The old drunkard glanced at the power in Zhan Chen's hand, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he immediately said: "Boy, this is indeed star power. You absorbed it from countless stars, right?"
Zhan Chen nodded knowingly and asked, "What's wrong?"
"This star power is not pure. It comes from various planets and carries a lot of impurities. You have not refined them into your own power. In the end, this is still an external force, which is very different from the real star power. The real star power is
Star power is void and transparent, and its power is ten thousand times more powerful than this."
"Ten thousand times!" Zhan Chen was stunned.
"But how can you kid? You have absorbed so much star power. If you break through the Dao Breaking Realm, you can refine them into your own original power, saving a lot of effort."
Zhan Chen couldn't help but be overjoyed and said: "Senior, your kindness to me is really great, and you have pointed out the direction for my efforts."
"You don't have to thank me. I just did something to facilitate things. Even if I don't tell you now, you will realize it sooner or later in the future."
Zhan Chen said sincerely: "You can't say that. Time is very precious to me now. I must become stronger immediately."
"Young people, cultivation should be done step by step, haste makes waste, you know this truth."
"Yes, but there is a powerful enemy being born on the Wanfa Continent. I feel that I can only compete with him by breaking through the Dao-breaking realm."
"So that's it, but it's no use being anxious now. Can you go back? Without breaking through the Tao-breaking realm, you won't be able to tear through the void and travel through time and space."
"So, senior, I have something to ask for. Please send me back to Wanfa Continent as soon as possible. I must go back because there are countless people waiting for me." Zhan Chen's eyes became firm.
The old drunkard didn't agree immediately, but picked up another jar of wine and drank it.
Zhan Chen looked at him nervously, fearing that he would not agree.
After drinking the wine, the old drunkard smacked his lips and sighed: "Sure enough, the wine from my hometown is good enough! Okay, boy, I will help you this time, but you have to deal with that strong enemy with your own strength, otherwise
You can’t reach the realm of breaking the Tao either.”
Zhan Chen was ecstatic, but still unsure, and said: "Senior, are you really willing to help me?"
"Yeah, let's go!"
The old drunkard suddenly stood up, raised his hand and scratched the sky, and the sky opened neatly, forming a space-time crack that was hundreds of meters long.
Seeing this scene, Zhan Chen was shocked and murmured: "Is this the power of the original power? You can tear open the void with your bare hands!"
And he clearly remembered that no matter how fierce the battle between the powerful men of Wanfa Dzogchen was, they could not create cracks in the void, or even create a ripple. What he didn't even know was that his master Huang Nianci back then was so powerful.
Sacrifice all the strength and longevity to open a hole in the void and die together with the enemy. However, for the old drunkard, it seems so understated.
The old drunkard patted the wine gourd on his waist again, and the wine gourd enlarged and grew into a gourd more than ten meters long in front of them. Then the old drunkard sat down on the gourd and said to Zhan Chen: "Boy, come up here.
Bar."
Zhan Chen nodded and reached the top of the wine gourd. As soon as he sat down, he heard the old drunkard shout: "Let's go!"
The wine gourd turned into a swift light and shot into the space-time crack in the sky. Then the space-time crack closed, leaving no trace in its original place.
Entering the rift in time and space again, looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar world of silence, many of the questions that had previously been pressing in Zhan Chen's heart emerged again.
Now, there happened to be an old drunkard by his side. Zhan Chen wanted to take this opportunity to solve these problems one by one, so he immediately asked: "Senior, why did this world in the cracks of time and space come into being? And why are the various places connected?
What about the world?”
The old drunkard replied: "Boy, the universe is too big, and it contains too many mysteries. Even what I know is only one billionth of the universe. The world in this space-time rift is called a space-time tunnel.
, it is the only convenience that can connect various worlds.
One of the shortcuts, if there is no space-time tunnel, it will take at least a thousand years for a monk like me to move from one planet to another. If the two planets are far apart, it will take millions of years.
Or maybe it’s not unusual for tens of millions of years.”
"Yes, the distance between planets is too far. If I want to travel between the stars, I may not be able to do it even if I use up my lifespan." Zhan Chen sighed.
The old drunkard added: "It's not easy to explain to you how this space-time rift is formed. You must first understand a celestial body called a black hole."
"Black hole, what is that?" This was the first time Zhan Chen heard this word.
"A black hole is the product of a star that is large enough to evolve to the final stage. It can absorb all matter that comes close to it, and even light cannot escape its capture. However, the lifespan of a black hole that simply evolves from a star is very short.
It is also impossible to meet our needs to travel through time and space. To travel through time and space, we need a larger and more powerful giant black hole."
"So how are giant black holes formed?" Zhan Chen couldn't help but ask again.
"Before explaining this problem, you need to know another kind of celestial body, and that is a galaxy."
"What is a galaxy?"
"A galaxy is an aggregation of countless stars. Did you know that the stars in the sky are not evenly distributed in various areas of the universe? On the contrary, stars are generally gathered together to form clusters scattered throughout the universe.
And there is a blank space between the clusters of stars, and there is no distribution of stars at all. And we have concentrated the clusters of stars into galaxies."
"According to what you say, the planet where our Wanfa Continent is located is also in the same galaxy?" "Yes, the galaxy we are in is called the Aquamarine Galaxy. In the universe, it is a charming galaxy that exudes a faint blue light -
—It’s a pity that with your current cultivation level, you simply can’t get a glimpse of its full picture.”
"So how many planets are there in our galaxy?"
"Our galaxy is not that big. There are only about 50 billion stars and about 300 billion planets."
"So many!" Zhan Chen was completely shocked by this number.
"This is nothing. There are many galaxies bigger than mine. Although I can't leave the Sea Blue Galaxy with my cultivation, I have observed the starry sky and our galaxy is only small and medium-sized."
"So how many planets in our galaxy have life?"
"Only one in 100,000 planets has life, and only one in five million can breed advanced intelligent life like ours."
Zhan Chen opened his fingers and counted, and immediately realized, "That's quite a lot. Three hundred billion divided by five million equals sixty thousand!"
"Yes, in this space-time tunnel, we can reach more than 60,000 civilized worlds. Of course, we cannot reach galaxies other than the Aquamarine Galaxy."
"So back to the question just now, how is the space-time tunnel generated, and what is its relationship with black holes?"
"Zhan Chen, let me ask you a question, why do all the stars come together to form a galaxy?"
"Is it because the greatest force is pulling them together?" Zhan Chen guessed.
"Exactly, in fact, there is a giant black hole in the center of every galaxy. It is due to the attraction of the black hole that many planets gather together to form a galaxy. And this giant black hole is connected to every planet it pulls. This
Countless space-time tunnels are formed, and space-time cracks are these space-time tunnels.
Through these space-time tunnels, we can quickly reach any planet in the galaxy. Moreover, within the space-time tunnel, the distance in space is compressed and time is accelerated. As a result, we may only spend one ten thousandth of the time to reach any planet in the galaxy.
You can reach a distant planet in one ten thousandth of the time."
"So are we in a giant black hole right now?"
"Yes, it should be precisely the central area of the huge black hole. From here we can reach any planet."
"Is it also possible to reach those hot stars?"
"Of course, it's just that the mass of stars is very large, and the space around them is very stable. There is basically no natural space-time cracks unless an external force is used to tear them apart."
Zhan Chen was fascinated by what he heard, because the old drunkard opened a brand new door for him. He felt that his star had flown into the vast universe. At this moment, he suddenly thought of a key point.
Question, he immediately said: "By the way, senior, since there are so many time and space tunnels, how do you determine which one can reach our Wanfa Continent?"