CHAPTER 890: CHAPTER 517: THE SECRET OF THE STAR REALM MERCHANT CIVILIZATION

Jalama’s shadow: "Actually, from the moment civilization entered the wandering stage, our population wasn’t large, but we still had a few thousand people.

"Azik said he enjoys wandering in the Star Realm’s crevices, but he was lying. Perhaps he likes the adventure, but such wandering has no future.

"The ecological balls we created can stay in Chaotic Space, but maintaining them requires tremendous effort.

"Over the course of tens of thousands of years of wandering, our population has dwindled from a few thousand to a few hundred, and eventually to just a few dozen..."

Lu Heng asked curiously, "Since the wandering lifestyle can’t last, why not settle in a world? With your capabilities, conquering a lower civilization should have been easy when you still had a few thousand people."

Jalama nodded: "Yes, the leader of the wandering era initially aimed to find a habitable world to start anew. But..."

He paused at this point.

From that "but", Lu Heng could hear many implications.

It was clear the Star Realm Merchants encountered difficulties in their search for a habitable world.

As for what those difficulties were, it was hard to imagine.

Jalama’s shadow continued to explain: "In the early stages of the wandering era, we tried to occupy a world, trying to transform it into the environment we needed.

"We transplanted the fluorescent plants and animals from the ecological ball to that world, leaving half of our people to live there and carefully cultivate the fluorescent plants.

"In the beginning, the fluorescent plants did grow there and satisfied our people’s food needs.

"However, after several generations of planting, the fluorescent properties began to weaken, slowly assimilated into the world and mutated into plants without fluorescence.

"We Star Realm Merchants need to consume specific fluorescent plants to survive.

"As the first batch of fluorescent plants lost their fluorescence, our food sources dwindled rapidly.

"To change the situation, we had to continuously transplant more fluorescent plants from other ecological balls.

"A transplant could last a few years, once, twice, three times—the more transplants, the fewer fluorescent plants left in the ecological ball.

"Yet the transplants never succeeded; the fluorescent plants planted in that world always lost their fluorescent properties after several generations.

"Our scientists tried to alter this change, but all failed.

"This failed settlement reduced the stock of fluorescent plants in the ecological ball, gradually unable to feed a few thousand people.

"We could only reduce the population to avoid famine.

"After leaving that world, we continued wandering in the Star Realm’s crevices, searching for another world to settle.

"In the subsequent worlds we found, we dared not blindly migrate. Instead, we tried transplanting fluorescent plants to see if they would lose their fluorescent properties.

"Without exception, every transplant failed.

"Failure after failure, not a single world could sustain our people.

"Over the long period of wandering, more and more people in the tribe became disheartened, and no one wished their offspring to experience the same despair. Most chose not to have children.

"The population of our tribe dwindled during the wanderings, gradually vanishing in despair.

"The Human World was the last world Azik and I found. We tried planting fluorescent plants in your soil, but they failed again.

"It seems the laws of all worlds do not meet the growth needs of fluorescent plants.

"We established the Creator Organization while conducting fluorescent plant experiments, as a side project tasked with some experimental work."

Hearing this, Lu Heng finally understood what 013 Black Crow was.

"So, 013 Black Crow was actually one of your research projects?"

Jalama’s shadow nodded in acknowledgment: "Yes, 013 Black Crow is a species brought from another Abyss World.

"Since fluorescent plants could not maintain their fluorescence in the Human World, we wanted to see if species from other worlds would mutate when entering the Human World.

"The cultivation chamber of 013 Black Crow was just an experimental project, only unexpectedly used by other members of the Creator Organization as a tool to transmit information."

Through this conversation, Lu Heng gained a wealth of information.

Finally, he understood the secrets of the Star Realm Merchants.

No wonder a species with such a high civilization level established the Creator Organization in the Human World but did not conduct other activities.

The reason is obvious; their remaining population is too small to manage the Creator Organization.

They descended to the Human World only to test if it was suitable for fluorescent plants to grow.

If the Human World suited the growth of fluorescent plants, the Star Realm Merchants would naturally occupy Blue Star to begin proliferating.

Clearly, Blue Star was not suitable for fluorescent plant growth, so the Star Realm Merchants lost interest in Blue Star and naturally had no time to manage the Creator Organization.

This means, after the failure of the fluorescent plant experiment, the Star Realm Merchants abandoned the Creator Organization.

Subsequent Creator Organization activities were actually controlled by Lawrence Phoenix and the ASE Alliance family, primarily to manage high-level superpower users for their purposes.

Understanding the history of the Star Realm Merchants, the issue circled back to the Reincarnation Source Material.

"I sympathize with your clan’s plight, but one issue still needs resolution, which is the Reincarnation Source Material. What do you intend to do with it?" Lu Heng questioned gravely.

Jalama’s shadow was silent for a long time before answering: "I beg you not to seek the Reincarnation Source Material anymore, to give our tribe a glimmer of hope."

Lu Heng furrowed his brow, guessing the implication in his words: "You want to use the Reincarnation Source Material to save your clan?"

Jalama’s shadow did not deny this, lowering his head in plea: "Whatever you want, I can provide, as long as we have it. This entire ecological ball can be yours.

"From now on, you are the master of Ecological Ball No. 1. On the table behind me, you’ll find all the information and instructions for its use.

"I have only one request: do not seek the Reincarnation Source Material, do not seek Azik, leave a final glimmer of hope for our tribe."

Lu Heng did not immediately agree to his request because this issue is not something that can be resolved with a casual promise.

In fact, the real contenders for the Reincarnation Source Material are the Zero Civilization and the Star Realm Merchant Civilization, both aiming to save their own civilizations.

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