This is not mechanical ascension.

Chapter 457 I found it! Qinglong is actually in... (The last day of the year 24, I wish you all a happy new year)

"Hmm?" Li Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, "Go on..."

Where Li Ming couldn't see, Abel's face was tense, "The House of Commons confirmed that the Holy Castle has been revived, and your teacher seems to be one of the insiders, and may take some action."

The Empire... The House of Commons confirmed that the Holy Castle has been revived... and it has something to do with me?

Did they know that I had entered? Li Ming subconsciously speculated deeply, and then denied it.

No, the Holy Castle is very involved, and it is something that can reverse the interstellar situation. If the Empire knew that I had half entered, they would attack me no matter what.

Abel's words were vague, and this guy probably only knew some clues, and he had to squeeze more.

"Your Highness..." Li Ming smiled, "As a trading partner, I want to remind you that even if you don't know the accuracy of the information, don't use words like 'maybe', 'seem', 'perhaps', etc., because they will be bargained down."

Abel clenched his fists and uttered another sentence, "They compared and screened the information of the selected people over the years, and finally confirmed that there is such a person around your teacher."

Robin!

Li Ming's face sank slightly. As expected of the Empire, it can also screen out this.

From the situation, it may have been screened out for a while.

However, why didn't they do it...

Li Ming frowned and thought of many things. Maybe he had already made a lot of moves, but they all failed.

He thought of the invitation that Robin received inexplicably, and the sudden arrival of Barbaro.

In fact, he is still not sure what Barbaro is here for, but he has some speculations, and it seems that he wants to fight with him.

However, the selected people must be at least level x to participate in the regular Titan Trial.

Now they are generally level A. If they start now, is the Empire going to cultivate them in a centralized way?

Li Ming felt that this should not be the case, as it would take too much time and resources.

"What is their purpose in finding the chosen one?" Li Ming asked thoughtfully.

Abel was silent for a moment before saying, "I don't know."

"Tsk, if there is only this piece of news, the value is greatly discounted." Li Ming shook his head, "Do you know how long the list is?"

"One thousand three hundred people, the low-level members are at least the wives of high-level military or administrative officials in a certain galaxy, and the middle-level members are at least governors, not to mention the senior members..."

Every time Li Ming said a quantifier, Abel's heart trembled, and he was filled with uncontrollable greed.

Compared to the few melons and two dates under his command, for him, this was simply a huge force that could not be larger.

If it could be used for his own benefit, not to mention the change of offense and defense, at least he would have the confidence to overturn the table.

Of course, he was talking about overturning the table with his brothers.

"How about this, I'll give you thirty low-level members for this information." Li Ming responded in a strange way, "plus one mid-level member."

"This is the core secret of the empire, is it worth this much? You have to add more!" Abel was quite dissatisfied. He took a lot of courage to start exchanging these core secrets.

"Well..." Li Ming pretended to be silent, "Since we are old friends, we have to build a foundation of trust with each other, so I'll add ten low-level members and one mid-level member."

That's not enough... Abel subconsciously calculated, but his face turned ugly. He actually started to measure how much other information is worth.

He couldn't help feeling guilty, but looking at the encrypted file sent by the other party, he opened it as soon as possible. Looking at a series of names, an indescribable feeling surged.

Li Ming said gently: "I hope that the friendship between His Highness and I can last for a long time, and we can help and support each other."

Abel's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't try to hold me hostage and do something."

"Your Highness is too vigilant. You said it last time. Why should I hold you hostage? What's the benefit for me?" Li Ming asked back, and then added:

"There are always many setbacks on the road to the throne of the Holy Emperor. I hope Your Highness can be strong."

"You..." Abel was speechless. He felt inexplicably seen through. This uncomfortable feeling made him end the communication directly.

"Tsk... I feel like I was stimulated by something..." Li Ming shook his head. The information that Abel could provide was quite advanced, and even if it was just hearsay, it was valuable.

For example, the matter of Robin.

"The power of the House of Commons is mainly in the empire, and it shares half of the world with the royal family. For Adam, this is a more troublesome opponent. Giving them the Holy Castle should be to prevent them from doing anything about the House of Lords, and not doing the same thing as lips and teeth are cold."

