Chapter 983: Chapter 506: Complicated Situation, Ready to Abandon Everything
This guy, so cunning, their unified statement, obviously, is that they disappeared after leaving.
But saying it like this isnāt quite right.
Li Ming showed no emotion and calmly said, "Since the Empire and the Federation have already responded to your question, thereās no need to ask me again, my lord."
Gutierrez couldnāt help frowning. If Azure Dragonās answer was the same as the Empire and the Federation, then he could confirm that Azure Dragon was also involved in the disappearance of Crow and Gonsalez.
Only participants would unify their testimonies, which was his initial assessment.
But with Azure Dragon saying this, it made him suspicious. After hesitating for a moment, he said in a deep voice, "Iāll be frank, I donāt trust the Empire and the Federation. If you have any other information, I hope youāll speak directly."
Li Ming pondered and then said, "Didnāt Crow and Gonsalez report to you that I actually didnāt go to the Holy Spirit Ruins?"
"Didnāt go?" Gutierrez was taken aback, "You..."
Before he could finish, Azure Dragon continued, "I had something urgent at the time and couldnāt go, so I sent my student Li Ming instead."
"This..." Gutierrez was a bit at a loss, reflexively not believing it: "Lord Azure Dragon, why evade me with such an excuse? The Holy Spirit Civilization Ruins are such an important place..."
"You can ask others this question, people from the Empire, the Federation, and the other two Divine Craftsmen..." Li Ming spoke very calmly.
This response caught Gutierrez off guard, completely unexpected, but he quickly grasped the key point, "But isnāt your student Li Ming also on site? Doesnāt he know anything?"
"Heās just my student, representing my identity. Do you think in front of the representatives from the Empire and the Federation, along with Mikhail and Reynolds, he would have a chance to speak?" Li Ming retorted.
Gutierrez said nothing, and after a moment, he finally spoke, emotionless, "If thatās the case, why was the Mechanic Associationās business not informed to the Star Alliance in advance?"
"Does the Mechanic Association think that simply with a decree from the Empire and the Federation, we in the Star Alliance would comply accordingly?"
"Um..." Li Ming said helplessly, "My lord, this matter should be questioned with the Empire and the Federation. Our Mechanic Association is already exhausted dealing with them."
After a long silence, Gutierrez finally said, "I understand, sorry for disturbing you, my lord."
"Tsk... only now does the Star Alliance respond. Being loose isnāt good." Li Ming couldnāt help but shake his head, feeling quite surprised that Crow turned out to be this Gutierrezās brother.
He hadnāt paid special attention to it, having long since dismissed Crow from his mind.
He glanced again at another smart terminal in his palm, still connected to the Black Hole Network. Abel had sent him a message againā"Thereās more important intelligence."
Li Ming shook his head, reconstructing the connection and leisurely said, "Your Highness, please deliver all the intelligence at once in the future."
Abelās voice was cold, "Iāve figured out why Heckler is determined to find the chosen one of the Holy Castle."
"Oh?" Li Ming truly became interested; he had asked Abel this last time, but the other had yet to find out.
Abel didnāt say much this time, "He seems to possess some method to locate the Holy Castle, or even open it."
"But he must possess enough Holy Castle pheromone, and the quantity of Terrax Stone is severely insufficient, whereas the Observers carried by the chosen ones possess enough pheromone."
"To locate the Holy Castle, even open it?" Li Ming couldnāt help being amazed, then suspiciously said:
"Opening the Holy Castle shouldnāt be that simple, right?"
"As far as I know, Heckler seems to have found a special method that allows low-level life forms to directly enter the Holy Castle, and use it as a medium to forcibly open it," Abel said with slight hesitation.
"What method?" Li Ming pursued further.
Adam hesitated, "It seems to be some kind of trial..."
"Trial?" Li Mingās voice was surprised, but his expression became intriguing.
In an instant, he thought of five wordsāthe Kingās Trial.
