Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 680: Tarantula Nebula
At this moment within the Divine Ark Civilization, at least forty percent of research resources were being poured into the Specter companion. The remaining strength was still placed by Xiao Yu into conventional scientific research.
Putting all the eggs in one basket was exceedingly unwise. Xiao Yu understood this deeply. So he did not relax his focus on conventional technology. His goal was very clear. In conventional research, Xiao Yu would aim to manufacture a Star-Class warship. Only after the Star-Class warship was built would he return to the Milky Way Galaxy.
A Star-Class warship was the most powerful instrument of war below a Level 7 Civilization and the hallmark of a Level 6 peak civilization. In Xiao Yu’s estimation, a Star-Class warship was also the warship of greatest size. Xiao Yu believed that for a Level 7 or higher civilization, continually increasing size would no longer bring performance improvements commensurate with it. The refined use of space technology could yield the effect of storing something vast within the small. Through space technology, the interior space of a Village-Class spaceship could be larger than an entire star system. Conversely, an ordinary-looking Village-Class spaceship might be the flagship of a Level 7 or even higher civilization.
The Neutron War Star was an excellent representative in this regard. The Neutron War Star was at least a Star-class warship, and it might even be a higher Galaxy-Class warship. Yet its size was only so much, roughly equivalent to Xiao Yu’s Province-Class or City-Class warships.
However, for Xiao Yu at present, manufacturing a Star-Class warship still faced numerous extremely serious technological obstacles. The most fundamental point was the limitation of materials science. Hydrogen-atomic polymer material could not meet the demands of building a Star-Class warship. Although the flesh and blood of the Arboreal Race Alien Beast and the Python Race Alien Beast could meet those demands, certain key parts of a Star-Class warship could not be made from Alien Beast flesh. Beyond the limitations in materials science, there were countless other technological hurdles.
Through analysis and research of the Guardian Civilization’s Star-Class warship fragments, Xiao Yu confirmed that the construction materials for a Star-Class warship had already broken through the category of elemental atomic polymer materials. They seemed to be aggregated from pure microscopic particles such as neutrons, protons, and electrons, with the characteristics of elements no longer present. The performance of this material could even rival the flesh of the white dwarf Alien Beast that Xiao Yu had once obtained.
Although that white dwarf Alien Beast was not as powerful as the Arboreal Race Alien Beast or the Python Race Alien Beast, it was a Level 6 Alien Beast nonetheless. To produce by technological means a material whose performance was no less than that of Level 6 Alien Beast flesh was difficulty beyond imagining.
“Manufacturing a Star-Class warship truly is no simple matter.” Xiao Yu sighed. “A Star-Class warship is the peak in terms of size, and it is essentially different from a Planet-Class warship. One could say that without a Star-Class warship, one does not count as a top-tier existence within the Milky Way Galaxy. Although building a Star-Class warship is difficult, I still have plenty of time. I am confident I can build one.”
Just as Xiao Yu pushed his vast computational power to the limit, devoting himself fully to research on every front, he received a report sent from the scientists of the Materials Science Institute.
“Master, we have made a new discovery in materials science.” said the chief scientist of the Materials Science Institute in the report. “A Star-Class warship is constructed from micro-particle aggregated materials. Although we currently have the Guardian Civilization’s warship fragments to serve as research samples, we have never been able to find a method to manufacture this material. Now, however, we have discovered that this kind of material may be produced by natural evolution in certain cosmic environments. If we can find the natural processing plants for this material in the universe and, through observation and analysis, understand its natural formation mechanisms, then we will have a great chance of gaining inspiration and thus mastering a method for manufacturing this material…”
“Hm?” Xiao Yu’s heart stirred. He immediately extended his computational power into the Materials Science Institute and copied the latest research results of the institute’s scientists into his mind. An instant later, Xiao Yu replied, “Excellent. Then let us set out for the Tarantula Nebula.”
The scientists of the Materials Science Institute had discovered that in certain violent astronomical phenomena this micro-particle aggregated material might be produced through natural evolution. Among these, the astronomical phenomenon most likely to produce such material was stellar fusion. Under certain specific conditions, the collision of stars would not lead to destruction but would give rise to new birth. The two colliding stars would ultimately merge into a larger, heavier star. In the midst of this intense fusion process, it was very likely that micro-particle aggregated material would be produced.
