From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

While conducting experiments with fluorescent plants, the Swordholder Alliance launched a new online meeting.

Lu Heng shared a bold idea he had come up with earlier, inviting the Swordholders to discuss it.

"From the information I have gathered, God is not eternally invincible. God also faces threats and has a specific set of survival rules."

"According to the notes left by the prophet Gremave of the Astral Merchant Civilization, the gods construct defensive rules through the laws of the world to prevent gods from other worlds from entering their world and posing a threat to it."

"This is also why the Winged Demon God needed to interfere with the world's laws for a period of time before descending upon the Dragon Sleep World."

"Therefore, the upper limit of combat power summoned by the Abyss is actually that of a demigod."

"In other words, once we become demigods, we will be the strongest in the Abyss Battlefield and will be able to rule it."

"Moreover, demigods are the highest level beings who can freely travel between different worlds and are not restricted by the laws of those worlds."

"Therefore, as demigods, we will be invincible in any action we take."

"Based on this rule, I have an idea: to take advantage of the demigod era and sweep through all the demon worlds that are not guarded by demon gods."

The idea drew astonished expressions from everyone present.

Soreville Copper Furnace scratched his head, a little worried: "Demons can actually descend. The Winged Demon God Salion almost descended upon the Dragon's Rest World."

His words subtly expressed his concerns about the plan.

The high priestess of the siren clan, Sona, however, looked on with intense interest.

The Siren race is inherently a fierce race, and they often exhibit a certain degree of belligerence in their offensive actions.

She looked at the Dwarf King and said, "The demon god can indeed descend, but it takes time. For the Winged Demon God to descend into the Tidal Sea, it will first need more than thirty days to assimilate the world's laws."

"Thirty-odd days is enough time for us to destroy a demon world and then safely retreat back to the main world."

Queen Aureanna nodded in agreement: "Indeed, with Lu Heng here, we have the option to attack or retreat."

"With the addition of the Starship, we can advance or retreat at will, putting us in an invincible position. As long as the great war doesn't take place in our main world, there won't be any problems."

After calculating, Xavier Matrix replied: "The plan is progressing smoothly and the returns are substantial. I agree."

Queen Aureanna then added a question: "The problem now is, how can we be sure that there are no demons in the target world?"
"If you accidentally stumble into a world guarded by a demon god, that would be dangerous."

She said that "dangerous" was already a conservative term.

If the Swordholders' team truly stumbled into a world guarded by a demon god, the only possible outcome would be total annihilation; there is no other possibility.

When demons descend upon other worlds, they are subject to the laws of those worlds. However, in their main world, they are true gods who govern everything.

From a certain perspective, the world assimilated by the gods is like the nest they built.

From this perspective, the survival rules of demons are very similar to those of the animal world.

Soreville Bronze Furnace pondered with a serious expression, then replied, "Right, what if we enter a world where demons exist?"

Lu Heng turned his head and gestured in Azik's direction, saying, "Let the astral merchants handle this problem; they have experience with it."

Azik nodded and continued, "Yes, we've entered many worlds in search of new habitable ones."

"Of course, not just any world can be entered. If you enter a world inhabited by a demon god, your entire race will be wiped out."

"Therefore, before entering a world, we will first conduct reconnaissance of that world, understand the environment of the target world, and then decide whether to enter."

"If we are to follow Leader Lu Heng's plan, we do not need to search for a new world."

“We have scouted many worlds that could serve as targets. If you decide, I can provide a list of worlds.”

Among the worlds that the astral merchants have scouted, there are quite a few where demon races exist.

This is also why Lu Heng proposed this plan.

Lu Heng looked around and said, "It's the same as before: a vote to decide whether to approve the demigod plan."

During the discussion, most members tended to agree, with only Soreville Copperfurnace expressing concern.

After detailed communication, Sorelwell Copper Furnace saw the benefits of this plan and expressed his approval.

Finally, the demigod plan was approved unanimously.

The Demigod Project has two meanings. The first is to control the level of the Swordholders' combat power and maintain them at the demigod level, so as to sweep across the demon world.

While sweeping through the demon world, they also obtain demigod materials to help more sword-wielding members advance to demigod status.

