Chapter 127: Yesterday Once More

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“What is that black dot? Could it be a fragment of this powerful Alien Beast’s body, blown apart by the explosion, and now having gained sufficient energy to reach the escape velocity of the white dwarf?” At the sight of this small black dot, Xiao Yu’s mind instantly tensed. “This is highly likely.” Xiao Yu arrived at a hypothesis because he clearly saw this object fly out from the White Dwarf Monster’s body. “I must capture it. Who knows how formidable the properties of such a powerful Alien Beast’s biological tissue might be? If it can be used to construct a spacecraft...” “But I only have its approximate speed and trajectory. It’s escaping into deep space at a speed of 8,000 kilometers per second. Without precise and detailed parameters, I’ll lose track of it soon.” The specially designed satellites Xiao Yu had placed here had already been destroyed. Before their destruction, Xiao Yu hadn’t been able to gather enough data. “No matter, the light from here will still take over a year to reach the Aquila One system. I can use this time to construct a super telescope to track this fragment.” Xiao Yu devised a solution. Vast amounts of energy continued to stream out from the white dwarf. Xiao Yu’s data indicated that, at this moment, a mass equivalent to over ten Earths was being ejected from the star. The ejected material had escape velocities exceeding 4,000 kilometers per second. Along with the ejected matter came extremely intense radiation of various types. However, this radiation traveled at the speed of light, far outpacing the material. To maintain communication between the Aquila One system and the Aquila Two binary star system, Xiao Yu had established a 1.4 light-year communication chain. Along this chain were several million satellites, with satellite clusters positioned approximately every 200 million kilometers. Each cluster contained anywhere from three to twenty satellites. From the perspective of these satellites, the white dwarf still appeared calm. This was because the light from the nova explosion had not yet reached them. These satellites lacked the protective systems custom-designed by Xiao Yu. Therefore, the moment they detected the light of the nova explosion would also be the moment of their destruction. This meant that Xiao Yu had lost all communications with the Aquila Two system and had no means to ascertain its current state. However, from observing the destruction of these satellites, Xiao Yu could determine how far the violent energy from the white dwarf had traveled. Two minutes after the nova explosion, the farthest satellite cluster was destroyed. This cluster was located 300 million kilometers away from the white dwarf, indicating that the radiation from the star had already traversed this vast distance. After 1,900 seconds, the second satellite cluster was destroyed. Across this 1.4 light-year-long communication chain, nearly a million satellite clusters would be destroyed one after another over the next year. “At last, it’s dead. I’m finally safe,” Xiao Yu sighed with relief. Aquila One system, aboard the Yan Jing. From this vantage point, the binary system in the Aquila Two region appeared unchanged. Since light also required time to travel, and the distance to Aquila Two was 1.4 light-years, what Xiao Yu observed here was actually the state of the Aquila Two system from 1.4 years ago. As for the current state of the Aquila Two system, Xiao Yu would have to wait 1.4 years to see it. This time lag would allow Xiao Yu to accomplish many tasks. The first of these was to construct a super-giant telescope. When the light from the current state of the Aquila Two system finally arrived, he would use it to deduce the black dot’s exact speed and trajectory for future tracking. Secondly, he would begin reclaiming all recoverable equipment from the Aquila One system. Xiao Yu hadn’t forgotten his promise to the Arrow Beast Civilization. The Arrow Beast Civilization had exhausted all its combat power, leaving only the aged and the young on their home planet. In this dark universe, they were extremely vulnerable and urgently needed his protection. If not for avoiding the immense energy released by the nova explosion, Xiao Yu would have set off already. However, having this 1.4-year buffer provided a good opportunity for preparations. The first item on the recovery agenda was the massive particle collider encircling Aquila One, painstakingly constructed yet barely used. This new collider, designed without pipeline installation, was significantly smaller in size and mass compared to its predecessor, with a total mass of only 10 billion tons, well within Xiao Yu’s ability to recover. Once dismantled and recovered, it could be redeployed upon reaching the Arrow Beast Civilization’s star system and put