This is not mechanical ascension.

Not long after, Li Ming put away the smart terminal, and Burnest Civilization finally gritted its teeth and agreed to his price. They didn't have much choice.

Fourty-five billion star coins are used as a third-party guardian to guarantee transactions through the black hole network, ensuring that there will be no problems with people and money.

The Black Hole Network provides this kind of custody, but it is a business of at least one billion star coins and requires a 10% commission.

The other party originally wanted to include the 10% in the ransom.

As a result, he was sternly rejected by Li Ming, and it was the last step. Bernister had to pinch his nose and take out an additional 450 million star coins.

As for the trading location, it was chosen at a gathering place on their sailing route.

He found Ulrich and got straight to the point, "I want to stop at Starship Abandoned City."

"Starship Abandoned City?" Ulrich frowned subconsciously. This is also a special gathering place near the Red River Star Stream. It is not as famous as the Land of Stars. It is near their route.

This was something unplanned, and Ulrich subconsciously resisted.

"I have a deal to make." Li Ming added.

"Has the price been negotiated?" Ulrich reacted immediately, with a hint of envy in his tone. The ransom for an A-class life form was not low.

He has been an A-level life form for many years and has never captured other A-level life forms, although it has a lot to do with his personality.

But under normal circumstances, it is difficult to capture a Class A life form.

Thiago was seeking death on his own, and he was captured by various circumstances.

Out of jealousy, he resisted even more, but then he changed his tone and said, "You have to tell Theo and the others."

Turning around, Ulrich called Theo and Sandro over.

On the other side of the table, Theo didn't react at all, but Sandro's eyes glowed green, "How much is the ransom?"

"Ten billion." Li Ming said.

"Really!?" Sandro asked subconsciously, and then he reacted and coughed twice: "You are not authentic."

"I have no objection." Theo said.

Sandro's face changed, and he groaned: "Actually, we also helped to catch Thiago."

"Do you want to share the money?" Li Ming directly pointed out what Sandro was thinking and knocked on the table: "Are you sure?"

Sandro looked at him, and suddenly he seemed a little shy, trying to find allies, and looked at Ulrich: "Just a little more separation, you say so, Ulrich..."

Among the people present, he was the one who suffered the most misfortune. Not to mention the disintegration of his forces, it was almost the same.

Ulrich showed no expression, glanced at Qinglong, and said calmly: "I don't care."

Fuck, Sandro suddenly realized that he was being used as a gunman again. If Qinglong's attitude was not so strong, Ulrich would definitely follow.

"Actually, I don't care." Sandro's eyes wandered: "But this has to be delayed for a few days. The Torch Organization..."

"I think it's me who really works for the Torch Organization, right?" Li Ming said casually.

"That's right, that's right." Sandro sneered twice. Without the support of either Ulrich or Theo, he would not dare to grin at Qinglong.

"It's only three days' voyage from the ruined starship city." Seeing that the situation was decided, Ulrich cursed Sandro secretly and said immediately, "I'll change the navigation track."

…

"Uu la la woo la la...Ula Ula Ulawu..."

In Ulrich's steel castle, at the throne, the originally exquisitely crafted precious metal throne had long since been moved away.

What was placed on it at the moment was a small pink sofa. Brown was nestled in the sofa, his left foot resting on his right foot, and dynamic music was playing from the virtual screen in front of him.

A slender female goblin wearing a short skirt was dancing enthusiastically. Brown's mouth was grinning, and his lips were dripping from the corners.

"Excuse me..." A faint voice sounded in my ears.

"Hehe...hehe..." Brown's eyes were eager and he wanted to stick his head into the virtual screen.

Brown was startled when his vision went dark. A strong man with dark skin was standing next to him at some point. He was a middle-aged man with a shaved head and extremely sharp eyes.

"Fuck!" Brown yelled, his eyes a little frightened, "Who are you? How did you get in? This is the castle of Lord Collector Ulrich!"

"Someone, come quickly!"

Guard soldiers poured out from both sides, staring at him warily.

The strong man seemed helpless and raised his hands, carrying a slender black metal box on his back, "I'm just here to find someone."

