This is not mechanical ascension.

"Yes, that's him." Li Ming nodded, and turned left and right all the way to the door of his studio.

Monroe was in a daze, the processor was running at high speed. During this period of time, while collecting metal materials, he also had a slight understanding of the current situation.

He knew that Archduke Gu Ya was assassinated and his life and death were still unknown.

Because of some things, he paid special attention to Archduke Gu Ya, and further learned that the assassin was a terrible assassin named "Dark Night".

He didn't expect to see him here.

And, more importantly, he was very polite to Qinglong.

Everything in front of him made him confused. The last time he contacted Qinglong was when he was lurking under Ulrich's hands and doing something secretly.

How long has it been?

"Okay, just put it here." Li Ming waved his hand.

While Monroe's processor was running at high speed, the metal materials he brought had been transported in. After the staff put them down, they left carefully.

Opening the door, Thunder and Tepper, two mechanical bodies, came out and transported the things in. They guarded the studio around the clock.

Li Ming was quite looking forward to it, as he was in great need of metal energy.

Monroe followed him in, looked around, removed his camouflage, and revealed his mechanical body that was almost completely eroded by green nanoworms.

It was almost back to the time when Li Ming first saw him lying in the liquid cabin.

"Where's Saber?"

Li Ming was counting the metal materials and asked casually.

What Monroe brought was still the same metal plate mixed with star core fragments as before, a total of 120 pieces. He was very familiar with this material, one piece was 500,000 metal energy.

About 60 million metal energy can be extracted, and I don't know where Monroe got so many of the same materials.

"Saber?" Monroe seemed a little surprised. He didn't expect Qinglong to still remember Saber. "When I came here, I asked him to leave the Red River Star Stream. There has been a lot of unrest around here recently."

Li Ming nodded. 50 million was used for repairs, and 10 million was used as labor fees, just right...

Then, he asked his two mechanical guards to transport all these metal materials into the sealed cabin on the left side of the studio.

Let Monroe wait here for a while, he walked in and began to absorb metal energy.

These metal plates are relatively expensive and not large in size, and he absorbed almost all of them in half a day.

It was about the same as he expected, and a total of 60 million metal energies were absorbed.

After walking out of the sealed cabin, Monroe looked at him the first time, and his nervous system, which had been almost eroded by the nano curse, was a little overloaded.

"Even these metal materials are unlikely to be repaired well." Li Ming noticed that the Star King was getting excited and gave him a shot in advance.

"I understand that if it recovers to a certain extent, I can stop it from spreading further. In that case, I will have enough time to collect more materials." Men Luo explained.

Li Ming suddenly realized, and then said: "Mr. Monroe, it's the same old rule. I will cut off your central control system."

"No problem." Having had this experience once, Monroe naturally did not resist, but took the initiative to cut off the control system.

Li Ming had already confirmed that he was offline before he stretched out his hand and covered his body.

As the metal energy surged out, an invisible wave gradually spread out from his finger, and the green nanoworms around him died on the spot as if they had encountered some natural enemy.

And the rotten, pitted body was gradually repaired until it was as bright as new.

"After being transformed to this extent, can it still be called a human?" Li Ming's mind was scattered. Monroe in this state was equivalent to a person with his brain taken out.

A normal life form would definitely die, but for a mechanical transformation body, it was just a temporary offline.

He certainly couldn't accept this transformation, and had become no different from the mechanical body under his hands.

Time passed by minute by minute, and two hours later.

Monroe's mechanical pupils lying on the metal plate suddenly lit up and began to run at high speed. Energy sparks burst out from all parts of the mechanical body, and the engine in the chest made a humming sound.

The metal cover on the left forearm was lifted up, and the black energy muzzle popped out. The energy generator extended from the palm of the hand and condensed into a purple lightsaber.

Two ray turrets also rose on his shoulders, and his left hand quickly deformed and continuously assembled into various melee weapons.

The smooth metal back clicked and opened a large number of micro-thrusters, and then quickly converged. The entire mechanical body was constantly spreading, assembling, and deforming.

There was almost no green trace on the surface of the body, only the crotch and the calf had some residual traces.

Monroe was familiar with his body. The system was performing various self-checks. The report he received made him marvel:

"It's really amazing, 74% integrity, unimaginable technology, I have the ability to stop the spread of the nano curse."

