This is not mechanical ascension.

Jiangcheng, the closest commercial city to the Polytechnic University, is also the landing city of the Silver Gray Star group after arriving at Jingnan Star. It is quite prosperous.

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During the New Year holiday, there are many people on the streets and alleys, and even the suspended tracks are covered with celebratory slogans. The weather is getting colder, and pedestrians are wearing thicker clothes.

Occasionally, non-human races can be seen coming to experience the unique festival of Blue Star.

Red big fathead fish and other animals with good symbolic meanings are swimming on the streets, which are holographic images of the surrounding shops.

Whenever they pass through pedestrians, they will cause a cheer.

Li Mingfei felt disillusioned when he got off the car and looked at the scene in front of him. He occasionally doubted that he was not traveling through time, but came many years later.

However, he had traveled through the history of Blue Star. There were some things that seemed to be true, but most of them were not the same, and even the names of people did not overlap.

"Is there anything interesting here?" Li Ming looked around and asked casually.

"Interesting places?" Zhang Huaiyuan muttered to himself. He thought Li Ming had a goal.

What's wrong with Brother Li?

Zhang Huaiyuan didn't understand, and after thinking for a while, he said, "You usually like to tinker with some mechanical things. There is a place that you might like."

"Oh?"

"Antique shop of civilization relics."

"Civilization relics?" Li Ming was surprised and asked.

Zhang Huaiyuan said that the objects in this kind of shop are basically things that interstellar explorers picked up from somewhere and have no origin.

Most of them are very shabby, probably from the ruins of a civilization, and some are fake.

Zhang Huaiyuan further explained, "Some interstellar collectors are particularly fond of collecting these things. If they are lucky, they can also infer some technology from them and sell them for a lot of money."

It seems to be very suitable for me. After all, I have a control bar. What if I find a leak?

Li Ming became excited. I thought this fishing trip would be quite boring, but now I have some interest.

What made Zhang Huaiyuan even more surprised was that Li Ming did not plan to take a hovercraft to go there. The place was at least ten kilometers away from them, and it would take two hours to walk.

"Experience the New Year atmosphere." Li Ming did not explain too much.

The two of them walked along the way, encountering many celebrations along the way, and some people even recognized Li Ming, taking photos and signing autographs.

Li Ming accepted everyone, and the journey that was originally two hours was dragged into four hours by him.

When they arrived at the place, it was almost noon.

The ancient star collection was still a wooden plaque. This place was not in the commercial downtown area, but a little remote.

Many people came in and out, dressed very classically, with metal round beads in their hands.

The temperament of Li Ming and his companions seemed out of place here, attracting many inquiring eyes.

"I'm at eight o'clock, red hat, white shoes..." Li Ming stopped in front of the store, not knowing who he was talking to. Zhang Huaiyuan had heard it several times along the way, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, but did not ask.

After Li Ming finished speaking, he stepped into the store. It was quite large inside, with several rows of shelves, on which were placed large and small things, such as hollow metal mechanical spheres, or broken metal arms, and cast metal statues.

There is a virtual screen in front of each object, introducing the origin of the item.

Zhang Huaiyuan guessed correctly, he was indeed very interested in this place. To pan for gold here, a lot of relevant knowledge is needed to ensure that he will not be cheated.

The waiter came up and seemed to want to introduce it to Li Ming, but Zhang Huaiyuan sent him away.

Li Ming picked up a broken metal component at random. He could not tell what it was originally, and he could not control it.

He did not care and continued to stroll. After touching a few items, he found a controllable object——

[G-3 type monitoring pendant--E level (damaged): a monitoring probe disguised as an exquisite ornament.

Control condition: 300 points

Control effect: hidden blessing--30%

Control ability-record: record all matters within 3 meters around the host. 】

This little thing, Li Ming was interested, the exquisite crystal pendant did not look like the Blue Star style.

[Record] The ability is quite interesting. It is basically not used on weekdays, but it will be useful at certain times.

There is a price on it, 50,000 star coins, which is quite expensive.

But Li Ming is rich now, so he bought it as soon as he said he would.

Li Ming was very excited and took out one thing after another that he could control. Some of them were really useless. Not only were they damaged, but the various blessings were also very low.

But some were really rare, especially a broken metal mask called [Soul Visor], whose ability was [Psychic Concealment], which distorted its image in the eyes of others.

