51: Chapter 51 The Observable Universe

In the year 287 of the Xingyang calendar, with the strong assistance of Xiliu and the Liz People, the first panoramic map of the observable universe transmitted back by the space telescope was presented to the humans of Blue Star.

With the sun, the true form of the Great Deity Xingyang, as the center, the radius was a full 46 billion light-years!

Astronomers finally verified previous calculations: the diameter of the sun is a full 1.4 million kilometers.

Yet in this vast universe, there were actually many stars even larger than the sun!

This caused these scholars to develop two completely different attitudes.

One group was furious and unable to sleep at night: "There are actually celestial bodies larger than the great deity! This is an act of transgression against the Xingyang God! We must develop stronger technology, and one day, we will make all stars with a diameter exceeding 1.4 million kilometers disappear!"

Another faction felt that no matter how large those stars were, they were just ordinary celestial bodies without divine consciousness, not to be mentioned in the same breath as the great deity, and could be completely ignored.

However, the immediate priority was that they had suddenly witnessed such a vast number of galaxies, nebulae, galaxy groups, and galaxy clusters.

Everyone was busy naming these structures in the universe.

They observed five giant pillars composed of nebulae and gas dust at a distance of 9,000 light-years from the sun.

The longest one was ten light-years long.

Furthermore, a large number of stars were being born from these magnificent pillars.

The astronomers named them "The Creation Hands of the Xingyang God".

But there was also a young astronomer who, for reasons unknown, named a peach-shaped super galaxy cluster spanning nearly 1 billion light-years "The Buttocks of the Xingyang God".

All his colleagues felt this was inappropriate, but he still felt that the entire universe belonged to the Great God, so there was nothing wrong with naming it that way.

Learning of this, Chu Xingyang frowned, broke off a branch, handed it to the inquisitor of the Holy See, and gave a few instructions.

Subsequently, the inquisitor immediately grabbed the branch, ran to the observatory, and whipped the young man's buttocks until they were raw and bleeding.

After finishing, he shouted to the crowd: "The Great Deity Xingyang has issued a divine decree: the God's buttocks are not that big. You must be more refined in your naming conventions!"

The young man finally realized his mistake, and while wailing, he kowtowed: "Thank you, Great God, for your correction; we will keep the teachings of the Great God in mind."

Also affected by the panoramic map of the universe were all the high-ranking officers of the Gospel Army, who stared at the holographic images for three days and three nights, unable to contain their excitement.

It turned out that the observable universe was over 90 billion light-years in size.

In such a vast universe, there must be countless places where the divine light had not yet shone.

Spread the divine light, slay the heretic.

Our Gospel Army truly has a long and arduous road ahead! Where should we start? The generals discussed it day and night.

Finally, they discovered that the star system to which Blue Star belonged was located within a larger spiral galaxy composed of three massive spiral arms, which had a diameter of 60,000 light-years.

Blue Star was located on the outer edge of its third spiral arm, about 25,000 light-years from the center of the spiral.

Finally, the command center made the final decision: "Start with the neighboring star system, then the third spiral arm, then the entire spiral galaxy, and finally the whole universe!"

The Gospel Army cast its gaze toward the neighboring star system 9 light-years away from the sun: Southern Neighbor Two and its three planets.

When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

Under the dual stimulation of the cosmic background map and the impending Absolute Core, the construction of interstellar spacecraft was also in full swing.

In the year 290 of the Xingyang calendar, more than twenty starships were docked at the space shipyard in Blue Star's orbit.

Among them, eighteen planetary-class warships using controllable nuclear fusion engines belonged to the God Guard Army.

The other three stellar-class starships belonging to the Gospel Army were equipped with Warp Engines, namely the "divine might", "divine ascension", and "divine grace".

There were also several other spacecraft used for transportation or scientific exploration.

The elderly Lu Sili pointed at the humanoid mechs inside the "divine might" and was very puzzled: "Although these mechs have been modified to fight in space and on land, we clearly have carrier-based aircraft equipped. The combat efficiency of these shaped mechs is actually far inferior to carrier-based aircraft."

Yu Lan smiled and said: "We have developed too quickly; let these be the final romance and nostalgia of the steam age. Some soldiers have dreamed of piloting humanoid mechs every day since childhood."

The veteran pilot of the carrier-based aircraft on the "divine might" was on rotation; he took a shuttle from the space shipyard back to the ground, feeling lost and forlorn.

His wife on the side asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

The pilot held up his hands and muttered: "Twenty years ago, during the Blue Star World War, I was still piloting a plane with a rotary engine started by a hand-cranked propeller. Now, I am flying a carrier-based aircraft on a superluminal starship capable of space combat; all of this feels like a dream."

If he sniffed carefully, he could even feel like he could smell the rust and machine oil residue in his palms from when he flew those old-fashioned planes back then.

His wife smiled happily and said: "You are about to retire, yet you still think so much. If it is a dream, it is a beautiful dream brought to everyone by the Xingyang God."

In the year 291 of the Xingyang calendar.

Chu Xingyang discovered that the nearly ten thousand unmanned observation posts deployed in the Oort Cloud had not perceived any abnormalities, so he simply came to the "divine might".

Everyone prostrated themselves on the ground, and Xiliu whispered: "great deity, the Absolute Core was defeated here 11 years ago. Logically speaking, their fleet should have arrived by now."

Yu Lan thought to herself, you said the Absolute Core would come back for revenge in ten years. Why is there still no movement now!

Chu Xingyang nodded: "Did they forget about us? I was hoping they would send a few more starships."

Xiliu thought seriously for a moment and replied: "According to the thinking of the main brain, there are only two possibilities for why the Absolute Core has not come. One is that they have been completely suppressed or annihilated by a hostile Civilization, and the second is that they have been making long-term preparations for this, wanting to crush us with absolute superiority."

Yu Lan, along with officers of all levels, seized the opportunity to volunteer: "great deity, since they are not coming, please approve our request to go to the neighboring star Southern Neighbor Two. The crew members are all eager to get started; they do not want to waste their time!"

Chu Xingyang pondered for a moment: "Very well, do whatever you want to do. It is not a bad thing for young people to go out and explore."

Hearing the great deity's approval, earth-shaking cheers erupted on the "divine might".

"Spread the divine light, slay the heretic!"

"The divine light shines everywhere, enlightening the universe!"

Amidst everyone's jubilation, the high command of the Gospel Army quickly made preparations for the expedition.

Leaving the "divine grace" to garrison, the other two stellar-class starships activated their Warp Engines and headed full speed toward Southern Neighbor Two, 9 light-years away.