After the vote, it was decided to proceed with the plan.

Subsequently, Xavier Matrix proposed the first target world:
"About a year ago, a misty rift appeared on the capital planet of Sykes World, and abyssal pollution spread from the rift."

"The Sykes military has been trying to stop the spread of the Abyss contamination, but with little success."

"According to my calculations, if no action is taken, the capital star will follow in the footsteps of the second Gaia star and be completely destroyed in five years."

"I have calculated a way to stop the spread of the Abyss Contamination Source, which is to go through the Abyss Rift, destroy the Demon World on the other side of the rift, and completely eliminate the Abyss Contamination Source."

"This plan is the most effective, but also the most difficult."

“Only the Swordholders can accomplish this together, so I suggest that the first target of this demigod project be the world on the other side of the Psykers capital star rift.”

After a moment's thought, Lu Heng asked, "Have you conducted reconnaissance on the other side of the world?"

Xavier Matrix replied, "The Sykes military has sent various space shuttle drones through the rift to conduct reconnaissance. None of these drones returned, but they did gather some information."

"It can be confirmed that there are abyssal demons on the other side of the rift, and they are of a high level. They have even appeared in mechanical demon form. However, it is uncertain whether there are demon gods. Further investigation is needed."

Based on the reconnaissance results from the Sykes civilization, the world level on the other side of the rift is not low.

The Sykes military didn't even have the capability to conduct comprehensive reconnaissance; only the Swordholders could carry it out.

Lu Heng pondered for a moment and said, "We can accept this task and first conduct reconnaissance of the demon world on the other side of the rift. As for whether to choose it as the first target world, we can discuss that after the reconnaissance."

"This mission is to help the Sykes civilization, it shouldn't be unpaid labor. Professor, what do you think?"

Xavier Matrix's holographic image displayed a mimicking smile and replied:

"Of course, I think it's reasonable for the Sykes civilization to provide weapons supplies for the Demigod Project, and I believe the Sykes military commanders will agree."

……

After the meeting, Lu Heng and Xavier Matrix visited Sykes Capital Star again.

The star system surrounding the capital of the Sykes civilization was incredibly beautiful; had the Second Gaia not been destroyed, it would have been a vibrant blue planet. Sadly, a mechanical demon crisis destroyed a planet.

Now, Sykes' capital planet has also been contaminated by the Abyss and may become the second planet to be destroyed.

This also led to instability within the Sykes civilization.

The exile faction led by Eleanor Sykes also reached an all-time high in approval ratings, with 7.91% saying it all.

Lu Heng stood on a skyscraper on Sykes Capital Star.

Xavier Matrix's holographic image pointed to a plasma-sealed area and said, "That's the Abyss Contaminated Area, which is already over 300 kilometers in diameter and is still expanding outward at a rate of 2 kilometers per day."

While observing, Lu Heng asked, "Can the plasma containment zone slow down the spread of abyssal contamination?"

Xavier Matrix replied, "It's effective, slowing things down by about 67%, but once the plasma containment zone is breached, the area of ​​abyssal contamination will explode. Overall, the plasma containment zone is not as effective as expected."

Moreover, while plasma technology is used to contain the spread of pollution sources in the abyss, there is another problem: as the area of ​​pollution expands, the power consumed by the plasma containment network will increase until it exceeds its capacity.

This is also why Sykes residents are very pessimistic about the future, which is why the support rate for the exile faction continues to rise.

Lu Hengfei flew over the contaminated abyss zone and saw the dense fissures in the center of the zone.

The abyssal fissures there have merged into one another, so many that it's impossible to count them all.

"Haven't you considered using a nuclear bomb to destroy the fissure?"

If the explosive power of a nuclear bomb reaches a certain level, it can damage the abyssal fissure.

Abyssal rifts appear on Earth, and this method is often used to destroy them.

Of course, nuclear bombs may not necessarily destroy the Abyss Rift; there is another possibility: they could make the rift even larger.

Xavier Matrix replied, “When the rift first appeared, the Sykes military did the same thing. At first, they did destroy part of the rift, but after several bombings, instead of destroying it, they made it bigger and bigger, until it became what it is now.”

