In the past two years, as the empire gradually got back on track, the Mechanical Court continued to expand, and mechanical seeds spread across the interstellar space.

The benefits brought to him were also constantly increasing. Even after all the mechanical guards were upgraded, a lot of metal energy was consumed to produce a lot of advanced control objects.

Such as a large number of S-level network repeaters and servers, used to support the operation of Suzaku.

But at present, there are still more than 120 billion metal energies left, which is enough for him to squander without restraint. He took another look at the dazzling array of controlled objects, sorted them out a little, and prepared to go to the spaceship dock.

Although the Void Anchor mark is useful, you have to go there at least once.

At present, he has only left a few marks in the Mechanical Royal Court, the Secret Base, the Domination Laboratory and the Empire. He must go to the Starry Sea in person.

However, the Sea of ​​Stars is full of star gate nodes, so it doesn’t take too long to get there, so it’s quite convenient.

After sending a message to Ulrich, a specially customized spaceship left the spaceship dock and entered the star gate inside the royal court.

……

In the sea of ​​stars, somewhere in the void, the Blade Fleet led by Zhang Hengyu is docked here.

In the command room, on the main command desk, Zhang Hengyu had his feet on the desk, and below him were the soldiers sitting at their workstations.

He swiped the virtual screen in boredom, muttering:

“Chairman Antigo’s methods are indeed not as good as those of Chairman Gutierrez. After such a long time, he still hasn’t completely secured his position.”

While browsing the news, the hatch behind him opened and a subordinate came quickly, looking hurried. Before he came to Zhang Hengyu, he spoke: “Boss, the headquarters has responded.”

“Finally a response.” Zhang Hengyu’s expression was slightly shocked. He suddenly sat up straight and took the smart terminal from the communications soldier.

Only he has the authority to view the secret instructions above.

After multiple identifications, the red secret letter was opened, and lines of small words appeared –
“The investigation report has been received. Your speculation about the Nyrost civilization and nearby civilizations experiencing major changes has no substantial evidence and will not be accepted.”

“…However, in view of the possible threat posed by this matter, I hereby order your department to conduct further investigation and collect more evidence…”

“Reject it? Further investigation?” Zhang Hengyu’s face suddenly became extremely gloomy. He gritted his teeth and suddenly smashed the smart terminal in his hand to the ground, scaring the communications soldier next to him.

“A bunch of bastards. It took more than a month for me to get a response after I submitted my investigation report, and they still don’t believe it. What the hell are those bastards doing?”

He just didn’t want to take any risks, so he submitted a report, hoping to get more manpower and support, but his superiors actually asked him to conduct further investigation.

“No…” He suddenly realized, “Those idiots up there must know my identity. It’s impossible for them to respond so lightly.”

“Unless someone instructs them.” Zhang Hengyu waved his hand and asked the signalman to leave. Several figures flashed through his mind.

He comes from a large family of Holy Stone, a decision-making civilization within the Star Alliance. When the Star Alliance was negotiating with Azure Dragon, he joined the negotiation team by chance.

Moreover, relying on his special status, he got the position of chief negotiator and was qualified to talk with Qinglong.

It was also the most glorious moment in his life. He thought he would be transferred to an administrative position and would be promoted step by step with a smooth road ahead.

As a result, Qinglong became more and more rebellious, and certain things happened in secret, forcing Gutierrez to resign.

The newly appointed Antigo carried out a large-scale purge of the team left by Gutierrez, and he was naturally included.

And they put the blame for the unfavorable negotiations on him, and went all the way to the end.

God has pity on them. During the negotiations, they did not have any bargaining chips in their hands and could only be controlled by Qinglong.

Isn’t there anything the Empire and the Federation can do?
Unfortunately, no one listened to his explanation, and he was directly transformed from a rising star in the family to a marginal minion and assigned to a combat position. I’m afraid many people would like to take the opportunity to step on him.

“Tnnd, there’s definitely something wrong with this area, I’m not going to get involved.”

“Anyway, the investigation report has been submitted. If anything goes wrong, it has nothing to do with me.” Zhang Hengyu looked uncertain. He stood up decisively and gave orders to the operator below:

“Latest instructions: There is a group of space pirates roaming in the Rossli star region. We need to go and arrest them.”

“clear.”

There was a neat response from below, the new coordinates were input, and the fleet began to synchronize, preparing to leave.

“Orbital synchronization in progress, jump engine started, preparing to enter the jump channel…”

One sound after another was heard, and light gradually appeared outside the porthole.

