From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 894 - 519: The Terrifying Experimental Results (Part 2)
Lu Heng stepped into the ruins, observing the situation in the incubation chamber.
This incubation chamber was indeed used to breed the Black Crows. At the time, alien eggs covered the ground and walls.
After the fire, the eggs of the Black Crows were all destroyed, and all organic matter was burnt to ashes.
Lu Heng squatted down, dug up a handful of soil, and took it back to the Academy of Sciences for analysis.
Since this incident concerned the survival of human civilization, the analysis was conducted immediately.
After three hours, Lu Heng arrived at a conclusion.
The soil contained components that matched the residues of fluorescent plants, which means that the 013 Black Crow incubation chamber once cultivated fluorescent plants.
The logic of the Star Realm Merchant’s decision to burn down the entire chamber suddenly became clear.
His goal was not to eliminate the Black Crows but to cover up the evidence of experiments with fluorescent plants.
The more this was the case, the more it suggested that the conclusion of the fluorescent plant experiments was likely leading to a worst-case scenario.
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The time point for rebirth from the previous life was getting closer, with only two days left.
Lu Heng inexplicably felt a pressure overhead, uncertain if it was due to the secret of rebirth or for some other reason.
By the evening, there were still 36 hours left until the rebirth time point from the previous life.
The white light of the Zero Civilization appeared again.
White Light: "We attempted to investigate the history of the Star Realm Merchant but found little, without any information related to the Reincarnation Source Material."
Lu Heng: "Then why are you looking for me?"
White Light: "Time is running out. I hope you can quickly find the Reincarnation Source Material."
Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked, "I currently need a conclusion from the fluorescent plant experiment, but at our human biology experiment pace, it would take at least six months. Can you expedite this process?"
White Light: "Yes, this isn’t difficult. Bringing the fluorescent plants and Blue Star’s environment to our world, it would only take a few hours to obtain results."
Hearing this, Lu Heng decided, "Alright, then I’ll bring the fluorescent plants and materials from Blue Star’s environment over for experimentation."
White Light: "Will this experiment help in the search for the Reincarnation Source Material?"
Lu Heng: "If it doesn’t help, you don’t intend to assist, do you?"
White Light paused for a moment and then agreed, "Okay. Prepare the experimental materials, and I’ll teleport you to the Zero World."
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Half an hour later, Lu Heng, holding a culture box that simulates the Blue Star’s environment, was teleported by the white light into the Zero World.
This time the entry point wasn’t a weightless space, but the actual Zero World.
The first impression upon entering the Zero World was... it wasn’t as large as expected.
Indeed, the world wasn’t as large as anticipated, with its size roughly comparable to the Moon, having a diameter of about three thousand kilometers.
Three thousand kilometers is a considerable distance for humans, but in the cosmic scale, it is merely a speck of dust.
Lu Heng admired the Zero World from high above, overlooking it without discerning any life forms.
At least from the naked eye, no life forms were visible.
The surface of the Zero Star is covered by a layer of light.
Using the vision of a demigod, it becomes evident that these lights consist of converging beams.
These beams travel across the star’s surface, accumulating layer by layer, forming a light curtain that blankets the star’s surface.
Beneath this light curtain, closer to the star’s surface, there’s a spreading layer of black energy filled with an abyssal aura.
Evidently, that is the Abyss Pollution Source.
This abyss energy continues to grow, spreading upward and beginning to engulf the beams.
Lu Heng exhaled and breathed in again, drawing back the air he had just exhaled.
A thin membrane of space enveloped Lu Heng, serving to prevent mass exchange.
The Zero Civilization allowed Lu Heng to enter their world but still aimed to prevent mass exchange.
Lu Heng finally saw the true Zero World and remarked, "I suspected for a long time that you do not have living entities, or rather, no life species."
Zero Civilization: "If by life, you mean it must have an organic body, then indeed it is true. Our civilization does not have organic life groups."
