Chapter 940: Balloon Black Hole |
Up to now, Xiao Yu already had plans on two fronts. After using the ultra-strong gravitational source to pull the Central Black Hole into the current three-dimensional universe, if the Spatial Bomb detonation succeeded, that would naturally be ideal. If the Spatial Bomb destruction plan failed, then the perfected intelligence network would support the prolonged war Xiao Yu would wage against the Dark Star Civilization afterward.
Xiao Yu steadied his mind slightly.
“It is time to activate the ultra-strong gravitational source…” Xiao Yu silently thought to himself.
All conditions had already been prepared. The calculations of the Central Black Hole’s gravity had provided Xiao Yu with sufficient data support, while his understanding of four-dimensional technology and different three-dimensional universes had provided him with the technological support to realize the objective. Under such circumstances, Xiao Yu issued the order in his heart to activate the ultra-strong gravitational source.
To prevent the ultra-strong gravitational source from being exposed, those space bases and similar facilities near it had not been removed by Xiao Yu. In any case, they had already completed their construction tasks, so keeping them there was of little use. Only Xiao Yu’s critical facilities, such as most of his warships, had already been transferred in advance to safe locations.
The activation command was swiftly carried out by the ultra-strong gravitational source. At the instant this command began to be executed, the energy collection instruments began working. Massive amounts of energy spread out from these several hundred stars, and the speed of energy extraction was so great that these stars visibly shrank in volume at this moment. Their luminosity suddenly dimmed in an instant, as if some enormous invisible black hole here were violently devouring them.
These huge amounts of energy were transmitted through countless energy channels into the space base at the center, a colossal thing as massive as Jupiter. Inside this great structure were countless instruments, and these instruments endured the impact of this powerful energy and began, according to the preset program, to transform it. Based on The Grand Unified Theory, they would convert this energy into gravity, but this process was not gradual. It was instantaneous. Xiao Yu temporarily delayed the release of the gravity, waiting until the gravitational strength reached a sufficiently powerful degree before releasing it all in one instant.
A terrifying energy fluctuation was brewing inside this enormous instrument. This was quite obvious. A star had a lifespan of several billion years. Over those billions of years, how much energy would it release? The total amount of that energy was obviously immense. But do not forget, that was only the energy released by nuclear fusion. After a star’s lifespan was exhausted, it would still leave gas remnants, white dwarfs, neutron stars, and other residue. The method Xiao Yu was using now, however, was the more efficient method of elemental decay. This method would convert an entire star completely into energy and would not leave behind even the slightest material residue.
All the mass of these several hundred stars would, over the next short period, be entirely converted into energy, then converted into gravity lasting only several hours. That was an ultra-strong gravity sufficient to move a gigantic galactic Central Black Hole with a mass of six billion solar masses.
They shrank from different stellar types such as subgiants, yellow dwarfs, and red dwarfs, finally becoming failed stars like brown dwarfs. Then they continued shrinking further, ultimately turning into giant gaseous planets similar to Jupiter. Yes, there was actually no essential difference between stars and planets, only a difference in size and mass. They could transform into one another.
Even after reaching this stage, they still continued to shrink, ultimately shrinking to something like the size and mass of Earth. The only difference was that because of their different elemental composition, they did not complete the process of transforming from gaseous planets into rocky planets. Even when they were about the same size and mass as Earth, they were still gaseous planets.
Because the external pressure kept changing, this shrinking process was not peaceful. For example, during the stellar stage, because matter was constantly being extracted and pressure reduced, matter inside them would even erupt outward like volcanic explosions. But against all the possible incidents that might arise during this process, Xiao Yu had already made extremely complete defensive plans, so these changes caused Xiao Yu no trouble at all.
After shrinking to Earth-like size and mass, they continued shrinking, and in the end they completely vanished from the universe. These several hundred stars had just abruptly disappeared like that, crammed into this ultra-strong gravitational source only the size of Jupiter.