Although it was only D-level, it should not be able to hide from advanced monitoring probes, but what if it was upgraded to C-level or even higher?

This was obviously not a product of Blue Star. I don’t know what civilization it came from. The driving energy is called psychic energy.

Li Ming had never heard of this type of energy, but fortunately he could drive it directly with physical strength.

Because there was no driving energy, the store’s introduction to it was also vague, and even said that it was some kind of indigenous sacrificial utensil.

He crossed several rows of shelves back and forth, touching all the big and small things. He was rich and bought everything he was interested in.

Such an abnormal behavior also attracted the attention of many people in the store, and they whispered.

Many items were so badly damaged that you couldn't even tell what they were originally used for.

Li Ming bought four items in bits and pieces, which cost about 300,000 star coins in total.

When they arrived at the counter to check out, a gray-haired woman stood up. Her skin was withered, and the light blue symbols and lines were deeply hidden in the wrinkled skin. Her eyes were white and seemed invisible.

"Disaster!" She suddenly shouted, which scared Zhang Huaiyuan who was checking out.

Then he saw the boss shakingly holding his hand and rubbing it upwards.

"What are you doing!" Zhang Huaiyuan shouted, and felt a chill in his heart. He subconsciously stepped back, but felt that his hands were like being clamped by iron chains and he couldn't pull them out.

Until the old lady's right hand fumbled around his face randomly, she let go: "It's not you, it's not you."

She seemed very disappointed, and her two white eyes suddenly looked in the direction of Li Ming - "It's you!"

Li Ming frowned slightly, not knowing what this was.

"This old lady is fooling people again." Someone snickered at the side.

"Excuse me, excuse me." Someone hurried over, with curly hair hanging down to his shoulders. He was a man, and he looked apologetic: "My grandma disturbed you two."

"I saw blood and fire on you!" The old lady shouted, and the symbols on her body actually glowed.

Li Ming frowned, and did not express the desire to explore further, but just stood there until Zhang Huaiyuan finished paying.

Leaving the store, Zhang Huaiyuan looked at the smart terminal and frowned: "This old lady seems to be--Secret History"

"Secret History? What is that?"

"It seems to be some special phenomenon between the stars. This group of people deeply believe that the symbols and patterns on their bodies can help them communicate with the universe and see things that others cannot see."

After Zhang Huaiyuan finished speaking, he shook his head again: "However, it has never been verified. Maybe they want to cheat us."

Li Ming shrugged, but he didn't care. He secretly calculated that he really wanted to visit similar stores in the future.

After carefully asking Zhang Huaiyuan, he learned that there are very few such stores, and most of them are cheating with signs of civilization relics.

This place was brought to him by a senior student. It has a good reputation and most people don't know about it.

As the two chatted, a large group of celebrating parades came to the street ahead. There were several large animals wearing airbag suits, all of which were festive cartoons or characters.

There were many such celebrating parades, and they met more than one group when they came.

The two stood aside on the street familiarly waiting for them to pass.

However, when they approached a certain range, Li Ming's eyes moved slightly and his eyes fell on a figure in the team.

He was wearing an airbag suit as high as three meters, and his image was a mimic puppet with a big nose and two horns.

It seemed to be an anime character, very popular Li Ming, and he had seen several along the way.

"Big nose doll costume." He pulled up the corner of his collar and said, and Zhang Huaiyuan looked at him in surprise.

Then, among the pedestrians wandering around, several of them came here and quickly approached the big nose.

"Wearing armor, the torch is good at acting." Li Ming thought to himself. He always turned on [Intelligent Assistance] and upgraded it to C level, with a coverage range of 500 meters.

For this, he spent 30,000 metal energy, and now only about 70,000 are left, which is really like flowing water.

The moment the mimic puppet suit entered the coverage range, he felt something was wrong. The deformed movements, the protruding edges and corners from time to time, and the calm footsteps all showed that the wearer was a big guy.

Through such details, he found many spies along the way, all of whom were caught by the secret security.

The loud music was deafening, and Zhang Huaiyuan seemed to be saying something, but Li Ming could only see his mouth opening and closing.

At this moment, his pupils suddenly contracted, his eyes became extremely terrified, and his eyes clearly reflected the scene he saw--

The big-nosed puppet suit was suddenly torn from the center, revealing the black heavy armor inside, and the people who gathered around were thrown out by him.

