Chapter 206 Black Hole Battery

Invasion Alarm.

For the Human Union, this is a very serious and bad incident.

Let's talk about the invasion in the Human Union first.

Civilization invasion war is a red line that cannot be touched, especially the unilateral invasion of a high-level civilization on a low-level civilization, which is strictly prohibited by the Human Union.

The reason is not difficult to understand.

Any civilization immersed in internal strife will not be able to exist for a long time.

Let's talk about the outside of the Human Union.

An unknown civilization invades a civilization in the Human Union. Is this called an invasion?

This is a declaration of war on the Human Union!

Therefore, when Chen Fan said that, the communication channel quickly fell silent.

In the holographic projection, the black and white Mochi sat in front of the camera, silently waiting for Yi's response.

Gao Yuan and Isa naturally need not say much. As an investigator assistant, they naturally looked at Chen Fan nervously at this time.

Only Chen Fan, who had just broken free from the resonance of thought, subconsciously cast his eyes outside the porthole.

The starship has left the wormhole, and the bizarre five-dimensional space has completely disappeared.

What appeared before his eyes at this moment was an extremely deep and dark conventional universe.

Except for the giant building in the central area of ​​the universe that spanned more than 200 light years, the entire space was shrouded in pure darkness.

This is a standard small universe.

Isolated from the world and silent.

If there is no external interference, it can remain in this state for years until the final heat death occurs.

The star gate is built in this small universe with a diameter of nearly 500 light years - the giant structure in the central area of ​​the small universe is the star gate itself.

The reason why the star gate is built in a separate small universe is mainly to ensure the safety of most intelligent creatures.

For most three-dimensional creatures, the danger of the five-dimensional space is still too great.

In the entire human union, except for a very few gifted races, almost all races and civilizations have to enter and observe the five-dimensional space with the help of various protection and buffer devices.

The reason is simple - the amount of information it contains is too much.

Just a glance, the huge amount of information is enough to shock the brains of most intelligent creatures into a pile of rotten meat.

Although the Human Union has long mastered the means of protection against looking directly into the five-dimensional space, in order to ensure safety, the star gate was still built in a small universe of the same size.

These standardized small universes produced from the assembly line have exactly the same basic parameters, just like standardized foundations. They can not only be used to build star gates, but also for the construction of various infrastructure.

Chen Fan stared at the darkness outside the porthole, recalling the bizarre scenes he saw in the resonance.

It cannot be looked at directly, and it cannot be described.

For most intelligent creatures, these two words are probably the most accurate description of the five-dimensional space.

"So far, the cosmic bubble near the EL13697101 universe has not retrieved any civilization from sending an invasion distress signal."

Suddenly, a familiar electronic synthesized voice sounded in the cockpit of the starship.

While interrupting Chen Fan's thoughts, it also eased the originally tense atmosphere a lot.

"... I said, I have been in the Human Union for so long, and I have never heard of any civilization daring to invade."

In the holographic projection, Mochi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the originally expanded fluff also became obedient.

As for Chen Fan… he couldn't help

but frowned when he heard the electronic synthesized sound.

"No civilization is calling for help? How is that possible?"

The distress signal that he "heard" during the mind resonance reappeared in his mind.

He didn't hear it wrong, it was definitely a distress signal from a civilization that was being invaded!

Thinking that the channels that he connected to during the mind resonance were quite complicated, Chen Fan couldn't help but have an incredible thought in his mind: "Isn't it the civilization in the Human Union that sent out a distress signal?"

Considering that the artificial intelligence crisis on Varela has not been resolved, Chen Fan suppressed his confusion and turned to look at Mashu in the holographic projection: "Mashu, please open another wormhole."

As he said, he operated on the starship's main console and sent out a coordinate.

Mashu naturally had no hesitation about Chen Fan's request.

He skillfully entered the coordinates into the console in front of him, and then pressed the one-button start button.

Just like the operating procedures of the starship, in most cases, the control method of the stargate is also quite simple.

When a familiar light lit up near the Varela, Chen Fan also turned his attention to the stargate that occupied almost half of the porthole.

It was a huge ring structure with a diameter of 200 light years.

A large number of mechanical devices were attached to the surface of the ring structure, which could accurately control the various parameters of the stargate.

The inside of the ring was the core of the stargate - a super-large permanent wormhole.

The surrounding ring structure not only played a role in precise control, but also played a role in constraining the wormhole.

Of course, the ring structure was now empty space - the construction of the stargate had not been completed, so he naturally could not witness the grand scene of the super-large wormhole.