Monroe was very excited, and Li Ming was also very satisfied, and he got another 10 million metal energy.

"Congratulations to Monroe for his rebirth." Li Ming smiled.

"Thank you very much." Monroe's attitude became more polite, even solemn: "Monroe will always remember your help."

"You're welcome." Li Ming's eyes flickered slightly, and he turned and asked curiously: "Did your strength at the peak reach the level of an S-level life form?"

"Hmm..." Monroe pondered: "There is no clear dividing line for judging the strength of a mechanically modified body."

"All the modified parts on my body are made of A-class materials. Theoretically, I should belong to the A-class life form. However, due to the special nature of mechanical modified bodies, if I carry an energy engine, I can exert strength far beyond that of A-class life forms."

"But facing a true S-class genetic evolution, it is not good enough."

It is quasi-S, Li Ming simply and roughly defined it, and then deliberately asked: "The Reina who fought with you should not have been an S-class life form at that time."

"Reina!" Monroe's face suddenly sank, and his mechanical pupils moved at high speed. He snorted coldly: "He is not an S-class life form, and he is not my opponent. If it weren't for the trick of using the nano curse..."

Monroe obviously hated Reina very much. After all, he had been tortured for more than 40 years and was living a life worse than death.

"Oh..." Li Ming looked thoughtful, and Monroe reacted and hesitated: "Why did you suddenly mention Reina?"

"Because he is now an S-class life form, and he has been involved in the vortex of the sublimator core ruins." Li Ming explained "casually".

"S-class life form?" Monroe's face changed slightly, and his voice was cold, "It seems that he has gained a lot of benefits over the years."

"Is he still with Grand Duke Gu Ya?" Monroe asked again.

"Yes..." Li Ming nodded, and couldn't help asking: "At that time, was Grand Duke Gu Ya thinking about the [Matter Reorganization Maker] in your hand?"

"Part of the reason..." Monroe pondered, looked at Qinglong, hesitated for a moment, and said: "In fact, the situation at that time was very complicated..."

"I am not a life form of the Corona Borealis ring." Monroe's pupils reflected a picture, which was a very complex star map, which continued to expand and finally froze.

"Haintis is a star cluster civilization in the sea of ​​stars. There are many star cluster civilizations there. It is known as the birthplace of the next empire-level civilization. Therefore, the Xingyuan Empire and the Yongyao Federation have arranged means there to prevent the birth of the next empire-level civilization."

"For some reasons, my civilization was indirectly destroyed by the Xingyuan Empire. My father and I were displaced. During this period, my gene seeds were removed, and the path of genetic evolution was cut off..."

Li Ming couldn't help but said: "You are not a prince, a noble exile, or something like that, looking for revenge on the Xingyuan Empire, or reviving civilization."

Monroe shook his head: "Neither, I am just an insignificant civilian, and I don't have the kind of lofty goals you said."

That's about right... Li Ming muttered, always feeling that there are too many exiled nobles in the interstellar space, and a brick can kill four or five of them.

Monroe continued, "I have been wandering in the interstellar space for several years. My father died at the hands of a group of interstellar pirates, and I also came to the Land of Chaos."

"For some very complicated reasons, I was spotted by someone. He seemed to be a forging-level mechanic. He performed mechanical transformation on my whole body and put me here to build the Land of Stars."

"Oh?" Li Ming finally became interested. "You use the Land of Stars to pull something from the Red River Star Stream. Is that what the other party meant?"

"Yes, in fact, I don't know what to pull, but he just asked me to do it, and do it in a big way."

Li Ming guessed it instantly: "He asked you to deliberately attract attention?"

"Yeah." Monroe nodded, "Because of my existence, Grand Duke Gu Ya cast his eyes here for the first time, and even Grand Duke Thornblood contacted me secretly."

"Wait, Grand Duke Thornblood?" Li Ming captured the key words and frowned.

Why are these two people again?

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Qinglong's surprised reaction, Monroe couldn't help but ask.

"You may not know." Li Ming kneaded his brows, "This time, the fight for the core ruins of the sublimator was also the work of Grand Duke Cixue and Grand Duke Gu Ya behind the scenes."

