From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 464 The Abyss Incident That Even a Demigod Civilization Could Not Solve
The Swordholders received astronomical amounts of donations, but Lu Heng did not intend to blindly expand the Swordholders' scale.

Lu Heng established the Swordholders, with the true aim of giving humanity a sword capable of saving civilization.

The Swordholders are not limited to humans; any allied civilization can join them to jointly find a way to fight against the Abyss.

According to Lu Heng's thinking, the sword-bearers of human civilization and the anti-magic alliance of elven civilization share the same goal.

Both are about fighting against the abyss and saving civilization.

From a civilizational perspective, those who wield the sword are far superior to those who scramble for personal gain.

Even the Swordholder's ideology has become somewhat idealistic.

Idealistic goals need to be supported by ideas that transcend self-interest.

If those capitalist families, who stop at nothing to seize profits, bring in the Swordholder, it will only pollute the organization's ideology.

Therefore, what the swordsman truly needs are like-minded people.

There can't be many people like that, so the number of sword wielders is destined to be small.

……

After the Bloodline Invasion came to an end, Lu Heng returned to Binhai and met with Li Guining once, where they briefly discussed the ideals of the Swordholders.

Li Guining expressed his support and agreed with the Swordholder's ideals.

Of course, Li Guining could not join the Swordholders, because he was the commander of the Southern Theater Command, and his position meant that he could not join any organization other than the Party.

Lu Heng had never intended to invite a war zone commander to join the Swordholders. The reason he talked to him about this was simply to express the Swordholders' philosophy and gain the understanding and support of the Great Xia military.

Therefore, the objective has been achieved.

……

As time entered the abyss, it was the end of April of the third year.

Humans were once again summoned to that strange demigod civilization, the same civilization that Yuan Yaoyao had visited.

Yuan Yaoyao was summoned to that civilization, stayed in a strange space for fifteen days, received compensation from the demigod civilization, and then returned.

There was no fighting or Abyss Battlefield missions during this period.

According to Yuan Yaoyao, she spent half a month watching dramas on her personal computer in that strange space created by the demigod civilization, and then she came back and received a skill slot as compensation.

Anyone who hears about this would find it unbelievable, but it really happened.

This time, some members of the Great Xia's military had experienced the conscription of this demigod civilization.

Because this conscription was so bizarre, the theater staff analyzed it for three days but still couldn't reach a final conclusion.

That morning, Qi Jinghui called Lu Heng, hoping to meet to discuss this strange conscription.

Lu Heng was equally curious when he heard that it was a summons from this demigod civilization.

In his memories of his previous life, Lu Heng vaguely felt that the reason for his rebirth might be related to this demigod civilization.

Therefore, after receiving the call, Lu Heng went to the war zone headquarters and met with the staff group led by Qi Jinghui.

"This is information about the Abyss Battlefield. There isn't much information, take a look first." Qi Jinghui pushed a document in front of Lu Heng.

Lu Heng opened it and saw that it was about what he had expected.

It was indeed the summons from the demigod civilization that Yuan Yaoyao had experienced; the records documented the main quest and challenge missions of the summons.

The first main mission is to establish diplomatic relations with the Zero Civilization in the target world.

The second main mission is to investigate the reasons for the stagnation of the civilization's progress in the Zero Civilization.

The third main mission: Survive for fifteen days.

Next comes the challenge mission.

The first challenge is to kill 5 Abyss Conquerors.

The second challenge is to find the source of the abyss pollution and remove it.

The third challenge is to help the Zero Civilization break free from its stagnation.

After reading the mission information, Lu Heng was not surprised, because the mission content was basically the same as Yuan Yaoyao's mission, with only a few minor differences in details.

In other words, this civilization has been repeatedly conscripting people, and the problem of stagnation in its civilizational progress has never been resolved.

Qi Jinghui and Lu Heng turned to the last page of the documents before asking:
"There is very little information about this Zero Civilization, so we'd like to ask if we can obtain relevant information from the Elven Tree of Knowledge or other otherworldly civilizations?"

Lu Heng closed the document, nodded, and said:
"I know some information about this civilization, and I have also inquired about it with the Ancient Tree of Knowledge."

"The Tree of Knowledge considers this civilization to be a demigod civilization, which means that this civilization is at an extremely high level, beyond human comprehension."

Upon hearing this answer, all the staff officers, including Qi Jinghui, showed expressions of surprise.

"A demigod civilization? Such a powerful civilization, do they have a way to fight against the abyss?" This was the first reaction of the advisors present, and one of them asked the question.

