Chapter 1215: Chapter 622: Secretive Methods (Part 2)

Even he could not ignore his wealth.

“I can trade with you.”

Li Ming kept smiling and said, “Your Highness is indeed keen.”

“But, what intelligence can Your Highness exchange?” He deliberately asked a question and then feigned sudden realization: “Oh, contacting me at this time, could it be about the information on the Three Great Civilizations’ assassination of Istanbul?”

Abel’s face turned sour for a moment; he hated this feeling of being closely seen through by Li Ming, yet he shook his head and said, “No, I actually don’t know how exactly they killed Istanbul.”

“Hmm?” Li Ming showed slight surprise, sizing up Abel, “You don’t know?”

“That’s right.” Abel’s expression was somewhat unnatural, “The relevant information is classified; the people involved are only of X-level tier and are all pillars of society that I cannot access.”

“Then why are you contacting me so urgently?” Li Ming was confused.

Abel’s expression was slightly awkward; he actually thought the Azure Dragon Association urgently wanted to know the inside story, thereby prompting Li Ming to contact him. Even without knowing the details, only with some rumors, he could have lions open their mouth.

As a result, the message came out and he waited a day, but did not wait for Li Ming to contact him.

Later, he couldn’t help but contact Li Ming again.

In probing, he found Li Ming was not urgent about the relevant information, unsure if he was pretending.

“However, there are some rumors…” Abel turned his voice, speaking mysteriously, “Prince Costa mentioned to me…”

Stopping here, Li Ming immediately understood, grinned, “The Holy Mother Church’s list, only half remains.”

Abel nodded before continuing, “It is said, it involves the Ultimate Life Form… seems to have found a way even he can’t believe… his expression was really strange when he mentioned it, but he didn’t reveal much.”

“Ultimate Life Form…” Li Ming was stunned, subconsciously doubting that the Three Great Civilizations had an Ultimate Life Form.

“So vague?” he was dissatisfied and said, “Just those few words, and you’re trading away half the list, it doesn’t seem suitable.”

Abel touched his nose, knowing these words were too vague, but he was prepared.

Today, whatever happens, he has to retrieve the remaining list.

“Genetic Essence…” He uttered four more words.

Li Ming’s expression froze slightly, gaining some interest, “Continue…”

“There has been a breakthrough at the Dominator Laboratory; they used Genetic Seeds as raw material, fusing them extracted from corpses…”

Abel slowly narrated, Li Ming listened expressionlessly, but was thoughtful internally.

“Genetic Essence surprisingly manifests in this form, enhancing the internal Genetic Seed of the Life Form with the same Genetic Seed…”

“…and Lord Tandin and others have begun preparing to fuse. This isn’t the slow grinding required to develop Genetic Seeds; as long as the body can bear it, this fusion can go all the way to the limit.” Abel emphasized.

“This is the most classified information. If your mentor doesn’t know, he could very likely be caught off guard; should only have half the list remaining.”

This plan is already underway, and he believes the Azure Dragon Association absolutely cannot stop it, so he brings it out for trade.

“Of course…” Li Ming nodded, “Having a source, having proof, standing up to scrutiny, that’s information worth trading.”

He was very straightforward, immediately giving the remaining half of the list to him, and subtly remarked, “Your Highness’ status seems to be rising like the tide, knowing such classified information.”

Abel’s face was suddenly less excited, shaking his head, “Just happened to find out by chance.”

He hesitated slightly and said, “I need to remind you of one thing, all the people on this list, I have gradually severed their links, equivalent to being dead, even if someone reports, there will be no result.”

Li Ming chuckled, “Rest assured, Your Highness.”

Then, he said enticingly, “If Your Highness learns about the method to kill Istanbul, I will pay an appropriate price.”

Abel pursed his lips but probed: “What plans does your mentor have on the Holy Castle side?”

The Stargate leading to the Holy Castle was changed last time after Azure Dragon infiltrated, and no external ships can approach.

Now, it is in a closed state, with added self-destruct measures, avoiding the situation last time where we watched Azure Dragon escape.

The chaos in the Star Gap ended just three months ago.

The action is about to start soon, even if Azure Dragon heads directly to the Holy Castle after the battle, there’s not enough time.

Abel asks more as a probe, watching Li Ming’s reaction.

“How is Prince Heckler planning to open the Holy Castle?” Li Ming retorted.

This cunning fellow… Abel shook his head, “The specifics, I don’t know either.”

The two feigned chatting for a while before ending the communication.

“Tsk…” Li Ming pondered, rubbing his fingers, “Genetic Essence…”

His greatest concern is not Lord Tandin and those guys; even if they use Genetic Essence to continuously enhance, there’s a limit.

He already knew from his profession—[Ultimate Warrior]—that Genetic Essence is used to compensate for deficiencies.

He guessed that it could raise all low-level Genetic Seeds to X level.

However, X-Level Genetic Seeds probably can’t be further enhanced, even if they can, it’s negligible.

But the key is, Genetic Essence is a prerequisite for Ultimate Life Forms.

Currently, the Three Great Civilizations are probably just short of modulating Ultimate Gene Seeds to reach Ultimate Life Forms.

It might take a long time, or it could happen quickly.

Thinking about this, he opened his smart terminal, checking the Stargate construction team under Anduin, seeing they had already covered a third of the journey.

Estimating another six months, they should reach the set coordinates.

“But even if you use Genetic Essence to strengthen Lord Tandin and others, can you really take down the Forbidden Life Form?” He expressed doubt.

The most troublesome aspect of Forbidden Life Forms comes from their almost infinite energy.

This isn’t something that can be beaten by quantity alone or slight qualitative enhancement; it requires truly higher-tier power.

Titan Holy Artifact could compensate, but for Lord Tandin and his group… He can’t gauge precisely, mainly because he doesn’t know, enhancing all bottom-tier Genetic Seeds to an extent, what level it would reach.

There’s really no precedent.

He thought again of Abel’s mention of the Ultimate Life Form, pondering secretly, “But if there’s a method, why not keep it hidden at the Holy Castle, catching me off guard, rather than using it for external deterrence first.”

“Do they presume I absolutely cannot lay hands on the Holy Castle? Or is it due to other reasons…”

Li Ming opened the control page, and his vision began to blur.

Scene changed; his consciousness descended into the Mechanical Body in the Holy Castle.

Detecting Mechanical Body’s movements, the Observer standing at the door reacted slightly.

“What’s the situation now?” Li Ming familiarly inquired; recently, he frequently descended here to check the state of the Holy Castle.

The Observer extended his hand, projecting a virtual image, showing external scenes.

The fleets of the Three Great Civilizations are still a long distance away from the Holy Castle.

The most striking is, above the whole fleet, a massive giant structure, slightly larger than a typical star.

The entire structure is built from metal, forming a hollow structure; the external layers nest ring-shaped structures that rotate cross-wise, with the electromagnetic field between top and bottom almost forming a substantial storm.

In its core is a thick energy well, piercing the entire structure, with boiling golden liquid stretching across various spectra between the restraint rings.

Ring-shaped restraint structures are stacked with giant heat-dissipation fins powered by antimatter engines.

Only the Three Great Civilizations have the ability to construct such a massive structure in just a few months.