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#1071 - Cat's Eye Nebula

"Is this the outer world? Is that the sun?" Qingxuan Zhenjun was very excited. He lay on the porthole of the spacecraft sightseeing, staring at the outside world intently.

Liliat also lay down beside and watched.

Chu Fei looked at Xuan Zhenjun and Liliat, rolled his eyes and said nothing.

This galaxy is a red dwarf galaxy with a stable environment. The passageway we came out of is not very far from the star, barely 5 billion kilometers.

Looking at the red dwarf from here, there is no difference between it and the surrounding starlight, with only the light of the star that is bigger than a turtle's eye left.

This starry sky looks no different from the space environment in the inner world.

Although the inner world is mainly composed of various large landmasses, which are millions of kilometers in size, they still look like stars on a light-year scale.

Then Chu Fei looked at the surrounding starry sky. According to the position relationship of the stars, it can be roughly seen that this is still the Sun and Moon Cluster.

The characteristics of the Sun and Moon clusters are quite obvious. The two clusters are very close to each other, one is round and the other is like a crescent moon. As long as you choose the right position, you can see that the two together form a traditional Chinese character "Ming" structure.

At this position, you can just see the clear structure of the word "Ming".

"It should be a galaxy on the edge of the Sun-Moon Cluster. There are thousands of such galaxies. It is almost impossible to find the hyperdimensional channel here in the vast starry sky. This hyperdimensional channel is really hidden."

While Chu Fei was thinking, the fleet continued to move forward, and after complex verification, it entered the gravitational string channel. Everyone will officially enter the Sun and Moon Cluster through the gravitational string channel.

Qingxuan Zhenjun and Liliat continued to lie behind the porthole to watch the scenery. The scenery in the gravitational string channel was still good. The starlight swirled into a gorgeous light because of the distortion of space.

However, this so-called splendor is only for the normal starry sky. In fact, it is not that amazing. Rather than being amazing, it is better to say that it is a peculiarity.

Even if the speed of human progress in the universe reaches a hundred times the speed of light, it will take three or two days to cross the distance between two stars.

In reality, if you walk from one end of a city to the other, it will take you three or two days. You will find that the buildings around you move very slowly, without any streamer effect. The same is true in the starry sky.

Compared to the entire universe, humans are still too small. Even the Golden Immortals are still like this.

This also triggered Chu Fei's thoughts - how did the universe come about? Was it really created by a strong person?

In the other world, the biggest "creation" Chu Fei saw was actually the Glacier of Despair.

According to Qingxuan Zhenjun, the Glacier of Despair is probably the product of the failure of creation.

Moreover, the Glacier of Despair was not as big as it is now at the beginning. It expanded little by little as it continued to devour the surrounding world and resources.

Could it be that the real world is also like this, with multiple worlds constantly swallowing and merging?

Well, for now, scientific research still does not support the theory of the strong creating the universe. The most recognized theory of the birth of the universe is the "singularity breaking" theory.

It is not the Big Bang of the singularity, that has been eliminated. The so-called singularity breaking is similar to the explosive crystallization of supercooled water (freezing), similar to the crystallization of clouds (rainfall). (Chapter 997)

Quantum fluctuations in the universe will produce "real particles" and "virtual particles" at the same time, which can also be understood as positive particles and antiparticles, or as yin and yang.

These "real particles" and "virtual particles" together constitute a "quantum cloud" that covers the endless void.

Under normal circumstances, yin and yang are balanced, born and annihilated at the same time, and the quantum cloud will remain stable.

However, because of a certain singularity, maybe just a little dust, maybe just a little fluctuation in gravity, or maybe some other reason, this balance is broken, resulting in one or two more real particles, and then the balance of the entire universe is broken.

Real particles gradually increased, and eventually elementary particles appeared, then protons and neutrons, then atoms, and finally the world.

This is a long process, the whole process is calculated in billions of years. Temporary observations also support this statement, as do scientific theories in the laboratory and high-energy physics based on this theory.

As for whether a better creation theory will be found as technology develops in the future, that is unknown. Anyway, this theory is the most popular and the most reasonable one now.

But on the other hand, based on the theory of big data practice, there is also the concept of "data creation", which is the limit of string theory.

The so-called data creation believes that the purpose of the universe is to have sufficient information. The movement of matter is information, the changes in galaxies are information, and the greatest contribution of life, especially intelligent life, is to contribute information to the world.

The information contributed by intelligent life far exceeds the information generated by changes in the material world.

Why does the Heaven's Way of a small world become stronger as the amount of life within it increases? It is because life can create more information. The more powerful the existence, the more information it creates.

