Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 380 Stellar Bomb, Bomb Disposal Expert (4K)

After finishing his conversation with his companions, Li Ye opened the system panel.

In the meantime, a new round of intelligence has been completely updated.

1. The Dagon system you are in is in a state of high chaos. (Intelligence Value: Average)

2. The official agency of the McCarran system has rated the newly arrived human civilization as C-. (Intelligence Value: Excellent)

3. For years, Cocate has been poorly managed. In an effort to cut costs and increase revenue, the company's management plans to lay off 108213242 employees and sell 30% of its assets. (Intelligence Value: Rare)

4. Recently, numerous large galaxies, including the McCallum Galaxy, held a meeting to discuss whether to intervene in the situation in the Dagon Galaxy. One of the main topics of the meeting was how to collectively save and evacuate the low-level civilizations in the Dagon Galaxy. (Intelligence Value: Rare)

5. The Loran Galaxy has been completely occupied by a monster civilization. (Intelligence Value: Excellent)

【6.你所位于的达贡星系边缘拥有着一颗恒星炸弹，其爆炸范围被精确设置为50亿公里，预计将在8天17小时35份31秒后爆炸，其距离明日联盟6231公里外。（情报价值：史诗）】

Li Ye quickly scanned the intelligence report.

His gaze immediately fell firmly on the third piece of intelligence.

Cocate Corporation is the interplanetary company that owns that planetary-level cargo ship.

When Li Ye learned of its scale, he was speechless with astonishment. He never expected that such a large interstellar company could also have times of mismanagement.

"To lay off over a hundred million people in one go—that's equivalent to a small civilization!" he exclaimed in surprise.

The first and fourth pieces of intelligence are linked. Judging from their content, the situation in the Dagon system, where the Alliance has just arrived, is clearly a bit off.

The fifth piece of information made Li Ye frown deeply.

There are even galaxies in the universe that have been completely occupied by monster civilizations.

The sixth piece of intelligence made his expression change drastically.

Stellar bomb.

Just from the name, you know it's something extraordinary.

At Tomorrow Alliance's current speed of 750 kilometers per hour, it is impossible to escape the area before the explosion begins.

Since the solar system has been folded and the stargate has been destroyed, the Tomorrow Alliance can no longer perform space jumps.

But Li Ye was confident.

If all else fails, the Tomorrow Alliance can simply take refuge in their microcosms when the stellar bomb explodes.

"Why don't we just go and take a look?"

About eight or nine hours later, Tomorrow Alliance arrived at its destination.

What came into view was a red giant star.

Its size was enormous, its light was intense, and its boundaries appeared somewhat blurred.

Its planetary surface is covered with enormous star-shaped spots formed by intense convection. If you look closely, you can also see countless bright jets of gas and dark streams of matter.

"So it's a red giant?" Li Ye asked in surprise.

After a period of intensive study on space knowledge, he gained some understanding of celestial bodies in the universe.

Red giants are the final stage of a star's evolution.

After some analysis, Novi gave a simple analysis of the composition of the stellar bomb for Li Ye.

Red giants are characterized by their enormous size, with an internal carbon-oxygen core enveloped in a massive amount of hydrogen and helium gas. This carbon-oxygen core has an extremely high density and is on the verge of exploding.

Since the density and mass of the red giant have already reached their limits, a sudden increase in mass would cause the structure to collapse instantly, triggering a massive chain reaction of explosions—the brightness of which could instantly illuminate the entire galaxy.

Novie even listed the modification process in detail.

The first step is to construct a giant, star-sized energy focusing station around the poles of the red giant to input massive amounts of energy, heat and ionize the hydrogen and helium gas on the surface of the red giant, and ultimately make it a core.

The second step is to construct multiple super-acceleration orbits in space and gradually fill the red giant with high-density matter until it can no longer support itself and its structure collapses—the best choice is fragments of white dwarfs, which have extremely high density, with a spoonful weighing several tons.

"I see!" Li Ye suddenly realized.

Since Tomorrow acquired the Advanced Research and Development Center, Novi, as the city's AI, has been upgraded from Level 4 to Level 6, with significant improvements in both computing power and intelligence.

