Chapter 119: Understanding the Disintegration Element

The Dark Saint’s eleventh-dimensional element displayed an unknowable nature when Lin Lei’s Will did not detect it.

Moreover, once Lin Lei began to understand, he had to persist consistently. If he gave up halfway, the difficulty of the next attempt would increase significantly.

Therefore, Lin Lei could not control which dimension he would understand; it relied entirely on luck.

Luckily, Lin Lei chose the first dimension of Energy: Disintegration.

During the long and lonely interstellar journey, Lin Lei curled up behind a meteorite and took the first step toward becoming a Pan-dimensional Creature.

His main consciousness immersed itself in it. A massive amount of information rushed toward him immediately. This information contained a detailed description of the Disintegration dimension and control methods. It also explained the conditions that the Will itself needed to reach.

Lin Lei wandered through the information, feeling dizzy. The information was chaotic and messy. Although it was all about the same dimension, the connections between each piece of information were beyond Lin Lei’s comprehension.

Yes, what he lacked was a guiding principle. This principle, like Einstein’s mass-energy equivalence formula, had to be concise, perfect, and represent the ultimate understanding and core.

Lin Lei tried hard to observe for a long time but ultimately discovered that this principle did not exist there. Or rather, a dimension was just a dimension, but the angle of understanding depended on the specific object.

Even if Lin Lei found it, it would be the Dark Saint’s understanding, not his own.

This task required Lin Lei to do it himself. When he summarized something of his own from this information, he would have fully understood this dimensional element.

This time, Lin Lei did not need to worry about the problems of physical energy caused by the long duration. In this Galaxy, free energy was very abundant. It was enough for this body to automatically absorb and maintain its operation.

Lin Lei first observed all the information and copied it into his Will. At the same time, he roughly understood why this dimension was called Disintegration.

This dimension of Energy played a role in eliminating the electromagnetic force between particles, causing matter to disintegrate at the atomic level.

Without electromagnetic force, electrons would no longer spin rapidly around the atomic nucleus. The connections between atoms would be completely cut off. If someone was hit by this attack, they would make a slight “poof” sound and scatter completely into the wind.

Of course, these were only descriptions of the effects of the Disintegration attack. As for how to do it and what the principles were, Lin Lei was still far from fully understanding it.

At this moment, the body flying through the Universe encountered some unexpected situations.

Lin Lei’s divided consciousness left outside the dimensional element simultaneously informed the main consciousness of the changes in the outside world. This area of space was no longer a vacuum but was filled with a very peculiar substance.

This substance did not interact with light or other electromagnetic waves at all. It did not absorb or reflect them. In Lin Lei’s vision, they did not exist.

Lin Lei detected the anomaly because this area produced abnormal gravitational fluctuations.

The gravitational fluctuations were not very obvious. Based on his current bodily sensations, it was difficult to distinguish what caused them.

But one must not forget the effect of gravity on bending light. Lin Lei used this method to confirm that this area indeed had a large-scale mass concentration effect.

Where there was mass, regardless of the circumstances, there must be matter. For this peculiar situation, a term immediately flashed through Lin Lei’s mind: Dark Matter.

In other words, Lin Lei was passing through a Dark Matter zone.

Dark Matter was very special. Among the four fundamental forces in the Universe, electromagnetic force had no effect on it. The two did not interact at all.

Without electromagnetic force, Lin Lei’s body, composed of normal matter, could not “touch” this Dark Matter.

Moreover, this Dark Matter had a very small decelerating effect on Lin Lei’s movement because there was no friction caused by electromagnetic force.

An atom is actually very spacious in its internal space. There is enough space between the electron and the nucleus for other particles to pass through, especially Dark Matter particles, which are unaffected by electromagnetic force.

So, Lin Lei was in a wonderful state of coexistence with this Dark Matter.

A bright idea suddenly flashed through Lin Lei’s Will. Wasn’t this Dark Matter the product of normal matter disintegration? It was like someone bringing a pillow when you were falling asleep.

By observing the differences between these particles and normal particles, Lin Lei could obtain sufficient experimental data. This would allow him to better understand the first dimension of Energy: Disintegration!

To observe these Dark Matter particles, in addition to macroscopic large-scale gravitational effects, there were strong interactions on a microscopic scale, caused by the collision of these Dark Matter particles with protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus.

Of course, these things were very difficult to observe. Lin Lei’s main consciousness stayed within the Disintegration dimensional element. By remote control, he had the System observe these collision effects.

This method of microscopic observation was also a function of this body. Lin Lei had not known this before; he only discovered it after merging with the System.

The number of collisions of Dark Matter particles was not large. Since the atomic nucleus was really too small, statistics showed that in half an hour, only fifteen such collision events occurred!

However, it was better than nothing. The System continuously transmitted the specific processes of observation to Lin Lei’s main consciousness.

