Super Battleship Reborn

The star closest to Xiao Yu is a red dwarf star, whose mass is only about 50% of that of the sun. In the universe, this is the most common and most numerous star.

The smaller the star, the slower its nuclear fusion reaction and the longer its lifespan. The lifespan of the universe is about 13.7 billion years, and the lifespan of red dwarf stars is much longer than this number. Therefore, there are no dead red dwarf stars in the universe yet.

There are several open star clusters in the Eagle Nebula, and in each open star cluster, there are dozens or hundreds of stars. Among these numerous stars, this red dwarf can only be regarded as a very ordinary and inconspicuous one.

Stars are formed by the gathering of cosmic dust, so the Eagle Nebula, of course, will be a huge star factory. In the Eagle Nebula, Xiao Yu has observed at least dozens of protostars.

A protostar is the embryonic stage of a star. Because of the instability of gravity, the interstellar dust cloud will collapse toward the center. In the process, it will emit infrared light and the core temperature will increase, all the way to the onset of deuterium fusion. Then, the core area will stop contracting.

At this time, the interstellar dust cloud is still raining down on the protostar, its mass will continue to increase, its core will become hotter and denser, and then the fusion of hydrogen begins Now, it's starting to radiate a considerable amount of light and heat, which means a star is actually forming.

After a star is formed, it will emit a powerful stream of high-energy charged particles that will disperse the interstellar dusty matter that continues to surround it, and this will prevent it from increasing in mass.

In such a process, a star was created.

The Tianying Nebula, a huge star factory, has another resounding name, that is, the Pillar of Creation!

Stars are the most important celestial bodies in the universe. It generously radiates its own energy, and its existence has created a good foundation for the emergence of life. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to name such a huge star factory the Pillar of Creation.

Xiao Yu saw that there was a stellar embryo in the protostar stage at a distance of 1.6 light-years away from him. At its poles, powerful jets are launched that stretch for tens of billions of kilometers. Under its gravitational pull, the dust in interstellar space gathers around it into a dust disk, rapidly revolves around it, and continuously converges on it. In the process, there are strong ultraviolet rays and X-rays. , a gamma ray burst.

The Eagle Nebula is such a magical place.

In addition to the stars, Xiao Yu also noticed several peculiar locations. One of the locations is 1.4 light-years away from Xiao Yu's target star. In this place, a star with a mass of 0.7 times the mass of the sun is moving chaotically. It's spinning wildly around an invisible point, and at the same time, it's losing mass at an alarming rate.

The sun has about 500 million tons of matter involved in fusion every second, of which 4 million tons of matter are converted into energy, that is to say, the sun loses 4 million tons of mass every second. But the star, which is 0.7 times the mass of the sun, is losing an astonishing rate of 20 million tons per second!

According to the theory of stellar evolution, this is basically impossible, so, combined with its weird orbit, Xiao Yu came to the conclusion that it has a companion star, and this companion star is constantly moving from it Steal material from the body.

After coming to this conclusion, Xiao Yu became a little worried.

A companion star, which is invisible in visible light, proves that its nuclear fusion reaction has stopped, and its size is small, but it has a lot of mass.

Xiao Yu came to the conclusion that there is a white dwarf star there.

This white dwarf star, like a ferocious piranha, is rapidly tearing off pieces of flesh from its companion star.

And according to this biting efficiency,

This white dwarf star will likely have a nova explosion in the near future.

Of course, this near-term is on a cosmic scale, millions of years later, and one second later, it is all near-term. However, according to the observational data, Xiao Yu is 95% sure that this white dwarf star will have a nova explosion within a thousand years.

A nova and a supernova are different, and novae can repeat many times in a white dwarf star. Although Type Ia supernovae in supernova explosions also occur on white dwarfs, the specific mechanisms are different. Roughly speaking, among various dead star explosions, nova explosions are the least powerful.

But even a nova explosion with the least power is countless times more powerful than a collision between Muyue and Tianyuan A colliding with Tianyuan 4. Xiao Yu's target star is only 1.4 light-years away from this time bomb, and it is likely to be affected in a major event such as a nova explosion.

Xiao Yu thought about it for a long time, but decided to continue with the original goal. There are two reasons for this. First, at such a distance, the nova explosion will not necessarily affect him. Second, Xiao Yu hopes to get a chance to observe the nova explosion at close range, which will greatly enrich Xiao Yu. Yu's theory of stellar evolution.

