From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

The year after the abyss descended, in November.

Judging from the timeline, the time for Lu Heng's rebirth is getting closer and closer.

Lu Heng clearly remembered that in his previous life, the time to enter the Abyss Demon Nest to compete was ten days later.

The two timelines are about to overlap. Lu Heng doesn't know what will happen in the future, or even whether the battle for the Reincarnation Source Essence in the Abyss Demon Nest will still take place.

No one knows how the source essence of the previous reincarnation entered the Abyss Demon Nest.

At least Lu Heng had no relevant information in his memory.

In this life, he clearly knows that the Reincarnation Essence was taken away by the Astral Merchant.

Things have changed, which means the Abyss Nest incident may not happen.

Knowing the whereabouts of the Reincarnation Source Essence, if you want to retrieve it, just go directly to the Astral Merchant.

Lu Heng had been to Galmavi's sphere before and left a spatial beacon outside it, which could be used for astral travel to get there directly.

After arranging things for the team, Lu Heng opened the star gate and headed to the Galmavi Ecosphere.

After passing through the stargate, we entered the astral rift, surrounded by endless chaotic spacetime.

Without light, the eyes cannot see anything, but the demigods possess a higher level of perception and can observe the environment around the astral rift.

Because the Astral Merchants are a civilization that wanders through the Astral Rift, their ecospheres are not fixed in one location.

Therefore, after observing the area and not seeing Galmavi's ecosphere, Lu Heng released his divine sense and quickly detected the wandering trajectory of Galmavi's ecosphere.

Lu Heng followed the trajectory and, about five minutes later, discovered an ecosphere floating in the chaotic space.

To be precise, it is a cylindrical ecological space.

Lu Heng approached the ecosphere, reached out and pressed his hand on the surface to feel the material of the ecosphere's surface.

The surface of the ecosphere is made of a very hard material, the nature of which is unknown, but it can float in the astral rift for a long time, so the material must be very strong.

However, no matter how high you are, you can't stop a sword.

After a brief consideration, Lu Heng did not draw his sword, but instead activated Shadow Travel and entered the interior of the ecosphere.

The environment inside the ecosphere is the same as when I first entered.

A cylindrical space with a diameter of ten kilometers rotates around a central axis to generate centrifugal force, which is used to simulate gravity.

The ecosphere contains many fluorescent plants, as well as some insects that also emit fluorescence.

According to previously obtained information, this ecosphere is managed by Galmawi.

However, Galmave has already died in the Shadow Demon world, which means that the administrator of this ecosphere is gone, or a new administrator may have taken over.

Since Galmawi is dead, if you want to find the source of reincarnation, you should actually go to Azik.

However, I haven't been to any of the other ecospheres of the Astral Merchants, and I only know this one place, so I can only start my search from here.

When I last visited, Galmawi mentioned that there were other gardeners in this ecosphere.

Lu Heng moved quickly inside the ecosphere, a cylinder with a diameter of ten kilometers and a length of about thirty kilometers. For Lu Heng at his current level, the space was not large, and he could fly back and forth in just a few breaths.

They flew around for a short time but didn't find a single astral merchant.

Upon entering the administrator's residence, fluorescent light suddenly gathered and formed the shape of an astral merchant. However, it was clear at a glance that it was merely a phantom created by the fluorescent light and had no physical form.

The phantom image formed by the convergence of fluorescent light was none other than Galmavi.

After Galmavi's phantom appeared, he took the initiative to greet him: "Hello, Mr. Lu Heng, I knew you would come. I have been waiting for you here for a long time."

A look of surprise flashed in Lu Heng's eyes as he asked, "What do you mean?"

The illusory figure of Galmavi explained, "This illusory figure is what I left here to apologize to you. When you visit again, the Reincarnation Essence should already be in Azik's hands."

Lu Heng sneered, "So you and Azik have never had a disagreement. You're just putting on an act in front of me."

The illusory figure of Garmawi shook his head: "It wasn't entirely acting. Azik and I did have a disagreement, but it was about something else."

Lu Heng didn't want to delve into their relationship and asked directly, "Tell me, what do you want with the Reincarnation Source Essence?"

