From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 216 - 177: An Unexpected Meeting

The Xavier Matrix had long been wanted by the Sikes Civilization's judicial authorities.

According to memories from his past life, the Xavier Matrix would survive into the future and become a pioneer of mechanical life.

That is to say, the judicial authorities of the Sikes Civilization had never captured him.

And his ability to move around in a city with an incredibly developed surveillance network was enough to show that his technical strength could easily crack the surveillance network.

In short, trying to find him by relying on official power was basically impossible.

Others couldn't find him, but Lu Heng had a way.

Because the Xavier Matrix had a particular hobby.

He liked plants, not bionic plants, but real plants.

This was a relatively unusual hobby within the Sikes Civilization.

Therefore, these past few days, Lu Heng had Su Muyu looking for places in the city where plants existed, especially areas with large plants.

However, unless you got close enough to touch them, it was difficult to distinguish between bionic plants and real plants.

The Sikes Civilization had maxed out their tech tree in creating bionic animals, plants, and skin.

Sometimes, from afar, a wall of vines might seem real, even having dry yellow leaves on the ground.

But upon closer inspection, they turned out to be bionic plants, even the leaves on the ground were bionic dry leaves.

Even though it was not easy to find, after three days,

Su Muyu finally found a house filled with plants, and confirmed that the plants were real.

The plants were indeed real, but whether the person living inside was the Xavier Matrix was still uncertain.

"What do we do next? Rush in and capture the Sikes inside for interrogation?" Lin Zeyu proposed.

He hadn't finished speaking when Lu Heng had already walked towards the yard filled with plants.

At the gate, one could see a household robot watering and caring for the plants inside the yard.

Lu Heng rang the doorbell.

The household robot turned around, moved to the door, connected to the outdoor holographic screen, and asked, "May I know whom you are looking for?"

"I would like to visit your master, I've seen many plants, but the variety of plants in this garden is new to me," Lu Heng explained his purpose.

All the plants in this yard were from the Sikes World, not found on Blue Star, but some characteristics were similar.

For instance, they all need sunlight, water, and soil.

Hearing his opening conversation about plants, the owner of the house came out and personally opened the door.

Standing at the door was a tall and skinny Sikes male, dressed like a scholar.

The moment Lu Heng's eyes met his, both showed a peculiar look.

Because Lu Heng recognized him immediately, this man was the Xavier Matrix.

This mad scientist could move freely in a city where he was wanted everywhere, without needing to change his appearance.

When the Xavier Matrix saw Lu Heng, he also showed a peculiar look, because he could tell at a glance that Lu Heng was an extraterrestrial.

"Where are you from?" he asked proactively.

"From a constant star system called the Solar System," Lu Heng replied.

"Is the primary life form in your place organic?" he asked again.

"Yes, and there are many types, with over 350,000 species of plants," Lu Heng hit right on the other's point of interest with each sentence.

"Please come in, come in for a cup of tea," the Xavier Matrix immediately made a welcoming gesture, inviting Lu Heng and the other two into the yard.

Lin Zeyu's face was filled with astonishment, having originally thought they were there for a brawl, it had inexplicably turned into a house visit.

After sitting down,

The Xavier Matrix activated a holographic screen and asked, "Do you mind if I record the content of our conversation?"

Lu Heng nodded in agreement, "Yes."

The Xavier Matrix, pleased, asked, "You are organic life and haven't undergone mechanical transformations, correct?"

He had already scanned the bodies of the three visitors and found no mechanical limbs.

Lu Heng nodded, "Correct, we are organic life forms."

The Xavier Matrix nodded and asked, "Then should I offer food or something similar to host you? You may not understand, but if it were other guests, I have a wireless charging network here, there's no need for food to host."

Actually, Lu Heng's impression of this legendary mad scientist had all come from documents; he had never interacted with him.

Thus, this was their first contact.

Lu Heng found the infamously "notorious" scientist to be extremely courteous and unexpectedly warm.

"That won't be necessary, and I'm not sure if we could even eat what is available here."

Ze Wei'er Matrix lifted a finger and said, "There's one thing that should be fine. I've noticed you have a high content of this substance in your bodies."

As he spoke, he had the domestic robot bring over three cups filled with a transparent liquid.

He explained, "Pure water, it should be safe, filtered through a dialysis membrane, the purity almost 100%."