Since information is indestructible, the world can only continue to expand.

This information was eventually converted into elementary particles through string theory, then atoms were constructed, and ultimately the material world.

Even believing in gods and the kingdom of God is an application of information creation.

However, a new theory has recently emerged, which is the "time creation theory". In simple terms, time passes, but it turns into matter.

What is time? There is still no way to explain it clearly. Shenglongdian's temporary strategy is to use time as an alternative ruler to indicate the changes of things.

Why is it that the faster the speed, the slower the time? Intuitively, it is because energy is converted into time. Then, can we use time to create energy? With energy, there are matter and the world.

At present, Shenglong Temple and the entire Yanhuang civilization are studying these creation theories. It's not that everyone is bored, but these theoretical studies are directly related to the future of big data practice.

The study of string theory gave birth to big data practice.

Although current big data practice is still far from reaching its theoretical limit, it is always necessary to prepare for a rainy day.

History tells us that scientific theoretical research must come ahead of scientific research.

The group kept thinking like this until True Lord Qingxuan felt that the surroundings were a little boring and interrupted Chu Fei's random thoughts.

"I feel that the laws of nature in the surface world are obscure. This is what you call 'dimensionality reduction'. It is very difficult to cultivate to the tribulation stage in the surface world."

Chu Fei nodded, "We have studied it before. When the surface world reaches the 16.0 level, it will be affected. This is the realm of Lianxu for cultivators.

But if it is used to lay the foundation, the surface world is easier to manage. With our current technology, we can wait until everyone reaches level 16.0 and then send them to the inner world to continue practicing.

In this way, the surface world is equivalent to a cradle, a logistics training base. Especially here, it can prevent interference from the outside world. "

"Okay." True Lord Qingxuan turned around and sat down, saying leisurely: "Xiao Chuzi, let's talk about the construction funds of the sect now."

Chu Fei rubbed his brows and said unhappily: "Letting you go online is the most wrong decision I have ever made!"

True Lord Qingxuan continued to speak leisurely, with a hint of threat and provocation in his tone: "Do you want to talk now, or wait until after our challenge?"

"Figure it out yourself."

Qing Xuan Zhenjun: "Really? Believe it or not, as long as I raise funds publicly, countless people will cry and beg me.

But if that happens, the sect won’t know who has the final say. Oh, it’s so hard to decide.”

Chu Fei: "You decide for yourself."

"Tsk, that's not fun at all."

Chu Fei: ...

I seem to know why you have been sealed for so long, it's time!

After that, Chu Fei ignored Qingxuan Zhenjun who seemed to be letting himself go, and started to connect with the "Shenglong Palace Sun, Moon and Star Cluster Industrial Park" and contacted his only disciple Li Long to inquire about the current situation, especially about the choice of the "battlefield" with Qingxuan Zhenjun.

There are many issues that need to be considered in the battle between Chu Fei and Qingxuan Zhenjun.

The first is the environment. We need to find an environment that is as close to the inner world as possible, so that the performance of Qingxuan Zhenjun will not be affected much. Only in this way can we truly understand the combat capabilities of the strong, which is crucial to the future strategic development of Shenglong Palace.

The second issue is observation. If you want to truly understand the combat effectiveness of Qingxuan Zhenjun and provide guidance data to Shenglong Hall, observation is essential.

Again, there is the issue of safety. Chu Fei also doesn’t know what impact his battle with True Lord Qingxuan will have on the real world - Chu Fei now has some administrator privileges, and True Lord Qingxuan’s foundation is a Golden Immortal. Although the starry sky is vast and the influence of the two people is limited no matter how powerful they are, but what if?

Just like last time Chu Fei used the vacuum energy bomb to send his fiancée away and blew up the entire life planet. After the life planet was blown up, it directly affected the gravitational string channel, causing a lot of trouble later.

This is the rear area of ​​Shenglong Palace, so it is better to be careful.

Finally, it’s about watching. For such a grand event, watching… ahem… visiting, learning from others, etc. is inevitable, and we also have to take care of everyone’s safety.

This challenge has a significant impact, and Chu Fei has already reported the relevant information. The strong are selfless, and at Chu Fei's level, he must drive the development of the entire Yanhuang civilization.

Not to mention the old-fashioned national justice, in order for Shenglong Palace to give back to Chu Fei's own practice, Chu Fei also needs to lead everyone to develop together.

There is also space observation, which is actually very difficult because there is no atmosphere, no scattering, etc., which will lead to poor light and shadow effects.