The phantom of Garmavi sighed and said, "Do you remember when we last met, we talked about the Creator Organization?"

"At the time, I said that we astral merchants are very busy and will not devote too much energy to an organization of a lower civilization."

"Actually, that's not the case. We simply don't have the energy to manage the Creator's organization."

Lu Heng was a little confused and asked, "What do you mean?"

Galmawi's phantom: "You already know about the Creator Organization's Number 1 and Number 2. These two serial numbers represent Astral Merchants."

"But there's another piece of information hidden here: Number 1 and Number 2 are indeed Astral Merchants. Azik and I are those two serial numbers. The serial numbers are sometimes used interchangeably, but..."

“No other astral merchants would use these two serial numbers, because our race… has only two people left.”

Lu Heng was quite surprised when he heard this.

I originally thought that even though the Astral Merchant Civilization didn't have a large population, it should still be a powerful civilization. I never expected that the entire group would only have two people left.

Lu Heng looked surprised and asked, "Only two people left? Since when have there been only two people left?"

Galmawi's phantom: "Actually, since civilization entered the wandering stage, our race has not had a large population, but there are still several thousand people."

“Azik is lying when he says he likes to wander in the Astral Rift. He may like to take risks in the Astral Rift, but such wandering has no future.”

"Although the ecospheres we create can remain in chaotic space, maintaining them requires tremendous effort."

"Over the thousands of years of wandering, our group has been shrinking, from several thousand to several hundred, and eventually only a few dozen people remained..."

Lu Heng asked in confusion, "Since a nomadic life cannot last, why not find a world to settle down in? With your abilities, when your race still has a few thousand people, conquering a low-level civilization should be a very simple matter."

Galmawi nodded: "Yes, the leader of the Wandering Age, his initial goal was to find a habitable world and start anew. But..."

He stopped speaking at this point.

Lu Heng could glean a lot of meaning from that "but".

Clearly, the astral merchants have encountered difficulties in their search for habitable worlds.

As for what difficulties they might be, it's hard to imagine them right now.

The phantom of Garmawi continued to explain: "In the early days of the Wandering Era, we attempted to conquer a world and transform it into the environment we needed. We transplanted the fluorescent plants and animals from our ecospheres to that world, leaving half of our people to live there and carefully cultivate the fluorescent plants."

"In the beginning, fluorescent plants did grow in that world and met the tribe's food needs."

"However, after several generations of fluorescent plants were cultivated, their fluorescent properties began to weaken, and they were slowly assimilated by that world, mutating into plants without fluorescent properties."

"We astral merchants need to consume specific fluorescent plants to survive."

"As the first batch of fluorescent plants lost their fluorescent properties, the population's food sources dwindled rapidly."

"In order to change the current situation, we can only continue to transplant fluorescent plants from other ecospheres."

"One transplant can last for several years. With one, two, or three transplants, the number of fluorescent plants in the ecosphere decreases as the number of transplants increases."

"However, the transplantation was never successful. The fluorescent plants planted in that world would gradually lose their fluorescent properties after growing for several generations."

"Scientists in our community have tried to change this change, but they have all failed."

"This relocation failure resulted in a significant reduction in the number of fluorescent plants in the ecosphere, which gradually became insufficient to meet the food needs of the thousands of people."

"We can only avoid famine by reducing the population."

"After leaving that world, we continued to wander through the astral rifts, searching for the next world we could migrate to."

"In the world we discover in the future, we dare not blindly relocate. Instead, we try to transplant fluorescent plants to see if they will lose their fluorescent properties."

Without exception, every transplant attempt failed.

"Failure after failure, searching for the past in one world after another, but no world has appeared that can support our people."

"As the long period of wandering continued, more and more people in the tribe felt desperate. No one in the tribe wanted their offspring to experience the same despair, so most of the tribe chose not to have any more children."

"The population of the ethnic group is also decreasing as they wander, and the ethnic group is dying out little by little in despair."

"The human world was the last world that Azik and I discovered. We tried to grow fluorescent plants on your land, but we failed again."

"It seems that the laws of the world do not meet the growth requirements of fluorescent plants."