Lu Heng curiously asked, "So are you an entity or composed of multiple individuals?"
Zero Civilization: "Both are possible; tasks can be executed as needed, splitting into different numbers of individuals, or to use a more understandable term, ’threads.’"
The term "threads" belongs to the human computer science vocabulary.
In fact, it is hard to find an accurate term in human language to describe the form of the Zero Civilization.
Since the Zero Civilization is not something that exists in the human world, no words naturally can describe it.
The Zero Civilization had to use translations and choose the word most similar in human language to describe it.
In their view, describing the ’individuals’ of their civilization with the word "threads" is more fitting.
When Lu Heng heard the term "threads," he roughly understood the true form of the Zero Civilization.
Simply put, the Zero Civilization looks like a computer civilization, yet it isn’t an ordinary computer but rather a civilization made of photon-like computer form.
It means the Zero Civilization has been operating at the speed of light, which is why their civilization completes a cycle every sixty years.
Therefore, the Zero Civilization can be considered one entity but, when performing different tasks, can be divided into multiple "threads."
Lu Heng didn’t forget the purpose of his visit, lifted the culture box, and said, "Let’s begin."
A beam of light shot up, lifting the culture box and transporting it to the light beam layer.
Zero Civilization: "I will simulate the human world’s environment to conduct the experiment you need; you can observe the transformation process of the fluorescent plants."
Upon finishing the sentence, a holographic image appeared before Lu Heng.
The image depicted the growth process of the fluorescent plants, accelerated hundreds of times.
The fluorescent plants grew inside the culture box, splitting to form new plants, continuing to grow and split, reproducing generation after generation.
Three hours passed.
The fluorescent plants reproduced for seven generations. From the holographic image, these fluorescent plants still contained fluorescent substances.
Seeing this, Lu Heng’s heartbeat began to race; he already guessed the outcome.
Three hours later, the culture box floated up from the light beam layer, returning to Lu Heng’s hands.
The culture box, which initially contained three fluorescent plants, was now filled with tiny plants. If the box had been larger, three hours of reproduction would’ve yielded a vast fluorescent forest.
Zero Civilization: "The experimental conclusion is that Blue Star’s environment is suitable for growing fluorescent plants without losing their fluorescent characteristics. You can take the experimental samples back for verification."
Lu Heng breathed more heavily; although he hadn’t tested these experimental samples, the answer was already clear.
This means that the worst possible scenario is about to happen.
The Star Realm Merchant had been lying all along; their experiment with fluorescent plants on Blue Star succeeded.
They found another world where they could plant fluorescent plants, a second world suitable for their species to thrive. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
In other words, the Star Realm Merchant’s real aim is to occupy Blue Star.
However, the entire affair still possesses a dubious point.
Why haven’t the Star Realm Merchant acted yet?
Given the level of human biological technology, a preliminary conclusion could be reached within half a year.
The Star Realm Merchant could certainly determine within half a year that Blue Star is suitable for their species’ habitation.
In simple terms,
Under normal logical development, the Star Realm Merchant should have launched an invasion war six months after discovering the human world.
That time point is roughly a year after the Abyss Descent occurred.
However, the Star Realm Merchants did not take this step but delayed for two years, then venturing to compete for the Reincarnation Source Material at the cost of their lives.
Why is this?
There must be some factor preventing the Star Realm Merchant from immediately occupying Blue Star.
Maybe the information disclosed by Jalama is not entirely false, perhaps much of it is true.
The pinnacle of lying is being able to find a crucial piece of false information amid a wealth of true information.
Thus, what Jalama said about their species being reduced to only two individuals may be true.
Even if there are slightly more, their population can’t be too large.
With an insufficient number of species, it’s indeed challenging to invade a world.
Although human civilization’s level is very low, the possessed nuclear weapons, even if they can’t eliminate the Star Realm Merchants, can destroy Blue Star.
Following this logic, what the Star Realm Merchants need to do now is to restore their population size, at least to a level enough to conquer a planet.
