Two-Stage Pierce

Chapter 14: 1.14 Chapter: Second Stage Pierce

After the Fenghou Group's Cuju match concluded, Ke Feijia, as a person involved in the 4.1 incident, underwent relevant investigations.

After clearing his name, he reported his movements and rushed to Wei Keng's location by plane.

"Your actions have significantly altered history," Ke Feijia told Wei Keng with great seriousness.

Wei Keng, after reviewing the assassination data sent by Ke Feijia, asked, "Is it because of my influence in spacetime? That's why assassinations occurred downstream?"

Bai Jingqi's unfortunate encounter made Wei Keng feel a bit embarrassed.

Wei Keng further pondered that he was currently only providing employment for those with lower educational qualifications and planning a market for affordable products.

Doing so might promote the rise of the intelligent program industry in the future. Just this alone caused other national powers downstream in this plane to flip the table, resorting to eliminating the 'erroneous' source that appeared to them.

Then... if he were to directly present a clear agenda to attack the high-level intellectual circles in this era, what would happen?

Wei Keng's expression grew increasingly solemn as he began to understand why only he was making improvements.

Ke Feijia interrupted Wei Keng's deep contemplation, "Your superpower accumulation has been going on for a year, right?"

Wei Keng nodded.

The system in Wei Keng's consciousness, codenamed Jiajing 3443, was now operating.

This system meticulously measured the resonance amplitude between the current fluctuations of Wei Keng's consciousness and the meson-macro particles. Following the original cultivation methods of this world, which Ke Feijia had collected as internal energy cultivation techniques, it made micro-adjustments to Wei Keng's daily physiological state.

Daoist Breathing Exercise had daily routines.

Wei Keng's system was even more detailed in this regard.

Every morning at six, it first detected the body's current movement and blood conditions. Then, on the Plum Blossom Stance, a set of movements similar to Tai Chi was performed for bodily coordination. During the day, divided into six periods of daylight, different frequencies of breathing exercises were performed. Diet was precisely coordinated down to the gram. In the evening, during the Yin-generating hours, he would lie in a Life Support Pod, and under magnetic coordination, enter deep sleep.

This method would make the internal energy increasingly profound in the later stages, but it was very slow in the early stages. How slow?

When Wei Keng first entered this world, his consciousness and spirit were highly mismatched. At the current pace, it would take about another ten years before he could attach a trace of True Qi to a small piece of paper when passing it to a girl, precisely controlling it to land in her hand. This level was sufficient for guiding a Model Aircraft, but controlling a large mecha? Impossible. It was no wonder the Daoist Priest looked down on Wei Keng.

Ke Feijia said, "Share your system with me, let me see your superpower accumulation."

Ke Feijia carefully examined Wei Keng's condition.

A three-dimensional projection of Wei Keng's physical condition appeared before them. Ke Feijia's facial expression was calm. Wei Keng was clearly adhering to all the precepts in a standard manner. No lust, no drinking, and his daily meals were matched on time. However, in the projection, the frequency fluctuations of the meson-macro particles in various neural systems were still in the state of a seed breaking open.

Of course, there was nothing to be disappointed about. As a transmigrator, it was impossible to perfectly fit the target plane on their first transmigration. Ke Feijia's current aptitude in this world was only achieved after three transmigrations.

After retracting the projection, Ke Feijia said, "Do you want to gain superpowers faster?"

Wei Keng didn't take the bait. Instead, he probed, "Seeking wealth in danger?"

Ke Feijia: "Crossing inherently carries risks. I'm merely proposing a method. The choice is yours."

Wei Keng nodded.

Ke Feijia: "After our consciousness arrives in a plane, it binds to some particles of this world. These particles often include those that can produce unique phenomena in various planes." He snapped his fingers, a crisp sound of air bursting forth. "This plane's meson-macro particles are influenced by consciousness. Therefore, when consciousness undergoes potential displacement, it can make these associated particles more energetic."

Wei Keng's nerves were stirred. "Potential displacement? Is that the keyword?"

Ke Feijia: "Exactly. If you use this plane as a base and cross again, upon returning, you'll be able to sense the scale of meson-macro particles in your consciousness."

Wei Keng: "Cross back to the Main World?"

Ke Feijia: "If it were the year 2603 of the Main World, it would be possible. But it's wartime now. If you cross back to the Main World and then return, there won't be enough time. The time flow here is 10 times that of the Main World. It takes you a week through the gravity well. After staying a day in the Main World, ten days will have passed here. Our mission is to be stationed in this space-time, so you cannot leave this plane for too long."

Wei Keng nodded, understanding that he needed to go to a space-time region with a faster time flow.

At the same time, he once again realized that his younger brother had started working a few years earlier than him, and his influence in this plane far exceeded his previous expectations. His weak position in the Luoshui Group remained unchanged.