Who would have thought that as soon as Zhang Hengyu sat down, he felt the entire battleship shake violently. Before he could react, an urgent and nervous shout came from below:
“The transition state is forced to leave, the space parameters are unstable, and there is suspected interference from the space anchor…”

“Level 1 alert!” Zhang Hengyu shouted. He was already in a state of panic due to the investigation some time ago, and his face changed drastically now.

“Don’t be alert…” A voice suddenly came from behind.

Under a state of high tension, Zhang Hengyu’s pupils slowly contracted, and his body reacted before his thoughts. He subconsciously exerted force on his waist, causing his upper body to swing backwards.

The entire arm crystallized in mid-air, turning into a blue crystal knife, emitting arcs of electricity and slashing down fiercely!
However, it was suspended in mid-air, restrained by an irresistible force, unable to move forward.

“You…” Zhang Hengyu’s eyes were fierce. He only saw the person in front of him clearly at this moment. He was stunned and his voice became stammering, “A… Anatoly?”

The man in the dusky yellow robe, with a divine face and golden pupils, is none other than Anatoly, the Vice Chairman of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms, the Dusk Hermit.

Zhang Hengyu naturally remembered the appearance of this important man, and at this moment he couldn’t help feeling uneasy and uneasy.

I don’t know why this big shot wants to see me.

“Zhang Hengyu?” Anatoly asked, or informed, and said calmly, “Come with me. Someone wants to see you.”

Zhang Hengyu was stunned and his expression suddenly changed.

The amount of information contained in this sentence is too much. There are only a handful of people in the entire galaxy who can command Anatoly to do things.

No, to be more precise there is only one.

The chairman of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms, the only two ultimate life forms in the interstellar, once Qinglong, now Li Ming.

What does this big shot want from me?
Zhang Hengyu’s throat rolled, he was confused, and the space in front of him began to change.

When the scene became clear again with the exclamations of his men, they had arrived at another corridor with silver-white metal walls on both sides.

“Let’s go.” The voice came. Zhang Hengyu calmed himself down and nervously followed Anatoly into the room at the end of the corridor.

“Chairman, the person has been brought here.” Anatoly moved aside, and Zhang Hengyu took a closer look. The person standing in front of him was indeed Li Ming.

The other person’s eyes also fell on him, which made him feel nervous and he lowered his head subconsciously. “I’m here.” Li Ming’s attitude was very gentle, and he pointed to the sofa casually, “We are acquaintances, don’t be shy, sit down.”

Zhang Hengyu’s throat rolled and he sat down with his head held high. The last time he communicated, he was the representative of the negotiation team, who to some extent represented the Star Alliance, and they were connected through the Internet, so they each had their own interests.

When facing Qinglong, I wasn’t too nervous.

But now the situation is different. He has become the commander of a sharp blade fleet, while the other party has integrated interstellar super forces and is the ultimate life form itself.

Now the difference between the two is like the difference between stars and sand.

Anatoly beside him had disappeared.

“During the last negotiation, I felt that you were a talent. I remember I sent you an invitation…” Li Ming said casually.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Hengyu stood up and said nervously: “Sir, I was doing my duty last time. I hope you will forgive me if I have offended you.”

“Don’t be so nervous, and besides, you didn’t offend me last time.” Li Ming shook his head, “Don’t worry, I’m looking for you this time not for revenge, but for another matter.”

Zhang Hengyu looked up a little dazedly, only to see Li Ming pulling out a virtual projection, on which appeared a picture of a bloody flesh ball.

“This…” He was distracted and said subconsciously, “This is not…”

“Yes, that’s it. I heard that you were the one who investigated this?” Li Ming nodded.

This big shot actually came here for this matter. Zhang Hengyu realized that his guess was correct. This thing is indeed not simple.

But he was also a little annoyed. This big shot had rushed all the way from the Mechanical Court, but those people from the Star Alliance actually asked him to investigate further!
After a slight hesitation, he responded, “I did investigate this matter. It was caused by the descendants of a certain important person who was inexplicably attacked and killed by space pirates.”

“But when I found the pirates, I discovered that they were already dead. That’s when I realized something was wrong, and I investigated the subsequent events.”

Li Ming nodded. He had read Zhang Hengyu’s investigation report, which clearly described the whole story. This was not what he was concerned about.

Li Ming further said: “According to your investigation, you claimed that there were multiple civilizations nearby that had experienced a special state similar to the Archon of Sanchez Star, but you did not provide any evidence.”

