Wandering Meteor
Chapter 60 Curiosity

Chapter 60: Chapter 60 Curiosity

The old star from the Three-leaf Nebula was extremely shocked!

Initially, to avoid the immense force of the Supernova Explosion in the Ant Nebula, the old star had already begun to retreat, preparing to find the most suitable position to absorb the massive Hydrogen ejected.

However, during its retreat, the old star unexpectedly witnessed an astonishing scene at the center of the Ant Nebula: a Planet was frenziedly plundering the Supernova’s Hydrogen.

And coincidentally, that Planet was the very one it had seen earlier.

It had thought that the Planet rushing in was certain to die, yet unexpectedly, not only did the other party not die, it even plundered the Hydrogen from the Supernova!

This was truly too surprising for the old star, and it was a heavy blow to its pride!

Nevertheless, what shocked it even more was the scene that unfolded next: the majestic Supernova Explosion phenomenon suddenly fizzled out!

In the old star’s life of more than 8 billion years, it had never seen such a rare and peculiar phenomenon.

Considering the context and outcome of the Supernova’s fadeout, the old star speculated that the extinguishing might be related to that Planet’s actions.

But the old star was immensely curious, what method did that Planet use to have its Gravity surpass that of a Supernova?

If it could obtain such a technique, it wouldn’t have to stay vigilant in the Three-leaf Nebula for so long!

With intense curiosity, the old star couldn’t control its body and flew towards the direction of the Supernova’s Star Core.

When it entered the remnants of the Supernova Explosion, the old star found that the Planet had also noticed it.

At the same time, the old star could feel that the Planet’s Intention strength was extremely high, only slightly weaker than itself as a star.

Judging from the ten thousand Planetary masses of this Planet, its age should not be very great, and its Intention strength should not have been able to grow to such an extent in such a short time.

It probably absorbed quite a few Celestial Civilizations’ Intention!

In an instant, the old star assessed the situation of the other party clearly.

Immediately, the old star sent a message of consciousness: "There’s no need to be so serious, I mean no harm!"

"Who are you? What do you want?" Lu Chen didn’t let down his guard because of the other’s words and asked coldly.

The old star laughed and said: "You can call me Cang Ming, I’m just curious about what happened here, besides, my Constant Star life is nearing its end, what else could I possibly do?"

Lu Chen could actually sense that this old star’s Hydrogen ratio had dropped below forty.

This meant the star’s central Nuclear Fusion cycle had proceeded to heavier elements. Due to the scarcity of Hydrogen and being the lightest of all elements, it would naturally be squeezed out of the central Nuclear Fusion Zone by the heavier elements, only staying on the periphery, unable to participate in the central Nuclear Fusion reactions.

This is also why the elements involved in Nuclear Fusion become heavier and heavier.

It’s like dropping a stone into the sea, it will occupy a position at the bottom and displace the surrounding water - the same logic.

Looking at the distant star, Lu Chen replied perfunctorily: "Actually, nothing much happened here, and there’s nothing worth your attention!"

"Ha ha..."

The old star laughed heartily: "Young Planet, you are indeed very vigilant, this habit is very good in the Universe."

Then the old star changed the subject: "However, I just noticed that your Planet seems to have a thruster, are you a life community?"

Lu Chen was silent for a moment, then replied: "No, do you have any other questions?"

The old star said curiously: "That doesn’t make sense, such thrusters are usually only made by biological civilizations, how do you possess them? And how do you control them?"

"To tell you the truth, that thruster is not from biological civilizations, nor do I own it. It’s actually my brother who transformed into it; he became a Metal Planet by chance and has the ability to transform!" Hearing that the other party knew about life communities, there was no need for Lu Chen to hide.

The old star suddenly realized and said: "So that’s it, no wonder I noticed you always staying near the Supernova’s Star Core, surely it’s to protect your brother absorbing the Supernova’s Star Core, right? The remnants of Supernova Star Cores are mostly heavy elements, indeed very suitable for a Metal Planet to absorb."

The old star chuckled at itself and went on: "At first, I thought you were a life community, but now thinking about it, that’s obviously not possible. Not to mention the high temperature near the Supernova would make biological life unbearable, even the Constant Star Wind on the periphery can instantly destroy biological life."

"Looking at you, you don’t seem surprised by a Metal Planet, have you seen them before?" Lu Chen asked back.

The old star did not conceal anything and smiled: "I’ve lived for so long and seen many strange things, the Metal Planets I’ve seen are much bigger than your brother."

Without waiting for Lu Chen to speak, the old star continued: "Looking at your brother, it seems to be having some difficulty absorbing that Star Core, his mass is too small, let me help him out!"

Lu Chen hesitated at first, but after hearing the old star’s method, he agreed.

It turned out the old star planned to use the high temperature of the sunlight to heat the Star Core into a metallic liquid state.

At such high temperatures, other elements would have long turned into gases and would separate from the Star Core on their own, thus greatly speeding up Wandering’s absorption process.

Sure enough, after the old star approached the Star Core, its high temperature quickly turned the Star Core into a glowing red iron sphere, and as the temperature continued to rise, the Star Core turned into a liquid metallic state, morphing into unpredictable and ever-changing shapes under the influence of the Star Core Gravity.

Wandering seized this opportunity to accelerate the expulsion of impurities from the Star Core.

In the end, Wandering successfully absorbed the entire Star Core, its mass reaching around 20 Planetary masses, and a diameter of one million meters.

That is one thousand kilometers.

After the old star drew back, the temperature of Wandering rapidly decreased, and soon under the influence of Gravity, it returned to being a dark yellow Metal Planet.

This time, Wandering’s gains were tremendous, with its mass increasing by twenty times!

And Lu Chen’s gains were even greater; the Planetary mass increased by nearly 100 times, transforming from an ordinary Planet into a Super Gas Giant with ten thousand Planetary masses.

Inside the Planet, nuclear fusion reactions even occurred for a while.

Regrettably, with the Supernova fading out and the absence of continuous high-temperature replenishment, the temperature of Planet Lu Chen quickly dropped, with its average temperature now only over two hundred degrees, and the center of the Planet only at over three hundred thousand degrees!

It seems that to become a star, relying on external forces is not viable, in the end, it is necessary to increase one’s own mass.

Within Lu Chen’s ten thousand Planetary masses, the Hydrogen Element makes up 90 percent, the Helium Element makes up 7 percent, and all other elements combined make up 3 percent.

This ratio is perfect; as long as it is maintained, by increasing the mass to over thirty thousand Planetary masses, a stable nuclear fusion environment will form internally, transforming into a true Constant Star from the inside out!