Two months later, Wei Keng took two weeks of leave from the group.

He came to the Northern Shaanxi region. The Luoshui Group's headquarters were in the Guanzhong Qin Land, but this was the first time Wei Keng learned of a facility here.

A hemispherical electromagnetic field controller with a diameter of one hundred meters. The energy arrangement on its shell resembled golden dragon scales. This facility's codename in official documents was Hetu.

Where there was Hetu, there was Luoshu. Wei Keng inferred that there were at least two laboratories.

In this world, in 1943, the North American Union conducted an ultra-space-time experiment in Philadelphia. An entire warship directly jumped 479 kilometers to Norfolk. Although the North American side kept the experiment highly confidential, the Shenzhou side still obtained intelligence.

The Shenzhou Military followed up on this project, and this was one of its laboratories. Within this laboratory, phenomena of ultra-space-time displacement and space rifts had already been successfully tested.

However, the Shenzhou Military's evaluation of this technology was: a specific phenomenon caused under specific conditions, easily interfered with, and consuming too much electrical energy, with low practical value.

The Shenzhou Combat Research Department's current tactical thinking was: to increase projectile velocity and range through electromagnetic overload, and enhance electromagnetic armor protection. Consuming a large amount of electrical energy to achieve ultra-space-time teleportation had little tactical value, so it was not a priority of research. Currently, it was merely a technical reserve.

However, from the perspective of the Main World, sending matter-energy level leaps into the space-time rift in this world was a significant step towards projection and reception for the Main World. Therefore, for traversers from the Main World, this instrument capable of sending self-matter information into a space-time rift was sufficient, enabling a second crossing.

Wei Keng, the weak leader, had only recently learned from the Luoshui Group's archives that the ultra-space-time technology in the Shenzhou of this plane was initially supported by Wei Keng's Father. Later, Wei Keng's brother, Wei Qiang, continued to invest in its research and development with the military. As for Wei Keng? The elders in the family wanted to cancel these unnecessary projects, so they didn't tell Wei Keng.

However, how could it be canceled? In the Main World, this project was Wei Qiang's significant achievement during his sixth crossing, allowing him to be promoted from Corporal to Sergeant. In this plane's space-time region, traversers in adjacent timelines also established corresponding facilities and tactical support systems based on Wei Qiang's research.

To reiterate: situations differ across timelines. The timeline adjacent to Shenzhou's is the Central Revolutionary Alliance. This space-time region has several timelines, and the conflict between the two factions of traversers from the Main World is severe.

After understanding the situation, Wei Keng couldn't help but sigh, "The people before me were all capable individuals."

Now.

Wei Keng came to this facility under the guise of an inspection, but after entering, Ke Feijia and Wei Keng immediately gained full administrative access from the facility's Artificial Intelligence.

The Main World had kept some backdoors in important technological facilities on this plane. During construction, Wei Qiang had connected some nodes on the Computer Chips here to the Main World, allowing for direct information Warp. Wei Keng didn't even need to swipe a card; facial recognition granted him access all the way into the Space-Time Pod.

As electrical energy converged in the Space-Time Pod, Wei Keng's body slid through the Hyper-Space Stream towards an unknown spatial region.

Upon entering the Space-Time Rift, Wei Keng connected to the system in his consciousness. The system stated: "Suitable plane matched. Please select traversal."

Wei Keng looked at the multiple plane data options presented before him.

Traversing planes had its nuances. Firstly, Wei Keng was not traveling back and forth from the Main World, so the ultimate manifestation of Meson-Macro Particles might not be suitable for True Qi. This kind of traversal towards a high time flow rate would make a certain attribute of Meson-Macro Particles extremely extreme. When Wei Keng returned, the supernormal phenomena displayed by the link between his consciousness and the Meson-Macro Particles might more closely resemble the situation of Ability Users trained in Western laboratories.

Currently, there were four mainstream applications of supernormal abilities in the Near Planes like Shenzhou:

The first was Mind Control.

The second was Energy Storage: supernormal abilities were unleashed like bombs.

The third was Shaping: supernormal abilities were accumulated to form tools with almost no mass but considerable toughness (often used for shields).

The fourth was Erosion: which involved loading abilities onto a substance (like a bullet), temporarily enhancing its material properties to an extreme degree. This allowed Information Bullets made of Nano Material to easily penetrate the thick armor of Tanks and Warships, pinpointing and eliminating personnel inside.

Wei Keng was currently choosing a plane with physical differences for traversal. Upon his return, his supernormal abilities would tend to align with the first or second category.

Wei Keng knew he was a rookie. Considering safety, he focused on the two planes corresponding to Energy Storage and Shaping.

Among these, the Shaping plane was the Star Wars Plane.

Wei Keng: "Hmm, Star Wars. Does Faster-Than-Light Travel have an energy uncompensable paradox?"

