Wandering Meteor-Chapter 2: Flying Out of the Solar System

Boom!

Somewhere in the universe, a supernova explodes, unleashing a massive amount of cosmic rays.

These electromagnetic waves of different wavelengths display a colorful and splendid spectacle, spreading out swiftly in all directions from the center of the supernova.

A part of this light, after traveling tens of thousands of light-years, appears in front of Lu Chen, creating a true color spectacle and a feast of flowing light!

If a photographer were here at this moment, a casual snapshot would capture a photo that shocks the world.

Of course, what Lu Chen sees is even more spectacular than any photo.

Because at this moment, Lu Chen is not using his naked eyes to see.

He can feel the mass of various particles in the universe, thus distinguishing particles with different properties, and naturally, he can see the colors presented by all wavelengths.

This is something that the human eye absolutely cannot do!

Speaking of which, this is also one of the great benefits of becoming a meteorite!

The light from the supernova explosion is dazzling and majestic, but as it passes through the band of interstellar dust ahead, a large amount is absorbed, and only a faint light makes it through.

This is the phenomenon of starlight extinction!

It's as if there's a wall of God blocking the destructive and powerful lights on the outside.

Lu Chen hadn't expected that a cosmic spectacle, which was hard to see from Earth, could now be easily witnessed—it's another benefit of becoming a meteorite!

He can now personally understand the mysteries and peculiarities of the universe!

Bang!

A half-meter-large meteorite is captured by Lu Chen's gravity, becoming a part of him.

Now, he is no longer the size of a head as he was at the beginning; after this long period of flight, having absorbed countless interstellar material, his size has grown to a diameter of a hundred meters!

And after this period of contemplation, he has also understood some important questions.

The reason for his death and subsequent awakening is not, as he had initially speculated, that his head was frozen, preserving his consciousness.

As his size and mass increased, so did his gravity, internal pressure and temperature, causing the head to have disintegrated long ago.

Yet, his consciousness still exists.

In this special state, he can observe that his own consciousness is composed of microscopic particles.

He doesn't know what these particles actually are, so he names these particles Consciousness Particles, implying them as the carriers of consciousness.

Just like photons, which are carriers of light (electromagnetic).

However, Consciousness Particles are clearly much more special than photons.

These particles are not affected by the Four Basic Forces of the universe, nor by temperature, but instead can control gravity, and they do not seem to be material from the three-dimensional world at all.

This is also the reason why Lu Chen is able to change directions, accelerate, and remain stationary in the vacuum of space.

Because throughout the universe, there are gravity waves everywhere, he can move by borrowing these gravity waves.

"Ha-ha, whether it's particles, dust, ice, fragments, metals, I want them all!"

Lu Chen controls his own gravity, greedily absorbing the interstellar material encountered along the way.

However, the range of his gravitational control is not infinite; the effective range seems to be about the same as his own diameter.

That is to say, now that his size is a hundred meters in diameter, he can only control gravity to absorb interstellar material within a hundred-meter radius.

Of course, since his mass is still too small, if he encounters a meteorite or a planet larger than himself, he would instead be pulled by the other's gravity.

Thus, if faced with such a situation, he would disconnect the gravitational effects between the two.

You can be strong, but I am the cool breeze sweeping over the hilltops!

Right now, he's not powerful enough. He can only stealthily gather strength until one day he's mighty enough to even devour planets!

Of course, that's for the future.

His current minor goal is to fly out of the Solar System, a milestone he will soon achieve!

He's just flown past the orbit of Uranus, and even glimpsed Uranus, with its Star Ring, orbiting with a magnificent drifting angle, which made him quite envious.

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Thanks to the velocity stacking gained from various sources of Gravity along the way, his second cosmic velocity has accelerated to the third cosmic velocity, reaching the escape velocity needed to break free from the Sun's gravity.

As long as he continues to fly like this, one day he'll definitely fly out of the Solar System and complete the human feat of breaking out of the Solar System.

Besides, what Lu Chen has in abundance now is time, or rather, he's insensible to the passing of time. From his initial orbit around Earth to here, he doesn't know how much time he has spent.

Time doesn't leave any marks on him.

He doesn't need to eat, nor will he age, all these are the capital of Wandering Universe!

"Wow, so much interstellar material ahead, I want it, I want it... I want it all!"

Flying to the edge of the Solar System, the Sun's gravity weakens, and the amount of interstellar material visibly increases. Lu Chen is like a hungry man who hasn't eaten for seven days, greedily eyeing the dense interstellar material ahead.

There are quartz meteorites, stone meteorites, blocks of ice, clumps of dust...

In Lu Chen's eyes, these seem to have all turned into delicious pastries!

However, most of them are too far away, beyond the range of gravitational influence, leaving Lu Chen no choice but to yearn deeply, secretly vowing to grow quickly!

When he is powerful enough, he will do as he pleases!

When he had the good fortune to enter the gravity range, Lu Chen, like a greedy harvester, absorbed these interstellar materials indiscriminately.

His size also grew at a rate visible to the naked eye, from one hundred meters to one hundred and fifty meters, and then to two hundred meters, three hundred meters...

By the time he flew from the orbit of Uranus to the orbit of Neptune, his size had grown to a colossal thousand meters!

As his size and mass increased, so did his gravity, which rose in step, allowing him to absorb more distant Interstellar Materials, filling his heart with the pleasure of growth.

Buzz! Buzz!

Just then, as Neptune, which was on its orbit, happened to pass by, the gravity of Neptune captured the rapidly increasing size of Lu Chen, pulling him sharply down and emitting a trembling buzz.

This frightened him and he hurriedly cut off the gravitational pull between them and entangled with gravity waves in the opposite direction, which finally halted his descent.

At this moment, he was just hovering above the atmosphere of Neptune, able to observe Neptune's ecosystem from a close distance.

Of course, this was only closer compared to previous observations from Earth; the actual height of Neptune's atmosphere is nearly a thousand kilometers. It's the fourth largest in diameter and the third in mass in the Solar System, much bigger than Earth.

Upon a closer look, Neptune's surface emits a pure, diffused blue light, appearing as a translucent blue sphere.

This is because Neptune is a gas giant, with hydrogen and helium prevailing in its atmosphere, along with a significant amount of methane, which is the main reason for Neptune's transparent light blue color.

Neptune is the farthest Planet from the Sun among the eight major planets, so its surface temperature is also the lowest, with a cloud-top temperature of only -218 degrees Celsius. Lu Chen could see Neptune's surface covered with a layer of glaciers stretching thousands of miles, devoid of life.

Moreover, Neptune has the strongest storms in the Solar System. A devastating storm blowing from the north to the south of Neptune could span several time zones within a few hours, with storm speeds reaching up to 2100km/h, shattering many glaciers into snowflakes in its wake, which is incredibly terrifying!

Having experienced the charm of Neptune, Lu Chen controlled his body to continue flying out of the Solar System.

The recent mishap had reduced his speed to zero; now he had to re-accumulate his escape velocity.

Passing Neptune's orbit, the interstellar material became even more abundant, spreading before his eyes like fields of wheat.

"I absorb, I absorb!" Lu Chen's gravitational control within a kilometer radius went wild, and his size swelled to two thousand meters without him realizing it.

Then, with every bit of distance he covered, his size grew by several hundred meters. When he arrived at the Star Ring of the Solar System, also commonly referred to as the Heliosphere, Lu Chen's size had exploded to the magnitude of ten thousand meters!

As his size broke through the ten-thousand-meter mark, he noticed some subtle and pleasant changes.

However, before he could take the time to thoroughly experience these changes, he was shocked by something right in front of him!