From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

The mission in the Malacca Strait was Hidden Dragon Special Forces' first extraterritorial task, and it concerned the control of the world's future primary waterway. Therefore, not only the Southern War Zone was paying attention to it, but the entire upper echelons of Da Xia were as well.

From the moment the Special Forces set out, Lu Heng received daily reports on their latest missions.

On the first day, the Deep Sea Team of the Special Forces encountered a group of Abyss Tide Worms while searching for the location of a seabed crack in the Andaman Sea. After clearing them out, they continued their exploration.

On the second day, the Deep Sea Team continued to explore the Andaman Sea. With nothing happening that day, they began to gradually narrow down the search area.

On the third day, the Deep Sea Team encountered a high-level Abyss Demon at the seabed. Cao Lixiong protected the team as they retreated to the surface, and with support from other members at sea, they managed to kill the thirty-meter-long multi-headed demon serpent.

The fourth day...

While the Special Forces were on their mission, Lu Heng practiced the Wind Dragon Breathless Slash in Coastal.

The proficiency of Wind Dragon Breathless Slash LV1 had reached (932/1000), so it wasn't far from being completely mastered.

On the fifth day of the Special Forces mission, the Flame Emblem had accumulated a batch of Quenching Orders.

Lu Heng went to Quenching Castle to perform quenching, completing all orders above +6, including three that were Spirit Injection.

After finishing, the experience points of the Advanced Quenching Master's profession increased by 510 points.

Since his Quenching Master Level had been raised to Advanced, quenching tasks below +6 rarely earned him professional experience, so he had Yuan Hecheng take on these orders.

Yuan Hecheng, unlike Lu Heng, who had to balance his combat power, put all his energy into quenching and thus quickly advanced his professional level.

Half a year had passed, and he had already rushed to the level of an Advanced Quenching Master.

Sometimes, when Lu Heng didn't have time to complete Quenching Orders and the customer was urgent, even those above +6 would be done by him.

Now, Yuan Hecheng had become, aside from Gulu and Lu Heng, the highest-skilled Quenching Master in Quenching Castle.

After Lu Heng completed the accumulated Quenching Orders, he looked back to see Yuan Hecheng was still busy.

As the Quenching Market continued to grow, the number of low Level Quenching Orders was vast, so Yuan Hecheng had work almost every day.

The main purpose of Lu Heng's quenching was to improve his Quenching Level, thereby gaining Flame Resistance.

Thus, quenching tasks that couldn't earn professional experience were basically not undertaken anymore.

For Yuan Hecheng, however, quenching wasn't just about gaining professional experience but, more importantly, making money.

In half a year's time, as his Quenching Skill improved, he earned quite a bit of money and had repaid the debt for the Fluid Metal Crystal Core that his daughter Yuan Yaoyao had absorbed.

Initially, this Fluid Metal Crystal Core was bought at a high price by Lin Zeyu, intending to use it himself.

However, the Core was only considered usable for Lin Zeyu, and its compatibility wasn't particularly high.

Yuan Yaoyao's Initial Talent included a Mechanical Heart, which had a perfect compatibility with the Fluid Metal Skill.

Therefore, when Yuan Hecheng sought assistance, Lu Heng gave Yuan Yaoyao the Fluid Metal Crystal Core without the father and daughter being able to pay.

The purchase price of the core at that time was 40 million.

Yuan Hecheng worked hard for half a year, always paying off the debt, which he finally settled last month.

But settling the debt was not the end; it was a new beginning.

Yuan Hecheng realized that his daughter was regularly summoned to the Abyss Battlefield, and although she returned unharmed every time, he was always worried.

Therefore, he wanted to earn more money to purchase resources to help his daughter improve her combat power.

For that reason, he accepted whatever Quenching work he could to make money.

Seeing Yuan Hecheng busy, Lu Heng did not disturb him, waved at him, and left the forge.

Upon returning to the lobby of Quenching Castle, he ran into Yuan Yaoyao.

Yuan Yaoyao, dressed in a one-piece dress, showed a mix of childishness and cleverness on her face when she saw Lu Heng. She ran over, took his hand, and dashed to the second-floor balcony.

"What's up?" Lu Heng asked, puzzled.

Yuan Yaoyao ran to the balcony on the south side of the second-floor living room, closed the door behind her, pressed Lu Heng into a chair, and then, sitting beside him, she said seriously, "Brother Lu, I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Lu Heng looked her up and down, seeing no apparent issues; she didn't seem any different from before.

Yuan Yaoyao sat up straight, took a deep breath, and said, "I was summoned yesterday."

"Did you go to the Sikes Civilization again?" Lu Heng had asked her before; so far, all her summonings were to the Sikes Civilization.

It could be because her Mechanical Heart was especially well-matched with the Sikes World, and coupled with the Space Anchor Point and the Mechanical Angel of the Black Feather Spirit, a combination of reasons meant she was often summoned to the Sikes World.

Yuan Yaoyao shook her head, saying, "Not this time; this summoning was very strange."

Generally speaking, summonings to the Abyss Battlefield would evaluate the summoned's combat power, and a Power User's combat rating would vary in different worlds.

Yuan Yaoyao's combat rating in the Future World would be very high, but it would be relatively lower in other worlds.

Thus, Lu Heng casually guessed, "Another Cyber World?"

Yuan Yaoyao shook her head again: "Actually, I'm not sure because this time I was summoned, I didn't even leave the Initial Space."

Now curious, Lu Heng pressed, "What happened? Tell me in detail."

Yuan Yaoyao then started to describe the process of her latest summoning: