Everyone's playing Red Giant? I, Black Hole, devour everything!

The news of the successful delivery reached the military headquarters that afternoon.

Zhou Zhenguo stared at the report in his office for a long time.

Then, he picked up the encrypted communicator on the table and dialed Zhao Yuanshan's number.

"Old Zhao, have you seen it? Dark energy affinity can be transferred in batches—those kids got them all."

Zhao Yuanshan remained silent for a long time on the other end of the phone.

Are you sure?

"I'm sure. Zhou Haiming signed it himself, and I have the original documents on file."

Zhao Yuanshan fell silent again.

He and Zhou Zhenguo had fought countless battles and witnessed countless grand scenes.

But at this moment, he didn't know what to say.

"This means..." His voice was a little hoarse, "that the conditions for the success of the wormhole experiment are no longer a problem from now on."

"Yes." Zhou Zhenguo's voice was equally hoarse. "As long as Su Li's mass increases and the next quasar takes shape, we can immediately start the next wormhole experiment."

Zhao Yuanshan did not speak again.

But both of them understood one fact.

On this day, the door to the wormhole era of human civilization was completely opened.

Dark energy affinity is no longer exclusive to Lin Tian alone.

It can be passed on, shared, and given to everyone who is qualified to walk this path.

……

Meanwhile, in the command center of the Black Hole Research Institute, Chen Wang pushed open the door and walked in.

His face held an unusual solemnity.

"Just received a confidential report from the military." He placed the data panel in front of Lin Tian, ​​his voice low. "From the United States... the New Manhattan Project has made a breakthrough."

Lin Tian's brow twitched slightly.

"What breakthrough?"

"They independently completed the first gravitational collapse." Chen Wang took a deep breath. "The first uncontrolled black hole was born in the United States."

Lin Tian's gaze lingered on the last line of text on the data panel.

Out of control.

These four words are more meaningful than any "breakthrough" he had anticipated.

He didn't rush to speak, but instead read the secret report again from beginning to end.

The secret report was brief, but contained a wealth of information.

Three days ago, Dr. Brian and his team returned to Washington from Great Xia. The footage of the wormhole experiment was fully recorded on the data panel he brought back.

It was in those images that he saw the entire process of himself and Su Li stabilizing the singularity using gravitational wave resonance.

"Teacher Chen," Lin Tian looked up, his tone so calm it betrayed no emotion, "What did Brian do?"

"It was mentioned in the secret report," Chen Wang said, sitting down opposite him in a low voice, "After he returned from our side, he proposed a completely new collapse plan."

"Instead of pursuing precise control, we use the resonance of the quark star array to 'induce' collapse."

"Simply put, it means handing over all the work that people should do to machines."

He got it.

Brian is a smart man.

He knew very well that there were no geniuses in the United States with the ability to mentally calculate to six decimal places, so he simply gave up on that path.

Use external equipment to replace manual precision.

The resonant frequency of a quark star array can indeed be made extremely precise.

If tuned properly, it is theoretically possible to "induce" a star to cross the threshold of collapse.

However, this approach has a fatal flaw.

"They 'created' the black hole," Lin Tian said calmly, "but they had no idea how to 'nurture' it."

Chen Wang sighed: "Yes. The moment a black hole is born, the observer completely loses control over the celestial body. From the very first second of its birth, that black hole no longer belongs to anyone."

"Where is it now?"

"The third star sector of the United States, on the outskirts of a military restricted area." Chen Wang paused, "less than a light-year from the ruins of the Zhar people."

Lin Tian's gaze sharpened slightly.

This location is too sensitive.

"The Lighthouse Nation has urgently mobilized Quark Star forces, attempting to lure it away from the ruins," Chen Wang continued, his tone carrying an inexplicable sense of absurdity.

"But it was no use. Although that black hole only had five times the mass of the sun, its gravitational field was pure and unrestrained. The quark star's resonant array hadn't even had time to deploy before it swallowed dozens of them."

