Volume 3 Chapter 250: The Black Hole Prison that Imprisons Humanity
"Is this the so-and-so emperor?" Nanzhu, who arrived a little later, rolled his eyes as he looked at the emperor sitting on the tall golden toilet, just like Lin Xu and the others.
"Is he cosplaying?" Nanzhu thought about it and could only come up with this reason because they looked so similar.
"According to the database here, his Majesty the Emperor has lived too long, so he needs these things to maintain his life, so this can be considered a life support system. After all, their scientists have not yet developed the technology for immortality, and this Emperor is most likely an alien from outside, with different genes from the locals. Even if scientists develop the technology for immortality, they probably won't be able to use it on him." Lu Yao shrugged.
"Is he still alive now? Is he dead?" Nanzhu looked at the emperor who was sitting on the high platform in silence, never saying a word.
"That depends on your definition of being alive. Do you think you are still alive?" Lin Xu asked directly to the emperor on the high platform.
"No, I'm just a piece of data. I have never been alive." His Majesty the Emperor on the high platform moved his eyelids and raised his head. His old, almost mummy-like body was connected to various tubes, and as he moved, these tubes also shook.
"Data? Are you artificial intelligence?" Nanzhu was confused at first, then his eyes widened in surprise.
"It can be considered something similar. I'm just an early warning program. Humans, you're back after all." The emperor glanced at Lin Xu and the others with emotion in his eyes.
"It seems that you are waiting for us here?" Lin Xu frowned.
"Yes, but I am not the only one waiting. In other words, beings like me are spread throughout the entire universe. The purpose of our existence is to monitor the return of mankind." The emperor said calmly.
"Then what?" Lin Xu asked.
"Then, issue a warning." The emperor spoke slowly.
At the same time, a large number of guards had once again rushed in from the periphery of the Star Ring Core, crossed the square, and were about to rush into the hall.
Nanzhu was a little unhappy because she still had to go out and continue cleaning. She also wanted to continue looking at the guy on the golden toilet and wonder what he was going to say next.
However, at this moment, the entire star ring began to vibrate.
The guards who were already close to the hall where the emperor was, even though they were wearing power armor, were still shaken by the shock and fell to the ground one after another.
"What happened? Why is the star ring vibrating?"
"Sir, not only is the ring vibrating, the planet is also vibrating."
"The planet is also shaking? Why is this happening?"
"No, I don't know. The vibration is happening everywhere. Wait, it's not just the mother planet, other planets are also vibrating. The planets in the entire galaxy are starting to vibrate."
"Star, there is a flash explosion inside the star, and the star begins to expand. What is going on?"
In an instant, the entire civilization began to fall into chaos. People on various planets were shaken to the ground by the sudden tremor. Tall buildings began to collapse, and everything seemed like the end of the world.
"What are you doing?" Lin Xu asked.
"The destruction of civilization is a necessary price to pay to announce the return of mankind. Humans, I will not let you succeed this time." A sacred light shone on the surface of the mummy-like body.
The source of destruction that had been buried long ago was activated, and the emperor's life came to an end.
But he did not feel any reluctance. From the moment he was created and launched into the universe, this was his final destiny.
Now, he has finally completed his mission.
The next moment, the core of the star ring began to collapse, and large cracks spread out from the ground under the feet of Lin Xu and the others.
Outside the hall, the warriors in power armor were staggering and falling down along the cracks.
The entire star ring collapsed, but compared to the entire disintegrating planet, the collapse of the star ring was nothing.
In the galaxy, planets one by one disintegrated one by one. As early as the beginning of the colonization of these planets, the emperor had secretly buried self-destruction facilities. The moment the emperor pressed the self-destruct button, everything was irreversible.
"Lord Lin Xu, the star has begun to expand. It will soon swallow up this planet and then the entire galaxy." Mu Xiyue reminded.
In fact, she didn't need to remind him. No one could miss the supernova explosion in the distance that was rapidly growing and filling the entire sky in the blink of an eye.
Obviously, after detonating all the planets in the entire civilization, His Majesty the Emperor also detonated a star, causing it to enter the supernova explosion stage ahead of time. The star will then devour all the matter in the galaxy and finally collapse into a white dwarf.
In this process, everything in the entire civilization will cease to exist, including all the brilliant culture and art they created.
It’s as if this civilization has never existed in the universe.
Of course, this civilization still has some other colonized galaxies, and perhaps it can preserve some cultural traces, but if the main body of the civilization disappears and loses most of its power, can the civilization still maintain its colonization of the colonized galaxies?
As expected, rebellions will occur one after another in those colonized galaxies , and the colonial fleets that have lost their mother planet will gradually weaken in the resistance until they are completely overthrown.
