Solar.

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Gazing at his propulsion system, which finally did not produce Spren spontaneously, Richard wanted to sigh in relief but suddenly paused when he noticed that his ionized flame had flickered slightly. Stopping his flight through the realms of green vines as far as his eyes could see, Richard gently landed on the ground and examined his flame more closely. He had a strange expression, as he was quite sure he had observed a weakening of his flame just moments ago. Shaking his head, he decided it was probably just his imagination.

Looking through the Transparent World, Richard observed that the bizarre rules governing atoms—where the neutrons and protons of atoms in this Realm are composed of strange and charming quarks instead of up and down quarks—did not currently exist in the area. This allowed him to take a breather and examine these Cognitive Realms in more detail. 

Especially since he finally had an answer to the Three-Body Problem that had stumped him for almost three weeks. Unlike in the Physical Realm, where graviton particles are not very apparent and are hidden in the dark expanse of space, here Richard could clearly see how these particles behaved, making it easier for him to manipulate them using his fusion.

Although gravitational force is separate from electromagnetic and strong nuclear forces that his Breathing directly affects, Richard was still able to create independent gravitational forces that work systematically. By forming a group of electrons influenced by these two forces, he could induce properties from their collective behavior.

Unlike the gravitational force he simulates during the Conjunction, which requires his personal guidance and involves seeing the building blocks of the universe through his Transparent World, this newly created gravitational force does not need his constant supervision. It essentially operates like a mechanical system.

His inspiration for this system comes from his past world occupation as a developer for Microsoft Azure Quantum, specifically in the field of cryptography, where he and many others worked on the Resource Estimator to calculate different qubit implementations. The inspiration does not stem from his own division's work, as he focused solely on the software side of things.

Instead, it originates from those working on the topology or hardware of quantum computers, particularly those involved in simulating Majorana quasiparticles. Richard vividly recalls his friends and his past occupation while trying to devise a way to create the Sa'angreal laptop hours ago.

That is, he is not just any random hacker but one at the forefront of the field, working on the next generation of computers. More accurately, he was a quantum cryptography engineer specializing in developing and implementing quantum encryption methods.

So, focusing on the top of his palm, intending to form the Solar System once again, and disregarding his past world since the bond has already been broken, Richard begins the procedure.

First, he breathes in all the oxygen atoms in the air, or any other type of atom. Second, after feeling the oxygen atoms settle inside his lungs, Richard performs regular breathing to bind these oxygen atoms—or any atoms he breathes—to hemoglobin molecules in red blood cells.

Third, once the oxygen reaches the mitochondrial complex IV, Richard commands the complex to work beyond its normal capabilities. He directs it to make all the oxygen present there accept electrons from NADH, while simultaneously causing the mitochondrial matrix to contract tightly, creating pressure similar to the accumulation of mass in a protostar, which instantly reaches 10 million Kelvin.

Fourth, with the thermal ignition already started due to the heat generated from the H₂O chemical reaction, Richard commands the intermembrane space of the mitochondria to fuse with the floating electrons, creating hydrogen atoms.

Fifth, he exhales the byproduct in the form of mist, which results from the pressure of the mass accumulation. This process makes a sound similar to a train engine. Richard then allows this thermal ignition to spread through the complex and into the intermembrane, where nuclear fusion occurs between these hydrogen atoms, producing plasma heat that continues to drive the proton-proton chain reaction.

Even though Richard could perform nuclear fusion instantly without this breathing process, he chooses to follow this detailed procedure to ensure that every mechanism of the Solar System is created perfectly.

Sixth, the heat—or now, what could be called the Sun—inside the mitochondrial intermembrane of his lungs is ready to be transferred throughout every cell in his body. Richard then contracts these membranes to simulate gravitational forces using only flesh, replicating the main sequence of a star.

Seventh, as the heat travels from his lungs to his hands, Richard easily simulates the atoms in the air atop his palm to replicate a stellar reaction similar to what is occurring inside his body. Since energy correlates to mass according to Einstein's theory, Richard fine-tunes this heat energy to simulate gravity that attracts to the mass. This fine-tuning is possible because his Transparent World allows him to see every atom atop his palm, enabling him to manipulate external elements that are not inside his body.

Eighth, observing that the gravity is stable and not detecting any clear graviton particles due to his Transparent World, Richard exhales large amounts of molecular clouds mostly composed of hydrogen, helium, and oxygen. He then initiates the formation of stars, beginning with cloud collapse and ending with nuclear fusion initiation.

Ninth, with the replica of his Sun created atop his palm, Richard once again exhales molecular clouds and fine-tunes the heat to dozens of millions of kelvins to attract gravitons. The molecular clouds gather due to the simulated gravitational force, aiming to perform another stellar ignition. Richard refines the heat using his Transparent World and his enhanced perception, which is permanently boosted by the Selfless State.

Tenth, since the atomic composition is primarily hydrogen and oxygen, Richard fine-tunes the plasma heat atop his palm to perform nuclear fusion with these atoms according to the periodic table. Hydrogen fuses into helium, helium into carbon, carbon into neon, neon into magnesium, magnesium into silicon, and silicon into iron.

Eleventh, at the end of the stellar fusion process, Richard begins to decompose these seven atoms into protons and electrons. Given that he controls both electromagnetic and strong nuclear forces, he uses fusion once more to create the remaining elements of the periodic table. He starts with lithium, formed from hydrogen isotopes deuterium and protium, then progresses to beryllium from two helium nuclei fusion, boron from carbon and helium, nitrogen from the CNO cycle, and oxygen from carbon and helium, continuing until he creates all the known elements from his previous world.

Even though he can continue until he is able to create Elder Blood atomic elements or similar things from these atoms, thanks to his Transparent World that can observe the compounds of their atoms in minute detail, Richard's goal is now to create an Earth-like Solar System, not Ciri's Solar System.

Once he has prepared the ingredients, he starts compressing the molecular clouds to form a planet using the simulated gravitons from the Einstein mass-energy equivalent. With the G-forces present in the surrounding orbit of what will soon be Mercury, Richard initiates the planet's lifecycle, starting from the protoplanetary disk and progressing through the differentiation of core, mantle, and crust.

After Mercury is formed, he once again simulates the Einstein mass-energy equivalent to create the G-force needed to pull Mercury into the correct orbit. The two-body problem is solved after fine-tuning it with his Transparent World, Richard then takes a very deep breath in deep silence.

Seeing the orbit of Venus, he then continued.

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