bioinnovel Chapter 511 The Heart of the Sun!
Chapter 511 The Heart of the Sun!
As the chaos continued to sink, the plasma density in the radiation zone kept rising, the thruster output remained at full power, but the descent speed was gradually slowed down by the external medium.
The values on the system panel kept fluctuating: the shell temperature was 9.2 million degrees Celsius, the high-dimensional coating load rate was 58%, and within the passive high-dimensional frequency sensing range, the originally uniform white noise began to show a clear direction.
The deeper you go, the stronger the resonance with the heart of nature becomes.
This isn't intuition, it's data. The signal strength increases by 0.3% for every kilometer it decreases, remaining linearly stable, and the target direction remains unchanged.
Observing the stars, he reported the last set of boundary data: "The boundary between the radiation zone and the core zone is 47 kilometers ahead. Beyond that, there is no actual human measurement data."
Zhang Yan pressed his hand on the control stick, the thruster output remained unchanged, and Chaos continued to descend.
Thirty kilometers.
Twenty kilometers.
Ten kilometers.
With an outer shell temperature of 11 million degrees and a coating load rate of 64%, the optical system has failed, and the entire external image has been translated into a bright white by the Tiangong Heart.
The next moment, the white energy field became thicker.
The system showed that the density of the external medium jumped from 150 grams per cubic centimeter to 600 grams per cubic centimeter, and the chaotic descent speed decreased again. The full-power thrusters could only propel the mecha forward in the high-density medium of the star's core.
Looking up at the stars, he said, "Entering the core area."
The outer shell temperature is 15 million degrees, the coating load rate is 71%, the force field energy consumption is 0.7% per second, the cockpit interior temperature is 32 degrees, and the air circulation is normal.
Sweat beaded on Zhang Yan's back.
That wasn't a reaction caused by heat, but rather the human body's instinctive rejection of the star's core environment. The surrounding energy was too vast and too dense, enough to make nerves tense even through the mechs and force fields.
He tightened his fingers, the tactile feedback of the joystick pulling his attention back to reality.
"Target distance".
The stargazer scanned the sensor panel: "300 kilometers north, lock-on accuracy 99.7%, signal is still strengthening."
Three hundred kilometers takes eight minutes in the high-density medium of the core area.
Zhang Yan did not activate any additional power; Chaos had already reached its limit of propulsion.
Four minutes later, Guan Xing suddenly spoke: "A second signal source has appeared 120 kilometers ahead, and its frequency matches the Heart of Heaven 100%."
Zhang Yan glanced at the coordinates.
The first signal is located 300 kilometers to the north, which is the core of the star condensed. The second signal is located 312 kilometers to the north, which is 12 kilometers deeper than the condensed core.
That was a man-made structure left behind by the first generation of maintainers.
"I want both, but I'll take the crystal first."
"clear."
Three minutes later, the crystallization signal strength reached its maximum. Zhang Yan pushed the control stick, and Chaos decelerated, stopping thirty meters in front of the target.
In the image translated by energy perception, a golden crystal floats deep within the core of a star, about two meters in diameter, with an irregularly angular exterior and an interior pulsating in sync with the rhythm of the Heavenly Craftsman's Heart.
Star core crystallization.
The core material that first condensed when the sun was born.
Zhang Yan felt a burning sensation in his chest; the temperature of the Heavenly Craftsman's Heart rose two degrees as it responded.
He first checked the force field status, which showed a margin of 73%. Based on the return safety line, the effective working time was thirty-five seconds.
"Get ready."
The stargazer's hand landed on the timer: "Anytime."
Since crystallization cannot be forcibly cut, Nie Qingcheng revised the plan in advance, proposing to use pulses of the same frequency to guide it to precipitate on its own.
The stargazer pressed the timer: "Thirty-five seconds."
Golden light shone from Zhang Yan's right palm, and the energy of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Heart flowed along the mecha's conduit to Chaos's right palm, locking the frequency and stabilizing the power.
When the golden pulses contact the surface of the crystallized material, the crystallization pulsation accelerates, and the core medium covering the outer layer begins to peel off layer by layer.
The system panel is displayed.
[Extraction progress 12%]
Thirty seconds.
Progress is proceeding steadily, at 17%, 23%, and 31%.
Stargazing countdown: "Twenty-five seconds."
Zhang Yan maintains the pulse without deviation; if the frequency error exceeds 0.01%, the precipitation will be interrupted.
40%, 47%, 53%.
Twenty seconds.
The moment the progress exceeded 60%, the passive perception panel lit up with an alarm.
Thirty meters directly below the crystal, the second signal source switched from standby to active state, and its energy output immediately reached full capacity.
Zhang Yan glanced at it out of the corner of his eye.
A dark gold octahedron, about one meter in diameter, rotates in the core medium. Its eight faces are covered with runes, and golden-white light patterns light up from the edges to the center.
