From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 428 Specialized Mechanical Pollution Sources

Su Muyu talked with Yuan Yaoyao for a while and learned about what had happened in the Sykes civilization and Professor Xavier's situation.

Of the four members of the team, only Su Muyu has a spatial anchor point from the Sykes civilization.

She could go and help at any time, but as a sensory ability user, her individual combat strength would be limited.

Although she couldn't be of much help, Su Muyu still promised Yuan Yaoyao that she would send her over as soon as possible if needed.

Yuan Yaoyao felt much better after receiving comfort from the person she trusted and admired most.

……

Half an hour later, Qi Jinghui came in person to retrieve the data on the Sykes Civilization Level 8 Battlefield.

Lu Heng casually inquired about the skill cores and fourth-tier source essence. He had previously requested resource exchange from the war zone, and if the war zone had such resources, there should be news about it.

Qi Jinghui took the generational storage device and nodded in reply, "If it's convenient, come to Base 1 tomorrow and see if there are any suitable skill cores and source materials."

the next day.

Lu Heng's team of four arrived at Base No. 1 in the Shanhe District of the Southern Theater Command.

Qi Jinghui was waiting at the base entrance early. When he saw Lu Heng get out of the car, he hurriedly went up to him and accompanied him inside, saying as they walked, "The commander wants to meet with you. Let's go see the commander first."

Lu Heng nodded in agreement: "Okay."

The leader he was referring to was naturally Li Guining.

We are now in a chaotic era for the human world, and Li Guining, as the top leader of the Southern Theater Command, has a packed schedule almost every day.

Lu Heng hadn't seen Li Guining for a while, so it was a good opportunity to meet and chat.

Su Muyu, Lin Zeyu, and Xie Shien went to the next meeting room to check the top-tier resources in the war zone's inventory that could be used for exchange.

Lu Heng entered an office, and Li Guining happily got up to greet him.

Li Guining wasn't the only one in the office; there were several other senior staff officers present. As soon as Li Guining stood up, the others immediately stood up as well, ramrod straight.

"Come, come, sit down first."

Li Guining pulled Lu Heng down to sit and continued, "We've already looked at the materials that Staff Officer Qi brought back yesterday, and they're very valuable."

"Look, they all want to meet you and discuss the Sykes civilization and the Abyss with you."

Lu Heng nodded to the senior staff officers present as a greeting.

After the adjutant served tea, Qi Jinghui sat down and began to participate in the discussion.

"According to the data, the cause of this Level 8 battlefield of the Sykes civilization was the progress made by the Abyss in its research on mechanical demons, which ultimately led to the destruction of a planet. Our General Staff has been discussing this all day. We humans will also encounter the same problem. Comrade Lu Heng, what are your thoughts on this?"

When Lu Heng submitted the data on the Level 8 battlefield of the Sykes Civilization, he knew that the military staff would analyze the data frame by frame and then discuss it.

The military should have already reached a general conclusion, but this matter is of great importance, and it would be more reliable to discuss it with a top-tier warrior who has extensive experience in Abyss combat.

Lu Heng was a top-tier warrior who had personally experienced the Level 8 battlefield, and the data on the Level 8 battlefield of the Sykes civilization was handed over to him.

It would be most appropriate to discuss this with Lu Heng.

Lu Heng pondered for a moment and asked, "Are you all worried that mechanical demons might appear in our world as well?"

Several senior staff officers nodded in agreement, and Qi Jinghui continued, "Yes, we have analyzed the process by which the Sykes civilization developed from a technological civilization to a mechanical civilization. The Sykes civilization was very similar to us in the technological stage. So we want to know whether our world will see large-scale mechanical demons."

Lu Heng nodded slowly, pondering as he answered, "First of all, based on my observation, the large-scale emergence of mechanical demons in the Sykes civilization is an evolutionary result of a source of abyssal pollution."

"Why is it called evolution?" a senior staff officer asked.

Lu Heng continued to explain: "In fact, the Abyss is not static; it is constantly evolving."

"The abyss has devoured many worlds, but this method of devouring is not omnipotent."

"Before encountering the Sykes civilization, the Abyss had no contact with other mechanical civilizations."

"Abyssal energy can cause mutations in cellular organisms, but it has a relatively small effect on inanimate materials such as rocks and metals."