Lu Heng pondered for a moment and replied, "I can't give a definite answer to this question either, but I personally believe that this demigod civilization does not have a way to completely purify the abyss."

"It can be seen from the recruitment in the Abyss Battlefield. The recruitment mission information mentions that this demigod civilization has also been invaded by the Abyss and that there is a source of Abyss pollution."

"In addition, the development of this civilization has stagnated."

"The recruitment mission hopes that recruiters will investigate the reasons for the stagnation in the development of this civilization."

"In other words, this civilization has stagnated for some reason."

"The only reason I can think of that could cause the development of a demigod civilization to stagnate is the abyss."

After answering the question, Lu Heng paused, then asked, "Did any of the recruited superhumans attempt to communicate with the Zero Civilization?"

Qi Jinghui took out another document and pushed it in front of Lu Heng, saying, "Yes, there is. This is the entire communication process, and every sentence of the conversation has been recorded."

Lu Heng took the document and opened it. It was a report, and even the number of seconds between each sentence was recorded.

However, the communication pause time was given as an approximate value, and it is clear that the recruiter could not pinpoint the exact duration of the communication pause to the second.

Judging from this report, the recruiter attempted to ask various questions about the Zero Civilization, including the reasons for its stagnation.

When this question was raised, the voice responsible for communication paused for a long time and ultimately did not provide an answer.

Besides.

The recruiter also speculated that he was communicating with an AI, and that the voice used was an emotionless, mechanically synthesized voice.

This guess is certainly possible, but it may not be accurate.

Because the other party is a demigod civilization, we don't even know what the core of the civilization is. Perhaps the Zero Civilization doesn't have any life structure at all, and naturally, it doesn't have the vocal organs of a living being.

If this is the case, the Zero Civilization can only communicate through synthesized voices, so what the Summoner hears must be a mechanically synthesized voice.

After reviewing the dialogue, Lu Heng was able to confirm several pieces of information.

First, the Zero Civilization refuses to answer questions about the stagnation of its civilization's progress; it will refuse to answer any questions that involve related information.

Secondly, the Zero Civilization will require the recruits to stay in zero gravity and not take any action. As long as the recruits stay in zero gravity as required until the return time, the demigod civilization will provide compensation.

Third, the Zero Civilization will not reveal information about the outside of zero gravity, nor will it disclose their civilization's data.

This resulted in the recruiters having no idea what the Zero Civilization actually was.

The concept of civilization is very broad; any intelligent group of life that has developed a culture can be called a civilization. However, civilization is not limited to life forms.

Or rather, the concept of life itself is very broad.

For example, in the Sykes civilization, civilized citizens have been transformed into machines.

So the question arises: are machines considered life?

Can a civilization composed entirely of machines truly be called a civilization?

According to the development process of mechanical civilization, it may even develop into computer civilization in the future, that is to say, the entire civilization is a computer.

This computer could potentially cover an entire planet, operating on planetary energy or even stellar energy.

Civilization takes many forms.

Before seeing the core of the Zero Civilization, it is difficult to guess what this civilization is.

Regarding the Zero Civilization, Lu Heng knew an additional piece of information: the Reincarnation Source Essence that he fought over in his previous life likely came from this civilization, or rather, from the world where the Zero Civilization was located.

This information cannot be disclosed; I will have to uncover the mystery myself in the future.

After reading it, Lu Heng said, "The Zero Civilization is very special, and it exists in a very closed world, so very little information comes out of this civilization."

"One thing is certain: if you follow the requirements of this civilization and stay in zero gravity until the return time, you can indeed return safely."

"Therefore, if one is summoned by this civilization, it is indeed the safest choice not to resist if there is no certainty of success."

Qi Jinghui nodded in agreement: "After our staff analyzed it, we also have this view. But this civilization is too special. If it is really a demigod civilization as you say, then they may have a way to fight against the Abyss. So we need to find a way to get more useful information from the Zero Civilization."

Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked, "What level is this recruit? Is his combat strength high?"

Qi Jinghui nodded: "Great. It can rank in the top ten among the four major war zones."

The superpowered warriors trained by the military usually keep a low profile, but when they reach the top ten, their combat power is absolutely world-class.

Starting with Yuan Yaoyao, the world where the Zero Civilization is located recruits only those with peak-level superpowers.

Moreover, the main quests for each recruitment are almost the same.

In other words, the problems encountered by the Zero Civilization have remained unresolved, which is why the same summons keeps appearing, sending different superhumans to solve the problems.

