Wandering Meteor-Chapter 154 - 153 Space Acceleration

When the Entropy Beast appeared, it was only five thousand kilometers in diameter, but after devouring several entropy reduction civilizations, its diameter grew to eight thousand kilometers.

Yet, even with that diameter, it seemed as insignificant as a glass marble compared to the nearly four astronomical units of the Wandering Star System’s diameter; it was hardly worth mentioning.

But at this moment, what seemed unbelievable was that the mere eight thousand kilometer serpent head was actually biting towards the immense Wandering Star System. During the process, the originally eight thousand kilometer wide maw, supplemented by the unified force and a massive supply of basic particles, swelled at a terrifying rate, instantly expanding to the daunting scale of four astronomical units.

Seeing this, the various civilizations gradually understood how the Entropy Beast could devour stars larger than itself.

Now, the target of the Entropy Beast was the Wandering Star System; the abruptly enlarged maw was like a Cosmic Swamp, causing the entire Wandering Star System to slowly sink into it.

As the leader of the Wandering Star System, Constant Star Lu Chen, felt a strange force binding him, pulling him and the Wandering Star System towards the terrible maw.

Due to the proximity, everyone within the Wandering Star System could directly observe this bizarre spectacle in the starry sky with their naked eyes at this moment.

The formerly sparse night sky suddenly brightened up, as if many stars sprouted in an instant, and these stars were not motionless like the usual observed stars, but flew chaotically around like lively sprites, carrying misty and beautiful tails of light; their flying trajectories seemed disordered, but were actually meticulously planned and calculated. Not a single collision occurred among the numerous light points.

"Is that... the situation inside the Entropy Beast?"

Constant Star Lu Chen looked at the scene below, utterly astonished.

He hadn’t expected that the interior of the Entropy Beast wasn’t a pile of messy wires, but such a fantastically beautiful sight.

The Advanced Civilization truly deserves its name for its highly advanced technology, something beyond his current imagination.

Lu Chen, of course, also knew that it was not the core area inside the Entropy Beast, but just some peripheral processes. A pity that due to the barrier of light, even at such close quarters, they could not observe what was happening inside.

However, now was not the time for such reflections, as the Entropy Beast’s massive maw was closing in on the Wandering Star System. If they couldn’t avoid it, they would surely be devoured by the Entropy Beast and decomposed into basic particles by the unified force. Although he was very curious about what it felt like to enter the Entropy Beast and be decomposed by the unified force, Lu Chen suppressed this suicidal curiosity and desperately activated the Constant Star Propeller, hoping to speed away from the Entropy Beast’s giant maw.

But in the end, it was all in vain.

The Wandering Star System’s current speed was at best half the speed of light, not as fast as the Entropy Beast, and with the Entropy Beast using its Gravity Field to restrain the Wandering Star System, the distance between the Wandering Star System and the maw rapidly shortened. In just a few blinks, the maw touched the edge of the Wandering Star System.

The Metal Planet Wandering at the edge of the galaxy suddenly felt an intense chill, seemingly emanating from the terrifying aura of the Entropy Beast.

And Green Star did not feel saddened, but merely contemplated the inescapability of fate.

At this moment, the people within the Wandering Star System all believed their death was certain.

Nearby civilizations also believed that the Wandering Star System had no chance of survival, and even planned to destroy the Wandering Star System according to regulations.

However, when the Entropy Beast’s maw bit down, what ultimately fell into its grasp was not the Wandering Star System, but a biological civilization slightly behind it.

This scene exceeded everyone’s expectations, leaving them all stunned for a good while.

But Constant Star Lu Chen, who had narrowly escaped disaster, was the first to detect the reason.

It turns out that their Wandering Star System was able to dodge the gaping maw of the Entropy Beast because the space ahead of them had stretched. This stretching effect propelled the entire Wandering Star System forward at the speed of light, narrowly avoiding disaster.

However, due to the excessive stretching of space, the biological civilizations originally behind the Wandering Star System were pulled to their location, replacing them as fodder for the Entropy Beast.

Naturally, the instigators of all this were the Pirate Civilization.

Within the Entropic Reduction Alliance, only the Pirate Civilization is a third-level civilization, possessing the technology of Space Acceleration.

The whole story began when the Wandering Star System became a target for consumption by the Entropy Beast, prompting discussions among the Pirate Civilization.

Initially, they decided to destroy the Wandering Star System but then considered that it was a union of life forms, with the most complex composition within the alliance. Destroying one civilization wouldn’t be enough; if other civilizations remained, the entropic reduction value would still be significant, and consumption by the Entropy Beast would not cease.

Moreover, another crucial point is:

Currently, the most outstanding scientific teams from eight civilizations are gathered on Earth, plus Lu Chen from Constant Star. It can be said that the greatest two hopes for defeating the Entropy Beast are within the Wandering Star System.

If the Wandering Star System were to be destroyed or consumed by the Entropy Beast.

It can be imagined that their chances of defeating the Entropy Beast would be greatly diminished, and eventually, they too would be successively consumed by it.

Thus, for their own survival, the Pirate Civilization could only change their decision and save the Wandering Star System.

The method used by the Pirate Civilization is a type of Space Acceleration technology; due to the particularities of space, they found it highly operable.

For example, one can use the curvature from space distortion to accelerate flying devices; they can also utilize space distortion and subsequently use the tension upon space’s recovery to provide acceleration; or, they can technically stretch space to make it carry the devices forward.

These all fall within the scope of Space Acceleration technology.

And it’s the technological classification that emerged after the Curvature Engine concept was realized.

Each technological method has its pros and cons, and which one to further research and develop depends on the specializations and preferences of each civilization.

Of course, there are third-level civilizations that master all these technologies.

But that’s at least for civilizations that have entered the third level for a long time and have a profound base in technology.

The Pirate Civilization has not yet reached that level; they specialized in using Space Tension for acceleration and had conducted some research on spatial stretching.

When they decided to rescue the Wandering Star System, the Pirate Civilization chose to stretch the space scale in front of the Wandering Star System, based on their position at the forefront. As a result, the space behind moved forward, helping the Wandering Star System avert the crisis.

However, due to their imperfect mastery of this technology, the energy they risked was too overwhelming. They did not timely control the scale of space stretching, allowing too much space behind to also be displaced, inadvertently making the biological civilization behind the Wandering Star System the sacrificial lamb.

As for the Entropy Beast, which was within the stretching scale of space, it did not experience relocation because it had to maintain the stability of the wormhole with energy while traversing the wormhole; otherwise, it, too, would be destroyed by the shearing force as space restored itself. It was this energy that offset the displacement caused by the stretching of space.

Just at this moment.

The previously brightly lit Planet Flying Device of the Pirate Civilization suddenly plunged into darkness.