At this moment, inside this ultra-strong gravitational source base, the energy intensity had reached a degree beyond description. The instruments Xiao Yu built were enduring immense pressure at every moment. It was like a balloon filled with too much gas, so much that it had reached the verge of bursting.
The instruments Xiao Yu had painstakingly created displayed excellent performance at this time. They completed the task of operating normally and steadily under conditions of extremely high energy intensity and an extremely harsh environment. According to the preset program, they continuously transformed this ultra-strong energy pressure into the thing Xiao Yu needed, while continuously accumulating it. This process continued for about three more days.
“Activate.” Xiao Yu calmly issued the command.
At this moment, the enormous energy compressed to an unimaginable degree surged outward, like an Earth on the verge of explosion suddenly opening a vent. In that instant, it seemed that the whole space, the whole universe, was trembling.
It was as though in this dark universe, an invisible giant hand had suddenly appeared. This massive palm possessed incomparably great power, and everything within a certain range of it would be affected. At the instant this tremendous energy appeared, a construction base beside it, as large as the Moon, was crumpled wantonly like a paper ball in a child’s hand. In that instant, it was stretched into a long strip by the ultra-strong gravity, then rushed toward the ultra-strong gravitational source at extremely high speed.
If Xiao Yu had not intervened, he would have faced a fatal collision. And that collision would have destroyed everything Xiao Yu had created. Of course, Xiao Yu had long anticipated this situation and had already made perfect response mechanisms for it.
This giant object was stretched into a long strip and began rotating around the ultra-strong gravitational source at an extremely high orbital speed. If it had been captured by a normal black hole, the next step should have been for it to fall into the black hole. But here, it did not fall in. Instead, it continued circling the ultra-strong gravitational source, and gradually it was compressed to the limit. Then a black hole formed.
This black hole had an essential difference from an ordinary natural black hole. It was ring-shaped. No, in three-dimensional space, it seemed to be spherical. More accurately, it was balloon-shaped. Under such circumstances, only the membrane of this balloon was the black hole. Aside from the membrane, both inside and outside the balloon were normal space.
Naturally, Xiao Yu had no ability to enter a black hole, and at this point, the gravitational intensity of the ultra-strong gravitational source had long surpassed that of an ordinary black hole by many times. In order to prevent the ultra-strong gravitational source from being crushed by its own gravity, Xiao Yu had, through exquisite mastery of space technology combined with his strong technological foundation in other fields, ultimately created this strange thing, a balloon black hole, that should not have been able to exist in the universe.
The gravity of the balloon black hole faced only outward, not inward. This ensured that the operation of the ultra-strong gravitational source would not be disturbed. Although the balloon black hole completely enclosed the ultra-strong gravitational source, through four-dimensional technology, Xiao Yu could still maintain contact with the ultra-strong gravitational source inside the balloon black hole and control its actions.
This giant construction base the size of the Moon became the first nourishment for this balloon black hole. After that, even more violent changes began. In that instant, all matter in this region of space, whether artificial or natural, had no choice but to submit to the might of the ultra-strong gravity. Without exception, they were all stretched into long strips, then fell into this balloon black hole in spiral form.
Of course, these changes were merely side effects after the ultra-strong gravitational source was activated. Xiao Yu’s objective was not to attract all these things. Xiao Yu’s objective was the galactic Central Black Hole located in another three-dimensional universe.
Since the gravity of that three-dimensional universe could be transmitted into this three-dimensional universe, then obviously, the gravity of this universe could likewise be transmitted into that three-dimensional universe. Xiao Yu wanted to use the interaction between gravities to pull the Central Black Hole back. There was no object in this three-dimensional universe sufficient to move that enormous thing, so Xiao Yu created one himself.
Xiao Yu’s preparations finally had an effect. Less than half an hour after the ultra-strong gravitational source was activated, Xiao Yu sensed that strange fluctuation in space. Large stretches of space began to crack like ice, and as those ice layers shattered, it seemed as if something incomparably huge were about to drill out from beneath the ice.