In the reddish universe, Xiao Yu's fleet was driving fast.

On Xiao Yu's spaceship shield, tiny flashes of light continued to erupt. Xiao Yu knew that it was caused by the impact of the interstellar dust cloud on the shield. Under the shroud of countless tiny flashes, Xiao Yu's fleet seemed to be wearing a star-like garment, which was extremely gorgeous.

The density of matter here is thousands of times higher than in other places. The dense gas cloud causes Xiao Yu's fleet to be continuously slowed down. At the same time, the impact of gas cloud particles may also cause Xiao Yu's fleet to deviate from the route. Only by constantly adjusting the course and accelerating, Xiao Yu managed to maintain the speed above 3,000 kilometers per second.

Fortunately, Xiao Yu's fuel is still sufficient, otherwise, at this rate, the fuel would have been used up long ago.

As time passed, Xiao Yu was getting closer and closer to the target star. So far, Xiao Yu has only ten years of voyage left, a distance of about 950 billion kilometers.

This distance is still outside the heliopause of this star, but Xiao Yu has already begun to encounter a small amount of meteorites. These meteorite blocks travel through the universe along chaotic orbits.

From the stellar scale, the entire Tianying Nebula is a chaotic multi-body system, and the operation of the planets inside the multi-body system is chaotic and unpredictable, which also leads to the instability of interstellar matter, and the operation of these meteorites is also Xiao Yu. It's impossible to predict, so this often happens. One second, a meteorite was still flying leisurely, and it seemed that Xiao Yu's fleet was disdainful at all, but the next moment, they didn't know which one Under the influence of the stars, the orbit suddenly changed, and it slammed into Xiao Yu aggressively, and a large spark burst out on the protective cover of Xiao Yu's spaceship.

Xiao Yu felt a little helpless about such a thing.

At such a long distance, he began to encounter meteorites, which raised Xiao Yu's estimate of the degree of chaos in the galaxy by another level. It is very likely that the star system here is ten times, a hundred times more chaotic than the Tianyuan four galaxies.

It will take ten years before I can reach my destination. My sailing speed is really too slow. I don't know when I will be able to step into the realm of the fourth-level civilization and master the speed of navigation. Xiao Yu said a little. Depressed thinking, According to Luca II, at the peak of the third-level civilization, its sailing speed can reach 50% of the speed of light. Stepping into the first-level third-level civilization with hundreds of thousands of years of third-level civilization, its sailing speed It can also reach five percent of the speed of light, hey, after reaching the target galaxy, relevant research must be carried out as soon as possible.”

Under Xiao Yu's constant brainwashing, the tens of thousands of Lucca stars on the Xinjiayuan had long since given up to Xiao Yu's command. Even if Xiao Yu asked them to die, they would not hesitate to obey.

In the past two decades, a total of thousands of Lucca children were born. Once these Lucca children had the ability to receive knowledge, Xiao Yu immediately organized a special school to cultivate their loyalty from an early age, and even, The phrase always loyal to the master was written in the textbooks in a grand manner.

Today is the time for a routine report once a month. Xiao Yu connected with Luca No. 2 and listened to Luca No. 2 reporting to himself some of the situation on the New Home.

After quietly listening to Luca II's report, Xiao Yu passed some information on the target star to it, and ordered: Let your scientists plan a most feasible technology upgrade plan for me, and I will use it to do it. refer to.

Luca No. 2 respectfully agreed: Follow your orders, master.

This matter, Xiao Yu didn't take it to heart. Compared with the rest of the complicated things, the Lucca people are not worth Xiao Yu's investment too much energy. However, three days later, an urgent communication request from Luca No. 2 changed Xiao Yu's opinion.

Master, master, you... can you give me... more information? Yes, it's about this star field. Luca No. 2 said in a hasty voice.

Xiao Yu was a little strange, but he still gave Luca II the details of the Tianying Nebula. Three hours later, Luca No. 2 sent another urgent communication request.

Xiao Yu answered impatiently, and heard the bitter voice of Luca No. 2: Master, we are in trouble.

Huh? Xiao Yu expressed his doubts in one syllable.

The Eagle Nebula, within the alliance, is called the Scarlet Star Region, and the Scarlet Star Region belongs to the second-level moderately dangerous area. 300,000 years ago, there was a fourth-level civilization fleet passing through this star region. After that, all the creatures of this civilization have undergone terrifying mutations in their bodies...

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