In the Sikes Civilization's capital, Queen Star, on the trial court.
Erslton Strra stood arrogantly, his head held high, facing all the faction leaders' representatives and the Central System.
"You can't judge because right now, only I can decide the destiny of Queen Star, or even that of the entire civilization..."
His opening remarks caused confusion among the faction leaders and representatives present.
Only the higher-ups in the Descent Faction knew a bit of the inside story, but just a little bit.
Erslton Strra revealed a convincingly mimicked facial expression and glanced at the ti, saying:
"In 50 seconds, Queen Star will face the greatest crisis since the existence of our civilization.
"Only I! Only I can resolve this crisis.
"I give you the last 50 seconds to end this ridiculous trial and elevate my authority level to be on par with the Central System; otherwise, I will govern Queen Star in another manner."
This speech left all the Sikes Civilization's upper echelons present feeling puzzled.
They didn't understand why he was so confident.
Ti passed by every second.
After Erslton Strra finished his previous statent, he quietly waited.
After 50 seconds had passed, the entire court beca turbulent.
Because just one second before, all the faction leaders and representatives had received the crisis alert, and it was the highest-level crisis alert.
At the Gravity District, with Erslton Strra's underground laboratory at the center, a massive power outage began.
It was as if there was an energy black hole inside this laboratory that devoured all the electricity in the entire district, causing the surrounding buildings to go dark.
And the blackout area was still expanding, spreading toward nearby districts.
Following that.
A steel-structure building in the Gravity District seed to co to life, as steel extended out like tentacles, turning into a massive monster that began devouring all the organic matter and tal around it.
This scenario continued to spread, every steel structure building in the vicinity of the Gravity District ca alive, turning into tentacled monsters, plunging the entire district into chaos.
The Sikes Civilization sounded the highest-level alert, and various pieces of information flooded into the Central System like a tide.
All faction leaders and civilization's upper echelons gathered information from the Central System, and they were stuck in an unsolvable computation state.
This unsolvable computation state was akin to a robot's state of shock.
They continuously gathered information, ran calculations, and tried to find a solution.
However, the information, after countless calculations, yielded no desirable results.
Consequently, those chanical nobles present fell into a state akin to a system crash, their movents even freezing.
Erslton Strra revealed a realistically mimicked smile and loudly said, "I've said it, elevating my authority level is the only way to solve this crisis."
The faction leaders started to communicate data with Erslton Strra, obtaining information from him, calculating whether he indeed could resolve the crisis.
The characteristic of chanical Civilization is efficiency decided by computing power; as long as it is confird that Erslton Strra can solve the crisis and there is no other way, the Central System would likely agree to his demand.
...
At the sa ti.
Inside the underground laboratory of the Gravity District.
Six teams that had raided the laboratory were trapped here, using all their wits to attack the tal door.
When they realized they couldn't break through the tal door, so Superpower Users began to bombard the walls.
Superpower Users called to the Abyss Battlefield were generally Level 35 or above and very strong in combat.
Several attacks created a hole in the wall.
But as soon as the hole appeared, the steel bars inside the wall grew out like tentacles, sealing the opening.
"What in the world is this thing?"
Seeing this, everyone started to panic.
Jian Qing spoke up to stabilize the troops, "Don't panic, everyone. Concentrate your attacks on one spot, break an exit, and let's get out first.
"If we can't make it out, don't worry either; we still have two hours until the return ti. As long as we hold out, we can all safely return."
The other teams' leaders chid in, "That's right, if we hold on until the return ti, we'll be safe."
If it's just about holding on until the return ti, the Challenge Task of clearing the Abyss Pollution Source is certainly not achievable.
However, faced with such a terrifying thing, being able to survive and return was the best outco.
As for the task reward, it would be great to have it, but nobody was too demanding if it were not available.
Everyone cald down, followed Jian Qing's orders, and started to work together to attack one spot, then bit by bit, they made their way out.
Lu Heng, upon seeing this horror "creature" that seed both tallic and like an Abyss at Tumor, fell into a montary daze.
Because he finally realized what this thing was.
These things were evolved Abyss at Tumors, commonly known as tal Sarcomas, with another na being tal Devourers.
Except, these things were not supposed to appear at this point in ti.
In his mory, tal Sarcomas were supposed to appear in the third year of the Abyss Descent.
Now it was March of the second year of the Abyss Descent.
"That is to say, according to the original tiline, the 'tal Sarcoma' should not have appeared until eight months later."
"Why did it appear so much earlier?"
At that instant, Lu Heng also thought of the reason.
The tal Sarcoma was hidden in Erslton Strra's underground laboratory, which ant that this thing was most likely the "experint" he had been researching.
