Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1390 Answering Questions and Resolving Doubts

Noah naturally sent a message to Moonflower Star. However, it was only after everything had settled down, and before leaving Perlun Star and making the space jump.

When I first arrived on Perlun Star, I was worried that Binze might cause trouble, so I naturally didn't put delivering a message of safety on my to-do list.

Afterwards, Binze disappeared, leaving Lin Fan and his companions isolated and helpless on the cultivation planet. The Noah followed almost the entire way, handling the aftermath.

Because of the tenfold time difference, Noah initially planned to explore the surrounding stars, while Lin Fan and the others were busy with their own things, so that neither could delay the other.

Two months ago, things were fine. Lin Fan was engrossed in his studies at Changtianmen and nothing serious happened.

After accidentally entering an ancient world and being corroded by radiation, the need for the Noah increased significantly. From radiation protection agents to machines to eliminate radiation...

According to the time on Perlun Star, Lin Fan and Antonio went to Youye Sect to retrieve equipment every ten days to half a month, but when converted to one-tenth of the time, the Noah ship was almost constantly on the move.

Everyone available was mobilized. This included not only scientific and technological research personnel, but even the escort ship crew were pulled in to manually assemble machinery when things got busy.

Once all the equipment was installed, not only Lin Fan and Antonio breathed a sigh of relief, but everyone on the Noah also finally relaxed after half a year of intense work.

Later on, there was the showdown with the people of the cultivation world, Lin Fan's gamble on the tribulation of lightning, the Noah's crew disembarking for collective advancement, the trading of transportation resources... each and every one of these events was a major event for the Noah.

Moreover, although the leader of the Hermits, Kravis, paid a great price to allow Lin Fan and the others to lead Binze back to his hometown.

Given Binze's condition, they had probably prepared for the worst. Worried about receiving bad news, they simply didn't mention letting him know they were safe.

No news is good news.

Besides, according to Noah's timeline, it would only be less than a year before they arrived at Perlun Star. That's nothing in interstellar time; it's not even as long as the time they spent traveling on Moonflower Star.

It wasn't a matter of life and death; whether it happened sooner or later didn't really matter.

So, from any perspective, Noah is not wrong.

Now that this matter was settled, Cen Fangyuan was writing a summary report in his office when he suddenly remembered that he should send a message to Yue Huaxing as a way of giving an explanation to the Hermits.

However, given that Noah's information network was built using their own homemade communication satellites positioned in orbit around various stars, the network speed was affected by distance, so the journey might be a bit slow.

The Noah came to the Nexus Ring this time by making a space jump directly from the outer region of Perlun Star, saving an unknown amount of time and effort.

As expected, the message to Yuehua Star is probably still circulating somewhere along the way...

After learning the whole story, Rubelu was both amused and exasperated. He first used his own terminal to send a message to Yuehua Star before listening to Antonio's animated account of how "Perlan Star went all out to help Binze."

Accompanied by photos and videos of Noah with various forces before leaving Perlun—originally intended as archival material, but unexpectedly finding another use here.

Rubelu was genuinely happy to see Binze with a rosy complexion and radiant spirit. He listened intently to Antonio's almost exaggerated praise without a doubt.

The already strong positive feelings towards the Noah were now amplified to the maximum, a mixture of gratitude and reverence that instantly infected everyone present, making Antonio somewhat embarrassed to continue his praise.

With Binze's matter hanging high above them, Rubelu answered all of Lin Fan's questions without reservation. This dispelled the concerns of the group, who had been hesitant about the Star Ring before entering the store, and finally gave them the confidence to speak with some assurance.

According to Ruberu, the Nexus Ring is not a natural celestial body. Rather, it is an artificial ring-shaped celestial body constructed by a Type IV civilization using a dark matter-woven alloy as its core, with a collapsing white dwarf as its center.

When its diameter reaches 3.18 light-years, the thickness of the ring-shaped body is approximately 8000 kilometers.

Viewed from space, it resembles a silver halo suspended in interstellar space—the outer alloy material captures the faint radiation from the universe, forming a unique "quantum scale" landscape.

The green pulse light that Lin Fan and his group saw from afar was a full-frequency energy collection that was completed every thirty minutes, capable of meeting the instantaneous energy replenishment needs of hundreds of interstellar spaceships at once.

“Wait a minute, wait a minute!” Antonio interrupted Rubelu’s narration.

He knew about white dwarfs.

Simply put, it is the product of a low-mass star ceasing thermonuclear reactions, gradually releasing its residual heat, and continuously decreasing its surface temperature and light intensity until the star "dies".

