Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 250 A behemoth with a radius of forty million kilometers
The Sommer star system.

Three years ago, this star system was considered "barren," "dangerous," and "worthless." Now, it is filled with countless spaceships, numerous floating spaceports are under rapid construction, and many enormous spaceships, as big as mountains, are constantly moving back and forth.

And all of this stemmed from a meeting three years ago, a decision made by one of the most influential groups in the world...

"A ring world? Have these scholars gone mad?"

Inside a spaceship, a worker stared at the vast emptiness before him and clicked his tongue in amazement.

At this moment, this massive star system with a radius of over 2000 billion kilometers has become a huge construction site.

Before him, in the dark, desolate void, trillions of unmanned machines were methodically cleaning up everything in the star system. Asteroids, comets, and space debris scattered throughout the star system, deemed obstacles to space construction, were being fed into decomposition furnaces for recycling into usable materials.

According to the blueprint of the scientific conference, no matter larger than 100 nanometers is allowed to exist within a radius of 4000 billion kilometers centered on the blue giant star Sommer, which has a radius of 2000 million kilometers. This means that in the vicinity of the blue giant star, no natural thing larger than an atom is allowed to exist.

Only in this way can we absolutely guarantee that the construction process of this highly precise mega-building will not be disturbed.

These stringent requirements mean that even the most basic prominence jets from this blue giant star must be under human control. Therefore, the scientific conference has already called for the construction of a massive gravitational confinement device capable of restraining the blue giant star.

This massive confinement device alone, with a radius of over 5000 million kilometers, would require a conservative estimate of consuming the mass of over 10000 Earths.

Such a massive resource requirement is beyond the capacity of this star system. Therefore, with the signing of a scientific conference agreement, gas giants and solid planets in several nearby star systems will be dismantled to be used for the construction of this enormous device.

"Cataclysmic" is far too inadequate for a project of this scale.

Such a project would be unbearable for any human nation, but the scientific conference clearly did not think so.

This massive gravitational confinement device is not only used to confine the blue giant star, but it will also make full use of all the energy released by the blue giant star to become a facility that complements the ring world.

Yes, in ancient times, the Dyson sphere that scientists envisioned was merely an accessory to this massive project.

"We need to put a rein on the stars."

"At the scientific conference," Inschnein said.

The gravitational restraint device is the rein that will guide this massive star, restrain its every violent reaction, trap it, suppress it, and finally make this raging behemoth with a diameter of over 40 million kilometers bow down before humanity.

The sun, which once stood high above and looked down upon all things, will now be held firmly in the hands of humankind.

Only after that will the construction of the ring world truly begin.

Relying on the enormous energy supply transmitted from the reins of Sumer, numerous unmanned spaceships and unmanned machines will dismantle planets and matter in dozens of nearby star systems, and then gradually build an unprecedentedly massive project around the ring world.

According to Inschneider's calculations, in order to build this "ring world," 75 star systems within a radius of 300 light-years will be affected to varying degrees; the planets in 21 star systems will be completely dismantled; 4 stars will be forcibly extinguished and dismantled to utilize their vast matter, and these 4 star systems will also be erased from the universe.

Based on this requirement, it is claimed that more than one trillion unmanned machines are faithfully fulfilling this goal.

The icy asteroids, rocky asteroids, and comets within the Sumor system have been gradually cleared away. Now, they will also be clearing non-compliant objects within a 1.5 light-year radius. Meanwhile, planetary-scale matter dismantling devices—specifically designed for dismantling massive planets—are under construction.

In the future, these matter decomposers, which are over 100 kilometers in size and tens of thousands of times larger than Mount Everest, will break down gaseous and solid planets into the necessary substances.

Currently, a completed planetary-scale matter decomposer is under construction.

From the worker's perspective, he could clearly see a shuttle-shaped planetary material decomposer hovering above a rocky planet orbiting the giant star Sumor Blue in space, its slender tip aimed at the planet.

