guard Captain reported respectfully, kneeling half on the ground with his head lowered.
"Hmm."
A calm voice came, and the Personal Guard Captain knew it was time to leave. However, as he stood up and raised his head, he found that the Holy Emperor, whom he revered immensely, was urgently looking at the box in front of him.
Even he couldn’t help but feel a sense of curiosity, wondering what exactly was inside the box to warrant such attention from the Holy Emperor.
But years of training quickly extinguished his curiosity as he left the room.
"Chrono... let me see what you left behind." Adam had been waiting impatiently, reaching out to cover the metal box.
A rippling effect unique to liquid metal appeared around his palm. Concentric circles spread outward from the contact point, with new mechanical symbols lighting up in the corresponding ring area with each wave.
After nine rounds of verification, the box suddenly split into several floating metal pieces, revealing the internal gravitational field, with a golden core at the center.
The golden core had light paths resembling capillaries coursing over its surface.
Adam reached out and gently pinched the golden core.
He examined it carefully; Chrono hadn’t communicated with him in advance, so he naturally didn’t know how to open it.
Cautiously channeling energy into it, he found the object extremely resistant.
Adam furrowed his brow, with golden specks of light reflecting in his pupils.
Suddenly, as if realizing something, he tightened his five fingers, and the golden core emitted a shattering lament, breaking into cascading tassels.
Since there was no pre-discussion, it certainly couldn’t have a complex opening mechanism.
The golden tassels did not scatter out too far but instead orbited around Adam’s palm, rotating counterclockwise, and then gradually gathered back together, forming a line of interstellar common text before his eyes.
Adam watched the scene, initially with furrowed brows.
But when the line of text appeared, his face suddenly froze, followed by intense twitching, with his heart set off in a tumultuous storm.
"This... how is it possible!"
Golden cracks in the form of cobwebs burst open on his skin’s surface, and boiling energy particles, laced with dark purple arcs, erupted outward like a boiling cauldron of oil.
The table in front of him disintegrated into scattered dust; next, the floor fractured inch by inch, and the walls started to warp. Ultimately, being in the Holy Emperor’s residence, the materials used were extraordinary, preventing immediate and total destruction.
This instantly triggered the room’s defense mechanisms as alarm sounds reverberated through the entire palace.
The Personal Guard Captain posted outside the door burst in immediately; before he could clearly see the scene, a mighty force blasted him away.
"Holy Emperor!"
The Personal Guard Captain thought something had gone wrong, believing that the box might contain a hazardous item.
He attempted to struggle back inside at once.
But then, an incredibly cold voice was heard, "I’m fine, wait outside!"
Bang!
The distorted door slammed shut again, causing him to freeze, raising his hand to block other guard soldiers, and he responded in a low voice, "Yes!"
In the room, Adam’s pupils were bloodshot, staring intently at the floating line of golden text before him--
"Azure Dragon is Li Ming"
The short six words caused unimaginable shock to Adam.
His face was taut, attempting to glean further information from these six words.
But those six words were too clear and too simple.
He couldn’t forcibly derive any additional information.
He reached out to grasp those six words in his hand, but after a moment, he let go again.
"This... how is it possible."
He repeated it once more.
At this moment, he felt an unprecedented sense of confusion.
This was information left by Chrono before dying; it couldn’t possibly have been meant to play tricks on him.
Chrono did not even use the potentially ambiguous name Talos
But rather Li Ming, the Main Universe’s designation.
Yet Chrono wasn’t active in the Main Universe, would have no understanding of what this statement signifies, nor comprehend how difficult it would be to make him believe this phrase.
Adam took a deep breath, with an unsettled heart. He slowly sat down again, surrounded by a scene of devastation, with the room’s interior reduced to rubble, incessant arcs discharging, and the throne beneath him grotesquely distorted.
He remained silent for a long time before barely uttering a sentence, "How could Azure Dragon be Li Ming..."