From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

"Based on the information I have," Lu Heng spoke up, "I indeed know that several organizations are researching Mechanical Demons, but they each have different focuses. I can't confirm which one is your target."

Xavier Matrix, being in the forefront of technological fields, did indeed know some organizations that were researching Mechanical Demons.

In fact, conducting research on Demons within the Sikes Civilization was not illegal.

Only by researching Demons could one find methods to counter them.

Therefore, there was no issue with the research itself.

Of course, in order to conduct research on Demons, one needed to file with the Sikes Central System and obtain permission before proceeding with the relevant studies.

This application was not difficult to obtain, so there were many organizations within the Sikes Civilization with the qualifications to conduct Demon research.

Of course, the majority of these organizations researching Demons were doing so to understand them.

Clearly, this was not the objective of this recruitment.

Since the Main Quest was to investigate the mad scientists researching Mechanical Demons, that meant this incident posed a threat.

Moreover, the threat had already emerged, it just hadn't escalated yet.

Based on Lu Heng's experience, if this mission wasn't completed, the danger brought about by the Mechanical Demon incident would rapidly increase and could even lead to a disaster.

"This scientist researching Mechanical Demons will surely cause harm to civilization, and it will be very serious, a Danger Level 6, even higher than the last Abyss Meat Tumor incident. So, this researcher on Mechanical Demons is extremely dangerous, and there couldn't be no signs of activity." Lu Heng voiced his speculation.

"If that's the case, I have a few potential targets here, but you'll need to investigate on your own. I can only offer assistance from the sidelines." Xavier Matrix said and then projected the profiles of several scientists onto the screen.

The screen displayed the records of three scientists, all of whom were engaged in Demon-related research.

These three scientists had only risen to prominence in the Sikes Civilization in recent years.

After all, it has only been twenty or thirty years since the Abyss invasion of the Sikes Civilization, and with the multitude of planets within the civilization, planets like Ice Plateau Star, which didn't have permanent Sikes inhabitants, didn't garner much attention when invaded by the Abyss.

Therefore, the Abyss Descent upon the Sikes Civilization did not draw much concern in its first two decades.

Otherwise, Lakrini Sikes would not have requested Lu Heng's help to broadcast a warning message to the Capital Star Circle, which still had not caused much of a reaction.

The Abyss invasion had escalated in the past ten years, garnering more attention from the Sikes Civilization.

These scientists involved in Demon-related research projects were only becoming known to the public in recent years.

The three scientists provided by Xavier Matrix belonged to a radical group and had official permissions for Demon research.

Of course, on the surface, the research projects of these three scientists were legal, but it was impossible to determine what they were truly working on behind the scenes.

Lu Heng glanced through the profiles of the three scientists, comparing them with the memories in his mind.

When he saw the third scientist's name, Lu Heng felt he had found the answer.

The third scientist was named Erslton Strra, whose research focus was on Demon metabolism.

Lu Heng remembered this name; Erslton Strra was an extremely dangerous scientist in the Sikes Civilization in his past life, allegedly, a 50-person Abyss Battlefield mission had nearly been annihilated by him.

This Erslton Strra was indeed researching a particularly terrifying Abyss Creature, which could bring immense harm.

Lu Heng tried to recall the information in his mind and compared it to the current situation.

The details about this Erslton Strra indeed appeared around April of the second year following the Abyss Descent.

At that time, Lu Heng had just awakened four months prior and wasn't very high in level, not having come into contact with beings at the level of Erslton Strra; his knowledge of this Sikes scientist all came from the internet and news.

From a timing perspective, this Erslton Strra could indeed be the Boss of this Abyss Battlefield.

Even if the target of this Abyss Battlefield investigation wasn't him, it would still be beneficial to investigate someone of his danger level ahead of time.

Lu Heng reached out and pointed to the data on Erslton Strra, stating, "Professor, I suspect this person. Show all his information and then formulate an investigation plan."

Xavier Matrix looked intrigued and asked, "Why do you think it's him? You don't suspect the first two?"

"I can only say it's... intuition," Lu Heng spread his hands.

Robots don't possess something like intuition. For computers, there are only zeroes and ones, and the process of reaching conclusions is clear.

If the calculation process is unclear, that suggests that the problem is either unsolvable or beyond the computer's computational scope.

Choosing an answer without calculations is called random selection.

Therefore, Xavier Matrix did not possess something like intuition either, but he was aware that organic beings did have intuition and understood its meaning though not what it was.

In his realm of thought, "intuition" was a process of reaching conclusions through "unknown methods," yet different from "random selection."

Xavier Matrix assessed Lu Heng's response, "I don't like this method of reaching conclusions without a calculation process."