Now, Li Long has found a good place for Chu Fei - a supernova remnant temporarily named "Cat's Eye Nebula".

In fact, there are not too many "Cat's Eye Nebulae" in the universe, but if you look at a specific area, there are very few. In the entire Sun-Moon Cluster, only two were found.

One of them is too far away and is only given an astronomical number; the closer one not only has an astronomical number, but also a name - Cat's Eye Nebula. To be precise, it should be called "Sun-Moon Cluster Cat's Eye Nebula".

According to the origin of the surnames of the Yanhuang civilization clans, "Sun-Moon Star Cluster" is equivalent to the "surname" and "Cat's Eye Nebula" is equivalent to the "name". In other words, the Cat's Eye Nebula also has a name, a surname and an ID card (number).

The Cat's Eye Nebula is relatively young, less than 100,000 years old, but the environment is good. The surroundings have cooled down, and the average temperature in the middle layer remains at around -50 degrees Celsius, which is considered high temperature in the space environment.

There is also a large amount of interstellar gas and dust around, the density is not high, only one hundred thousandth of the standard atmosphere, but it is enough to cause a relatively obvious light scattering phenomenon, which is convenient for observation.

There is still a large amount of life energy inside the nebula, which is as close as possible to the environment of the inner world - the rules cannot be changed, but the increase in life energy can make up for it.

The battles of cultivators need to be in harmony with the Dao and communicate with the outside world. This is the strength of cultivators.

However, now that Chu Fei has some administrator privileges, he seems to be able to communicate with the outside world.

In short, the environment of the Cat's Eye Nebula is quite suitable.

Especially since the Cat's Eye Nebula is relatively close to the surroundings, there are naturally existing gravitational string channels that can be used, and they can be activated with just a little exploration. Moreover, Li Long has explored this place many times before.

As long as a supernova explodes, there is hope that a large amount of rare metals will be born. In addition, there may be neutron materials in the supernova remnants.

In short, this place has now been requisitioned by Chu Fei.

After Chu Fei confirmed that this place could be used, Li Long said that the preparation work would take about five years.

Five years is five years, Chu Fei can afford to wait. In an interstellar environment, five years is a very tight time, and often a journey starts at twenty years.

The fleet arrived at the Wanlong Star Cluster half a year later. The person in charge here warmly welcomed Chu Fei and his party, and thousands of True God masters lined up to welcome them.

Unable to refuse such a kind invitation, Chu Fei taught everyone for a month and answered many questions before moving on.

After two more transfers and another half a year, they finally arrived at their base, the galaxy next to the first gravitational string channel, now the Shenglongdian Sun and Moon Cluster Industrial Park.

Chu Fei was shocked when he saw the core planet of the industrial park.

The life planet that Chu Fei personally transformed has become a science fiction world.

Planetary rings made of steel hover above the planet, like a Great Wall in space, with buildings densely covering it.

Flexible space elevators connect each other and the ground, and endless aircraft shuttle through them.

Eye-catching orange lights shine on all the planetary rings and space elevators, and soft white light illuminates the passages that weave through space.

There are many large star gates in space, or gravity string channels, where spacecraft enter and exit one after another, and the spacecraft in space are connected in a line and move forward in an orderly manner. The wakes left by the spacecraft light up the space.

There are also bright yellow figures shuttling back and forth in the space, which are extremely eye-catching. They are warning aircraft.

Because of the special environment of space, blue and black are not applicable. Only red, yellow and orange can be used, and yellow was finally chosen. Red is an emergency color and cannot be used indiscriminately. Orange is open to private authorization, but it costs a lot.

Chu Fei was stunned by such a sci-fi scene. It was only three hundred years old, but it had developed so strangely and shockingly.

Although the diameter of a planet is only more than 10,000 kilometers, it is a bit different from the continents of the inner world that are millions of kilometers in diameter, but a planet of tens of thousands of kilometers is not small.

Moreover, the current construction environment of the planet shows a style that is completely different from the inner world, but the shock can still be felt.

Qing Xuan Zhenjun stood behind the porthole, was silent for a while and said: "If you only look at the prosperity on the surface, the fairy palace back then was far inferior to this place. It's a pity that everything here is mortal."

Chu Fei smiled and said nothing. It's just changing the materials, what a simple thing!

At present, the most important thing for this project is not the material, but the control technology, which is the core of the core. As expected, people who don't understand technology can't speak to the point.

You said you have been surfing the Internet for two hundred years, and all you watched were short videos, but you didn’t read any technical content!

True Lord Qingxuan was the foundation of the Golden Immortal. He immediately caught the micro-expression on Chu Fei's face and turned around to ask, "What do you think?"