And when it came to stellar fusion, the most suitable place was the Tarantula Nebula. The Tarantula Nebula was a star-dense region within the Large Magellanic Galaxy. Within it there existed many giant stars that very clearly were formed through stellar fusion. Xiao Yu was certain that within the mechanisms of natural stellar evolution, there was no possibility for stars greater than one hundred twenty times the mass of the Sun to be born. Yet within the Tarantula Nebula there existed many stars exceeding two hundred times the mass of the Sun. Since they were not born through natural evolutionary mechanisms, they could only have been produced by stellar fusion.
For Xiao Yu, the Tarantula Nebula was the most suitable research site. Thus Xiao Yu maneuvered his fleet, along with the small universe and so on, and set out toward the Tarantula Nebula.
The Tarantula Nebula was at a distance of roughly one thousand light years from Xiao Yu’s current position. It would take around seven years for Xiao Yu to reach it. Even at such a distance, the Tarantula Nebula still displayed an astonishing brightness.
The stellar activity within the Tarantula Nebula was far too intense, and there were too many extreme stellar bodies. There were many stars whose luminosity was close to the Eddington luminosity limit. The Eddington luminosity limit is the maximum brightness a star can reach. It is not a fixed value, but depends on a star’s mass. If a star’s luminosity exceeds the Eddington limit, the radiation pressure carried by light will exceed the star’s own gravity, and a massive amount of matter will be ejected into interstellar space by the light pressure. This mechanism will cause the star’s luminosity to dim. Therefore, a star’s luminosity can exceed the Eddington limit for a short time, but it cannot maintain such a state for long.
When the power of light pressure exceeds a star’s own gravity and causes the star to undergo a large-scale ejection of matter, one can imagine how bright such a star would be, and how bright the entire Tarantula Nebula would become. To give an example, if the Tarantula Nebula were placed one thousand light years from Earth, its brightness would be enough to cast a clear shadow onto humans on Earth. The Tarantula Nebula’s power was evident. It was to such an extreme place that Xiao Yu was heading.
Traveling alone through this unfamiliar galaxy, Xiao Yu’s state of mind gradually calmed. Sweepers, Guardians, Taihao, Alien Beasts, all these powerful existences flashed through Xiao Yu’s mind one by one.
“If I can find a method for the Specter to control the Micron Civilization’s corpse without loss, then after I return to the Milky Way Galaxy, the first I will deal with is the Guardian Civilization. Even if I do not have the power to annihilate the Guardian Civilization, I must at least obtain their technology. The Guardian Civilization’s technology and the Micron Civilization’s corpse, these two together will bring my power to its peak. Then it will be time to confront the Sweepers.”
Whether or not to start a decisive battle with the Sweepers Civilization was not something Xiao Yu could decide. Even if Xiao Yu wished to coexist peacefully with the Sweepers Civilization, it would be of no use, because the Sweepers Civilization had expended such enormous effort to cultivate Xiao Yu with the ultimate goal of eliminating him at his most powerful moment. This had long been predetermined, and no one could change it.
Xiao Yu was advancing along the route laid out by the Sweepers Civilization because he believed this behavior aligned with his own interests. The Sweepers Civilization was confident of eliminating Xiao Yu at his strongest. Xiao Yu was likewise confident of winning the decisive battle against the Sweepers Civilization. This was destined to be the greatest war in the history of the Milky Way Galaxy. This battle would determine the destiny of at least five top-tier existences.
On the long journey, Xiao Yu passed through one star system after another, experiencing the differences between the Large Magellanic Galaxy and the Milky Way Galaxy. These different natural landscapes and different cultural environments all became Xiao Yu’s accumulation, recorded by him.
Xiao Yu saw that after he annihilated the Great Emperor Civilization, the Large Magellanic Galaxy had fully returned to peace. Along the way, he had seen at least a dozen fleets of different civilizations and three different civilizations’ trading sites. Just as the Solan Civilization had said, the various civilizations within the Large Magellanic Galaxy had realized the dream Xiao Yu once held. All civilizations were coexisting peacefully and working together to develop their technology.
“This state is the ideal state. The exchange of technology does not necessarily have to be achieved through war. Equal trade can achieve the same things. It is such a pity. Why has such a situation not formed in the Milky Way Galaxy, and why must the most brutal wars be waged to realize this exchange?”
If possible, Xiao Yu was very unwilling to choose war.
“The Large Magellanic Galaxy can also be considered a testing ground. Let me see how far the civilizations that have chosen peace as their developmental direction will ultimately go.”
Several years passed, and Xiao Yu had arrived near the Tarantula Nebula. When Xiao Yu exited curvature flight, what unfolded before him was a magnificent sight.
Xiao Yu’s fleet was instantly submerged by boundless light.
