Wandering Meteor-Chapter 128: Distress Signal

After fully absorbing Constant Star Gold, Lu Chen’s Constant Star Mass reached 910.

Originally, according to the sum of Lu Chen’s 505 and Constant Star Gold’s 500, the Constant Star Mass should have been 1005.

However, since Constant Star Gold had been in existence for quite a while, nuclear fusion within the Constant Star Body had already produced some Iron Elements and other elements.

These elements in total added up to more than a hundred Constant Star Mass, and of course, Lu Chen would not absorb them to disrupt his proportion of Hydrogen.

When he previously absorbed Constant Star Silver, although there were other elements within Constant Star Silver Body, their mass was not significant and did not greatly affect, Lu Chen chose to absorb them altogether to save time.

However, this time, the mass of the other elements within Constant Star Gold was as high as over a hundred Constant Star Masses, which would have a significant impact on any star, and from a cost-benefit perspective, it was seriously not worth it.

Considering this, Lu Chen decided to selectively absorb Hydrogen.

Although this would take a bit more time, fortunately, the direction in which Constant Star Gold was escaping was right towards the edge of the Galaxy Nebula, close to their original escape route, so Lu Chen could absorb while on the move without delaying the process of escape, which was also one of the reasons he was willing to take more time.

Now, Constant Star Lu Chen’s Hydrogen percentage had certainly increased again, reaching around ninety-seven percent.

And with the crazy increase in Constant Star Mass, Lu Chen’s diameter grew to five million kilometers. To counteract the pressure of the increased mass, the Nuclear Fusion Zone at the core further expanded a bit, and the rate of nuclear fusion reactions was slightly enhanced.

As a result, the temperature of the Nuclear Fusion Zone rose to eighteen million degrees, and the temperature of the surface corona layer increased to two million degrees.

Besides, the most important change was Gravity.

Now, without using Gravity Stones, Lu Chen’s Gravity Strength could increase to around eighty thousand, with a gravity range reaching up to seven light-years.

However, with increasing distance, the Gravity Strength would decline linearly, so such a distant gravity range had no significance for the current Lu Chen.

After sensing the changes in his stellar body, Lu Chen then began to check the growth of his Intentions.

During this time, Lu Chen had been focusing on the escape plan and did not pay much attention to the state of Intentions. Now, after absorbing a large number of blank Intentions from Constant Star Gold, his number of Intentions had increased again. Both his sensing power and range had been significantly enhanced.

Moreover, as the number of Intentions increased, the Dimension Field of consciousness also expanded concurrently.

Lu Chen tried it out and discovered that his Intentions could separate from the Constant Star Body by about five hundred thousand kilometers, which is the current range of the Dimension Field of consciousness.

Due to previously learning about the Double Star Civilization’s Dimension Field Theory, this time Lu Chen specifically paid close attention to the relationship between Intentions and the Dimension Field of consciousness.

He was astonished to find that every time the range of the Dimension Field of consciousness expanded, the number of his Intentions seemed to decrease, but since there were so many Intentions before, he had not paid attention and thus not noticed.

This seems to indicate that the speculation of Double Star Civilization’s Dimension Field Theory about the Dimension Field of consciousness is correct.

Indeed, Intentions can transform into a Dimension Field of consciousness under certain special conditions, but the specifics of these conditions and processes are still unknown.

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While Constant Star Lu Chen was absorbing Constant Star Gold and checking his own condition,

The scientific team of Earth Civilization had been continuously observing the entire progression and meticulously recording it, as this would be very important literature for future research.

In the end, Earth Civilization’s observation lasted for a full fifteen years, with the recorded data filling more than ten thousand Hard Disks.

Among these, the battle and chase between Constant Star Lu Chen and Constant Star Gold took twelve years, and the absorption of Constant Star Gold by Lu Chen took three years, adding up to a total of fifteen years.

That is to say, within these fifteen years, Earth did not revolve around its orbit but was fixed in the same position by Gravity, with certain regions of Earth remaining in perpetual summer or bitter winter for fifteen long years.

Until after fifteen years.

Lu Chen finished absorbing Constant Star Gold, and only then did he resume the revolution of Earth, and the unchanging seasons of that fifteen years finally began to return to normal.

Having experienced such a uniquely extraordinary event, many people within Earth Civilization felt pain, yet many also found it very refreshing and dream-like.

After all, whether it was a great stellar war or the fixed seasons,

These situations appeared like those only found in myths, seen perhaps once in a thousand years.

Many creators even produced outstanding works based on the perpetual summer and bitter winter.

Through this experience, Earth Civilization grew, with more perseverance added to its cultural essence, and their faith in Constant Star Lu Chen became even more firm.

At this moment, Earth Civilization and Wandering received a message from Constant Star Lu Chen.

Lu Chen gathered members of the Life Community mainly to discuss the handling of the residual matter of Constant Star Gold.

Since Lu Chen only absorbed the Hydrogen from Constant Star Gold, it was necessary to deal with the other elements. Those that could be utilized would be used, and those that couldn’t be would be thrown into Cosmic Space.

The residual material elements of Constant Star Gold were amassed over many years and included Iron, Calcium, Silicon, Sodium, Magnesium, Oxygen, Carbon, and Helium, among which Helium was the most abundant, followed by decreasing masses of the other elements.

After some deliberation, the Wandering Alliance decided on how to handle these elements.

First, Wandering would absorb the Metal Elements to increase the mass of its Metal Planet.

Once Wandering absorbed Metal Elements like Iron, Calcium, Sodium, and Magnesium, its mass saw a significant increase. Not only did it recover the mass lost from being hit by Constant Star Gold, but Wandering’s mass even reached 102 Planet Mass, and its diameter increased by about fivefold.

Then came Earth Civilization.

After consideration, Earth Civilization’s scientific team decided to only take Oxygen.

Because the atmospheric oxygen on Earth had been declining over the years, and this was related to human survival, it was necessary to replenish some oxygen into the atmosphere to increase the percentage of oxygen.

As for the other elements, neither Wandering nor Earth Civilization needed them.

After asking Green Star, the indifferent Green Star expressed no need for anything, so Lu Chen threw the rest into space along with the Constant Star Wind.

Here it’s necessary to mention one point.

Although these elements could be used as nuclear fusion material, Earth Civilization converting them into energy would entail costs—and heavier elements cost more.

Right now, Earth Civilization did not lack nuclear fusion material. It was plentiful on Earth and in the Universe; there was really no need to carry these less important elements during flight, as they would only slow down the Wandering Alliance’s escape velocity from the Galaxy Nebula and outweigh the benefits.

Next, Constant Star Lu Chen and Earth Civilization began to discuss the escape route.

After Earth Civilization provided accurate data, Lu Chen started to fine-tune the flight direction and used the Constant Star Propeller to accelerate, adjusting the path and heading out of the Galaxy Nebula.

However, just as Lu Chen began to accelerate, Earth Civilization suddenly received a distress signal from the Light Synthesis Civilization.