He wasn't entirely sure of the specifics, but he vaguely remembered that after the planet reacted, its outer layers were ejected to form a nebula, and the final accumulation of elements formed a dense stellar core, which is a white dwarf.

White dwarfs are essentially the "corpses" of planets, possessing no practical value other than their research significance.

But what exactly is this "dark matter woven alloy"?

They had just heard the robots mention dark matter at the mecha shop. It sounded like "dark matter illumination," which seemed to refer to a luminous object. How come here, it seems like it can even weave?

And what about the previous diffuse nebula?

Antonio, adhering to the principle of asking questions when he didn't understand, bluntly asked the question directly.

Fortunately, Ruberu had a special relationship with them; otherwise, these issues alone could have dragged the Noah into a fatal crisis.

Of course, Antonio wasn't entirely without tact. He wouldn't have asked that question if he weren't facing Rubéru.

Sure enough, Ruberu had an incredibly thick filter on them and didn't think there was anything wrong with them asking such a common-sense question.

Or perhaps it was because they knew from a young age that Binze came from a cultivation world, which was completely different from their technological world, that Lin Fan and the others, who could cultivate immortality like Binze, were automatically categorized as belonging to the cultivation civilization.

It's not ignorance, but rather that we are at different stages of civilization and should not be underestimated.

"A diffuse nebula is a nebula that is irregular, shapeless, and boundless. It is a collection of celestial bodies composed of interstellar gas, dust, and plasma," Lin Fan said to Antonio, remembering the information he had memorized from the encyclopedia in his mind.

"Diffuse nebulae range in diameter from tens to hundreds of light-years on average, and often contain hot, dense celestial bodies, such as newborn or dead stars. The high-energy photons emitted by these bodies ionize the surrounding gas, causing it to emit radiation in various wavelengths, including visible light, creating a spectacular display. The specific colors depend on the chemical composition and the degree of ionization." Seeing that everyone seemed to understand but not quite, Lin Fan said into the headset, "Xinglan, give me a typical image of a diffuse nebula."

“Xinglan received,” the voice in the earpiece replied immediately. “The image has been sent, please check.”

Lin Fan lightly tapped the earring in his left ear, and a red and black projection quickly appeared in mid-air.

"So beautiful..." Wu Yi exclaimed softly.

“It is indeed beautiful,” Antonio nodded. “I’ve seen it many times, but this is the first time I’ve known it was called a diffuse nebula.”

"Ha!" Jin Sichen quickly added, "Your lack of interest in studying makes us Noah's crew seem just as ignorant as you."

Just as Antonio was about to retort, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Jin Sichen's meaning through the slit in Jin Sichen's glasses. He pouted, snorted, and crossed his arms and crossed his legs, clearly displeased.

"So what if I don't like studying? I'm still better than you! I'm a Nascent Soul cultivator! Humph!"

"Hey, stop arguing," Lu Xinyuan quickly stepped in to mediate. "If you don't know, you don't know. Everyone has different interests. It's normal that Brother An isn't interested in or doesn't know about this. We all have areas we're not good at or knowledgeable about. For example, Merlin, he's not interested in anything except martial arts, right?"

Merlinnil responded with a polite "hmm" and continued to maintain his aloof, sword-holding posture.

“Yes, yes,” Wu Yi smiled, her eyes narrowed. “I don’t like studying either; I’m more interested in food. If you ask me to read books about nebulae or similar topics, I’ll definitely fall asleep. I’d rather cook.”

The others chimed in.

"Right, right?" Antonio trembled, raising his chin at Jin Sichen. "I know you're smart, but that's all you're good for. I'm a Nascent Soul cultivator!"

Rubel already knew what the Nascent Soul realm was from Antonio's previous explanation. He calmed the situation, which seemed about to escalate again, with a few words and a smile, and then changed the subject.

It was unclear whether he had been genuinely deceived by everyone's words or simply didn't care. In any case, the Noahs secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Fan also gave Antonio a warning look.

Those who had been indifferent to Jin Sichen immediately became quiet, even slowly putting down their trembling legs, no longer daring to show off.

Terrifying interstellar knowledge.

I've tried to simplify it as much as possible. Ah~~ Do you all remember this was a science fiction story?

Every time a new map is released, it takes a lot of effort to redo the background.

Fortunately, the rest is all about space exploration, so I've written it now and I don't need to repeat it later.

Tired.

But with mech combat, these technological aspects have to keep up, right?

Descriptions of many unknown and new things, including power sources, materials, and various other aspects...

Oh no, why did I even write science fiction?