This is really not mechanical ascension

80: Chapter 74: Chen Songnan, Whose Worldview is Shattered, 30,000 points of metal energy!_3 80: Chapter 74: Chen Songnan, Whose Worldview is Shattered, 30,000 points of metal energy!_3 The booming sound just now was indeed the sound of the alloy block hitting the floor.

In the dim light, a person stood at the entrance of the hole, covered in blood, with tears all over their body, seeming utterly exhausted but still stubbornly holding on.

“Li Ming!?” Wang Zhiheng screamed in disbelief, as immense joy surged in his heart, compelling him to rush forward, but he stumbled, crashing to the floor, and the world spun before his eyes as he lost consciousness.

Xu Wei propped herself up with effort, and driven by her reporter’s instinct, she opened her smart terminal to take a photo, then fell heavily to the ground.

“Everyone’s down?” Li Ming was somewhat confused, looking at the people scattered around, he dropped his pose, hesitated for a moment, and did not enter right away.

He guessed that there must be something inside.

Then, he noticed the neatly stacked metal boxes in the warehouse.

“What is this thing?” Li Ming instantly became interested, peeked inside, and sure enough, discovered a probe emitting gas continuously.

Holding his breath and concentrating, he carefully walked in, looking at the previously broken metal box, where ores sparkled brilliantly.

“These things shouldn’t be Silver Grey Ore, is Star Creation Company secretly mining another type of ore?” Li Ming pondered, then estimated the rate, his eyes lighting up.

“The absorption rate is on par with Zircon Crystal Alloy, and all this in front of me must be at least thirty tons,” Li Ming breathed rapidly.

Glancing at the nozzle spraying anesthetic gas and then at the people lying on the ground, he carefully moved the metal boxes out one by one.

Without hurry to wake anyone, he began to absorb the refined ores

……

“Fuck!” Wang Zhiheng sprang up from the ground, looking around vigilantly, only to see everyone around him staring at him as if he were an idiot.

“All the data is normal, there is a slight deviation in environmental cognition, just needs a bit of correction,” a medic said, walking away from him.

Looking around, he saw people dressed in city guard uniforms cleaning up the scene, with heaps of limbs and body parts accumulated into a mound.

He was a bit confused at first, but quickly remembered what had happened and looked around, locking his gaze on Li Ming, who was talking with his father and Lin Yaoxian.

“I didn’t expect Star Creation Company to hide so deep, secretly mining who knows how much ore and making how much profit,” Lin Yaoxian was furiously indignant and did not seem to be faking it.

The other misdeeds of Star Creation Company were somewhat known to them, but this other type of ore being secretly mined here was entirely unknown to them.

“You really didn’t see Chen Songnan?” Wang Ke asked Li Ming, his eyes thoughtful.

“No, I haven’t,” Li Ming shook his head, “By the time I got here, there were only some Silver Grey Beasts left, as for Director Chen, indeed I didn’t see him.”

The two asked him some more unimportant questions, most of which he had already discussed with the analysts on site.

Wang Ke glanced at his son scratching his head beside him and patted Li Ming on the shoulder, saying solemnly, “Regardless, I must thank you.”

“It’s my duty to do so.”

As the two went to investigate other places, Wang Zhiheng couldn’t wait to embrace him, “Haha, brother, you’re truly my own brother; from now on, your matters are my matters!”

“Hiss—” Li Ming gasped in pain, Wang Zhiheng hastily let go, “Oh, oh, sorry, are the injuries okay?”

“It’s okay…” Li Ming shook his head, managing a pale smile: “Just a small issue.”

Sandra, however, looked at empty metal box after empty metal box, wondering, “They’re all empty?”

“Yes, all empty; only this one box had ores,” a logistics member explained patiently.

Sandra confused, “Why is that?

I thought all these boxes were filled with that type of ore.”

Xu Wei took a photo, speaking up, “I think that’s more normal; they knew we were coming, most of the stuff must have been dealt with, this one box could have been overlooked.”

“Just happened to be the one we opened?” Sandra didn’t believe it, Xu Wei shrugged: “Movies need logic, reality doesn’t.”

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Metal energy balance reached a new high, Li Ming checked many times, feeling very fulfilled both physically and mentally.

Wondering about Uncle Lame, whether he managed to steal that thing or not.

Li Ming mulled over it, the metal energy was sufficient, just waiting for news from Uncle Lame’s side.

If the plan went smoothly, with the aid of Professor Wu’s power, the subsequent troubles would naturally be resolved.

As he was deep in thought, the light in front of him seemed to be blocked, he looked up, there stood Xu Wei in front of him, holding her smart terminal, asking, “Are you interested in an interview?”

“An interview?” Li Ming was slightly startled.

“Yes,” Xu Wei nodded, her expression still carrying the shock, “The rampage of the Silver Grey Beasts was terrifying, I don’t know what convictions drove you to save us, can you talk about it?”

“Duty calls, I could not shirk it,” Li Ming replied after some thought.

Xu Wei looked at him, her nose smeared with dust, and inexplicably smiled, she turned to grab a folding stool, sat opposite Li Ming, and began to Record on her smart terminal—

“I…

I don’t really know, I only know that the city guard’s creed has no words for retreat, I just knew that someone needed my help to rescue them,” he said.

Pleased with his answer, Xu Wei nodded and asked further, “Aren’t you afraid of dying in the process?

After all, you are only eighteen and have your whole life ahead of you.”

“Not afraid,” Li Ming shook his head.

“Of course, I am afraid, but even so, I must go.

The duty given to me by the city guard is to protect innocent citizens, whether or not it requires my life.

My parents are gone, and duty is the support that keeps me going.”