The year is 3258 in the Earth calendar.
337 years after the black hole observation project was launched.
The once enormous and magnificent black hole accretion disk has now shrunk into a pitiful little disk, emitting a negligible light into the cold and dark universe.
Several black hole detectors are located in the central region of this small disk.
Their antimatter engines at the rear are running at full power.
The immense thrust propels these black hole probes in a slow, circular motion around the black hole at the center of the accretion disk.
Even with an antimatter engine, it still cannot overcome the powerful gravity from the black hole!
The radius of the probe's orbit is getting shorter and shorter, and the amount of antimatter it carries is also decreasing over time.
Eventually, one day in the future, these probes will fall towards the event horizon of the black hole under its gravity.
This is an extremely rapid process.
It is also an extremely long process.
It may sound contradictory, but it's actually not hard to understand.
Within the event horizon of a black hole, its gravity is so strong that the distortion of spacetime is unimaginable, and even light cannot escape from within the event horizon.
Around the horizon, time flows incredibly slowly due to its immense gravitational pull.
Therefore, the probe will cross the event horizon and fall into the black hole within a finite amount of time, but to an observer outside, it will appear to take an infinitely long time to approach the event horizon.
Further away from the black hole, a planet silently orbits it.
Under the extremely faint light of the accretion disk, the planet appeared as a decaying yellowish-brown.
Amidst the predominantly yellowish-brown hues, there are a few inconspicuous patches of green.
As latitude increases, the greenery gradually deepens, covering more and more areas—all the way to the Arctic.
Just as it has been hundreds of years ago, the Arctic region of the Lost Star is still covered by lush forests—as the core area of the civilization of the Lost Giant Tree, the core area of the Italian network naturally receives ample nourishment.
The towering, abandoned tree, reaching tens of thousands of meters in height, stands silently between heaven and earth, absorbing as much radiant energy as possible from the black hole's accretion disk.
Not far away, on a slightly sunken ground, lies a huge "giant egg" wrapped in countless thick tree roots.
Countless shipborne drones and robots are securing carbon nanotube ropes firmly to the "giant egg".
As the drone slowly ascended into the air, the "giant egg" trembled its heavy body and gradually detached itself from the familiar ground.
Surrounded by countless leaves, the "giant egg" gradually disappeared into the distant horizon.
Within the remnants of the lost giant tree, a series of bio-currents and quantum signals flashed.
Nus withdrew his gaze from the distant horizon, a faint sense of reluctance and regret flashing through his mind.
The seeds of civilization's continuation have already been sown, and it is time for it to prepare for its final sunset—on the horizon, the disc, its diameter reduced countless times, slowly sinks into the distance.
The camera zooms out.
Further away, there was a massive, silent fleet.
The antimatter engines at the stern of the fleet operated intermittently, providing the fleet with the necessary power.
suddenly.
A sliver of light shone through the porthole of the fleet's flagship, breaking the fleet's silence.
...
A signal from a black hole detector, after a difficult journey of over a century, finally reached the fleet that had been silent for over a hundred years.
The signal was quickly analyzed and various comparisons were performed.
In less than a second, this simple process was repeated tens of thousands of times.
The next moment.
A slightly piercing buzzing sound rang out, and at the same time, a deep blue holographic projection suddenly appeared in the air, with a line of faint white Chinese characters slowly emerging on it.
[An abnormal signal has been detected. Source: Black Hole Detector No. 1.]
[Initiating the awakening plan...]
...
"Data anomaly!"
Inside the Earth laboratory, a strange flush appeared on Lü Yongchang's face, which was slightly pale from a long period of hibernation.
He shouted in his somewhat hoarse voice, "He Bilin! Quick! Compare the received data!"
"quick!"
"Everyone, get moving!"
"Hey you! Have you been soaked in deep-sea liquid until you went mad?! The data is right in front of you, what are you staring at?!"
"..."
Inside the laboratory, the soft murmurs of researchers discussing their ideas, along with Lü Yongchang's shouts, created a wonderfully harmonious duet.
suddenly.
A shout, slightly shaky from excessive excitement, drowned out all the other noises in the laboratory.
"professor!"
"Found it!"
He Bilin's cheeks were flushed an unnatural red, and there were faint red blood vessels in the whites of her eyes.
He was breathing heavily, trying to suppress his overwhelming excitement: "Found it! Found it!"
Upon hearing this, Lü Yongchang felt his heart skip a beat for a moment.
He ignored his work and ran straight towards He Bilin.
"What, what did you find?!"
As he looked at the holographic image in front of He Bilin, he asked in an urgent and loud voice, "Tell me, what exactly did you find, kid!"
"Graviton, graviton!"
He Bilin's face turned red as he struggled to utter three words.
As if all his strength had been drained, he forced out a breath that had been trapped in his chest, and explained in a slightly trembling voice: "Black Hole Detector No. 1 has successfully found gravitons!"
"According to the preset program, it should be attempting to capture and observe its behavior."
"Perhaps, just a little while later, we will be able to receive information from the black hole detector!"
Lü Yongchang remained silent and ignored He Bilin's words.
His hands trembled slightly as he slid across the holographic projection in front of him, observing the various data displayed on it.
Upon seeing those key abnormal data points, he instinctively held his breath.
Then, a stream of tears suddenly slid down his cheeks!
"Found it!"
"Found it!!"
Lu Yongchang stared blankly at the line of data, and murmured, "Finally found you!"
The discovery of the graviton signifies an imminent breakthrough in the grand unified theory.
Since the beginning of Earth's history, scientists of human civilization have been searching for this mountain peak hidden in the clouds.
"Looking at the mountain makes one run until the horse dies."
From Type I civilizations, we've traced them all the way to Type IV civilizations; from Earth, we've traced them all the way to black holes...
finally!
At that moment, Lü Yongchang saw the glimmer of hope for completing the Grand Unified Theory and for human civilization to become a Level 5 civilization!
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