Li Ming has more information, and he knows that Adam's ambition is quite big.

"But he can't let the Holy Castle be found, otherwise how can he gather power? Instead, he has to delay time. Qinglong is in the Mechanical King's Court, and without Adam's support, no one should dare to come directly."

He understood more and more clearly, "However, once my vest appears in other places, wait... that so-called tasting meeting, it won't be related to the House of Commons, right?"

Li Ming's mind flashed, but his face became uncertain: "Qinglong must take action on the matter of the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization, otherwise he can bring Robin with him, maybe he can go fishing..."

"But the situation in the Red River Star Stream is more complicated. The size of the Mechanical Royal Court is not small now. What if the House of Commons fails and gets angry and wipes me out? Wouldn't that be a huge loss?"

"It's better to find someone to help me guard the house and go fishing..." Li Ming thought about it, and the figure in his mind gradually settled - Anduin.

...

"Is this all right?"

In a desolate star field, Levenbeck looked at the scene in front of him suspiciously.

In the starry sky in front of him, a giant triangular metal frame was intertwined and surrounded. The material was cold and hard, reflecting the lights of the surrounding ships.

There were a lot of special symbols engraved on it, with strange shapes and twisted lines, which seemed to be some kind of mysterious spell.

If you look closely, you will find that on the metal frame, every few distances, you can see members of the Virgin Mary Church wearing black veils sitting cross-legged.

Their postures were dignified, and the black veils fluttered gently, covering their faces. They looked particularly small against the background of the metal frame, but exuded a solemn atmosphere that could not be ignored.

The cross-legged postures were uniform, with their hands gently placed on their knees, as if they had entered a deep state of meditation. The silent statues merged with the metal frame.

The one in the center was the prophet, who seemed to have entered a state of meditation at this moment.

It took him nearly half a year to create this thing called the "Crest of Meditation".

As a master craftsman, Levenbeck made great efforts.

"It can indeed amplify mental power, but it is impossible to lock the life form in the information state just by amplifying mental power." Levenbeck was skeptical.

As a builder, he clearly understood that the function of the Meditation Crown was to use rune technology to connect the spiritual bodies of so many people and achieve an instantaneous amplification effect.

"You just need to watch..." The Virgin shook her head, expressionless, graceful, and six palms overlapped, forming a sharp contrast with the ugly and ferocious Levenbeck beside her.

Levenbeck frowned slightly, but did not speak.

Buzz--

The instrument started, the metal frame slowly rotated, and the runes gradually became brighter.

The universe was silent, but Levenbeck felt that there seemed to be some kind of ancient chanting in his ears.

Mental radiation... Levenbeck narrowed his eyes, and the huge spiritual flow had begun to passively affect reality.

In front of the prophet, a silver badge was suspended.

As time passed, the rotation of the metal frame became faster and faster, and the chanting in his ears became clearer and clearer, and the void around him showed a rippling pattern like water waves.

"The effect is so strong?" Levenbeck was secretly surprised. Just the self-flowing spiritual flow could shake reality.

He had never seen this kind of instrument before. It was specially developed by the Holy Mother Church, and the specific effect was difficult to guess.

In silence, a magnificent and ancient breath echoed, and the prophet's eyes turned silver-white, and the rippling spiritual flow around him seemed to be attracted by some mysterious power, and almost instantly condensed into one.

Then, Levenbeck felt dizzy and horrified. He saw that the universe in front of him seemed to have turned into a scroll, everything was distorted, and all kinds of bizarre scenes emerged.

In the correct version of Yiyi!

He even saw his past.

"Spiritual resonance... this..." He retreated subconsciously, but was not imprisoned. He quickly left the affected area, and his eyes gradually returned to normal.

"This mental strength is almost beyond the X-level life form..." Levenbeck was secretly shocked. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. The Holy Mother Church has sufficient foundation.

Although it was only for a moment, if it was used as an attack, there would probably be few people in the entire galaxy who could resist it.

Boom!

The core area was completely shrouded in hazy light, and various scene fragments echoed in it. Even though he had left that area, he still saw many past scenes-

The scene of following his teacher to learn, the scene of exploring experiments...

