Chapter 565: Encountering a Four-Dimensional Being (1/2)

Chapter 565: Encountering a Four-Dimensional Being

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Luo Yuan continued to stay at the Glassian Star System for another half day before deciding to return.

Due to the witnessing Glassian's lack of a sense of crisis, Luo Yuan had even stopped killing the Glassian survivors. In the end, some Glassians that had a deep hatred towards Mankind had finally managed to escape Mankind's onslaught. To Mankind' long-term development, it was a stimulant for their survival instincts in the sense that there will always be an enemy.

Whether this act would end coming back to haunt the Mankind later, Luo Yuan thought the probability of that happening would be next to impossible. Not every race could be like Humans and rapidly produce super-intelligent individuals. Another factor to take in was the plummeting population of the Glassian; the only thing awaiting the survivors was the de-evolution of technology and the regression of their previous civilization.

Luo Yuan's body then went invisible as to avoid the Human's space fighter jet's detection range that had spread to every corner of the stellar system. With his small figure compared to this star system, it was as if he was a droplet in the sea. He then proceeded to silently leave the star system as silently as he entered. From the beginning to the end, no human space fighter jets had noticed anything amiss.

Luo Yuan had waited after leaving the star system for 6 days. Afterward, he activated his Space-Time Bubble and headed in the direction of Barnard star system.

However, after a few days of traveling, Luo Yuan suddenly felt like he was being observed.

At first, he thought it was just his intuition and continued flying for another hour until he noticed that the nearby gravitational pull in space had some minor changes. It was then that he instantly knew something was amiss.

Luo Yuan's face had become solemn and proceeded to slowly disengage the Space-Time Bubble. After coming to a stop, he began to vigilantly observe his surroundings.

Currently, he could reach a shocking speed of 1,200 light-days each day. However, even with this terrifying speed, an unknown entity was monitoring him in the dark unexpectedly. It was frightening for him.

His instinct drew him to look at a corner, however the nearby space remained quiet. From the overview of the area, there was nothing. Even with Luo Yuan's heightened senses, he was unable to detect any traces of any beings in that location.

Luo Yuan's powerful Will had thoroughly scanned the surroundings. Whether it was the local cosmic radiation, neutrinos, photons or even electrons; nothing could escape his senses. As for the nearby microscopic dust particles and the thin gaseous bodies, he had thoroughly memorized their exact locations.

However, there was nothing.

Normal. Everything was perfectly normal, but this precisely was the biggest anomaly.

The gravitational pull here was drastically increasing. At first, the increase was minuscule to the point it was nearly undetectable, barely equivalent to a gravitational pull given out by an object of a billion tons. However, the pull was now comparable to the moon's gravity and its force was still rising.

Luo Yuan remembered clearly that this area did not have any records of a black hole. Moreover, even if there was a black hole, the gravitational pull would not be increasing in such a drastic manner.

A few seconds later, the gravitational force was approaching 10G and within a minute, it had already reached 1,000G. Space-time had clearly begun warping as if there was a black hole rushing towards him at light speed.

The fact of the matter was that the effect of whatever was happening was almost the same.

Even in the vast universe, this was an incredibly rare situation. And although Luo Yuan was shocked, he was not afraid. His Will had quietly wiped out the spatial distortions and when the strong attraction force in space had finally affected his mass, it had begun to show signs of weakening.

In theoretical physics, gravitational force will always occur where there was mass, resulting in universal gravitation. The bigger the mass, the stronger the gravitational force. If it one was to further research this matter, it was possible to discover that mass could equally emit a type of graviton or gravitational field by artificially enhancing the gravitons' energy. Using this theory, it was possible to create artificial gravity; resulting in the possible birth of a strong and more efficient Reactionless Drive engine.

However, this was only gravity's behavior under a microscope. When taking into consideration the fourth dimension's macro perspective, the gravitational force of an object translated to the strength of its fourth-dimensional properties. The larger the mass of the object, the larger the object's fourth-dimensional properties, which was directly proportional to the impact it had on space. This leads to a form of spatial distortion and from that, forming an artificial gravitational force.

Due to this concept, Luo Yuan would not be affected by any objects with a strong gravitational force unless he encountered celestial bodies that had an extreme gravitational force like a black hole.

He stared in the direction of the source of gravitational force. Luo Yuan did not need to wait for long. About an hour later, his 'vision' had finally spotted a black spot.

The moment he spotted the source, Luo Yuan's body began to tremble. His mood was slightly disturbed and in his shock, he discovered this black spot didn't exist in the third dimension. It existed in the fourth dimension, his mouth was left gaping as if he was facing a final boss.

Under his observation, the fourth dimension was just an empty and dead space excluding the infinite amount of dark energy tides. It was difficult to see other things within that dimension. In that context, his body could be considered fourth-dimensional. From that, he could theorize the existences of fourth-dimensional creatures.

Although these type of beings would definitely have a low population, it was impossible to spot even a single of these being within 100 light-years. Because of this, people have doubted if such a creature existed at all.

Luo Yuan's fourth dimension vision's scope to a normal creature was totally unimaginable. Normally speaking, he could perfectly see within a radius of 100 light years to the point that he would notice a small planet which had a radius of a 100 kilometers floating in the dark. If the distances were about 50 light years, he could clearly see whether that planet's surface had an undulating terrain.

Even though this black spot was only as small as a meteorite, the distance was at least a few light years or even few dozen light years away and its speed had completely exceeded Luo Yuan's imagination. This shadow was constantly expanding after every passing second.

At first, it was as small as a speck of dust. However, minutes later, it had become as big as a sesame seed.

Concurrently, the gravitational force had become stronger, reaching a staggering 10,000G. Nearby, endless amounts of space debris had been pulled in by the gravitational force resembling a stream of water flowing in the shadow's direction. This was not just the aftershock from a few light years away. Even the celestial bodies nearby had appeared to slightly shift in its direction.

This was Luo Yuan's first time witnessing such a mysterious and terrifying occurrence within the fourth dimension. The shadow could likely be absolute proof of the existence of a fourth-dimensional creature.

His instincts told him that he had to flee immediately but his curiosity took over and he stubbornly remained at the same location.