CHAPTER 546: CHAPTER 545: GIANT NEBULA

The scene fell silent once again.

The Wandering Alliance and other civilizations needed to seriously consider their choices.

But honestly, if the Entropy Civilization could really stop the return flow of the expansion wave, that would naturally be the best solution.

After all, although the Cosmic Cycle Theory has always been researched, it has never been tested, and therefore still carries certain risks, and these risks are the kind that there’s no turning back from. If there are other options, most civilizations would not risk the life of their entire civilization for an experiment.

Other civilizations could think of this, and so could the Degenerate Civilization.

The Degenerate Civilization immediately realized that if they allowed the Entropy Civilization to successfully turn the civilizations present against them, it would be impossible for them to fight against four. Therefore, the Degenerate Civilization understood that they had to prevent the formation of an alliance aimed at themselves, or else they’d be in grave danger!

Thus, the Degenerate Civilization immediately voiced out: "Everyone, do not blindly trust the Entropy Civilization. This is definitely their conspiracy!"

The civilizations present didn’t make a sound, and the Entropy Civilization ridiculed: "How laughable, Degenerate Civilization. Facts speak louder than words. Do you think such words can turn black into white? However, we are actually quite eager to see your anxious but helpless appearance!"

In plain terms, the Degenerate Civilization was anxious, they were indeed anxious!

The Degenerate Civilization angrily said: "Entropy Civilization, we have cooperated with you and are clear about your means. Your shameless tactics will not work on us!"

The Entropy Civilization gloated: "This is just a transaction. Everyone needs to survive, and we need to eliminate you. It’s a win-win situation. After all, one less Level Five civilization in the universe means one less threat. Why wouldn’t everyone be happy? Don’t forget, the Degenerate Civilization proposed the Cosmic Cycle Theory, maybe they just want to use you all for an experiment."

Their words were aimed not only at the Degenerate Civilization but also at the Level Five civilizations present, hoping they would all make their choices quickly.

However, at this moment, the Cosmic Zone Universe suddenly underwent a violent change. Originally, a Super Quasar, stretching hundreds of billions of light-years, had formed on one side of the Cosmic Zone. Its colossal accretion disk material was slowly rotating, a spectacle already immensely grand, but at this moment, the center of the Cosmic Zone suddenly experienced intense fluctuations, the space distortion changed, the disguise was removed, and a Giant Nebula spanning thousands of billions of light-years appeared out of nowhere in the previously empty sky, dominating the cosmos!!

It was an indescribable shock.

The Super Quasar was already incredibly vast, with a size of hundreds of billions of light-years.

Yet, the sudden appearance of this Giant Nebula dwarfed it, being at least ten times larger than the Super Quasar, relegating it to a younger brother in comparison.

When the Giant Nebula appeared, owing to the tremendous mass differential, the immense Gravity directly affected the original trajectory of the Super Quasar, causing it to change directions and gently drift toward the Giant Nebula. This was much like two whirlpools in the ocean, with the smaller one initially rampantly swirling, pulling in fish and shrimp. However, when a far larger vortex suddenly appeared in the ocean, the smaller one was compelled to move towards the larger one.

The Wandering Alliance, Black Hole Civilization, Degenerate Civilization, Entropy Civilization, and Antimatter Civilization were all currently within the Super Quasar. The moment the Super Quasar started to change its trajectory, the Level Five civilizations present immediately discovered the sudden appearance of the Giant Nebula. Since they had never seen such an enormous and special nebula before, all the Level Five civilizations looked on, stunned as if they were country bumpkins entering the city for the first time!

Even the experienced Lu Chen from the Black Hole Civilization felt as if a myriad of "Grass Mud Horses" (an internet euphemism for "fuck") were stampeding through his heart.

"Damn, is this for real? How could such a gigantic nebula exist?! Why didn’t we discover it before? It looks like it’s right at the heart of the Cosmic Zone Universe."

At this moment, the Wandering Alliance and Lu Chen suddenly recalled the previous anomaly. Earlier, when they tried to approach the Cosmic Center, they experienced a mysterious coordinate jumping phenomenon. To ascertain the situation at the Cosmic Center, the Wandering Alliance then went along with the flow of material to investigate and inquire.

However, after encountering the Black Hole Civilization, their attention was absorbed by the Black Hole Civilization and the Cosmic Cycle Theory, and for a while, they forgot about the Cosmic Center. Now, with the appearance of the Giant Nebula, the Wandering Alliance and Lu Chen seemed to vaguely understand the reason for the earlier coordinate jumping.

Moreover, according to the observations of the Wandering Alliance, this Giant Nebula was exceedingly special.

It wasn’t just about the sheer size seen on the surface. Through analyzing the detection data collected, the Wandering Alliance discovered that the distant Giant Nebula exhibited a clear and strict material hierarchy.

The so-called material hierarchy is the Wandering Alliance scientists’ explanation for the Giant Nebula, because the arrangement of celestial bodies from inside to outside the Giant Nebula is perfectly aligned with the elemental periodic table. Each element presents in a color, making the Giant Nebula look colorful and vivid, while the hierarchy is simple and distinct.

The order of the elemental periodic table goes Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon...

And from inside to outside of the Giant Nebula, disregarding the central Black Hole, the celestial bodies of each Orbit Zone also follow this property sequence: Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron... up to Neon...

In other words, the Giant Nebula possesses all elements of the elemental periodic table, arranged in a fixed sequence, comprising a total of 150 layers from inside to outside. The previous periodic table contained only 118 elements, but with scientific progress, new elements were gradually discovered, reaching 150 in total.

Of course, any sufficiently large nebula will have all the elements of the periodic table, but what sets apart the Giant Nebula from regular nebulae is that the elements in the Giant Nebula are divided by their order of arrangement. This means, the innermost layer of the Giant Nebula is the Hydrogen Zone, this Orbit Zone only allows the presence of Hydrogen Element, and due to the abundance of hydrogen, a multitude of stars of various sizes have formed, creating a ring of intensely bright stars at the nebula core; the second layer is the Helium Zone, this Orbit Zone only contains Helium Element, and a great amount of helium gas has formed many Helium Stars...

And so on, the third Orbit Zone is the Lithium Zone, the fourth is the Beryllium Zone, the fifth is the Boron Zone... totaling 150 layers, together forming the thousand billion light-years wide Giant Nebula.

These elements within the Giant Nebula are like humans with hierarchical restrictions, each staying within their own zones, obediently orbiting without mingling with others. This is also why the scientists call it a material hierarchy.

If viewed from a cosmic perspective, one would notice that each zone of the Giant Nebula has very clear layers, with distinct colors too. Each Orbit Zone is packed with celestial bodies composed of single elements, densely packed, akin to the microscopic parts of a colorful and intricate Star Disk, presenting a fine, detailed, shocking, and magnificent sight!