This Is Really Not Mechanical Ascension Chapter 972

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After a thought crossed his mind, Li Ming casually chatted with Ulrich for a few more moments before preparing to arrange the mechanical bodies.

“Wait…” Li Ming suddenly called out to him, pondering, “Make a distinction between this batch of mechanical bodies and the previous ones.”

“From now on, recall a portion of the previous mechanical bodies every month, and store them along with the new ones for me to handle.”

Upon hearing this, Ulrich was momentarily stunned, clearly a bit confused, but he nodded nonetheless.

Only then did Li Ming turn and leave. Those mechanical bodies did not possess the Holy Spirit traits, but considering their significant contributions, many had already developed considerable intelligence and deserved to become Holy Spirits as well.

This would also prevent internal conflicts among the mechanical bodies.

Mechanical bodies that have undergone construction cannot be reconstructed, but the ability to grant them Mechanical Holy Spirit powers is mainly due to the [Race Creator].

Returning to his room in the base, Li Ming infused a portion of X Level Genetic Essence he had absorbed from Ivan into his upgrade process. Now, only three segments of his S Level essence remained unupgraded, but his development rate had already surpassed seven hundred times.

However, not long after starting the development of the Genetic Seed, his intelligent terminal began to incessantly vibrate, someone was trying to contact him.

“Blackbeard… there’s finally news.” Li Ming took a glance at the message, feeling a slight stir in his heart.

Since Li Ming had gained a certain voice within the Pioneers prompted by the Fallen Blood’s actions,

under his directive, the Pioneers had been focusing on the Eternal Silence Star.

Before he headed to the Holy Spirit Civilization Ruins, only part of the S Level life forms led by Blackbeard were exploring the Deep Dimension World.

And now, aside from the suspected Adam as the Fallen Blood and Florian as the confirmed guide, the Navigator had set out three months ago, and the Caster had also invested considerable effort.

Immediately after Li Ming came out from the Red River Star Stream, he checked Blackbeard’s messages, then tried to contact him, but received no response until now.

With various thoughts rushing through his mind, Li Ming had already answered the call.

The virtual screen popped up, revealing Blackbeard’s haggard face, eyes full of fatigue, and his usually sleek, shiny black beard now in disarray.

His voice was low but carried a sense of relief, “Lord Azure Dragon, I finally got in touch with you.”

Li Ming couldn’t help but ask, “What’s going on? You don’t look well.”

“Sigh…” Blackbeard opened his mouth, sighed, and flashed a bitter smile, “There was an unexpected situation.”

“I saw your report, which only goes up to two months ago, saying you’d discovered an important clue?” Li Ming switched the page to bring up the chat record.

“That’s right…” Blackbeard nodded, “Three months ago, influenced by the Red River Catastrophe, near the Red River Valley of the Deep Dimension World, we discovered what seemed to be a narrow passage one could enter.”

“We hadn’t planned to explore directly, but the Navigator arrived and thought it was an opportunity. He believed the impact of the Red River Catastrophe might last a long time and forcibly led us into it.”

“Oh?” Li Ming was surprised, not because the Navigator instructed them to explore.

But because the Navigator actually set an example by entering himself.

The Red River Valley of the Dimension World, with a structure entirely different from the Main Universe, was more chaotic and dangerous.

Just by this point, there’s nothing to criticize about the Navigator.

Blackbeard continued, “We had no choice but to delve into it. Approaching the core area, we indeed discovered clues, some nearly solidified temporal realms obviously not caused by the Red River Star Stream.”

“Lord Navigator was quite excited, intending to push through and directly find the Eternal Silence Star.” At this point, Blackbeard’s eyes trembled, showing an underlying hint of fear.

“But who would have known we’d suddenly lose our way and fall into an unknown territory.”

“There, the concept of time and space was absent, shrouded in darkness and encased by invisible barriers that were impenetrably hard.”

“Not only that, certain unknown beings appeared to be lurking, killing six of our companions, and even the Lord Navigator couldn’t fully protect us.”

Mentioning it now, Blackbeard still felt a lingering fear, a sense of despair he hadn’t experienced in a long time.

“Hmm?” Li Ming’s interest was piqued, “Falling into an unknown territory?”

He speculated they might have fallen into the Eternal Abyss, and those unknown beings were likely the Abyss Clan.

Yet, considering the strength of the Abyss Clan, the Navigator shouldn’t have been able to withstand, so how were only six killed?

Could it be that the majority of the Abyss Clan hadn’t started to move?

“How did you get out?” Li Ming asked further.

“I don’t know,” Blackbeard shook his head helplessly, “We were almost hopeless at that time. Even the Lord Navigator was powerless, and we could only wait for death.”

“We don’t know exactly how long we waited in there, just that suddenly, there was a loud bang, the invisible barrier was breaking open a large hole, and we escaped.”

When he recounted this part, Blackbeard was confused, they had no idea how they got in or how they got out.

Despite being S Level life forms, a force to reckon with in the Main Universe, they were like ants there.

“It took some more time to return from the core area; contacting you was the first thing we did.”

Li Ming’s eyes brightened with thought, that loud bang probably resulted from the corpse of a Dominator Level Titan, perhaps even related to Levinbeck.

It connected to form a synergy; if not for that corpse, this group might have been trapped to death inside.