From its slender end, a huge beam of light, like a laser, continuously shot out, bombarding the planet and causing chaos in its already fragile atmosphere.

But the workers knew that it wasn't a laser, but countless nanoscale autonomous machines.

These autonomous machines, no larger than atoms, are constantly emerging under the command of the planetary matter decomposers. Upon contact with matter, they strip away the atoms and send them back into the decomposers. The efficiency is obviously slow, but the number of these autonomous machines is overwhelming.

Within that beam of light, which appears to be tens of kilometers thick, how many autonomous machines, each smaller than an atom, are there? The workers don't know, and they don't care to know, since just reading that number aloud is already a lot of work.

Before this matter decomposer, specially designed for planets, a mountain is nothing more than a matter of breathing. But even with such a matter decomposer, it would still take a very long time to break down such a massive planet.

"How long do you think we'll stay here?"

The worker stared at the enormous device that was slowly disintegrating the planet, and asked his friend without turning his head.

Behind me, my friend shook his head.

No one knows, except for the scholars at the scientific conference, how long they will stay here to build this ring world.

century?

millennium?

Ten thousand years?

they do not know.

"I think we should settle down here."

My friend is looking in a certain direction.

There, unmanned machines are busily constructing space habitats, which are the size of small planets and can theoretically house billions of people. These habitats are living spaces built by human nations to increase their populations.

But here, more than 100,000 such space habitats will be built for workers to temporarily live in.

These places will become the future residences of workers and AIs, and from then on, they, and even their descendants, will spend their lives in this galaxy, from birth to old age and death.

"It's crazy... but it's incredibly fun. Friend, wouldn't you say we're creating something out of this?"

Faced with the workers' questions, the friend shook his head.

"No, we are already creating the world."

……

A long history, an unprecedented mega-project.

Led by the Supreme Scientific Conference, and with the assistance of numerous nations, this unprecedentedly massive project is being gradually perfected. Stars are being dismantled, and stars are being extinguished…

A thousand years later, because of the death of Shi Nainai.

Having undergone multiple genetic modifications, it had a long lifespan, but ultimately, it wasn't infinite. It didn't accept the suggestion to remain in a cryogenic chamber; it wanted to create this world with its own hands. Thus, in its 7th year, this arrogant and self-important scholar peacefully passed away.

Two thousand years...

Three thousand years...

In the third millennium, the stellar control apparatus was completed.

When the star control device was officially activated, the scientific conference celebrated for ten eternal days. One-third of the project on the ring world was completed, and the remaining two-thirds awaited the scientific conference's completion.

Four thousand years...

Five thousand years...

In the fifth millennium, this magnificent project was interrupted.

A war, an unprecedented war led by psionicists, has broken out. The Scientific Conference has witnessed countless wars over its nearly ten thousand years of history, but none can compare to this one, and even the aloof Scientific Conference is inevitably drawn into it.

Six thousand years...

The war is not over. Seven thousand years...

The war is not over.

Eight thousand years...

The scientific conference, which had existed for millennia, was dissolved, and this massive, intermittent project was completely halted.

Nine thousand years...

The war is not over.

a thousand years……

The war is not over.

……

The Sumer Galaxy.

One of the most massive unfinished projects in human history, once a source of human glory, is now a joke, a mockery. Whenever people talk about impossible tasks, they always say, "Wait until Somol is completed."

In the vast void, the star Somol, radiating a reddish-orange light, lies silent, with only its magnificent framework silently attesting to its past glory.

Now, a moment has arrived that will change Sumer's fate.

"Your Majesty, this is Sumer."

Inside a majestic spaceship, a man in military uniform stands with his hands behind his back, gazing at a massive star in the distant void and the grand apparatus surrounding it, while imperial ministers stand by his side.

Seemingly driven by some desire, this emperor who had quelled six thousand years of war and the most powerful psychic in history became unexpectedly interested in Sumer.