"The Creator Organization was actually created on a whim while we were conducting experiments on fluorescent plants, and it was responsible for a part of the experimental work."

Upon hearing this, Lu Heng finally understood what the 013 Black Crow was.

"So, Black Raven No. 013 was actually part of your research project?"

The illusory figure of Galmawi nodded and replied, "Yes, Black Raven No. 013 is a species that was found from another abyss world."

"Since fluorescent plants cannot maintain their fluorescent properties in the human world, we want to see if species from other worlds will also undergo mutations after entering the human world."

"The Black Raven 013 breeding room was an experimental project, but it was unexpected that it would be used as a tool for transmitting intelligence by other members of the Creator Organization."

During this conversation, Lu Heng obtained a tremendous amount of information.

I finally learned the secret of the Astral Merchant.

No wonder such a highly advanced civilization created a Creator Organization in the human world but did not engage in any other activities.

The reason is obvious: their remaining population is too small, too small to manage the Creator's organization.

Their arrival in the human world was merely to test whether it was suitable for the growth of fluorescent plants.

If the human world is suitable for the growth of fluorescent plants, then astral merchants will naturally occupy Blue Star and begin to multiply and thrive.

Clearly, Blue Star is not suitable for the growth of fluorescent plants, so the astral merchants lost interest in Blue Star and naturally had no time to manage the Creator Organization.

In other words, after the failure of the fluorescent plant experiment, the astral merchants have abandoned the Creator Organization.

The Creator Organization was actually controlled by the ASE Alliance family, led by Lawrence Phoenix, and its activities were all aimed at controlling high-level superhumans to serve their purposes.

Having learned about the history of the Astral Merchants, the question returns to the matter of the Reincarnation Source.

“I sympathize with the plight of your people, but there is still one problem that needs to be solved, and that is the Reincarnation Source Essence. What do you intend to do with the Reincarnation Source Essence?” Lu Heng questioned in a deep voice.

After a long silence, the illusory figure of Galmawi replied, "I beg you, stop searching for the source of reincarnation and give our race some hope."

Lu Heng frowned, guessing the hidden meaning in his words: "You want to use the Reincarnation Source Essence to save your race?"

The illusory figure of Galmavi did not deny it, but bowed its head and pleaded, "Whatever you want, I can give you. As long as we have it, we can give you this ecosphere."

"From now on, you are the owner of Eco-Ball No. 1. On the table behind me, there is all the information about the Eco-Ball and how to use it."

"I have only one request: do not search for the Source of Reincarnation, do not search for Azik, leave our race with one last glimmer of hope."

Lu Heng did not immediately agree to his request, because this matter could not be resolved with just a promise.

Even the people involved in this incident are not from human civilization.

In reality, the two civilizations truly vying for the Reincarnation Source Essence are the Zero Civilization and the Astral Merchant Civilization, and their goals in vying for the Reincarnation Source Essence are the same: to save their own civilizations.

Lu Heng had no grounds to grant Galmavi's request on behalf of the Zero Civilization.

Of course, Lu Heng was not obligated to help the Zero Civilization find the Source of Reincarnation.

When faced with two civilizations, deciding who to help and who not to help is just a matter of a single thought.

After the phantom of Galmawi finished recounting this history, it knelt down in a human manner to beg for help, and finally faded away with the glowing light.

Lu Heng walked over and picked up the ecosphere manual on the table.

The manual records all the information about the ecosphere, including how to change managers.

An ecosphere that can drift through interstellar rifts is of immeasurable value.

If one day, humans also face the situation of being homeless, perhaps they will also migrate to an ecosphere.

Lu Heng put away the Eco-Ball Manual and considered what to do next.

In fact, from the moment the illusory figure of Galmawi finished recounting the history of the Astral Merchants, Lu Heng had already guessed their purpose in vying for the Reincarnation Essence.

Astral merchants have attempted to cultivate fluorescent plants on many worlds, but without success.

This means that it will be very difficult for them to find a new home.

The only way to save their people might be to do what I did: return to the time before the Abyss invaded the original world, and find a way to fight the Abyss and save the original world. (End of Chapter)