Chapter 440: Li Ang: I Need More Professions!

{The previous chapter has been revised; readers, please go back and check it. Those who have read the {Transcender·Energy} transformation condition can ignore this. }

The vibration from the communication device on his wrist pulled Ma Ding back to reality.

He withdrew his gaze, no longer paying attention to the insect corpses drifting in space outside the viewport, and slightly lifted his right wrist.

It was a message—but when Ma Ding saw the sender, he froze: "What does this little dragon brat want with me? Still about the army's procurement?"

{If Your Excellency Ma Ding has time in the coming days, please come to Morabis Star for a meeting. }

{—Li Ang}

Recalling what had happened before, the quartermaster slightly furrowed his brow.

After a brief moment of thought, Ma Ding replied.

{Fine. }

Though he'd had some friction with the other party, it wasn't an irreconcilable conflict.

His vacation was due soon anyway; meeting him wouldn't hurt.

But these were merely surface reasons; the deeper reason was that Secret Blood Corp had been swamped lately with certain matters, so even if he reached an agreement with that little dragon brat, he wouldn't face much backlash.

'I wonder if this little dragon brat has truly ascended to the Fourth Rank.'

All of this naturally hinges on strength; whether to cooperate with him still depends on what Ma Ding sees when they meet.

…

Morabis Star.

After Li Ang succeeded in transforming into {Stellar Shepherd}, {Simulated Life} reopened, as if the past two days had merely been routine maintenance.

Only Elise had faintly sensed the anomaly at the time, but her brain soon forgot about it.

"That's the situation, Mistress."

In the {Alchemy Kingdom}, Kalina spoke respectfully to the young man standing beside the workbench, head bowed as he handled something.

At that moment, Li Ang paused his actions, and under the maid's assistance, completed his cleanup.

He turned to face the humble young woman, and memories of her words flashed through his mind: "Alchemy Master?"

Master—a title reserved exclusively for Rank Six alchemists.

According to Kalina's information, the group of alchemists in Central City who had lingered so long had recently contacted a certain {Alchemy Master} from {The One Miracle} who was interested in the {Seven Kingdoms}.

Hearing this, Kalina lowered her head, avoiding the gaze that unsettled her, and forced calmness into her voice: "It should be Master Yize, known as {The Anomalous Source}; his specialty is biological transmutation."

"But from what I know, Master Yize once clashed with a top designer from {Immortal Evolution}, and hasn't been seen in a long time—I never expected they'd manage to contact him."

Designer is a unique position in {Immortal Evolution}, essentially equivalent to an Alchemy Master.

It's no surprise that Yize, who specializes in biological transmutation, would clash with those madmen who enjoy stitching together monsters—after all, heretics are always more hateful than apostates.

As Kalina fell silent, the laboratory grew still.

After a long pause, Li Ang said without comment: "You've gone to quite some trouble."

"I—I didn't participate in this!" Kalina snapped her head up, speaking urgently, "Mistress, I only inquired after you ordered me to!"

"Hmph."

Li Ang smiled slightly, then gave the young woman a piercing look: "Don't let it happen again."

Kalina's mouth went bone-dry; she wanted to speak but couldn't find the words, so she swallowed hard to ease her tension.

After a long while, she lowered her head and replied in a dry voice: "... Yes."

For some reason, this young mistress exerted immense pressure on her—yet judging by his aura, he was merely a Fourth Rank practitioner like herself.

As if trying to make amends, Kalina quickly added: "Mistress, don't worry too much. Though Master Yize is a Rank Six alchemist, under normal circumstances he can only learn your alchemy through formal trade."

{The One Miracle} has its own rules: high-rank alchemists within the corporation must acquire low-rank alchemists' techniques through official trade channels.

After all, if anyone could just seize techniques by force, this galactic mega-corp wouldn't exist.

Of course, perfect fairness doesn't exist—even in alchemy, the weak often must gamble against the strong; high-rank alchemists frequently leverage their status and position to pressure low-rank ones into surrendering what they want at a lower cost.

But generally, high-rank alchemists aren't this foolish.

Li Ang wasn't worried the other party would resort to force—after all, alchemical rank has nothing to do with energy rank; a Rank Six alchemist could be either a Fifth or Sixth Rank practitioner.

The former is no concern—craftsman-class practitioners are mostly weak in direct combat, and with his current strength, he could easily overpower them.

As for the latter...

Since he'd never fought a Sixth Rank practitioner, he didn't know if he could handle it—but if it was merely an ordinary craftsman-class Sixth Rank, he believed he could still manage.

After all, not every craftsman-class practitioner is as absurd as {The Bronze and Fire King}; unless Master Yize's profession isn't even a craftsman-class one.

Of course, if things turn bad, he could always invoke {Aio Logistics}'s name—consider it Sophiea and Elise's rent.

Thinking of this, Li Ang shook off his thoughts and said calmly: "You may leave."

"Yes."

Hearing this, Kalina felt immense relief and quickly fled the laboratory, which had felt suffocating to her.

Li Ang watched silently as the young woman departed, only turning his gaze away once her figure vanished.

Her earlier behavior was naturally due to {Dual Complete Hands}' interference—but unlike the fully controlled members of {The Great Love Project} in the One World, this time he had only influenced her emotions and extracted peripheral memories.

As Li Ang had suspected, employees of massive corporations like {The One Miracle} were indeed restricted from revealing certain key information.

Fortunately, {Dual Complete Hands} could keenly sense these restrictions and bypass them to extract other information.

For Li Ang, this was sufficient—he had no interest in the secrets these mega-corporations held.

Let's just keep to our own lanes and live in peace.