249: Chapter 249 The Four Fundamental Forces of the Universe! The Second Force Awakens!

Deep within the heavy rock cave, utter silence reigned.

Su Ming casually pushed the stones aside and shifted to a more comfortable position.

The meteorite rock beneath his buttocks felt a bit abrasive.

After shifting twice, he finally raised his hand and pressed down, flattening the protruding spot.

Now that was comfortable!

His mind sank into his consciousness, pulling up the all-too-familiar light screen.

[Host: Su Ming]

[Life Form: Third Life Form - Star Core Embryo]

[Talent: Mass Origin Evolution (Unique)]

[True Mass: 5050 tons (+)]

[Remaining mass points: 7180012]

[Core Density: 3.3 × 10 ⁸ kg / m ³ (≈ 2000 times the solar core)]

[Average Body Density: 4.8 × 10 ⁷ kg / m ³ (≈ 330 times the solar core)]

[Star Core Status: Mature]

[Gravitational Precision: Centimeter-level]

[Core Sequence: Mass Amplification Lv3, Mass Reconstruction Lv3, Mass Devouring Lv3]

[Redeemed Sequences: Mass Engine, Mass Mastery, Mass Concealment, Mass Resonance, Inertial Drift, Mass Heavy Cannon, Kinetic Siphon, Void Gravity Domain Lv2, Void Affinity, Gravity Anchoring Lv1, Gravitational Tide Lv1]

[Space: 100000 cubic meters (+)]

7,180,000 mass points.

This was all the working capital he had accumulated all the way from that rundown rental house in Jiangcheng up to now.

It was the hard-earned money he had "recycled" from various formidable enemies at the risk of his life.

After fighting tooth and nail all the way here, he had only managed to save up this little bit of family fortune.

Now, a single Breakthrough was going to burn nearly five million of it.

Su Ming looked at his balance, feeling a bit tight in his chest.

Before his body even started changing, his heart began to ache first.

"System, is there any discount for this Breakthrough?"

[None.]

"For my first promotion to the Fourth Life Form, aren't you going to throw in a ninety-five percent discount?"

[None.]

"What about five hundred thousand off for spending five million?"

[None.]

"Installments?"

[Please Host, stop insulting this System's settlement function.]

Su Ming clicked his tongue.

This System truly didn't understand consumer psychology.

When other people took out loans for martial arts cultivation, they could at least patch the east wall to mend the west wall.

But look at him—no credit accepted, no collateral accepted, and zero interest-free periods.

Fortunately, his balance was sufficient.

Money was only truly money when it was spent.

Leaving it on the interface was just a number.

"Let's begin."

"Charge towards the Fourth Life Form."

"Target... ten thousand tons!"

[Confirm input of 4950000 mass points?]

[This enhancement will exceed the carrying capacity limit of the Third Life Form.]

[During the transition process, the Host's material structure will undergo high-dimensional reorganization.]

[Do you wish to continue?]

"Continue!"

[Ding! Command confirmed!]

[Fourth Life Form transition procedure initiated! mass points infusion beginning!]

Hum——!

A low hum, resembling the primordial genesis of the Universe, resounded explosively from the Star Core Embryo within his body!

The 7,180,000 mass points poured down directly without the slightest buffer.

Boom!

The ground sank downward.

The spot where Su Ming sat crossed-legged collapsed half a meter, and the nearby meteorite iron sand slid across the ground toward his feet.

With him as the center, the surrounding space began to squeeze inward, twist, and collapse!

Rumble!

The hard meteorite rock walls let out an unbearable groan, collapsing inward in large swaths, yet when they approached within ten meters of his body, they were torn into fine powder by a more terrifying gravitational force, turning into a fragmented ring of dust circling him.

Mass, 6,000 tons!

Su Ming's body began to undergo changes.

His bones were lengthening inch by inch.

Crisp sounds like the clash of gold and iron emanated from every single vertebra—that was the recalibration and compaction under extreme mass.

His height began to surge at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his muscle fibers were repeatedly crushed, reorganized, and compressed.

His original 2.1-meter physique continued to grow taller.

Every inch of muscle shed its bloated feeling, turning into an exquisitely compressed streamline contour.

Su Ming lowered his gaze to look at his forearm.

The muscle lines were tighter than before, but the blue veins on the back of his hand had disappeared.

This was not a dimension that could be trained in a gym; this was density!

It was the physical manifestation of every single cell being compressed to its absolute limit!

Mass, 7,000 tons!

His height settled at around 2.16 meters, about ten centimeters taller than before.

Then, the real changes began.

His skin lost the texture of flesh and blood.

A gloomy, profound metallic crystal luster emerged from the position of his heart on his chest, spreading toward his limbs.

Su Ming raised his arm, bent his fingers, and knocked on his forearm with his knuckles.

There was no dull thud.

"Clang!"

Crisp and distant, it echoed throughout the entire cave.

A crisp, distant sound, just like striking a bronze bell in an ancient temple, reverberated throughout the cave.

Hardness!

Su Ming knocked again.

"Clang!"

"..."

"If Shen Qingci knew that knocking on her future boyfriend had the same effect as a monk striking a temple bell, I wonder if she'd still be willing to hold hands..."

Mass reached... 8,000 tons!

The changes within his body began to delve into the microscopic level.

The atomic nuclei were crushed and shattered by their own gravity.

The extranuclear electrons were forcibly stripped from their atomic orbitals, converging into a dense "degenerate electron sea".

Only at this moment could the "electron degeneracy state" of the Third Life Form be truly considered worthy of its name.

A thin line split open on the skin of Su Ming's hand.

No blood flowed out.

What was revealed beneath the crack was not muscle tissue either.

Instead, it was a layer of gloomy metallic crystal light.

Following closely, a layer of extremely fine dark blue patterns, originating from his chest cavity's heart, spread along his collarbones, shoulder blades, and spine toward all four limbs and bones.

The patterns were intricate and precise, resembling a human circuit diagram engraved beneath his skin.

Su Ming's eyelids twitched.

This was no longer the change of normal biological tissue!

The atomic spacing was still shortening.

Free electrons squeezed together, using degeneracy pressure to resist the continuous inward collapse.

Beneath his body surface, massive amounts of free electrons formed a stable and high-speed directional circulation due to extreme compression.

The magnetic flux was compressed hundreds of millions of times, finally reaching a certain critical point.

A completely brand-new power slowly awakened from every inch of his "degenerate state" flesh and blood.

This was not a skill bestowed out of thin air by the System.

Moving charges excite electromagnetism!

When mass piled up to the limit and gravity crushed through the material barrier,

The second of the four fundamental forces of the Universe... [Electromagnetic Force]!

As an inherent attribute of degenerate state matter!

It popped right out on its own!

(Refreshing! There is another chapter!)