"So when the Abyss first invaded the Sykes world, it had no way to deal with the Sykes civilization's mechanical beings."

"This is also why the Sykes civilization didn't pay much attention to the Abyss invasion at first."

"The Sykes civilization had a great scientist named Lacrine Sykes, who was one of the first scientists to discover the invasion of the Abyss."

"According to the timeline, the Sykes civilization has been invaded by the Abyss for thirty years. As early as twelve years ago, Lacrine Sykes had warned his civilization."

"Unfortunately, the Sykes civilization did not heed this warning. Although they raised their vigilance against the Abyss, they still did not take it seriously enough."

"The reason for this is that the citizens of the Sykes civilization have been mechanized and are almost unaffected by the sources of pollution in the abyss."

"For this reason, the Abyss has invaded the world of Sykes several times, using Abyssal Tumors, but the results have been minimal."

"When I was first recruited to the capital star circle of the Sykes civilization, I discovered that there was a research organization studying mechanical demons."

"However, the research progress was relatively slow at that time, and no threat could be seen."

"Twelve years have passed since then, since the Sykes civilization."

"Twelve years have passed, and the research on mechanical demons has yielded results."

"It's not just mechanical demons; the Abyss is also evolving, developing into a source of contamination that specializes in machinery."

"In other words, the disaster on the second Gaia planet of the Sykes civilization was actually caused by a mechanically specialized source of abyssal pollution."

"The abyssal contamination source, which is specialized in mechanical engineering, spread and contaminated a large number of mechanical citizens, eventually rendering the entire planet unusable."

"If you were to ask me whether humanity will face the same crisis of mechanical demons."

"My answer is that the mechanically specialized abyssal contaminants also have an effect on the machinery of Blue Star, but compared to mechanical demons, we need to be more concerned about the contaminants that cause cellular biological mutations."

The mechanically specialized Abyssal Contamination Source does indeed affect all mechanical units, and the higher the intelligence of the mechanical unit, the more severely it is affected.

However, humanity is not a mechanical civilization; there are far more humans than mechanical units.

With a population of seven billion on Earth, wouldn't it be more effective to pollute the Abyss than to pollute a few robots?
Of course, vigilance is still necessary, but the focus of defense should not be on the mechanically specialized abyssal contaminants; the focus should be on the contaminants from phagocytic organisms.

……

Subsequently, several senior staff officers raised directional questions based on the Sykes civilization's interstellar fleet. "The video footage shows a large number of Sykes civilization interstellar warships. Should we expedite the construction of our own interstellar warships?"

Lu Heng had already thought about this issue.

Lu Heng had submitted technological data of a Level 1.6 civilization a long time ago.

If humanity truly intends to build interstellar warships, it is possible to do so once this technological information has been fully digested.

However, there is a problem here.

What is the purpose of building interstellar warships?
Do humans not yet need to conquer other planets to deal with their own home planet?
When dealing with abyssal demons on land, there is little difference between interstellar warships and land-based weapons.

It's not that interstellar warships are less powerful than land-based weapons, but rather that, for the same price, the number of land-based weapons that can be built can be hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times that of interstellar warships.

Of course, researching interstellar warships is necessary, but according to the timeline, Earth has gradually entered the later stages of the Abyss invasion, and it is definitely too late to save civilization by relying on interstellar warships.

Even if we seize the time to consume the relevant technologies now and start the interstellar warship construction project, it will still take at least seven or eight years before the first interstellar warship takes to the skies.

Moreover, one interstellar warship is not enough; it will be another ten years before interstellar warships can be combat-ready.

At the current rate of Abyss invasion, we might not be able to hold out until then.

According to the timeline in Lu Heng's memory, there is only one year left until the time of his rebirth in his previous life.

Therefore, Lu Heng's answer was: "Research will definitely be carried out, and we will continue to build up our technological reserves, but I do not recommend large-scale construction before the technology is mature."

After discussing for a long time and exploring all the relevant topics, Qi Jinghui led Lu Heng out of the office and into the conference room next door to meet with Su Muyu and the other two to check the top-tier resources that the war zone could offer for exchange.

Qi Jinghui opened a list of crystal cores on his laptop and said, "Last time you said you wanted to find a suitable skill crystal core. This is a list of all the A-grade crystal cores that the war zone can currently provide. Take a look and see if there's anything you need."