According to the original tiline, Lu Heng did not participate.
The Superpower Users who were conscripted this ti were probably still investigating the Xavier Matrix, and it was highly unlikely they would trace it back to Erslton Strra's head.
Even if the investigation traced back to Erslton Strra, as soon as he received the information, he would evacuate the laboratory imdiately.
Furthermore, with the existence of the Creator Organization's raiding team, the Sikes Civilization must have devoted most of its efforts to the pursuit of the Pharaoh's team.
That is to say, if Lu Heng had not been here, Erslton Strra would not have been exposed at all.
Naturally, no one would have seen the tal Sarcoma Experint hidden in the underground laboratory.
As a result, the tal Sarcoma Experint would not have been exposed at this ti but eight months later.
Due to Lu Heng's appearance, he had changed the original order of events, causing the tal Sarcoma Experint to be exposed earlier.
…
After connecting these pieces of information, the entire event's frawork beca clear.
The 'Abyss Pollution Source' that Jian Qing and her team were tasked with investigating through the conscription mission was the tal Sarcoma Experint.
And the "chanical Demon" Erslton Strra was researching wasn't the riffraff in the laboratory; the real experintal subject was the tal Sarcoma.
This tal Sarcoma was a hybrid of the Abyss at Tumor and a tal devourer, making it more terrifying than the original Abyss at Tumor.
The Abyss at Tumor was terrifying enough on its own, but it had one flaw.
It could only devour organic material, growing continuously by devouring organic matter until it eventually swallowed an entire planet.
If there was no organic matter on a planet, then the Abyss at Tumor could not grow.
This was why the Abyss at Tumors did not appear on the Ice Plateau Star.
The Sikes Civilization's Ice Plateau Star had temperatures that were consistently below minus two hundred degrees; no organic life existed there, only minerals and chanical mining equipnt.
Even if an Abyss at Tumor appeared on Second Gaia Star, its potential for harm would be limited.
That's because the Sikes Civilization had evolved to the late stages of chanical Civilization, with nearly all Sikes citizens undergoing chanical Transformation.
The bodies of Sikes chanical Citizens were primarily made of tal materials, and they did not need to eat; they just needed to be charged.
Because they did not need to eat, the Sikes Civilization did not have any animal husbandry or agriculture, requiring no organic food.
Rare animals were kept in zoos, and even there, the numbers were few.
Compared to animals that frequently needed cleaning, Sikes citizens favored chanical Beasts.
Similarly, the Sikes Civilization's demand for atmosphere was not high; their activities only consud electricity, not oxygen.
As a result, the Sikes World did not even need many plants.
Due to multiple factors, the total amount of organic material on the Sikes Civilization's planet was far less than on Blue Star.
This limited the impact that Abyss at Tumors could have within the Sikes Civilization.
Of course, this was all relative.
Even on such a large planet, the total amount of organic matter was still significant.
If the Abyss at Tumor was left unchecked, it could still devour the entire planet.
The last ti on Second Gaia Star, the expansion rate of the Abyss at Tumor was relatively slow, one reason being that the cities were filled with tal and concrete, offering little in the way of organic matter.
Thus, Erslton Strra, upon obtained an Abyss at Tumor sample, initiated a research project.
And he succeeded using a completely new line of research, combining the Abyss at Tumor with a tal devourer, he finally succeeded in creating a tal Sarcoma Experint.
However, his research was not complete; the current tal Sarcoma Experint was not his most perfect creation.
According to the previous life's tiline, he would have created a more terrifying tal Sarcoma Experint eight months later and then released it to devour the entirety of Queen Star.
Yes.
In Lu Heng's mory, the capital of the Sikes Civilization, Queen Star, was eventually eaten by the tal Sarcoma.
Of course, the Sikes Civilization put up a lot of resistance.
After all, Queen Star was their political and cultural center; the Sikes Civilization naturally wanted to save the planet.
Unfortunately, three months after combating the tal Sarcoma, the Sikes Civilization announced its retreat from Queen Star.
Two months later, which was in the third year of May in the Human World's Abyss, the Sikes Civilization relocated its capital to Second Gaia Star.
The fall of Queen Star was also the beginning of the decline of the Sikes Civilization.
Lu Heng had indirectly witnessed a higher civilization gradually decline and step by step approach their end amidst the Abyss' invasion.
And the starting point of the Sikes Civilization's decline was this tal Sarcoma Experint.
It was this Sikes scientist nad Erslton Strra.
Lu Heng sotis had difficulty distinguishing whether the decline of Sikes Civilization was due to the Abyss' invasion or the civilization itself.
Now, having seen the tal Sarcoma eight months earlier, Lu Heng could not help but entertain a thought.
Perhaps he could change sothing...
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