On the scorched, abandoned planet, Ding Meng flew at full speed at a low altitude of 100 meters.
In fact, there was a reason why he dared to come down alone. The reason was the mysterious and strange defensive ray. Previously, when Supremacy kept dropping drones, Ding Meng felt a slight tremor in the Divine Light bracer on his wrist whenever the purplish-black ray appeared.
At first, he thought it was a coincidence, but as the number of drones dropped increased, he knew that it was not a coincidence. The atmosphere and the starships in space were still quite far away. If the bracer could sense the ray even though it was so far away, there was no doubt that the ray energy had something to do with Shenguang Technology.
When he was on Madison, the Singularity had revealed to Ding Meng that when the Mou Star civilization was destroyed, the owner of the Singularity escaped to this star system through space-time travel. That was to say, the footprints of Shenguang Technology were most likely scattered all over the main star system. If the bracer could sense them, it was possible to find the corresponding footprints.
Ding Meng's biggest wish now was to release the sealed Little Rascal, so it was necessary to find the footprints of Shenguang Technology. Therefore, Ding Meng also flew at a low altitude at high speed to see if the bracer could sense them again.
However, this method was like looking for a needle in a haystack. After all, the diameter of this planet was only so big. At this speed, it would probably take dozens of hours to circle it once.
Now, time was really tight. The fleets of the Holy Grail Federation, the Steel Mane Empire, and the Devourer could arrive at any time. By then, there would be six parties on top of him. It was impossible to maintain the current balance. Sooner or later, there would be a conflict.
Suddenly, something swayed slightly in his field of vision. Ding Meng took a closer look. Under the scorched earth 200 meters in front of him, there was a tiny droplet of water attached to a piece of debris.
Using his telekinesis to scan it carefully, Ding Meng found that it was not a real droplet. The organic molecules inside it were extremely complex, and its temperature was astonishing. It had reached more than 4,600 degrees Celsius. At this temperature, even low-grade alloys would melt. The most amazing thing was that the droplet did not emit any heat to the outside world.
"Guangying, are you there?" Ding Meng was not used to calling the water droplet Zheng Ming, even though the water droplet's image was Zheng Ming's big brother.
"I've already seen it, and I know what you want to ask. This is not a Kelvin spore lifeform. If you want to ask me what it is, then I'm sorry, I don't know either. The only thing I know is that this thing is not a lifeform."
Not a living being?
Ding Meng was puzzled. He scanned the area again and found that this kind of water droplet could be found three meters underground in the sand every 500 meters or so.
"Could it be that all the heat absorbed by the barrier has been absorbed by this thing?" Xiao Ai analyzed.
Ding Meng could not figure it out either. This planet was really strange, even stranger than any of the strange environments he had seen before.
After flying for a long distance, this time, the desolate scorched earth finally changed.
In the middle of the vast plain, there was a huge crater. This crater was really like a giant because Xiao Ai had calculated that the diameter of this crater was 5,612 meters. From afar, it looked like a black hole attached to the ground. At a glance, it was impossible to see the bottom of it.
Ding Meng's telekinesis vision could not detect the depth of the crater, which meant that this crater was at least 8,000 meters deep.
Ding Meng slowly descended. He stood at the edge of the crater and looked down. Even though he had always been brave, this crater still gave him a creepy feeling. This feeling was completely different from standing on the top of a skyscraper and looking down. Large amounts of cold air rushed up from the crater, as if there was something huge down there.
Looking carefully at the inner wall of the crater, it was smooth and flat. There was not even a crack. He did not know what kind of device had cut it, but one thing was for sure. This was definitely man-made. It could not have been formed naturally.
"Let's go down!" Ding Meng reactivated his armor and flew down into the crater.
The crater was not vertical. Instead, it was slanted downwards. The depth of the crater was really shocking. Xiao Ai's detection vision changed the data bit by bit. "1,100 meters, 1,200 meters, 1,300 meters, 1,400 meters …"
The speed was a little slow, but that was also because of the "rays". If there were rays down there, it would be best to slow down as much as possible.
However, Ding Meng soon discovered the problem with this crater. The deeper they fell, the lower the temperature in the crater. At first, he did not feel it, but when they reached a depth of 5,000 meters, the temperature in the crater dropped below zero. This temperature definitely had no effect on Origin Ability users.
However, when they reached a depth of 10000 meters, the temperature had dropped to minus 25 degrees. Origin Ability users could naturally resist the cold. However, when they reached a depth of 15000 meters, the temperature plummeted to minus 70 degrees. Ding Meng's single soldier armor was covered in a layer of ice. Ding Meng had no choice but to activate his origin to resist the cold.
There was a difference between low temperature and high temperature. The higher the temperature, the lower the temperature, the less significant it would be to humans and objects. Those that should melt would melt, and those that should die would die. However, when the temperature reached a hundred thousand or even a million degrees, it would explode with an astonishing amount of energy. That was the temperature of a starship's propulsion reactor. Humans would not be able to experience it.