Offering water to guests is indeed a common way to treat guests in the Human World.

However, sitting opposite him was the legendary mad scientist, making it uncertain whether the water contained some micro substances.

To prevent being drugged by this mad scientist and used as experimental material, Lu Heng did not take the cup of water and said instead, "Thank you, we are not thirsty."

Ze Wei'er Matrix was unsure if this way of hosting was appropriate, so he did not insist and began to shift to a topic of his interest, "Can you talk about the plants in your world? It would be even better if you could draw them."

Lu Heng started to discuss the plants of Blue Star.

During the conversation, Lu Heng also discovered a key piece of information.

Ze Wei'er Matrix had not encountered humans for the first time, as he showed a clear understanding of the plants in the Human World, and his questions were very precise.

He even knew some specific botanical terms.

This meant he had previously encountered humans, which could also explain why he was so calm upon seeing humans.

After discussing plants, Lu Heng tentatively asked, "Are you a botanist?"

Ze Wei'er Matrix waved his hand and replied, "No, I am simply interested in plants, a form of life completely different from animals. Have you not noticed how similar the coldness of plants is to machinery? But plants are life, while machinery is just machinery."

Lu Heng began to understand why he liked plants.

He actually thought that plants and machinery had similarities, and his research was on mechanical life.

In other words, his underlying message was: If plants can be life, why can't machinery be?

Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked, "What about demons? Do you think demons are alive?"

Ze Wei'er Matrix nodded and answered, "Of course, demons are also life, like you, they are creatures from another planet. However, compared to you, demons are harder to communicate with."

Lu Heng actually agreed with this perspective, but thinking of humans and demons as equal extraterrestrial beings felt somewhat irritating to hear.

They talked a lot about plants.

After a quiet moment, Ze Wei'er Matrix asked, "What is your purpose in finding me? Can you tell me now?"

Lu Heng raised an eyebrow and asked, "Did you know we were coming to find you?"

Ze Wei'er Matrix remained relaxed in his chair and replied, "I don't believe my place would attract so many extraterrestrial visitors unless those who come are interested in what I talked about since you entered."

Lu Heng smiled and said, "You are not quite as I imagined."

Ze Wei'er Matrix, curious, asked, "What did you think I would be like? A mad scientist, so mad that he is terrifying, ready to snatch up any creature to research?"

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Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked, "What are your views on the Descent Faction, Stay and Defend Faction, and Escape Faction?"

Ze Wei'er Matrix was a bit surprised by this topic, "These factions are not entirely independent, they can coexist. I don't see a need for an opinion.

"If you have the ability to fight against the Abyss, fight; if you can't, then choose to escape; if you can't escape, then you must accept the Abyss.

"This is actually the same issue, just different response plans in different situations, but some people can't calculate that far."

Lu Heng heard this explanation for the first time.

After listening, he indeed felt it made a lot of sense.

Fighting against the Abyss was necessary if possible; when no longer possible, there was no choice but to flee or accept it.

However, not every Sikes understood this so thoroughly.

Thus, even when resistance was still possible, the Descent Faction emerged.

Some thought of escaping before even being at a disadvantage.

This also indirectly proved the diversity of species, even a semi-Mechanical Civilization could not escape individual thinking differences.

Rectifying these thinking differences for Mechanical Civilization was actually simple, just reprogram every brain to process thoughts identically.

However, whether the Sikes Civilization would still exist afterward, that remains a research topic.

While Lu Heng was lost in thought.

Ze Wei'er Matrix suddenly asked, "How many of you have come? Are all here to visit?"

Lu Heng's eyes narrowed as he turned to look at Su Muyu.

Su Muyu said, "That America team has arrived, they are at the door now."

At that moment,

Two armed robots of a special model appeared, aiming their laser weapons at Lu Heng and the other two, while two others aimed at the door.

Lu Heng sighed, "The conversation was beyond my expectations for a first meeting, but the ending was also unexpected. Although it's useless, I still have to clarify, we three are not with those humans outside."

Ze Wei'er Matrix suddenly revealed a pair of Mechanical Wings behind him, levitating into combat mode, and replied, "I believe you, but that does not lessen my caution towards you."

Lu Heng made a welcoming gesture and said, "You can go ahead and meet the guests outside, we will wait here quietly."