The stargazer sped up his speech: "It detected that the maintainer was using the Heart of the Celestial Craft in the core area, and the passive trigger condition was met."
Zhang Yan did not stop; the crystallization process was 63% complete.
The eight faces of the regular octahedron unfolded in sequence, and a fist-sized ball of golden-white light emerged from within.
Fifteen seconds.
The system panel will automatically display the recognition results.
[Identifier reading complete]
[Maintainer 01 - Ultimate Formula for Consciousness Deconstruction - One-Time Use]
[Storage format: Compressed consciousness encoding]
[Usage Requirements: Included in the Tiangong Ultimate Core Combat Protocol]
[Validity period: 48 hours after extraction]
Zhang Yan understood its value in half a second.
The first generation of maintainers compressed their ultimate understanding of the community's core structure into a formula, leaving it in the sun's core to await successors.
This is not a conventional weapon, but an internal deconstruction key after entering the core node of the community's mother structure.
Communities can adapt to external attacks, but this formula can be deconstructed in reverse along the rules of the community's own structure.
One-time use.
Once it's used up, it's gone.
"Fourteen seconds." Guan Xing's finger pressed on the edge of the panel, his gaze switching between the two progress bars.
The crystallization progress is 87%, and the golden-white formula light cluster is suspended below, waiting to be extracted.
Both objectives must be taken simultaneously.
Zhang Yan maintained the guiding pulse with his right hand and manipulated the Thousand Machine Arm to extend downwards with his left hand, with six mechanical fingers probing towards the light cluster.
With dual-line operation activated, energy consumption jumped from 0.7% per second to 1.4%, and the remaining force field capacity began to decline rapidly.
As the thousand-armed machine made contact with the light cluster, the Heavenly Craftsmanship Heart automatically established a receiving channel. The golden-white code flowed along the mechanical fingers into the mecha's duct and finally merged into the core in the chest.
[Information is being received at the core level: 12%, 34%]
"Eleven seconds."
91% crystallization occurred, with a force field margin of 14%.
Zhang Yan dared not deviate from the pulse frequency of his right hand, and the receiving speed of his left hand was limited by the bandwidth of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Heart, so he could not forcibly speed it up.
The stargazing device reported a risk: "The remaining force field strength has fallen below the safety line. Based on the current consumption, it will return to zero in the 38th second."
The extra margin of error is only three seconds.
"enough."
The information core reception rates were 57%, 71%, and 83%.
Crystallization occurred in 95% and 97% of the samples.
Five seconds.
Information core 92%, crystallization 99%, force field margin 5%.
The instant the condensed crystal detached from the core medium, Zhang Yan shut down the pulse in his right hand. The Thousand Machine Arm split into two groups of movements: three knuckles supported the condensed crystal and sent it into the heat insulation groove of the chaotic chest cavity, while the other three maintained information reception.
"Three seconds."
Information core 96%, force field 4%.
"Two seconds."
98%, force field 3%.
"One second."
100%.
Reception complete.
Zhang Yan retracted the Thousand Machine Arm, leaving only 2.3% of the force field remaining.
"Walk."
Chaos's entire body joint thrusters simultaneously turned, changing the mecha's thrust upwards, forcefully lifting it from the core medium of the star.
The high-density medium has too much resistance, the acceleration is reduced to 0.4G, the force field margin drops from 2.1% to 1.7%, and the coating load rate increases from 71% to 75%.
Zhang Yan knew that the force field must never be reduced to zero in the core area.
The high-dimensional coating can withstand the temperature, and the outer frame of the Guixu structure can also withstand heat for a short time, but 250 billion atmospheres of pressure will directly crush the structure.
The stargazer reports: "Remaining energy 1.4%, two seconds left based on current consumption."
Zhang Yan did not shut down the force field, but instead reduced the protective range to two meters close to the mecha's outer shell.
The force field coverage area is reduced to a minimum, and energy consumption is reduced to one-eighth of the original.
The rate of decline in the remaining balance has finally slowed down.
1.4%, 1.3%.
As chaos continues to rise, the density of the external medium gradually decreases, resistance lessens, and speed begins to recover.
The sensor panel indicates that the boundary of the radiation zone is approaching.
Balance 1.1%.
Looking up at the star, he said, "Entering the radiation zone."
The external medium density decreased from 600 grams per cubic centimeter to 150 grams, propulsion efficiency doubled, and chaotic acceleration increased from 0.4G to 1.7G.
The temperature in the radiation zone is seven million degrees, and the coating load rate drops to 34%.
Zhang Yan shut down the force field.
Balance 0.9%.
It's saved.
Guan Xing stopped the timer, finally feeling a sense of relief: "Thirty-six seconds in total."
Zhang Yan leaned back in his seat, sweat plastered to his back: "We're overtime."
Guan Xing placed the tablet on his lap, his fingers still gripping the armrest: "As long as I'm alive, that's enough."