From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 422 Progress of the Human World

On Mount Triumvirate, fifty kilometers north of Kolos.

The elves are quarrying stone to transport back to Kolos to repair the city walls.

Three Commanders Mountain is a mountain range named in honor of the three commanders of the Elven anti-demon alliance.

This mountain range is also the closest quarry to the city of Kolos.

However, there is one peak in Santongshuai Mountain where quarrying is not allowed, and that is the main peak of Santongshuai Mountain.

On the cliff face of the main peak, there are statues of three elven commanders.

The statues stand against the mountain, a kilometer high, and from the top of the tower in Kolos, one can see a corner of the three commanders' statues.

However, the statues of the three commanders have not been repaired for many years, and there are many signs of weathering on the statues.

At this moment, Tyrese held the dragon's fang as he repaired the statue of his teacher, the previous elven swordsman, and one of the three commanders.

He used his sword as a brush to outline his teacher's features on the statue's face, each stroke perfectly capturing the teacher's appearance in his memory.

Lu Heng came up behind Tyrese and said, "I'm going back tonight."

Tyrese didn't turn around, but continued to trace his teacher's image with his sword, thinking with satisfaction, "You did better than me."

Lu Heng was taken aback for a moment, then understood the meaning behind his words.

He was filled with regret that he had not been able to help his teacher when he was young, which led to Santos's death in the seal beneath the city of Xiling.

“Commander Santos wouldn’t think that way. In his eyes, you have shouldered the heavy responsibility of protecting the Elven race, which is what he most wants to see, and you have done it.” Lu Heng knew that Tyrese didn’t need comforting words, but he still said comforting words.

Tyrese waved his hand and said, "Go back. I'll be busy for many days and won't have time to teach you swordsmanship. Actually, there's nothing more I can teach you."

Lu Heng quickly replied, "How could that be? I still have a lot to learn. I'll go back tonight, and when we meet again, I'll make sure I've grown even more."

"Before you go back, go to the dungeon one more time. The Dragonhawk Knights have captured a few Abyss Conquerors and are imprisoning them there. They've already interrogated them. If you have any further questions, you can go and see them. After you've finished questioning them, kill them," Tyrese instructed.

There are Abyss Conquerors present in this Abyss Battlefield.

In fact, the Skeleton Lord is himself a summoner of the abyss.

However, beings of this level, like the Abyss Demon King, are usually not regarded as ordinary recruits.

This time, the Abyss Conquerors are Shadow Clan and Bloodline Clan. Lu Heng has encountered them several times before and has killed some of them.

The presence of the Skeleton Monarch and his army of 100,000 skeletons makes these Abyss Conquerors seem insignificant.

According to the logic of the Abyss Conquerors, they would not participate in the battle if there was no hope of breaching the city when the skeletal army besieged it.

While the skeletal dragon was brutally attacking Queen Orianna, this group of Abyssal Conquerors entered the fray and joined the siege.

It wasn't until Lu Heng and Tyrese returned and devised a plan to kill the Skeleton Lord that the tide of battle was turned, and the Abyss faction was instantly defeated.

The skeletal army lost its mobility almost instantly, and its collapse was so rapid that the Abyss Conquerors didn't even have time to escape before being captured by the elves.

Since most of the time in this Abyss Battlefield was spent fighting undead skeletons, the number of Abyss Conquerors killed was not large.

Lu Heng's first challenge is to kill 10 Abyss Conquerors, which he hasn't completed yet; he's still 3 short.

There will be no penalty for not completing the challenge, but you will not receive the reward, which is at least a thousand divine energy.

Now, hearing Tyrese say that there are several Abyss Conquerors locked in the dungeon, it's perfect time to collect all the rewards.

……

It was night when we returned to Kolos.

The soft moonlight spilled onto Pawprint Lake, creating shimmering ripples.

Lu Heng gathered his teammates and prepared to go to the dungeon together.

Su Muyu is at Fiona's residence, where she plans to use the Tree of Life vine to heal Fiona's injuries before returning.

Although it can't regenerate severed limbs, it can at least help her injuries heal faster.

When Lu Heng entered the General's Mansion, there were still craftsmen in the forging workshop taking Fiona's measurements, preparing to forge a steel arm for her to temporarily replace her severed left hand.

