CHAPTER 423: CHAPTER 422 PLAYING BALL?

"In fact, I have seriously considered this issue as well..."

Constant Star Lu Chen said, "But I ultimately decided to keep my main body in a Constant Star state. Although the technology of the Wandering Alliance can now fully sustain life without a constant star, it would definitely consume more energy, especially under the current crisis of the Universe’s halted expansion. Of course, we should save as much as we can."

"Secondly, I considered that if there were no constant star in the Wandering Star System, the entire system’s environment would be compromised, possibly leading to the loss of some miracles that could have occurred. Therefore, from an overall perspective, maintaining the complexity and diversity of the system is better. Although there are life forms in the Universe that do not require constant stars, that is still a minority. The vast majority of celestial bodies still need them, and any well-thought-out civilization would surely retain a constant star to maintain the health of their systems."

"Lastly, another point I considered is the issue of celestial evolution. The evolution of life forms once troubled us for a long time; even though the theory of evolution was proposed, it couldn’t be verified through experiments. So, now that I have the opportunity to personally partake in the celestial evolution, I certainly can’t skip it. Beyond my own curiosity, it also helps scientists further decode the changes and specific details of each celestial body during evolution. This is very important observational data not every civilization can collect. If we directly become a black hole, we may miss many crucial pieces of information, which is detrimental to the study of celestial evolution. Scientists might even need to go to other celestial bodies to observe this data, so it’s better if I evolve myself."

"After talking so much, it all boils down to one sentence, which is just wanting to fully experience it!" Lu Xing summarized for Constant Star Lu Chen.

Green Star suddenly sighed, "I finally understand why the technological development of the Wandering Alliance is so rapid. With a leader who places such great emphasis on technology, how can our technological development not be swift?"

"Indeed, after experiencing so many wars and encountering so many civilizations, it is only our great leader who truly possesses scientific thinking. It makes perfect sense that the Wandering Alliance has developed so delightfully," Lu Xing agreed.

Constant Star Lu Chen responded somewhat speechlessly, "Are you two flattering me?"

"No, we’re clearly ball-flattering, haha..." Lu Xing burst into laughter at the end of his sentence.

Hearing this, Constant Star Lu Chen couldn’t help but wonder - if a ball also had a butt, where would it be located?

"By the way, we’ve been flying for quite some time now, I wonder where we are currently? How far is it to the Cosmic Center, the edge of the Cosmic Zone Universe?" Green Star asked.

Hearing this, Lu Xing suddenly felt as if aeons had passed. Time indeed flew by rapidly; in the blink of an eye, he had been part of the Celestial Civilization for hundreds of thousands of years. Take the newly completed Phase Five New Star project, which spanned two thousand years. It felt as if it barely happened, those two thousand years passing by in a flash. One truly has to marvel - how swiftly time passes, like an arrow!

However, what corresponds with the lengthy passage of time is that the universe is simply too vast!

They had flown for at least several billion years, largely at full speed except for the occasional interruptions from wars. Despite such speed, they still hadn’t left the Star Zone. In the grand perspective of the Universe, they were less significant than a neutrino.

As for Green Star’s question, after consulting the scientists at the Wandering Base, Constant Star Lu Chen learned that since the discovery of the universe’s halted expansion, the Wandering Alliance had been traveling at high speed covering over a hundred billion light-years, averaging about seven light-years per year.

But the Wandering Alliance’s top speed isn’t just seven times the speed of light. Without counting Space Wormholes, the maximum speed of the Wandering Alliance’s Space Engines is close to ten times the speed of light. The reason they haven’t surpassed this average speed is primarily due to unexpected delays such as pillaging materials and wars along the way.

According to the Universe 3D Map generated based on information from Green Star, they are still located on the inner side of the Star Zone Universe, over thirty billion light-years from the edge of the Cosmic Zone Universe, and at least over a hundred billion light-years from the Cosmic Center. Of course, this figure is merely based on the analysis of the 3D map and may not be accurate, as they haven’t personally traveled across the entire universe to confirm the correctness of the 3D map.

Therefore, the results obtained are for reference only.

Next, Constant Star Lu Chen manipulated the gravity to distort the space ahead, making the Wandering Star System accelerate to its highest velocity, allowing it to travel at full speed. As it moved swiftly forward, some light points gradually appeared around, representing various stars, which might possibly host biological civilizations in their star systems.

However, the Wandering Alliance did not plan to plunder those because they had already developed a strategy not to travel too far, unless it was directly on their route or nearby, then they would consider plundering en route. Like the light points they observed this time, they were at least several hundred million light-years away; if they really went there, the additional journey for the Wandering Alliance would be far too extensive.

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The vast universe, where nothing is too strange.

Somewhere within the Star Zone Universe, there existed a peculiar civilization.

This civilization, upon discovering the crisis of the universe ceasing to expand, like other civilizations, announced a period of emergency to gather resources.

This peculiar civilization, also a life community, had its Central Constant Star as a Celestial Civilization. Their technological level had conquered Space Wormholes and was on the verge of mastering Unified Force. After prolonged dedicated research and some breakthroughs, they were very close to the threshold of becoming a Level 4 Civilization.

Thus, in the process of plundering for resources, as long as they did not encounter established Level 4 Civilizations, they were largely safe, allowing them to successfully plunder many resources. The mass of their central Constant Star Celestial Body, Purple Sun, was as high as nine million Constant Star Masses, and their Purple Sun Star System had about five million Constant Star Masses, storing a vast amount of materials and energy.

One day, they encountered thirty Electromagnetic Super Men.

These thirty Electromagnetic Super Men were the ones who had fled after a battle with the Wandering Alliance.

Considering themselves as a Level 4 Civilization with unified power weapons, they sought to subjugate this special Wa Star Civilization.

Besides the technological level of this civilization that could aid them, another attraction for these thirty was the large number of beautiful women in this civilization, each one stunningly beautiful.

Since the biological life forms of the Wa Star Civilization resembled those of the Electromagnetic Star People, which is similar to upright walking humans, combined with their smooth skin and well-proportioned figures, they perfectly matched the aesthetic standards of the Electromagnetic Civilization.

However, the Wa Star Civilization would not easily submit, and thus a fierce battle erupted between them and the thirty Electromagnetic Star People. Initially, armed with weapons from a Level 4 Civilization, the Electromagnetic Star People did suppress the Wa Star Civilization, but what they didn’t expect was that the Wa Star Civilization, already at the pinnacle of Level 3 Civilization and even touching the threshold of Level 4 Civilization with the assistance of Constant Star Zi Yang, ultimately succeeded in defeating them.

Out of the thirty, twenty were killed, and ten were captured, becoming subjects of research for the Wa Star Civilization.

With the help of a small Unified Power device from these ten captives, the Wa Star Civilization successfully conquered the long-researched Unified Force and formally stepped into the ranks of the Quasi-Fourth Level Civilization.