The list contains a column of skill core names; clicking on a core with the mouse will display its data.

Lu Heng took the mouse and scrolled down to read the rest.

With most skill cores, Lu Heng only needed to glance at them to know the specific effects of the skills.

Only for a small number of skills that are not very familiar with do you need to click to view the data.

Lu Heng now has six skills: A-level [Thunder Field], S-level [Divine Avatar], A-level [Wind God Step], S-level [Time Freeze], A-level [Damage Reversal], and B-level [Mental Domination].

This skill set would be considered top-tier among human superhumans, with virtually no rivals to match it.

However, it's a different story if you're going to fight against a demigod.

There have already been two Level 8 drafts, and they will appear more and more frequently in the future.

In the level 8 Abyss Battlefield, there is a high probability of encountering a demigod-level Abyss Demon King. Therefore, in order to survive this apocalyptic crisis and change the fate of humanity, it is necessary to quickly acquire the power to contend with demigod-level beings.

Lu Heng had analyzed his skill set, which included acceleration skills, attack skills, clone skills, and survival skills. His skill set was quite complete.

If anything is missing, it's a standard defensive skill.

In terms of defensive skills, relying solely on [Damage Reversal] is clearly insufficient.

The effect of [Damage Reversal] is very strong, but the skill duration is relatively short. It can only be used as a last resort to save your life, and cannot be used as a regular defensive skill.

This skill is ineffective against continuous attacks from a hail of bullets.

……

The number of Grade A crystal cores in the war zone's inventory is not large, only about 50.

After all, the crystal cores can only be of value when they are given to superhuman warriors.

Furthermore, as the Abyss invasion progresses, the probability of encountering high-level crystal cores will increase.

Therefore, high-grade crystal cores will depreciate if left unused.

Of course, devaluation is relative. At present, any A-grade crystal core is priceless and cannot be bought with any amount of money. It can only be obtained through the exchange of top-level resources.

There are many superpowered warriors in the military. As long as there are suitable warriors who can use crystal cores, they will be issued them after review.

Therefore, even the military would not keep too many A-grade crystal cores.

There are more than 50 crystal cores, and it won't take too long to look through them all.

Lu Heng glanced at it briefly and found that there were a few skills that could be used, but none of them were particularly impressive.

After reading it once, Lu Heng focused on the few usable skills again, and after careful consideration, he still felt it was not satisfactory.

For other people, even if they are not satisfied, they can only choose from these few skills.

Lu Heng is different; if he is not satisfied with the A-grade crystal cores, he can choose from the B-grade crystal cores.

So after looking at the list of Grade A crystal cores, Lu Heng asked, "Let's take a look at the Grade B crystal cores as well."

The most mysterious aspect of the Dragon Might Special Forces is that they can reward skill upgrades; not many people know this secret.

Qi Jinghui was involved in the formation of the special forces team, and was one of them, so he knew that Lu Heng had access to the channels for upgrading skills.

Because there are ways to upgrade skills, Lu Heng is not limited to A-grade cores when choosing skill cores. As long as the skill effect is good, B-grade skills are also acceptable.

Of course, if you choose a B-level skill, you need to max out the skill proficiency before you can upgrade it; you cannot immediately gain the combat power of an A-level skill.

If a suitable Grade A crystal nucleus is available, it is of course better to choose Grade A.

There are no satisfactory A-grade crystal nuclei available now, so we can only look for B-grade crystal nuclei.

Qi Jinghui was already prepared. Hearing Lu Heng's question, he opened the second list: "This is the B-grade crystal cores. There are relatively more of them. We currently have more than three hundred in stock. If you are still not satisfied, we can transfer them from other war zones. Applying for B-grade crystal cores is relatively easy."

Lu Heng nodded slightly, took the mouse, scrolled through the list of B-grade crystal cores.

As I scrolled down, I came across one or two pretty good skills.

However, if we're going to choose B-grade crystal cores, then we have to choose the best ones.

After all, upgrades will be needed later, so if we don't choose the best one, we might as well go straight for Grade A crystal cores.

Lu Heng flipped all the way to the last page and finally saw a skill name that caught his eye—[Source Energy Armor].

(End of this chapter)