This is really not mechanical ascension-Chapter 50 - The Little Genius, Qin Xiao’s Recruitment

His speed was as fast as lightning, as he raised his left arm and swept down with his right, perfectly blocking the attacks from both sides.

Both attackers were simultaneously shocked by Li Ming’s rapid response and experienced fighting skills.

Wasn’t he just a newbie who had joined the city guards for half a month?

Not only that, but they also felt like they were hitting not flesh and blood, but rather a slab of iron.

What they couldn’t see beneath their clothing was an array of neatly arranged metal plates.

Immediately following that, Li Ming grabbed one attacker’s arm with his left hand and the other’s leg with his right, pulling with great force and suddenly swinging them around.

The two tried to resist, but the world spun around them as a wave of terror rose in their hearts, wondering how this youngster could be so strong!?

Wasn’t his development progress only at 60%, about the same as the two of them?

How could the difference be so vast?

Bang!

All the nearby equipment trembled as the two were smashed onto the floor by Li Ming, their facial features distorted, cheekbones cracked, and their insides in severe pain, blood spilling from their mouths and noses.

With an energy level of 180F, Li Ming undoubtedly overpowered the two.

In no time at all, the three of them were lying on the ground, looking at Li Ming with shock and fear in their eyes.

The only consolation for them was that this was the headquarters of the city guards.

As long as the other party was not completely insane, he wouldn’t kill them here.

“Hmm…” Li Ming looked around, took off a thick lasso, and then tied the three men together.

“What, what do you want to do?” One of them said with a fearful bravado, still trying to resist, but Li Ming simply dislocated his arm.

“Nothing much.

Didn’t you say you were acting on Minister Qin’s orders?

I’ll take you to ask him,” said Li Ming, dragging them onto the elevator.

He headed straight for Qin Xiao’s office on the 323rd floor.

Ding!

The elevator doors opened, and a sharp gaze fell upon Li Ming.

Upon noticing the three people tied up together, the gaze intensified.

This person had a cold expression and had already put his hand on the small of his back, ready to move—Xiao Yu, Minister Qin’s personal bodyguard.

“Li Ming?” the woman’s voice was puzzled.

Not far from the elevator was a seat, and a woman with wine-red hair looked confused.

Li Ming remembered her; she was the one who had handed him the commendation document, Qin Xiao’s secretary—He Yu.

“What’s this?” She stood up, her grey uniform fitting snugly around her hips, and beneath her pencil skirt were slender legs wrapped in black stockings.

He Yu was not panicked, but simply furrowed her brows.

“I’m here to see the minister,” Li Ming stated directly.

“This…” He Yu’s face showed hesitation; the minister wasn’t someone one could just see at a whim.

But her expression changed slightly as she looked down at the virtual screen on the desk, which popped up a red box followed by a snippet of video showing the scene of Li Ming’s altercation in the training room.

After a moment of thought, she tapped a few times on the virtual screen, clearing the red box before raising her head to look at Li Ming.

“Please wait…” She knew today’s incident was no trivial matter and was about to report when Qin Xiao’s voice came from the office behind her, “Let him in.”

The bodyguard stepped aside, and Li Ming, dragging the three men, walked into the office.

Plain and unadorned.

That was Li Ming’s first impression upon entering.

A white-haired but still vigorous old man sat behind a wooden desk, looking out through large floor-to-ceiling windows at the brightly lit Silver Grey City.

“Very decisive…” Qin Xiao casually picked up the virtual screen and flung it towards Li Ming.

The large display unfolded, showing the scene of Li Ming springing into action, in great detail.

“You defeated three F-level life forms in the blink of an eye,” Qin Xiao said with a meaningful tone.

“You’re quite skilled…

Your development progress, it must be more than what Yang Peng mentioned, 60%, right…”

Li Ming seemed somewhat surprised and after a moment’s silence, he said, “Minister’s eyes are perceptive; my development progress is actually around 90%.”

It was no secret to a wily old fox like Qin Xiao, especially after Li Ming had personally left traces of his blood at the site of Feng Xiao’s death, which upon testing could be easily discovered.

But revealing this wasn’t unexpected for Li Ming; he understood that each Life Form had its own pace of gene seed development.

In the interstellar realm, there even existed specialized devices for detecting those with a faster rate of development, just that Silver Grey Star didn’t have them.

