From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 427 The Dramatic Changes in the Sykes Civilization

Lu Heng was stunned when he heard that the mechanical demon research was successful.

My memory of the large-scale appearance of mechanical demons in the Sykes civilization dates back to the third year after the human world was invaded by the Abyss.

According to the timeline of Sykes' world, the mechanical demon incident should occur two years later in their world.

The time was brought forward unexpectedly.

Upon reflection, it was twelve years ago that the Sykes civilization first discovered that it had the power to research mechanical demons.

It's not surprising that research results emerged after twelve years.

In fact, among the many worlds invaded by the Abyss, the Sykes civilization was one of the slower-progressing civilizations.

Thirty years have passed since the scientist Lacrine Sykes of the Sykes civilization discovered the invasion of the Abyss.

In any other world, thirty years would be enough for the abyss to completely devour it.

However, the Sykes civilization has only just entered the middle stage of the Abyss invasion. If we don't count the second Gaia planet, the Sykes civilization has only lost one ice field planet without a permanent population.

The reason why the Sykes civilization was able to persist for so long during the Abyss invasion was not because the Sykes civilization was advanced, but because its form of civilization was quite unique.

The Sykes civilization was already in the late stage of mechanized civilization, and almost all Sykes civilizations had undergone mechanization.

Abyssal energy has a unique characteristic: it only affects living organisms.

Distortions only occur when organisms absorb energy from the abyss.

In theory, inanimate stones and metals, when in contact with abyssal energy, will not undergo any special changes; at most, they will be damaged.

The citizens of the Sykes civilization are all mechanical beings, and are minimally affected by the abyssal aura.

If any mechanical limbs are damaged due to the erosion of abyssal energy, simply replace the parts; this will not affect their mobility.

For this reason, the Abyss seems to have no way to deal with the Sykes civilization; it can only erode the planet's surface and corrupt the environment.

Mechanical civilizations, however, do not have high environmental requirements, unlike cellular organisms.

If it were a human, they would have no way to live if their environment were polluted by the abyss.

The situation is different for mechanical units. When the environment is polluted, it usually just means that the mechanical parts are corroded and the maintenance frequency increases, which is not a big problem.

However, this is only a superficial phenomenon.

The Abyss has an even more terrifying characteristic: it adapts itself to the target world.

Since the abyssal energy has little effect on mechanical entities, we will use the drafting rules to drive evolution.

The successful research into the mechanical demon may seem like a success for the crazy scientific research organization within the Sykes civilization, but it is actually also a sign of the evolution of the Abyss.

After successfully researching the mechanical demon, the Abyss gained the ability to corrupt mechanical bodies.

If the Abyss encounters a mechanical civilization again, it can use the same methods to quickly devour the mechanical civilization's world.

According to the progress of the Sykes civilization's invasion of the abyss, the appearance of the mechanical demons means that the invasion has moved from the mid-stage to the late stage.

This also means that the Sykes civilization, facing the abyss, no longer has the capital to be arrogant.

When Lu Heng was first summoned to the capital star circle of the Sykes civilization, the upper-class nobles of the Sykes civilization were extremely arrogant towards the Abyss.

At that time, mechanical gladiatorial arenas in the capital star circle would host matches between mechanical beasts and high-ranking demons, used to entertain the upper nobility.

This also shows that the Sykes civilization, relying on the special nature of its mechanical bodies, did not take the Abyss Demons seriously.

However, the appearance of the mechanical demons will make the Sykes civilization realize one thing: they no longer have the right to be arrogant.

The destruction of the second Gaia planet also taught the Sykes civilization a profound lesson.

Lu Heng didn't know where the Sykes civilization would go in the future. Even their greatest scientist couldn't save the civilization's future, so how much influence could an outsider have?

In fact, Lu Heng did do something.

Lu Heng had a deep conversation with Xavier Matrix about the progress of the Abyss invasion.

As the pilot of the Black Feather Spirit Mechanical Angel, Yuan Yaoyao would send any information she could access back to Xavier Matrix.

Therefore, Xavier Matrix already knows all the information that needs to be known.

Xavier Matrix also attempted to alter the course of civilization, but clearly a mad scientist wanted by civilization cannot change its fate.

……

Lu Heng reached out and patted Yuan Yaoyao's head, offering a few words of comfort, before asking, "How's Professor Xavier? Is he alright?"

Yuan Yaoyao's expression was tense as she replied, "The professor's body was destroyed in order to protect me during my retreat."