System: "The cosmic region where our star is located is a normal area. In some regions connected by Dark Matter, Atomic Matter can undergo Warp. These regions have been identified through current Astronomical Observation."

A cosmic map opened. Fifty billion light-years away, among numerous galaxies, regions suitable for Warp were marked.

Of course, the interstellar spaces where Warp was possible were not large. Larger spaces contained over two hundred stars, while smaller ones had only a few. They were distributed within a galaxy, becoming stations on the galaxy's high-speed traversal network. If there was a Life Planet near such a region, it would be as convenient as buying a house next to a subway station in the 21st century, eliminating the need to look up at the sea of stars and inwardly compete like Earth.

Wei Keng hesitated about this interstellar plane.

This plane also had Human Civilization. Their genes had some differences from Earth humans, making them a kind of subspecies. However, that wasn't the main issue. That plane also had supernormal abilities, called Psionic Energy. Given that it was an interstellar world with Ship Technology, there might be unforeseen circumstances.

So, Wei Keng looked at the second plane.

This place was rather peculiar. According to the detected information, it was an entire continent bathed by eight suns that alternated their illumination. The ratio of their illumination within eight days was 9:7:8.5:7.6:6.4:7.8:6.4:8.1:8.7.

Wei Keng: "Eight stars shining in rotation? What's going on?"

System: "According to current mapping, the continent and waters are in a rotating axial cylinder state. Based on its Geological Structure, Plate Tectonics and Gravitational Turbulence occurred 30 million years ago, as determined by a Cesium Atomic Clock. It appears a planet was stretched into a thin strip."

A simulation quickly showed a large planet being stretched into a long strip. Then, the image zoomed out to reveal a black hole absorbing the planet, and this elongated structure was rapidly passing by the eight stars surrounding the black hole, relative to the outside.

Because time in the inner region of a black hole is different from the outside, it doesn't feel too fast inside. Therefore, after being torn apart, the planetoid underwent initial destruction and melting, and then seemed to stabilize, forming a band-like matter.

On this band-like matter, only eight days passed with each rotation. As it fell, time inside would become longer and longer, while from the outside, the rotation speed would appear to increase. However, to endure the eons within this falling black hole, it still required perseverance. Thus, after falling into the black hole and as the early destruction gradually ended, new life began to evolve.

The system supplemented: "The above explanation utilizes black hole theory, but it is currently only a hypothesis. Because we have only traveled into it and cannot step outside that world to construct a comprehensive observational system, we can only deduce based on existing theories and observations."

Wei Keng carefully examined the image on the plane information. Eight suns of varying brightness took turns working. The key point was that such a world also had humans. So, how vast was the universe that the main world's civilization could observe, and how much remained unobserved?

A countdown prompt appeared. Wei Keng knew this was not the time for contemplation; a decision had to be made.

After obtaining the plane information, Wei Keng remained hesitant, hoping the system would offer more specific advice.

[Some people understand a situation to make a decision, while others, like Wei Keng, 'understand the situation' to know if they are being taken advantage of when someone else makes the decision for them. Unlike other young traversers eager to achieve great things, Wei Keng seemed more like an old-timer in an office just passing the time.]

However, the system was not an object to be relied upon.

System: "Interstellar plane. Your forefathers have already arranged an initial force in this plane. You can inherit an excellent social status upon entering."

Wei Keng muttered to himself, "It won't be a bunch of siblings again, will it? My father, he really didn't live in vain this life."

The system continued: "Choose the Black Hole Axis Plane. You can carry a portion of supplies with you on a one-way trip. For your first traversal, you can carry cargo up to one-third of your body weight. Please make your decision within ten seconds. 10, 9, 8..."

Wei Keng felt himself, finding no coin to flip.

Finally, a thought struck him. He raised his hand and quickly slapped himself in the face five times in rapid succession. Slap, slap, slap, slap, smack—he held back on the last one.

Wei Keng: "I felt pain on the fourth slap. Even number. Right, I choose the second option." Wei Keng cheerfully made his decision.

The Chrono Legionnaire is an Allied Infantry Unit from the game series Red Alert 2. No matter where the Chrono Legionnaire needs to go, it doesn't need to walk; instead, it teleports instantly across the map. The distance of the teleportation determines how long it will take before it can teleport again or attack after arriving at a new location. Because it cannot move or attack for a period after teleporting (the duration of immobility is proportional to the teleportation distance), the Chrono Legionnaire is extremely vulnerable during this time. The Chrono Legionnaire's weapon is very unique (suspected to be a modified Rift Generator). It directly erases enemy units and buildings from spacetime (neutral buildings leave no ruins after being erased), rather than destroying them. The higher the enemy's health, the longer it takes. While erasing enemy units, the units being erased cannot attack or move.