Wandering Meteor

After spending some time, Constant Star Lu Chen finally completely absorbed the four surrounding constant stars.

Now, within the dark starry sky, there is only the single Constant Star Lu Chen; the former Five-star system has merged into an incomparably massive super constant star.

After absorbing the Constant Star Unrivaled and three other massive constant stars, Constant Star Lu Chen's mass increased from 160 million to 470 million units, and along with the increase in mass, its diameter also soared, reaching fifteen astronomical units, which is about seven astronomical units more than before.

At the same time, with the dramatic increase in mass and size, the gravitational collapse of the star itself was also strengthening. To counteract the stronger gravitational collapse, the nuclear fusion rate of Constant Star Lu Chen was forced to accelerate. The central nuclear fusion reaction zone expanded further, and more hydrogen elements joined the ranks of the nuclear reaction, resulting in a constant outburst of massive amounts of light and heat.

The massive outpouring of light and heat continuously pushed up the temperature of the star. Now, the core temperature of Constant Star Lu Chen has increased to a terrifying 55 billion degrees, while the outer corona layer has increased to 150 million degrees, making the activity of the corona layer very intense. Solar flares erupted like flames, and from a distance, the entire star looked like a super fireball of horror.

As for the hydrogen proportion, which measures the lifespan of a star, Constant Star Lu Chen's proportion of hydrogen has not changed, still at ninety percent!

This is because the four absorbed stars were of varying ages, and the proportion of hydrogen to non-hydrogen in their mass was also nine to one, so after completely absorbing them, the proportion of hydrogen in Constant Star Lu Chen did not change.

However, it is important to note that although the proportion of hydrogen remains the same, the lifespan of Constant Star Lu Chen is decreasing. As the mass of the star increases, the mass needed to be consumed every moment also increases in order to counteract the stronger gravitational collapse with the thermal pressure generated by nuclear fusion. Hence, even though the hydrogen proportion has not changed, the lifespan of Constant Star Lu Chen has decreased due to the speed of consumption.

This point, of course, is very clear to Constant Star Lu Chen.

He had already known about it when he was still human, before becoming a Constant Star Celestial Civilization.

And he still decided to follow the path of stellar evolution, naturally he had long been mentally prepared. The fact that he has a Black Hole Avatar but has not fully transitioned to a Black Hole-level Celestial Body shows that his main intention is to personally complete the entire process of stellar evolution, to see if there are any unknown mysteries, and to understand the scientific phenomena and observation data of the transition of a star into a White Dwarf Star, neutron star, or even a Black Hole.

"Lu Chen, how do you feel after absorbing those four stars?"

Just as Constant Star Lu Chen finished absorbing the four stars, Wandering sent an inquiring message.

Although Wandering had now returned to the Wandering Alliance, after experiencing solitary growth in the Metal Civilization, it had become more mature and could no longer call out the previous title of big brother, so it addressed him directly by name. And since Constant Star Lu Chen had led the Wandering Alliance for so long, although he had not officially revealed his past true name, it had long been circulated among the various civilizations, and was not a surprising matter.

Constant Star Lu Chen replied: "I'm fine, don't worry. Besides the rapid consumption of hydrogen elements, there are no other significant changes for the moment."

This message meant that at the current mass level of 470 million units of Constant Star Lu Chen, it still was not the upper limit for the mass of a Constant Star Celestial Body, which shocked many and made them very curious about what the upper limit of the mass of a Constant Star Celestial Body could possibly be.

Wandering said: "Maybe you don't feel it yourself, but the light and heat you emit have become much stronger, even brighter than the Heavenly Nebula. I'm afraid it could be observed from afar, which could potentially further expose our location. Our affiliation work here is now completed, the Metal Civilization, Bose Civilization, Fermi Civilization have officially joined the Wandering Alliance, becoming a part of it. We should quickly finish up here and leave!"

Wandering was not exaggerating. In the dark starry sky, the luminosity of Constant Star Lu Chen was noticeably stronger than the Heavenly Nebula.

Although the light from the distant Heavenly Nebula covers a vast expanse of several hundred thousand light-years, it is too dispersed to match the individual brightness of Constant Star Lu Chen, which from a cosmic perspective, looks like a dazzling gem in the night!

"Indeed, the war over the Heavenly Nebula has dragged on for too long, and certainly other civilizations have observed what's happening here."

Constant Star Lu Chen agreed: "Pass down my orders, all Battle Stars are to immediately return to their original orbital paths and reconstitute the star system. I'm preparing to directly absorb the entire Heavenly Nebula, incorporating it into the Heliosphere of the Wandering Star System as a material reserve, and have the relevant Battle Stars prepare for defense and stand by."

Following that command, Earth Civilization, Light Synthesis Civilization, Mushroom Civilization, Eternal Life Civilization, Metal Civilization, Bose Civilization, and Fermi Civilization – a total of seven major civilizations, as well as the Information Battle Star, Dark Gold Battle Star and others, all returned to the Wandering Star System, regaining their original orbits. However, since the Metal Civilization, Bose Civilization, Fermi Civilization were new additions, their orbits lay beyond the Mushroom Star, with various main Battle Stars responsible for the outermost defense.

Soon, reformation of the Wandering Star System was complete, and Constant Star Lu Chen immediately steered the Wandering Star System towards the Heavenly Nebula.

Elsewhere, Lu Chen's Black Hole Avatar was controlling another nebula flying close to the Heavenly Nebula, and for ease of reference and distinction, Constant Star Lu Chen referred to the nebula controlled by the Black Hole Avatar as the Black Hole Nebula.

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"Attention everyone, we have an enemy situation, slow down, all hands on alert!"

Just as the Wandering Star System and Black Hole Nebula were about a hundred light-years from the Heavenly Nebula, suddenly three hundred Battle Stars appeared in the middle of the starry sky, blocking their path, causing great vigilance and shock among Constant Star Lu Chen and the Wandering Alliance.

The reason why Constant Star Lu Chen and the Wandering Alliance were so vigilant and shocked was because the way the enemy appeared was very advanced; they didn't come through a Space Wormhole, but suddenly arrived via Jump Engine technology, which indicated that the enemy could possibly be a civilization above level five. Even if not, their technological level was at least not inferior to the Wandering Alliance. Furthermore, their observation equipment detected the presence of a large amount of antimatter on the enemy's Battle Stars, involuntarily reminding them of the Anti-Neutron Star they had encountered before. Could these three hundred Battle Stars be related to the Anti-Neutron Star? Could there really be an Antimatter Civilization in this universe?

"What civilization are you from? Why block our path?"

Lu Chen did not wish to speculate too much and directly sent a Consciousness Wave message to inquire about the other side.