Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1287 609: Dark Star Waves (Nuclear Energy) 4

Li Banfeng encountered the concept of black dwarf stars during his university days. They are the end products of the evolution of low to medium-mass stars, the lowest energy state products formed after a star's energy is completely depleted, according to Li Banfeng's understanding.

A star turning into a black dwarf requires an extremely long time, exceeding the age of the universe, meaning that black dwarfs are only theoretical products, and there should be no black dwarfs in the current universe.

Even if there are black dwarfs, they would be very difficult for humans to observe because their temperature is extremely low and they scarcely emit energy.

Why is the Dark Star Bureau researching this? Isn't this something an astronomical institution should do?

Dark Star Bureau, Dark Star Bureau...

That's right!

This is the Dark Star Bureau, Li Banfeng almost forgot the name!

Black dwarfs are hard to observe, aren't they just dark stars?

Researching dark stars is the primary mission of the Dark Star Bureau!

Li Banfeng opened the materials and read them carefully. Because it was a special report, many parts lacked context, and Li Banfeng couldn't fully comprehend it.

However, the conclusions were quite clear. This report contained three very important research findings, two of which Li Banfeng could basically understand.

The first finding is that black dwarfs do not, as initially presumed, almost never emit energy. They periodically undergo energy and matter eruptions, a portion of which falls to Earth and induces biological mutations.

Matter and energy?

Is it highly active dark matter and dark energy?

Could the origin of Dark Ability be black dwarfs?

The second finding, according to multi-national survey data, is that the eruption cycle of black dwarfs ranges from twenty to thirty years. After each eruption, traces are left in Earth's rock layers, soil, and buildings.

The third finding is that within one to two years after a black dwarf eruption, the Inner State launches external warfare.

This is hard to understand; what's the connection between the Inner State's foreign wars and black dwarf eruptions?

Li Banfeng pressed his forehead, quietly pondering for a long time until Chuuni came in to report: "Bureau Chief Li, Goncharova's lawyer has arrived, wanting to see the client."

"What?" Li Banfeng was momentarily confused.

"Goncharova, a senior member of the Birch Tree Hermit Society, she has had a significant achievement, so things haven't been finalized yet, and she's still being held by us."

"A Lavsha woman?" Li Banfeng nodded, remembering her, "Let the lawyer see her, follow the procedures."

Chuuni turned to leave, but Li Banfeng suddenly called out, "Wait!"

He remembered something important.

"Why did Goncharova join the Hermit Society?"

Chuuni recalled clearly: "It was because of a war that took place in the Land of Slumber."

According to Goncharova's confession, during her youth, there was a war in Lavsha Nation's Land of Slumber, an invasion war by the Dark God Chernoborg.

That war erupted twenty-two years ago.

Tracing back another twenty or so years brings us to the Second Puluo War.

A few days ago, Ling Miaosheng mentioned that Inner Amikan Country is going to war.

The eruption cycle of black dwarfs is between twenty to thirty years.

Have black dwarfs erupted again recently?

Is this why the Inner State wants to attack the Inner Amikan Country?

Is the information about Amikan Country accurate? Is the battlefield indeed in Inner Amikan?

Recently, people from the Inner State have been quite restless in Puluo State, with Ge Junma almost stealing from the Ink Shop, Luo Lijun preparing to attack the Soda Kiln, and a Fake Driver just one step from seizing the Loess Bridge...

Would they attack Puluo State instead?

There should be signs before a major war.

...

At De Song Cliff, at the entrance of De Yuan Village, an ancient old man leaned on a cane and said, "Morality is the root of virtue, without morality in one's thoughts, how can one perform virtuous acts?"

Opposite him stood an elderly woman, who disagreed with the old man's view: "Virtuous deeds are the root of virtue; without performing acts of virtue, having a hundred ideas in your head still counts for naught as a virtuous person."

It seemed as though the two seniors were in a debate, their exchange cultured and refined, and outsiders might think they had a good relationship.

After half an hour of debating, the old man failed to convince the old woman and sighed: "A wasted life, you remain obstinately set in your ways!"

The old woman sneered: "Distorting the truth, and still you recklessly twist logic here."

The old man frowned, saying, "The Peddler chose me to manage De Song Cliff, why do you object?"

The old woman raised her eyes: "The Peddler isn't from De Song Cliff, by what right does he meddle in its affairs?"

"The words are spoken, further speech is unnecessary," the old man commanded, "Hear my orders, execute this traitor!"

Behind the old man, over a hundred Virtue Cultivators rushed toward the old woman.

It's not easy to make Virtue Cultivators charge, demonstrating the old man's considerable prestige at De Song Cliff.

At the forefront was a young man wielding a short knife, shouting loudly, "Eliminate the traitors, show no mercy!"

The old woman smiled, unperturbed, and used the Virtue Cultivation Technique: Virtuous Achievement.

The young man, quite unprepared, felt like half a mountain weighed down on him, immediately falling to the ground, unable to rise.

The old woman shouted: "Exterminate the immoral ones, restore the prestige of the Taoist Sect!"

Behind her, over a hundred people also charged forward, and not all of them were Virtue Cultivators.

A man casually picked up a tile, cleaving the young man's head, and fought alongside the others against the old man's followers.

By the time the Peddler arrived, the battle was over, leaving only corpses on the field, the snow stained crimson.

The Peddler placed his rattle onto the cart and frowned: "If this continues, Virtue Cultivators will be wiped out completely!"

A man followed beside the Peddler, also somewhat sighing: "I think they need a leader."

The Peddler glanced around the corpses, turning one old man's body over: "This is the leader I found for them."

That old man died in battle, with most of his Virtue Cultivators dead or wounded.

The man picked up a shard of tile from the ground: "I didn't expect anyone in Puluo State to dare provoke you,

Moreover, there's a young man here who died strangely; his head was cut off by this shard of tile. This is clearly not the style of Virtue Cultivators."

This is the style of Martial Cultivators; few Martial Cultivators come to De Song Cliff.

The Peddler realized the situation was serious, this war had already exceeded the scope of De Song Cliff.

The man examined the other bodies: "From the condition of the bodies, the participants were all quite strong, but many of them aren't Virtue Cultivators,

These people have no reason to fight for De Song Cliff, this place shouldn't have such a draw.

I suspect that other forces are trying to use this war to create chaos, I even suspect this hidden strength comes from outside Puluo State."

The Peddler nodded: "So I want to find someone to come and quell this chaos, but Li Qi just won't come."

The man smiled: "My friend has a strong aversion to Virtue Cultivators, it was the same back at Hai Chi Ridge."

The Peddler looked at the man: "I can't stay here all the time, so I'm entrusting this matter to you. What you need to do is quickly end this war and control the order at De Song Cliff, do you understand what I mean?"

The man pondered: "I don't quite understand controlling order, can you explain more clearly?"

The Peddler explained: "To be direct, it means keep those who listen and kill those who don't."

The man shook his head: "The concept of listening is still a bit vague, can you explain more specifically?"

"How much more specific can it be?"

"You directly tell me how many need to be kept, is it seventy percent, or half?"

PS: It seems this friend prefers to resolve issues using quantifiable methods.

The Lord of Puluo has won the Glory Two Stars, thank all the readers for your support and love!