Looking at the spaceship shrinking rapidly, it entered the space tunnel that Luo Yuan opened and disappeared in a blink of an eye. Luo Yuan kept the space orb and put it into his pocket.
Due to the change in his body size, the space orb had been compressed once again. Not only that, Luo Yuan had abandoned most of the materials in it. Now, the entire space orb was only the size of a fist and its weight was only about 200 tons.
However, due to the higher degree of collapse, it did not affect the stability of the miniaturized universe. Instead, it had become more stable.
Luo Yuan looked in front of him. His pupils that were originally dark suddenly became as dark as a black hole. It was a type of extreme darkness that was deeper than the abyss. Even a single photon would not be able to escape from his retina.
The stars in the sky in front of him became clearer. He could see the flare on the surface of the stars that were hundreds of light years away as well as the dim sunspots. He could also see the changes in the terrain of the rocky planets nearby and the rise and fall of the mountains.
As for the Barnard's Star that was nearer to him, it was even more obvious in his eyes.
All along, according to the spaceship's detection, there were only four planets in this star system. However, Luo Yuan found out that there were more than four planets in this star system. There were five other planets.
The reason why it was ignored by the spaceship's detection system was that the fifth planet was too far away from Barnard's Star. The distance between the two was about half a light year. The weak light and gravity of the red dwarf were almost negligible at such a distance.
With its flying speed, it would take more than 128,000 years for it to make one round. Perhaps, with a little bit of effort, this planet would probably leave Barnard's Star and become a wandering planet.
If it was in the past, this planet would undoubtedly be the best hiding place for humans. It was enough to make humans excited. However, at this moment, there was no need for humans to hide anymore.
Not to mention that with the current technological reserves of humans, they were not inferior to the Glassians. According to the predictions of some radical scientists, they might even be able to surpass them. As long as humans were given a few years to develop, they would be able to deal with and destroy the Glassian's expedition fleet.
With Luo Yuan's current strength, he was no longer afraid of the Glassians. To a certain extent, he was almost immortal. Even if his body was broken into atoms, as long as all the atoms in his body, including the high-dimensional atoms, were not annihilated, he would be able to reconstruct his body with the energy released by the dimensional reduction. Forget about an expedition fleet, he could even destroy the Glassians' lair as long as he had enough time.
However, it was meaningless to do so. This civilization that had almost led to the extinction of the human race had to be conquered and destroyed by humans themselves. Only then could this civilization wash away the humiliation and hatred in their hearts and be reborn.
…
Luo Yuan stood in the air, his body exuding a mysterious glow. After a while, he looked away and activated his space-time bubble to fly towards Barnard's Star.
After shrinking his body size, the speed of his space-time bubble flight became faster.
This was because curvature flight was only related to spatial resistance, and spatial resistance was only related to the size of the curvature bubble. As the volume of the curvature bubble shrunk by a thousand times, his speed increased exponentially.
Ten minutes later, his speed had reached 50 times the speed of light, and it was still not his limit. It was only when he reached about 100 times the speed of light that his speed finally stabilized.
…
In the dark space, a beam of light was traveling at a speed of 32 million kilometers per second.
High-energy photons bombarded the surface of Luo Yuan's body, emitting a dazzling light. The temperature of the surface had reached up to a million degrees Celsius. If his body had not been compressed, he would have been vaporized by such a high temperature.
However, at this moment, he could only feel a burning pain on his skin. Even if it was burning, it was because his skin was too sensitive. Not only was his body unscathed, even his hair was not curled up.
Time passed slowly. After flying for a few hours, Luo Yuan canceled the space-time bubble and stopped.
His Will was still unable to sustain such consumption. Almost every seven to eight hours, he had to take a short break.
He took out a longan-sized transparent ball from the space sphere and stuffed them into his mouth. He chewed a few times and swallowed them.
These balls were water balls with a compression ratio of 1,000. They were the only food that Luo Yuan needed at the moment.
Ever since his body had shrunk, the speed and intensity of the nuclear fusion reaction in his mitochondria had become rather intense. His need for water had increased tremendously. In the past, a sip of water could satisfy his needs for 10 to 15 days, but now, he had to drink a few tons of water every day.
Moreover, he could not absorb water in the normal sense. After his body had been compressed, the pores in his cell walls were smaller than normal water molecules. Water could not penetrate the cell walls, so it was useless to drink more water.
Only water with a compression ratio of the body could be absorbed by his body.
Under such a compression ratio, the physical properties of water had undergone a qualitative change. It was many times harder than a diamond and was extremely tough. At the same time, it had completely lost the sweetness of water. When he chewed it, it tasted like wax.
Fortunately, he did not have any desire for food anymore. Therefore, he did not feel any pain.
Each water ball weighed more than 10 kilograms. Luo Yuan had eaten more than 100 of them before he stopped and continued his journey.
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Flying in space was boring. No matter how beautiful the scenery was, it would become dull if one looked at it for too long.
Throughout the journey, Luo Yuan did not find anything new. The only thing worth mentioning was that he found a nebula that was billions of kilometers long that was formed by a large amount of dust and gas. It was a miracle in the dark region where materials were scarce.
Of course, compared to the vast universe, this level of nebula was considered as a super-miniature nebula. Its material density was not as high as one would imagine. Even at its core, the density of the gas was thinner than that of the Earth's near-space.
He did not even stop. In less than 10 seconds, he passed through the nebula.
As time passed, his personality became more and more quiet and indifferent. Most of the time, his mind was like a calm lake, without any ripples.
His willpower was constantly being depleted and restored, and it grew with each passing day. Accompanying this was the speed of his space-time bubble. From the original speed of 100 light speed, it grew to 200 light speed, and then to 300 light speed.
According to the system's calculations, his Will had increased by more than 1 point, reaching 28 points. However, at this speed, the increase in the Space Resistance Index would no longer be able to increase his speed by tens or tens of times with every point increase like before.
In fact, even now, the high temperature produced by this speed was close to the limit of his body.
Under the unimaginably high temperature, his body emitted a dazzling light. His entire body was filled with endless heat. Fortunately, the composition of his body was completely different from that of an ordinary person. As the atoms were condensed, the molecules were proportionally smaller. The chemical bonds of the molecules were hundreds of millions of times stronger than ordinary molecules. If not for that, the organic matter that made up his body would have been decomposed and lost its vitality.
However, Luo Yuan could not maintain this speed for long.
As he was getting closer to Barnard's Star, the light density in the dark region was gradually increasing.
After all, even if it was a red dwarf, the difference between its light and the dark region was like the difference between day and night.
Luo Yuan had to gradually reduce his speed.
When he was four light years away, he could still maintain his speed at 300 light speed.
When he was three light years away, he could only reduce his speed to 200 light speed.
When he was one light year away, he could only maintain his speed at 100 light speed. If it was the Sun, he could barely maintain the speed of 10 light speed.
Fortunately, no matter how much he reduced his speed, he was not far away from Barnard's Star.
As time passed, the red dwarf was getting bigger and bigger in front of Luo Yuan.
Its entire body was emitting a dim red light. The light looked soft and gentle at the same time. It was not as violent as the Sun. Phenomena such as solar prominences were rarely seen on its surface.
It looked like an old man in his old age. It was gentle and slow. Of course, this description was not accurate. In fact, for this red dwarf, its lifespan might be longer than a star in its prime like the Sun.
Its body was relatively small, not even one-third of the size of the Sun. The internal pressure was not strong and the nuclear fusion reaction speed was slow. Therefore, it had a relatively long lifespan.
Luo Yuan continued flying for about 10 days and finally arrived at Barnard's Star.
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