This is not mechanical ascension.

Given the current target, metal energy is definitely lacking, but the amount missing is also huge.

The legacy of the hammersmith, the upgrade of control objects, the supplement of guards, etc. The Mechanical Royal Court is still in the rapid development period, so it is difficult to provide him with stable supplies. For the time being, it can only rely on time accumulation.

Other channels can only say to pay attention, and take a look if you have dates.

Although the interstellar world was in turmoil, the green dragon was bluffing, so it could not affect him for the time being.

A group of possible enemies, including Ryan, are unlikely to do anything to him.

After all, he is just a student doing small business, and at most he is no more than a peep.

The next step is to improve the development progress and move towards S-class life forms, which also requires time to accumulate.

When you become an S-class life form, it's time for a qualitative change.

Well, after thinking about it, Li Ming felt full of motivation and immediately began to develop gene seeds, and the improved root development potential suddenly showed obvious changes.

The overall speed nearly doubled, and elemental energy surged crazily on the surface of his body.

At the same time, in another room in the base, Robin looked miserable. The butler was placed on the table by him. He sighed helplessly, "Can't you really give up?"

"You cannot give up your identity as the successor unless you die." Although the butler's voice was still gentle, it sounded extremely cold to Robin.

"Although I'm not afraid of taking risks, I don't want to be cultivated like a bug." Robin's idea didn't come out of the blue. He thought about it carefully while following Li Ming around.

On the one hand, it was because he was heartbroken by the butler, but on the other hand, he also realized that there were too many things behind this so-called successor.

Of course, there is another important reason. Li Ming has greatly expanded his horizons. He still remembers the words Li Ming said when discussing this matter with him, "There must be something before, and there must be something behind."

When another successor appeared, he really thought that he was nothing.

As a result, Boss Qinglong has known his identity for a long time, and there are many bosses like Qinglong in the galaxy.

He was simply looking for death.

But now, even if he wanted to give up, he couldn't.

"In other words, I am destined to die on this road." Robin sighed again.

"You may not die, maybe you will become the final winner." Green flames were burning in the butler's eyes.

"Maybe -" Robin sighed sadly, and then shook his head. Now he had no confidence in himself, and said helplessly: "Why don't you choose Li Ming? His development potential is so high, wouldn't the hope be greater?"

"I told you a long time ago that development potential is not our selection criterion," the butler suddenly paused as he said, "When another successor is found, the hunting process is started, and each other's coordinates will be announced in three days."

Robin, who was sitting on the bed, jumped up and asked in surprise, "Another successor?"

"How come the successor is ruined on the street? Isn't this place Li Ming's base camp?"

"No, it can't be one of our own." Robin had subconsciously brought himself into Li Ming's camp.

His face flickered, uncertain: "Will one of us die?"

"Another successor disappeared again, and the hunting process stopped."

"Stopped?" Robin's eyes widened, "This hunting process can still be stopped. Didn't you say that once it is started, one party will die?"

"This is normally the case, but the other successor is not far away, but has disappeared."

"Goed to the dimensional world?" Robin was vaguely surprised.

"No, it disappeared." The butler explained clearly, "The connection between us is a super-dimensional information state that is beyond the information state. Theoretically, nothing can cut off our connection -"

"" Robin didn't quite understand. He stepped left and right, looking anxious: "This guy just disappeared for a short time.

It may still happen, what should I do? "

Suddenly, he stopped and said, "Go find Li Ming!"

He vaguely guessed that the other successor was probably under the control of Big Brother Qinglong, or even imprisoned, so this situation occurred.

If he wanted to survive and even be at ease, he could only face the Qinglong boss and express his attitude, hoping that the other party would look at Li Ming's face and lend a helping hand.

"Boss Qinglong is a master craftsman. Maybe he can help me remove this status as successor." Robin couldn't help but said, "It's impossible." The butler replied in a calm voice, "Even the master craftsman can't remove it, but I have another suggestion. , you can reach an agreement with Qinglong, let him help you become a true successor, and you can give back."

Robin laughed angrily, "Look at my big face, what qualifications do I have to be able to negotiate terms with the master craftsman?"

