Wandering Meteor

"Demons Star, we were quite lucky this time, encountering a newly formed nebula. However, surviving in the Universe still requires caution!" Just as Lu Chen was feeling extremely happy, he suddenly received a conscious message from Green Star.

Lu Chen said, "Of course, I won’t forget that. Whether it’s biological civilization or celestial civilization, there exist entities far stronger than us in this vast universe. Just among the hundreds of millions of Constant Star Bodies observed by scientists, there are many giants with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Constant Star Masses. I am still far from their mass, with a long way to go!"

Lu Chen continued: "Actually, since I departed from the Solar System, having grown to 720,000 Constant Star Masses took quite some time, not exactly fast. After all, as Constant Star Mass increases, the speed of plundering should also increase exponentially, but we encountered too many wars and hardships during our wandering journey, which slowed down my growth. However, we have also forged exceptional willpower through these hardships, which is invaluable. And I believe, as the Wandering Alliance moves deeper into the Cosmic Center and encounters more materials, both my mass and the mass of the Wandering Star System will reach a period of explosion!"

Green Star rationally said: "The explosion period is indeed approaching, but it’s not only us that are at this juncture, almost all civilizations are at this juncture, and thus, this explosion period inevitably brings huge dangers. In the context of the Universe’s halted expansion, the battle among civilizations for resources will only become more intense. If we cannot grow, we will perish. It can be said that this is an era of simultaneously existing crisis and opportunity, and also the period of the greatest cosmic changes in ten billion years!"

"Green Star, thank you for your reminder. After Wandering departs, you are the only one who can still communicate directly with me!" Lu Chen remarked sentimentally.

Green Star said, "Apart from external conditions, your own condition is also constantly changing. Increasing mass is good, but it comes with risks. As mass increases, the gravitational collapse inside the star will also become stronger, greatly accelerating the rate of nuclear fusion reactions, resulting in an explosive increase of energy output by tenfold or even a hundredfold. You have to be very careful in controlling this, as even a small solar activity could be catastrophic for biological civilizations. Moreover, with the increased rate of hydrogen consumption, your Constant Star lifespan is also rapidly decreasing. This means you will need more hydrogen replenishment, otherwise, you will enter the death phase of a Constant Star."

"I am well aware of the internal risks, but this is an inevitable process of celestial life evolution!" Lu Chen said.

Just as he finished speaking, Lu Chen suddenly said, "By the way, Green Star, your unwillingness to absorb material for growth, could it be because of these reasons?"

"Previously, there were indeed some reasons in this regard, but after allowing the Light Synthesis Civilization to reside on a planet, I realized the power of technology. Without technology, perhaps I would have absorbed material under your influence, but since there is technology now, I don’t need to absorb material anymore. As Earth Civilization says: ’All roads lead to Rome,’ I agree with this philosophy and would like to see the outcomes of different paths," Green Star stated indifferently.

While Lu Chen and Green Star were conversing, the scientists at the Wandering Base detected some astonishing changes in the universe using the Superluminal Detector.

First, their position in the Wandering Alliance.

The location of the Wandering Alliance is roughly at the anterior abdomen position of the Jupeng Constellation’s nebula group. The original hourglass nebula in this location was just a tiny glimmering hourglass on the map of the Jupeng Constellation’s nebula group, but after being devoured by the Wandering Star System, this tiny hourglass disappeared from the map, replaced by an even brighter, brilliant light point, as if the Jupeng Constellation, this cosmic giant peng, had evolved a Supreme Golden Core!