Wandering Meteor-Chapter 9 Prelude to Conflict

Cat's Eye Nebula is a planetary nebula, the splendid closing ceremony of the brief life sequence of low-mass constant stars.

Located in the center of the nebula, the dying star cluster throbs continuously, tossing its outer layer materials into cosmic space, forming a simple concentric circular halo shell made of dust.

Its beautifully complex internal structure includes knots, jets, and arcs, making it one of the most complex celestial structures in the universe.

Gazing at the familiar Cat's Eye Nebula ahead, Lu Chen realizes his current location anew.

Honestly, during this long period of wandering, Lu Chen had become numb to time and space.

He didn't know how long he had been wandering in the universe or how far he had traveled?

Whenever he looked back, he could no longer see the light from the Solar System nor could he find the starting point of his journey.

In the vast universe, without reference points, Lu Chen couldn't distinguish direction or location and could only wander aimlessly.

Now, suddenly seeing the Cat's Eye Nebula, he realized how far he had traveled from the Solar System – a considerably long time considering his speed!

He also came to know that he was still within the Milky Way.

For a long period, he flew through a vast and gloomy space, without seeing daylight, thinking he had left the Milky Way!

Now that he thinks about it, the diameter of the Milky Way reaches up to over a hundred thousand light years, spanning more than ten sky zones; escaping it is not that easy.

Even though he has a diameter of twenty thousand meters, he is still rather insignificant in front of the Milky Way! To put it bluntly, he is just a speck of dust in the Milky Way!

Boom!

The Cat's Eye Nebula erupts, spewing endless interstellar material.

The first to reach Lu Chen is, naturally, the fastest light.

However, unlike the Sun's golden light, the Cat's Eye Nebula bursts into a brilliant blue light.

Lu Chen and Wandering witness a star with a different spectrum for the first time, feeling curious and excited.

The dazzling blue light shines on Lu Chen, rendering him a pale blue-colored small planet.

This dazzling blue light, after being absorbed by the crust, will ultimately transform into Consciousness Particles for Lu Chen, feeling as comfortable as bathing in blue milk.

After the dazzling blue light.

The second to arrive is the ultra-high-speed radiation of various particles.

This radiation, which poses a great hazard to life forms, serves as nourishment to fortify Lu Chen himself; naturally, he wouldn't miss any particle that passes within his gravitational range – he wants them all!

Unconsciously, his Consciousness Particles increase by one fifth, feeling significantly strengthened in consciousness!

Wandering watches Lu Chen having all the feast to himself, feeling extremely envious.

Unfortunately, it cannot absorb particles and can only watch desperately, waiting a long, long time until shadows of material finally appear ahead!

Interstellar material, due to its larger mass, travels far slower than photons and various supersonic particles, so it's the third, and last to arrive.

"Whoo, big bro, I'll go first!"

Wandering shouts excitedly, its nuclear fusion engine starts, and it actively moves forward to greet.

Ahead lies a large swathe of interstellar meteorites, dense like rain, big and small, a mix of various materials.

Wandering took the lead fearlessly, plunging into the meteorite shower. If it came across a metallic meteorite, it would unceremoniously absorb it directly.

And if it encountered larger rocky meteorites, it would transform itself into a super electric drill and shatter the meteorite through high-speed rotation, making it easier for Lu Chen to absorb them behind.

During this time, it watched as Lu Chen got covered in countless meteorite craters in his effort to absorb interstellar meteorites, feeling quite heartbroken.

"Kid, you do have some conscience, it's not in vain that I cover for you!"

Seeing Wandering's actions, Lu Chen felt very reassured, casually absorbing the shattered small meteorites behind.

He was not worried about Wandering having any problems, as Wandering was a metallic body, its hardness far surpassing those of the meteorites. If it really came down to hardness, even he could not compare to Wandering.

Bang bang bang!

Wandering, transformed into a hundreds of meters long super electric drill, carried a layer of whirlwind and crashed into the massive meteorites, hundreds and thousands of meters in size.

The large meteorites were instantly shattered by Wandering, then later absorbed by Lu Chen behind using gravity, looking as if a gust of wind was leading these fragmented meteorites to land on a small planet.

The two spheres, one in the front and one behind, worked together cheerfully.

They advanced rapidly, when suddenly a huge meteorite over fifty thousand meters flew towards them from the front.

Wandering saw this challenge and did not flinch, still bravely charging forward.

The high-speed rotating drill bit instantly pierced through the meteorite's crust, drilling towards the center. However, due to the sheer size of the meteorite, when the drill reached a depth of ten thousand meters, Wandering's speed slowed down.

"What a joke, I must drill through this meteorite!"

Unafraid of the challenge, Wandering gritted its teeth, channeling all the collected hydrogen elements into nuclear fusion!

Boom!

A loud noise burst from ten thousand meters deep within the meteorite, a terrifying particle airflow surged out of the tunnel, directly hitting Lu Chen behind, creating craters over ten meters on the surface of the small planet!

With such a terrifying explosive force, Wandering finally pierced through the core of the huge meteorite, even bringing out some scorching hot magma!

However, the final result left Wandering somewhat helpless.

After all, its size was only over three hundred meters, and though it could pierce through a fifty thousand meter meteorite, it could not shatter it, merely drilling a tunnel through the core.

"Wandering, step aside, let me do it!"

Seeing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but smile, then aimed the volcanic crater at the huge meteorite.

Over this period, his size had grown, the initial volcano transforming into a thousand-meter huge volcano, terrifying molten lava accompanied by firelight sprayed out, rapidly cooling in space, turning into a kilometer-long gigantic space spear!

Boom!

The gigantic space spear charged along the tunnel Wandering drilled, saving a lot of energy, and directly shattered the fifty-thousand-meter huge meteorite into dozens of meteorites of various sizes.

In the end, all these meteorites were absorbed by Lu Chen as part of his body.

As Lu Chen was absorbing the meteorites, Wandering ahead collided with a small constant star emitting a faint blue glow.

This small constant star was indeed small, with a diameter of just over fifty thousand meters, yet it emitted a faint blue glow, forming two intersecting halos, which was very beautiful!

At the time, as this small constant star passed by, it saw Wandering drill through the huge meteorite and, seeing such a strange sight for the first time, couldn't help but take a good look at Wandering.

After observing for a while, the small constant star realized that Wandering could transform, and seemed to be entirely made of metal elements.

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So, in a playful moment, the small constant star decided to absorb this metal ball, using gravity to lock onto Wandering and forcefully pulling it towards itself.