Chapter 62: Body Protective Force Field

The Black Prison Star was a full five thousand Light Years away from Earth. If a human’s fastest spacecraft were to make this journey, it would take at least over ninety million years, enough time for the Blue Rain Star to complete a cycle of biological evolution.

But Lin Lei had the Tiansuo spaceship. The highest Curvature his Warp Flight could reach was five thousand, meaning his highest absolute speed was nearly five thousand times the speed of light!

Of course, the speed of light has always been insurmountable. This law had withstood the tests of all civilizations; it had only expanded its scope from four-dimensional space-time to the eleven-dimensional Universe.

Therefore, in a four-dimensional space, through a cleverly designed curvature generator, faster-than-light travel could be achieved in the Four-dimensional Universe. Of course, from the perspective of higher dimensions, a spaceship traveling at high speed still had not exceeded the speed of light.

Lin Lei had only heard Fuweili talk about these things and didn’t understand the specifics himself. He simply enjoyed the benefits brought by technology.

Let alone that the Tiansuo spaceship was equipped with a Space Jump engine. Lin Lei, who was already familiar with the Space Jump points in the hyperspace of various parts of the Galaxy, quickly designed the optimal route.

They would first spend one hour reaching the nearest jump point, then arrive at another jump point only three Light Years away from Earth. For the final three Light Years journey, with the high speed of the Tiansuo spaceship, it would take only a little over five hours.

So, a journey of five thousand Light Years took less than seven hours in total, which was indeed extremely fast.

At least Lin Lei truly experienced the feeling of extreme speed. But Yan Siyu was depressed. In her words, interstellar travel on Ao Star relied mostly on teleportation. Even when travel required a spaceship, it could jump at will, without needing to find hyperspace. In all her years, the longest time she had spent on navigation had never exceeded half an hour!

The Grade Z Tiansuo spaceship was considered the fastest ship available on the Galaxy Network, yet Yan Siyu belittled it to nothing, which made Lin Lei quite frustrated.

The Tiansuo spaceship had arrived at the Kuiper Belt on the outer edge of the Solar System. This area was filled with Kuiper Belt objects of various sizes, ranging from thousands of meters to over a thousand kilometers. From this distance, the Sun was just a relatively bright star, providing almost no solar energy. Therefore, it was extremely cold here.

Perhaps it was the fear of approaching home. As the Tiansuo spaceship quickly crossed the orbits of the outer planets of the Solar System, then passed through the asteroid belt inside Jupiter’s orbit, and subsequently flew over Mars, with Earth already coming into view in the distance, Lin Lei reduced the speed of the Tiansuo spaceship, almost to a stop.

“Lei, what’s wrong?” Yan Siyu asked, somewhat puzzled.

Lin Lei was lost in thought. Hearing Yan Siyu’s question, he shook slightly and smiled somewhat unnaturally. “Nothing. I’m just a bit excited.”

His inner calling became stronger and stronger, even causing Lin Lei to experience auditory hallucinations. This unnatural state confused him greatly.

The Tiansuo spaceship had arrived at Earth’s orbit, but since Earth was currently on the other side of the Sun, it did not appear in the spaceship’s field of view.

“Analysis of Black Prison Star radiation impact complete. Host, do you want to view the results now?” Just as Lin Lei was about to approach Earth, system information flowed in. It was the result of the analysis of the Protective Force Field that he had requested ten days ago.

It wouldn’t delay anything to spend a little time on this, so Lin Lei decisively chose to view it.

“Black Prison Star planetary radiation. An energy produced by the planet itself that promotes biological evolution. Under natural conditions, it is only effective for low-level creatures. High-level intelligent creatures are immune to this effect.”

Was it that simple? Lin Lei asked follow-up questions: “Then what’s going on with the Aostarian Protective Force Field?”

“This question involves planetary consciousness. The Host currently does not have the permission to query!”

Damn it. After analyzing for ten days, he got such a result that had no effect on him at all. Wait. A bright idea flashed through Lin Lei’s mind. Meng, the Wild Beast, had looked listless these past few days, but his body was becoming stronger. Could it be that he was affected by the Black Prison Star’s radiation?

“System, is this inference correct?”

“Correct. Meng received nearly three days of radiation, which caused some evolution. It is estimated that his Energy Level will reach 10.0.”

Ah, well, it was not exactly bad news. Lin Lei felt a bit happy for this little guy. An Energy Level of 10.0 meant he was no longer considered weak.

At this time, Earth was already clearly visible in the distance. It was still wrapped in thick atmosphere, but it had lost its brilliant radiance. The entire planet was gray and lifeless.

Humans had already left. Only the Moon faithfully revolved around her, never separating for millions of years.

Earth, humanity’s home planet, had its former glory stripped away in an instant, becoming an insignificant planet in the Universe. And there were trillions of such dead planets just in the Galaxy.

At this moment, Lin Lei’s eyes filled with tears because he loved this planet, loving it so deeply!

Yan Siyu silently held Lin Lei’s hand, saying nothing, silently conveying comfort. She couldn’t understand Lin Lei’s emotions, but she didn’t want to see him so sad.

“I’m going to look around on the ground. Let’s go to our former Yangguan Middle School.” Lin Lei wiped his face and said to Yan Siyu with red eyes.

