CHAPTER 378: CHAPTER 377: THE ENTIRE ARMY STRIKES

A Science and Martial Battle Star approached the side of the Flame Nebula to investigate what lied beyond it. Just as the Flame Nebula was being torn into two parts by two invisible forces, the Science and Martial Battle Star happened to witness the entire process of it being forcibly split.

First, large cracks began to form from within the vast Flame Nebula, quickly turning from a bright red to a dark black. This change was just superficial; the real change was that high-energy, massive hydrogen molecules detached from the gas group. Without a subsequent energy supply, these molecules rapidly cooled down in the deep, dark space.

At first, these cracks were small and numerous, spider web-like within a certain area, but as the gravitational pull increased, these small cracks quickly spread and soon joined into one massive crack. When this giant crack formed, it marked the irreversible phase of the split, resembling black lightning, it rapidly propagated within the Flame Nebula, splitting it into two parts. Alongside the rapid expansion of this great crack, frequent lightning flashed on either side of it, a truly spectacular sight. Moreover, because the Science and Martial Battle Star was close, it could also pick up a strange noise—a weird, sharp sound, like that of two metals fiercely rubbing against each other.

Eventually, the Flame Nebula, originally composed of seven supernovae, split into two parts due to gravitational pull—one part contained six supernovae, and the other held merely one supernova along with a small Hydrogen Gas Group.

After these two irregular cloud masses flew past many light years, one plunged spectacularly into the accretion disk of a Quasar, shredded by the turbulent accretion disk material, becoming part of it; the other headed towards Constant Star Lu Chen. Lu Chen, by adjusting the horizontal angle of Wandering Star System, directed this cloud mass directly past the Heliosphere, and under the gravitational constraints of Constant Star Lu Chen, it orbited and was ultimately completely absorbed.

And it absorbed one-tenth of the mass of the Flame Nebula.

The mass of Constant Star Lu Chen increased by approximately one hundred thousand Constant Star Masses.

That is to say, the current mass of Constant Star Lu Chen is 1,677,000 Constant Star Masses.

As for the Quasar which absorbed nine-tenths of the Flame Nebula, its mass certainly increased by even more, but as the Quasar itself already possessed an abnormal mass, this slight increase was neither significant nor insufficient.

The Quasar, after absorbing nine-tenths of the Flame Nebula, did not stop there; it accelerated towards the Wandering Star System and tried to use its gravity to lock onto the Wandering Star System. Eventually, it sent a message that surprised Constant Star Lu Chen a great deal: "It was indeed you, last time you stole a star from me, this time I will definitely make you pay!"

"Last time?"

At first, Constant Star Lu Chen was puzzled, but he soon recalled the dusty old stories.

Previously, the Wandering Alliance, while flying from the Xianhe Nebula to the Star Realm Ball, encountered a Quasar and seized a Constant Star White Star from it, then swiftly moved on.

Initially, Constant Star Lu Chen thought the chances of encountering each other again were slim, but against the odds of one in a hundred million, they ran into each other again—the same Quasar they had encountered before. Scientists confirmed this after reviewing previous data.

In fact, if the original plot progressed as planned, the probability of the Wandering Alliance encountering the Quasar was indeed one in a hundred million, but the crisis of the Universe ceasing to expand fundamentally changed this. After realizing that the Universe stopped expanding, the Quasar, for survival, had no choice but to flee towards the Cosmic Center, thus it was bound to encounter the Wandering Alliance traveling along the same route, sooner or later. Even if they didn’t meet now, as the escape space continued to shrink, their encounter was still inevitable.

"Don’t play dumb with me. Even if you really forgot, I won’t forget. Today, you will obediently become part of my mass!" the Quasar said aggressively.

Knowing that nothing he said would make a difference at this moment, Constant Star Lu Chen refrained from pointless talk. The Quasar wanted to absorb them, but didn’t they also want to absorb the Quasar? If that was the case, then both sides had no choice but to prove themselves through strength. Last time they encountered the Quasar, they were merely a third-level civilization and understandably no match for the Quasar. However, the Wandering Alliance now had vastly improved, and it was not yet known who would fall prey to whom!

"All forces, attack!"

After a period of deliberation, Constant Star Lu Chen issued the attack command.

Facing a very unique enemy this time, the Wandering Alliance adopted a very special strategy.

They knew the Quasar was a loner, the truly formidable part being only the Black Hole at its core, while the outer accretion disk material was inert.

Thus, Constant Star Lu Chen eventually proposed a dual strategy; the internal strategy involved using the remote attack capabilities of Planet Battle Stars to annihilate the Black Hole at the center of the Quasar; the external strategy involved continuously plundering material from the Quasar’s accretion disk area, gradually reducing the Quasar’s mass while the mass lost by the Quasar would increase the mass of the Wandering Star System.

Thus, this was a strategic move tailored to the enemy to whittle down the strong; coupled with the internal annihilation strategy, it could be said to complement each other perfectly!

At this moment, the entire Wandering Alliance’s Battle Stars almost simultaneously detached from the Wandering Star System, majestically charging towards the fast-approaching Quasar.

According to the previously formulated strategic guidelines, the Eternal Life, Science and Martial Battle Stars possessing long-range attack abilities, thus these two designated Planet Battle Stars adjusted their flight paths upwards, directly approaching from above the accretion disk towards the Black Hole at the center of the Quasar;

As Dark Gold Battle Star lacked long-range attack capabilities, direct contact with the Black Hole would undoubtedly mean certain death, so it was led by Earth Civilization, Light Synthesis Civilization, and Mushroom Civilization, responsible for coordinating with the former three to strip the accretion disk material from the Quasar, transporting it to either the Wandering Star System or Constant Star Lu Chen, depending on the hydrogen content ratio in the plundered material.

"Heh, it seems you all have quite the ambition, too bad everything is destined to be in vain!"

The Quasar was quite surprised to find that the Wandering Alliance wasn’t fleeing this time but instead launching an attack on its own.

However, the Quasar wasn’t really afraid, but rather somewhat excited, as it was one of the most powerful entities in the Universe, even more fearsome than a Black Hole, so why would it fear a mere Wandering Alliance?

In this way, both the Quasar and the Wandering Alliance, each with their own goals and believing in their own strength, charged forward relentlessly. The high fighting spirit of both sides quickly filled this expanse of Cosmic Space, and as the distance between them shrunk from thousands of light-years to hundreds and tens of light-years, a life-and-death battle erupted intensely!