From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

The three main quests, only one was completed.

As for the challenge tasks, not a single one was completed.

Not completing the challenge tasks won't have any impact.

It's different with the main quest. If not completed, divine energy will be deducted.

As a result, Lu Heng had 350 points of divine energy deducted.

Even worse, Lu Heng had previously upgraded the "Subconscious Invasion" using the last bit of divine energy, leaving only 220 points.

With this deduction, a special situation arose.

[Divine Energy: -130]

[Divine energy went into negative values, triggering a 30-day countdown. The negative divine energy must be replenished within 30 days, or the life retrieval program will be activated once the countdown ends.]

Seeing the negative divine energy, Lu Heng sighed slightly, as expected, the remaining divine energy was insufficient for deduction.

The penalty from the summoning will is not too harsh, at least a 30-day grace period is given.

However, there are very few ways to acquire divine energy. Replenishing the negative divine energy within 30 days is not easy.

If the divine energy doesn't return to positive within 30 days, the life retrieval program will be activated.

The prompt gives little information, and just by this prompt, it's hard to understand what the life retrieval program means.

But Lu Heng knows.

Once divine energy goes negative and cannot be restored to positive within 30 days, the summoning will proportionally retrieves the superpower user's life, class, and other extraordinary powers to replenish the negative divine energy to positive.

If you only look at the principle of this retrieval program, it doesn't seem very serious, but the actual situation is very serious.

The summoning will of the Abyss Battlefield is very much like a program.

This program has complete data on each superpower user, all the extraordinary powers possessed by the superpower user, measured by standard values.

That is, the life, skills, class, attributes, and other data of a superpower user have exchange ratios with divine energy.

This ratio is just a value ratio, and cannot be exchanged.

The higher the energy, the higher its ratio.

Divine energy is the highest-level energy among conventional energies.

That is, it may seem like only -130 points of divine energy needs to be replenished, which isn't much, but through the ratio conversion, this -130 points of divine energy might directly take the life of a superpower user.

The life retrieval program starts recovering from higher-level energies, usually the class, then skills, and finally life.

According to the retrieval sequence, it seems the greatest possibility is losing the highest class.

However, the situation is not as such.

Due to the high energy level of divine energy, which is the power of Gods, even a little divine energy can drain a person's life.

Lu Heng possesses several S-Level skills, all upgraded with divine energy, but when retrieved, these S-Level skills cannot be calculated according to the consumed divine energy.

In terms of energy level, divine energy is far above skill energy.

Thus, Lu Heng feels that this -130 points of divine energy could likely wipe out his class completely.

From this perspective, it's reasonable for the Zero Civilization to offer high compensation.

Actually, if worried about negative divine energy deductions, it's possible to request divine energy compensation from the Zero Civilization to offset the main quest deductions.

Yet, if choosing to compensate divine energy, typically only the portion exactly offsetting main quest deductions is given.

Two main quests account for 700 points of divine energy.

Compared to 700 divine energy, Lu Heng naturally chose the "Order Space-Time Treasure Pearl."

The result is bearing the consequences of divine energy going into negative values.

...

The return teleportation ended, and Lu Heng opened his eyes, finding himself back in the training room at Qionghua Tianglu Lake.

Su Muyu, Lin Zeyu, and Xie Shi'en all returned safely without any incidents.

Before this summoning, all four team members had already obtained materials from the Zero Civilization and understood this civilization, so they were mentally prepared.

Lu Heng spoke first, "How are your situations?"

Lin Zeyu leisurely said, "I like this kind of summoning, no fighting necessary. Bring a game console and play for a month for compensation, it's just fantastic. Just that there are too few games, playing them too much becomes a bit boring."

Then, Su Muyu said, "I tried asking some questions and came to some conclusions: the Zero Civilization probably isn't a magic civilization. I wanted to inquire about natural magic knowledge but got no answers.

"Also, the Zero Civilization is very isolated, they don't understand us humans, or even understand the Abyss well, which is strange."

Lin Zeyu sat up straighter and complained, "You guys, don't get so professional about this, it makes me seem like I actually played for a month."

"Wasn't it?" the three of them simultaneously retorted.

"Of course... not..."

Lin Zeyu scratched the back of his head, searching for evidence of his efforts, "I have an important piece of information: the abyss summoner is from the Bloodline Clan."

"We know that too." The three replied in unison.

Lin Zeyu, unconvinced, raised his hand again and said, "I also know one thing: the Zero Civilization has something wrong in the head for compensating the summoned Bloodline Clan."

"We also know that." The three rolled their eyes together.

Xie Shi'en changed the topic, saying, "Let's talk about our experiences. This was the first time I didn't complete the main quest and got divine energy deducted. Even though I heard before that not completing the main quest deducts divine energy, it was the first time."

Under normal circumstances, main quests assigned in the Abyss Battlefield are very simple.

As long as you can survive until the end, you can complete one or two at least.

That is to say, three main quests, completing two should be enough to offset the divine energy deduction of the remaining main quest.

Main quests are generally easy to complete, many being collective tasks for summoners. As long as one summoner completes it, the rest are considered completed by default.

Especially tasks establishing diplomacy with the target world's primary civilization, these are collective tasks. Unless the ability of summoned entities in the Abyss Battlefield is unspeakably poor, divine energy deduction is rare.

Lu Heng shook his head with a smile, "Yeah, got divine energy deducted this time, it's my first encounter too."

Su Muyu suddenly recalled something, her body jolted and she asked hurriedly, "Lu Heng, I remember your remaining divine energy wasn't much, was it enough for deduction?"

Lin Zeyu, completely relaxed, placed his hands behind his head, leaned on the couch, and said, "You see he's back in one piece, of course, it's enough."

Lu Heng smiled helplessly, "Not enough, last time handling the Bloodline invasion almost depleted the divine energy, leaving only 220 points."

Su Muyu panicked, her heartbeat quickening, and she asked, "Then what's the situation now?"

Lu Heng replied, "It's become negative, I have to replenish the negative parts within 30 days, or things will get tricky."

"What should we do? There aren't many ways to obtain divine energy," Su Muyu immediately started to worry.

Lu Heng wasn't too tense. After all, there are still 30 days, and there's more important stuff to do now:

"This matter can be set aside. And besides, I have more important things to handle. The Zero Civilization definitely hides a significant secret, and I need to investigate this clearly.

"Among the compensations I received, there's information on the fifth transition class, so I need to make a trip to Dragon Sleep World.

"But with my divine energy in the negative, I can't use divine energy for teleportation to the Tidal Sea, so I need to find another way."

Lin Zeyu offered voluntarily, "I'll teleport to Tidal Sea, ask Sona the High Priest, see if she can help."

Su Muyu also thought of a solution, saying, "I'll go to Quel'dorei to find Orelana, the Elf Clan must have treasures containing divine energy. I'll request Orelana to see if she's willing to help us."

Lu Heng nodded, "Let's do this, Lin Zeyu goes to the Tidal Sea, to see if Sona the High Priest has a way to teleport me. If not, then go to the Elf World and see if we can replenish the divine energy.

"After that, I'll think of ways to investigate the Zero Civilization's secret from the Bloodline Demon.

"The Zero Civilization refuses to interact with other worlds, so the one who knows the most secrets about the Zero Civilization should be the Abyss."