However, low temperature was different. Once the temperature dropped below minus 100 degrees, every degree of decrease would bring about a completely different change. This was because the movement of organic molecules and microscopic particles would constantly slow down, and the wave-particle duality property would constantly weaken. When the temperature reached minus 273 degrees, it would be absolute zero. Everything in the world would come to a standstill. Even Ding Meng's telekinesis would not be able to operate.
Of course, absolute zero was just a saying. It was impossible for an environment with such low temperatures to exist in the universe.
However, the deeper they flew, the lower the temperature became. When they reached a depth of 18000 meters, Ding Meng had to activate five origin points to resist the cold. This was enough to show how abnormal this huge pit was.
Under normal circumstances, the deeper they went into the planet's core, the higher the temperature would be. However, it was the complete opposite here. The temperature was getting lower and lower, completely defying the laws of physics.
Could it be that this place led to a black hole?
Just as Ding Meng thought of this, a light spot appeared in front of him. Since he could see light, it must be the exit.
Sure enough, the light spot slowly grew bigger and turned into a cursor. The cursor gradually turned into a disc. Then, Ding Meng's jaw dropped. He had an incredulous expression on his face.
Not only did he see the situation in front of him, but he also felt a powerful surge of energy. This disc gradually revealed its true form as he descended. This was Shenguang Biotechnology's Ghost Eye Demon Pupil.
Back on Planet Thorn and Planet Madison, Shenguang Biotechnology's Ghost Eye Demon Pupil only had a diameter of about 20 meters. However, this demon pupil in front of him occupied the entire tunnel. This was a teleportation portal that was more than 5,000 meters long.
Ordinary teleportation portals could teleport Ding Meng from one planet to another. However, this teleportation portal was at least ten times larger. What could it teleport?
How far could it travel?
How much power did it have?
These questions were beyond the limits of Ding Meng's imagination. He could not imagine it even if he was killed.
However, something terrifying finally happened. Ding Meng realized that this time, Shenguang Biotechnology's teleportation portal seemed to have an irresistible suction force. He had clearly turned around and was heading back up, but his body was involuntarily falling into the light spot.
"Not good!"
Xiao Ai exclaimed. "This time, Shenguang Biotechnology's power is unprecedentedly strong. It is 3,500 times more powerful than the sum of all the previous portals combined."
Ding Meng's head immediately buzzed. What did 3,500 times mean?
"Are you sure you didn't miscalculate?" Ding Meng shouted. He could not break free from this suction force.
"Hurry up and use the Diamond Star Technique to resist," Xiao Ai reminded him.
With a loud clang, a pure white, shiny crown shield immediately covered Ding Meng's body. It could be said that this was his strongest defense at the moment. Even a powerful combatant at the level of a battle sage would not be able to break through it with one blow.
However, Ding Meng's confidence was shattered a second later. The shield only took shape for a second before it was blown to smithereens by the powerful energy flow and turned into nothingness.
Just as he closed his eyes and prepared to die, the Ghost Eye Demon Pupil sucked him in. The death from suffocation that he had imagined did not happen. Neither did the instantaneous teleportation that he had imagined.
All he saw was a white light. This light was so bright that he could not even open his eyes. Even with his eyes closed, he felt a stinging pain in his eyeballs. It was obvious that this strong light had damaged the nerves in his retina.
For a moment, Ding Meng felt a sense of fear. He was a general-level origin ability user. Every part of his body, even his pores, had been tempered thousands of times by countless pure essences. But now, even light could stab him. Shenguang Biotechnology had once again refreshed his understanding of the world.
His whole body was in this world of light. Ding Meng gradually felt the light wrap around him like a sharp sword. It penetrated his body and also his brain. His head hurt so much that it felt like thousands of ants were gnawing on it. The origin was spinning wildly, and his origin energy was desperately resisting. However, the power of the light was so strong that it made one despair. There was no way to stop it.
The pain gradually penetrated his soul, and it felt like his soul was about to leave. Ding Meng's eyes flashed with many scenes of the past. It was not that he had not experienced this before. This was what it felt like to be on the verge of death.
Could it be that I will eventually die on a foreign planet?
Ding Meng suddenly felt a little sad. He was not afraid of death. He had brushed shoulders with death many times, but it was different this time. He still had many unfulfilled wishes, especially the mission that his elder brother, the princess, had given him. After seven years, he still had not been able to return to the Da Sheng Kingdom.
Gradually, his telekinetic vision spontaneously retracted, and his consciousness slowly blurred.
Death was sometimes so strange. Before Ding Meng completely closed his eyes, the last thing he thought of was not an old friend from the past, nor was it the inheritance of the hero's knife. Instead, it was Lu Qing's big, beautiful eyes. Now, these eyes seemed to be looking at him.
"If you want to return to your original world, can you bring me along with you?"
Unfortunately, he could not bring her along even if he wanted to.