Wandering Meteor
Chapter 85 Space Field Theory

Chapter 85: Chapter 85 Space Field Theory

Among the vastness of space.

Lu Chen certainly noticed the fleeing Constant Star Gold and the Double Star Civilization.

However, he had no extra energy to stop them, as he was currently in the process of tearing and absorbing a Constant Star with 70 times the mass of a Constant Star.

One must know that a single Constant Star Mass is equivalent to the mass of thirty thousand planets, and Earth is a mere 10.5 planet masses. Hence, one can imagine the colossal effort needed to absorb such a massive stellar being—it is certainly not a project that can be completed in a short amount of time.

Of course, Lu Chen thought of the Wandering.

But at this moment, the Wandering was not complete, only one of its avatars, with the mass of a single planet.

And the opposite party was a Constant Star and a Level 2 Civilization; sending the Wandering alone would be tantamount to a suicide mission.

Thus, they escaped, and there was nothing Lu Chen could do. He could only deal with the matter at hand, which was to fully absorb the Constant Star Silver. Upon reflection, this was also quite the bounty.

In the Dark Universe, the passage of time was unknowable.

During this period, Lu Chen was devoted to absorbing the Constant Star Silver.

As the Hydrogen mass on the Star Silver was rapidly plundered, the Constant Star Silver’s structure began to disintegrate. The circular convection layer was torn apart under the powerful Gravity of Lu Chen, turning into an endless stream of Hydrogen that continuously flowed into the Constant Star Body of Lu Chen. As the Hydrogen mass decreased, the nuclear fusion zone gradually shrank.

When the Constant Star Mass of the Silver reached less than one, the minimal nuclear fusion zone came to an abrupt halt.

Suddenly, only Lu Chen, a glowing Constant Star, remained in this space.

After Lu Chen absorbed the last bit of the Constant Star Silver’s mass, his own mass reached 145 Constant Star Masses, his diameter grew to one million kilometers, the core temperature increased to 14 million degrees, and the surface corona layer reached a temperature of 1.5 million degrees!

Moreover, with the increase in mass, the Gravitational range of the Constant Star Lu Chen also expanded significantly, reaching two light-years.

However, to counteract the stronger Gravitational collapse due to the increased mass, the core’s nuclear fusion zone was expanded, and the nuclear fusion reaction rate was also increased.

In other words, the consumption rate of Hydrogen had become faster than before.

Apart from Constant Star Mass, the quantity of Intention particles within Lu Chen had also significantly increased.

After erasing the Intention imprints of the Silver, he gained these blank Intention particles, increasing his own Intention particle count by one third.

He then attempted an experiment, discovering that he could let Intention particles fly about five hundred thousand meters away from his Constant Star Body, which was the current range of his Consciousness Field.

He spoke with such certainty because:

He had specifically retained some Intention particle information from the Constant Star Silver during the absorption process. From these pieces of information, he learned about the situation of the Double Star Civilization and the Double Stars, a life symbiosis.

Furthermore, over tens of thousands of years, the Double Star Civilization had been researching the secrets of Intention particles. Although they had not unraveled the ultimate mystery— the origin and formation of Intention particles—they had at least figured out some properties of the Consciousness Field.

According to the research model of the Double Star Civilization, the Consciousness Field does not belong to a physical field but likely one of Space Field or Dimension Field. Even though these two states of fields have not been confirmed, only new forms of fields can explain the existence of the Consciousness Field.

This is akin to how humans proposed the concept of Dark Energy to explain the issue of the Universe’s expansion.

Initially, the Double Star Civilization found that the formation of the Consciousness Field seemed to be somewhat related to planetary magnetic fields, so they applied the rules of the electromagnetic field to the Consciousness Field, but found it completely ineffective.

This proved that the Consciousness Field was not a physical field like the electromagnetic field.

A physical field is a state where energy or matter exists in the form of physical motion, so it is collectively referred to as a physical field—including well-known fields like the electromagnetic field, radiation field, etc., all belonging to physical fields.

When the Double Star Civilization explained the Consciousness Field using new field concepts, they made rapid progress. They learned some rules of the Consciousness Field through mathematical modeling.

As is common knowledge, ordinary physical fields follow physical rules; for example, when matter moves closer, friction collisions occur, and energy is exchanged, etc. But because the Consciousness Field is not a physical field, ordinary matter cannot directly enter the Consciousness Field, nor will it collide with it. Only under certain specific conditions, when some particles release or absorb energy and transform into other particles, can they enter the Consciousness Field.

The Double Star Civilization preliminarily speculated that this should be the process in which Intention particles are formed.

At the same time, since the Consciousness Field is centered around a celestial body, it sometimes overlaps with the celestial magnetic field. Therefore, it was mistaken for being magnetic fields, and it took the Double Star Civilization a long time to distinguish the two.

When Lu Chen understood this, he finally realized why he initially mistook planetary magnetic fields as key to converting Intention particles. It was because the Consciousness Field sometimes overlaps with magnetic fields within the same range, leading to cognitive errors.

Later, the research of the Double Star Civilization reached a crucial watershed.

—A watershed they have yet to cross to this day.

The Double Star Civilization found that when a celestial body breaks apart, the Consciousness Field shatters simultaneously.

To explain this synchronous phenomenon, the Double Star Civilization proposed two concepts, namely the previously mentioned Space Field and Dimension Field.

A scientist from the Double Star Civilization proposed the theory of Space Field, arguing that the Consciousness Field possesses spatial properties. It forms due to the large mass of a celestial body causing compression and Space Distortion in space, in some special curvature of distortion. Thus, when the celestial body breaks apart, the folds of space created by its massive mass disappear, and the Consciousness Field shatters due to the restoration of those spatial folds.

After thoroughly understanding the Space Field Theory, Lu Chen came up with a simple analogy. For instance, tying knots at both ends of a long balloon or two knots in the middle can create an independent small balloon. It is precisely because of these knots (distortion curvatures) that ordinary matter and energy cannot enter, and special methods are required.

When the knots untie, the independent small balloon merges back into the large balloon and disappears.

Lu Chen felt this balloon knotting effect fit his taste, but unfortunately, facts did not conform to his will.

The Space Field Theory was questioned because it could not explain issues such as the expansion of the Consciousness Field, Intention particles’ entry/exits, and information transfer between Intention particles.

Thus, another scientist proposed another theory.

That is the Dimension Field Theory.

The proponents of Dimension Field Theory believed that the Universe consisted of many dimensions.

The space they inhabited had physical characteristics such as length, width, and height, leading them to conjecture that their 3D space was in fact composed of countless energy dimension lines.

When a celestial body with tremendous mass distorted space, dimension lines would break or fall out. If by chance a sufficient number of dimension lines collapsed and gathered together at the same time, an independent 3D Consciousness Field could form.

And when a celestial body of tremendous mass was disintegrated, it was accompanied by a rebound process, that is, the rapid recovery from the compression or distortion caused by the massive mass. The rebound force of the spatial curvature would cause damage to the independent 3D space, resulting in the shattering and disappearance of the Consciousness Field.