CHAPTER 306: CHAPTER 305 DARK GOLD

Boundless Universe.

Lu Chen, equal to 192500 Constant Star Mass, is leading the Wandering Star System in superluminal flight.

Their goal has always been the same, aiming for the Cosmic Center.

Despite not knowing the conditions or appearance of the Cosmic Center, they are willing to believe that it holds the Origin of the Universe they seek.

During superluminal travel, Constant Star Lu Chen frequently meets with members of the Wandering Alliance to discuss the current situation, and they collectively decide the most crucial goal for the Wandering Alliance now—conquering the Unified Force.

The Unified Force is the cornerstone of energy technology for a Level 4 Civilization.

It is also the barrier they must overcome to enter Level 4 Civilization, hence, it is considered of utmost importance.

Not long ago, the basic string theory that could integrate the Four Basic Forces was already proposed.

However, truly integrating these four forces into a single Unified Force had persistently failed, severely limiting Wandering Alliance’s perspective and combat capabilities.

Thus, to deal with potential dangers that could arise from proceeding towards the Cosmic Center, Constant Star Lu Chen devised a hundred-year plan, hoping scientists could solve the challenge of integrating the Unified Force within a century.

Following Lu Chen’s call, a scientific fervor surged within the biological civilizations of the Wandering Alliance again, this time not about weapons but addressing the problem of the Unified Force, with nearly all elite intellects working on the basic string theory, hoping to find a way to truly integrate the Four Basic Forces into the Unified Force.

However, integrating the Unified Force is an exceedingly broad and complex technology, and other scientific breakthroughs often emerge during the practical research process.

The Basic Force Bomb was one of them.

Furthermore, as research on the Unified Force deepens, more and more technological advancements will be invented or discovered.

For instance, the Black Entropy Ball left behind by the Entropy Beast was eventually decoded by scientists who tirelessly researched the outermost dark material—a compound Dark Matter synthesized from twelve types of Dark Matter, which possesses extremely high stability and concealment.

Thus, the scientific team ingeniously integrated this new composite Dark Matter with twenty-four metals, ultimately creating Dark Gold, which, as the name suggests, is a product combining Dark Matter with metals.

Dark Gold also naturally possesses some characteristics of the composite Dark Matter, for example, the melting point of Dark Gold reaching over thirty million degrees, meaning even if placed in the corona layer of Constant Star Lu Chen, it might not melt into a liquid, conceiving the sheer terror of it!

Additionally, Dark Gold possesses very high hardness and a very strong stealth capability, especially against primitive electromagnetic wave detection technologies which cannot detect Dark Gold’s presence at all because Dark Gold does not participate in electromagnetic force interactions, making it an essential material for all kinds of stealth devices.

Yet, the greatest beneficiary of the invention of Dark Gold is actually Metal Planet Wandering.

Since scientists discovered that the properties of Dark Gold are particularly well-suited for Wandering, as if tailor-made for it, they applied this newly invented Dark Gold technology to Wandering.

Of course, with Wandering now having 8500 Planet Mass, fully converting it to Dark Gold is definitely not simple, requiring a substantial amount of Dark Matter as raw material. Fortunately, Wandering Alliance has always been traveling through the Universe, where Dark Matter is more abundant than matter, allowing them to continuously extract large amounts of Dark Matter from the Universe for integration.

Eventually, after spending more than thirty years, Wandering Alliance finally completely converted Wandering to Dark Gold.

At this moment, Wandering appeared as a black Metal Ball, not reflecting any light, and if not in an environment where light is distinctly evident, it’s impossible to spot Wandering’s presence. Wandering, transformed by Dark Gold, seemed to merge with darkness, becoming a true killer in the shadows.

Moreover, to further enhance Wandering’s combat capabilities, scientists also used Strong Nuclear Force technology to manufacture a neutron skin for Wandering. This was previously discussed in the new star program, and now that the technology had matured, it was naturally time to implement it. With the neutron skin, Wandering’s exterior became invincible, and its Planet Giant Sword could shatter anything!

Of course, this is only the case against some Level 3 and lower civilizations; if facing civilizations that have mastered the Unified Force at Level 4, mere neutron skin engineered from Strong Nuclear Force means nothing.

Once Wandering’s metal body transformed into Dark Gold, to test its performance and capabilities, it specially conducted an exercise with Mushroom Civilization, having them bring out a retired Cosmic Battleship for a formal battle. The result? The electromagnetic wave detectors on the Cosmic Battleship couldn’t detect Wandering at all, directly getting pierced by Wandering transformed into a Planet Giant Sword!

Besides that, Wandering also underwent heat resistance and impact resistance testing, and now with evenly heated internals, it can withstand extreme temperatures of thirty-five million degrees.

Meaning, Wandering can casually travel outside Constant Star Lu Chen’s atmosphere, considering Constant Star Lu Chen’s atmosphere is only at thirty million degrees.

Moreover, because of the presence of the neutron skin, Wandering’s conventional Energy Weapons resistance capabilities also increased to a very high state, with any Energy Weapons from Mushroom Civilization ineffective against Wandering. Only Wandering Alliance’s neutrino beam, Basic Force Bomb, Quark Decoherence, and Flowing Space Energy Wave, among other weapons, could fatally strike Wandering.

It can be said, the very special Dark Gold represents a significant return from Wandering Alliance’s long-term research on Black Entropy Ball and metal applications.

Apart from Dark Gold, the greatest achievement of the Wandering Alliance was discovering that the Black Entropy Ball and Unified Force Stone could surprisingly be combined, derived from an accidental discovery.

At that time, a scientific team was researching both the Black Entropy Ball and Unified Force Stone simultaneously, unexpectedly finding that these two items exhibited mutual attraction and influence.

To clarify the reasons, the scientific team employed robotic AI to compute at least billions of possibilities, trying millions of methods, finally—providence not letting down the determined—in the right interval of distance, temperature, energy, and forces, successfully linked the Black Entropy Ball with the Unified Force Stone.

Only then did the scientists finally understand that originally, the Black Entropy Ball and Unified Force Stone modules were meant to be united. Based on this principle, scientists believed that originally, there should have been four similar module fields on the surface of the Black Entropy Ball for constructing a complete Unified Force Field, with the Black Entropy Ball functioning as the core component operating within this special field state.

Following this delightful discovery, the scientists created the Variable Gathering Field and installed it around Constant Star Lu Chen...