Zhang Hengyu looked a little embarrassed and whispered: “Because I didn’t investigate, I just speculated…”

“Speculation?” Li Ming narrowed his eyes.

“It’s not groundless speculation.” Zhang Hengyu explained hurriedly.

“After I discovered this, I collected information about the Archon of Sanchez from many aspects and found that his behavior and facial expressions have changed to a certain extent since four months ago. He has also become a recluse and his temperament has changed drastically.”

“I asked my subordinates to calculate a coefficient based on the differences in his behavior habits and search for similar high-ranking officials nearby who had undergone the same changes. After discovering that there were indeed quite a few, I reported it to them.”

Li Ming was speechless. It turned out to be this kind of investigation. He asked with great interest: “Why did you investigate in this way?”

Zhang Hengyu said awkwardly: “If it is really an abnormal incident, it must be very serious. With my small body, I will definitely not survive if I get involved…”

“You are indeed a talented person.” Li Ming smiled, “Send me a copy of your coefficient.”

“Okay, okay.” Zhang Hengyu immediately opened the smart terminal and sent a data packet.

Li Ming immediately sent it to Suzaku and asked it to screen the information.

Zhang Hengyu was very curious about what kind of thing could attract this person’s attention.

Buzz–
Hearing the roar of machinery behind him, he subconsciously turned his head and saw that it was another vice-chairman, Anduin, with someone following behind him.

Sanchez Star Archon!
Zhang Hengyu’s face changed slightly, his eyes were subconsciously attracted to the bloody ball in his arms. For a moment, an indescribable feeling of disgust surged into his heart, his stomach churned, and he couldn’t stop dry heaving.

“Chairman…” Anduin’s eyes swept over Zhang Hengyu and said, “Bring the things and the people.”

“This meat ball is very strange. It is obviously some kind of living substance with extremely strong energy resistance. As for the Archon’s mind, it has been controlled, but I don’t know how.”

Li Ming nodded and looked at the bloody meat ball. Compared with the previous blood seed, this thing was more hideous.

An invisible force draws it here and it falls into the palm of the hand. It feels warm to the touch and one can clearly feel the surging sensation like a beating heart.

[Alchemical Abyss Seed – Consumable Type: Levenbeck spent a lot of effort to create it by mixing the alchemical source material with the Overlord’s flesh and blood, as well as the Abyss Core.

Control conditions: 800 million metal energy

Control ability – proliferation: expand the blood mist so that it can cover a planet within ten minutes, absorb all life energy, and transform it into alchemical essence, possessing a variety of incredible abilities. 】

Li Ming’s eyes narrowed slightly. Another Abyss Core?
He specifically asked the three recorders, and they said that the Abyss Core was the “tentacle” of the Eternal Abyss, and that this thing could be used to greatly expand his influence on the main universe.

It turned out that Yongyuan was the one behind this.

Li Ming confirmed this and couldn’t help but marvel at it. Levenbeck was really like a cockroach and was now involved with Yongyuan.

However, he vaguely remembered something and kept searching in the control page until he scrolled to almost the bottom and found the [Seed of Blood] that he had controlled a long time ago.

[Blood Seed—Consumable Type:…

Control conditions: 8 million metal energy
Control ability – Hyperplasia: Expanding blood vines… can slightly increase the progress of one’s own life development.

Note: Alchemical substances are highly dangerous and will contaminate genes, leading to a decline in lifespan, genetic distortion, and a blockage in the path of evolution. 】

Compared to before, the metal energy required for control has increased a hundred times.

One of its abilities, “improving development progress”, has also become the more powerful “various incredible abilities”.

More importantly, the final annotation on the alchemical substances is missing.

Alchemical substances transformed into alchemical source substances, most of the side effects disappeared, and it seemed to have gained a lot of new abilities.

But it certainly includes stimulating development progress.

He only had a similar effect in the “mechanical source material” he obtained in the ruins of the Holy Spirit.

The “source material” extracted from the corpse of the Overmind has no similar effect and can only be fused with the gene seed.

He was disappointed at that time, but now he has a new guess.

What is extracted from the corpse of the Overmind is not the real “source substance”. Only after it is fused with the gene seed does it become the “gene source substance”. However, because it is an important filler in this evolutionary system, it cannot stimulate the gene seed and improve the development progress.

The source material of other evolutionary routes is essentially high-purity energy, which can stimulate development progress.

(End of this chapter)