After reaching the maximum level, my "soft rice system" finally arrived.

Immediately afterwards——

The area around that enormous star.

Whether it's the drifting corona, the bright solar flares, or the escaping solar wind...

Everything was frozen in the blink of an eye.

then.

It was as if the fast-forward button had been pressed.

Not a hundred times, not a thousand times.

Instead, it's ten thousand times, one hundred thousand times, one million times.

The fusion reaction is being accelerated millions of times, and at the star's core, the once nearly inexhaustible hydrogen is being consumed at a rate hundreds of times faster than that of a Sun-like star.

In just a few breaths, the main sequence phase of this massive star, which was not very long to begin with, was completed.

Under the high temperature and pressure brought about by that enormous mass, helium combines to form carbon.

At the same time, a hydrogen combustion shell was formed.

The nascent helium core was burning steadily, the colossal star was expanding, and the scorching temperature and storms were burning the surrounding cosmic space.

It formed a red supergiant that was much larger and more dazzling than a red giant.

however--

"Red Superstar".

But this is still not the end of the story.

In the starry sky, all the scenes are still rushing wildly.

If what happened before was merely a prelude, then what is about to begin now is the real rampage.

The dazzling light of the red superstar reflected in Ciel's eyes.

Behind him, countless stars were shining brightly, and a torrent of information was roaring and surging in the nascent quantum universe.

The concept materializes into a single, massive star—

Such a feat, which could be praised by the Twilight Giant, who had achieved a near-god status, as a "miracle unparalleled in the multiverse," was naturally not something easily accomplished.

This means that Charles must, within the ocean of consciousness, meticulously and completely simulate the motion of all the fundamental particles within an entire star, starting from the most basic quantum level.

If even one of those countless particles malfunctions, the "imaginary star" manifested by Shire will collapse in an instant, becoming unable to overwrite or interfere with reality.

Whether it was his spirit or soul, or the illusory quantum computer, everything was currently at its most extreme state of full load and overclocking.

The entire fantastical universe was roaring, as if it could collapse completely at any moment.

However, Charles's gaze remained calm.

He stared directly at the red superstar that was constantly expanding, venting and spewing massive amounts of mass outwards.

Then, a somber announcement was made.

"time--"

“We need to speed up.”

Chapter 100 Imaginary Daylight: Supernova Explosion

The light is rushing.

The light is flowing.

In that infinitely distant place, the entire river of stars, born of imagination, is roaring and flowing ceaselessly.

And the flow of time is also accelerating.

The flow of time within the prime material plane is vast and stable, making it virtually impossible to rewrite the flow of time over a large scale.

but--

In this world that entirely belongs to Charles, rewritten by his own perception, and constructed entirely from pure fantasy—

Rewrite time, reverse the passage of time.

All of this, however, has become a real possibility.

In this world born of fantasy—

This will transform a process that would normally take millions or tens of millions of years to complete.

Compress it down to tens of seconds, or even just a few breaths.

Inside that scorching "imaginary star," the fusion reaction is accelerating.

The hydrogen deep within the star's core is depleted through fusion, and then the hydrogen in the outer shell begins to burn.

Before the outer hydrogen shell is completely burned up, the newly formed helium and helium shell deep within the star's core also serve as new fuel, initiating a new fusion reaction.

If it were a medium-mass planet similar to the Sun.

The fusion chain will then end when the reaction products are carbon and oxygen, and it will be difficult to continue.

however--

This is a "fantasy star" created by Charles.

Its mass, however, is dozens of times that of the sun.

With such a massive mass, its core contains extremely high temperatures and pressures far exceeding those of ordinary stars.

The extremely high temperatures deep within the star's core then trigger a further chain reaction of unconventional fusion processes.

The specific binding energy inside the atomic nucleus has been broken—

From hydrogen, with the smallest binding energy, to helium, and from helium to carbon...

Then oxygen, neon, silicon—

Deep within the most intense star core, the dominance of gravity and energy alternates time and again, giving birth to entirely new elements in the thunderous fusion.

Each time the temperature was higher than the previous one.

Correspondingly, the time for each reaction must be shorter than the previous one.

finally--

The continuously rising nuclear binding energy reached its limit.

At the very end of that fusion reaction—

Deep within the core of that colossal "imaginary star," all mass and elements were transformed into pure energy, which was released outwards.

Only the star core, constructed from the purest iron element, remains—

For iron, the energy required for both fusion and fission is greater than the energy released, so iron can no longer undergo self-sustaining fission and fusion reactions.

This also means that the seemingly endless chain of fusion has come to an end at this moment.

The enormous furnace that had been radiating light and heat at all times was extinguished, leaving only the star core forged from pure steel.

Around that supergiant star, the energy generated from mass, which had been continuously gushing outwards in the chain reaction of fusion, finally stopped.

The once bright stars began to dim little by little.

Against that cosmic backdrop, eternal darkness and coldness once again dominated.

......

The god of war stands in the void.

As He gazed at the gradually cooling and dimming steel star, His eyes held a chilling intent.

"Here we go—"

"That's it."

Witness firsthand the entire transformation and evolution of a star in accelerated time.

Even for the God of War, this was a completely new experience he had never witnessed before.

After all, no matter how long the life of a false god is, it is still too insignificant compared to the ancient starry sea. There are still too many mysteries and unknowns in this vast starry sea.

During the expansion of that red supergiant, the scorching storm and the released energy were enough to easily tear the projection of the false god into dust.

But that's about it.

For the God of War, who had already devoured the authority of the Sun God, this level of energy burst was not enough to cause too much of a tremor in His conserved divine body.

And at this moment, it's all over.

Anyone could see that the star before them, conceived by Charles, had reached the end of its evolutionary process.

Its mass has been largely lost, and the fuel originally intended to power the fusion reaction has been completely exhausted.

All that remained was the star core, composed of iron, as the final remains.

The life of this imaginary star has come to an end, like the embers left after a fire has burned out. Even the most basic fusion reaction and the weakest burning can no longer continue.

Even for Xia Er, imagining a star of such magnitude would be an enormous drain on his energy.