into immediate operation, saving much trouble. Additionally, many resources from the eight satellite bases were also on Xiao Yu’s recovery list. Building new specialized transport ships was out of the question. Fortunately, Xiao Yu still had over 120,000 spacecraft stationed in the Aquila One system, which were more than enough to transport these materials. Time passed steadily. Within the communication chain, nine out of ten of Xiao Yu’s communication satellites had been destroyed. This indicated that in another two months, the light and radiation from the Aquila Two binary system would reach the Aquila One system. By this time, Xiao Yu had almost completed his recovery work. The massive particle collider encircling Aquila One had been disassembled into hundreds of thousands of components and distributed among more than 120,000 spacecraft. All recoverable items from the eight satellite bases had also been loaded onto the ships. During this year, a new giant telescope was also completed. This super-giant telescope consisted of over 10,000 lenses installed across more than 10,000 spacecraft. When in use, Xiao Yu would maneuver these spacecraft into a massive circular formation with a diameter of 30,000 kilometers, effectively creating a telescope with a single lens of equivalent size. To put this into perspective, the legendary Hubble Space Telescope from Earth’s era had a lens diameter of just a few meters. Xiao Yu conducted several tests with this super-giant telescope, and its imaging quality exceeded his expectations. If not for the dense dust clouds within the Aquila Nebula, the telescope could have captured images of the Solar System over 6,000 light-years away. Pluto would be a challenge due to its small size, but capturing Jupiter would not be an issue. This was an extraordinary achievement. For comparison, the Hubble Space Telescope could observe objects over 10 billion light-years away, which sounds impressive. However, at such distances, the objects captured were on the galactic scale. At this range, even a galaxy as massive as the Milky Way would occupy only a single pixel in the image. More specifically, Pluto, which is only a few billion kilometers away—a few light-hours in distance—appears as no more than a faint dot in Hubble’s images, showing no discernible details. Xiao Yu, on the other hand, was over 6,000 light-years away from the Solar System. At this distance, without the interference of dust clouds, Xiao Yu’s telescope could produce an image of Jupiter the size of a soccer ball. With this powerful telescope, Xiao Yu began tracking the mysterious black dot that had escaped from the white dwarf. Time passed in cycles of adjustments and calibrations. Two months went by in a flash. In 24 hours, the light from the Aquila Two system would reach Xiao Yu’s telescope. Xiao Yu had prepared thoroughly for this moment. Ten thousand spacecraft had already ascended and aligned into formation, and a custom non-polarized protective shield had been activated. An invisible energy shield enveloped the fleet, designed to withstand the intense energy from the nova explosion. The imaging process had already begun. The light from the white dwarf’s nova explosion was still 22 hours away. Through the telescope, Xiao Yu observed faint flashes from the Aquila Two system. He recognized these as explosions of his own spacecraft, the light having traveled the 1.4 light-years of distance to reach him once again. Watching the flashes from the destroyed spacecraft, Xiao Yu felt a pang of melancholy as he recalled the battle with the Arrow Beast Civilization. The light from the nova explosion was now just four hours away. At this moment, Xiao Yu spotted Satellite One. In the images, Satellite One’s tail had spread out, and under the illumination of the binary system’s red dwarf, its tail appeared exceptionally bright and vast. This scene, which Xiao Yu had already witnessed once in the Aquila Two system, was now repeating itself. Time flowed slowly as Xiao Yu observed Satellite One stretch into a long strip before crashing into the white dwarf. He saw the powerful Alien Beast leap up from the white dwarf and smash Satellite One with a single punch. Everything unfolded as though yesterday were repeating itself. In Xiao Yu’s vision, the brightness of the white dwarf suddenly increased, far surpassing its companion star. Even from 1.4 light-years away, Xiao Yu could sense the catastrophic and destructive aura it emitted. Massive amounts of matter were ejected from the white dwarf, accompanied by intense radiation. The first to bear the brunt was its companion star. Xiao Yu observed as the red dwarf was affected, its brightness increasing by more than tenfold. On the side facing away from the white dwarf, a long tail began to form.

Chapter 127: Yesterday Once More

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