Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 594 - 590: Dyson Sphere

The largest observatory within Qicheng had become the busiest place since two years ago, with people rushing to activate the telescopes, trying to catch the first glimpse of the "Dyson Sphere."

Unfortunately, a thin curvature bubble distorted all external light, and people could only see a blurry image resembling a light bulb.

Nevertheless, more and more people at the observatory were eagerly awaiting the end of the curvature navigation, especially numerous students who were the most enthusiastic in their discussions!

"Dyson Sphere! It definitely looks like this... like this... add a tube here!" These were students who specialized in designing, and those studying design often excelled in drawing. They were sketching their concepts.

"When can we finally see the Dyson Sphere? I’m so anxious!"

"How long would it take for us to build a Dyson Sphere?"

A few seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys were chattering about this.

"Hmm... it might not be about time, as we lack the technological strength, it would collapse quickly. What was our strongest material again... Super Alloy-zmax, far from sufficient."

Constructing a Dyson Sphere requires immense engineering capability.

Consider the Solar System, where the Sun’s mass accounts for 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System, with the remaining planets making up 0.14%. freēwēbnovel.com

Even if all the planets besides the Sun were used as materials for the Dyson Sphere, it would still be far from enough.

Other planetary systems encounter a similar issue, there just isn’t enough material.

So, what could be done?

"The first method would involve dismantling parts of the Sun, but most of the Sun is hydrogen, and turning hydrogen into a solid is troublesome. The second method, transporting planets from other planetary systems, such as moving a large number of planets from the neighboring Centauri Alpha Star. It’s difficult for humans to achieve either approach."

Moreover, constructing a Dyson Sphere would require incredibly advanced technological capabilities, particularly in materials science, necessitating materials well beyond the limits of conventional ones!

Given the immense gravitational force of stars, no conventional material can support a structural integrity under such gravitational stress. Not even if the Dyson Sphere were rotating at high speed, could it balance the gravitational force at every point.

For example, the poles, which are almost stationary—how could centrifugal force counteract gravity there?

Additionally, the Milky Way is in motion, as are the stars themselves.

Should an offset in position occur, without correction, it could lead to the Dyson Sphere colliding directly with the star, causing catastrophic outcomes. Thus, the Dyson Sphere must be heat-resistant, have powerful propulsion, and be capable of withstanding potential starburst disasters.

Combining all these aspects, it’s an enormously challenging feat.

"So, this could be a Dyson Cloud then..."

"A Dyson Sphere is too difficult; a Dyson Cloud or a Dyson Ring might be simpler... If we just build a Dyson Cloud, maybe humans could try it."

Before the words faded, the spaceship had already halted its curvature movement, as if abruptly freezing in the cosmic space.

With the curvature bubble no longer obstructing them, all images suddenly became clear!

Many screamed in awe at that moment, "It really is a Dyson Sphere!"

It truly was a Dyson Sphere!

In the telescopic view, a massive steel structure enveloped 70% of the star, slowly rotating like a circular boiler!

This huge "boiler" at that instant, opened a "lid" larger than Jupiter, revealing the star inside, bursting with flares!

Endless stellar rage erupted at that moment, brilliant flames spurting from the chromosphere far into space, continuing for millions of kilometers before reluctantly falling back under gravitational pull, thus forming a red loop. This celestial phenomenon is known as "solar prominence."

Reality proved to be even more astonishing than imagined.

The Dyson Sphere, it’s right here!

After a moment of silence, the observatory erupted in noise, with more and more people coming from afar, hoping to witness this true colossus with their own eyes.

Absolutely unbelievable!

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Meanwhile, government agencies were holding a special meeting to discuss a series of plans for human integration into this interstellar trading market.

Zhang Yuan sat in his seat, looking at the related astronomical reports, also deeply stunned.

It was clear that this could not possibly be a creation of a Level 4 Civilization!

The mass of Tabby Star was 1.43 times that of the Sun, about 2.2 million kilometers in diameter, significantly brighter than the Sun. Yet the diameter of this steel-frame Dyson Sphere was an astonishing 10 million kilometers!

It almost completely swallowed the entire star, leaving only some small "vents,"—well, these "vents" weren’t really small, each one hundreds of times larger than Jupiter.

Because the Dyson Sphere was slowly rotating, periodic variations in light were observable from afar.

The star was violently emitting flames, yet the entire area barely felt the solar winds.

This was truly a colossal entity...

"A Constant Starship fueled by a star! Yes, a Constant Starship, its material mass might already be comparable to that of the star," spoke a voice in the meeting room, someone suddenly struck by inspiration.

"If this star were extinguished, I have no doubt, this Dyson Sphere could devour another star as its fuel!"

Humans and the Tos Civilization took over a thousand years just to build a War Star, which hardly compares, barely a drop in the bucket...

Next, an astronomical data point had everyone’s pupils dilating, as this place shockingly housed 100,000 planets of various sizes and an uncountably vast number of asteroids, possibly reaching hundreds of billions... They densely packed near the Dyson Sphere, within a few hundred astronomical units.

This number was completely beyond normal expectations. With so many planets, even the immense gravitational pull of the Dyson Sphere coupled with the star couldn’t contain their chaotic movement, and collisions were likely to occur easily...

It was unknown where all these planets came from. Some might be Planet Fortresses, transported from distant interstellar civilizations, while others might be naturally occurring.

This became the first unsolved mystery discovered by humans.

In fact, there were many unsolved mysteries about this Dyson Sphere, and with each discovery, people’s fascination with it deepened.