Lin Lei’s main consciousness continuously verified and compared this data with the information in the Disintegration element, continuously digesting the knowledge contained in this dimension.

This Dark Matter zone was not very wide. After flying for half a month, Lin Lei broke out of this peculiar area.

Of course, at this time, he had already obtained sufficient data. He felt that he had understood most of the information of the Disintegration element. The rest was just a matter of time.

Lin Lei devoted all his heart and mind to this matter. He cast aside concepts like interstellar travel and the passage of time.

He understood the information in the Disintegration element one by one and began to integrate and comprehend them. At first, it was extremely complicated, then it became clear and organized, and finally, these things began to transform into an extremely concise formula. It was engraved on his consciousness like a truth!

“I succeeded!” Lin Lei cried out joyfully in his heart. He now possessed the power of Disintegration.

Although limited by the absolute intensity of his Will and the basic Laws of the Galaxy, his Disintegration attack could only reduce a fist-sized stone to nothingness. But this was enough.

Because this attack was a dimensional attack that completely transcended spatial distance, just like the Saint in the Andromeda Galaxy. Individual sentient beings in the Galaxy could not defend against it at all.

He was even more eager to return to Earth to share his joy with someone. Thirty years had passed. He wondered if Fuweili, Yan Siyu, and his daughter were all safe.

However, Lin Lei soon found himself in an awkward situation. He had indeed reached the Star System where the target mineral planet was located, but he found that he had missed the best landing time.

He and the meteorite he was on had passed by the mineral planet three months ago!

Now, Lin Lei had become a comet-like object in the Star System. His trajectory was a parabola, and he had already passed the perihelion.

Currently, he was irrevocably rushing out of this Star System, never to return.

Lin Lei felt his head was about to burst. If he missed this mineral planet, he would have to fly ten Light Years to find another concentration of civilization!

Ten Light Years was a huge distance. At his current speed, it would take fully 1,500 years to fly that distance. That was enough time for all the people and things he cared about on Earth to disappear completely.

Then, as an interstellar life form, what was the point of returning to Earth!

Lin Lei began to carefully calculate the orbital trajectories of each planet in this Star System to look for a glimmer of hope.

Through a large amount of calculation of the orbital trajectories of celestial bodies in this Star System, Lin Lei really found an opportunity. The seventh planet of this Star System was a super-massive gas giant.

He could completely use its gravity to turn and return to the mineral planet.

Of course, at his current speed, this wish could not be realized. A speed of 2,000 kilometers per second could not be bound by a massive planet. Even the main star of this Star System did not have this ability.

So before that, Lin Lei needed to reduce his speed to a suitable level.

Fortunately, Lin Lei would pass through an asteroid belt. At this time, the role of the meteorite that had accompanied Lin Lei for over five years came into play.

When passing a small asteroid with a diameter of hundreds of kilometers, Lin Lei suddenly kicked the multi-ton meteorite toward the asteroid. Immediately, Lin Lei’s speed changed suddenly, dropping to 1,000 kilometers per second. His flight direction also changed to the expected direction.

This action consumed all of Lin Lei’s usable energy. His Energy Level dropped from 80 to 15 in an instant.

Fortunately, it was quick to replenish. In less than a minute, Lin Lei’s body energy recovered to its peak. The Galaxy had so much free energy that the light from the stars here was enough for Lin Lei to recover quickly.

Of course, 1,000 kilometers per second was still too fast. Lin Lei planned to reduce his speed to within 100 kilometers and adjust his flight direction. By calculating the path, he would fly to the only satellite of the mineral planet.

Lin Lei dared not land directly on the mineral planet. Its strong gravity and the friction from the atmosphere during descent would be enough to cripple him. It was safer to land on the small-mass satellite.

After all, there was also a base built on the satellite. Lin Lei could completely steal a spaceship there to run away.

The deceleration process in the asteroid belt was extremely painful. Lin Lei spent more than half a month tossing around in the asteroid belt. After personally experiencing various celestial collisions, he rushed out in the predetermined direction, battered and bloody.

This was truly not something a human should do. At a high speed of 1,000 kilometers per second, a direct collision would leave him no ashes. Lin Lei was slowing down bit by bit on each small asteroid. If he did not have a strong Protective Force Field, he would have been finished long ago.

After months of flight, Lin Lei successfully used the gravity of this massive planet to change direction. He underwent a two-month flight to reach the gravitational balance point between the mineral planet and its satellite.

Of course, this time Lin Lei carried two meteorites for emergency use. One was used at the gravitational balance point to push him onto the satellite.

The other was used during the descent on the satellite to reduce his speed to the minimum.

There was no way around it. The Universe was almost a vacuum. Moreover, Lin Lei’s body was not a spaceship with a flight engine. He could only use the principle of conservation of momentum to do various things.