"But we need to wait for further confirmation..." the person in charge’s eyes slightly sparkled.
Soon, the inspection was completed. Just as Li Ming turned around, he saw the person in charge approaching from not far away, with a very respectful attitude: "Lord Azure Dragon, there were no issues, right?"
Hmm? Why has this guy’s attitude changed so drastically?
Li Ming was puzzled and shook his head, "Just taking a quick look, the reputation of the Black Hole Network is undoubtedly reliable."
The person in charge nodded with a smile; they always acted swiftly and decisively and left immediately after unloading the cargo.
Looking at the departing transport ship of the Black Hole Network, Li Ming’s gaze became distant, and he recalled what Dark Night had said about the Black Hole Hall.
He pondered whether to start a similar type of angel investment.
However, the Black Hole Network was able to do this based on the support of massive data.
Shaking his head, Li Ming pushed these random thoughts out of his mind, his eyes flared with excitement, the metal energy this time was about to set a new record.
Immediately, Li Ming had the materials transported to the workshop he had prepared earlier.
Using sixteen rooms in total, top, bottom, left, right, reaching a height of five meters and a length of ten meters, it was fully capable of accommodating these materials.
Then he used the excuse that this technology was confidential, prohibiting anyone from approaching the workshop, including Dark Night.
He let Lei and Taipo guard it around the clock.
Dark Night indifferently accepted this as he was neither interested nor knowledgeable about the refining process, as long as his gun was fixed that was all that mattered.
After receiving the goods, Li Ming didn’t let the fleet leave but had them temporarily stay.
Now everything was led by him; although it raised doubts, no one objected.
He himself stayed in the workshop for a whole day and night.
In the workshop, Li Ming looked at the string of numbers on the Control Page, and couldn’t help but take a deep breath, just four million shy of breaking the hundred million mark.
As he had estimated, the value of the metal materials along with the shipping cost had exceeded one hundred and ten billion. Even by Dark Night’s standards, there were no discounts on the shipping cost.
But in the end, only ninety-two million was extracted, with another four million being his own balance.
A sudden sense of fulfillment surged through him, as if he was filled to the brim.
Without hesitation, Li Ming took out the [Talos’ Heart]; sixty million metal energy burst forth, enveloping the black-yellow heart from a mysterious dimension like a raging river.
Following that, the heart vanished from his hands, consuming sixty million metal energy in one go, the sense of fullness that had just arisen disappeared without a trace within minutes.
But Li Ming eagerly opened the Control Page.
He began to carefully read the description of [Talos’ Heart], with the most crucial being [Power of Star Breaking].
[Power of Star Breaking: Gain 4000% Power Amplification.]
Li Ming was briefly stunned, then his eyes lit up brilliantly, how much?
Truly worthy of an S-Level Controlled Object, it’s simple, brutal, and the effects are cumulative without any overlap.
Lower-level Controlled Objects rely on statistical enhancements, while Advanced Controlled Objects embody all sorts of unimaginable capabilities, and can construct a unique Control System with them as the core.
With [Talos’ Heart], it can transform Power Amplification into any of the other three basic buffs at will.
This also means he no longer needs to deliberately search for other Controlled Objects; one is equivalent to four.
More crucially, the transformations into other buffs can be stacked, which is an astounding concept.
He could use the [Justice Arm Armor] as a blueprint to replicate multiple similar Controlled Objects.
Normally, the Power Amplification ability brought by each would stack and be of no use, essentially wasted, but the other buffs transformed through [Talos’ Heart] wouldn’t overlap.
One [Justice Arm Armor] is equivalent to 28x Speed Buff, or Defense Buff, or Stamina Buff; what if multiple are stacked?
Just thinking about it was exhilarating.
Li Ming took a deep breath; having this object could save him a lot of energy, it was unfortunate that the Power Amplification itself couldn’t stack.
But each [Justice Arm Armor], required ten million metal energy as a base.
"Although expensive, it’s worth the price. I can recycle other Controlled Objects and not be so bulky," Li Ming mused.
As he contacted more Controlled Objects and became more powerful, his Control System also continuously evolved.
It became more suited to him, trading the least metal energy for the strongest buffs.
"This matter isn’t urgent, I can first make two to use."
Then, taking a deep breath once more, he tried to activate the [Transplant] ability of [Talos’ Heart], to replace his own heart.
He was extremely cautious, however... the moment the ability was activated, his pupils suddenly constricted, like a thunderclap exploding beside his ear, feeling an explosive pain around his heart.
The skin surface instantly swelled up with black grid-like thick blood vessels, followed by his face turning extremely red, then darkness before his eyes.
When he regained consciousness, all he could see was a blur of light, filling the entire world.
His mind seemed to have detached from his body, floating in an endless sea of light, unable to feel his own body.
He tried to make a fist with his body.
But nothing happened; he looked down, and could see nothing, nor did he know in what form of existence he was.
Li Ming was puzzled, nothing was around him, just an endless golden brilliance undulating slowly, no ground beneath his feet, nor sky above.