Although Earth was filled with strong nuclear radiation, it was now trivial to him. His gene Protective Force Field could ensure that the radiation could not penetrate through.

This was Earth’s pain. As a son of Earth, he should bear it together.

“I’m going too!” Yan Siyu said in a muffled voice. Seeing the once beautiful planet turn into this state, she couldn’t feel happy either.

Yangguan Middle School had turned into a ruin. The former teaching building left only a broken foundation. In just three years, a place once overflowing with youth and passion had become completely lifeless.

Unknowingly, Lin Lei came to the small river outside the school. The water was no longer clear, flowing with black liquid. The willow trees on the bank were gone, leaving only a withered, blackened tree stump. The stone was still there, but it had turned black.

Ruins and doomsday. No hope at all!

Lin Lei had already forgotten Yan Siyu following beside him. His mind fell into a trance, as if the past had returned, and everything went back to three years ago.

He was still standing by the river, but beside him was no longer Yan Siyu, but… Old Fang, Teacher Fang!

What was going on? Lin Lei looked around in confusion, trying to find some anomalies. He pinched his arm hard. It hurt, but the environment around him hadn’t changed at all.

“Don’t be surprised, my child!” ‘Old Fang’ spoke, not with the somewhat serious voice from memory, but with a kind and amiable tone.

“Who are you?” Lin Lei did not feel any threat, only friendliness.

“Did you really not know?” ‘Old Fang’s’ face and figure began to change, and finally turned into the image of Lin Lei’s mother in his hazy memory, the gentle and beautiful mother who died in a car accident when he was nine years old.

Lin Lei’s memory of his mother might have been blurred, but with a real person standing before him, he could recognize her at a glance. This was his mother.

By now, Lin Lei had vaguely inferred the origin of this ‘person’. He asked tentatively: “Are you the Earth’s consciousness body? Did you send the call to me?”

‘Mother’ smiled gently, just as Lin Lei remembered: “You are right. I am part of the Earth’s consciousness.”

Strangely, Lin Lei did not feel any panic or fear, only a sense of immense peace. “Then, what can I do for you?”

He was willing!

Mother’s hand gently stroked Lin Lei’s face, with a soft and warm touch. Her eyes brightened. “I, who chose self-destruction, had already lost hope and was about to fall into the Abyss of slumber. But your appearance brought light to me!”

This differed from Lin Lei’s understanding. He originally thought it was humanity that chose self-destruction, but now he found out it was Earth itself that intended to do so.

As far as he knew, the Layite People invaded Earth, and the surface reason was for the rhodium isotopes hidden in Earth’s mantle. But now that he had arrived on Earth, he didn’t even see a ghost of a Layite person.

‘Mother’ seemed to be able to see through Lin Lei’s confusion. She explained gently: “If I had not tacitly approved, how could humans detonate nuclear weapons on such a large scale? And I would not let the Layite People trample on my body as masters.”

Mother changed back into the image of Old Fang, looking at Lin Lei and saying, “I know your wishes, and I have seen your efforts. I am proud of you! Go to Mote Planet. There are your compatriots. If you want to find battle partners, they are the most trustworthy! And I, need to spend some time cleaning the filth off my body. This time won’t be long. In thirty years, there will be a brand new Earth!”

Lin Lei was extremely excited inside. He was no longer alone, and Earth had not abandoned humanity. She still opened her arms, welcoming humanity’s return!

He shouted loudly, “Watch me! I will make humanity, and Earth’s glory, spread throughout the Universe!”

At this moment, Lin Lei was like a child eager to show himself after receiving approval from his parents.

‘Old Fang’ chuckled. “I will wait and see. As a son of Earth, I will give you a gift.”

With that, a blue light spot appeared in ‘Old Fang’s’ palm. The light spot floated and entered Lin Lei’s body.

System information flowed in subsequently.

“Heart of Earth. Universe source material. After fusion, the body gains a Protective Force Field. The total Energy Level becomes 40% of the body’s Energy Level. This force field is generated by Source Rules, can autonomously absorb energy, and is not counted within the body’s total Energy Level.”

This was truly searching for iron shoes without finding them, but getting it effortlessly when not looking. Lin Lei had never expected that the Protective Force Field he had been dreaming of would actually be a gift from the planet!

This was Earth’s grace, Earth’s earnest expectation, and it also represented a heavy responsibility.

Lin Lei closed his eyes, feeling the surging force field on the surface of his body, and his heart was filled with joy.

“System, is the Watcher Race also like this? Does Yan Qingming’s so-called close connection to his home planet refer to this?”

“Correct, but the situation of the Watcher Civilization is more complex, involving contract issues across the entire Galaxy. The Host currently does not have permission to ask.”

Although 40% was lower than the Aostarian’s 50%, Lin Lei was already satisfied. He opened his eyes, only to find that the surroundings had returned to their original state, turning into a wasteland again. But Lin Lei saw hope in it!

Lin Lei felt that a long time had passed, but in reality, only an instant had gone by. Yan Siyu beside him didn’t even notice anything abnormal.

“Siyu, let’s go. I have found my soul’s home here. No more confusion, no more loneliness!”