After reviewing the sketches drawn by the forging craftsmen, Lu Heng commented, "They look even more imposing."

Fiona was very cheerful and laughed, "That's right, I am the Queen's most trusted general."

After a few casual words, Lu Heng and his companion formally bid farewell to Fiona, then joined Lin Zeyu and Xie Shi'en, and headed to the dungeon of Kolos City.

In the dungeon.

There are three blood-born demons imprisoned in a magic-free cell; they are the Abyss Conscripts captured by the Elven Guard.

The Bloodline Clan and the Elf Clan can be said to be long-term enemy races. The rise and fall of the two races are relative. When the Bloodline Clan is strong, it will inevitably suppress the Elf Clan.

However, since the last time the Bloodline King Mogs died in battle, the Bloodline race has been silent for a long time.

This time, a squad of bloodline demons was recruited, with the mission of assisting the Skeleton Lord in conquering the city of Kolos.

However, the Blood Demons have entered a relatively long period of decline due to the death of the Blood King, so they are going all out in this conscription.

They only joined the battle when the skeletal army was about to breach the city of Kolos, hoping to get a share of the spoils, but they were unlucky.

The Blood Demon is extremely ugly, with a goat's head and a human body.

Even the Bloodline Banshees aren't particularly beautiful, but they rely on their charm abilities to control targets across races.

Even the Dark Iron dwarves could not resist the allure of the Bloodline Banshee's "beauty".

Upon hearing that she could interrogate the Abyss Conscripts, Su Muyu quickly took out her notebook and pen and began to ask the questions that had been nagging at her:
When you are drafted, is there a countdown timer?

This kind of question wouldn't harm the interests of the Bloodline race, so the three Bloodline demons answered readily.

When the Abyss races are conscripted, the situation is similar to that of humans; a conscription countdown will also occur.

Su Muyu took notes and continued to ask, "When you were conscripted, did you know the information about the target world?"

Blood Demon: "Unless special items are used, information about the target world is unknown."

Upon hearing this, Su Muyu and the other two turned around and exchanged glances with Lu Heng, all showing expressions of surprise.

"Why is this so similar to our situation when we were drafted?"

In fact, Lu Heng knew some information about the Abyss Conscripts, but he had never interrogated them personally. He was very curious to hear firsthand information from the Bloodline Demon.

The conscription of the Abyss races is indeed very similar to the conscription of humans.

From the countdown to the target world information, the rules are exactly the same.

Su Muyu then asked about the Abyss Battlefield missions and discovered that the missions for the Abyss Conscripts were very similar to those for the Human Conscripts, also divided into main missions and challenge missions.

Even the rewards are very similar.

However, there are some differences. Many of the rewards obtained by Abyss Conquerors are Abyss Energy.

The Abyss races have adapted to the properties of Abyss energy, so acquiring it will not lead to mutation. In other words, the Abyss races have already undergone mutation and evolved into a species capable of adapting to Abyss energy; continuing to absorb it will not cause further mutation.

To put it another way, abyssal energy is to the abyssal race what air is to humans.

Su Muyu thought for a moment and continued to ask, "In your world of bloodline races, what skills are you good at? For example, forging, quenching, inscription, and the like?"

The bloodline demon remained silent for a moment, then, seeing Lu Heng draw his weapon, hurriedly replied, "We are skilled at forging weapons with blood."

This is true. Bloodline races can feed weapons with their blood, eventually making the weapons become part of their bodies and grow along with them.

Su Muyu thought for a moment, then asked, "Do you have technology?"

The three bloodline demons all looked puzzled; they didn't even understand what "technology" meant.

Lu Heng changed the subject: "Have you ever been recruited into a technological civilization? For example, the Sykes civilization, or... human civilization?"

A blood-descended demon answered first: "I have never been to a technologically advanced civilization, but I have heard that some blood-descended beings have been to the human world."

Lu Heng raised an eyebrow, not expecting that the Bloodline Clan had once been recruited into the human world.

Since the invasion of the Abyss, Earth has become a battlefield for the Abyss, which recruits superhumans from other worlds.

The Bancel people were once conscripted.

However, the level of recruitment is related to the extent to which the world is invaded by the Abyss.

The severity of the invasion of the Abyss on Earth is not high compared to other worlds.

