With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 517: Retreat? No!

boom! ! !
The light of the explosion suddenly rose in the dim universe, forming a new fireball next to the previous fireball that had not yet completely shrunk and dissipated.

Two fireballs of varying brightness, one large and one small, shone brightly in the empty deep starry sky, making the stars in the distance appear even dimmer.

"Is it...successful?"

In the command center, Fang Yunsheng looked nervously at the real-time images from the high-precision observation equipment in the holographic interface: "The information entropy fluctuations and space-time field fluctuations... seem to have disappeared."

Although the giant scorpion suffered unprecedented damage, the many methods it had previously demonstrated still left Fang Yunsheng with considerable fear.

God knows what tricks this bug is playing!
Thinking of this, he glanced at Xu Mingqi beside him with a nervous expression, trying to get a more affirmative answer from this academician.

Xu Mingqi did not respond immediately.

He raised his hand and brought up a holographic interface in front of him, and called up various high-precision observation data on it, comparing them carefully.

Under the summary and organization of the ship's main brain, an abnormal change in data quickly caught his attention - the fluctuation of information entropy.

Looking at the fluctuation values ​​in the holographic interface that jumped up and down violently and then returned to silence, Xu Mingqi could not help but frown.

"Something's wrong..."

He shook his head, confusion growing in his eyes.

His intuition told him that there seemed to be something wrong with the data with abnormal fluctuations in information entropy.

"What else is wrong?"

Hearing Xu Mingqi's words, Fang Yunsheng's heart tightened and he asked anxiously.

"Look here." Xu Mingqi pondered for a moment, then reached out and tapped the holographic interface. "According to the observations of the flagship fortress, at the moment when the fleet attack was about to reach the giant scorpion coordinates, a not-so-strong information fluctuation suddenly appeared around the zero-point ray, dark matter cannon, and other weapons."

"Although its intensity is very weak, we certainly cannot ignore it."

Fang Yunsheng nodded repeatedly.

He knew what Xu Mingqi meant. Up to now, the peacekeeping fleet did not have any means of information flow attack, let alone those conventional warships. Even the information jet of Genesis Fortress, to put it bluntly, could only be regarded as a very basic means of information flow control and could not be regarded as a real weapon.

The reason why it can cause damage to the information barrier around the anti-universe is simply that its output power is slightly higher.

He's so strong that bricks fly, that's all.

Because of this, the weak information fluctuation that suddenly appeared in the surrounding star field could only be the work of the giant scorpion!

"In addition," Xu Mingqi's voice continued, "the high-intensity information fluctuations at the giant scorpion coordinates did not continue to increase, but instead gradually decreased."

"When all kinds of high-energy weapons hit the target star field and the artillery fire completely covered the giant scorpion, both the weak information fluctuations hidden in the surrounding star fields and the high-intensity information fluctuations around the giant scorpion disappeared in an instant."

Fang Yunsheng frowned slightly: "Is there any problem with this?"

"Didn't the giant scorpion get blasted into pieces by the fleet's artillery fire before it had time to fight back?"

“No, no, no.” Xu Mingqi shook his head repeatedly, his expression becoming more and more serious. “It seems that this is a sign that the giant scorpion has been completely destroyed, but if we combine the two situations... I don’t think this is normal.”

Having said that, Xu Mingqi fell silent again.

He raised his hand to support his chin, carefully observing the data graph that had already been finalized in the holographic interface, and pondered the reasons.

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes widened:
"Damn it!"

“It ran away!!”

"What? Ran away?!" Fang Yunsheng exclaimed at the same time, "Old Xu, are you sure?!"

It is no small matter that an individual from a level nine civilization managed to escape after being bombarded by a fleet!

There is always a thief who can steal for a thousand days, but there is no such thing as being on guard against thieves for a thousand days.

What's more, we have to guard against a thief who has mastered material information technology and time technology!

Furthermore...

Putting aside all the above, since there are such a huge group of scorpions and multiple large giant scorpions in this universe, it is enough to prove that the giant scorpions are not an individual civilization, but a powerful race.

What if it runs away and then turns around to meet a group of its own kind? That would be a disaster!

At this moment, all kinds of speculations emerged in Fang Yunsheng's mind, and his originally normal expression turned bleak.

“It’s basically certain!”

Xu Mingqi's tone became more urgent. He quickly called up some data stored in the ship's main brain on the holographic interface in front of him: "Captain Fang, look."

"When the giant scorpion used that unknown mobility technology before, this phenomenon actually occurred as well, but it was not as obvious as this time."

Under Xu Mingqi's guidance, Fang Yunsheng quickly noticed the abnormalities hidden in these combat data.

——A flow of information so weak that it was almost unnoticeable spread throughout the entire starry sky. Then, the intensity of the information flow in a certain star field instantly increased, and the figure of the giant scorpion also appeared.

