How to Find It

Stars are not eternal; they have a lifespan. The moment their fuel runs out is the moment they cease to function as stars. The Milky Way Galaxy, composed of countless stars and other types of celestial bodies, is also not eternal.

The Milky Way Galaxy takes approximately 280 to 300 million years to complete one rotation, which is equivalent to an Earth year!

If the star map provided by the Rhomboid Crystal is from Thirty Billion Years Ago, then it has probably completed about ten rotations by now, which is an integer number of rotations. However, an integer number of rotations does not mean that the Milky Way Galaxy will return to the position it was in Thirty Billion Years Ago, because the Milky Way Galaxy is constantly moving, and it is constantly moving in both directions with the Andromeda Galaxy.

In addition, the rotation of the Milky Way is not as stable as that of Star System. It is influenced by too many factors, such as the massive Dark Matter Halo, which causes what people perceive as anomalies in the rotation speed of both the inner and outer rings of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Therefore, if the star map is from Thirty Billion Years Ago, then humans most likely wouldn't be able to find the locations marked on it. The reason is that humans cannot accurately reconstruct what the Milky Way Galaxy looked like Thirty Billion Years Ago; this isn't a problem with computer technology, but rather because humans possess too little information about the stars and other aspects of the Milky Way Galaxy.

"After all this time, the Rhomboid Crystal left us with a treasure we can't find!" Yu Nanfeng said, seeing everyone silent.

The Rhomboid Crystal appeared suddenly, and its departure was equally sudden.

The tense atmosphere in the Lyra Command Center had subsided, but the people who had been summoned remained. They were either holding themselves in place or floating aimlessly in mid-air, all looking rather haphazard.

Since this wasn't a proper Conference Room, this was quite normal. After all, it was Gravity Environment, and some people, unlike those who don't use Magnetic Boots, simply enjoy floating like this. There were no regulations against such behavior. Of course, everyone looked a bit haphazard, but it didn't hinder their work.

"That's not necessarily true. The Rhomboid Crystal is clearly operating according to the settings of the Precursor Civilization. It has no reason to fool us with a star map that can't be found, because there's absolutely no need for it." At this point, a scholar shook his head and said, "I think there are two possibilities. One is that the Rhomboid Crystal created this star map through observation after it was awakened. Well, that possibility is very small. The other is that it thinks we can find the location marked on this star map."

"Hey"

As soon as the scholar finished speaking, Yu Nanfeng scoffed but didn't reply. He felt the scholar had uttered a couple of pointless remarks and there was no need to respond.

In his view, it is impossible for the Milky Way Galaxy to be observed only after the mechanism of the Rhomboid Crystal was awakened, because according to it, it is just a Drift Bottle, the purpose of which is to deliver a message of the Great Voyage to the New Generation Civilization in the Milky Way Galaxy. Such an existence could not possibly have the ability to see the entire map of the Milky Way Galaxy at once.

Not to mention that it doesn't have that capability, Yu Nanfeng believes that even Level Six Civilization wouldn't have that ability. Its judgment is based on the Awakeners's travel technology. Back then, when the Awakeners brought humanity to that Dangerous Star Region, its travel speed was 213.75 times the speed of light. This shows that even Level Six Civilization cannot travel to every corner of the Milky Way Galaxy in one go.

Therefore, Yu Nanfeng is more inclined to believe that the star map is an old star map from Thirty Billion Years Ago. Thinking this way, he said, "I think it is an old star map, so I don't want to waste any more words. I just want to ask my colleagues in related fields: If it is an old star map, can we find its location? Yes or no!"

"Hey, you can't say things so absolutely. Whether something is possible or not depends on certain preconditions. It's not something we can just say we can do!"

A voice responded, and the group of people who were thinking with their heads down turned around to see who it was. They realized that the speaker was Li Zenglu, who had not said a word since arriving at the Command Center.

Li Zenglu, a computer expert, felt that Yu Nanfeng's words were aimed at his computer expertise, so he stepped forward and continued, "Let me put it this way: if there is enough data, our computers can simulate star charts of the Milky Way Galaxy's general appearance 3 billion years from now and Thirty Billion Years Ago. However, the accuracy and the extent of the error are unknown. After all, we still have a huge error in the time it takes for the Milky Way Galaxy to rotate once. Using such a large error to simulate such a long span of the past and future, the error is self-evident."

Oh, it's not a problem with computer processing power.

Upon hearing Li Zenglu's words, Yu Nanfeng first glanced at Yue Yuan, and seeing him nod at him, he understood. Then he spoke again, "What kind of problem is it? We can't just throw hope at us with some random Rhomboid Crystal!"

"That's possible."

The one who answered was Gan De from the Astronomy Team. He had just been observing the star map left by the Rhomboid Crystal and probably had a better idea of what was going on.

He shifted his gaze from the projection screen, turned, and floated in front of the crowd, pointing to the location marked on the star map. "But what does it matter? Everyone should know that star map positioning isn't like planetary maps; otherwise, we wouldn't call the starry sky the 'Sea of Stars,' because the sea is a vast expanse without any reference points. Actually, we don't need to deduce the entire Milky Way Galaxy's 3 billion-year operational patterns. We only need to identify the location marked on the star map and then observe the starry sky using our various observation methods. Theoretically, in the vast sea of stars, we only need Three Stars to locate a target position, but everyone knows our technology isn't advanced enough for that."

Therefore, we need Pulsar and other stars to assist us. Once we find the stars in the star map provided by the Rhomboid Crystal, we can locate the positions marked on the map. However, finding stars isn't limited to Pulsar- based methods; there are other analytical methods based on the star's properties, such as spectra and metallicity.

Everyone nodded. At this moment, even scholars whose astronomical knowledge was not at the forefront of the field understood the purpose of astronomers' insistence on collecting as much information about each star as possible.

Gan De continued, "So it is possible for us to find the location shown on the star map, but this is not just a matter of astronomy. We also need the assistance of computer experts and experts in Stellar Evolution."

Expert Group scholars and experts from only one field cannot accomplish anything, whether in the space age or the Earth Era. Multidisciplinary collaboration is commonplace, as everyone knows.

However, at this moment, everyone heard Gan De continue, "Of course, we also need to understand one thing, which is what Small Universe is, whether it has a fixed position in the Milky Way Galaxy, or whether its relative position changes with the movement and rotation of the Milky Way Galaxy. This is very important."