From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 472 Shocking Secret
The Abode of the High Banshee is the most elegant building on the Pillar of Earthfire.

The Bloodline Demons originated from the Goat-Headed Civilization. Before being invaded by the Bloodline, this civilization was not highly advanced and was even in a barbaric stage.

Therefore, the Goat-Headed Civilization did not develop a very prosperous culture.

Perhaps they misallocated their civilization points, as the Goat-Headed people focused on reproduction and physical abilities in the early stages of their civilization. As a result, they developed a huge population despite their low civilization level.

This is quite different from humans.

Although the human population is not small, humans have invested a lot of skill points in learning, thus developing towards technological civilization.

Even without developing advanced technology, the sheep-headed people can survive in various harsh environments.

Without the pressure of survival, there is naturally no motivation to develop science and technology, nor can a high level of cultural heritage be developed.

Although culture is not a physical object, it is truly manifested in every corner of civilization.

Therefore, the current Valendar bloodline lives in simple stone houses, and many bloodline demons even dig holes to live in.

The High Slug's dwelling was entirely different; it was a courtyard adorned with numerous totems.

Moreover, certain architectural details exhibit characteristics of Elven architecture.

These characteristics suggest that this High Banshee must have had contact with the Elven race and seen their elegant architecture.

Of course, this residence of the High Banshee was only considered elegant in the underground world; among the elves, it was not even as beautiful as a prison cell.

……

Lu Heng was bound with cowhide rope and escorted by two of Karuk's men to the High Banshee's abode.

They arrived at a large hall made of black crystal.

After reporting, Karuk waved his hand and ordered his men to take Lu Heng inside.

As he passed the entrance to the hall, two blood-descended female demons guarding the door scanned Lu Heng with their glowing red eyes, clearly investigating something.

Lu Heng walked forward with his head down. The bloodline demon he was escorting pushed him hard, causing him to stumble and almost fall.

Upon entering the hall, they finally met the banshee, the highest-ranking member of the Valendar bloodline.

However, all that could be seen were her legs.

The High Gorgon, Tiens, sat with her legs crossed on the main seat of the hall, her long, slender thighs exposed, her legs painted with alluring patterns in gold powder, and her undergarments inlaid with gold thread and gemstones.

If you only look at the lower body, it perfectly conforms to human aesthetics and is simply arousing.

The premise is to ignore their feet, because they are sheep hooves.

However, those sheep hooves looked like a pair of high-soled wedge heels, which made them appear taller.

Tiens was very interested when she saw that a human had actually been captured and brought in.

Humans are a race that has only appeared in the sight of the Bloodline Clan in the last two years, so for most of the Bloodline Clan, humans are still a very new thing.

Tiens observed with great interest and commanded, "Raise your head."

Karuk grabbed Lu Heng's hair and pulled his head up.

Lu Heng finally met the eyes of this supreme female demon and saw her appearance clearly.

The moment he looked directly at her, Lu Heng's heart pounded wildly, because his first impression was that she was very beautiful.

Yes, it feels beautiful.

However, this was not an illusion; I could clearly see that she had a sheep's head, but I just felt inexplicably beautiful.

This situation occurred when they first encountered the Bloodline Banshee in Blackrock City.

The difference is that the High Banshee I saw this time was even more beautiful than the one in Blackrock City, breathtakingly beautiful.

Lu Heng even felt that his aesthetic sense was messed up, and he couldn't understand why he would think a goat-headed monster was so beautiful.

Tiens caught that moment of surprise in her eyes.

She was very satisfied with this, and even a proud smile appeared on her lips.

Every woman feels pleasure when she is admired for her beauty, whether it is a human, a dog, or a creature of another species.

Moreover, the bloodline banshee herself possesses the ability to bewitch otherworldly beings.

Humans, Dark Iron dwarves, and even elves are all susceptible to their allure.

However, not all civilized individuals are swayed by their allure.

For example, the mechanical citizens of the Sykes civilization would not feel any beauty towards the blood-descended banshees.

Because the mechanical citizens of the Sykes civilization think like computers, they will calculate the appearance score of the Blood Banshee in a very "objective" way, resulting in a very low score.

