Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 597 - 593: Shattering the White Dwarf Star

Chapter 597 -593: Shattering the White Dwarf Star

Zhang Yuan stared at the massive Dyson Sphere with a peculiar desire emerging in his heart, even feeling the urge to jump out and touch it, to sense its ancient aura.

This Dyson Sphere was a genuine steel structure, with countless mechanical creations that no one could name, imbued with a sense of power.

Various spaceships circled around the Dyson Sphere, coming and going; many were cargo ships, and some appeared to be military ships. Compared to this real behemoth in the starry sky, the so-called Planet Fortress was mere child’s play, easily crushed, and the ships were no different, resembling colonies of bacteria in a petri dish.

The Artificial Intelligence “Catalantus-3” explained, “Originally, this was a binary star system, consisting of a Constant Star and a White Dwarf Star. In order to obtain the materials needed to build the Dyson Sphere, the Tabi Civilization shattered the White Dwarf Star 150,000 years ago, which is why there is now a vast asteroid belt.”

“Here, all material resources are supplied for free. Your fleet can mine resources from the outer asteroid belt… If you have such needs, we can allocate territory to your civilization, granting you mining rights.”

“1,402 civilizations have participated in the construction of the Dyson Sphere. If your civilization wants to be the 1,403rd in history, you can apply for registration in the D-11-0092 area and contribute to this Dyson Sphere!”

Although it was just a string of text, one could feel an indescribable sense of pride emanating from it.

Everyone was startled upon hearing that the huge asteroid belt outside was the remnants of a shattered White Dwarf Star, and they involuntarily shuddered.

It was overwhelmingly impressive!

“White Dwarf Star?” A military expert gasped, repeating it.

Zhang Yuan, now a bit numb, had only one thought in his mind—whatever they say, just believe it!

A mystery had been unraveled.

White Dwarf Stars, by-products of a dying Constant Star, collect masses of material under the influence of gravity, creating degenerate matter, which is naturally indestructible.

If a White Dwarf Star is completely shattered, the degenerate matter will explode and revert to normal matter.

Using these materials to construct a Dyson Sphere was simply a stroke of genius.

According to the calculations, the mass of the Dyson Sphere was nine times that of the surrounding asteroids, meaning 90% of that White Dwarf Star had been consumed and turned into a part of the Dyson Sphere.

The thought was terrifying—the New Human Civilization had spent a thousand years developing a semi-functional War Star, yet the Tabi Civilization had simply shattered a White Dwarf Star!

Then, a vast number of civilizations recombined these materials to form a Dyson Sphere—a massive engineering feat. No wonder it gathered over a thousand interstellar civilizations and took over one hundred fifty thousand years.

The immense disparity left everyone dazed, staring blankly. The difference was like that between mountains and pebbles, oceans and drops!

This was a great wonder of the Milky Way!

Setting aside whether there were similar Dyson Spheres in the universe, it seemed that none were found in the vast Milky Way.

It was probably the only one…

Zhang Yuan wiped the sweat from his face, looked at the still-stunned crowd, and said with a wry smile, “I think… we should choose to enroll for the construction of the Dyson Sphere. At least we can acquire firsthand information about the Dyson Sphere!”

“And… well, the reward is negotiable, but it’s best to have one, we could at least leave a name here… ‘New Human Civilization was here.’ Haha, it sounds interesting.”

The atmosphere in the spaceship instantly relaxed, and everyone showed an interested expression.

He was right, “New Human Civilization was here.” Having contributed to the construction of the Dyson Sphere was indeed meaningful. In future human history, this would certainly be a highlight.

Old Zhang was right. Continual interaction with other civilizations was also essential… “The first time I saw it, I thought it was huge, unbelievable, but humans adapt quickly and soon get used to such sights.”

Foreign Minister Yang Fan clapped his hands, “So, let’s settle our first stop. Proceed to the D-11-0092 area for registration, establish an embassy, and gather some information. Securing the rights to mine for free and gaining some resource supplies wouldn’t be bad either.”

“…This is the remains of a White Dwarf Star, those workers digging up minerals probably felt even more invigorated!”

After issuing this command, the intelligent flying disc continued to lead the way, while the human spaceship slowly followed behind.

Circling the massive Dyson Sphere, Zhang Yuan noticed that its surface was generally filled with a purple metallic luster, likely a kind of unique material that was commonly used.

Enormous mechanical structures moved slowly, then opened up giant openings the size of Jupiter in front of them.

Further ahead was a “High-Energy Reactor”, within a thin layer of “glass”, a bright white light cluster gathered, the purpose of which was completely unknown to the people.

Still further ahead was a “metal pipeline” millions of kilometers long, its use not yet clear, somewhat resembling an ion accelerator.

Many areas were “leaking air,” and one could see with the naked eye the yellow Constant Star enveloped within.

Blindingly, extremely blindingly bright!

In an instant, a strong solar wind burst forth from this “vent”! One should not think of a Constant Star as anything mild, it was constantly trying to break free from this encasement!

Suddenly, the communication signals began to tremble heavily, as electromagnetic communication was easily interfered with. However, neutrino communication was still able to be maintained normally.

Luckily, it was just a burst of solar wind, coming quickly and leaving quickly, and as the spaceship moved away from the affected area, communication quickly returned to normal.

There were frequently spaceships passing by, and in one hour, they encountered 13 different batches of spaceships. Their shapes varied, and from the markers on the surfaces of the spaceships, they belonged to different civilizations, making this expanse of stars seem very bustling.

However, when people encountered these alien spaceships, they did not greet each other, but simply carried out their own tasks.

“Aliens are really numerous here. I wonder what the political structure of this place is like?”

“Although we are a Fourth-level Civilization, one more or one less would probably not make much difference…”

Zhang Yuan listened to his companions’ discussions thoughtfully. The Fourth-level Civilizations here probably weren’t as rare as those in the Huantai Civilization Trading Market.

Back then, in the Huantai Civilization Trading Market, there were only four or five Fourth-level Civilizations, but here, there were at least a hundred!

And there were even more Third-level Civilizations.

Some scientists were still curious about how this huge steel body was constructed, as theoretically no conventional material had the strength to support the steel structure, including various alloys and nanomaterials, even if their strength was increased tenfold, it would still be far from sufficient.

That is… were these unconventional materials unknown to humans?

Someone thought of that piece of High-dimensional Fragment that humanity had yet to decrypt! That piece of High-dimensional Fragment was a kind of new material that humans could not yet understand; if one was to understand it through conventional materials, it was somewhat like glass.

Glass is actually a complex substance where solid and liquid are indistinguishable, with molecules inside that flow.

The High-dimensional Fragment also had a similar principle, but even more complex.

Including the Subspace Technology inside it, humans had not really cracked it yet.

As they pondered thus, a scientist typed a line into the communicator: “Could you tell us the specific materials of the Dyson Sphere?”

Originally, the people didn’t have much hope, but surprisingly, Catalanpus-3 actually responded: “This Dyson Sphere is composed of conventional materials and subatomic materials. Its subatomic materials were personally completed by the Tabi Civilization…”

“Some of the conventional materials can be found in the Abyssal Material Project, producible by both Level 4 and third-level Civilizations…”

“The energy collected from the Constant Star, part of it is used to operate the device itself, while the excess energy will be used to manufacture antimatter; the Dyson Sphere can produce 720,000 tons of antimatter every second.”