He could easily portray himself as a “genius” with an exceptionally high rate of development, and perhaps even reap some benefits from it.

“Haha…” Qin Xiao chuckled, “I’ve seen your profile, but I didn’t expect you to develop your gene seed to 90% in such a short time.

You have a promising future.”

In fact, he was surprised when he learned of this, and was calculating how to bring Li Ming under his command.

But before he could approach him, Li Ming had already made his move.

A flicker of thought crossed his mind, and his expression suddenly became serious, “But there are regulations in the City Guard against attacking colleagues.

Otherwise, internal punishment will be meted out; you wouldn’t get a sniff of any resources for five years.”

“They said they were acting on your orders, to deliver me to Chief Feng Ke.”

“Hmm?” Qin Xiao’s expression became unreadable.

Li Ming flicked his wrist, whipping the rope across, striking someone’s face, and pulling the stuffing from his mouth, blood dripping onto the floor.

“Minister, you ordered…”

Qin Xiao raised his hand, signaling him to stop, “Sun Yunkai, is what he’s saying true?”

“Don’t try to deceive me; if I have the Intelligence Department analyze your lip-reading, it won’t take long to confirm.” Sun Yunkai, unable to meet Qin Xiao’s gaze, murmured in a low voice, “Chief Feng said he had notified you…”

Qin Xiao’s eyes grew colder, authoritative without anger, “He notified me, and you actually believed it?”

“Minister, this…

we…” Sun Yunkai started to speak.

“The City Management Department happens to need a few people to clean the sewers.” Qin Xiao rhythmically tapped on the table, “You can go there, but the items given to you by the City Guard will stay, including having your gene seeds removed.”

Sun Yunkai’s face paled, “Minister!”

The other two widened their eyes and wailed incessantly, filled with regret but unable to believe that the punishment would be so severe.

The removal of gene seeds would cause irreversible impacts on the Life Form itself, with the gravest consequence being the inability to assimilate gene seeds ever again, effectively ending the path of evolution.

Moreover, once the seeds were contaminated during removal, they became unusable.

Li Ming’s eyes flickered; Qin Xiao’s desire for control was obviously very strong.

His subordinates had forged a “holy order,” a matter that could be taken lightly or seriously, yet he chose to remove their gene seeds outright.

Hmm…

Perhaps this was also to intimidate me.

“Xiao Yu!” Qin Xiao called out, the door opened, and Xiao Yu peeked in, “Minister.”

“Take them to logistics and remove their gene seeds.”

“Yes.”

As the people were led away, Qin Xiao asked Li Ming to sit down and, after some thought, said, “There’s indeed a reason behind this incident.

You shouldn’t be so impulsive in the future.

If you have any issues, you can come to me.”

This was the advantage of being favored by Qin Xiao.

On the one hand, others had their gene seeds removed, whereas Li Ming had eased over the situation rather lightly, the contrast was clear.

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Of course, it was also a warning, dependent on how it was interpreted.

Li Ming spoke in a timely manner, “I understand.”

Qin Xiao smiled, all was understood without words.

Then, seemingly curious, he asked, “If it had really been an order from me for you to go to Feng Yue, would you have gone?”

This sly old fox…

Li Ming said in a grave voice, “I trust that the Minister wouldn’t harm me.”

“Of course, I wouldn’t harm you,” Qin Xiao said cheerily.

“Young man, don’t hide your abilities.”

Li Ming nodded and then hesitated, “Minister, the special training room’s available hours—could they be extended?”

“It closes at seven, which is a bit too early.”

“You are quite tenacious, no wonder your progress in development is so rapid.

If only the others were like you too,” Qin Xiao said with a hint of surprise.

After pondering for a moment, he continued,

“Recently, let’s extend it to midnight.

The Bounty Hunters could appear at any moment, save some energy.”

“Thank you, Minister.”

“I have another idea.” Li Ming went on, “This passive waiting is such a waste of time.

It might be better to fully grant us operational freedom, much like the Bounty Hunters, to actively hunt down our adversaries.”

“To count kills as achievements.”

“Heh,” Qin Xiao snorted coldly, “Then you might as well become a Bounty Hunter yourself.

Can you guarantee that all those killed are Bounty Hunters?”

“Forget it, I’ll talk to Feng Yue.

His son died, and his brain’s not working properly.

Is yours?”

With that dismissal, Li Ming nodded, stood up, and left.