Wandering Meteor-Chapter 7 Active Covalent Bonds

Somewhere in the universe.

Iron Base Star received a distress signal from the expeditionary fleet!

This news quickly reached the ears of the highest leader of Iron Base Star.

The supreme leader, Iron Star Lord, exclaimed in shock: "Iron Army Marshal, what did you say, the expeditionary fleet is in danger?"

"Yes, Iron Star Lord, I'm afraid it's not as simple as just encountering danger..." The Iron Army Marshal, being the highest commander of all Iron Base Star's armed forces, spoke gravely.

The face of the Iron Star Lord immediately turned serious: "How so?"

"Just now, we received a distress signal from the expeditionary fleet, but when we tried to contact them, we couldn't get any response..."

The Iron Army Marshal said: "I'm afraid the expeditionary fleet has already met with disaster. That distress signal must have been sent out just before their demise!"

The Iron Star Lord fell silent, gently tapping the desk: "Do you think there's a possibility of mutiny?"

"Absolutely not, please be assured, Iron Star Lord, every military personnel in the Iron Base army is extremely loyal!" The Iron Army Marshal assured.

The Iron Star Lord then asked: "What was the content of the distress signal?"

"Only a few bytes of information, saying, 'Encountered a bizarre asteroid, request support.' They must have sent it out under extremely urgent circumstances!" said the Iron Army Marshal.

The Iron Star Lord couldn't help laughing: "Are you sure they encountered an asteroid, and not a civilization of the second level or higher?"

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"Iron Star Lord, I understand your suspicion, to be honest, I doubted it at first too. With our technology, unless the expeditionary fleet built with all our resources encountered a more advanced civilization, they should have had the possibility to escape. But you should be clear about the character of the fleet's Captain, he's not that kind of person!" the Iron Army Marshal said.

The Iron Star Lord said coldly: "People change, especially in the mysterious and unknown universe!"

Pausing here, he continued emphatically: "Moreover, you must know that the expeditionary fleet was carrying Consciousness Particles. It's hard to guarantee that those on board won't be tempted by them."

"Iron Star Lord, I understand, I will certainly investigate the cause of the accident through and through!" the Iron Army Marshal nodded.

The Iron Star Lord said indifferently: "Before the investigation is clear, this matter must remain confidential. I refuse to believe that our expeditionary fleet can't even deal with a mere asteroid. If word gets out, it will be a disgrace to our First-level Civilization!"

...

The Wandering was hit and its power generator mast destroyed, forcing it to make a gradual descent onto the asteroid.

Before long, Lu Chen avenged the Wandering successfully; the kilometer-long battleship crashed not far away, and the blast from the explosion covered the Wandering in dust and debris.

Pfft!

In the explosion, a giant glass bottle was shattered, and the golden liquid inside splattered out.

Two-thirds of the golden liquid splashed onto the Wandering, and eerily, the golden liquid began to seep into the body of the Wandering.

Afterward, Lu Chen found that the body of the Wandering seemed to undergo some strange transformations!

To understand the reason for the change, perhaps only the Iron Base people would know!

Thus, Lu Chen immediately began searching for survivors on the large battleship.

However, his Consciousness Particles, due to the constraints of the consciousness field, could not leave the asteroid.

Now he could only pray that the objects that fell onto the asteroid had become part of it so that his Consciousness Particles could enter and investigate.

He never expected this hypothesis to prove true!

Part of Lu Chen's Consciousness Particles entered the wreckage of the battleship from the surface of the asteroid, only to find that the Iron Base people were almost all dead, with only the Commander barely alive.

Without a second thought, Lu Chen invaded the Commander's brain, attempting to read the information inside.

Unexpectedly, the moment the Consciousness Particles touched the brain, the information in the Commander's brain started to automatically flow into the Consciousness Particles.

It seems that as a carrier of consciousness, Consciousness Particles can bear not only his own consciousness but also that of other creatures.

That is to say, the information influx just now.

Was actually the consciousness of that Captain!

This scene seemed somewhat akin to the body-snatching plots in web novels!

Of course, Lu Chen would never let the Captain do such a thing, nor would he allow the Captain to survive.

He was the original master of these Consciousness Particles, and with just a thought, he could obliterate the Captain's consciousness.

Certainly, before doing so, he did not forget to read the information contained in the Captain's consciousness.

Boom!

Suddenly, the Captain's brain, unable to bear the load, burst into pieces!

"The Iron Base people have such tenacious bodies, and their brain structures are even more robust than humans', I never expected it to burst so easily!"

Lu Chen was completely unaware that it was because his own Consciousness Particles were too overbearing.

However, fortunately, he had obtained the information he wanted; it turns out that those golden liquids were a substance called "Flow Base"!

"Flow Base" is the latest miraculous material developed by the Iron Base people, which, to put it simply, is essentially Active Covalent Bonds!

Generally speaking, Covalent Bonds are among chemical bonds, an important "substance" that connects atoms to form molecules, determining the final form of the material.

However, the magic of these Active Covalent Bonds lies in their ability to freely change the connection methods and composition between atoms' covalent bonds, thereby achieving the purpose of freely reshaping form.

The only drawback is that Flow Base can only act on Metal Elements.

The expeditionary fleet carries Flow Base to repair warships as needed.

That is also why the Wandering began to exhibit strange changes in size after absorbing Flow Base.

Because the Wandering lacks autonomous consciousness, it cannot actively control the reshaping of its body after the activation of the Flow Base's covalent bonds.

After figuring out the specific reason, Lu Chen's Consciousness Particles entered the Wandering, intending to aid in reshaping its body.

But what he did not expect was that upon his Consciousness Particles entering the interior of the Wandering, the data information originally stored on the Hard Disk was transferred into the Consciousness Particles!

It seems that Consciousness Particles have a fatal attraction to consciousness information!

"Hello, I am the Wandering, thank you for helping me charge up earlier!"

The originally rigid Hard Disk information, after entering the Consciousness Particles, gained active thinking and even knew to initiate a greeting with Lu Chen!

This delighted Lu Chen immensely.

If the Wandering also possessed autonomous consciousness, then he would have a partner to chat with regularly.

Of course, their conversations were not ordinary language but an exchange of Consciousness Particles.

After cautious consideration, Lu Chen decided to leave some Consciousness Particles with the Wandering, allowing it to have life.

He initially intended to completely withdraw the information within his Consciousness Particles but discovered each particle contained an undissolvable original imprint deep within.

No matter the distance, he could control these Consciousness Particles through the original imprint.

Since it is indelible, this is fine, as I have absolute control and can take control when necessary!

Lu Chen no longer insisted on this point, as he understood that to entirely erase such lord-like imprints, he would probably have to die.

Lu Chen completely withdrew from the Wandering and then observed it carefully. Seeing the Wandering, now with self-awareness, soon learned to control the Flow Base to restore its body and even quickly learned to change its form, transforming into a Metal Ball!