When he made his move, he was very close to Li Ming. His arms extended three sharp alloy claws, each of which was nearly a meter long.

The power structure of his legs suddenly opened, like a heavy truck, rushing towards Li Ming who was very close.

When the puppet costume was torn, the people around were already in a mess, screaming and fleeing, mixed with the sound of music that was sometimes heard and sometimes not.

The accompanying field staff hiding around suddenly changed their faces and rushed over quickly, but it was obviously too late.

The dean will not take action? Li Ming stood there without reacting.

Zhang Huaiyuan shouted, signaling Li Ming to dodge. Without time to think, he subconsciously wanted to use his hands to pull Li Ming away, trying to push him away.

Li Ming did not even turn his head back, and the control object was quickly switched. When he turned around, his waist drove his right leg and swung out a beautiful crescent arc.

Boom!

Zhang Huaiyuan was stunned in place, and saw that the heavy armor that rushed like a truck seemed to hit an indestructible alloy wall head-on.

The entire chest of the armor sank, and the heavy body was thrown out and hit the ground heavily, with blood dripping from the joints.

"Hiss——" Li Ming shook his legs and felt a pain. After all, it was just a simple power blessing, and the recoil force was still very terrifying.

Zhang Huaiyuan swallowed his saliva subconsciously. Is this a D-level life form? Resisting heavy armor?

"The torch drama is too much, isn't it?" Li Ming was a little confused, and then his eyes suddenly widened, his feet lightly tapped, and his body retreated violently.

Then he fell down in doubt, and a yellow bullet hovered not far from him, as if blocked by an invisible force.

Someone sniped him!

Li Ming's face darkened slightly. If he could snipe others, of course others could snipe him.

However, this was clearly for the purpose of killing him, and there was a high probability that he was not the Torch's person.

Zhang Huaiyuan stared blankly at the suspended bullet. At some point, a figure appeared, pinched the bullet, and then looked in the direction of the shot.

boom! The bullet exploded suddenly, but was restrained by invisible force, and the flames and metal fragments condensed together.

"Dean?" Zhang Huaiyuan was confused.

"Dean! Li Ming shouted: "If you want me to die, just say it straight away, no need to beat around the bush. "

ah? Zhang Huaiyuan didn't know why.

Chen Jinglong frowned, and then said: "Didn't I take action?"

"If you slow down any longer, I will be shot in the head." Li Ming said solemnly: "Do you know that at the critical moment just now, I tried my best to get myself out of the place."

"Do you know how terrifying it is between life and death? I promise you to be a bait, but you also promise that I will not be in danger."

It turned out to be fishing, Zhang Huaiyuan suddenly realized.

He was also dissatisfied with the dean. Li Ming was very kind to him, and even more so to his shoulders and thighs. He didn't want anything to happen to Li Ming.

Since you are fishing, you must ensure the safety inside.

Dean, this is unreasonable.

"You reacted when the bullet was still a few hundred meters away from you." Chen Jinglong said lightly.

He was also surprised by this matter. Li Ming's reaction was too fast.

With his speed, he can react at this range, and most bullets will have a hard time hitting him.

It's just that the speed of dodging just now was a bit slow. Did you do it deliberately because you knew I would do it?

Moreover, he withdrew his gaze from the armored corpse lying on the ground. This power... was too powerful.

Can you react a few hundred meters in advance? Zhang Huaiyuan's breathing was stagnant. It was not like he had never been exposed to D-class life forms.

Others don't seem so perverted, right?

Li Ming's face fell. He turned on [Smart Assist]. As soon as the bullet entered the range, he was aware of it and could avoid it five hundred meters in advance.

If he had not just switched to [Power Form], he would not be able to change into shoes in a short time, otherwise, he would disappear in a flash.

"Isn't this what happened when I was between life and death?" Li Ming emphasized again: "And when the armored man attacked me, why didn't you take action?"

"The attacker is a D-class life form. If he can't kill you with one blow, let me see if there are others."

"What?" Li Ming lamented, "That's all you do..."

"Okay, okay, ten pieces of mother ore, right? I'll have someone deliver them." Chen Jinglong became impatient after being tossed around.

"Oh...that's it." Li Ming calmed down and didn't feel embarrassed, "Then don't forget it."

Zhang Huaiyuan was dumbfounded. This change of attitude was too fast. Compared with your previous expression of bitterness and hatred, it was just for bargaining.