Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 219: Chapter 147: The Power of Civilization

The reason Chu Xiu could confirm that the one who added him was from the government was because the other party’s name was quite straightforward and blunt, simply called [Unnamed Investigation Bureau Agent].

”As expected of the Investigation Bureau, they move fast.” Chu Xiu sighed slightly, having thought he’d have to wait at least another two or three hours.

Without hesitation, he accepted the friend request, and soon a tall man in a suit stood before him.

”Greetings, Dark Night Monarch, I am Qin Xiang, an A-level agent from the Huaxia Investigation Bureau.”

Perhaps to express sincerity, or due to official confidence, the visitor candidly revealed his identity, showing no intent to conceal.

This slightly startled Chu Xiu; in the information he’d gathered before, he’d heard of the Investigation Bureau, knowing that each agent had to undergo numerous selections and were powerful Awakened ones.

A-level agents were usually King Tier Awakened, and among them, the elites! Their status and power were incredibly high, even conglomerates with assets worth hundreds of billions would dare not offend them.

The fact that such a high-level agent came to see him showed how much the Investigation Bureau valued him.

Being addressed as ”Your Excellency, Dark Night Monarch” by such a powerful individual made Chu Xiu’s mouth twitch slightly, feeling inexplicably ashamed: ”Just call me Chen Ce.”

”So it’s Chen,” Qin Xiang extended his hand, ”I’ve heard from other students about your battle with the Corpse King. To have such combat prowess at the Warrior Tier, Chen, your talent is truly extraordinary, unparalleled even in the history of Huaxia!”

”To have such a prodigy emerge is indeed the fortune of Huaxia!”

Qin Xiang started with a flurry of praise, yet Chu Xiu was completely unmoved, simply shaking hands and saying, ”Agent Qin, let’s get straight to the point.”

”The Investigation Bureau has gone to such lengths to find me, for what purpose?”

Seeing that Chu Xiu showed no signs of youthful inexperience or panic, Qin Xiang understood and stopped with the pleasantries, getting straight to the point: ”Chen, you should have seen in the post, right? I came this time regarding the ’Old Days’ matter.”

”But before that, I want to confirm, did you obtain an item called ’Proof of the Old Days’ when passing through?”

Chu Xiu nodded, which made Qin Xiang breathe a sigh of relief, his joyful thoughts converting into transmitted data.

He then proceeded to give Chu Xiu a detailed introduction to the relationship between civilization and the abyss, including the Old Days, Civilization Envoys, isolated civilizations, and Blue Star gradually delving into the abyss, among others.

The secrets astonished Chu Xiu, far beyond his initial expectations.

After thinking for a while, he digested the information: ”Simply put, the abyss is devouring Blue Star, and to fight against it, one must rekindle some still flickering civilizations, linking them into a continuous flame of civilization.”

”And achieving this can only be done by a Civilization Envoy with the ’Proof of the Old Days’,” Chu Xiu confirmed.

”Exactly,” Qin Xiang nodded, ”Currently, there are only six Civilization Envoys on Blue Star, which is why we’ve been urgently seeking you.”

Chu Xiu stopped speaking, rubbing his chin in thought.

To be honest, he found Qin Xiang’s explanation somewhat far-fetched. To Chu Xiu, fighting the abyss was clearly a physical matter, so what was all this about the chaotic fire of civilization?

Could it be that when the Abyssal Monsters attack, you don’t blast them with heavy artillery but rather dance before them or sing to them?

It made him skeptical.

Chu Xiu didn’t dwell on it but directly expressed his doubts.

Qin Xiang also provided a response: ”Regarding this, our current knowledge is not complete; it’s through long-term exploration that we’ve summarized some patterns from the relics of worlds devoured by the abyss.”

”To put it simply, the devouring by the abyss typically happens in three stages. First, using abyssal monsters or pollution, it wipes out most of the civilization from a physical standpoint. Then, it isolates the small portions of civilization that are hard to eradicate completely, after which it can easily devour the world absent of civilization.”

”To give a more practical analogy, if a nuclear war breaks out, then the nuclear weapons deployed could wipe out over ninety percent of humanity. The remaining humans would struggle to survive nuclear winter, with only a few who took refuge in shelters barely scraping by, which is the first phase of the abyss’s devouring.”

”Afterward, civilization is nearly extinct; it’s easy to throw nuclear bombs, just press a button, but to uproot those shelters located underground and at unknown locations is much more troublesome.”

”So the abyss’s method is to simply lock those shelters again, ensuring the humans inside can only develop within the shelter, unable to spread their civilization to the outer world. This way, no matter how the civilization within the shelter redevelops, it won’t affect the outside world.”

”Then it becomes effortless to devour a world with no civilization.”

Saying this, Qin Xiang paused and smiled: ”Of course, this is just a pattern summarized from our current level. As Blue Star further explores into the abyss, who knows if we’ll encounter something beyond expectations.”

”Nonetheless, it’s evident that we must resist the abyss during the first phase of devouring; if we wait until it enters the second phase, it becomes almost irrecoverable.”

Faced with Qin Xiang’s explanation, Chu Xiu nodded thoughtfully, indeed, if 99.99% of humans were wiped out, even if a few big shots survived, they could only drift through the abyss as individuals, making it nearly impossible to revive civilization.