Wandering Meteor
Chapter 75: Quasi-Supernova Explosion

Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Quasi-Supernova Explosion

In the current situation, Lu Chen also had no solution for the time being and could only watch as the quasi-star plundered his hydrogen gas.

When the quasi-star had plundered a constant star mass of high-temperature hydrogen gas, the temperature on the white dwarf star’s surface, which had experienced a helium flash, suddenly soared, reigniting nuclear fusion reactions and beginning to emit a faint glow once again.

As more and more hydrogen was plundered, the nuclear fusion reaction on the surface of the quasi-star became increasingly intense. A large amount of luminous radiation burst forth, rapidly raising the temperature on the surface of the white dwarf star to over eight million degrees. At this temperature, the high-density white dwarf star began to gradually gasify, turning into carbon ions.

Because the ultra-high density white dwarf star was originally constructed from carbon atoms.

However, the temperature of over eight million degrees was still not high enough; it only managed to gasify a few kilometers deep and was unable to continue, failing to completely gasify the entire white dwarf star.

At this moment, Lu Chen suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of an excellent strategy.

Next, Lu Chen began to abandon resistance, allowing the quasi-star to plunder his hydrogen without interference.

The quasi-star was unaware of Lu Chen’s thoughts and calculations; it was focused on controlling the gravity, accelerating the plundering of Lu Chen’s hydrogen gas, striving to completely strip away all of Lu Chen’s hydrogen at the fastest pace.

When the plundering reached nearly twenty constant star masses of hydrogen gas, the nuclear fusion on the surface of the quasi-star became even more ferocious, with the surface temperature reaching twelve million degrees!

Moreover, as a large amount of hydrogen continued to be supplemented, the number of nuclear fusions also increased, and the surface temperature of twelve million degrees continued to rise. Soon, two-thirds of the white dwarf star were gasified.

At this juncture, Lu Chen had been plundered of twenty constant star masses, with only twenty left himself, his size halved, and the nuclear fusion reaction area in his core region shrank a bit.

The Wandering, watching from afar, couldn’t help feeling a pang of heartache.

However, at this time, the Wandering noticed a peculiar scene; through the Intention imprint, it sensed that Lu Chen was not only unpanicked but actually somewhat pleased.

If it weren’t for the confirmation that it was hydrogen being plundered, considering Lu Chen’s odd demeanor, the Wandering would have thought it was poison gas being taken!

"Big brother, why aren’t you resisting? Come up with a plan, quick. If this continues, you’ll be completely drained!" the Wandering urgently reminded Lu Chen.

Lu Chen simply smiled and said, "No need to worry, everything is still under control!"

"Big brother, do you really have a plan?" the Wandering asked curiously.

Lu Chen didn’t conceal anything from the Wandering and straightforwardly said, "Let him absorb my hydrogen. That is the way to turn defeat into victory."

"Big brother, don’t make fun of me for not having an education. Handing over your hydrogen to someone else, how could that possibly be turning defeat into victory? It’s clearly hastening your own death!" the Wandering said incredulously.

Lu Chen smiled and explained, "Under normal circumstances, it indeed would be hastening one’s death. But don’t forget, this quasi-star is actually a white dwarf star, and its nuclear fusion reactions occur on the surface. As long as it continues to absorb hydrogen, it will die sooner, dying before me!"

"Why is that?" the Wandering still didn’t understand.

Lu Chen further explained, "Because of the different structures of celestial bodies, I also just remembered this after seeing the white dwarf star core. As you should know, white dwarf stars are made up of carbon atoms, and the conditions required for carbon atoms to undergo nuclear fusion are not very high. Currently, the surface of this quasi-star is continuously undergoing hydrogen nuclear fusion reactions, with extremely high temperatures and pressures continually transferring inward. When the conditions reach the point of igniting carbon element nuclear fusion, the interior of the white dwarf star will also begin to initiate a carbon nuclear fusion reaction."

After pausing, Lu Chen continued, "At this time, a very unusual phenomenon will occur on this quasi-star. In addition to the surface’s hydrogen nuclear fusion, the interior will also be undergoing carbon nuclear fusion simultaneously. This is like having two super-bombs, one external and one internal. Once triggered, the thermal pressure produced by the two nuclear fusions will violently collide, exceeding the pressure of gravitational collapse, and will completely blow apart the quasi-star!"

"This seems similar to a supernova explosion!" the Wandering muttered.

Lu Chen said, "Indeed, it is very similar. That’s why this phenomenon is called a quasi-star explosion. The only difference is that a supernova explosion will leave behind a star core, while a quasi-star explosion, because it has two nuclear fusion zones, will blow itself to pieces, eventually leaving not a trace behind."

This was precisely why Lu Chen allowed the quasi-star to plunder his hydrogen.

After all, the more it plundered, the more intense the nuclear fusion on the surface of the quasi-star would be. Once the internal carbon elements start the nuclear fusion, that would mark the death of the quasi-star.

It could be said that the quasi-star’s endless plundering of hydrogen gas was like digging its own grave!

At this very moment, the quasi-star had already plundered twenty constant star masses of hydrogen. Two-thirds of the white dwarf star’s interior had gasified, yet the quasi-star was completely unaware that a crisis was looming!

After the quasi-star had plundered another five constant star masses of hydrogen gas, the continuous high temperature and pressure produced by the nuclear fusion caused the entire white dwarf star to gasify, with some carbon atomic nuclei coincidentally colliding together, immediately undergoing fusion!

Boom!

The energy released by a small portion of carbon nuclear fusion struck outward, and when it reached the hydrogen nuclear fusion layer on the surface, it was pressed back by the thermal pressure of hydrogen nuclear fusion. This energy returned to the core region, continuously raising the temperature and pressure there, further increasing the probability of collisions between carbon atomic nuclei.

"Disaster!"

When the quasi-star realized this scene, it couldn’t help but be startled.

Having become a white dwarf star for the first time, it did not know that such a situation could arise.

Truly a case of "the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry."

With regret, it looked at Lu Chen, who still had fifteen constant star masses, and at the vast amount of hydrogen, feeling particularly reluctant to let go.

But at last, it gave up the plundering, withdrawing its gravity, knowing that survival was most important—if it perished, no amount of hydrogen gas would matter.

Seeing the quasi-star cease its actions at the brink of death, Lu Chen calmly said, "It seems you’ve also noticed, but alas, it’s too late!"

"It’s not too late, I’ve stopped the plundering immediately, I believe the situation won’t worsen further. And now your constant star mass is only fifteen, I have so much more than you, you don’t stand a chance!" the quasi-star said confidently.

Lu Chen sneered, "Stopping now is indeed too late. After all, even if you can stop your own actions, can you stop those of others?"

As he spoke, Lu Chen directly fired over a dozen Crown Hole Radiation beams, brutally bombarding the quasi-star. These Crown Hole Radiation beams carrying high temperatures swiftly increased the temperature of the quasi-star, igniting the carbon nuclear fusion reaction in the core region thoroughly.

Eventually, this became the last straw that broke the camel’s back!