Wandering Meteor
Chapter 87: The Real and Fake Earth

Chapter 87: Chapter 87: The Real and Fake Earth

After hearing the new intelligence about Green Star,

Lu Chen fell into new hesitation.

Because, indeed, it was a problem that warranted serious consideration.

Assuming that Earth never stopped and continued wandering in the universe, then indeed, the sudden drop in the planet’s surface temperature might result in a pale blue, almost white, color.

However, if Earth was already revolving within a Constant Star System,

then under the irradiation of constant starlight, the planet surface could indeed appear to be a deep blue.

Since both planets could potentially be Earth or neither, Lu Chen further inquired about the appearance of biological life on these two planets.

He wanted to directly determine from the life forms whether it was really Earth.

Unfortunately, at that time, Green Star did not particularly care, so no effort was spent on observing.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Chen decided to use Earth’s mass to confirm, based on humanity’s original calculations which converted into a standard planet mass of about 10.5.

However, Green Star said: "The mass of the wandering planet is about 12 planets, while the revolving planet’s mass is about 11."

Upon hearing this, Wandering regretfully said: "Neither of the planets’ masses match; it looks like neither of them are Earth, what a false hope."

"That may not be necessarily true," Lu Chen said unhurriedly.

Wandering curiously asked: "Big Brother, what do you mean? Could Earth’s mass change?"

"Of course."

Lu Chen slowly explained: "Previously when Earth was revolving within the Solar System, even with the protection of Jupiter’s gravity, it would still absorb a small amount of interstellar dust, gas, radiation, meteorites, etc., thus each year Earth’s mass would increase by about several tens of thousands of tons. Considering it’s now outside of the Solar System without gravitational protectant, it definitely absorbs more interstellar material, and considering how long Earth has wandered, I’m more inclined to believe that the wandering planet with a mass of 12 planets might be Earth."

Wandering excitedly said: "Then let’s head to that wandering planet to search; I’ll call back all my avatars."

Lu Chen did not stop Wandering and asked Green Star: "Green Star, do you remember the specific direction in which that wandering planet was flying?"

Green Star replied: "At that time, the wandering planet directly entered the Perseus arm and was not revolving around a constant star, so its direction must have been constantly changing, I also don’t know its current specific direction."

Not waiting for Lu Chen to speak, Green Star then said: "However, I do remember the position of that revolving planet. It revolves around a constant star right within the Perseus arm, and since the constant star revolves around the Galaxy Nebula, its speed changes relatively little, making it easier to locate."

Subsequently, Lu Chen and Wandering discussed for a while.

They decided, since the position of the revolving planet is easier to find, they should go check out the revolving planet’s situation first!

After all, the wandering planet alone in the vast Perseus arm has, like finding a needle in a haystack, a slim chance of locating its traces. It was preferable to first check the known revolving planet.

In any case, the wandering planet was also likely heading out towards the outer edge of the Galaxy Nebula, so once they confirmed the situation of the revolving planet, they could slowly search a wide area following the escape trajectory.

Having made up their minds, Lu Chen immediately asked Green Star to lead the way, with the three spheres heading towards the location of the revolving planet.

The flying formation of the three spheres was Wandering and Green Star revolving around Lu Chen, with Lu Chen taking these two spheres rapidly onward.

At this moment, Lu Chen and his companions were on the edge of the inner side of the Perseus arm. During this time, they had been continually searching for information about Earth and had largely not moved inwards; according to Green Star’s recollection, the revolving planet was located in the middle zone of the Perseus arm.

Thus, they were now speeding towards the middle of the Perseus arm.

At the same time,

inside the Perseus arm of the Galaxy Nebula —

every few tens of light-years, or a few hundred light-years, civilizations are discovered moving at high speeds.

These civilizations include Celestial Civilizations and biological civilizations, all of which are implementing escape plans, either preparing or in the process of fleeing from the Galaxy Nebula.

Currently, the entire Galaxy Nebula is in a state of great escape panic, with countless civilizations rushing to flee outward from the Galaxy Nebula. The Perseus arm, as the outermost arm, naturally becomes a compulsory passage for many escaping civilizations.

From a cosmic perspective, one can see the luminosity of the Perseus arm of the Galaxy Nebula growing stronger and its diameter widening.

Moreover, this luminosity and diameter are not fixed, but will increase as more escaping civilizations enter the Perseus arm, estimated to peak in five thousand years, and subsequently begin to decline, ultimately welcoming its own death and rebirth in the great collision with the giant nebula.

...

In the boundless flying process.

Green Star suddenly remembered something and curiously asked: "By the way, I still don’t know why you are so urgently searching for Earth?"

Lu Chen was straightforward in his reply: "Because the Galaxy Nebula and Andromeda Nebula are about to have a massive collision, we must escape the Galaxy Nebula before the collision, or we will almost certainly perish!"

Wandering tentatively asked: "Green Star, will you escape with us when the time comes?"

Green Star, seemingly lost in thought, did not hear Wandering’s words and said with a view of the ages: "The giant nebula is also starting to collide? It seems the long-predicted era of chaos is gradually becoming a reality!"

With a long sigh, Green Star pessimistically continued: "If the era of chaos arrives, then regardless of where we flee to, it will only be in vain. In the end, we can’t escape the ultimate demise. I’m tired of this state and don’t want to waste energy on futile struggles any longer!"

It was precisely because of this weariness with the current state that Green Star had chosen to revolve around a Wu Yizi star and let its Intention enter a low-leap state.

Wandering spoke with curiosity: "Green Star, why do you think this way? What are the chaos era and the great demise you mentioned?"

Not only Wandering, but Lu Chen was also very curious, hence he waited for Green Star’s answer, only to hear Green Star say: "Actually, these two refer to the same thing, just possibly with different names."

Green Star explained: "Because I have lived a very, very long time, longer than you can imagine. A long time ago I heard a theory which said that high-temperature zones transfer heat to lower-temperature zones, but since the universe we inhabit is far colder than it is hot, the ultimate outcome is inevitably that the heat dissipates throughout the universe, leading high-temperature zones to disappear, unable to birth constant stars, ultimately entering a dark, silent era of great demise."

"That’s impossible, constant stars are so hot!" Wandering laughingly said.

Lu Chen didSelect not to respond in agreement, as his view naturally differed from Wandering’s, having heard of a similar theory from human sources.

It was a cosmic fate derived from the law of entropy increase!

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