Wandering Meteor-Chapter 354 - 353: The Superman Civilization

These two questions.

With Constant Star Lu Chen receiving another message from a different scientific team, the puzzle was finally solved.

The team that sent the message was a group of biologists, who had previously captured Electromagnetic Star People and was responsible for studying the biological structure and habits of the Electromagnetic Star People, unveiling the mysteries of the Electromagnetic Civilization.

After intensive research by this team of scientists, the biological structure of Electromagnetic Star People was finally clarified.

First, starting with the appearance of the Electromagnetic Star People. According to the measurements and detailed inquiries of the scientific team, the average height of adult Electromagnetic Star People is around two meters, which is slightly taller than that of current humans, whose average height is about one point nine meters. Their overall structure is very similar to humans, with a head, a pair of hands, a pair of legs, and even their facial features are quite similar.

However, there is a considerable difference between the overall image and appearance of the two.

This is due to the unique muscles and skin of the Electromagnetic Star People.

Their skin is not smooth like that of humans, but rather wavy.

This is because the superficial muscle layer of their skin consists of sturdy, scale-like muscle flakes that overlap each other, causing the skin tissue to evolve into a wavy structure and extend out soft flesh spines like sweat hairs. These waves and flesh spines cover their entire body, including the face and head, which from the aesthetic perspective of Earth People, makes each Electromagnetic Star Person’s appearance extremely terrifying, resembling humanoid monsters.

However, the uniqueness of the Electromagnetic Star People lies in these muscle flakes, which the scientists have named the "scale muscle."

Through repeated research by the scientists, it was discovered that between each scale muscle, there is a connected membrane tissue, and on every scale muscle, there are about ten to twenty nerves that lead directly to the central nervous system. Whenever these nerves are stimulated or receive commands, each scale muscle becomes activated and can suddenly allow an ion stream to pass through the cell membrane, forming a weak electric current, which is released from the flesh spines.

This is the origin of the name Electromagnetic Civilization.

Because everyone in the Electromagnetic Civilization can control the release of electric charge at will, and electricity is the electromagnetic force—one of the Four Basic Forces—hence, they call themselves Electromagnetic Civilization.

In other words, each scale muscle of the Electromagnetic Star People is essentially a small bioelectric cell, which when stimulated by nerves, releases an electric current. And according to the tests of the scientists, each scale muscle can release a voltage of about one volt, and although this voltage might seem weak, one must not forget that an Electromagnetic Star Person’s entire body is covered with this kind of scale muscle, not just a single piece. An adult Electromagnetic Star Person has approximately ten thousand of these scale muscles, and if each scale muscle can release 1 volt of voltage, then a fully grown Electromagnetic Star Person can release a high voltage electric current of ten thousand volts!

This is a very terrifying number, far higher than the safe electricity voltage currently used on Earth, whether it’s humans or animals, as long as they are touched even a bit, they will be instantly electrocuted into char.

However, according to the Electromagnetic Star People’s own accounts, their original discharging ability was not this strong; when they first evolved into sentient beings, each of their scale muscles could only discharge about 0.3 volts, with a maximum of around 3000 volts. However, with the advancement of technology, the Electromagnetic Star People were not satisfied with this, so their scientists conducted genetic research, and eventually, through the use of genetic enhancement drugs, they strengthened everyone’s genes, which allowed the discharging power of every Electromagnetic Star Person to increase by more than three times. And this is only an average level; some Electromagnetic Star People with stronger talents can even discharge up to a million volts, directly comparable to the voltage of natural lightning.

Indeed, this was the case. Throughout the history of Electromagnetic Civilization, many Electromagnetic Star People received discharge training from a young age; after growing up, they could release ultra-high voltages of a million volts, and to test their limits, some even directly withstood lightning during thunderstorms. Those who survived were crowned the name of Electromagnetic Super Man!

Of course, the Electromagnetic Star People may not realize, even their ordinary individuals, to other civilizations, are already akin to superhuman beings; hence the Electromagnetic Civilization is also called a Superhuman Civilization by many civilizations in the Universe.

Because everyone is a superhuman, capable of fighting a hundred foes single-handedly.