One by one, huge energy pathways with an inner diameter exceeding the size of a conventional star extended from the giant ring.

These thick energy pathways were entangled with each other more than 50 light years away from the stargate body, forming a huge hollow cage.

The cage was extremely dark, and even the light from the giant ring could not dispel the deepness inside.

"Inside is a super-large black hole that has swallowed a large number of galaxies."

Noticing the focus of Chen Fan's eyes, Mashu introduced in a unique sharp voice: "The material conversion device can extract the mass of the black hole and convert it into energy. In most cases, the energy source for the operation of the stargate comes from this black hole."

"You can think of it as a large battery. When the mass of this black hole 'battery' is consumed, the Human Union will send a new black hole 'battery' again."

Listening to Mashu's words, Chen Fan's face was involuntarily shocked.

Binding a black hole and treating it as an ordinary battery...

Awesome.

Chen Fan sighed in his heart.

"Then the source of these black holes..."

He seemed to have thought of something and asked.

"These black holes are basically artificially synthesized, so the scale can be completely consistent."

Mochi smiled: "I know what you are worried about. The raw materials for making these black holes are basically from naturally formed black holes."

Chen Fan was secretly shocked: "Are there so many black holes..."

"Of course." Mochi nodded, "You haven't seen some universes that are entering a period of decline, where there are almost no stars and planets."

"Black holes of all sizes can be seen everywhere in the universe."

"Universes like this that are close to decline are the best places to collect black holes. With a little polishing, these natural black holes can become artificial black holes of uniform scale."

"Even the declining universe itself can serve as fuel. The vacuum zero-point energy reactor works based on this principle."

Chen Fan widened his eyes and nodded with a sigh.

It really opened his eyes.

His eyes moved slightly and looked at the base of the giant ring.

It was a platform that stretched for more than 200 light years.

On the platform stood a row of huge pillars that were flashing with bright light.

"Those are the vacuum zero-point energy reactors I mentioned just now." Mochi continued to introduce, "Under normal circumstances, they are not used. They will only start working when the stargate enters full power operation. Their output power is much greater than that of black hole batteries."

"I know what you want to ask, why not use vacuum zero-point energy reactors all the time, right?"

Seeing Chen Fan nodded in agreement, Mochi sighed: "Everything has a price, and energy naturally cannot be generated without cost."

"Vacuum zero-point energy, it seems that it can continuously extract energy from the void of space, but its essence is a kind of 'loan', borrowing from the universe itself."

"When vacuum zero-point energy is extracted in large quantities, the cosmic bubble will stop expanding until it collapses."

"Just like excessive extraction of groundwater will cause the surface to collapse."

"Of course, there is a solution." Mochi shrugged his chubby body and spread his two little paws in front of him, "Like I said just now, use those dying universes as fuel."

"There are many such decaying universes in the vast five-dimensional space. As of now, the Human Union does not need to worry about the energy crisis."

The moment the voice fell, the flickering light spots on the side of the starship quietly stabilized, and a small wormhole also emerged from the light spots.

Under the control of the ship's main brain, the [Varilla] slowly sailed towards the wormhole.

"By the way, there is something I have always wanted to say..."

Seeing that the starship was about to leave the stargate, Mochi in the holographic projection suddenly showed a tangled look on his face: "The color scheme of your starship..."

"I have seen many investigators, but I have never seen such a unique starship color scheme!"

"Not bad! Very unique!"

Swish!

The starship rushed into the wormhole, and the cross-universe communication interface was automatically cut off.

"Very unique..."

Listening to the slight echo lingering in the cockpit, Chen Fan's face suddenly darkened.

But he didn't bother to explain to Mochi the source of the starship's color scheme - the familiar, bizarre five-dimensional space appeared before his eyes again.

Chen Fan took a deep breath and prepared to enter the resonance state again: "One, remember to pull me out of the resonance state."

He wanted to listen carefully to the unknown distress signal again!

But...

until the twisted wormhole channel dissipated again, looking at the unfamiliar starry sky outside the porthole, Chen Fan couldn't help but be stunned.

Failed?

He didn't enter the so-called mind resonance state?

"The starship coordinates have been determined."

"It has escaped the restrictions of the microcosm."

"Looking for Varela..."

The ship's main brain quickly issued a prompt message: "The target has been successfully located!"

At the same time, a bright white dotted line appeared in the holographic projection on the main console, and the starship was also driven by the curvature engine towards the target.

(End of this chapter)