Moreover, the Abyss Battlefield where the Zero Civilization appeared also had Abyss Conquerors.

The Abyss Conscripts were also a key focus of the senior staff present.

Qi Jinghui asked, "Do you think the Abyss Conscripts are facing the same situation as us?"

Lu Heng frowned and pondered: "This cannot be determined, but the possibility exists."

Qi Jinghui continued on this topic, saying, "If the Zero Civilization has the ability to imprison the Abyss Conscripts in zero gravity space just like it does with the Human Conscripts, then why not just kill these Abyss Demons directly?"

Lu Heng slowly shook his head: "I can't figure it out either. Maybe the Zero Civilization can only capture the Allied Conscripts, but not the Abyss Demons."

There is very little information about the Zero Civilization; much of it can only be guessed.

Unless one is summoned to witness firsthand the true nature of the Zero Civilization, it is impossible to fathom what the civilization's true form is.

……

With the six families within the Creator's organization submitting, world opinion became increasingly calm.

In the past few months, those comments that demonized Eastern superpowered individuals have gradually disappeared from the internet.

Even the strange creatures within the Great Xia territory that seemed mentally unstable have largely disappeared, and the few that are still making noise are most likely genuinely stupid.

Every one or two weeks, Lu Heng would call Yuan Yaoyao over to inquire about the situation of the Sykes civilization.

Since the Mechanical Demon Crisis, the Psykos civilization's invasion of the Abyss has entered its later stages.

Based on the experience of the previous life, the Sykes civilization will gradually enter a period of decline.

Yuan Yaoyao would occasionally ask when she could go help Professor Xavier rebuild the base.

Ever since the second planet Gaia of the Sykes civilization was reduced to ruins by a nuclear bomb, Xavier Matrix uploaded his consciousness archive and hid on another planet.

His entire plan on the second Gaia planet was destroyed, making it extremely difficult for him to rebuild his base.

Lu Heng had promised Yuan Yaoyao that he would help Xavier Matrix rebuild its base if given the opportunity.

However, without a spatial anchor point, it was impossible to teleport the Sykes civilization, so this matter had to be put on hold for the time being.

……

Judging from the timeline, it has been quite a while since Lu Heng's team was last called up.

The timing of recruitment is not fixed, but the longer the interval, the higher the chance of recruitment.

Therefore, Lu Heng had a premonition that there would be a draft soon, otherwise the interval between drafts would be too long.

The last time I was summoned to the Elf World, the Elf race has now entered a period of revival after experiencing a great calamity.

Therefore, the possibility of being summoned to the Elf World is unlikely.

Since I had promised Yuan Yaoyao that if I could be recruited to the Sykes civilization, I could fulfill my promise to her.

Besides, Lu Heng had a vague feeling that the next conscription would likely be for the Zero Civilization.

It's a strange feeling.

The essence of reincarnation that was fought over in the previous life likely came from this zero-based civilization.

Being conscripted to the Zero Civilization means you're one step closer to the secret of rebirth.

……

Time gradually came to the end of April in the third year since the abyss descended.

That night, the countdown to the conscription that Lu Heng had foreseen finally arrived.

[Abyss Battlefield: 7-day countdown to recruitment.]

Upon seeing the countdown to the recruitment drive, the four members of the team immediately gathered to discuss the matter.

Subsequently, Lu Heng sent a message to Yuan Yaoyao, asking if any abyss events had occurred in the Sykes civilization.

The occurrence of a summons is often related to an abyssal event that is taking place in the target world.

Yuan Yaoyao's Black Feather Spirit could contact Xavier Matrix, so she received a reply in no time.

The Sykes civilization showed no signs of any abyssal events.

Of course, it's also possible that information about this abyss event hasn't been released yet, and it's still in the early stages of the event.

Upon hearing this reply, Lu Heng said to the three members of his team, "We don't know which world this summons is from yet. It could be the Sykes civilization, the Zero civilization, or some other world we haven't experienced before."

"We already know a lot about the Sykes civilization, but we've never seen the Zero civilization before."

"This civilization is very special, and there is an abyss event that this civilization has never resolved, so it keeps recruiting, and the level of the recruited superhumans is getting higher and higher."

"The top ten warriors from the four major war zones have all been recruited, but the problem still hasn't been solved. Continuing to recruit will raise the danger level of the incident, so we have a high chance of being selected."

"I brought back a copy of the information about the Zero Civilization. I'll send it to you later. Take a look when you have time."

(End of this chapter)