On the third day of their return to the Republic, Liliat and the others have returned from the Secret Realm.

Seeing that Tagore and Blue were not there, Gooding only briefly asked a few words, and did not delve further.

Upon learning of Liliat's return, Barorockrov immediately summoned Gooding and his party to the conference hall.

"Tagore and Blue stayed in the secret realm? In other words, they are not ready to participate in the Demon Screening Competition? Barorock, having learned about this, asked the question.

"That's right, they won't be participating in the screening competition."

During his stay in the Republic, Gooding also knew something about the quota, and he was ready to convince the two guys to give up the screening even if Tagore and Blue returned from the secret realm. Now, it seems, it's not necessary.

"There are still 85 days left before the start of the screening competition, and the auctions around the world have begun to enter the final auction stage in recent months, and the real bottom of the box will slowly appear. I've asked people to inquire about the few things you want, and I haven't heard of any of them on the auction list of Origin Flame and Heart of Life. As for Noah's Rubik's Cube, we found it half a year ago, and that friend of yours also successfully completed the collection ......"

Barorocklov said and looked at Robert.

"Robert, you've already collected Noah's Rubik's Cube?" Gooding frowned slightly, and also looked at Robert.

Once Noah's Cube is refined, Robert's evolution will be irreversible in the direction of complete mechanical life.

"It's been collected, but it's not been refined yet, and I originally planned to talk about this matter after everyone gathers together." Robb nodded and said, "Actually, I know very well that you and the Sea Emperor want me to evolve in the direction of humans. But for me, both paths are optional. I don't have a preference for one or the other. On the contrary, it will be more advantageous for the whole team to evolve in the direction of mechanical life, and my combat power will be stronger, and I will be more efficient without the emotional thinking of humans. Moreover. The Demon Screening Contest is about to start, and my combat power has become a drag on everyone. I don't have any more time......"

"But Robert ......," the Sea Emperor wanted to say something to convince Robert, but was stopped by Gooding.

"Okay, don't talk about it. I respect Robert's choice, but Robert, give us two more months, and if you still haven't found the Origin Flame or the Heart of Life in these last two months, I won't stop you from refining Noah's Rubik's Cube. Gooding didn't force Robert to make a choice.

"I can wait another two months." Robert agreed without hesitation, and although he didn't care which energy source to use, he didn't want to live up to Gudin's kindness.

Barorockov heard this. finally understood, it turned out that the big beauty in front of her was actually not a human, but a mechanical race. Although there are not many mechanical races in the higher planes, Barorocklov, as the head of the Terran Race, has naturally heard some information about the mechanical race. He also finally understood why Guding needed a xenomorph energy source like Noah's Rubik's Cube.

"Mr. Baroque. Can you send us a copy of your auction list? Gooding immediately turned around and asked.

"I'll send it to you right away!" Barrokov immediately forwarded the list to Gooding.

After receiving the list, Gooding immediately looked at the Sea Emperor again. "You look at the list, and then look up the information of these chambers of commerce, and find the contact information of the person in charge. Let Fateh call and ask if you can get the Origin Flame or the Heart of Life. ”

The Sea Emperor immediately set about getting busy with this matter.

"Fate, let's see if you can get a list of auction items other than the public list from those chambers of commerce. Also, the biggest chambers of commerce. Just ask them if they have any of the two things we want, and we can buy them at a high price. ”

"In addition to the Chamber of Commerce, Sea Emperor, you also contact the intelligence agencies of the major forces. Spend some money to put the Origin Flame and Heart of Life procurement requests on the intelligence agency's homepage to see if they can provide any useful information. ”

"Michael. You're in charge of helping both of them come up with ideas. If I miss something, you can add it. Any good idea can be brought up to both of them. If you need help from others, you can just ask for it. ”

Gooding quickly made a series of arrangements, he didn't want Robert to become a real mechanical life and lose all emotions.

"We'll do what we can to get our hands on it." Mi Ke naturally knew about this matter, and how willing Guding was to complete it.

"Then, I will try not to disturb you in the past few months, and if there is any news, I will notify you as soon as possible." Barrokov was also very self-aware.

"Thank you, Chief." Gu Ding bowed slightly and led everyone out of the conference hall.

Immediately after seeing Gooding leave, Barrochlov dialed a messenger number.

"The six places for the last twenty people can be changed to eight. Take the eight people with the highest accumulated points and participate in the Demon Screening Competition! ”

……

Leaving the conference hall, Gooding and the others returned to the hotel that Barrochlov had arranged.

Robert stood on the edge of the balcony of the room, leaning against the guardrail and looking up at the sky, with a thoughtful expression.

"What do you think?"

A voice drew her gaze back from the sky, and the Sea Emperor walked to her left hand with a drink.

"Actually, I can't understand why you and the captain are obsessed with letting me evolve in the direction of humanity." Robert said what puzzled him, "In terms of efficiency, wouldn't it be easier for me to directly refine the Noah's Cube that I already had?" Why waste more time and energy looking for the Origin Flame and the Heart of Life?! ”

"You're right, from the point of view of efficiency, directly refining Noah's Cube is indeed the fastest way to improve your combat power." The Sea Emperor nodded and smiled, "Before I became a human, I would definitely make this kind of decision. However, I still vividly remember the joy in my heart the moment I became a human being. Human emotions are a great asset to me. It felt like the world I saw before was black and white, and after being human, everything became color...... If you really evolve in the direction of the machine, one day you will miss all the emotions you had before, happy, sad, and even angry...... Because of the existence of these things, our lives are more colorful. ”

"Perhaps......" Robert didn't say anything more, but looked up at the sky again...... (To be continued......)