It is precisely because the Electromagnetic Star People possess special abilities bestowed upon them from above that their culture brims with personal heroism; they can all discharge electricity and control electric current, thus everyone possesses significant combat strength and is accustomed to using their own power to turn the tide against all odds.

Therefore, this brand of personal heroism in Electromagnetic Civilization is an inevitable result stemming from biological structure and environmental evolution.

This also means they do not rely on Planet Battle Stars as much as other Alien Civilizations do, instead depending on their own abilities. Like when they previously besieged the Wandering Star System, they almost all fought as individuals. However, every cloud has a silver lining, as it was precisely because personal heroism was so rampant that their development in Battle Planet Technology significantly lagged behind, with their main developmental focus on how to enhance individual combat capabilities.

Planet Battle Stars are merely their mode of transportation for long-distance flights.

Despite being capable of flight themselves, as the saying goes, humans are iron and food is steel; flying for too long will inevitably lead to fatigue, so naturally it’s more comfortable to have a means of transportation.

When it comes to flight, even in the airless vacuum of space, this is actually not an inherent ability of the Electromagnetic Star People but rather enabled through special equipment they wear. If speaking strictly of innate biological abilities, their control over electricity isn’t particularly strong—at least, not as powerful as it seems now, similar at most to a human-shaped electric eel. Without special equipment, they can only discharge normally, and despite the high voltage, it is exceedingly difficult for them to concentrate electricity in the palms of their hands.

Thus, after becoming an Advanced Civilization, in order to further enhance the combat capabilities of the Electromagnetic Star People, scientists within Electromagnetic Civilization developed a suit of Electromagnetic Armor perfectly suited for them.

Initially, the Electromagnetic Suit only assisted the Electromagnetic Star People in controlling the direction of electric current and could withstand extreme voltages to a certain degree, preventing harm to the body. But as they entered the space age, this suit continued to be upgraded and improved. First, micro anti-gravity devices were added to the soles, along with propulsion devices on the back, key components allowing every Electromagnetic Star Person to fly. Subsequently, to cope with the spatial environment, a circular helmet was added, equipped with detection devices to straightforwardly scan the surroundings.

Once Electromagnetic Civilization ascended to a Level 4 Civilization, they realized that if they could only control the electromagnetic force from the Four Basic Forces, their combat abilities would certainly be greatly diminished.

After all, at the same Energy Level, electromagnetic force simply cannot match up to the unified force.

Hence, after years of research, scientists finally miniaturized the unified force device to the size of a palm, a technological achievement on par with that of the Wandering Alliance.

Thereafter, they installed the palm-sized devices for converting and merging unified force into the chest and hands of the armor. Thus, anyone wearing the Electromagnetic Suit could internally discharge electricity, which would then be absorbed by the suit, converted into unified energy, and finally ejected through the propulsion equipment.

However, a new problem arose at this point—if relying solely on the Electromagnetic Star People’s own energy supply, even though their voltage could reach up to ten thousand volts, this is quite ordinary for industry or weaponry, let alone the need to convert it into unified force, requiring substantial energy while accounting for losses. Thus, to resolve the issue of insufficient energy, scientists further improved Celestial Body Capture devices for storing and converting energy, installing them on the outer sides of both legs of the Electromagnetic Suit.

With this knowledge, Constant Star Lu Chen gained a comprehensive understanding of Electromagnetic Civilization, and his two previous questions were readily answered.

It turns out, the reason why the Celestial Body Capture Devices of Electromagnetic Civilization were not destroyed in the explosion was twofold: first, the power of the explosion was insufficient, and second, scientists had used special explosion-resistant materials to ensure the devices could still be operated in extreme conditions.

After all, whenever Electromagnetic Star People exert their full strength, tremendous electric current energy forms intense halos around their bodies, which would have destroyed Celestial Body Capture Devices if they weren’t of sufficient quality—as these can contain electricity amounts of billions of volts.

Regarding the issue of Electromagnetic Star People utilizing the energy in the Celestial Body Capture Devices, at the end of the day, it’s not that they can use it directly but rather they utilize it indirectly with the aid of the Electromagnetic Suit. Moreover, the suit also has a reverse feeding system that can convert the energy from Celestial Body Capture into electric current and then transfer it to the wearer, ensuring their stamina and physical strength.

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