In addition, elves are relatively more resistant to the allure of banshees. Although they may also find banshees beautiful, the feeling is not as intense as that of humans.

Tiens was quite pleased with the way Lu Heng was looking at her, and with a captivating smile, she asked, "How did you manage to catch him?"

Karuk began to frown as he tried to recall the memory, because it was not very clear.

He stammered as he recalled, "Outside the cave, we met him, and then..."

His account was very vague and fragmented.

This puzzled Tiens, who frowned and asked, "What's wrong? Can't you even remember something this simple?"

Karuk became increasingly suspicious. One important reason why he hadn't suspected anything at first was that his men also knew about the capture of humans.

Moreover, he was so drunk last night that he was completely unconscious, and his mind is still a bit hazy.

However, even if the effects of the alcohol haven't worn off, it's not like I can't remember what happened yesterday.

He also began to have doubts.

Tiens narrowed her eyes and commanded, "You don't need to tell me. Grab him. I want to see the memories in his head myself."

As she spoke, a blood-red light shone in her eyes.

In that instant, a sharp glint flashed in Lu Heng's eyes. With a shake of his arms, he broke free of the ox-tendon rope and instantly unleashed a speed ten times the force he had been holding back.

Bang!
A loud explosion rang out, and the two bloodline demons next to them were blown away by the shockwave from the sonic boom.

In the next instant, Lu Heng appeared in front of the High Banshee Tiins, and the Aurora Blade pierced through her chest.

"what!"

The blood-descended succubus and her servants outside the door screamed, but before they could finish, another Lu Heng beheaded them, silencing them abruptly.

Lu Heng's clone killed all the bloodline demons, including Karuk, disposed of the corpses, and then closed the hall door.

The longsword pierced through Tiens' chest, and her face was filled with shock.

Lu Heng drew the Aurora Blade, walked behind her, and placed the sword against her neck.

Blood-descended banshees excel at mental abilities; once a weapon is at their throat, they have no chance to resist.

Tiens clutched her chest wound to stop the gushing blood, then gasped, "We can talk. What do you want?"

Lu Heng said calmly, "Ask me the information I need. Don't try to lie. I also have mental abilities. I will use my abilities to confirm after I've asked. Lying will only make your death more miserable."

Tiens quickly agreed, "Understood, I can tell you any secret I know." She could tell from the captain of the guard's reaction that he had clearly been affected by a mental skill.

She herself is a psychic banshee, and she knows very well that in a mental battle, if the opponent holds a weapon to her neck, then any resistance is meaningless.

A prerequisite for engaging in mental confrontation is that the body is not threatened.

No matter how strong one's mental attributes are, they are no longer protected when the body is threatened.

If she chooses to use psychological tactics, the result will be physical means, leading to a mental breakdown. In the end, she will suffer the consequences and her secret will be exposed.

Lu Heng began by asking questions: "My first question is, do you know about the Zero Civilization?"

Tiens: "I know, but I've never been there. I only know that a great demon from our bloodline clan has been there."

Lu Heng: "Tell me in detail."

Tiens: "This is a very strange civilization. They didn't kill our recruits. Instead, they gave them compensation and allowed them to return safely."

Lu Heng: "Do you know what the mission of the Bloodline Recruiters is?"

Tiens: "I know. The main mission of our Bloodline Summoners to go to the Zero Civilization is to disrupt its cycle and prevent it from entering the next cycle."

Disrupting the cycle?

When Lu Heng first heard this term, he couldn't immediately grasp the relationship between the Zero Civilization and the Cycle.

Humanity has summoned them to investigate the reasons for the stagnation of the Zero Civilization's progress and to help it break free from this stagnation.

The Bloodline race was recruited by the Abyss to prevent the Zero Civilization from entering the next cycle.

Generally speaking, the mission objectives of Alliance Summoners and Abyss Summoners are opposite, or rather, hostile.

In other words, if we follow the normal Abyss Battlefield mission logic, disrupting the cycle and breaking free from the stagnation of civilization should be two missions with opposite objectives.

However, these two tasks, literally speaking, do not have a direct hostile relationship.

Judging from the tasks assigned to the Bloodline Clan, the Zero Civilization is currently in a cycle.

