Andromeda Galaxy, former capital of the Crimson Federation, Saka.
Looking at the hundreds of millions of slow moving spheres that were converging towards him from all directions, he felt a sense of foreboding.
Blue River had a very bad feeling, but there was nothing he could do!
He could only hope that these strange spheres would all be destroyed once they entered the Neutron Warstar's 1AU absolute killing range!
With the passage of time, these Spheres of Mass that Li Lizi called were about to enter the 1AU range.
Moreover, as these spheres got closer and closer to the Neutron Warstar, their speed was gradually increasing. If nothing unexpected happened, they would make contact with the Neutron Warstar in three hours!
The Neutron Warstar's 1AU range was also called the absolute killing range by the Purple Cloud Empire.
Within this range, due to the Neutron Warstar's powerful gravitational force, the surrounding space would continuously distort and tear apart. Any warship that entered this range would have no chance of surviving!
However, there were exceptions to this rule as well!
"How is it? Can you fix it?"
Blue River asked as he looked at the badly battered technicians in front of him.
"I'm afraid it's very difficult, Marshal!"
"Right now, we don't even know the cause. We have no way of fixing it. After all, we don't know anything about the Neutron Warstar's technology!"
One of the technicians shook his head and said to Blue River.
In reality, let alone not knowing the cause, even if they knew what the cause was, these technicians definitely wouldn't know how to fix it.
After hearing this reply, Blue River was very anxious.
Right now, it was as if he was trapped in a cage.
It had to be known that the only way to leave the Neutron Warstar was to return to the Outpost and use its gravitational barrier to isolate the Neutron Warstar. Only by connecting to the command center could he safely leave the Neutron Warstar. Otherwise, there was no way to safely leave the Neutron Warstar!
In addition, the Neutron Warstar couldn't move. It really was no different from being trapped in a cage!
"Marshal, those strange spheres are estimated to enter the Neutron Warstar's absolute killing range in one minute!"
"Got it!"
Blue River wasn't excited at all. He only replied indifferently.
The way he saw it, if this person had a way to immobilize the Neutron Warstar, it was only natural that he had a deep understanding of the Neutron Warstar.
Would a civilization that understood neutron battle stars so well throw out so many useless things?
Obviously, he wouldn't!
As a result, even though Blue River had high hopes, he didn't hold out too much hope.
"Marshal, those strange spheres have entered the neutron battle star's Absolute Kill Domain, but … the Absolute Kill Domain has no effect on them!"
The adjutant's report seemed to confirm Blue River's conjecture. It made him despair.
"I seem to recall that a scientist from our empire once speculated that if the mass of a neutron battle star continues to increase, when it reaches a certain critical point, it will form a black hole!"
"At that time, that scientist was ridiculed by the entire Empire's scientific community. In the end, he was even arrested by the former Emperor for slandering the Empire's sacred object. In the end, he died in prison, right?"
Blue River wasn't too surprised by the adjutant's report and sighed. Instead, he recalled an incident from three hundred years ago.
"Marshal?"
"Say, do you think that the scientist's conjecture was correct? As for the undecipherable spherical objects that are gathering towards us, could they be … "
Hiss …
The adjutant sucked in a breath of cold air and instantly understood.
Why would his marshal recall that incident from more than 300 years ago at this critical juncture?
If this was true …
Immediately, the adjutant looked at the image again, at those strange spheres that were converging, his face filled with fear.
"Marshal, this … what should we do?"
"There's nothing we can do. We can only hope that my conjecture is wrong …"
Three hours later.
Hundreds of millions of Mass Spheres, after a long period of movement, finally approached the seeded battle star and crashed into it.
As time passed, the seeded battle star could no longer be seen. All that could be seen was the scene of countless Mass Spheres piled up together.
An ear-piercing alarm blared and scarlet lights flashed everywhere.
The Neutron Warstar's command center was already in chaos.
"Marshal, the gravity barrier's pressure is rapidly increasing. It's trying to obtain more energy!"
"Marshal, the energy crystals (Zero Energy) are rapidly being consumed. The consumption rate has already reached ten thousand times the normal rate!"
"Marshal …"
Throughout the command center, bad news was constantly being reported by his subordinates as if it didn't cost money.
Even with the protection of the gravity barrier, everyone felt the pressure on their bodies grow stronger and stronger, as if they would be torn to pieces at any moment!
"As expected … the enemy really is trying to increase the mass of the Neutron Warstar to turn us into a black hole!"
Blue River smiled bitterly.
He had never imagined that the Neutron Warstar, which no weapon could break through, would be destroyed in such a way. It was simply …
"Marshal, based on the current rate of evolution, our gravity barrier can protect us for at most an hour before exhausting all of its core energy, and this is under the premise that the gravity barrier doesn't collapse prematurely!"
…
At the same time, Heiser Star Sector, Warton Star System.
"Leader, the Neutron Warstar and the Mass Spheres have begun to fuse. It's estimated that the Neutron Warstar's mass will reach a critical point in twenty-nine minutes."
A female researcher excitedly reported to Li Lizi.
She had been with Li Lizi for a long time. She had seen laboratories being blown up, planets being torn apart, and even star systems being destroyed.
However, creating a black hole was something she had never seen before …
And now, a black hole was about to be born in the hands of her scientific research consortium!
For a researcher like her, it was easy to imagine how excited she was.
Li Lizi didn't answer. She simply nodded, her eyes still glued to the image Saka sent back.
In the image, with the Neutron Warstar as the center, a gigantic entity surrounded by hundreds of millions of Mass Spheres was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Li Lizi knew that at the very center of the Neutron Warstar, the Mass Spheres were fusing with the Neutron Warstar.
And as this process continued, in twenty-nine minutes, the Neutron Warstar would reach a critical point of mass and collapse into a black hole!
Time passed minute by minute, second by second, and the individual formed by the neutron warstar and the mass sphere in the image was also shrinking.
"It's time. Become a black hole, Neutron Warstar!"
Twenty-nine minutes later, the circular entity in the image suddenly stopped shrinking.
The corner of Li Lizi's mouth rose into a smile!