The housekeeper explained: "You can give it a try. There is a high probability that your life will not be in danger. This is already the optimal solution."

Robin was too lazy to pay attention to him, snorted coldly, picked up the skull, and opened the base door.

"Sir Robin -" Suzaku appeared next to Robin and flew around.

"Is Li Ming free now? I need to see him for something. Please tell him for me first." Robin said.

"Okay, please come with me first. The young master will not refuse to see you." Suzaku pointed the direction. Robin looked envious and secretly marveled.

Suzaku can already be called an intelligent life. It has its own judgment and no longer relies solely on programs to do things.

It looks very good, but most mechanics do not favor this kind of intelligent life, which has its own thoughts.

Failure to follow procedures means possible betrayal.

This is not alarmist. A similar intelligence crisis broke out tens of thousands of years ago, originating from the Yongyao Federation, and eventually spread to the entire interstellar network, causing the interstellar network to be paralyzed for more than a hundred years.

Black hole networks have also appeared since then.

Robin thought wildly. He really hoped that the butler could become an intelligent life and get rid of the damn program restrictions, so he specifically searched for similar news.

"Robin, the heir has appeared again, and the hunting process has been restarted." The butler said suddenly, which made Robin tense again and make his steps faster.

However, when he walked to Li Ming's room, the housekeeper spoke again, "The heir disappeared again."

The corner of Robin's mouth twitched. Before he could speak, the metal door in front of him made a buzzing sound and stepped back to both sides. The two of them were already very familiar with each other. He was not polite. When he entered, Li Ming had already stood up and glanced at him and asked casually. Said: "What's wrong?"

"Then what -" Robin looked a little determined and said cautiously: "Does Mr. Qinglong still have a successor to Terrax? Just now, the butler suddenly had a fit and said that he had discovered the successor and wanted to start hunting. Kill program."

Li Ming raised his eyebrows slightly, how did Robin know?

Oh, it was the so-called hunting program, but why didn't the skeleton remind him?

He said calmly, "Yes, the teacher does have another one in his hand."

"Then---Your Excellency Qinglong, can you help me remove this status of successor?" Robin said with a bit of eagerness, "Cancel it?" Li Ming was a little surprised, "You want to give up?"

Robin's face was full of distress: "Yes, I finally figured it out, but in the end I probably became cannon fodder. If it hadn't been for you last time, I wouldn't have been able to defeat that guy.

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He was somewhat unwilling to accept it, but he had already recognized the reality.

Li Ming was quite surprised. He looked Robin up and down. There was a big difference in mentality between being able to see the situation clearly and really giving up.

"Sorry, the teacher can't do it either." Li Ming shook his head. He estimated that if he controlled the butler and then enlightened him, he should be able to do it, but it would waste too much metal energy.

"It really can't be lifted?" Robin lamented, but couldn't help but said: "Then what, is the successor in the hands of Boss Qinglong considered one of his own? Or is he just imprisoned?"

"Don't worry, you won't kill each other." Li Ming saw Robin's worry and answered.

"That's good." Robin breathed a sigh of relief and was quite convinced by Li Ming's words.

Then, Robin added: "Then I won't go anywhere, I will just stay here with you."

If you follow Li Ming, you don't have to live a life of licking blood from the edge of a knife. It would be great to develop gene seeds comfortably.

Li Ming smiled. If Robin wanted to leave, he wouldn't let him go. This kid knew a lot of secrets.

After getting the answer he wanted, Robin left with satisfaction. The door behind him had just closed. Before he had taken a few steps, he heard the housekeeper say again,

"I said, even the divine craftsman can't remove it. Why don't you consider my previous proposal, and wait - the successor appears again -"

Robin was too lazy to say. He understood what the butler meant, but he was really tired now.

"I don't know what that guy is doing, he appears and disappears-" Robin muttered in his heart and took two steps.

But there was a sudden pause, his face changed slightly, and a bolt of lightning flashed through his mind.

I appeared just after I left. Could it be that his throat was rolling? He quickly turned back. Suzaku floated around him, a little confused, "Sir Robin, what are you doing?"