It can be said that this emperor personally wiped out the civilization he created from the universe.
"How could he be so cruel?" Nanzhu asked puzzled.
But the emperor could no longer answer, as he had destroyed himself the moment he activated the self-destruct program.
Even though Lin Xu tried to check his consciousness from the higher-dimensional space, he could not find any fragments of consciousness.
No, it's not that he was not found, but that he had no consciousness from the beginning. As he said, he was just an early warning program.
"This has been a precaution from the very beginning. Have humans learned certain information from the consciousness of the early warning program? Is that why they don't have conscious existence?" Lu Yao asked doubtfully.
"He has revealed enough information. Since it is an early warning program, there should be something waiting for us ahead. We will know it sooner or later." Lin Xu retracted the high-dimensional perspective of his consciousness and expanded it.
At the same time, the expanding star had reached the location of the star ring and swallowed everything in an instant.
Whether it is the guards who are still struggling to survive outside the hall, or the emperor who is still cosplaying on the golden toilet but is actually dead.
The star swallowed up everything, leaving only Lin Xu and a few others standing in mid-air, with the shields around them blocking the star's energy.
I watched as the star rings and the entire planet turned into part of the blazing flames.
Lin Xu waved his hand and took out the Skylark directly from within the expanding star.
Several people boarded the Skylark, which accelerated away and continued to move towards the edge of the universe.
The star that was still continuing its supernova explosion was completely left behind.
At the same time, the emperor on the golden toilet self-destructed, and even the entire civilization was wiped out.
At the edge of the universe, which is still far away from here, early warning information has begun to echo among various civilizations.
"Humans, are they finally coming?"
"Humanity is back!"
"Be careful of humans."
"Don't let humans get close. I repeat, don't let humans get close. You must block them."
"Hahaha, our Lord is back, our Lord is finally back! Stars, please play some music and offer grand fireworks to celebrate the return of mankind."
A single stone can cause a thousand ripples. At the edge of the universe, which was originally quite calm, all kinds of information suddenly began to exchange ideas.
No matter what they were thinking, the return of humans would eventually break the tranquility and balance that had been maintained at the edge of the universe since humans left.
As for Lin Xu on the Skylark, although he guessed that the grand warning issued at the cost of an entire civilization must have its significance.
But he had no idea that his arrival would become known so quickly.
Until the Skylark, which was continuously performing space jumps, during one of the space jumps, the space jump channel that had been opened was suddenly disturbed . The Skylark, which had entered it, was thrown out of the space jump channel halfway before it could cross a sufficient distance.
"Warning, warning, we are experiencing space interference. The jump target has changed. The interference source has been marked. It is recommended to release the autonomous mechanical aggregate to eliminate the interference source." Yinghuo's voice sounded in the cockpit of the Skylark.
However, at this moment, the people in the cockpit were not paying attention to the alarm of the Mars.
But it was the scene that appeared entirely outside the porthole.
At this time, the Skylark was in an ordinary space.
What is unusual is that around this area, within a range of about tens of light years, there are countless black holes densely packed together.
That’s right, they are black holes, and these black holes are arranged in an orderly manner as if they were arranged neatly, surrounding this area neatly. There are black holes in all directions up, down, left and right.
And in each direction there is not just one or a few black holes, but countless black holes that distort light, extending infinitely into the distance for dozens of light years.
No matter which direction the Skylark continues to sail, it will fall into a black hole.
"Are we trapped?" Lu Yao asked in surprise.
"Although we have never seen such a strange astronomical phenomenon, it doesn't seem to trap us, right? We can just jump out with a space jump, and even superluminal curvature travel can escape the gravitational range of the black hole." Nanzhu said puzzledly.
"Normally this is the case, but the space here is disturbed. It should be impossible to continue the space jump, right?" Lu Yao was talking to herself and also asking Yinghuo.
"Yes, we need to eliminate the source of interference before we can continue the transition." Yinghuo replied.
"In that case, there should be a way in those black holes that can make curvature navigation ineffective and prevent flying out! So this should be a prison? Or a trap?" Lu Yao said affirmatively.
"Wait a minute, they spent so much effort to set up such a trap, could it be aimed at us?" Nanzhu suddenly reacted.
"It's a trap aimed at humans. It's very likely that they want to trap us completely?" Lin Xu nodded in agreement.
"So, did the previous warning information inform others of our arrival? This is the first time we've arrived at a place where someone knew we were coming in advance, and we were targeted." Nanzhu said depressedly.
"The most important thing is, even though we don't know who they are, what is their purpose in targeting humans? Could they be your fellow tribesmen?" Lu Yao said as she looked at Arisa next to her.
"Without the reaction of the apocalypse element, it shouldn't be that. And if it really is that guy, this prison wouldn't be built so crudely. It's impossible to trap anyone!" Arisa complained.
