Chapter 318: Galactic Array - 318
When it comes to array making, math is necessary. Every single angle and line needed to be completely calculated, from the width and density to the length.
Everything needed to fit together almost perfectly in order to get a satisfactory product. What Zhou Fan was doing was making an array.
A giant array. An array the size of a galaxy, powered by a galaxy, with the power of a galaxy, or even exceeding it if Zhou Fan did well.
Zhou Fan spent an entire year perfecting the array plan. Not only was he inventing an entirely new array, but it was also an unprecidentaly huge one.
While formations and arrays were very similar in terms of usage, the difference could be clearly seen now. Formations could not get very big. Even if Zhou Fan tried his hardest over a thousand years, he may only be able to create one the size of a house or a mansion.
An array, in comparison, could be as big as the creator's power would allow. If everything went well and Zhou Fan felt it could be bigger, he could also connect the array to other galaxies.
With the perfected array in hand, Zhou Fan began to go around the galaxy, leaving lines of Qi, among other things, in order to build the array. Planets, stars, and more planets were connected and interwoven by lines.
Everything in the galaxy had its own purpose. As Zhou Fan continued working, his mind seemed to fade and he found himself in a trance. As he set the array, it seemed as if he was dancing with the universe itself.
Every single movement was perfect, and by the time Zhou Fan noticed the passage of time, the array was finished.
'How pleasant.' Zhou Fan thought to himself as he looked below.
The entire galaxy was filled with lines, each serving their own purpose. In the center, four thick black lines seemed as if they were cut short just shy of the area where the black hole was sealed.
Although Zhou Fan didn't initially plan to incorporate the black hole, he had changed the plan in his immersed state.
Zhou Fan unsealed the black hole, freeing it from its cage. Nothing changed besides the fact that the path was open.
Zhou Fan carefully drew lines connecting the four lines to the black hole. The black hole tried to react to something touching it by bursting out with a power, but Zhou Fan released a pressure that instantly calmed it down.
Back in the lesser dao creation realm, the black holes could be seen as a threat. In the inner world realm, an exploding black hole could possibly be a threat.
In the god realm, it was not impossible to be injured by the collision of multiple black holes if they were huge.
In the true god realm, however, black holes were essentially irrelevant.
Zhou Fan drew multiple lines on the surface of the black hole, adding it to the array. Zhou Fan was wary of the cosmic dao, but not wary to the point of purposely weakening his array in fear.
Soon, the galactic array was fully completed. Its purpose was to send out a concentrated beam from the center. The power, which would be equivalent to the power of an entire galaxy and more, would be quite the thing to witness.
Zhou Fan estimated that it would reach the 1st level of the god realm. That was because it would instantly use up all of the energy in the galaxy, turning it lifeless. The only thing left would be a weak black hole floating in space.
Of course, the array itself also increased the power.
Zhou Fan flew out of the galaxy and stood in a certain position. Once the array was activated, it would charge up for 3 seconds. Then, it would directly launch its power at Zhou Fan.
Already having the goal of being hit, Zhou Fan had put in a part of the array that would manage to condense the power from the galaxy into a human sized beam.
Zhou Fan stood in the perfect position and sent some of his Qi into the array from afar.
Looking at the galaxy, it seemed as if the light from the edges was being pulled inwards. As the light from the outer part of the galaxy reached the center in the first second, the light from the rest of the galaxy, excluding the black hole, also moved to the center in the second second.
Finally, during the third second, the black hole's power charged up. As soon as the third second passed, a beam that instantly broke through space traveled at a speed impossible for anyone in the universe besides Zhou Fan himself to comprehend.
Zhou Fan held his arms out as if he was going to give a large hug as the beam hit him. The Qi of the entire galaxy traveled through his body for an entire second before disappearing.
Zhou Fan let out a large sigh of comfort. He had never been hit with such a strong attack. It almost reached the second level of the god realm. Unfortunately, the price to pay for the attack was quite high.
The entire galaxy, excluding the black hole, turned to dust within the next 5 minutes.
Zhou Fan was satisfied.
He considered spending time creating an array combining three galaxies, but that would take an extremely long time, and the power would not increase that much. If he was lucky, it would reach the third level of the god realm.
He would have to move multiple galaxies, which requires more than a wave of a hand for even him, and design an array based off of the one he had already created.
To him, it would feel more like work than fun at that point.
'Besides, I'm really itching to go beyond the three galaxy clusters.' Zhou Fan thought. He wanted to take his time and make the most of the exploration of the universe, but it was time to explore the next nearby region.
Zhou Fan looked outside of the silver river galaxy at his destination.
Chapter 319: Purple Star Sea - 319
It did not take a lot of calculation to pinpoint the nearest thing to the three galaxy clusters. Although a wide gap of empty space sat between them, some giant celestial body was above and to the right of the silver river galaxy.