Upon closer inspection, he indeed discovered the two giant energy focusing stations at the poles of the red giant.

This construction project is on the scale of a planet.

"The originators of this stellar bomb must have reached the pinnacle of technology; they might even be a predatory civilization," Li Ye thought to himself.

With an explosion radius of 50 billion kilometers, it's impossible to know how many civilizations on the edge of the Dagon galaxy could be destroyed.

If it weren't for intelligence alerts, the Tomorrow Alliance would have been destroyed without anyone noticing.

Li Ye suddenly had a new idea.

Now that we've figured out the principle behind stellar bombs, can the Tomorrow Alliance also manufacture them?

"Novie, include the Stellar Bomb in the plans of the Blueprint Development Center," he instructed.

While following the instructions, Novi also made a suggestion.

“You might be able to try to defuse this stellar bomb,” she said.

"Huh?" Li Ye was taken aback.

Upon closer examination, this will undoubtedly allow the Tomorrow Alliance to accumulate valuable space experience.

Even if the "bomb disposal" fails, Tomorrow Alliance can calmly retreat into their inner universe.

Having made up his mind, Li Ye gathered his companions and announced his decision.

Everyone was stunned when they learned that they were to work together to dismantle the stellar bomb in front of them.

"Alliance Leader, I must say you're really taking things too far," Fang Yong murmured.

"What if we make a mistake during the dismantling process and cause the red giant to detonate prematurely?" Yang Zhengze said with some concern.

Li Ye waved his hand.

"Don't worry, Novi will draw up a detailed plan. Everyone should not feel any pressure, just do their best, and treat it as practice."

Tomorrow Alliance then launched a massive bomb disposal operation.

The first step is to go to the vicinity of the super-accelerated orbit, change its operating procedure, and reverse the process to extract the white dwarf fragments that have already been embedded in the core of the red giant.

The super-accelerated track is extremely spectacular; rather than a track, it resembles a shimmering galaxy woven from high-tech metal and violent energy.

The main body of the orbit consists of two parallel, ultra-dense beams with mirror-like surfaces that reflect the cold glint of distant starlight. Between the two ultra-dense beams, there is a constantly surging band of plasma light, constrained and shaped by a powerful magnetic field.

Moreover, countless structural rings, like the ribs of a giant wheel, are equidistantly bound above the energy torrent. On these rings stand superconducting coils as large as mountains, cooling systems, and attitude adjusters, all working in concert to maintain the stability of the channel.

Novie quickly deciphered the programs for all the hyper-acceleration tracks and mastered them completely.

Under her operation, multiple super-acceleration tracks emitted a deep roar that was completely different from before. The polarity of their internal magnetic fields was completely reversed, transforming them from a material transport pipe into a "super straw".

The end of the orbit thus forms an enormous gravitational focus, which begins to siphon away fragments of the white dwarf.

These extremely dense fragments were forcibly extracted from the star's core, transforming into streams of hot, viscous, high-density matter emitting a deadly white light, gradually being drawn back into orbit along the direction they had come from. The scene was like drawing deadly venom from the heart of a dying giant.

The mobile cities of the Tomorrow Alliance were also busy; they activated their gravitational wave controllers simultaneously, working together to weave a brief but stable gravitational river in space. This river, composed purely of gravity, had its entrance precisely aligned with the exit of the super-acceleration orbit, while its other end led to a completely empty region of space carefully chosen by Novi.

Once the extracted fragments of the white dwarf leave the acceleration orbit, they are immediately captured by this invisible gravitational river and flow into the depths of space.

Out of curiosity, Li Ye even brought back a small piece of white dwarf star fragment.

Although it is only the size of a cookie, it is so dense and incredibly heavy that Li Ye could not lift it at all.

Yang Zheng's eyes lit up.

He immediately came up with a novel idea.

Using these white dwarf fragments to forge physical projectiles, and then firing them from space-based cannons, the destructive power would likely be unprecedented due to their characteristics.

Li Ye was taken aback for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"You really have some ideas!"

So he moved some of the white dwarf fragments into his microcosm and ordered Novi to include the "White Dwarf Project" in the research and development plan.

Over time, most of the white dwarf debris on the red giant star has been cleared away.

