Chapter 1664

Neighbor?

Xiao Feng and the others exchanged glances.

Could it really be such a coincidence!

The universe is so vast; although there are many life-bearing planets, and many have nurtured human civilizations, scattered across the boundless cosmic starry sky, each should be very far apart.

Neighbors and such... what he meant should be the neighboring star system?

Or within the same star system, but separated by thousands of light-years?

He Yunshan said nothing.

Chen Xiao Ba snapped his fingers.

The lights in the reception hall all dimmed, and the glass walls on all sides turned opaque, blocking light from entering, turning the interior into night.

Then he extended his arm, and a wristwatch on his wrist popped out a projection, which he projected with his willpower into a glowing star map, shining in the darkness.

This star map is very large, with countless dots of various sizes flashing and glowing on it, clustering into different patches of light.

Chen Xiao Ba said: "This is the full view of our universe; each light patch on it is an era of growth. Within each era of growth, there are tens of thousands of light dots, which are supergalaxy clusters. Under a supergalaxy cluster, there are several to over a dozen galaxy clusters. And a galaxy cluster further contains hundreds to thousands of galaxies like the Milky Way."

Everyone fell silent.

The vastness of the universe was presented before everyone's eyes for the first time.

"What is an era of growth? Why is it called an era?" Dun Dun asked, puzzled.

Chen Xiao Ba explained: "The material universe is extremely vast; its total matter and energy have been fixed since its birth, while its volume gradually expands, causing most regions to become increasingly barren over time. Starting from the birth of the universe, the map near the cosmic center is the oldest era of growth; they were once extraordinarily glorious, giving birth to many eternal powerhouses, even Lords of the Xing Kong. But as the universe grows, the flow of Creator's Qi Luck begins to shift to other regions; the core region lacks Creator's Qi Luck, unable to generate new intelligent life, gradually declining and ultimately becoming lifeless masses, only endless desolation. And as they age, the adjacent inner-circle starry sky receives nourishment from Creator's energy, gradually flourishing, becoming the second era of growth."

Everyone couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

"What is Creator's Qi Luck? Why would the starry sky decline without it?" Dun Dun asked again.

Chen Xiao Ba patiently explained: "Creator's Qi Luck is an intangible thing, not even qualifiable as energy. It is more mysterious than the primordial particles that shape all things; only beings surpassing the Lords of the Xing Kong have the qualification to understand it, and I know very little. But it is certain that it determines where in the universe thrives and where it declines, which cannot be controlled by human power; even the great Lords of the Xing Kong, or even the Creator God, are powerless."

Xiao Feng was startled.

I didn't expect there to be such secrets in the universe.

This Chen Xiao Ba is truly erudite; I don't know where he got this knowledge.

Before he could ask more, Chen Xiao Ba continued: "Using the universal time of all heavens, our universe is already over seventy billion years old; an era of growth is about 508 million years; Creator's Qi Luck has already passed through many places, and half of the universe's regions have become lands of silence. Now flourishing is this star region."

Speaking, he dragged the star map to an era of growth with only a few dozen light dots.

Then he enlarged the scale of this region; each light dot expanded, becoming supergalaxy clusters.

Each supergalaxy cluster is slowly moving, containing many galaxy clusters and galaxies within.

Chen Xiao Ba continued: "This is the 138th era of growth, which is our era. Its domain is approximately 1.89 trillion light-years; by species classification, the mainstream civilizations of this era are eight: human primate civilization, insect civilization, giant beast civilization, plant civilization, aquatic civilization, intelligent machine civilization, divine race civilization, and Evil Realm civilization."

"Each civilization occupies a vast expanse of starry sky, with traces of other civilizations interspersed within the region."

"Our human primate civilization's starry sky is only this big, less than one hundred-millionth of the entire universe."

Chen Xiao Ba locked onto another star region again and enlarged it.

This region has only two supergalaxy clusters, totaling fewer than 4,000 galaxies.

"So small, we are so weak..."

Dun Dun pouted, feeling a bit unwilling.

Chen Xiao Ba smiled: "Not small; although only two supergalaxy clusters, it possesses the most prosperous starry sky of this era, giving birth to many Lords of the Xing Kong. Even those civilizations founded by Lords of the Xing Kong who survived from past eras may not be as prosperous as us."

Xiao Feng nodded silently.

In this era, human primate civilization gave birth to Fuxi, Da Yi, Chen Jie, etc., Lords of the Xing Kong; over hundreds of millions of years, so many Dao Ancestor realm powerhouses appeared, clearly favored by the material universe, making us the protagonists of this era.

Other ethnic groups naturally also have Lords of the Xing Kong born, but part of them come from past eras, having fled from those declining eras.

Compared to them, the Creator's Qi Luck they obtained should be relatively less.

"Look again, our Milky Way is located here."

Chen Xiao Ba continued adjusting the size of the star map.

From supergalaxy cluster, he enlarged to galaxy cluster, then dragged to find a flat, spiral-shaped galaxy.

That is the Milky Way, located at a corner of the Virgo Supercluster; on the star map it is not very large, but not small either, with many galaxies smaller than it.

After confirming everyone saw clearly, Chen Xiao Ba selected the Milky Way, then swept his hands and directly enlarged it to the size of the entire room.

Four cantilevers slowly rotated, undulating up and down along specific trajectories, making the entire galaxy look like a thin potato chip.

"Does anyone know where their planet is located?" Chen Xiao Ba asked.

Zhang Fan stood up, extended his hand to condense a mass of divine power, placed it on one cantilever, and said: "I have seen related astronomical reports before; it should be here."

"Haha~"

He Yunshan, who had been silent for a long time, laughed and said: "I just said we are neighbors!"

"Um... where is your Earth?" many people couldn't help but ask in unison.

Chen Xiao Ba smiled slightly, raised his hand and pointed; the surrounding starlight dimmed, and a region lit up.

Surprisingly... the distance from the blue star position Zhang Fan pointed to, No. 8, is less than a fist's width!

According to the star map's scale, that is about a few hundred light-years!

"Holy cow, this close?"

Everyone was stunned.

Blue star's scientists have long failed to find extraterrestrials; many guessed that extraterrestrials might have a different biological structure from humans on Blue Star, possibly silicon-based life.

After the "All Heavens," everyone learned that extraterrestrials also have humans, many nearly identical to Blue Star humans, with no difference.

But no matter how they searched, they could never observe traces of other human civilizations' activity; at least within tens of thousands of light-years, nothing is visible.

And today, an extraterrestrial told them they are neighbors, separated by only a few hundred light-years!

... Although a journey of a few hundred light-years remains difficult for current Blue Star technology to cross, this distance is also too close! Why couldn't it be observed?