Lu Heng frowned and asked, "Is there a record of your consciousness?"

Yuan Yaoyao nodded and replied, "The professor has already uploaded his consciousness archive to a server on another planet, but all the mechanical units developed on the second Gaia planet have been destroyed. The professor doesn't dare to manufacture any more machines now, fearing that the military will discover it. The power he currently possesses is insufficient to fight against the military."

One of the key reasons Xavier Matrix was able to move freely on the Second Gaia despite being wanted by the Sykes military was that he had been operating on that planet for many years.

On the second Gaia planet, there were secret bases he had set up everywhere, where he could summon mechanical units to do his bidding at any time.

Now that the second Gaia planet is destroyed, all the underground territory he has expanded over the years has been scrapped. Although his consciousness has been archived and transmitted out, the power he wields has been weakened to the extreme. Once discovered by the Sykes civilization officials, he will be arrested immediately.

If that's all there is to it, Yuan Yaoyao could ask Lu Heng to accompany her to the Sykes civilization to help Xavier Matrix rebuild its secret base.

The problem is, Lu Heng can't go to the Sykes civilization.

Yes, Lu Heng did not have a spatial anchor point for the Sykes civilization.

Of the four people in the team, only Su Muyu has a spatial anchor point.

Lu Heng previously traveled to the Sykes civilization outside of the conscription period via teleportation using Yuan Yaoyao's Black Feather Spirit Ship.

However, the Black Feather Spirit itself does not have a complete teleportation function.

The Blackfeather Spirit needs a space teleporter built by Xavier Matrix to transport people there.

For this reason, every time Lu Heng teleported to the Sykes Civilization outside of the conscription period, he would appear at Xavier Matrix's space teleportation laboratory.

Now the Second Gaia planet is destroyed, Xavier Matrix's machine is also destroyed, only the consciousness archive is preserved, and the space teleportation laboratory is gone.

Without the space teleporter, even if Lu Heng wanted to help, he couldn't get there.

……

Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked, "Could you play back what happened? I want to see what happened."

All military mechanical units of the Sykes civilization have recording capabilities, and the Black Feather Spirit is a cutting-edge technological achievement, with recording battlefield information being its most basic function.

Yuan Yaoyao did not agree immediately, but hesitated for a moment before saying, "Okay, but the quantum computer requires me not to disclose the professor's recent situation. If I do not agree, then it will prohibit the playback of any footage related to the professor."

Lu Heng smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, I will keep it a secret and guarantee that Professor Xavier's secret will not be revealed." Yuan Yaoyao's brain was implanted with a smart optical brain, a special model of Xavier Matrix.

Xavier Matrix is ​​now in a weakened state and has lost its ability to protect itself.

If his location and situation are revealed now, Xavier Matrix will be arrested immediately once the information is obtained by the Sykes civilization authorities.

Therefore, the optical brain system activated its protection mechanism.

After receiving a reply, Yuan Yaoyao raised her hand and placed a palm-sized square box on the coffee table.

A light screen shone from the box, forming a holographic image that began playing the events that occurred on the second Gaia planet.

In the holographic image, demonized mechanical units were rampaging everywhere, and the Sykes military was eventually forced to deploy the Starfleet.

Tens of thousands of interstellar warships hovered in synchronous orbit around the second Gaia planet, bombarding the mechanical demons on the ground.

In the beginning, the strategy was to bombard individual mechanical demons and eliminate them in designated locations.

However, the mechanical demons spread far faster than imagined.

Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions of Sykes mechanical citizens were corrupted by the abyss, and their mechanical forms began to demonize.

In the early stages of the spread of mechanical demons, scientists from the Sykes civilization wanted to study the reasons for the demonization of mechanical units and find a solution to the problem.

But the mechanical citizens were turning into demons too quickly. In just a few dozen days, mechanical demons were rampaging all over the planet.

Moreover, the demonization process of mechanical units exhibited characteristics of contact contagion, causing the demonization speed of mechanical bodies to skyrocket exponentially.

Ultimately, the Sykes military had no choice but to order Starfleet to launch a large-scale nuclear strike on Second Gaia.

Seconds after the order was given, countless nuclear missiles rained down on the earth like a meteor shower.

Mushroom clouds rose from the planet's surface, bombarding it into ruins.

Lu Heng was shocked just by seeing the process in the video.