Indeed, this so-called prison or trap seemed incredible, but in reality the mountain could not trap the Skylark at all.
Just as Yinghuo had just reported, the source of interference had been marked and could be eliminated by the autonomous mechanical aggregate.
However, Lin Xu did not intend to eliminate the source of interference immediately.
Because he wanted to see who set up this prison.
So the next moment, Lin Xu waved his hand and the space on his body opened. A large number of autonomous mechanical aggregates poured out and explored the black holes in all directions.
These autonomous mechanical aggregates instantly accelerated to ten thousand times the speed of light and rushed into black holes in the blink of an eye.
However, as they entered the black hole, the curvature navigation speed of the autonomous mechanical aggregates began to decrease instantly.
"The space has been solidified? The speed of curvature navigation has been greatly reduced. In this case, it will be difficult to rely on speed to break out of the gravitational range of the black hole." Nanzhu analyzed while lying on the porthole.
“They’re not using space turbulence? But that’s right. Although the cost of creating space turbulence is low, it’s not very difficult to pass through the turbulence zone as long as the law of the turbulence is found. Even god-level civilizations can do it. Naturally, they won’t use this method to blockade humans, but use the more difficult space solidification.” Lu Yao continued to analyze.
"Unfortunately, they don't know that space solidification is nothing to us." Mu Xiyue said on the side.
"Yeah, but now is not the time to alert the enemy. They must be watching us. Don't scare them away. I still want to catch them and see who is so bold." Lu Yao said unhappily.
At the same time, in the monitoring stations located outside many black holes, a large number of staff are busy with their work.
They have been idle here for a long time, and never even thought that one day this black hole prison would actually be put into use.
Although, they are indeed the true elites in civilization, because only the true elites can be sent to carry out this important task.
But at the same time, although this task is important, it may never have the opportunity to be carried out.
So everyone is ready to waste time here.
However, they did not expect that with the arrival of the early warning information, the black hole prison was immediately activated.
And then they used space traps to capture humans who were in space jumps and threw them into black hole prisons.
Now, although everyone is busy and excited, in fact, no one is sure whether it is really possible to lock humans in a black hole prison.
So it’s not just them who are nervous now, but also the top leaders of the entire civilization behind them, who are paying attention to this place all the time.
"Humans released autonomous mechanical aggregates. They seemed not to have discovered the source of the spatial disturbance, but entered a black hole instead."
"It seems that the space solidification has worked. Human autonomous mechanical aggregates are trapped by the black hole. Those autonomous mechanical aggregates did not fly out of the black hole."
"It worked, we succeeded, we actually captured a human being."
Countless researchers cheered. The greater the psychological pressure they had been under before, the more excited they were now.
The senior executives who were watching the whole thing from behind were also very excited.
However, compared to the excited researchers, the senior executives seemed much calmer.
"It's not time to be happy yet. Don't be careless. Humans are not so easy to catch. Maybe they are planning something. Everyone should be extremely vigilant and absolutely cannot let humans escape again."
As the top leaders spoke, the researchers calmed down.
Indeed, it is not the time to be happy yet.
"Wait, did you notice that a part of the autonomous mechanical aggregate disappeared?"
"Isn't it stored in the personal space? It's normal."
"No, it seems that what was opened was not a personal space, but a space jump channel." A researcher suddenly exclaimed.
"How is it possible? The space interference source is still operating normally. How is it possible to open the space jump channel?" Some researchers didn't believe it.
"That's right. If humans destroyed the space interference source, I could still believe it. But if the space interference source is functioning normally, how can it be possible to open the space jump channel? That's not scientific at all."
"But, those are humans, those are humans. How many unscientific things have humans done?"
"Quick, check the source of space interference and space jump fluctuations immediately."
"The space interference source is operating normally, and space jump fluctuations have been detected."
In an instant, the entire laboratory was silent.
"Humans, humans really made a space jump when the space interference source was functioning normally?"
At this time, Mars, which had already marked the position of the space interference source, did not destroy it at Lin Xu's request. Instead, it directly analyzed the space interference source, bypassed the interference frequency band of the space interference source, and found a way to make transitions outside the frequency band of the space interference source.
Although the distance of this jump may be a little shorter than the normal jump distance, it is enough.
So under the cover of Lin Xu opening his personal space.
Some autonomous mechanical aggregates have already used space jumps to go around the rear of the black hole prison and surrounded the huge monitoring station which is as big as a star.
After making sure that the monitoring station can no longer escape.
A large number of autonomous mechanical aggregates then appeared.
"Oh no, we, we are surrounded." The security personnel at the monitoring station did not realize until this moment that they were the prey.