Seeing that the other party was very cooperative, Brown's fear disappeared. He stood on the sofa and looked up and down at the strong man in front of him: "Looking for someone?"

"Do you have an appointment?"

"No." The strong man shook his head honestly, "I saw the door was open, so I came in."

"You just come in when the door is open? If someone cooks food at home, do you just walk in and eat it?" Brown raised his nostrils to the sky and waved his hand impatiently: "Forget it, get out of here."

"You're lucky. Lord Ulrich has something to do and is not at home for the time being."

"I'm looking for the great mechanic, Qinglong." The strong man frowned.

"Looking for His Excellency Qinglong?" Brown was stunned for a moment, then sneered even more, "You can also find Your Excellency Qinglong?"

"Get out, get out, get out!"

The surrounding guardsmen were pressing forward step by step. The strong man shook his head helplessly and pulled out the pistol from his waist. The moment he raised his hand, bang! The pitch-black bullet turned into a thin line, instantly piercing through all the guardsmen present with a strange arc.

Wow——

The limp corpses were lying on the ground, but no blood was flowing out.

"Sir!" With a thud, the strong man raised his eyebrows, and saw Brown kneeling on the ground, his face miserable, his voice trembling: "Sir Qinglong followed Lord Ulrich to leave temporarily."

"I, I have a good relationship with Lord Qinglong, just now it was just routine, please don't be angry."

"Left?" The strong man frowned, "Where did he go?"

"I don't know, Lord Ulrich left me to look after the house." Brown shook his head.

The strong man looked around, and the figure suddenly disappeared. Brown's throat moved, looking at the "corpses" all over the ground, his whole body limp.

He crawled carefully on the ground, intending to leave, but heard the voice behind him again.

"Well... all the valuables have been moved away, even the shield generator has been removed, no wonder there is no protection."

"It should be running away." The strong man seemed a little regretful.

Brown was slightly stunned, and then turned his head hesitantly, "Run away?"

The sturdy man ignored him, but took down the black metal box behind him, and slowly opened it, revealing a black sniper rifle.

The deep black color was like the boundless stars, and the golden lines spread from the barrel to the buttstock. The texture of the metal color was similar to ink. Just one look at it made people feel luxurious and expensive.

This sniper rifle should be placed in a display case, not held in someone's hand.

"Do you think Qinglong can repair this gun?" The voice ringing in his ear suddenly woke Brown up.

He realized that he had unknowingly walked in front of the sturdy man, staring blankly at the sniper rifle in the metal box.

There was a fine crack on it, extending from the barrel to the buttstock. If you don't look carefully, it's hard to see.

Brown was startled and said hurriedly: "Mr. Qinglong is the most skilled mechanic I have ever seen. No matter what damage, he can definitely repair it."

The strong man smiled, "I hope so, but unfortunately..."

The metal box closed, and Brown froze in place, not daring to move. The strong man held a silver pistol, and the black hole was pointed at his forehead.

Bang!

The gunshot rang out, and the silver pistol, which was also covered with patterns, suddenly lit up with a dazzling light. Brown's eyes were distracted, but there was no wound on his forehead.

The strong man put away the pistol and left here directly.

Ten minutes later, Brown suddenly came to his senses, shook his big head, looked around, looked at his men lying on the ground, and kicked them all awake one by one.

"Why are you all sleeping here? Bastard, idiot!" He cursed and muttered: "Why am I here..."

Not knowing why, he climbed onto the sofa again. He wanted to call up the surveillance, but found a white noise point, which made him curse again.

………

Three days later, the starlight flickered, and the red stream of stars was like a long ribbon of silk.

Through the porthole, you can clearly see that a huge warship wreckage is floating in the starry sky. The surface looks devastated, the metal shell is rotten, and only the general skeleton is left. You can vaguely see sparks.

This is the Starship Abandoned City, a gathering place built on the wreckage of the warship. The living area is not large. It is led by only one A-level life form, the herder-Brelim.

This A-level life form is quite special. It is not one of the three most common evolutionary paths in the interstellar, but an evolutionary branch originating from a unique civilization.

Gene evolution, mechanical transformation, and mutants are the three most common evolutionary paths.

In addition, there are a large number of evolutionary branches in the interstellar, most of which can only evolve to a certain level. The evolutionary branch that can reach the A-level life form is already rare.

