CHAPTER 889: CHAPTER 517: THE SECRET OF THE STAR REALM MERCHANT CIVILIZATION

The time comes to November of the second year of the Abyss Descent.

According to the timeline, the moment of Lu Heng’s rebirth is drawing nearer.

Lu Heng clearly remembers that the time to enter the Abyss Demon Nest for the struggle was ten days from now in the last timeline.

The two timelines are about to overlap, and Lu Heng doesn’t know what will happen in the future, or whether the struggle for the Reincarnation Source Material in the Abyss Demon Nest will occur again.

No one knows how the Reincarnation Source Material entered the Abyss Demon Nest in the previous timeline.

At least, there’s no relevant information in Lu Heng’s memory.

In this timeline, it is clear that the Reincarnation Source Material was taken by the Star Realm Merchant.

Things have changed, and this means the Abyss Demon Nest incident might not happen.

Knowing the whereabouts of the Reincarnation Source Material, if one wants to retrieve it, they can go directly to the Star Realm Merchant.

Lu Heng has been to Jalama’s Ecological Ball before and left a Space Beacon outside the Ecological Ball, allowing direct access via Star Realm Travel.

After arranging the team’s affairs, Lu Heng opened the Star Gate and headed for the Jalmavi Ecological Ball.

After passing through the Star Gate, he entered the Star Realm rift, surrounded by endless chaotic space-time.

There was no light, and nothing was visible to the eyes, but the Demigod Body possesses a higher level of Perception, allowing observation of the surroundings of the Star Realm rift.

Because the Star Realm Merchant civilization is one that wanders in the Star Realm rift, their Ecological Ball is not fixed in one position.

Thus, Lu Heng scanned around and didn’t see the Jalmavi Ecological Ball, but when he expanded his divinity sensing, he quickly detected Jalmavi Ecological Ball’s wandering trajectory.

Lu Heng tracked along the trajectory, and about five minutes later, found an Ecological Ball floating in the chaotic space.

More precisely, this is a cylindrical ecological space.

Lu Heng approached the Ecological Ball, touched the surface layer, and felt the material of the Ecological Ball’s surface.

The surface material of the Ecological Ball was very hard, unknown what substance it was, but since it can float for long periods in the Star Realm rift, the material’s strength must be very high.

However, no matter how high, it couldn’t withstand a single sword strike.

Lu Heng pondered briefly, did not draw his sword, but instead activated Shadow Traversal to enter the Ecological Ball’s interior.

The internal environment of the Ecological Ball was the same as during his first visit.

A cylindrical space ten kilometers in diameter rotating around the central axis to generate centrifugal force to simulate gravity.

Many Fluorescent Plants grow within the Ecological Ball, as well as some insects that also emit fluorescence.

According to the previously known information, this Ecological Ball is managed by Jalama.

However, Jalama has already died in the Shadow Demon World, which means the manager of this Ecological Ball is gone, or perhaps a new manager has been replaced.

Since Jalama is dead, to find the Reincarnation Source Material, actually, one should look for Azik.

But having not been to other Ecological Balls of the Star Realm merchants, knowing only this place, he can only start looking from here.

During the last visit, Jalama mentioned that there are other gardeners within this Ecological Ball.

Lu Heng moved quickly within the Ecological Ball, its ten-kilometer diameter and approximately thirty-kilometer length not very large for Lu Heng now, taking just a few breaths to fly back and forth.

Even after flying around once, he couldn’t find a single Star Realm Merchant.

Upon entering the manager’s residence, fluorescence suddenly gathered to form the appearance of a Star Realm Merchant, but just a glance revealed that it was merely a fluorescent-generated phantom, not a physical entity.

The image formed by the fluorescence was unmistakably Jalama.

After Jalama’s phantom appeared, it greeted actively: "Hello, Mr. Lu Heng. I knew you would come; I have been waiting for you for a long time."

A hint of surprise flickered in Lu Heng’s eyes as he asked, "What do you mean?"

Jalama’s phantom explained: "This phantom is something I left here to apologize to you. When you visit again, the Reincarnation Source Material should already be in the hands of Azik."

Lu Heng snorted coldly: "So, you and Azik never really had a dispute. You were performing in front of me."

Jalama’s phantom shook its head: "Not exactly performing. Azik and I did have disputes, but they were about other matters."

Lu Heng didn’t want to delve into their relationship, so he directly asked: "Just tell me, what are you going to do with the Reincarnation Source Material?"

Jalama’s phantom sighed and said: "Do you remember when we last met, we discussed the Creator Organization?

"At the time, I mentioned that we Star Realm Merchants are very busy and wouldn’t spend too much effort on an organization of a lower civilization.

"In truth, it’s not like that. We simply lack the energy to manage the Creator Organization."

Lu Heng felt slightly puzzled and pressed the point: "What do you mean?"

Jalama’s phantom: "You’ve already learned about the Creator Organization’s numbers 1 and 2, who are Star Realm Merchants.

"But there’s an additional hidden information within that: numbers 1 and 2 are indeed Star Realm Merchants. Azik and I are these two numbers, and the numbers are occasionally interchanged, however...

"No other Star Realm Merchants use these two numbers because for our race... only two of us are left."

Upon hearing this, Lu Heng was greatly shocked.

He initially thought that although the Star Realm Merchant Civilization might not have a large population, it should still be a fairly powerful civilization. He had not expected that the entire race was down to just two people.

Lu Heng’s face showed an expression of surprise as he pursued further: "Only two people left? Since when have there only been two?"