Wandering Meteor
Chapter 78 Green Planet

Chapter 78: Chapter 78 Green Planet

Wandering did indeed discover something amiss.

One of its avatars, while searching in the direction indicated by the Quasi-star, encountered the planet the Quasi-star had mentioned before its death.

Upon seeing the planet, Wandering realized that the Quasi-star had indeed lied again—this was not Earth, it wasn’t even blue, but green in color.

Fortunately, they had not believed the old Quasi-star’s tall tales in the first place.

Given the proximity, Wandering could clearly sense the presence of Intention in the green planet—it was a Celestial Civilization!

However, the Intention’s vibrations within were extremely weak, barely noticeable unless carefully sensed, seemingly in a dormant state akin to a low-level leap.

Contrary to the dormant state of Intention, the green planet revolved at high speed around a Constant Star, which only had 40 Constant Star Masses and was not particularly large. The green planet’s orbital period was very short, about one-twenty-fifth of Earth’s orbital period.

That is to say, the green planet orbited twenty-five times for every single orbit of Earth!

Initially, Wandering impressionistically assumed that since the moons possessed Intention, the central Constant Star should as well.

However, after careful sensing, Wandering did not detect any vibrations. Worried that its Intention was not strong enough and might err, Wandering tried sensing it several times.

But the results were the same every time.

The Constant Star that the green planet revolved around truly lacked Intention and was not a Celestial Civilization!

Such a combination was extremely peculiar, confusing Wandering greatly. Typically, Celestial Civilizations would not wish to orbit a lifeless Constant Star, unless they were experimenting with life collectives like the previously encountered Feather Robe Star and were willing to orbit stars lacking self-awareness.

Could it be that there was also life on this green planet, another life collective?

With such doubts in mind, Wandering had no choice but to risk approaching closer again to observe the green planet in detail.

The green planet had a mass of over three thousand planetary masses, with a diameter of approximately one hundred thousand kilometers. Its surface’s topography was undulating and complex, covered in verdant primeval forests with trees towering and stout, presumably with a considerable history.

Just from this sight, Wandering knew that there would be no biological civilization on this green planet.

At least, there would be no biological civilization above Tier One.

After all, if there truly was a Tier One biological civilization, the planet’s primeval forests could not be so lush, as the survival and development of biological civilizations are inherently associated with destruction.

Of course, this was merely from an environmental perspective.

Besides, even if the environment were destroyed, it would only harm the biological civilization itself and cause no damage to a Celestial Civilization. With a few tens of millions of years for recovery, the planet would be good as new!

Having confirmed the absence of biological civilization on the green planet, Wandering became even more curious about the behavior of the green planet.

At the same time, wanting to inquire whether it knew any clues about Earth, Wandering decided to first send some friendly consciousness messages. It wouldn’t want a situation like with Quasi-star; if a conflict arose, it would not only be troublesome and draining but also delay the progress in searching for Earth’s whereabouts.

"Esteemed planet brother, do you have time for a chat?"

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After sending out the consciousness message, Wandering waited a long while but received no reply.

After some contemplation, it decided to try again.

There was still no reply the second time, but Wandering noticed something—the activity level of Intention within the green planet seemed to have increased a bit!

Could it be that the Intention of the green planet was indeed dormant?

At this time, Wandering had no choice but to risk awakening the green planet, hoping that upon awakening, it wouldn’t turn into the "Hulk" and give it a thrashing.

In the end, Wandering sent nine consciousness wave messages in succession.

Amidst the continuous stimulation of consciousness waves, the Intention within the green planet indeed grew more active and finally began to awaken slowly.

Sensing this, Wandering promptly said, "Esteemed planet brother, hello! I’m Metallic Planet·Magnetic Planet·Earth Detector·Wanderer·Wandering. May I know how to address you?"

"You... are also a Celestial Civilization, a special Metal Planet!"

The green planet, now awake, looked at Wandering in astonishment, as it was reminded of some grand and powerful civilizations it had seen eons ago.

Among them, there appeared to have been a Metal Civilization.

As for what a Metal Civilization and a life collective were, it had some forgotten, for it had truly been far too long.

"It’s just a pity that your planet’s mass isn’t higher, barely reaching one." Following that, the green planet felt a tinge of regret.

This was merely one of Wandering’s avatars, so naturally, its mass wasn’t large.

Wandering cautiously asked, "Esteemed planet brother, may I ask you a few questions?"

"Just call me Green Star. I’ve forgotten my old name since it’s been so long. What do you want for waking me up?" The green planet replied agreeably, giving Wandering the feeling of a kind elder.

Wandering then felt relieved and asked, "Have you ever seen a blue planet, or civilizations related to Earth cultures or humanity?"

Green Star responded, "I can’t remember clearly anymore; my existence has been far too long, and my memories are a bit muddled. It will take a long time to recall, so you might have to wait a while!"

Each Intention can store only a limited amount of information. As Green Star began to search for relevant memories within its Intention, the activity of Intention rapidly increased, and Wandering could clearly sense the fluctuations of Intention.

Meanwhile.

Several astronomical units away.

A life collective was passing at high speed.

This life collective’s members were special, not composed of planets and biologically civilized planets, but a Double Star Civilization formed from a pair of Twin Stars with Intention and a moon that lacked Intention.

Simply put, this was a life collective formed by two Constant Stars and a biological civilization.

About five hundred years ago, this life collective observed that the Galaxy Nebula and the Andromeda Nebula were getting closer.

Hence, after the Double Star Civilization communicated with the Double Stars, they initiated a plan to escape the Milky Way. They set sail from the inner side of the Sagittarius arm and, after more than five hundred years of ultra-high-speed flight, finally entered the Perseus arm.

Shortly after entering the Perseus arm, the pair of Twin Stars sensed a rather intense Intention wave activity ahead.

Throughout their journey, they would prey on weaker civilizations to strike disaster-rich opportunities, so naturally, this time was no exception. They immediately headed in the direction of the intense Intention wave activity!