Wandering Meteor-Chapter 138: Core Area Collision

After the core areas of the Galaxy Nebula and the Andromeda Nebula were exposed,

one could see that they were mostly composed of old Constant Stars, and there were even quite a few White Dwarf Stars.

The spacing between these old Constant Stars was not nearly as wide as that in the spiral arms; the closest ones were less than an astronomical unit apart, and the farthest ones were no more than ten light years away.

Moreover, due to their closer proximity to the central Black Hole, these old Constant Stars were bound by strong Gravity and unable to break free, only to rotate in tight circles around the central Black Hole.

Under normal circumstances, apart from the central Black Hole, the most abundant objects in the core areas of a Celestial Nebula are the old Constant Stars.

These old Constant Stars seem to huddle together to form clusters, collectively making up about ten percent of the total mass of the nebula, and because so many stars are clustered together, the core area is generally one of the thickest and highest parts of the nebula.

At the same time, the core area is also the brightest spot in the nebula.

Typically, there exists a halo layer at the edges of the core area, formed by the combined light emitted by billions of Constant Stars within the core area.

Besides, numerous gases and dust particles are bound by Gravity within this halo layer, becoming an interstellar medium layer that absorbs and reflects light.

One could imagine, when the densely packed core areas of these two nebulas collide, the energy released would be more terrifying than the combination of the previous four spiral arms, and the spectacle it displays would be the most brilliant, the most shocking, and the most spectacular scene in the entire grand collision.

This scene is what Constant Star Lu Chen had been waiting for.

Thus, Lu Chen began to observe meticulously the grand collision of the two giant nebula cores.

As the two core areas approached each other, the thin halo layer instantly shattered.

Then, the star clusters within the two cores began to intersect and collide, launching an incredibly grand and prolonged display of stellar light.

Due to differences in the structures of the Galaxy Nebula and the Andromeda Nebula, the structures of their cores also varied.

The Galaxy Nebula is a Barred Spiral Nebula, with a core area containing a stellar bar composed of hundreds of billions of Constant Stars;

The Andromeda Nebula is a vortex nebula, its core area consists of a stellar vortex belt made up of nearly a trillion Constant Stars.

Therefore, from a cosmic perspective, when the core areas of the two giant nebulas collide, the most direct spectacle is an immensely huge luminous bar brutally stabbing into the star vortex.

This scene, was like the mythological Monkey King wreaking havoc in the Heavenly Palace, only this time it transformed into havoc within the nebula, with the scale and magnitude increased by billions of times.

Under the tremendous pull of Gravity,

the star clusters inside the two cores began to move towards each other at high speed.

Among them, some luckier Constant Stars managed to fly through the gaps, then rushed out of the core area at extremely high speeds, spanning hundreds of light years. As their speed gradually depleted, they were pulled back by the Black Hole Gravity, and the whole motion process appeared as if an invisible thread of Gravity bound the Constant Stars in a long elliptical flight path.

This also formed a very shocking and magnificent scene.

Because it’s not just one Constant Star, but hundreds of billions of Constant Stars performing the same elliptical flight motion together.

From Lu Chen’s perspective, it seemed like a cosmic acrobatics show taking place in Cosmic Space, where billions of luminous Constant Stars performed similar motions against the backdrop of the dark Universe, highlighting the breathtaking spectacle of this acrobatics show.

At the same time the Constant Star acrobatics show was in full swing, a Constant Star fireworks festival was also unfolding.

After all, with such densely packed cores undergoing a massive collision, some stars would pass through the gaps, while others would inevitably collide.

And the likelihood of these collisions was remarkably high, at about twenty percent.

One could see the Constant Stars colliding with one another, and from a cosmic viewpoint, it truly seemed as though two light-based firecrackers were striking each other, followed by a massive explosion. Endless clusters of energy were ejected elegantly in all directions, much like a firework bursting in the sky, brilliant and splendid!

This scenario was just one scene of many.

In the actual collision, at least hundreds of millions of Constant Stars collided.

Each pair of stars erupted like cosmic fireworks, spewing countless large and small clusters of energy particles into Cosmic Space. Countless stars sacrificed their lives to push this unique fireworks festival to its pinnacle in an instant.

What shocked Lu Chen further as he observed from afar was

the simultaneous unfolding of both the Constant Star fireworks festival and the Constant Star acrobatics show. In the acrobatics show, some stars collided while trying to escape, also creating firework-like explosions. The entire process lasted an incredibly long time, turning the grand collision into a chaotic yet exquisite tableau of electric motion.

Ultimately, in a collision too complex and grand to describe fully,

the cores of the Galaxy Nebula and Andromeda Nebula collided completely, erupting with a force a hundred thousand times the total energy released by the collision of four spiral arms.

However, even though the Galaxy Nebula and Andromeda Nebula underwent a colossal collision due to gravitational pull, it was not a direct head-on collision. The two giant nebulae were slightly misaligned, and the area of collision covered only about half.

That is, the actual area of intersection and collision between the Galaxy Nebula and Andromeda Nebula was only about half of each.

As a result, when the core areas of the two giant nebulae were completely destroyed by one another, the two central Black Holes did not directly collide.

One could see two Black Holes spinning at high speed like dark whirlpools, passing by each other with incredible velocity, then after thousands of light-years of spinning flight, the velocity of each was gradually neutralized by the other, only to be pulled back together by strong gravitational forces. After crossing thousands of light-years again, the Galaxy Nebula and Andromeda Nebula finally merged together dramatically, like the lovers Cowherd and Weaver Girl.

This lengthy merging journey was like a couple who had scheduled a rendezvous billions of years ago, finally completing their meeting.

When time reached this moment.

Every civilization observing nearby, including the Wandering Alliance, devoted all their astronomical equipment to observing the process of Black Hole merger, eager to unravel the most mysterious Black Hole Mystery of the Universe!

However, while all civilizations focused on observing the Black Hole merger.

Hundreds of light-years away in a distant land, an extraordinary giant beast was speeding towards this event at the speed of light.

The eyes of this giant beast were as cold and precise as machinery, capable of discerning the trajectory of everything in the Universe with a mere glance, then smoothly pinpointing its target.

This kind of beast was obviously not natural but had been fabricated by some civilization.

It bore a name that made the entire Universe tremble in fear—Entropy Beast!