Lu Heng estimated that this area of ​​dense fissures was nearly ten kilometers in diameter.

No wonder the Sykes civilization officials had no way to deal with it and could only use a plasma net to seal off the contaminated area.

After observing the contaminated abyss area, Lu Heng said, "Let's go see the ruler of the Sykes military first."

Xavier Matrix: "I've already arranged a meeting place with Stewart, and I can go anytime."

……

More than ten minutes later, Lu Heng sat in the Nebula Building on Sykes Capital Star.

More than a dozen Sykes military officials, including Steward, were present, some of whom he knew. Eleanor Sykes was also among them.

Eliana Sykes looks exactly the same as when they first met, even though that was more than 30 years ago.

As an upper-class noble of the Sykes civilization, Yeliana Sykes maintains her simulated outer shell every year, truly achieving "eternal youth."

During their last meeting, Xavier Matrix had negotiated with the Sykes military to lift the arrest warrant for him.

Therefore, he could appear openly and legitimately in front of these Sykes executives.

After Xavier Matrix's holographic image appeared, he said directly, "This is Lu Heng, the leader of the human world. I don't need to introduce him. I'll just say that the purpose of this meeting is to help you solve the abyss pollution problem on the capital planet."

Upon hearing this, the Sykes executives present showed no change in expression, but they had already engaged in a heated discussion via electromagnetic waves.

Therefore, these Sykes executives appeared calm on the surface, but in reality, their emotions fluctuated wildly.

A Sykes executive questioned, "Human civilization is still receiving our technological assistance; are you sure they have a way to help us?"

Xavier Matrix didn't explain, but stated directly: "First, let me correct one point: we are attending this meeting on behalf of the Swordholders."

"Secondly, if you believe that we cannot provide assistance and that it is unnecessary to waste computing power to attend this meeting, you may leave on your own."

Xavier Matrix's attitude was very impolite, but not a single Sykes executive left.

Every Sykes executive present was well aware of Xavier Matrix's background.

A mad scientist who has been at odds with the Sykes military since the moment he became famous.

He was wanted for over a hundred years, yet he still managed to force the Sykes military to withdraw the arrest warrant.

This is the only instance of its kind in the history of Sykes civilization.

Lu Heng didn't know whether these Sykes executives wanted to waste their time.

Lu Heng definitely didn't want to waste time, so he tapped the table with his finger and said directly:

"Professor Xavier should have already sent the information to you. I'll repeat it formally again: the Swordholder Alliance will attempt to address the abyssal contamination problem on this planet."

"We will discuss the specific plans after I have scouted the abyss world on the other side of the rift."

"There are some preconditions that need to be agreed upon before this cooperation can begin."

"First, all the weapons and ammunition used in this operation were provided by the Sykes civilization."

"Secondly, if the Swordholders successfully resolve the source of abyssal contamination on your capital planet, the Sykes civilization will be required to unconditionally provide the Swordholders Alliance with the necessary technological weapons in the future."

"If you agree to these two conditions, I will provide you with the world survey data on the other side of the rift in three days. If you disagree, you will have to deal with the source of the abyss pollution yourselves."

Of the two requests, the second one is a bit excessive, but for the Sykes civilization, Lu Heng is saving their civilization.

Compared to the survival of civilization, simply providing technological weapons unconditionally is not excessive.

After Lu Heng finished speaking, he stood up and waited for a while. Seeing that the Sykes executives had not yet reached a conclusion, he turned and walked out.

Just walked to the door.

Sykes' top military commander, Steward, agreed: "We agree to all your conditions. All supplies for this operation will be provided by us."

From the moment Lu Heng proposed his conditions to Stewart's agreement, it took only a minute.

A minute is too short for a human to even finish a sentence.

For the Sykes civilization, hundreds of millions of conclusions could already be calculated through the central system.

Therefore, this one-minute discussion time was something these Sykes executives had already debated countless times.

Steward added, "As long as you can solve the abyss pollution problem on the capital planet, the future Psykos's technological weapons will be provided to the Swordholder Alliance unconditionally."

Lu Heng turned his head, glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, casually replied, and then disappeared from the spot, heading towards the Abyss Contaminated Zone of Sykes' capital planet. (End of this chapter)