"Again, they?" Monroe's eyes narrowed slightly, and he pondered: "The Xingyuan Empire is divided into three factions. Among the royal family, the Glory Saint Emperor - Adam is currently the leader.

"Grand Duke Cixue and Grand Duke Gu Ya are two princes under the Saint Emperor. Because of their fiefdoms, they are adjacent to each other, and they have a lot of friction. "

Monroe meant something: "Do you know the person behind me? How do I choose when I face the two of them?"

Li Ming showed a probing look at the right time.

"Stir up discord, do everything you can to stir up discord!" Monroe spit out a few words.

Li Ming paused for a breath, and suddenly realized that there must be something big here, and it was a big deal.

"Forging star-level mechanic, An Ye's gun was also made by a forging star-level mechanic..." Li Ming subconsciously thought, could it be the same person?

"Is Grand Duke Gu Ya the one who has the upper hand between the two of them? "Li Ming asked.

"Yes." Monroe nodded: "Gu Ya is much older than Grand Duke Cixue. Cixue belongs to the new nobles. The royal family has only so much cake. If he wants to get more, he can only take others'."

Li Ming murmured: "So let Gu Ya be injured but not dead, so that Cixue will become more greedy..."

Is it really the same person?

He couldn't help but wonder, a game of more than 40 years?

Maybe more than that, he only knows this. The life span of advanced life forms is beyond imagination. These two events are only 40 years apart, even if it is 400 years, it is not surprising.

Monroe sighed: "Grand Duke Gu Ya did not send out S-level life forms last time, and Grand Duke Cixue only contacted me secretly. "

"But this time, the competition between them is more obvious, and even S-level life forms are sent out. "

Li Ming thought of the [Material Recombination Maker] again and asked, "Did he also give him the maker?"

"A bait." Monroe said: "The person behind me doesn't care whose hands the thing falls into."

Rich and wealthy... Li Ming sighed.

"But..." At this point, Monroe sneered: "But I have been hanging out in the interstellar world for so many years, and it is not in vain. Grand Duke Gu Ya thinks that he can kill me with Reina and the nano curse?"

"It's a pity that I escaped at the last moment."

Li Ming nodded thoughtfully and asked puzzledly: "Since you escaped, why didn't you contact the star-casting mechanic?"

Monroe shook his head, "He just used me as a tool. During the transformation, he implanted many components that restricted me, but the nano-curse corroded them all."

"I'm worthless and he may not save me."

Li Ming had a vague impression of the star-casting mechanic and had a guess at the same time.

This core ruins is also a bureau, right?

"Your Excellency, it seems that you also have ideas about the core ruins?" Monroe looked at the pensive Qinglong and asked tentatively.

"I do have some ideas." Li Ming said calmly.

Monroe hesitated to speak, "I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. I advise you not to take risks. I have a vague feeling that there is a lot involved behind this."

Li Ming just nodded but did not respond.

Monroe didn't say much. Given the relationship between the two of them, it would be impolite to persuade him.

"What are your plans now?" Li Ming asked instead.

"I don't have any plans for the time being." Monroe shook his head, and the mechanical pupils glowed red: "I do have some ideas for Reina."

Li Ming couldn't help but be surprised: "Your Excellency just advised me not to take risks."

Monroe shook his head and his voice gradually became colder: "We are different. I have nothing to worry about. The favor that that person helped me has been repaid, and now I naturally want... revenge!"

That's just right... Li Ming couldn't help but grin.

Monroe calmed down his emotions and asked again: "Are Theo, Ulrich and the others on board?"

"You want to see them?"

Monroe nodded, then hesitated and said, "If it doesn't interfere with your plan, I do have this idea. There are some old things that are knotted in my heart."

"That won't interfere." Li Ming shook his head, with a faint smile on his face: "I think they will be very happy to see you again."

Munro has returned to his human form, and the corners of his mouth have opened.

Li Ming sent a few messages and the two left the studio.

Five minutes later, in the No. 1 conference room of the main ship, Theo and others gathered together, arranged in two rows.

Sandro looked around, uneasy. Seeing that no one spoke, he finally couldn't help but said: "Why did Qinglong call us here? Who among you knows?"

"Jaciah?"

No one paid any attention to him. Everyone looked calm and had different thoughts.

Finally, after waiting for a few more minutes, everyone turned to look at the conference room door. Qinglong walked in.