From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 898 - 521: The Rashomon Incident Between Civilizations—Who Is Lying? (Part 2)

Chapter 898: Chapter 521: The Rashomon Incident Between Civilizations—Who Is Lying? (Part 2)

"I don’t even need your help, just ask you to show mercy and not take the Reincarnation Source Material."

Lu Heng sneered, "Once you’ve resurrected your kin, the next step is to occupy the Blue Star. Are you planning to keep humans as pets, or kill them all?"

Azik was stunned by these words and hurriedly defended himself, "Wait a minute, is there a misunderstanding between us? We never planned to occupy Blue Star."

Lu Heng smirked, "Denial is useless, I already know your secret. The fluorescent plants planted on Blue Star will not lose their luminous properties. Your ultimate goal is Blue Star."

Azik immediately shook his head to deny, "No, we’ve done experiments planting fluorescent plants on Blue Star, and the results are the same as in other worlds. After three generations, the plants gradually lose their fluorescent properties."

Lu Heng was instantly puzzled by his words.

His first reaction was that Azik was lying.

But does it make sense to tell such a lie now?

Unless he can prove that what he says is true, Lu Heng will definitely not show mercy.

In the survival competition between civilizations, one must follow the principle of presuming guilt in doubt.

As long as he can’t prove what he’s saying, treat it as true and handle it as the Star Realm Merchants’ attempt to seize Blue Star.

Lu Heng squinted slightly, curious, "Trying to buy time? How long do you think a few lies can delay? According to the effect time of the Reincarnation Source Material, you can’t possibly revive your race in just a few days."

As Lu Heng spoke, he was already approaching the Reincarnation Source Material. A lift of his hand could prevent the release of its energy.

Azik fell to his knees, pleading, "No, I beg you, give us a hope to survive.

"I promised Jalama that I would resurrect our people. He has already given his life for the Reincarnation Source Material. I beg you, leave us a glimmer of hope."

"Blue Star cannot truly grow fluorescent plants. We experimented for two years and finally gave up; I even burned down the cultivation chamber for it.

"What you saw in the cultivation chamber that time was me. The experiment truly failed; we cannot inhabit Blue Star."

He knelt on the ground pleading.

If it weren’t a Demigod standing before him, he might have considered resistance, but against a Demigod, pleading was his only option.

Lu Heng looked at him, and he did not seem to be lying, but he had personally seen the experiment results:

"Still arguing, our human biological research institute conducted experiments, and the Blue Star environment won’t cause fluorescent properties to disappear."

Azik froze, shaking his head to retort, "Impossible, our experiments showed the fluorescent plants losing their properties in the end.

"No, when did you start your experiments? Your contact with fluorescent plants should have begun when you saw Jalama.

"That time Jalama invited you into the Ecological Ball, which was just over a month ago.

"It’s impossible to complete a fluorescent plant cultivation experiment in such a short time."

Lu Heng was also puzzled upon hearing this.

Because technically, the experiment wasn’t conducted by humans but by the Zero Civilization.

That’s right, Lu Heng carried the cultivation chamber into the Zero World, where the Zero World accelerated the completion of the fluorescent plant cultivation experiment.

The whole process only took three hours, arriving at the final conclusion.

The experiment’s final result indeed showed that fluorescent plants did not lose their luminous properties.

But there was a problem; the experiment process was not rigorous.

Because the experiment was conducted by the Zero Civilization.

This means that if the Zero Civilization wanted to provide an incorrect experiment result, there are many ways to do so.

Lu Heng’s belief in the experiment results was actually based on his trust in the Zero Civilization.

So here lies the question.

Both are alien civilizations, so who is more trustworthy: the Zero Civilization or the Star Realm Merchant Civilization?

If considering it from the stance of the Zero Civilization, would they provide a false experiment result?

The answer is obvious.

The Zero Civilization wants to recover the Reincarnation Source Material, which was taken by the Star Realm Merchants.

The best helper for the Zero Civilization to recover the Reincarnation Source Material is Lu Heng.

The Zero Civilization only needs to alter the experiment results of the fluorescent plants slightly to stir up Lu Heng’s hostility against the Star Realm Merchants, aiming to leverage him to regain the Reincarnation Source Material.

All of this fits perfectly with the behavioral logic of the Zero Civilization.

