Li Ming quickly entered his Shadow account, which originally had many unusual aspects.
For example, multiple purchases of metal materials, or the killing of certain high-level supervisors at the time.
It seemed unusual before, but now it doesn’t matter; any anomaly could be attributed to Azure Dragon.
After logging in, Dark Night took a look and his expression turned strange, the bounty level was so low, it seemed he hardly did anything significant.
As if performing a magic trick, he pulled out another smart terminal, not knowing what he operated on, seemingly checking some data.
Can they access the Black Hole Network’s backend?
Li Ming scanned and pondered internally.
"Kid, can you ask your teacher to forge a weapon for me?" someone suddenly spoke from a surrounding shadow.
"Of course." Li Ming nodded, "But, there is a certain price to pay."
"That’s certain. What is your teacher’s success rate in forging?" he continued to ask.
"100%" Li Ming replied.
In an instant, the room fell silent, then burst into laughter, "Haha, little guy, don’t speak nonsense if you don’t know, I want a monolithic forged cold weapon."
"Not one of those multi-module cast gadgets."
There are many categories of weapons in the interstellar world, such as the Folding Fortress from Yitelan Civilization, Li Ming reckoned it might also be an S-level weapon.
But that thing, made up of many parts, is not monolithic. The difficulty in creating it is actually not high, it just takes more time.
The real difficulty lies in weapons like swords and knives, small in size, with almost no components at all.
To reach the S-level, vast resources are essential, and all kinds of craftsmanship involved must also be top-notch.
Therefore, it’s not guaranteed to always succeed 100%; with one mistake in the process coupled with harsh environmental conditions during forging, it’s easy to end up with total failure.
"As I said, 100%, but there is one requirement, you must provide either Terrax Stone or Titan Stone," Li Ming said solemnly.
Seeing Li Ming insisting, several vague shadows hesitated.
"Terrax Stone? What is that? Do you have a picture?" Finally, someone spoke with a confused tone.
Li Ming’s heart sank slightly; they hadn’t heard of it either?
To elevate Controlled Objects to S-level, Titan Stone is necessary, but recently, no records about it could be found on the Black Hole Network.
He thought his account’s permissions were too low, but these people in front of him also didn’t know.
Holding on to his last hope, he took out his smart terminal and projected the photo.
After a moment of deeper murmur, the answer was still no, "Never seen this before, haven’t heard of it either, some obscure object."
Li Ming deeply furrowed his brows, pondering; since the Ascender Civilization possessed it, there must be a trace, but the people in Black Hole Hall also didn’t know?
Or could it be called something else?
"Alright." While contemplating, Dark Night already ended, handing back the smart terminal to Li Ming to log out, his eyes quite peculiar.
By the account’s creation time and various records, it was indeed clear that Li Ming was the actual user.
"Alright, with our confirmation, you are now a member of Black Hole Hall," Dark Night announced.
Li Ming’s face stiffened slightly, "That’s it?"
"That’s it." Dark Night nodded, "Actually, we are just witnesses and do not have the authority to deny your membership."
"Black Hole Hall has only one criterion for joining since its inception, that is the Hall Mark," someone in the shadows added.
"Black Hole Hall has only one tenet, mutual assistance."
Li Ming nodded thoughtfully, then slightly surprised, said: "No Casting Star Mechanics in the hall?"
He suddenly thought, if following the tenet of Black Hole Hall, this level of weaponry shouldn’t be missing.
"Only one," Dark Night responded, "because Mechanics need a lot of resources from the start, and those who can provide extensive resources can’t be loners."
Naturally, Mechanics nurtured by forces don’t hold investment value.
"Don’t look further, it’s not here." He added, apparently, Black Hole Hall’s upper levels were not limited to these people.
Li Ming nodded in realization, a thought crossing his mind, "In a bit of time, I might sell a large quantity of military arms and offer mercenary services, if you need..."
"You, or your teacher?" someone coldly chuckled immediately.
"Is there a difference?" Li Ming retorted, "Can’t I receive help from you?"
Someone in the shadows shook their head: "You just joined, you’re just a basic member, the help you can get is limited."
All of a sudden, a loud voice from the shadows said: "My security company needs to replace some weapons within six months, the order can go to you."
After he said this, a few shadows went silent, seemingly considering, and soon also said: "Arms and mercenary services, huh? We’ll remember that."
Li Ming wasn’t surprised; if he were just an ordinary Level B life form, he definitely wouldn’t have received such treatment and would have had to follow the rules of Black Hole Hall step by step."
But now, he was the spokesperson for Azure Dragon, moreover, his own Development Potential was Level Forty-Six; these two identities combined naturally allowed some rules to be overlooked.
Afterwards, they exchanged a few more pleasantries with Dark Night, and then dissipated.
Dark Night passed him a software package, a black castle icon; register, enter Dark Night’s referral code, pass the vetting, and upon logging in, access the back end of Black Hole Hall.
He glanced through it briefly; it was akin to a miniature Black Hole Network, but more secretive and secure, holding not only various bounties but also aid information.