CHAPTER 370: CHAPTER 369 FOUR NEW CONFERENCE

The vast Universe, an endless expanse of stars.

A giant star system approximately seven light-years in diameter is speeding through the Universe.

This is the new Wandering Star System, its original size was only four light-years across, and it was destroyed during the Battle of Electric Currents. Fortunately, after claiming victory in that battle, Lu Chen absorbed all the materials from the Electromagnetic Civilization and rebuilt a new Wandering Star System. Ultimately, it culminated in the present giant star system that spans seven light-years in diameter!

However, besides being larger, there’s no significant difference between the new star system and the old one. Its structure consists of a Core Area, an Orbit Zone, and a Heliosphere Zone.

The Core Area is the region where Lu Chen resides. Today, Lu Chen has a diameter of seventy million kilometers, taking up a vast expanse of space. To put it into perspective, one astronomical unit is 150 million kilometers, and Lu Chen’s diameter is nearly half an astronomical unit. Additionally, due to the dramatic increase in mass and size, the 3,000 Dark Gold Satellites orbiting around Lu Chen began to operate beyond their capacity. Consequently, scientists launched another 2,000 Dark Gold Satellites, totaling 5,000 to ensure the normal functioning of various features.

The Orbit Zone is where all the Planet Battle Stars of the Wandering Alliance orbit and encompasses the space needed for regular space activities and drills. The Wandering Alliance now has 153 Planet Battle Stars, meaning there are 153 orbital tracks. Due to the increasing heat emitted by Lu Chen, the innermost orbital track for Earth has been forced to move beyond ten astronomical units, but the spacing after that remains unchanged. There is a planetary orbit every 0.5 astronomical units, requiring a total space of 76.5 astronomical units. However, that is not the full extent of the Orbit Zone. Considering space factory operations and military exercises, Lu Chen extended the Orbit Zone to a radius of half a light-year, approximately 30,000 astronomical units, using the Constant Star Wind.

The extensive material zone beyond that is the Heliosphere Zone, with a radius of three light-years, and a diameter of six light-years. According to scientists’ latest post-war assessment, the total mass of Solar Sphere Material has increased nearly threefold from the last check, reaching around 700,000 Constant Star Masses. These resources will become the capital for the Wandering Alliance to survive the looming Cosmic Crisis.

While Lu Chen led the brand-new Wandering Star System through the macro Universe.

On the micro-level, biological civilizations decided to further enhance the Wandering Alliance’s combat power by initiating the Fourth Phase Nova Plan. The Third Phase Nova Plan, codenamed Dark Gold, was completed sixty years ago. It was now time to launch projects related to the Fourth Phase.

As a result, the scientific team responsible for this project organized a discussion called the Four New Conference at the Wandering Base and invited both celestial civilizations, Lu Chen and Green Star, to participate.

At the Four New Conference, the scientific team got straight to the point and unfolded the discussion for the Fourth Phase Nova Plan. Many scientists took turns presenting their opinions, and some even shared the designs they had crafted for the Fourth Phase Nova Plan.

This plan was named the Neutron Battle Star Project, inspired by the pulsar supermagnet from the Electromagnetic Civilization. In essence, the scientists planned to create a group of Neutron Battle Stars, harnessing the high density and destructive power of neutron stars to attack. Due to the intense pressure on neutron stars, conditions for biological life are unsuitable. Therefore, Neutron Battle Stars are designed for close combat.

The participants subsequently engaged in discussions about the project, with its proponent claiming that while previously, the realization of Neutron Battle Stars might have seemed far-fetched, the successful application of Life Conversion Technology to the Dark Gold Battle Star has solved the issue of controlling such high-density neutron stars. Hence, he believed that the Fourth Phase Nova Plan could focus on neutron stars.

Nevertheless, there were discordant views among the scientists.

Some argued that despite Life Conversion Technology being close to maturity, the technical difficulties facing Neutron Battle Stars were more monumental than anticipated, especially the issues of mass and resource requirements. The Wandering Alliance currently has a resource reserve of 700,000 Constant Star Masses, which must be carefully managed.

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After extensive discussions, most scientists considered the project too ambitious, given the current technological capacity. While the Wandering Alliance could manage to realize it by channeling all its effort, the process would be exceedingly lengthy. If any dangers were to arise during the development, the invested resources could not be swiftly converted into combat power. Furthermore, the allocation of excessive resources to this project could hinder the execution of other plans, severely encumbering the Wandering Alliance.

Therefore, the majority of scientists opposed the plan, considering it as a potential theme for the Fifth or Sixth Phase Nova Plan instead. Thus, the Wandering Alliance made a record of this proposal to revisit at an opportune moment for implementation.

Having negated that plan, it was imperative to introduce a substitute. The scientists settled for the next best option, deciding the theme of the Fourth Phase Nova Plan to be White Dwarf Stars. White Dwarfs, in terms of mass, density, and temperature, were slightly less extreme than neutron stars, making the associated technologies comfortably within the Wandering Alliance’s capabilities. Additionally, the combat prowess of White Dwarfs was formidable, making them the most suitable choice for the new star.

Although Lu Chen and Green Star seldom spoke during the Four New Conference, they listened carefully to all opinions and eventually agreed that White Dwarf Stars should be the theme for the Fourth Phase Nova Plan.

However, considering resource consumption, it was projected that only fifty White Dwarf Battle Stars would be manufactured in the Fourth Phase Nova Plan. Each White Dwarf Battle Star would mass about one hundred Constant Star Masses. With the current production capacity of the Star-making Factories, the construction of these fifty White Dwarf Battle Stars is expected to take around five hundred years. Although lesser in number than Dark Gold Battle Stars, due to higher technological complexity and greater mass requirements, the production time would naturally be extended.

Additionally, there was a small episode at the Four New Conference.

After the Neutron Battle Star Plan was temporarily rejected, its proponent made a request to Lu Chen at the end of the meeting, seeking permission to study the captured pulsar supermagnet.

He suggested that since the pulsar supermagnet belonged to the Electromagnetic Civilization and was seemingly unassimilable by the Wandering Alliance, it would likely end up energy-consumed. He proposed forming a scientific team to research how to eliminate the Celestial Consciousness without harming the celestial body. In doing so, this existing pulsar could become a resource for the Wandering Alliance, and the acquired technology could also lead to the development of related weapons, greatly benefiting the Alliance’s future resource collection efforts.

Lu Chen’s feelings regarding this application were mixed with both content and concern...