It seemed to be made out of a near infinite amount of stars and gas. The celestial body was purple with no discernable form.
That was the closest celestial body. Despite being very close, it was farther away than Zhou Fan had ever traveled. Even a hundred of the three galaxy clusters would not be enough to fill the space.
Zhou Fan was ready to set off, but stopped for a moment. With the power of the true god realm, he finally had enough Qi to power a teleportation array between the three galaxy clusters.
The farther away something was, the more Qi a teleportation array would require before teleporting.
Within a galaxy, the cost was no problem to almost anyone who was strong enough to create a teleportation array.
Within a galaxy cluster, there was a pretty high cost, but it was something that a peak inner world cultivator could somewhat cover.
Between the three galaxy clusters, however, the cost was extremely high. Only now would Zhou Fan be able to do it.
As for creating a teleportation array between the three galaxy cluster area and the far away celestial body, the amount of Qi would be far too much for him.
Zhou Fan found a random area in the silver river galaxy cluster that seemed rather empty and added a teleportation array. Over the next few years, he traveled to the other two galaxy clusters and put teleportation array's at the entrance of them.
Now, he had a quick and easy way to travel between the galaxy clusters, although they were not even close to as useful as they would have been long ago.
From the tree-like galaxy cluster, Zhou Fan teleported to the silver river galaxy cluster. The silver river galaxy cluster happened to be much closer to the closest celestial body than the other two galaxy clusters.
Before long, Zhou Fan exited the galaxy cluster and began to make his way out of the three galaxy cluster area. As he was leaving, Zhou Fan decided to finally name it.
'The Zhou Supercluster.' He thought to himself.
After traveling a distance that would have taken him halfway to the center of the Zhou supercluster from a galaxy cluster, Zhou Fan felt as if he left the area.
The space around him suddenly seemed much more desolate and empty than it had a few seconds ago.
Looking back, he seemed to notice a faint barrier that separated the Zhou supercluster from the rest of the universe.
Zhou Fan also had similar feelings when he left planets, galaxies, or galaxy clusters.
It was as if it was a declaration of leaving an area.
Zhou Fan shrugged it off and continued flying. After 250 years of flying at a speed that would allow him to travel from one end of the Zhou supercluster to the other in 10 years, Zhou Fan felt he had arrived at the one fifth point.
Zhou Fan sighed and continued flying. 1,000 years later, he was finally a single galaxy cluster distance away from the celestial body.
Before long, Zhou Fan stood a few feet away from the almost completely unseeable barrier that officially marked the entrance to the celestial body.
Taking a few normal steps, Zhou Fan once again felt as if the space around him had changed. From cold, peaceful, and desolate, the space seemed to be filled with warmth and activity.
It was surprisingly different from the Zhou superclusters feeling. Zhou Fan assumed it was because of the incredible number of stars. Unlike the Zhou supercluster, everything besides stars, including galaxies and planets, seemed to be a rarity. There was nothing like a galaxy cluster around.
Despite looking at a large portion of the celestial body's area, he only spotted 5 galaxies. Within those galaxies, there were only around ten planets. Although a lot was blocked off by what seemed like walls or layers of stars, plenty was seeable.
After a few more glances, Zhou Fan decided to name the entire area the purple star sea. The purple star sea was about as big as the Zhou supercluster, but from where he stood, there seemed to be no area without a bunch of stars.
At the very least, there was no spot like the gap between the three galaxy clusters.
Without needing to think for a while, Zhou Fan began to venture around the purple star sea.
As he moved around, he came to the conclusion that the purple star sea was an area with very little gravitational influence.
What held the galaxy clusters together was some sort of great attractor in the center of the galaxy clusters. The purple star sea seemed to be lacking something like that at first, but as he moved deeper in, Zhou Fan began to sense something very similar.
Zhou Fan abandoned the plan of going around the entire area and began to fly towards the very center of the purple star sea where he sensed the thing.
After 4 years, Zhou Fan flew through a large wall of stars that seemed to cover the entire purple star sea from top to bottom. As he got through them, his eyes widened incredibly.
Far away, around a year of travel away, Zhou Fan saw a giant purple ball. It's surface seemed solid and unmoving, but as a bunch of stars came near it, what seemed like giant lightning bolt's shot out and instantly destroyed everything before the purple balls gravitational pull brought what remained in.
It only took an instant for Zhou Fan to tell that the giant purple ball was the thing that gave him the feeling of a great attractor.
"Is this what is in the center of the galaxy clusters?" Zhou Fan said aloud for a second before shaking his head.
The glowing purple ball was the size of half of a galaxy cluster. It was impossible for the great attractors in the center of galaxy clusters to be so big.
'But at the very least, this gives me some sort of hint.' He thought to himself.
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