CHAPTER 397: CHAPTER 396: BLACK HOLE QUANDARY

The vast Universe, with billions of stars.

In the depths of the Star Zone Universe, ten Dense Battle Stars were returning to base at full speed.

But suddenly, these ten Dense Battle Stars came to an abrupt halt because they received the last message from the Dense Civilization.

It was a sorrowful message.

Originally, they were commanded by the Black Hole Black Star to delve into the Star Zone Universe for exploration, to lay the groundwork for the later stages when the Dense Civilization, after collecting enough resources, would relocate their base to the depths of the Star Zone, or even to the center of the Cosmic Zone to avoid the crisis of the Universe’s expansion stopping, and to gather enough intelligence.

It could be said that the Dense Civilization had a well-developed plan to avoid crisis.

But unfortunately, things do not always go according to wishes. The expedition team exploring unknown space suddenly received a message from the Dense Civilization, stating that they were at war with a civilization known as the Wandering Alliance and the situation was quite dire. The expedition team was ordered to abandon their exploration mission and return to support.

Initially, the ten Dense Battle Stars of the expedition team did not hesitate and made a full-speed return through the Space Wormhole.

However, they did not expect that after having traveled only one-third of the journey, they would then receive the last heroic message from the Dense Civilization.

"Expedition team, this may be the headquarters’ last message. The Black Hole Black Star has decided to initiate the Coexistence Plan, preparing for a decisive battle with the Wandering Alliance. The outcome of this battle is unknown and fraught with danger; anything could happen. If headquarters should unfortunately be defeated and fall with honor, you, the expedition team, will be the last hope and flame of the Dense Civilization."

"We now, according to the Emergency Transitional Provision in Article 3320 of the Dense Civilization Emergency Act, transfer the supreme command of the Dense Civilization to the United Star Commander of the expedition team. If headquarters does not rescind the transitional provision within three years, you will officially become the only legitimate government of the Dense Civilization, with the authority to decide on all matters, big and small. We hope you can lead the last flame of the Dense Civilization, steer through this Cosmic Crisis, and rekindle the past glory!"

"We and the God of Black Hole are with you forever!"

After this message, the expedition team could no longer contact the Dense Civilization headquarters.

Every member of the expedition team knew what this meant, and they couldn’t help looking up at the sky in grief to mourn for their compatriots.

After a fitting period of silence and mourning.

The ten Dense Battle Stars of the expedition team simultaneously burst forth with rage, and every Dense Star individual on the Battle Stars roared with anger, vowing to avenge their headquarters’ compatriots and the God of Black Hole whom they devoutly believed in. They would never forget the Wandering Alliance civilization and regarded it as the greatest enemy of their lives, and they would surely eliminate it completely!

"Report, unidentified objects detected ahead!"

At this moment, within the Space Wormhole, the Dense Battle Stars detected frequent energy fluctuations ahead, and they reported the information.

After careful detection, the Dense Civilization found that these were glowing living beings capable of flying directly in space. Around these glowing living beings, there were two Planets, each with a biological civilization on it.

"Those glowing life forms are truly extraordinary, being able to fly in space, one can only imagine that they must be from a marvelous civilization. However, their numbers are not many, and we are now the only hope of the Dense Civilization. We must prepare resources for the impending Cosmic Crisis and enhance our survival. Let’s start with them, capture them for study if they are useful, and store the rest as energy resources."

The expedition team that made this decision did not know that those glowing life forms were in fact Electromagnetic Super Men from the Electromagnetic Civilization.

And the leader among them was Fei Yu, a superb Electromagnetic Super Man who not only conquered suitable biological civilizations for his own genetic research but also gathered many electromagnetic compatriots scattered in the universe.

Now, his force had grown increasingly stronger, not only conquering two third-level biological civilizations but also gaining the willingness of over 10,000 Electromagnetic Super Men to follow him. He indeed became the largest force among the survivors of the Electromagnetic Civilization.

And coincidentally, the force led by Fei Yu had also discovered early on that there was a civilization hiding in the Space Wormhole, and they came here intending to subdue it and expand their own.

It can be said, the expedition team and Fei Yu’s force had the same idea, so a war was inevitable.

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Wandering Star System.

When scientists used the black hole-white hole theory to explain why a Celestial Body Capture Device could not capture a black hole, the only purpose left for the black hole was clear.

That was to use the black hole as an offensive or defensive weapon.

Of course, aside from this, the scientific team could still use the black hole for research, which would not change based on how the black hole is preserved—it’s just that moving with a black hole would be more cumbersome.

However, the difficulties in reality were far greater than imagined by the Wandering Alliance.

Because when Constant Star Lu Chen attempted to use Gravity to pull the black hole, he found he could not move the black hole at all, but instead, Constant Star Lu Chen himself would be pulled towards the black hole.

This indicated the mass of the black hole was far greater than that of Constant Star Lu Chen, even greater than the Wandering Star System, dominating the gravitational interaction. This was not good news, meaning the Wandering Alliance would not be able to effectively control the black hole.

At this moment, Green Star suddenly said, "I finally understand why the Metal Civilization’s Lithium Eagle Squad chose to annihilate the black hole rather than capture it during the Star Realm Ball incident. They must have known about the many mysteries and limitations of black holes—that they cannot be captured using a Celestial Body Capture Device and, because of mass, black holes cannot be easily moved. Rather than dealing with such a troublesome giant, it indeed makes more sense to just destroy it."

"It’s such a waste though, isn’t it? The Dense Civilization had more than ninety percent of their mass on the Black Hole Black Star, and we put so much effort, like taking out nine bulls and two tigers, just to destroy the Black Star’s Intention. Originally, we thought we could harness the black hole, but who expected this outcome? If we really just destroy the black hole, wouldn’t that be a huge loss? Haven’t we fought this war in vain?" Lu Xing, who had been transformed into Dark Gold by the Life Conversion Technology, lamented.

Although Constant Star Lu Chen did not speak.

His thoughts were the same—he was reluctant to destroy a black hole of such great mass. To ignore it was even more impossible. Thus, he once again urged all members of the Wandering Alliance to rapidly devise strategies to see if there was another way to make use of the black hole?

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"Haha, this Wandering Alliance is too funny, aren’t they? After fighting for so long, they’re just now realizing the limitations of black holes? It seems their technology has developed quickly, but their foundations are not solid enough!"

At the same time, the Ghost Civilization, which had been observing from a distance, also saw the predicament and intentions of the Wandering Alliance, and several scientists could not help but start mocking.