Abyss Sequence-Chapter 416 - 73: News of the Demon

The arrival of the alien signal caused a huge stir within a small circle of insiders.

Many insiders believe that it was the signal from that alien civilization that brought the Abyss to Blue Star eighty-one years ago and also brought the technology lock.

By coincidence, Yulia was one of the insiders.

She also learned from her friends that Blue Star had once again received an alien signal and immediately canceled the celebration banquet.

Eighty-one years ago, that alien signal brought the Abyss and technology lock to Blue Star; what will it bring to Blue Star eighty-one years later?

Yulia was uncertain, so she canceled the celebration banquet, advised those she knew to prepare in advance, and prepared herself to avoid a repeat of the tragic scenes from eighty-one years ago.

Yan Luo and Sasa also learned of this news, shared by Yulia.

The two of them had long known that Blue Star once had a brief exchange with an alien civilization, and now knowing this, they were ready to help.

The United Government's archive department retrieved past decoding methods and input the alien signal into [Tianwen], converting it into a language comprehensible by humans using that decoding method.

— [We are about to visit]!

The decoded message following the original decoding method was precisely this.

An alien civilization sent a message to Blue Star, informing Blue Star that they were about to visit?

A lot of people were stunned upon hearing this message.

Including Yulia, including Yan Luo.

They couldn't figure out why an alien civilization that once told them 'do not answer' would make such a 180-degree change in attitude and suddenly want to visit Blue Star.

There must be some reasons unknown to them, otherwise, that alien civilization wouldn't suddenly send such a signal.

Of course, it is also possible that this signal was not intended for Blue Star, and Blue Star just happened to receive it.

However, everything should be ready for the worst-case scenario, what if an alien fleet really lands from the skies? 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

With the assumption that aliens would come, the insiders on Blue Star started to prepare.

For Yan Luo, it meant finishing the review of this batch of Evil God's Mark applicants, then diving headlong into the Abyss, heading straight for the Crescent Mountain Range to start a killing spree.

As a Hunter, the preparation he could make was to enhance his combat power as much as possible, and if there was a conflict between aliens and Blue Star, he might need to fight against the aliens.

Yan Luo is a 'Saint', his growth is nearly limitless, and if he goes all out to advance his growth rate, he might be able to complete the transformation of his cells within a few days.

As long as his magnetic field strength reaches fifty thousand horses, he can rely on his own power to fly, although it would consume a lot and the altitude would not be high.

But that is flight after all, an ability normal humans do not possess.

When the magnetic field strength reaches one hundred thousand horses, he can fly into outer space using his own magnetic field power.

At that time, he would still need oxygen to sustain living, and also, he needs regular meals to maintain his physical strength and spirit.

However, he would possess the basic ability for space combat, and if that alien civilization's technology is not strong enough, he could engage in jumping combat with them.

Yan Luo entered the Abyss to start hunting, while Sasa stayed on Blue Star to arrange the lives and teaching of the elf exchange students.

If aliens do come to Blue Star and start a war, she could use this as an example to tell the exchange students: even if they are cooped up in one world, they might still be subject to external attacks, thereby motivating the elf exchange students to study more enthusiastically.

In fact, she could even summon a few Great Monarchs from Alfheim to serve as assistants.

All insiders were preparing for the 'alien visitation'; meanwhile, someone contacted Yulia.

From an old man named 'Cross Pierce', Yulia learned of something.

Something extremely important that had been buried by time—

Back then, the aliens sent not just two signals to Blue Star, but three.

One of the signals was decoded into information that was hidden, and during the eighty-one years after the Abyss descended, only a very few people knew this matter.

Cross Pierce was an intern on the original [Cosmic Radio] project and personally witnessed aliens sending three signals instead of two.

Ten years before the Fall, the United States initiated the [Cosmic Radio] project, sending a signal to outer space hoping to find aliens to counterbalance the influence of Xia Country's commercial fusion reactor completion.

Unexpectedly, they indeed received messages sent by aliens: the first was a greeting, the third was 'do not answer', and the second message was hidden, considered by the United States as crucial information to reclaim their position as the world's leader.

Over the eighty-one years, insiders gradually passed away, only Cross Pierce was relatively lucky and long-lived, surviving the first Abyss descent and living until now.

Currently, Cross Pierce is probably the only surviving insider who knows what message the United States hid back then.

However, he was afraid to share this message with the United Government because there are descendants of the former high-ranking American officials in the United Government, afraid that informing the United Government would bring reprisals to his descendants.

So he could only convey that message to Yulia, the 'World's Number One' of today.

Cross Pierce is over a hundred years old, even older than Yulia, and speaks weakly, but fortunately, his mind is still clear enough to tell everything he knows.

[Bilukova, those people hold a ceremony in their hands, a ceremony capable of summoning 'demons'. I've seen them use it, summoning a small demon... My lord in heaven, such a thing is just like recorded in myths and legends, looking like a skinny child, with red skin, two horns, a pair of wings, utterly mad, capable of killing a fully armed soldier.]

[The fathers and grandfathers of those people lured a soldier into the test site, watched wide-eyed as that demon killed the soldier, and then used the test site's weapons to slay the demon. To prevent this from spreading, they even resorted to murder and silencing; I was lucky to escape, not discovered by them.]

[That ceremony comes from that alien civilization, they mentioned a cosmic disaster to us, and if we encounter such a cosmic disaster, we can use that ceremony to combat it, and you should know very well what that cosmic disaster is. Yes, it's the 'Abyss'. They warned us not to answer, probably because of a problem with the ritual... Such things are bound to go wrong, not going wrong would be strange!]

[In short, you must be wary of those aliens, they may have already been controlled by demons, and also be cautious of the descendants of the former American government officials, they surely hold the demon summoning ceremony in their hands, and could have possibly been controlled by demons.]

After hearing Cross Pierce's account, Yulia was stunned.

She hadn't heard about any of this from beginning to end!

As the culprit of the Abyss's descent, the United States government wasn't punished by other countries but disappeared on its own during the Abyss's descent, with many deaths and injuries in South and North America as a result.

In the end, Xia Country took responsibility, dispatching large troops, joining forces with other countries to head to the 'Original Abyss' to eliminate that Abyss.

At that time, they still didn't know the Abyss was a memetic phenomenon. Once an Abyss appears in a world, soon others will follow.

The countries severely weakened after eliminating the Original Abyss were unable to deal with subsequent Abysses, marking the start of the Lost Decade.

Plants and animals mutated one after another, and uncontrollable demons also stormed out of the Abyss, ravaging the world.

To cope with this doomsday-level crisis, governments chose to put aside prejudices and formed the Blue Star United Government.

For those who understand, the situation with the descendants of the former American officials survived the initial Abyss crisis, successfully passing their lineage down, and have now become an indispensable part of the United Government.

Who would have thought they were hiding so many things!