This cycle is something the abyss needs to break; in other words, this cycle is beneficial to a civilization that has been reduced to zero.

The mission information of the human recruiters reveals another piece of information: the Zero Civilization is in a state of stagnation in its civilization development.

Cycles and stagnation of civilization are clearly two different states.

Could it be that the summoning of wills, or the Abyss's assessment of the state of the zero-level civilization, is incorrect?

Lu Heng quickly dismissed this possibility.

Based on the known Abyss Battlefield, all missions issued by the Will of Summoning are accurate.

I have not heard of any issues with the Abyss Battlefield missions.

Similarly, the quests issued by the Abyss should also be error-free.

Lu Heng couldn't figure out the connection between the two pieces of information for the time being, and he didn't have much time to analyze it slowly.

The attack on the High Banshee went smoothly, but if any patrol passes by the residence, they could discover what happened.

Therefore, Lu Heng must obtain all the information as soon as possible and then leave this place.

As for the connections between the intelligence, we can analyze them slowly after we leave.

Lu Heng then asked, "Did you know that a bloodline prince has appeared among humans?"

Tiens: "I know, but that blood-born prince is dead."

Lu Heng: "After this human prince died, did you still have contact with humans?"

When asked this question, Tiens hesitated and did not answer immediately.

Without wasting words, Lu Heng severed her head with a single sword stroke.

"No! I'll talk!" Tiens quickly begged for mercy.

The Bloodline race is incredibly resilient; even if their heads are severed, they can still survive if they are reattached in time.

Lu Heng did not respond to her words. Since she hesitated just now, it meant that the question touched on something she needed to hide.

In other words, there are still secrets hidden by bloodline races in the human world.

Even if she were to answer, Lu Heng wouldn't believe her, so he directly used [Subconscious Intrusion] to enter her subconscious and interrogate her.

Tiens's head was severed. No matter how strong one's mental strength was originally, when the body is severely injured, mental attributes will drop significantly, or even be cut in half.

Therefore, after struggling for a couple of seconds, Tiens fell into a subconscious state.

Lu Heng subconsciously continued to ask, "Do high-ranking bloodlines still exist in the human world?"

Tiens: "There are no high-ranking bloodlines, but there is a ruler of bloodline humans."

Lu Heng: "Who is it? Someone from the Berg family?"

Upon hearing this answer, Lu Heng's first thought was that after Will Berg's death, some of his power was taken over by other members of the Berg family.

However, Tiens's answer did not confirm this speculation.

Tiens: "I don't know. The person in charge of this bloodline human is very secretive. I wasn't responsible for contacting them, and I've never met them."

Lu Heng: "How much do you know about the ruler of this bloodline human race?"

Tiens: "He appeared after the death of the Blood Prince and contacted the Blood Prince Moznis directly. Only Moznis knows about him."

Lu Heng originally just wanted to know how much control the Bloodline Clan had over the human world, but he unexpectedly obtained a major secret.

The operation to kill Will Berg was a success, eliminating this blood-descended prince among humans in one fell swoop.

Because of the success of that operation, the bloodline conversion event that was about to break out in the human world did not occur.

If Will Berg hadn't died, based on the course of events in the previous life, a "Civilization Evolution Organization" would have emerged in the human world, initiating a bloodline conversion project.

That plan would cause the number of bloodline humans to explode to an uncontrollable level, directly leading to a period of internal strife in human civilization.

Things changed in this lifetime; Will Berg's death nipped the bloodline conversion plan in the bud.

This has resulted in a very small number of bloodline groups among humans today.

However, one thing is certain: the bloodline groups among humans have not completely disappeared, and there are still occasional reports of discoveries of bloodline humans.

In addition to that, Lu Heng thought of something else.

That is, Will Berger committed suicide when he died.

Initially, Lu Heng planned to arrest him and hand him over to the military's intelligence department for interrogation.

In that case, all of Will Berg's secrets will be revealed.

However, Will Berg committed suicide.

The only explanation for this suicide is that he was hiding a secret, a secret more important than his life.

Looking back now, there must be another bloodline in the human world with an even more important identity than Will Berg.

(End of this chapter)