Wandering Meteor-Chapter 182 - 181: Ring Nebula

In the Universe, all was silent and dark.

Every light point was a Constant Star, representing a longing, embellishing this quiet and black cosmos.

While the Wandering Star System was moving along its predetermined route, it encountered a solitary Constant Star wandering through the Universe.

This Constant Star was incredibly unlucky; the Planet it finally managed to capture was snatched away by another Constant Star with greater mass, leaving it drifting alone in the cosmos.

Lu Chen inspected the solitary Constant Star carefully, confirming it had no Intention, was not a Celestial Civilization, had a Constant Star Mass of 2100, with Hydrogen comprising 95% of its makeup - a very young Constant Star indeed, having been born less than a hundred million years ago.

Lu Chen, now with a Constant Star Mass of 3390, was just beginning as a Constant Star, not even reaching the level of Medium-mass stars (ten thousand Constant Star Mass), and would certainly not miss any opportunity to grow. Those Constant Stars thousands or tens of thousands of light-years away could be ignored, too far off course.

But for a Constant Star like this one, nearby on the route, it was a must to assimilate!

Thus, Lu Chen immediately harnessed his own Gravity to lock onto the solitary Constant Star, using Gravity to slowly alter the flying trajectory of the lonely star, gradually pulling it into the Wandering Star System, aligning them into the same motion state, and finally using the Unified Force Stone to forcibly assimilate it.

It was such a hassle instead of just rushing to assimilate it directly.

Mainly because the flight direction of the solitary Constant Star differed from that of the Wandering Star System.

Not wanting to delay the journey to the Cosmic Center, Lu Chen chose this method to travel and assimilate simultaneously, efficiently managing both without delay, although it took considerable effort at the start to synchronize the motion state of the solitary Constant Star.

Fortunately, the solitary Constant Star was not a Celestial Civilization, lacking self-awareness and incapable of resisting, helplessly subject to others’ taking and asking.

Eventually, after more than a year, Lu Chen managed to pull the solitary Constant Star into the Wandering Star System, positioning it below his Constant Star body, then employed the Unified Force Stone to forcibly absorb the Hydrogen from the surface of the solitary Constant Star through the void of space.

During this year, the people on Earth and Green Star could clearly observe a Constant Star approaching them.

Once both entities entered the same motion state, suddenly two Suns appeared in the sky. The double Constant Star Wind ravaged inside the Wandering Star System; fortunately, both Earth and Green Star had already undergone Battle Star transformation and could control the planetary surface equipment to withstand or absorb the Constant Star Wind, handling the situation with ease.

Moreover, the Wandering Alliance had even considered an extreme scenario.

Sometimes, for the sake of battle, Constant Star Lu Chen might leave or fly away from the two Planets without considering them.

To address such a situation, during the Battle Star plan, both Planets were fitted with artificial light devices so that, even if separated from Constant Star Lu Chen, they could survive and combat independently.

On the other side.

When two Constant Stars appeared within the Wandering Star System, creating the double Constant Star Wind’s sweep.

This double Constant Star Wind inflicted an impact and compressive force on the gaseous elements within the material storage belt, causing these elements to compress and combine chaotically into various meteoric materials, gradually transforming the belt from a gaseous state to a solid state in space.

This was somewhat akin to the Asteroid belt within the Solar System in the past.

Subsequently spending another two to three years, Constant Star Lu Chen finally completely absorbed the Hydrogen of the solitary Constant Star.

By then, Lu Chen’s Constant Star Mass reached 5385, with a physical diameter of eight million five hundred thousand kilometers. The reason for the modest increase in diameter was due to the increasing density of the Constant Star as its mass surged.

Moreover, with the enhancement of Constant Star Mass, the rate of nuclear fusion reactions in the core area increased again.

This meant that Lu Chen’s consumption of Hydrogen would accelerate.

This is an inevitable issue during the evolution of a Constant Star.

Although smaller mass Constant Stars consumed Hydrogen at a slower rate, they were also weaker.

If insufficiently powerful, when encountering other Celestial Civilizations in the Universe, one would only become food for others.

Therefore, to survive longer and to ensure one’s safety, a Constant Star must continuously absorb Hydrogen to grow.

Even among normal Constant Stars, not merely Celestial Civilizations, instances of mutual plundering and absorption frequently occur.

So, Constant Star Lu Chen led the Wandering Star System while flying towards the Cosmic Center, simultaneously absorbing nearby Constant Stars or giant hydrogen nebulae.

As time elapsed bit by bit, Lu Chen’s Constant Star Mass also rose significantly.

Lu Chen’s Constant Star Mass grew from an initial 5385, and after absorbing over a dozen Variable Mass Constant Stars, it gradually increased to 8860, nearing the threshold of Medium-mass stars.

During this time, the people on Earth and Green Star occasionally witnessed interstellar phenomena.

Each time Constant Star Lu Chen employed Gravity to pull a Constant Star into the Wandering Star System, people could directly witness a connective orange tornado between the two Suns in the sky, appearing as an orange whirl roaring towards both Constant Stars, a sight both shocking and magnificent.

However, such occurrences would become familiar with frequency.

In the end, the people from Earth Civilization and Light Synthesis Civilization began to take it in stride. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

This is also one of the changes after entering the space era; as the living environment evolves, cosmic marvels that were rare in the Solar System now occur frequently, such as auroras, meteor showers, double suns, redshifting of galaxies, interstellar parallax, and so on.

This is also why contemporary astronomy is now incredibly popular.

After all, having grown up with frequent encounters with various cosmic wonders, coupled with the advancement of science and the facilitation of acquiring knowledge through intelligent systems, the approach to acquiring knowledge has become more convenient and diverse. As the exploration of the inner workings of life reaches a bottleneck, naturally, the focus shifts to the boundless cosmos.

Moreover, this isn’t mere solitary exploration by an exceptional few in science, but rather a trend of the times!

When Constant Star Lu Chen’s Constant Star Mass reached 8860, the Wandering Star System finally traversed nearly one hundred thousand light-years, drawing ever closer to the Ring Nebula ahead.

However, unbeknownst to the Wandering Alliance, led by Constant Star Lu Chen.

There existed a civilization within the Ring Nebula, which, having detected the approaching Wandering Star System through their instruments, were aware that the Constant Star within the star system was a Celestial Civilization and that the Wandering Star System was likely a life collective. After all, the Central Constant Star would absorb another Constant Star periodically, an act not typical of ordinary Constant Stars.

As the Wandering Star System drew closer to the Ring Nebula, the high echelons of the civilization within the Nebula made a decision unfriendly towards the Wandering Star System, and a quiet conflict once again unfurled!