Chapter 781 - 486: Trapped by the Cosmos (Part 2)

Chapter 781: Chapter 486: Trapped by the Cosmos (Part 2)

The collision at such a speed naturally brought about astonishing damage,

The asteroid shattered into countless small fragments, spreading in all directions as expected,

Wang Ye was nearly crushed to pieces,

His entire lower body exploded into a blood mist, leaving only his heart, cervical vertebrae, and brain intact in his upper body.

The damage was much more severe than when he endured a nuclear explosion.

Despite these injuries, he would almost be healed in ten seconds, but the near-death experience left a lingering fear in his heart.

"Indeed... the Cosmos is much more dangerous than Earth," Wang Ye couldn’t help but lament.

On Earth, with the protection of the atmosphere, he almost never encountered such a high level of damage. Giant asteroid impacts can be predicted years in advance by humans, while small asteroid impacts might not even penetrate the atmosphere and be completely worn out. On Earth, he would be protected by Earth, but off Earth, his safety depended solely on himself.

"However... the asteroid just now did appear rather mysteriously..."

Wang Ye couldn’t help but mutter,

With his current power, even if he couldn’t avoid dangers at super-speed, he could sense their arrival beforehand.

But not through the normal Five Senses, but by observing celestial spectrum wavelengths,

It’s important to know there’s a special way to observe in the Cosmos, which is the redshift and blueshift.

Redshift and blueshift are core physical quantities describing changes in celestial spectrum wavelengths,

Mainly used to measure the change in electromagnetic radiation wavelength due to relative motion, universe expansion, or Force Field from celestial bodies. When humans cannot observe the distance and trajectory of extremely distant bodies with telescopes, they use this method to estimate.

These redshift and blueshift are typically caused by the relative motion between the light source and the observer, following the classical Doppler effect. When celestial bodies are moving away from Earth, light waves are stretched, manifesting as redshift; when approaching, they manifest as blueshift. Moreover, different speeds of moving away and approaching lead to different redshift and blueshift.

Humans rely on this method to determine that the universe is expanding. Because when observing extremely distant celestial bodies, humans usually found that they are rapidly moving away.

But observing redshift typically requires certain specialized instruments.

For Wang Ye, he only needs his eyes to see these spectral changes.

Using it to judge the direction and distance of surrounding celestial bodies.

In other words, normally when asteroids or larger celestial bodies approach Wang Ye, he can sense them prophetically.

But this time, he seemed distracted and didn’t sense the approaching of the asteroid.

Wang Ye suspected that it was some kind of cosmic interference.

Forcing him to suffer this disaster.

Simply put, he was trapped by the Cosmos.

"This thing might be Heaven’s tribulation..." Wang Ye murmured while soaring.

Heaven’s tribulation seems like a setup from Immortal Heroes novels or prehistoric novels, but in reality, this setup also exists.

Or rather, the setting of Heaven’s tribulation in Immortal Heroes novels and prehistoric novels is actually derived from reality.

It’s known that the underlying rules of the Cosmos are entropy and balance. The existence and development of anything must comply with these two underlying rules.

The emergence of the strong undoubtedly broke these rules, as the strong need to absorb the resources of the weak, breaking the balance, and the strong would usually form organizations and rules, violating the increase of entropy.

To combat the strong, the Cosmos usually sends down a "tribulation" to kill the strong.

This is essentially an action to repair bugs.

Like a flat desert where a line of footprints appears due to someone’s passage,

This line of footprints will not exist forever; as the wind and sand gradually sweep over them, the line of footprints will gradually vanish.

Characters etched into stone will also be worn away with the passage of time,

This change is called weathering by humans.

Weathering is a form of "tribulation."

Any object that erases traces can be called "tribulation."

Why have dynasties been short-lived throughout history?

It’s because of "tribulation."

Tribulations are usually silent.

Not like in novels, manifesting as thunder and lightning.

It exists in all things; when you achieve greatness, break the balance, the tribulation will gradually descend upon you.

That’s why many people find that when they get lucky accomplishing something, they often face a period of misfortune.

Or after realizing their dreams and earning a lot of money, their health begins to decline, preventing them from enjoying their wealth before falling ill.

This is tribulation.

Everyone carries tribulation,

be it light or heavy.

Some whose strength is excessive will have excessively heavy tribulation; sometimes, it may indeed manifest as thunder and lightning, but that’s already a very high-spec tribulation. The Immortal in novels reaches this level.

But when ordinary people become stronger, such as becoming a powerful figure, the Heaven’s tribulation attracted will only manifest in minor matters and will not appear as true disasters. An organization that becomes a common entity will also have a common tribulation, but this tribulation usually appears on everyone as minor matters or misfortune.

But when it reaches Wang Ye’s level. Tribulation has essentially materialized, manifesting as natural disasters. So he suspects that the asteroid just now should be a manifestation of a natural disaster.

If he continues to grow stronger, continues absorbing more cosmic energy, interfering with cosmic balance, even threatening the safety of an entire vast space-time, more Heaven’s tribulations will likely descend upon him one after another.

This is not alarmist talk, nor superstition, but a real possibility; Wang Ye currently feels as if he faces an invisible obstruction in whatever he tries to accomplish, which is the side effect of his overwhelming strength.

With this realization, Wang Ye was slightly troubled.

With the system around, his path to strength is nearly unstoppable,

To prevent Heaven’s tribulations from threatening his life,

He can only follow the system, letting himself become stronger at a speed faster than the arrival of tribulations.

Disaster will forever be one step behind me.

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Several days later.

April 17, 2025.

On Earth.

International Extraordinary Response Alliance,

A military man coldly watched the international news being broadcast on the big screen before him.

The international news prudently reported that Wang Ye had returned to Earth and is now cultivating somewhere in China.

Watching the international news in front of him, the military man was angry, slamming the conference table heavily, creating a rumbling sound, clearly with noticeable force, a strike that would likely knock a normal person off.

"Damn it, the boy has returned to Earth!"

"Sir, should we still proceed with the operation?" asked a technician beside him.

"No, wait, keep waiting." The military man’s tone was icy. After his anger gradually cooled, he paused to ponder and said, "I have a feeling he won’t stay on Earth long. Some birds are destined not to be caged; with his strength, Earth is so small now. I actually think it’s odd for him to return to Earth at this critical moment."

"Do you mean he should be exploring the more vast Cosmos rather than returning to Earth now?" asked the man beside him.

The military man nodded, "Exactly, Earth’s resources are too scarce. To continue strengthening, he will inevitably go to other planets, even other star systems, yet he returned to Earth... this doesn’t make sense. Either he will leave Earth again someday, or this news is false."

Sitting in the chair beside him, Matthew chimed in, "From our observations, his strength growth seems highly dependent on resources. For example, if his calcium bone quality is insufficient, he’d replace the bones with tungsten or carbon, but with his current strength, Earth’s resources are inadequate for his continued evolution, so he should be eager to find resources on more distant alien planets now."