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

He soon discovered that the distribution of various nebulae in outer space was very uneven.

In dense areas, it almost formed a cloud, while in sparse areas, it was completely empty.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with this distribution.

After all, there are still denser areas, right? We just need to go to those areas and absorb the nebula matter.

Unfortunately, there are some problems with the high-density areas.

The nebular material here is rotating at an indescribable angle.

This means that although these substances appear dense, their constant movement actually greatly increases the difficulty of absorption!

If you just randomly pull in any gravitational field without considering the consequences, the vast majority of matter will escape.

At that time, although it may seem like you've absorbed a lot, in reality, not much of the substance actually ends up on the star.

Extremely inefficient!

"Looks like I need to come up with some tricks, otherwise the efficiency is just too low..."

Lin Tian murmured softly.

His mind was constantly working, searching for a solution, and various astronomical knowledge from his previous life kept flowing through his mind.

Before long, Lin Tian knew what to do.

He immediately adjusted the angle of the Primordial Star's gravitational field, aiming it at a high-density region.

His angle was extremely tricky, forming a specific angle with the trajectory of movement in that area, causing most matter to move as much as possible and get as close to his star as possible.

In this way, the nebula dust that was originally scattered everywhere seemed to have found its center and stopped drifting around aimlessly.

Instead, they became incredibly obedient, swirling and continuously pouring into the Primordial Star.

[Star quality +0.001]

[Star quality +0.002]

[Star quality +0.001]

……

Soon, a series of prompts appeared in Lin Tian's mind.

This is the primordial star absorbing nebula matter.

As the nebula absorbed more and more matter, the mass of the primordial star also increased.

About half an hour later, a new notification appeared.

Congratulations! The Primordial Star's growth level has reached Level 1.

You have gained 10 attribute points.

The attribute system has been unlocked.

Upon hearing this, a hint of excitement flashed in Lin Tian's eyes.

It's been upgraded!

In addition, attribute points were also gained.

He immediately brought up the attribute panel, where changes had occurred.

There are five attributes on the panel: mass, volume, temperature, brightness, and gravitational coefficient.

For every new observer, the first time they allocate skill points is extremely important.

Because your first skill point allocation will very likely determine your future growth path as a star.

According to the original owner's memories, in this world, there are generally two paths for a star's growth.

System approach, brightness approach.

These two routes directly affect the rating, and can also quickly gain powerful combat strength in star-level battles.

As for other routes, not many people explore them.

Lin Tian thought for a moment and didn't rush to add points.

He first opened the forum and searched for posts related to "adding points", and soon found a lot of information.

"Brothers, how should I allocate skill points? Urgent!"

"Just blindly increase the volume and brightness, is that even a question? Look at the top players on the leaderboard, isn't that what they did?"

"Indeed, size is king, and high brightness also gets you a high score. Apart from these two, everything else is garbage."

"I think the temperature needs to be increased a bit; simply stacking the volume is too dull."

"Has anyone added the gravitational coefficient and mass? I'm new here, and it seems like no one's discussing these two."

"Gravity coefficient? Mass? What kind of underworld properties are those?"

"Don't touch those two. My cousin spent most of his fortune researching gravity paths, and he's still stuck at the bottom of the star sector."

"Hilarious! Everyone in the world knows these two have useless attributes, surely no one would actually choose them?"

……

There were countless posts on the forum, and Lin Tian read them for about ten minutes.

But the more you look, the more subtle their expressions become.

The forum discussions seemed lively and comprehensive, covering a wide range of topics.

But upon closer inspection, Lin Tian immediately noticed something was wrong.

In the discussions among these people, no one mentioned white dwarfs, no one mentioned neutron stars, and no one mentioned black holes!

What's going on?

It's as if in everyone's mind, the only path for a star is to become bigger and brighter.

Superstar, superstar, red giant, blue giant...

The limit of human imagination seems to be turning oneself into a blazing behemoth capable of crushing everything.

There is no other possibility.

"What's going on with astronomy in this world?"

Lin Tian was puzzled and murmured to himself, but in an instant, he seemed to realize something and his expression changed.

He quickly accessed the world's textbook database and searched for keywords.

The results came out quickly.

Physics textbooks only cover the chapters on star evolution up to "supergiants".

The rest of the content is blank.

There are no black holes, white dwarfs, neutron stars, quark stars... None of them exist!

Not only were they absent, but even the renowned astrophysicists from his previous life, such as Einstein, Planck, Schrödinger, and Schwarzschild, were nowhere to be found in this world.

These people never existed!

Their theories, their equations, their discoveries that could shake the entire universe—none of them ever came to fruition!

It's as if the Trisolarans have blocked astronomy from this world.

"If no one in this world knows these things, then I..."

As the thoughts in his mind became clearer, Lin Tian's breathing suddenly became rapid.

The time traveler's cheat code has arrived...

Lin Tian couldn't help but recall his life before he transmigrated.

Before his journey, he worked at an astronomical observatory.

Despite possessing extensive astronomical knowledge, he was merely an ordinary observer.

The salary is not enough, just barely enough to get by.

The only advantage is that astronomical knowledge is good for showing off.

But only outside.

Because the astrophysics knowledge he was very familiar with was the foundation that everyone at the observatory had to master!

His supposedly profound knowledge was no different from that of an elementary school student in the eyes of the professors at the observatory.

However, nobody in this world understands astronomy!

Only Lin Tian knew that the end of a star is not brighter, bigger, or hotter!

Conversely, when a red giant burns out, its light and heat gradually dissipate, the star gradually cools down, and it collapses, eventually becoming a white dwarf.

If the star's core mass is large enough during the collapse process, it will not stop at the white dwarf stage and will continue to collapse.

This process will not stop until the star crushes its own atoms, distorting the surrounding space.

Even light cannot escape it!

This is a black hole.