"Is that about right? Alliance Leader." Zhou Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Ye then looked at Novi.

“That’s not enough, Master,” the other replied. “We also need to re-graft the skin onto the Red Giant Star.”

"Skin graft?" Fang Yong asked, puzzled.

The so-called stellar skin grafting involves returning all the hydrogen and helium gas that had been removed from a red giant, thus giving its exposed core a new "outer garment".

The extracted hydrogen and helium gas is now nearby. Its sheer size has even created a nebula.

Novie quickly cracked the programs of the two giant energy focusing stations and took complete control of them.

Under its operation, the two giant energy focusing stations performed a reverse process, gradually guiding and transporting hydrogen and helium gas.

The process is not a simple pouring, but an extremely precise one.

A large amount of gas was manipulated into a uniform gravitational rain, which gently fell on the red giant.

From a distance, the red giant star in the "rain curtain" appears to be encased in a radiant, semi-transparent, luminous shell that is constantly shrinking inward.

Not only that, Novi also guided everyone to ignite the hydrogen shell inside the red giant, causing its structure to burn and shrink, making it more stable.

When the rain stops, the red giant will no longer be a bomb, but a brand new, smaller but structurally stable helium-burning star.

Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

That completes the task.

Looking at the super-acceleration track and the giant energy focusing station, Li Ye suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Why bother developing your own stellar bomb if you want to build one? There are ready-made ones right now.

He immediately moved these things into his miniature universe.

After finishing their work, Tomorrow Alliance set sail for the distance.

"Novi, with our current level of technology, is it possible for us to land on the Red Giant Star?" Li Ye asked.

Novi answered sincerely.

"Master, putting aside the technological level required to land on the Red Giant, at the current speed of the Tomorrow Alliance, it will be impossible to reach the Red Giant in the short term."

"why?"

"Because red giant stars are often hundreds of millions of kilometers in size. Due to their enormous size, they seem very close to you when you see them, but in reality they are very far away."

Just as the two were talking, Novi suddenly paused slightly.

"Master, I have received a remote communication from 142 million kilometers away. The other party wants to communicate with you."

"Remote communication? Is it from some alien civilization?"

After a moment's thought, Li Ye nodded slightly.

"Then let's connect."

As soon as the communication was established, a joyful voice immediately came through.

"You guys are amazing! You defused that stellar bomb so easily!"

Li Ye's expression changed slightly.

"Did you see that?" he asked instinctively.

“Of course, we all saw it!” the other party replied.

Li Ye immediately fell silent.

Being able to see the Tomorrow Alliance working from 142 million kilometers away, this alien civilization is clearly extraordinary.

The other party, on the other hand, went on and on expressing their admiration for the Tomorrow Alliance.

"Since you were able to defused the stellar bomb, you can certainly rescue us who are trapped!" he said. "Don't worry, we will definitely reward you after it's done. For example, a theory of unification."

"Oh."

Li Ye wasn't very excited.

As Tomorrow's Alliance reached level 7, he was no longer so envious of the unification theory.

"Does your willingness to trouble yourself explain why your civilization is in such a predicament?"

There was a brief silence on the other end of the communication channel.

After a moment, the other party spoke again.

“Alas, it’s a long story,” he said. “We are a civilization of alien beasts, living peacefully on our own planet, when a high-level predatory civilization set its sights on us. They didn’t kill us for plunder, but rather out of pure toy-playing mentality, imprisoning us in a carefully constructed cage.”

Li Ye nodded with a hint of disbelief.

The Alliance of Tomorrow might be able to go and take a look, but whether or not to rescue this alien civilization still needs further investigation.

“We can come,” he replied.

Since the Tomorrow Alliance currently lacks space travel technologies such as light-speed travel, traveling will be quite troublesome.

Novie quickly provided the calculation results.

"At a speed of 750 kilometers per hour, it would take 78.89 days to travel 142 million kilometers, Master."

Li Ye couldn't help but sigh.

This is undoubtedly too slow; it's enough time to refresh the intelligence several times over.

Seemingly having guessed Li Ye's thoughts, the strange beast he was communicating with offered a solution.

"There is an interstellar orbit 1242 kilometers away from your unit. You can reach it quickly by taking that route."

(End of this chapter)