It seems doable, to find the Holy Castle alone, still as a chosen one, with a low life level, fitting the requirements to initiate the Kingās Trial.
The Empire might really have the capacity to forcibly open the Holy Castle by this means.
That Heckler, whom he had never met, could actually find such a method.
The Prince of the Empire, indeed none of them are simple characters.
Li Ming opened his mouth, but suddenly thought of another question, puzzled, "More than a year has passed since he had his sights on Robbin. Havenāt you caught a single chosen one from those you screened?"
Abel pondered, "As far as I know, Hecklerās deployment suffered heavy casualties, captured individuals were mostly useless, and many on the list have already vanished without a trace."
"Not a single capture?" Li Ming sensed something amiss. According to his current understanding, Heckler evidently wasnāt an incompetent person; it shouldnāt be possible for him to be this useless.
"This involves other civilizations, which I donāt quite know for now," Abel was already in the dark, and said solemnly, "This information shouldnāt be of low value, right?"
Li Ming recollected himself, pondered, "Fifty low-level members, and three intermediate members."
"Only three intermediate members?" Abel questioned.
Li Ming suspected, "Your information is broad but vague..."
Halfway through the sentence, he repeatedly said, "Fine, fine, Iāll give you another one, four intermediate members. These are the spouses of planet governor-level individuals, donāt be dissatisfied."
Abel felt a bit more at ease, and when he received the data transmitted from Li Ming, he ended the communication contentedly.
These individuals would keep him busy for a long time.
"Heckler... seems just one step away from finding the Holy Castle with a chosen one..." Li Ming pondered, uncertain whether the other party could actually open the Holy Castle, but he felt a slight urgency.
If this guy truly had means to forcibly break open the Holy Castle, he currently couldnāt confront the Empire head-on.
However, now itās apparent someone is hindering his further development.
If itās outside the interstellar, Li Ming didnāt even have a suspect.
But internally in the Empire, a very clear name surfaced in his mind: Adam.
The Upper House languished, while Adamās momentum was strong, but if the Lower House found the Holy Castle, Adamās carefully cultivated situation would collapse instantly.
But... if it were truly Adam, wouldnāt it be too obvious? It shouldnāt be that simple.
Li Ming deliberated, took a sip of development potion, activated the gravity equipment, and entered the development state.
"Fight, the fiercer the better."
The interstellar situation is growing more complex, with the appearance of the Dominator Level Titanās corpse.
The Eternal Silence Star also seems to be found soon.
And Heckler is pursuing the traces of the Holy Castle. All three matters are almost entirely related to him.
Regarding the corpse, the Star Alliance was kept in the dark, but they have since caught on and are bound to react.
Li Ming calculated in his mind, his brow couldnāt help but tighten, with such complexity, any change could trigger a chain reaction, greatly impacting him,
Even if Adam found the Eternal Silence Star tomorrow, Heckler discovered the Holy Castle the day after, and an ultimate life form appeared the day after that, he would not be surprised.
Thinking about it, he became irritated. Any of these issues, should they change, would cause a chain reaction, greatly affecting him.
But then again, "Iām not like them. At worst, Iāll abandon everything, find a place to hide for decades. If I become an X Level Life Form, Iād walk horizontally across the current interstellar."
"However, the precondition is to get the X Level Gene Seed in hand."
His heart loosened slightly. Although this was the last resort, at least it was an exit, and it wasnāt at that stage yet.
Thinking about the X Level Gene Seed, naturally, he thought of the Dinner at Dusk.
According to the latest information, Anatoli possesses clues about the Sub Ultimate Star Beast and will invite all X Level Life Forms attending the Dinner at Dusk to hunt together.
This cooperative hunt sounds abstract, but currently, besides seizing an X Level Gene Seed from the Three Civilizations directly, itās one of the few opportunities left.
"This Dinner at Dusk seems a necessary trip," he contemplated inwardly.