Chu Fei said casually: "No, I just didn't expect them to develop so fast!"

True Lord Qingxuan took a deep look at Chu Fei, then turned his head to look at the planet outside, and said faintly: "I will also build my sect in the same way in the future."

Chu Fei: "Then the construction will take a long time, probably hundreds of years."

"Do you think I'm a few hundred years behind?"

Chu Fei: "Do you think Shenglong Palace can still give you so many people now? In the other world, the war has already begun."

Qing Xuan Zhenjun blinked, and his expression gradually became "cold". After a while, he said faintly: "Well... well, we should indeed consider the actual situation. But I always feel that you have some opinions about me?"

Chu Fei thought for a moment and said, "Although I have never seen other Golden Immortals, I always feel that you don't behave like a Golden Immortal, but more like a princess who is praised to the sky. I don't know what happened to you in the past, and I don't want to ask.

But your character is not conducive to your current development, nor to the development of the Yanhuang civilization.

I gave you access to the Internet before, but you watched online videos for 200 years and didn’t learn any scientific knowledge.”

"I learned it."

Chu Fei pointed at the planet below and said, "Then what is the most difficult part of building a planet like this?"

“I didn’t understand.”

“…”

Then Qingxuan Zhenjun pulled Liliat over and said, "Ask her how much she has learned!"

Chu Fei sighed, "She is only half a step to true god now. You are a golden immortal, equivalent to a god!"

Qing Xuan Zhenjun looked embarrassed, "Um... your mathematical system is completely different from what I know. I still need some time to adjust my thinking. Give me another two hundred years, and I will definitely learn it."

Chu Fei looked at Master Qingxuan for a long time and shrugged helplessly.

In fact, after getting to know him, it turns out that this True Lord Qingxuan really has no bad intentions, he's just a little too self-indulgent.

Perhaps it was the long-term seal that caused some unknown changes in Qingxuan Zhenjun's character. Judging from his performance in recent years, he does have this tendency.

But think about it, after being sealed for so many years, this is the only state of mind, this is really good. I don't know if it can be regarded as a natural attribute brought by cultivation - a thief can retreat and has a very stable temper.

Chu Fei stopped talking, but True Lord Qing Xuan spoke up instead, his tone surprisingly calm: "I know my performance over the years has been a little... not so good. In fact, this is a way of adjustment in cultivation. The repression of the past needs to be vented, and I have controlled it very well.

Of course, I know that Shenglong Palace will face huge challenges in the future, and I will do my best to cooperate with you.

And I have never owed anyone a favor before. This is your first time, so I’m giving you half of my luck. Don’t worry, I won’t cause any harm to the Yanhuang civilization.”

Chu Fei looked at the sudden change in personality of Qingxuan Zhenjun in surprise, and then nodded. That's right, the previous Qingxuan Zhenjun was too immature, this is the demeanor of a golden immortal.

However, Qingxuan Zhenjun’s explanation also makes sense. After being sealed for so many years, he really needs to vent.

The spaceship slowly entered the port, and Li Long led people to greet them. When seeing Qingxuan Zhenjun and Liliat, Chu Fei said: "This is Qingxuan Zhenjun, you can just call her uncle. This is your master's wife."

Then Chu Fei paid attention to Li Long's cultivation. It was actually at the limit of 19.0, and the aura of cultivation was similar to that of the New Moon Technology Group's cultivation method.

After settling down, Chu Fei called Li Long alone to learn about Li Long's cultivation.

In the past, Chu Fei had been trying to reach the 20.0 realm, and indeed had not paid attention to Li Long's practice. He had only given him some simple pointers and some core information, and that was it.

Li Long's recent cultivation was based on the skills he obtained from the Crescent Technology Group. However, Chu Fei clearly told Li Long that he was not allowed to break through 20.0. Now, it was time to fulfill his responsibility as a master.

Li Long's foundation in martial arts was good, especially when he gave Chu Fei inspiration about "administrator privileges", which showed that Li Long also had a deep understanding of big data practice.

This communication lasted for more than seven months, and Chu Fei completely passed on his core practice to Li Long.

Compared to Bai Yingying and others who just threw the skills and information over, Chu Fei explained to Li Long the foundation of practice, details, various theories, thinking and research process, etc., especially the details of overcoming the tribulation.

As for how Li Long will develop in the future, that is Li Long's own business.

Since ancient times, the master has led the way and the practice is up to the individual. Everyone has his or her own path to follow.