No wonder Yuan Yaoyao has this expression; she has clearly suffered a severe psychological shock.

Lu Heng patted her head and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, it's all over now."

Yuan Yaoyao shook her head: "I'm not afraid. Will the same thing happen on Blue Star in the future?"

In her understanding, mechanical civilizations are those that are not too afraid of nuclear bombs.

If it were human civilization, there would be no need for such a massive cleanup operation as that of Sykes II Gaia. Simply launching a nuclear bomb into each major city would be enough to wipe out human civilization.

Humans are not mechanical beings; they cannot survive under the influence of nuclear radiation.

With the nuclear weapons that humanity currently possesses, civilization could be pushed back to the Stone Age overnight.

Lu Heng gave a gentle smile and said, "Such a thing will not happen in our world."

The reason for this is not because humanity has the ability to fight the abyss, but because humanity dares not bombard its own planet on a large scale with nuclear weapons.

Unless the person who controls the nuclear launch button has gone mad.

One reason why the Sykes civilization dared to order a nuclear bombing was that the mechanical civilization had a relatively strong resistance to nuclear radiation.

Another reason is that before ordering the nuclear bombardment of Second Gaia, the Sykes civilization could have the mechanical citizens on that planet upload their consciousness archives.

Human civilization lacks this confidence; if Earth were to be bombed with nuclear weapons, civilization would truly perish.

After talking for a while, Yuan Yaoyao's mood improved a lot. She looked up and asked, "Can you come with me to rescue the professor? The professor is in great danger and could be discovered by the Sykes civilization officials at any time."

Lu Heng asked with a serious expression, "Can you still teleport me there?"

As expected, Yuan Yaoyao shook her head: "The space lab was destroyed, and I can only teleport there alone. But I can't help the professor by myself."

Lu Heng shrugged and replied, "I'm willing to help, but I can't get there. In my team, only Mu Yu has a spatial anchor point."

Yuan Yaoyao took a deep breath and said with a serious expression, "Sister Muyu's combat power is not enough."

Lu Heng thought for a moment and promised, "Let's think of another way. I'll help as long as there's a way to get through, but we can't get through now, so we can only let the professor hide for now."

Yuan Yaoyao puffed out her cheeks and sighed, "Okay."

……

At this moment.

The door to the training room was opened, and Su Muyu rushed in. Her first words were, "Lu Heng, do you know? Something terrible has happened to the Sykes Civilization."

She was halfway through her sentence when she saw Yuan Yaoyao sitting on the sofa and guessed what was going on: "Um, it seems you already know. Did Yaoyao just come back from over there?"

Yuan Yaoyao was still a little down, and nodded in response, "Mm."

"Where did you hear that from?" Lu Heng asked casually.

"It's from the superhuman community, and a large number of Sykes technology weapons have appeared on the market." Su Muyu took out her phone, showed Lu Heng several online posts, and said.

Around noon, Lu Heng received a call from Qi Jinghui.

"Commander Lu, you already know about the Level 8 battlefield of the Sykes Civilization, right?"

"Okay, what is it?"

Do you have more detailed information? If so, we would appreciate it if you could provide it to the war zone.

Lu Heng glanced at Yuan Yaoyao beside him and agreed, "Okay, you can send someone over to pick it up."

For human civilization, the data on the level 8 battlefield of the Sykes civilization is more important than the data on the level 8 battlefield of the Elf world.

Because the Elven race is a magical civilization, humans can only obtain information about the Abyss from the Level 8 battlefield data of the Elven world.

The Sykes civilization is different; it's a cyber-tech world, and the events that occur there have greater reference value for human civilization.

What the Sykes civilization experienced, humanity may very well experience as well.

Therefore, the Great Xia military has an even stronger need for Level 8 battlefield data from the Sykes civilization.

After Lu Heng hung up the phone, he reached out and pressed Yuan Yaoyao's shoulder, saying, "Make a copy of the data from this Level 8 battlefield; we need to give it to the country."

Yuan Yaoyao didn't say anything, just nodded silently, copied the data using the optical computer, and then placed a card-shaped storage device in Lu Heng's hand.

In the document she copied, she removed the content related to Professor Xavier and the Black Feather Spirit.

Holding the memory card, Lu Heng asked, "Are you going to hand it in yourself? You'll get a reward."

Yuan Yaoyao shook her head, pouted and muttered, "I don't want to. If Dad finds out, he'll definitely worry and ask all sorts of questions."

(End of this chapter)