After the brief excitement, Li Ming thought of another problem: the security level of such a secret laboratory could never be low.
It was very likely protected by the power of the "Realm of Perpetuity", making it difficult to slip in by possessing Pier’s shadow even if Pier had access.
"Tch..." He frowned slightly at the thought; the power of the "Realm of Perpetuity" had become a serious obstacle, standing in the way of the Dimension Crystal and several dimensional life forms.
He must find a way to resolve this. As he pondered, he looked up and saw Pier struggling, as if coming out of the hypnotic state.
Li Ming was speechless. He took out a mechanical pocket watch and waved it in front of Pier’s eyes, which gradually calmed the struggling expression.
Following that, he inquired more about the specific traits of the "Realm of Perpetuity" from Pier.
According to Pier, the Energy Shield formed by the "Realm of Perpetuity" could suppress a variety of Elemental Energy reactions and had the trait of spatial disturbance, blocking space-jumping abilities. It was quite comprehensive.
The more he knew, the more troublesome Li Ming found it to be.
He glanced at the time; five or six hours had passed since he left.
"Des’s work hours should be ending, Torch Organization’s internal net permissions have been reinstated, there should be some movements on his side, best to go back first."
Li Ming thought and made Pier forget what had just happened, then sent him to check the progress of the warship assembly.
After another hour had passed, Li Ming returned to Thunder’s shadow.
Back in his room, he opened the smart terminal, and as expected, access to the internal network was restored.
He contacted Jesaya again and learned that Des had left the laboratory half an hour ago.
"Hoping it’s not too late..." Li Ming’s figure shrank back into Thunder’s shadow, his movements already quite adept.
At the same time, in Des’s room, he had a serious expression, surrounded by multiple virtual screens with torrents of data streams washing over them.
New screens with progress bars or red warnings would pop up momentarily before disappearing.
"Ha... Connet has begun to suspect me, added quite a few interceptors and data stream trackers in the internal network, pity..." Des sneered.
The cyber-security measures of Torch Organization were not to be underestimated, but they were likely bought, not built by their members.
The advanced hackers within Torch Organization could not fully utilize the firewall’s capabilities and could only go by the book with certain detection or interception routines.
"If it were in my hands, even with three other hackers of the same tier, they couldn’t break through this firewall, pity..." Des scoffed, for him, it was just a matter of spending more time.
He pressed a button, and the many virtual screens surrounding him displayed green data streams falling like a waterfall, with visual progress pop-ups emerging.
"I’m going to use your own data streams and recompile them through special encoding; it would be strange if you could detect any anomaly!"
Des gave a cold laugh, stopped his actions, and waited quietly.
But after a moment, the doorbell rang.
His expression darkened; there was no video equipment in the temporary room he resided in.
Having placed a ’Do Not Disturb’ sign at the front door, Brother should not come looking for him while he’s recuperating.
In his mind, there was nearly only one person who would knock despite the ’Do Not Disturb’ sign.
He put on an unpleasant face, got up, went to the metallic door, removed the metal piece blocking the peephole and peered out.
As expected, it was Mechanical Azure Dragon’s mechanical body, the short one that seemed dumb and dazed.
Assured it was Mechanical Azure Dragon’s mechanical body, Des’s expression eased somewhat, "So he’s brought himself to me."
He opened the door with a normal expression, and heard the stiff voice of the mechanical body: "Lord Des, the Master invites you to discuss the crafting of the Sublimator."
Des did not respond immediately, instead, he sized up the mechanical body.
Even after more than ten days, it was still hard for him to imagine this little guy unleashing power akin to that of an A-Level Life Form.
Insignificant in appearance, yet had rendered quite a few small civilizations helpless.
"Who is your Master?"
"Mechanic Azure Dragon..." Thunder responded stiffly.
A standard hard reply, but to a false identity, Des nodded inwardly and continued with a probing question: "Do you execute your master’s commands unconditionally?"
"What is your master’s command?"
Thunder reiterated: "To invite Lord Des to discuss matters concerning the crafting of the Sublimator."
Li Ming, already hidden in Des’s shadow, had an odd look in his eyes, wondering what this guy was up to.
"But I’m experiencing some issues and can’t come at the moment," After Des said this, Thunder turned to leave.
Des quickly added, "Would you be willing to help me solve these issues to fulfill your master’s command?"
Thunder stopped in its tracks, mechanical pupils swirling as if caught in a system hang.
Des smiled, as most mechanical bodies crafted by Mechanics have this problem with their logic code setup—their own commands are the highest standard.
Despite most civilizations having strict legal requirements for combat mechanical bodies, mandating hardcoded instructions including adherence to the law and prohibition against harming humans within their logic code.
For a Mechanic, there were ways to bypass these treaties, making it impossible for other instructions to take priority over the "Unconditionally Obey the Creator’s Commands."