At the same time, Chu Fei's plan to fight against Qing Xuan Zhenjun also caused the entire Sun and Moon Cluster to take action, and a large number of authorized personnel gathered towards the Cat's Eye Nebula.

For the Yanhuang civilization, this battle is regarded as a "war rehearsal" to simulate the world war that is about to break out in the other world. This is also what Chu Fei hopes.

Qingxuan Zhenjun also arrived at the Cat's Eye Nebula in advance and familiarized himself with the environment there.

Five years passed in the blink of an eye, and Chu Fei finally slowly boarded the spaceship and headed towards the Cat's Eye Nebula.

The Cat's Eye Nebula is located outside the Sun-Moon Cluster, more than 20 light years away. Even with current technology, the journey takes more than two months.

When Chu Fei stood on the edge of the Cat's Eye Nebula, he was shocked by its magnificence. Remote observation is never as real and shocking as close observation.

In the endless dark starry sky, a "sky of colorful clouds" suddenly appeared, boundless and endless.

The entire Cat's Eye Nebula is as wide as one light year. Let alone ordinary people, even if Chu Fei stood in front of such a nebula, he couldn't see the edge.

The density of "gas and interstellar dust" at the edge of the Cat's Eye Nebula is very low, close to vacuum.

Don’t think that nebulae are as dense as the clouds in the sky just because they are magnificent. In fact, nebulae are very thin, but their range is too wide.

The gravitational string channel stopped at the outer edge of the nebula, and then activated the ordinary gravitational string flight method to fly inward.

Although the nebula is thin, it still exists. If it flies at superluminal speed, it will be like a plane crashing into the water, which will cause huge stress to the spacecraft, and in serious cases, the ship will be destroyed and people will die. Therefore, the spacecraft can only stop at the edge of the nebula when flying at superluminal speed.

After reaching the edge of the nebula, we switched to low-speed mode and sailed along the route explored on site. The five-year construction period here was mainly to open up this route.

After flying for another two months, it finally entered the middle layer of the nebula, which is roughly equivalent to the orbit of Jupiter in the solar system.

Here you can see even more gorgeous colors.

The entire starry sky is shrouded in relatively dense interstellar gas and interstellar dust, but the density is only about one-tenth of the Earth's atmosphere.

Because of the "atmosphere", the light of the "star" in the center of the nebula lights up the entire starry sky. And because the density of the "air" is thin, the visible distance can reach more than tens of millions of kilometers.

The starry sky here is not pitch black, but more like the light before the sun rises. It is not very bright, but bright enough.

The radiation here is quite serious. Ordinary people definitely cannot survive. Ordinary protective clothing is not enough.

Here you can see the "star-making movement" in the distance. There is a gas vortex that has formed an accretion disk, and judging by its size, it is estimated that it can form a gas planet.

In the center of the galaxy, there is a bright light shining. In the center is the "remnant" left after the supernova explosion. According to speculation, the remnant here may be a neutron star. At present, the neutron star has not yet fully formed and it is expected to take millions of years to fully form.

When Chu Fei found Qing Xuan Zhen Jun, he discovered that his real body was floating in the void in seclusion. However, one of his clones stopped Chu Fei and said, "The real body has an epiphany, don't disturb it! I didn't expect that there would be such a shocking scene in the outer world."

Chu Fei stopped and was puzzled. "I heard that a truly powerful person can create the world, but it's not even as good as a small star? The world of Despair Glacier is fifty light years in diameter."

“The creation of the world also borrowed external power, not the power of the original body. The belief in the creation of the world by gods relies on the believers and faith accumulated over countless years.

It is said that every inch of land in the creation needs the soul of a believer to pave the way. However, after the creation is successful, all believers can be resurrected and live forever in the kingdom of God.

If creation fails, believers may turn into those strange lives.

As for cultivating the Tao, after achieving the Tao, one borrows the power of heaven and earth.

Even though the immortals have extraordinary abilities, most of these abilities come from their positions in the "Immortal Class" rather than being inherent in them.

In fact, I have learned a lot over the years. I always feel that no matter whether it is faith practice or cultivation, after reaching the realm of true god, it is all borrowing external power. This does not feel good.

Perhaps the path of a wandering immortal is the right one.

And your practice of big data is more correct. "

Chu Fei smiled and said, "You have learned this in the last five years, right?" However, he also communicated with the clone of Qingxuan Zhenjun. This communication lasted for two years.

Two years later, the body of Qing Xuan Zhen Jun suddenly erupted with a mighty long rainbow, instantly piercing through millions of kilometers up and down, stirring up the starry sky. (End of this chapter)

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