In other words, if a certain area of ​​Earth becomes an abyss battlefield, the danger level will not be too high, and the level of the alien races recruited will not be too high either.

Of course, this refers to Allied Summoners; the situation is different if they are hostile Abyss Summoners.

The appearance of Abyss Conquerors on Blue Star marks the transition of the Abyss Era from its middle to its later stages.

According to the progress I remember, the human world will enter the later stage in the third year after the abyss descends.

From this period onward, Earth will become an increasingly frequent battlefield in the abyss, and the level of danger will also increase.

It is now October of the second year since the Abyss descended, and it is unexpected that the Bloodline Clan has already been recruited to Blue Star at this time.

However, I had not heard of any related information before being transported to the Elf World.

The information network in the human world is highly developed, and all countries, organizations, and forces will try their best to collect information related to the abyss.

If any abyssal races were recruited to Earth, the news would definitely spread.

Moreover, this kind of conscription has never happened before, and its occurrence means that something big may be about to happen.

In other words, if a member of the Bloodline race were to enter the human world as an Abyss Conqueror, the news would certainly cause quite a stir.

However, I had not heard any related information before.

Then there's only one possibility: the news that the Bloodline Clan was recruited to the human world this time didn't leak out.

This situation is possible, and there are many reasons for it.

For example, the Abyss Conquerors killed all the humans who had seen them, or some organization or force actively blocked the news.

In short, once the Abyss Conqueror appears in the human world, something big is bound to happen.

Lu Heng originally wanted to continue asking about the information that the Blood Descendants had been recruited to Blue Star, but these three Blood Descendants had only heard about it and did not know any more information.

After a while of further questioning, no more useful information was obtained.

The countdown to the return has gradually begun.

These three bloodline demons could also see the countdown on their quest interface and began to get nervous.

As long as they can hold out until the return time, this anti-magic prison cannot prevent them from teleporting away.

However, this rule is known to all recruits.

Xie Shi'en glanced at the time and reminded him, "There are only three minutes left."

Lu Heng raised his hand and said, "Then kill them."

“Let me handle this, I’m good at it.” Lin Zeyu pulled out a revolver, loaded it with enchanted bullets from the elven workshop, and pressed it against the blood demon’s head.

The three bloodline demons wanted to resist, but in the anti-magic prison, they were shackled and had no ability to fight back.

Bang bang bang!
Lin Zeyu fired three shots in quick succession, killing three Bloodline Demons.

After defeating the three-headed bloodline demon, the team's first challenge was marked as complete.

The time for the final return has arrived.

Lu Heng turned around and walked to the door of the cell where Ke Yiming was being held, looking at him calmly.

Ke Yiming glanced at the return time, and his heart began to pound wildly.

There were only two minutes left. If he could teleport back after those two minutes, it would mean he could survive. But he was worried that Lu Heng might suddenly change his mind and kill him here.

He quickly replied, "I will follow your arrangements and will not dare to disobey in any way."

Lu Heng stared into his eyes and asked, "I'm curious, how did you join the Creator Organization?"

Ke Yiming paused for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "You've joined before, so you should know that it was because there was no way to refuse."

Lu Heng had joined the Creator Organization not only twice, but he knew very well that the conditions offered by the Creator Organization when it extended an invitation were hard to refuse.

As for what you do after joining the organization, you no longer have the autonomy to decide what to do.

Ke Yiming let out a breath and said, "You may not know, but you and I are actually competitors. My team initially considered you as a candidate for a member."

"But joining the team will expose you to some core secrets, so it will take some time to be tested."

"As you know, you killed too many members of the organization, so in the end they didn't want you to join the team, and chose me instead."

His number is 025, and Lu Heng's number is 028.

The numbering system indicates that the two joined the Creator's organization around the same time, probably within a month or two.

There's not much time left before the return.

Lu Heng didn't ask any further questions, but instead said, "After you're teleported back, don't act rashly, or you'll die."

Ke Yiming nodded in agreement: "I understand."

Lu Heng added, "I mean, the Southern Theater Command has already located your position. If you dare to make any sudden movements after you go back, you will be killed immediately."

Ke Yiming's forehead was covered in sweat, and his heart was beating even faster.

This return was not an escape from death for him, but rather a fall from the wolf's den into the tiger's lair; he had no other choice.

(End of this chapter)