Chapter 1361 - 379: Star-Eating Entity

The words from the Head of the Climate Transformation Department left Chen Ming stunned for a moment.

He really hadn’t considered the method suggested by the head to ascertain what exactly happened a few years ago, but it seemed plausible.

Isn’t superluminal technology supposed to be used this way?

Previously, because the wormhole’s location was less than five light-years from this star system, Chen Ming could only see the already cooled star, and his mind hadn’t yet comprehended the situation.

But in the universe beyond five light-years, everything was still as it was five years ago, allowing him to see the star’s past appearance.

Although the precision of optical observation over such distance definitely wasn’t as good as close-range sensor scans, it was adequate on a stellar scale.

After accepting the head’s suggestion, Chen Ming continued to have the Climate Transformation Department record planetary data on the Gaia Planet, preparing for future climate transformation.

Then he left the planet, boarded his Supreme Point, and jumped to a location approximately five light-years from the star system where Gaia Planet was located.

Since Chen Ming wasn’t too knowledgeable about climate matters, he could only estimate that the rapid changes on Gaia Planet occurred around five years ago.

Therefore, the distance he jumped certainly wasn’t precise.

He couldn’t precisely jump to the period of significant changes in the star.

However, that didn’t affect anything; he just needed to point the ship’s sensors at Gaia Planet’s star system and then repeatedly jump along a straight line to adjust the precise distance.

Soon, at approximately 5.3 light-years from the Gaia Star System, Chen Ming observed some occurrences on that star through optical sensors.

The light from 5.3 years ago had reached this location now.

Chen Ming saw a gigantic "flare" with a tail, heading straight from outside the star system towards the star within.

And after processing the captured photos, the full image of that flare appeared before him.

It wasn’t a flare.

Instead, it was a gigantic creature that resembled a phage—a virus that devours bacteria.

It had a perfectly regular icosahedral head similar to a phage, an extremely thick and long trunk differing in proportional structure from a phage, and six robust tails extending from the end of its trunk for self-support.

The flare swiftly approached the star.

The seemingly heavy giant beast didn’t simply plunge into the star but stood effortlessly on its surface, piercing its six tails into the star.

Used to maintain the balance of its massive and thick body with its head.

At the base of its trunk, a mosquito-like organ or some organizational structure began to extend downward, piercing into the star.

Soon, a large amount of stellar material was suctioned out of the star itself and into the monster’s body.

The creature’s body grew brighter, with a substance resembling the star’s vitality flowing along the edges of its head.

Along with it, its size seemed to increase.

The temperature in this area of the star’s surface visibly dropped.

And this "phage" or rather "star-devouring" was clearly unsatisfied, continuing to move across the star’s surface, devouring its material.

It itself became brighter and the star became dimmer.

By comparing the size of the "flare" with the planet and the star.

It could be estimated that the flare was about half the size of a Plane Nightmare.

And the flare Chen Ming observed on the star earlier was at least twice the size of two Plane Nightmares.

Either the flare Chen Ming saw was indeed a real flare, separate from the monster which should be called "star-devouring."

Or over the past five years, the star-devouring grew to its current size by consuming the energy of the star.

The answer is self-evident.

Chen Ming accelerated the Supreme Point slightly, heading forward.

This allowed him to quickly observe the situations involving the star-devouring, the star, and the interior of the star system.

Soon, the star-devouring nearly extracted all high-energy material from the star’s surface, and the star that originally provided vitality to planets in the habitable zone was no longer present.

As the star’s temperature decreased, the once vibrant azure Gaia Planet became completely icebound in just a few months.

Blizzards became the visible climate on the planet’s surface.

The planet’s consciousness didn’t give up, stubbornly maintaining the underground ecosystem until today.

Having watched the entire process, Chen Ming couldn’t help but sigh and said, "Another one."

To be exact, he’s already encountered three creatures of this magnitude.

One Scavenger Robot, one Plane Nightmare, and now the star-devouring entity he’s observing which exists to consume stars.

There’s not much left to say.

The Plane Nightmare had hindered his progress and became a half Plane Nightmare.

This star-devouring entity obstructed his actions to restore Gaia Planet, and must follow in the footsteps of the Plane Nightmare.

Chen Ming had to find a way to lure the now submerged star-devouring entity out of the star and kill it.

Once it’s dealt with, although Gaia Planet may not directly restore, its environment would at least cease further deterioration, and the star’s weakening would no longer increasingly affect the planets within the star system.