CHAPTER 383: CHAPTER 382: THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND

Constant Star Lu Chen no longer allowed his mind to wander, focusing intently on increasing his Gravity Strength and accelerating the absorption rate of the surrounding accretion disk material.

After all, the radius of the Quasar reaches up to fifty light-years and the diameter up to a hundred light-years. Even though it lost some mass during the war, the loss was less than one percent. There was still a vast amount of material scattered in this part of Cosmic Space, and without accelerating the process, it would perhaps take over a decade to completely absorb.

However, even with the increased speed, it took Constant Star Lu Chen two years to completely absorb all the material at the site.

During the absorption process, Constant Star Lu Chen also enlisted the help of the Wandering Alliance’s Planet Battle Stars to separate the Hydrogen Element from other elements, which made it easier for him to absorb directly.

In the end, from the accretion disk material, Constant Star Lu Chen absorbed a total of more than two million Constant Star Masses worth of Hydrogen Element, while the remaining other elements amounted to over one and a half million Constant Star Masses, all of which were naturally injected into the Heliosphere, bringing its separate mass to over two million Constant Star Masses.

As for Constant Star Lu Chen himself, his mass reached 3.6 million Constant Star Masses, a rather intriguing number.

Now, the diameter of Constant Star Lu Chen’s form is a little over 150 million kilometers, which is roughly one astronomical unit. Moreover, as his mass and size have grown, the core region of Constant Star Lu Chen has also expanded. This expansion led to approximately a threefold increase in the Nuclear Fusion Rate in the core region, resulting in a constant stream of Constant Star Wind being emitted.

Besides, the core temperature of Constant Star Lu Chen rose to three billion degrees, and the temperature of the corona layer to one hundred and twenty million degrees. Although his mass has more than doubled, increasing temperature at higher levels is inherently more difficult, so the increase in temperature was not overly exaggerated. Nonetheless, even such temperatures are quite formidable in the Universe. To avoid melting or damage caused by the increasing heat, the Dark Gold Satellites surrounding the star were forced to move out by half an astronomical unit, and the Wandering Alliance’s middle Planet Battle Stars were forced to move out by one astronomical unit.

Moreover, as the absorption was selective, Constant Star Lu Chen did not absorb other elements, thus after two consecutive drops, the proportion of Hydrogen bounced back and increased. His current Hydrogen proportion reached 94%!

As for the most important factor, Gravity Strength, with the Constant Star Mass reaching 3.6 million, Constant Star Lu Chen’s Gravity Strength increased by approximately 1.3 times. Without using any technological means, it can naturally increase to twenty-five million!

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In the vast Universe.

The Wandering Star System embarked once again on its wanderings.

After the battle at the Quasar, the Wandering Alliance gained enormously, arguably the greatest gain in their history. Aside from Constant Star Lu Chen, the Wandering Star System’s mass also increased by 1.5 million Constant Star Masses, and the diameter of the Wandering Star System also doubled, reaching a diameter of thirty light-years.

However, strictly speaking, this was not the greatest gain for the Wandering Alliance.

Their truly significant gain was the Wandering Alliance’s first confirmation of certain data about Black Holes.

Although it was only the tip of the iceberg regarding Black Holes, this undoubtedly marked a promising start and prompted the Wandering Alliance to establish a Black Hole Project research group.

This research project team, in addition to studying the mysteries of Black Holes, is also searching for materials or technological methods capable of withstanding Black Hole gravity. After all, if they cannot enter a Black Hole to explore it personally, they can never fully understand what lies within it. During the war with the Quasar, they had attempted once, but even Dark Gold could not withstand the gravity of the Black Hole. Therefore, scientists are earnestly searching for a new Anti-Black Hole Material.

And in the search process, certainly, experimentation is required to prove whether a type of material can indeed withstand the pressure of a Black Hole.

However, there is no real Black Hole within the Wandering Star System for them to use frequently, and creating a Black Hole field with energy would be too wasteful, especially in the crisis of the Universe’s expansion coming to a halt. Thus, the Black Hole research project group applied to Constant Star Lu Chen, hoping that he could cooperate with them in conducting extreme experiments with Black Hole gravity.

As Constant Star Lu Chen is the entity with the largest mass in the Wandering Star System and his Gravity Strength can increase to twenty-five million, although scientists do not yet know the ultimate Gravity Strength of a Black Hole, with a magnitude of twenty-five million - which is 83 times the speed of light - it should at least match the Gravity Strength of some nascent Black Holes. Therefore, seeking Constant Star Lu Chen’s assistance in conducting tests would kill three birds with one stone.

And Constant Star Lu Chen readily agreed to help the Wandering Alliance break through scientific barriers as soon as possible.

After all, helping the Wandering Alliance means helping himself. The stronger the Wandering Alliance becomes, the higher their chances of survival.

Moreover, the enemies they have encountered reveal certain patterns and trends. The further into the Universe, the stronger the civilizations they meet. If they do not enhance their combat strength as much as possible, they will ultimately just become "food" for others!

In this way, all members of the Wandering Alliance cooperated with each other, and the Wandering Star System flew at high speeds through the vast Universe.

After a relatively calm period, the Wandering Alliance once again received great news – the fourth phase of their new star project, the White Dwarf Battle Star, had finally been completely constructed.

After using Life Conversion Technology to build the internals of the White Dwarf Battle Star, the Wandering Alliance, after consultation, decided to organize a training exercise, as the nature of White Dwarf Stars and Metal Planets is entirely different. To avoid problems later on, they must use scientific training methods early on to eliminate them one by one.

Needless to say, this training exercise was vital, attracting the attention of the entire population, with Constant Star Lu Chen personally supervising.

To test the performance of the White Dwarf Battle Star, the scientists arranged several projects for this training exercise: first is the extreme speed flight, second is the change of direction and speed at extreme speed, third is the gravity level of the White Dwarf Star, fourth is the density test of the White Dwarf Star, and fifth is the devouring attack capability of the White Dwarf Star.

The first project went very smoothly.

The natural extreme speed of the White Dwarf Battle Star is one-third the speed of light, but if it uses Gravity Warping Space – that is, Curvature Acceleration – the maximum can reach twice the speed of light.

Next was the second training project, but in this project, the performance of the White Dwarf Battle Star deviated somewhat, and scientists, after numerous computer simulations, discovered that fifty White Dwarf Battle Stars had some deviations in their extreme speed directional changes. Moreover, during high-speed arched flight, the actual flight path diverged by 3 degrees from the calculated result. Although these 3 degrees might not seem significant, for science, and for the scrupulous scientist, even a 0.1-degree discrepancy is unacceptable. There is an issue unless things are one hundred percent accurate, and it must be clarified.

Science is not about statistics or coincidence; it is a method for verifying truth.