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As matters developed to this point, it has become a Rashomon incident.

The Star Realm Merchants and the Zero Civilization each have their own standpoint, and neither side can be trusted.

From a human perspective, without knowing which side to trust, there’s a fallback option.

That is to sabotage the Star Realm Merchants’ revival plan.

As for the Reincarnation Source Material, it can be used to exchange resources with the Zero Civilization.

Doing this is most beneficial for human civilization as the Zero Civilization is fundamentally a closed civilization that won’t engage in territorial conflicts with humans.

Even if humans and the Zero Civilization can’t become allies, they won’t become adversarial civilizations.

The Star Realm Merchants are different, with the potential to become adversarial civilizations.

In times of unclear truths, directly eliminating the Star Realm Merchant Civilization ensures no mistakes.

For the fate of humanity, eliminating an alien civilization poses no issue in decision-making.

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Meanwhile.

Stargates started appearing in many regions of Blue Star.

Many High-Rank Superpower Users received bounties announced by the Zero Civilization, encouraging them to enter the Abyss Demon Nest to retrieve the Reincarnation Source Material for high-rank resources, even resources leading directly to Demigod status.

The incident caused an immediate global shock among humans.

Some superpower users began attempting to pass through the stargates to explore the Abyss Demon Nest.

The entire world is shaking, and naturally, the Great Xia Military is also taking action.

All personnel at the Southern War Zone Headquarters received an emergency assembly order.

Qi Jinhui made three consecutive calls to Lu Heng but could not get through and instead contacted Su Muyu.

"Comrade Su, are you aware of the Stargate incident? It’s urgent. Do you know where Lu Heng has gone?"

Su Muyu responded on the phone, "I know. He told us before he left that he’d gone to the Abyss Demon Nest, the target world of stargate teleportation. I’m on my way to headquarters with Lin Zeyu. Let’s discuss in person."

Immediately after the incident occurred, Su Muyu notified Lin Zeyu and Xie Shi’en to gather.

Initially, they were to meet at Qionghua Tianglu Lake, but after receiving Qi Jinhui’s call, they changed it to the Southern War Zone Headquarters.

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A quarter-hour later, Su Muyu, Lin Zeyu, and Xie Shi’en arrived at the Southern War Zone Headquarters and went to find Qi Jinhui for a discussion.

The entire Southern War Zone Command was as busy as a pot of boiling porridge, with all sorts of information being communicated at all times.

"You’re here, come in quickly. Things are urgent. Some superpower users have crossed the stargates but have not returned. Now, I need to find out about Lu Heng’s situation. What is he doing in the Abyss Demon Nest?" Qi Jinhui brought the three into the conference room.

Su Muyu briefly recounted the message Lu Heng left before departing, indicating that Lu Heng entered the Abyss Demon Nest to investigate the Reincarnation Source Material.

After quickly communicating the basic situation, Lin Zeyu proposed a guess, "Could it be that Lu Heng encountered trouble in the Abyss Demon Nest? Could these stargates be his doing, hoping for us to support him?"

The fact that Lu Heng can open stargates is confidential to the outside, known to only a few high-level personnel in the battle zone.

Qi Jinhui is different; he is the Great Xia Military’s dedicated contact with Lu Heng, so he knows that Lu Heng can open stargates.

Lin Zeyu’s guess is not entirely implausible.

In the Shadow Demon World, Lu Heng once opened a stargate, gathering Sword Holders from several civilizations to destroy the Shadow Demon World together.

During this, he also used the stargate to transport a batch of nuclear materials from Blue Star.

Therefore, there’s a possibility that Lu Heng in the Abyss Demon Nest opened a stargate and is requesting support.

However, Su Muyu quickly shook her head to deny, "It’s not Lu Heng’s stargates. The energy waves of the stargates are different. Besides, Lu Heng can only open one stargate at a time, yet there are multiple stargates at multiple places on Blue Star now.

"Also, with the Zero Civilization’s bounty, I believe the stargates are opened by the Zero Civilization to have humans help them retrieve the Reincarnation Source Material."

Qi Jinhui deliberated seriously and then nodded, "This analysis is likely correct. The current issue is what is happening in the Abyss Demon Nest? Is there a need to dispatch forces to support? Can you contact Lu Heng somehow?"