Suddenly, all the pictures condensed into one, like a storm, and it seemed to penetrate the universe in an instant, but it did not cause any impact on the space.

Silently, the metal frame began to slowly crack, and it actually disintegrated into a particle flow, and even the members of the Holy Mother Church on it were not spared.

"It's a one-time attack, and the backlash is so strong. Is it touching the rules of the universe?" Levenback was more and more surprised.

In the core area, the prophet's body was shaking, his face was pale, and his face was full of surprise.

All the clothes on his body had disappeared, his skin was smooth and white, with bumps and curves, and there was not even a hair, looking like some kind of jade.

But the three x-level life forms in the field were all experienced and didn't care about it at all.

Levenback rushed over at the first time and asked impatiently: "Have you found it?"

"Found it." A faint mental wave came from the prophet, and the black veil floated from behind, and the Virgin Mary floated over, popping out an air bubble, covering the three people.

"Actually... really alive." Levenback's face was dazed for a moment. Even if he was 99% sure that the Azure Dragon and the forging hammer were equal, there was still a bit of uncertainty.

And this bit of uncertainty was gradually being erased.

The prophet looked at her with surprise and scrutiny, "So Qinglong is the forging hammer, you are Levenbeck!"

"Qinglong is the forging hammer master?" The Virgin Mary was stunned, but nodded, "That makes sense. A dead master naturally doesn't need any resources to train."

"And when he was alive, I don't know how many resources he had hidden in secret, let alone any connection with the interstellar."

Levenbeck's expression was restrained. Since the other party really had the means to lock the target position through the information state, it was normal for them to find out their identities.

He was about to speak when he saw the Virgin Mary staring at him and hesitantly said, "But who is Levenbeck?"

Levenbeck's cheek twitched. Why did he hear this weird question again?

Along with this weird question, there was a series of conversations that had already made him have a stress reaction.

The prophet explained: "Levenbeck is the student of the hammer, the student who was beaten to death by the hammer himself."

"Oh." The Virgin Mary looked suddenly enlightened, "It turned out to be him..."

Levenbeck had no expression on his face.

The Virgin looked up and down at the alchemist baron, her eyes were strange: "It's really interesting. They say you died at the hands of the hammer, and the hammer died at the hands of the empire, but in the end, neither of you died."

Levenbeck asked indifferently: "Where is he?"

The prophet took a deep breath, as if he was adjusting his state. He did not speak at the first time. In Levenbeck's questioning eyes, after a moment, he weakly said: "Red River Star Stream..."

"Red River Star Stream? Where is it hidden? No wonder I can't find it..." Levenbeck said with some realization and suspicion, "But the Red River Star Stream is too big?"

"I have the exact coordinates, and the specific range is near the star core." The prophet added.

"Star core?" Levenbeck frowned. The Red River Star Stream is divided into three areas. The outer area is the least dangerous place. Occasionally, there will be violent currents rushing through, which is also a holy place for adventurers.

The violent current area is covered by violent currents all year round, and there are large areas of time and space distortion. Even X-level life forms may not be able to pass safely.

Then, it is the most dangerous star core area, where there is no conventional concept of time and space, and one meter forward may be two meters back.

Sometimes, they disappear silently without even figuring out what happened. It is the most dangerous place.

"He hides in the star core area, how can he communicate with the outside world?" Levenbeck was puzzled, "Qinglong has repeatedly manipulated mechas and mechanical bodies to fight."

The prophet couldn't help but explain: "What I am looking for is the place with the most information state remains. He may not be there now, but that place must be his lair."

"Is that so..." Levenbeck nodded, and the Virgin Mary looked over, "Get ready, we will set off soon."

"You still want to go?" Levenbeck was surprised. The determination of the Virgin Mary Church was heavier than he thought. That was the star core area.

The prophet and the Virgin Mary looked at each other. They had reasons to go. The Oath-Keeping Stone had fallen into Qinglong's hands, which was of great importance.

Even if they couldn't get it back this time, they had to let Qinglong know that they were not easy to bully.

"Aren't you going to see your teacher?" The Virgin Mary looked at them dimly.

Levenbeck's expression changed, but his eyes gradually became firm, "Go, of course I'll go!"