"It is now slowly moving toward the ruins, indiscriminately devouring everything in its path."

"The Third Sector Defense Command has activated the highest alert level."

"The White House held an emergency meeting that lasted for more than two hours."

At this point, Chen Wang paused for a moment, then slowly said, "The President of the United States has formally sent a request for assistance to the Great Xia Kingdom."

Ask for help.

The two words fell on the command center, and there was a silence for several seconds.

Chen Wang himself felt somewhat dazed.

Just a few months ago, the United States was the strongest nation on Earth, and the White Eagle Secret Service was hunting down the Black Hole of the Great Xia Kingdom all over the world.

Antimatter bombs, time-space freezers, Quark Star reconnaissance teams... aren't they all aimed at the Great Xia Kingdom?

But now, they have to lower their heads and beg the Great Xia Kingdom for help.

The turning point in all of this was a black hole with five times the mass of the sun that they themselves created.

"Teacher Chen, what does the military mean?" Lin Tian asked.

"The military's opinion is inclined to help," Chen Wang said, carefully choosing his words.

"That black hole is too close to the ruins. If it were to collide with the remnants of the gravitational barrier surrounding the ruins, no one knows what would happen. The ruins were jointly developed by us and the United States, and there is still a lot of data inside that we haven't had time to analyze. We also have a stake in this."

"Moreover, this request for assistance was offered proactively by the United States. By helping them, we have gained the upper hand in subsequent cooperation negotiations."

"However, the military also said that the final decision on whether to go and how to go is up to you."

After Chen Wang finished speaking, his gaze fell on Lin Tian's face, waiting for his reply.

He knew that Lin Tian's answers never followed the usual script.

"Professor Chen," Lin Tian's voice rang out, his tone as calm as before, "Do you think this black hole will be difficult to deal with?"

Chen Wang was taken aback for a moment, then answered honestly, "What's as difficult as climbing to the sky for others might just be a matter of taking a bite for you."

"So the problem is never with the black hole itself."

"So what do you think the problem is?" Chen Wang asked subconsciously.

"Which black hole did it come from, and how?" Lin Tian's gaze returned to the data panel. "What makes an observer who can't even establish a control link think that the resonance precision of a quark star array can replace mental arithmetic skills to six decimal places?"

Chen Wang was taken aback by his question.

He suddenly understood what Lin Tian meant.

Gravitational collapse, once it starts, will not stop.

Like an avalanche.

You can shout at the foot of the mountain and shake an avalanche down.

But you can't make an avalanche turn the way you want it to when it's halfway through its roll.

Once a star's mass exceeds the Oppenheimer limit, the collapse becomes irreversible.

Brian used the Quark Star Array to push the star into the threshold of collapse.

But what happens after the collapse begins?

Hundreds of parameters changed drastically at the same time: gravitational field, temperature, density, spacetime curvature... each one was fluctuating wildly in milliseconds.

Observers without sufficient mental calculation skills will only be like blind men touching an elephant when faced with such a deluge of data.

He can't see anything, and he can't grasp anything.

In the end, all that will be gained is an uncontrolled black hole.

It will indiscriminately devour everything around it.

Whether it's the enemy's stars or your own troops.

Thinking this, Chen Wang suddenly felt a chill run down his spine: "So this 'breakthrough' by the United States... was a dead end from the very beginning?"

"Not really." Lin Tian's tone carried a hint of sarcasm. "At least they proved that the resonance of the Quark Star Array can indeed push a star towards the threshold of collapse. Every time they fail, they'll create a new, uncontrolled black hole."

"This isn't a breakthrough, it's like planting a landmine on our own doorstep..." Chen Wang shook his head with a wry smile.

"Send me a copy of the raw data from the military's secret report. I need the complete gravitational wave data for that black hole." Lin Tian suddenly said.

"Okay." Chen Wang didn't ask any more questions and immediately started operating on the light screen.