Wandering Meteor
Chapter 63: The Mystery of the Gravity Stone

Chapter 63: Chapter 63: The Mystery of the Gravity Stone

Perseus spiral arm.

Inside the Three-leaf Nebula, at its center, the triple star is rapidly rotating, and the thrust from the nuclear fusion of the three constant stars is ejecting many particles. Together with the centrifugal force produced during revolution, these materials are being thrown out at an even faster rate, thus forming a more intense Constant Star Wind.

The aged constant star docks in the core area, enduring Constant Star Winds that are eight to nine million times stronger than the Solar Wind every second.

The aged constant star knew that staying there any longer was not wise, thus it calmed its excited and agitated emotions and began using Gravity Stones to plunder the Hydrogen on the surface of the star at the edge of the triple star.

However, the aged constant star was still very cautious.

Before the plunder, it familiarized itself with how to use the Gravity Stone.

It found that the miraculous Gravity Stone was indeed very useful, as it could enhance the Gravity Strength in a certain direction or at a certain point, no wonder it could plunder the Hydrogen from the star’s surface!

You see, although their Celestial Civilization could also control Gravity Increments, the object affected by the Gravity Increment could not be changed – the law of Universal Gravitation would not change, no matter whether the gravity increased or decreased, it would always act on the center of mass of another material, which is why the Celestial Civilization could not directly plunder the atmosphere alone.

Because using a Gravity Increment to lock onto it would bring the two into the Roche limit.

At that time, gravity doesn’t distinguish between any atmospheric layers and Solid Star Core; it only acts on the mass’s center of mass, and would then tear apart and shred the side with the smaller mass.

Obviously, this isn’t what the aged constant star wanted to see.

After all, the aged constant star belonged to the plundering side, with the smaller mass.

If it dared to directly use gravity to plunder the star’s mass, the end result would be itself getting torn apart and absorbed by the more massive star.

However, with the Gravity Stone, everything was different. The Gravity Stone could enhance the gravity at a single point, thus able to plunder the material at that single point. From this perspective, it didn’t quite seem like gravity, because it contradicted the law of Universal Gravitation, but more like a peculiar form of suction.

However, this "suction" needed gravity as its source; it looked somewhat like gravity.

Whether the Gravity Stone transformed the attribute of the force or seemed able to change some rules of gravity was currently unknown; perhaps only by thoroughly investigating the source of gravity could the truth be revealed!

At present, the aged constant star decided not to think about these miscellaneous matters and just focus on plundering the Hydrogen from the star’s surface.

After the recent trials, the aged constant star finally knew the working distance of the Gravity Stone; it flew forward tens of thousands of meters, and then began joyfully plundering Hydrogen!

Meanwhile.

Lu Chen, sensing that there weren’t any other Celestial Civilizations nearby, entered the Three-leaf Nebula with Wandering.

When they saw that the Constant Star Wind inside the Three-leaf Nebula was stronger than in the Ant Nebula, they were very surprised!

Fortunately, they both had gained a lot of benefits in the Ant Nebula and their mass had increased significantly. Now facing the more intense Constant Star Wind, they were not helpless.

The two spheres merged again, with Wandering transforming into an engine providing acceleration, swiftly flying towards the core area of the Three-leaf Nebula.

During the process, Wandering suddenly noticed something and teased: "Big brother, I just realized that your Star Ring is gone, this is going to drop your aura by several grades!"

"It was dispersed back in the Ant Nebula; those Constant Star Winds were too terrifying. It was hard enough for me to maintain the atmosphere on the planet’s surface, I couldn’t afford to pay attention to the distant Star Ring." Hearing the tease from his little brother, Lu Chen laughed helplessly.

Before Wandering could speak again, Lu Chen added, "However, you’re wrong about one thing, my aura hasn’t dropped; it has actually increased. Because in the future, I will become a constant star, becoming a dazzling existence in the Universe, which is far more prestigious than the mere Star Ring!"

"However, a constant star can’t have a Star Ring!" Wandering forcibly teased back.

Lu Chen retorted, "Who said that, for a Constant Star, isn’t a captured Planet just its Star Ring when it orbits?"

Wandering couldn’t refute this for a moment and the more it thought about it, the more it felt it made sense.

The Star Ring of a Planet is originally formed by capturing or shredding interstellar material, and after a Constant Star captures a Planet, it also revolves around itself.

From this perspective, since both their origin and motion are the same, it is indeed correct to call it the Star Ring of a Constant Star; the only difference is that one is fragmented and the other is whole.

Wandering thought for a moment and asked, "Big Brother, you said that old Constant Star grabbed the Gravity Stone and then ran directly to the Three-leaf Nebula; was it a Constant Star of the Star Clan born from the Three-leaf Nebula?"

"I’m not quite sure..."

Lu Chen pondered, "However, comparing the age of the Three-leaf Nebula with the age of the old Constant Star, it seems that isn’t the case."

Lu Chen continued his analysis, "If the old Constant Star was born during the last major explosion on the Three-leaf Nebula, its age should be similar to the triple star at the center of the nebula. Considering that its mass is less than ten thousand, that means, based on the normal consumption rate of Hydrogen, it should live longer than the triple star!"

"So it seems that it’s an external Constant Star. It probably didn’t want to die, so it sought the Three-leaf Nebula, which is about to enter the Supernova stage, hoping to be reborn!" Wandering finally understood.

"Uh-huh!"

Lu Chen also had this speculation and lightly acknowledged it.

Wandering asked again, "By the way, Big Brother, that old Constant Star also mentioned something about a giant nebula crisis, do you know what’s going on?"

Lu Chen thought hard for a moment but had no clue and said helplessly, "I don’t know about that; maybe he just blurted it out to deceive us!"

"Indeed, that’s very likely. That old bastard is full of lies."

Wandering said angrily, "Big Brother, when we encounter that old bastard later, you should teach him a lesson and get the Gravity Stone back!"

"That depends on our luck, after all, my current mass is far less than that of the old Constant Star. If he successfully absorbs a large amount of Hydrogen and is reborn, then we can only avoid his edge for the time being, and give up that Gravity Stone to him. It all depends on whether luck is on our side now!" Lu Chen said with utter calm.

Previously, he had only taken out one Gravity Stone, while still having one inside his own body.

If it came down to a hopeless situation, he could only give up that Gravity Stone; after all, survival is the utmost priority.

"Whew!"

As Lu Chen and Wandering chatted, the intense Constant Star Wind that hit their faces suddenly weakened, and some unknown changes also seemed to occur in the triple star at the center of the Three-leaf Nebula.

Seeing this, Lu Chen realized that the old Constant Star might have started to make a move, so together with Wandering, they increased their speed to the maximum, instantly accelerating to 1000KM/S!

At such high-speed flight, they quickly entered the core area of the Three-leaf Nebula.

Upon entering the core area, the surrounding temperature was extremely high, reaching the endurance limit of Metal Planet Wandering, so Lu Chen asked Wandering to detach from him and he flew alone towards the location of the old Constant Star, but without Wandering’s acceleration, his speed dropped back to around 500KM/S!

"Go, Big Brother, I’ll be cheering for you with 666 from behind!"

At this moment, Lu Chen received a supportive consciousness message from Wandering and couldn’t help but smile wryly.

Then, he focused on moving forward and soon arrived near the triple star, also spotting the outline of that old Constant Star.

However, to Lu Chen’s surprise, at this moment, the old Constant Star could no longer be called a Constant Star, it seemed luck was still on his side after all!

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