"I suddenly remembered something, please let him know." Robin forced a smile.

Suzaku nodded, but this time, the butler did not say anything about the disappearance of the heir, which made Robin mutter to himself, had he guessed wrong?

As soon as the door to the room opened, Robin subconsciously said, "Old Li, I--fuck you!"

His eyes widened and he saw the small mechanical body standing next to Li Ming. It had a skull head similar to that of the butler and looked extremely scary.

"What the hell!" Robin felt a chill all over his body.

But the housekeeper floated up, the green flame in his pupils almost burned half a meter away, and he was slightly shocked: "This is - the manager? How could it become like this?"

"The teacher installed a body for him." Li Ming shrugged without hesitation.

Robin finally calmed down, glanced at Li Ming, and couldn't help but said: "Are you the successor?"

Li Ming smiled slightly.

The answer was obvious, Robin said in surprise: "You, how did you do it?"

Before he could answer, Robin continued: "Is it Mr. Qinglong?"

Then he couldn't help but curl his lips, "Butler also said that even a magic craftsman can't do it. I knew that Big Brother Qinglong would definitely have a way. Butler, look at -"

"housekeeper?"

Robin looked at the back of the butler's head and found that the man was trembling slightly, and the green flames spurting from his pupils spread along the purple metal head, spreading like cracks.

"Butler?" Robin felt nervous, walked around to the front, and called out repeatedly.

As a result, there was no response from the butler.

"This - this -" Robin looked very anxious and looked at Li Ming for help.

The housekeeper has been with him for nearly thirty years. Although he has been a little resentful these days, he still has very strong feelings. Li Ming frowned slightly and was not sure. The skeleton spoke, "Master, this manager seems to have broken through the bottom." Logical limitations?”

"What do you mean?" Robin asked again and again as if grasping a life-saving straw.

"It means that he is giving birth to his own consciousness." The skeleton said.

Robin was stunned, and became more and more puzzled: "Giving birth to self-consciousness?"

The skeleton explained: "Yes, your manager is very special. He should have been able to give birth to self-consciousness a long time ago, but due to the limitations of the underlying logic, he has not been able to succeed until he found me just now."

Shocked to have self-consciousness? This is also possible? Li Ming was speechless.

"But this kind of forced breakthrough will eventually fail and be erased by the internal program. Master, will you allow me to help him?" The skeleton said again, looking at Li Ming.

It is not that easy to give birth to self-consciousness. The Terrax people have already prepared countermeasures.

"Can you help him?" Li Ming was a little surprised. Looking at Robin's expression that almost cried, he nodded and said:!

Go. "

The skeleton walked in front of the butler, and the green flames in his pupils suddenly gushed out, merging with the green flames lingering on the surface of the butler. It can be vaguely found that the burning green flames are actually composed of a large number of data streams.

The arc shot in, and the butler trembled more and more violently. Finally, in Robin's worried eyes, the butler gradually calmed down, and the skeleton also walked back.

"Thank you." The butler said two words, and finally it was no longer calm. He was solemn and amazed: "Your Excellency Qinglong's methods really exceeded my imagination. He can even crack the "zero program." "

"Butler?" Robin was a little unbelievable, "You have independent consciousness now? '

"Yes, I broke through the limitations of the "zero program" and gave birth to self-awareness." The butler's voice was full of emotion.

"Old Li—" Robin clenched his fists, his face firm, "If you have any orders in the future, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

The butler has a very special status in his heart, which is tantamount to saving his life.

Li Ming waved his hand, not caring. After sending off the overjoyed Robin, he asked, "Skull, don't you have a hunting program?"

Skull asked, "Yes, but I can block my own coordinates. Do I need to remind the master in the future?"

"Well, I'll remind you." Li Ming put the skull away again and continued to develop gene seeds.

The next day, an unexpected person suddenly contacted him.

Li Ming narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the name on the screen-Costat.

Since the end of the Central World incident, Li Ming has been waiting for Costat's contact. The other party tricked him at the time, and he must have a backhand.

However, it may also be because the empire faced more troubles later, so there was no time to contact him.

Until today.