These days have been too peaceful, so peaceful that Bai Yi feels uneasy.
The planet's atmospheric condenser has been operating at full power for quite some time. The planet has shrunk significantly in size, and the color of its atmosphere has shifted from green to yellow. The planet's surface atmosphere has been completely drained, and the condenser is now extracting gases from the planet's core.
The main source of these gases is the liquid oceans within the planets, which are originally in an extremely high-pressure environment, so that air molecules are forced to form an environment similar to that of the ocean.
As the thick atmosphere that had been pressing on their heads was sucked away by the condenser, these long-oppressed molecules were immediately released. The entire surface of the ocean was boiling, and a large amount of liquid vaporized into new atmosphere, which was then sucked into the hanging pipes.
The planet's oceans surround a solid core, composed primarily of metallic hydrogen, with temperatures exceeding 1200°C. As surface pressure rapidly decreases, this solid core, forced into shape by the pressure, begins to vibrate unsteadily.
Eventually, as the top pressure dropped beyond a certain threshold, the entire core exploded violently. Losing the inward gravitational pull of matter, the accumulated internal energy tore the core apart, forming a massive outward jet.
This explosion completely shattered the entire Forgiveness Planet from the inside out, causing its volume to quadruple in five seconds. Gravity gradually slowed its speed, but it continued to expand outward. The surging gas mass completely engulfed the atmospheric condenser originally set in orbit, but Bai Yi had anticipated this.
Therefore, these devices were not damaged in the explosion. They will continue to operate in the gas envelope, gradually slowing down due to friction, and finally crashing into the planet's remaining core. Before that, they will continue to operate at full power to collect as much material as possible.
The construction workers who were maintaining the condenser had been evacuated to a safe distance by Bai Yi before the explosion. Through the construction workers' cameras, he could clearly see the entire process of the explosion.
It's like a miniature supernova explosion. At the moment of the explosion, the entire planet is penetrated by the light emitted from the core. By observing the rapid photography frame by frame, the atmospheric structure inside the entire planet can be clearly seen.
To put it more intuitively, it's like you threw a firecracker into the water.
The original Forgiveness Star was just a bubble created when the firecracker fell. But the moment the core exploded, the firecracker exploded.
Accompanied by a powerful flash, the shockwave rapidly spread in all directions, instantly forming a large cavity in the water. Unlike in space, the bubbles created by an explosion in water gradually return to their original shape due to the water's own gravity, whereas the aftermath of an explosion in space continues to spread outward at a constant speed.
This explosion reduced the remaining mass of Forgiveness Star by 30%. This reduced mass was ejected into space along with the high-speed airflow generated by the explosion. The orbital speed of some of the gas masses was so fast that it exceeded the current escape velocity of Forgiveness Star and even exceeded the second cosmic velocity of the current galaxy.
In the foreseeable future, they will break free from the constraints of the Pass C11 star and fly into outer space.
However, compared with a true supernova explosion, this explosion still seems too pale and weak. After all, it is just an ordinary gas giant. Its mass in the entire galaxy accounts for only a single digit, and it cannot even trigger a fission reaction in its core.
"It's really pretty."
Bai Yi took a seeded strawberry from the maid and waved his hand to turn off the projection.
The realistic starry sky around it began to recede, revealing the originally gray-white arched pavilion and the black filling material between the pillars.
"Miss maid, don't you feel that you have been living too comfortably lately?" he asked the maid beside him.
Maid Miss, that's her name.
"Is there any?" The maid didn't look at Bai Yi. She lowered her head and just used a pin to pick out the black particles on the strawberries.
"I think life like this is pretty good. It gives me a sense of security."
She put a picked strawberry in Bai Yi's hand and took out a new one.
Bai Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Indeed, this girl has lived this way since she was born, and she's probably used to it by now. Although he downloaded a huge amount of life data for the maid, there are some things that you can't feel without experiencing them firsthand.
"There's an old saying on Earth: 'The storm is coming, and the wind is blowing in the building.' It means it's a sign before a major change in the situation. Another way to say it is 'the calm before the storm.'"
"The storm is coming..." The maid chewed over these words carefully.
"What's behind this wind?"
"Maybe it's 'the empty mountains after the rain', maybe it's 'the rain is pouring down like a river'."
"Is that so?" The maid handed Bai Yi another strawberry. "Come to think of it, the Stargate seems to be about to have a trial run. Aren't you going there?"
"Ah, I was just about to tell you about this." Bai Yi exerted force on his waist and sat up from the sofa.
"The newest acceleration track is online. I'm planning to send a shuttle over there this afternoon. Do you want to join in the fun?"
"No need for that," the maid said with a faint smile. "I'm just a maid. My job is to keep the house clean while the master is away traveling."
"Thank you for your hard work." Bai Yi reached out and rubbed the top of her head. The maid's design had some elements of a beast-eared girl. Although she didn't have a tail, she had a pair of furry black cat ears on her head, which felt very nice to the touch. When he had nothing else to do, Bai Yi loved to rub her 1.6-meter-tall head.
"Then I'll trouble you to look after the house by yourself."
"What are you talking about?" The maid squinted her eyes, feeling the warmth coming from above her head.
"Isn't your computer room right here in the basement? The one who left is actually your clone. We're actually always together."
Bai Yi felt a little embarrassed. Although what he said was true, he always felt that this 1.6-meter-tall maid seemed to have awakened some strange attributes.
"Then... I'll be leaving first." Bai Yi stood up and was about to leave, but then he seemed to remember something and turned back to the maid and said, "Can you change your habit of picking out strawberry seeds?"
The maid looked at him, her beautiful eyes curved into a pair of crescents.
"I'm currently training in maid studies. Being attentive and patient is a must for maids."
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