"It is said that four thousand years ago, due to the outbreak of war, the project was halted for a long period of time. In order to prolong the short lifespan of the blue giant star, the Supreme Scientific Council changed the reaction mode of Somol through the star control device, controlling its reaction to a low efficiency. Therefore, Somol is not a blue giant star at present, but a huge strange red dwarf star."

"Can it be restored?"

The man in military uniform said calmly.

The minister thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Yes. But the scientific conference was disbanded during the Six Thousand Year War, and much technology was lost. Although we can reactivate Somol through the star control device, once activated, we don't know how to revert it back to red dwarf mode."

As he spoke, the minister shook his head helplessly.

As Inshnehnne said more than 10,000 years ago, human scientific progress has stagnated. Even after more than 10,000 years, human technology is not much different from that time, and may even have regressed.

Too much repetitive research and waste has led to technological advancements that rely almost entirely on luck. Often, a lucky scholar in a star sector thousands of light-years away is inspired by a predecessor, and a technological breakthrough is made, but this advancement is difficult to spread throughout the galaxy.

Listening to the minister's words, the emperor spoke softly.

"Activate it."

"But...but..."

Didn't you hear me?

The emperor turned around, his pupils gleaming with an unusual light. The energy that constantly rose and fell in his eyes was a manifestation of the emperor as the most powerful psychic in the entire universe.

With a single glance, the emperor could tear a spaceship apart; in some legends, he even used his psychic powers to destroy a planet, reducing it to dust. Of course, these are just legends, and the emperor has never admitted to this.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty will comply immediately."

The minister said with trepidation.

Before long, the previously dim star control device began to shine again, and after thousands of years, the star control device was running again.

Under the influence of ancient technology that even the Imperial scholars could not comprehend, the stellar control device was undergoing some kind of wondrous change. Any psionicist present could clearly feel the gathering of enormous energy in the void, and as the strongest psionicist, the Emperor naturally understood it even better.

Thousands of beams of light erupted from the nodes of the stellar control device, pointing directly at the star enveloped by the device.

The star, which had been running quietly and stably, began to stir. Its energy reaction continued to rise, and its color gradually changed from a slightly dim red to a bright one, eventually transforming into a dazzling blue.

The bright blue light shone into the spaceship, and as the ministers gazed at the raging star spewing scorching solar prominences, their expressions changed.

Like a quiet kitten suddenly tearing off its coat and transforming into a ferocious beast, this 4000 million-kilometer-long behemoth was restless and agitated. The star control device seemed unable to contain it at all, and its violent reaction was even affecting spaceships hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

"Your Majesty, the star control device has malfunctioned! Please leave; it's too dangerous here."

A minister said urgently.

The emperor remained unmoved, continuing to gaze at the star before him.

The enraged behemoth struggled, but the stellar control device remained unmoved, steadily absorbing the solar prominences spewed from the star and transforming them in some wondrous way. It was as if the steel chains binding the behemoth were immobile; no matter how much the behemoth struggled, the seemingly slender steel chains remained completely still.

After a long while, the behemoth gradually quieted down, firmly locked in place by the stellar control device binding it.

Silently observing the scene before him, the emperor spoke again.

"Restart the Ring World project."

……

Seven hundred years ago, on a certain planet.

"Child, do you know that our ancestors were not actually native to this planet? Our ancestors used to live in the sky."

"Heaven?"

The bewildered child looked up and asked curiously.

He was wearing linen clothes, which were considered quite exquisite on this human planet that was still in the age of cold weapons.

During that long interstellar war, many planets were forced to regress to a primitive and barbaric era. The child's ancestors traveled by spaceship to escape the war, but ended up crashing on this planet and could never leave.

Yes, we live on the stars.

The old man spoke softly.

"Stars? Which star?"

“Sumor…our ancestors created the world there.”

The old man gazed at the stars in the sky and murmured to himself, seemingly lost in thought.

The young child didn't understand what he was saying, but nodded as if he did, repeating it.

“Su...Mor?”

Despite not fully understanding the word, the bright child inexplicably remembered it.

(End of this chapter)