It is the original evolutionary route that many civilizations bring with them, such as absorbing cosmic energy particles with the flesh, or directly using the blood of powerful creatures to promote their own mutations.

The path of genetic evolution is recognized as the evolutionary route with the least side effects and the greatest potential, but it is constrained by development potential.

There are also people who, after exhausting their development potential, turn to look for other ways to continue evolving.

In order to avoid attracting attention, they parked the spaceship far away, leaving only a few main spaceships, and the rest of the warships have parted ways with them.

It carries the various collections left by Ulrich, led by Cassis, and it is unknown where they are hidden.

Ulrich reluctantly drove a small spaceship with Li Ming and slowly approached the broken giant ship.

Li Ming just wanted to complete the transaction here and then leave, and did not want to waste too much time.

The closer Li Ming got, the bigger the giant ship was. It was even bigger than the trading island, and it was unknown what civilization's giant ship wreckage it was.

"Unknown spaceship, please show the key."

The starship abandoned city is surrounded by many old-fashioned warships that use the starship gravity to rotate and patrol while saving fuel.

The so-called key is the docking permit for the starship abandoned city, and only those who have been here have it.

Because there is only one A-level life form here, the territory is not too large, and various inspections are more stringent.

Ulrich naturally has it, and after showing it, the small warship blocking the road gave way.

Entering the traction track, with a rumble, it stopped at the platform. Compared with the starry land, this place is much simpler, with mottled metal ground and strange-colored liquid everywhere.

This place is mostly a place where scavengers hang out. Compared with plunderers and mercenaries, they make a living by picking up interstellar waste, and most of them are also wanted.

"Haha..." As soon as the hatch opened, there was a rough laugh, "Collector, why did you come here without telling me, and sneak around."

Below, there stood a figure, his skin was a strange purple-black color, inlaid with black crystals, which seemed to form some kind of energy circuit, with double horns on his head, a burly figure, wearing heavy combat armor, exuding a fierce aura,

"Brelim..." Ulrich frowned slightly.

Li Ming glanced at Ulrich's face lightly, and the other party felt something in his heart and shook his head immediately: "It has nothing to do with me."

"I haven't seen you for a few years. I heard that the Star Land is not peaceful recently." Brelim looked at the spaceship behind him, "Where is your butler who follows you closely."

Ulrich's face darkened, and he said coldly: "Brelim, your mouth is still so stinky."

"Haha..." Brelim laughed and stretched out his hand: "Chenghui, 10 million star coins."

"What do you mean?" Ulrich looked indifferent.

"Docking fee, you are such a distinguished guest, can you embarrass yourself by spending hundreds of thousands?" Blerim said as a matter of course.

"Ten million is a bit too much." Ulrich's voice was cold.

"It's all voluntary transactions. If you think the price is too high, you can leave." Blerim smiled.

"Ten million, right? Give it to him." Li Ming walked out and came to Ulrich.

Blerim's face flickered slightly, "You are the great mechanic Qinglong."

A noise sounded among the scavengers watching.

Ulrich looked at him, who gave it? Wouldn't it be for me to give it?

"Forget it." Blerim shook his head again, "For the sake of this great mechanic, the docking fee will be waived."

Hearing this, Ulrich's face changed. Qinglong has face? He has no face?

"Sir Qinglong, I have admired you for a long time." Blerim's expression was very enthusiastic, and he came up to greet him familiarly.

If you are too attentive for no reason, you are either a traitor or a thief.

Li Ming said calmly, "I'm so proud of you that I waived the 10 million yuan docking fee right away."

"You're a great mechanic, so you're proud of me." Blerim said immediately, rubbing his hands, "Of course, I also have a small request."

Li Ming was not surprised, "Tell me."

Blerim said immediately, "Can you help me build an A-level weapon? Don't worry, I know the rules, and I won't miss any of the necessary materials."

"Tsk..." Ulrich sneered, "We're just stopping here for a while, and you dare to ask for this. If he doesn't agree, will you drive us away immediately?"

"How is that possible?" Blerim shook his head, with a smile on his face, "We're all friends, so I believe that Lord Qinglong is willing to help me with this."