"200 years? That's alright, acceptable. 200 years it is. We already have 120 million Grim Slayer ships, plus 100 million Wind Master, that's enough for now. The population has more than doubled, so our productivity can double again. Let's slowly build production lines and start manufacturing Grim Slayer. By the way, Academician, how long will the conversion take?"
" The Sun's diameter is nearly 700,000 kilometers, and the equipment can convert energy to a depth of one kilometer per hour. Although the stars will become smaller over time, we still need to divide and encapsulate the energy spheres, so the time will not be reduced. In other words, it takes about 80 years to convert one star, so 20 stars would take 1,600 years."
"By 1600, it's estimated that the Xuan Star Civilization's fleet will have increased by another 200 million ships. We'd have to build ships at full capacity just to keep up with their average speed. Population really is crucial."
"Of course. No matter how powerful or technologically advanced an individual is, they cannot rule the entire Milky Way. Population is extremely important for every civilization."
"We should now begin construction on Earth Four. In another 1600 years, our population is estimated to increase by more than 10 billion. If we increase the population density on Earth Two, it will be too high. It's better to spread out the population. In case of an emergency, the losses will be smaller."
"Yes, that's right. We still have plenty of time. Finding a suitable planet to terraform won't require a lot of effort."
"Academician, what are the requirements for stars? Is it better to be big or small? How about a big one, one that's equivalent to 20 stars? There happen to be a few big ones around here, the largest of which has a mass more than 100 times that of the Sun."
"Of course, bigger is better. Unless it's a small one like the first one we converted that's at the critical point, if it's really as big as the Sun, and we steal too much mass, its core won't go out; it will explode. Stealing some mass from a large star won't have a big impact on its core, and it won't explode. We can just move this big one over. Right now, we have a lot of warships and energy, so moving it isn't a problem. It's over 100 times the mass, but we only take 20 times. Perhaps it can continue to exist without causing too much of a reaction from surrounding civilizations."
"Okay, once we've manufactured more equipment, we'll move it over. Right now, that extinct star still has enough mass for our current equipment to process."
"General, this is the proper way to deal with a civilization more advanced than ours. It's impossible to defeat them with just a fleet. Our first priority is to prepare a sufficient fleet, the second is to execute the Trojan Horse Plan perfectly, and the third is to develop our technology over the next one or two thousand years. If we can make a technological breakthrough, it will be like adding wings to a tiger, and our chances of winning will be much greater."
"Yes, at first I was too eager to win. Seeing that the Xuan Star Civilization had just entered the Small Star Region stage, I thought I could easily devour them."
"After what happened with Minister Luo, I know you're eager to improve the fleet's strength, but that can't be rushed."
"We don't have any urgent external pressure right now, so let's take it slow. I know everyone is under a lot of pressure. Academician, could you talk to everyone and help them relax a bit? If there's nothing else going on, Earth Two will stay in JD4. If war is needed, Earth Two will go into the Eagle Nebula to take refuge. Everyone's safety should be guaranteed now."
"Yes, I will."
Energy conversion devices were continuously manufactured at bases on more than a dozen planets. The manufactured devices were immediately transported to the vicinity of extinct stars to put them into operation. Energy spheres were also manufactured one by one. After simple isolation and encapsulation, the energy spheres with a diameter of ten meters and the encapsulation film weighed less than ten grams. They were stacked one by one in space.
With all 100 million Wind Master in operation at full power, they finally managed to move a massive star with a diameter more than 30 times that of the Sun and a mass more than 100 times that of the Sun. If it weren't for having enough warships, they really wouldn't have been able to move this behemoth. Even now that they've moved it, the speed hasn't exceeded ten times the speed of light. It will take them 15 years to reach the vicinity of Earth Two.
This giant star emits a dazzling light at all times, and some interested scientists have become very interested in the birth of this giant star. Their existence in the Milky Way is an exception. Why do such giant stars exist? Some astrophysicists have begun to study this issue.
They initially suspected that the movement of star clusters led to the birth of massive stars. For example, in the simplest binary system, if the distance between stars is too close, the stellar matter will be pulled towards the other star by gravity, but the massive star still has the advantage, and the final result is that the massive star devours the small-mass star.
Scientists have used supercomputers to simulate the orbital state of a giant star cluster containing millions of stars in the early stages of the Milky Way's formation. This simulation method is called direct N-body simulation. Each star in this model requires multiple formulas to support it, totaling more than ten million equations to be calculated.
The energy release of each star, the changes in its trajectory, and the impact of a collision between a few stars on the entire star cluster, plus planets moving at similar speeds—though small, their combined influence on the cluster is considerable. The entire simulation process is extremely tedious and complex; without the computational speed of a supercomputer, it would be impossible to simulate the motion of this massive star cluster.
Through complex simulations, scientists have discovered that the formation of massive stars is not particularly difficult. As long as there is enough matter, massive stars can easily form. The reason why there are so few massive stars now may be because the formation of stars in large numbers coincided with the period of rapid expansion of the universe. Before the stars could compete for space, they were forcibly separated by the expanding space.
Massive stars contain enormous amounts of energy. Even though our fleet is about to enter the Small Star Sector Civilization stage, we still cannot do without stars. In particular, humanity's need for starlight is irreplaceable by any other form of illumination.
Scientists have discovered that the density of massive stars in this location appears to be slightly higher than in other places. They have turned their attention to the Eagle Nebula, suggesting that the increased mass of these stars may be survivors that escaped from the Eagle Nebula. Due to the increased spatial density in the nebula, the stars move slower than the stars, allowing many stars to enter the Nebula Region.
The environment inside Nebula Region is complex, and not every star can escape. Most stars that enter will collide with each other or disintegrate with other celestial bodies in the Nebula Region. However, stars that manage to escape will accumulate a large amount of matter in the Nebula Region, increasing their size.