"If this displacement method is based on information flow, then I think that the weak information flow that diffused in the starry sky at the beginning may have played a role similar to radar positioning."

Xu Mingqi's eyes were burning. "And the subsequent information flow that instantly increased in intensity is similar to the sudden increase in space-time curvature during a wormhole jump."

After listening to Xu Mingqi's words, the last glimmer of hope in Fang Yunsheng's heart was shattered.

"Damn bugs..."

He cursed in a low voice, and turned his head to look at the silent starry sky illuminated by two exploding fireballs, one large and one small: "It's already injured like this, where the hell can it run to..."

Fang Yunsheng's cursing stopped abruptly.

He slowly opened his eyes and stared at Xu Mingqi beside him for two seconds. Then they both shouted in unison:
"Central Black Hole!!"

Whether it is an individual or a fleet, when they are severely damaged and almost dying, they will almost instinctively move towards a safe area.

Its purpose...

It's nothing more than saving life or seeking help.

For the giant scorpion, the central black hole is undoubtedly the safe area.

Regardless of whether the giant scorpion was trying to save its life or to seek help, there is no doubt that neither is the result Fang Yunsheng wants to see!

"quick!!"

Fang Yun suddenly came to his senses. Without any hesitation, he directly launched a fleet broadcast.

"Open the fleet wormhole!"

"All fleets, emergency jump!!!"

"Target: The central black hole of this universe!"

……

Central black hole.

This star region located deep in the universe remains as stable and peaceful as ever.

The aftermath of that shocking battle has not yet reached this star region, or in other words, the central black hole is like a magic needle that stabilizes the sea, easily smoothing out the slight space-time fluctuations coming from the distant starry sky.

suddenly.

A faint, almost imperceptible stream of information emerged silently in the deep starry sky.

Immediately afterwards, a piece of light green rotten meat whose specific shape was almost invisible appeared next to the rapidly rotating black hole.

This was the giant scorpion that had managed to escape the fleet's gunfire. Crossing a billion-light-year coordinate jump was not an easy task, especially for a dying scorpion. In order to drive this coordinate jump, it had given up all hope of survival. The zero-point furnace collapsed, the crystal exploded, and the information flow control organ was completely destroyed... Each of these phenomena, if placed on any member of the tribe, would be considered a "fatal injury."

With these three factors combined, even if it returns to the mother universe immediately, even if it can get the king's rescue, it cannot change the outcome of death.

But it has no regrets.

【Hey……】

A vague stream of information lingered around it, expressing its inner regret: [I can no longer see the moment when “Ultimate” is cracked…]

Relying on the few remaining organs in its body, it silently "watched" the supermassive black hole that was pulling countless galaxies into rapid rotation. Finally, with its almost vague consciousness, it sent it a message unique to their clan.

Rumble…

Silent vibrations came from the event horizon of the black hole. The black hole, which was previously rotating rapidly, seemed to be disturbed by some unique force, and the speed of rotation began to slow down rapidly until it stopped completely.

At the moment when the black hole completely stopped, the giant scorpion flew directly towards the black hole of astonishing size without any hesitation.

As it approaches the stationary black hole, its mutilated body gradually turns into a gray shadow.

Finally, this piece of gray cloth, illuminated by endless starlight, lightly fell into the black hole and merged into the endless darkness within the event horizon.

After a short wait.

Boom! ! !
The black hole that had been stagnant for several minutes began to rotate again, affecting the surrounding ocean of space and time. At the same time, an extremely powerful information wave ejected from the center of the black hole! !
Just like the ultra-high intensity jets ejected by a quasar during the swallowing process, the powerful information waves also scattered from both ends of the black hole, penetrating into the endless starry sky and the fragmented cosmic membrane!

At this moment, whether inside or outside the anti-universe bubble, in the unique information flow frequency band, this fast-spinning central black hole has become the most dazzling beacon! !
……

"What did you say?!"

Almost at the same time, in the TE1571 research vessel outside the cosmic bubble, Wang Jing looked at Xu Mingqi, who had a bitter face in the holographic communication interface, and his face suddenly changed: "The giant scorpion ran away?!"

"Yes."

Xu Mingqi nodded with difficulty: "The fleet is about to enter the jump state, and it is expected to arrive at the central black hole area in five minutes. I hope we can intercept the giant scorpion..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a shrill alarm sounded in the research vessel.

Wang Jing subconsciously raised her head and glanced at the alarm message.

The moment she saw the content of the alarm, she was stunned.

In the data presented by the information entropy fluctuation monitor, the anti-universe bubble at this time has become a true pearl - it hangs high inside the hyperspace membrane, emitting an incomparably dazzling light in all directions!

"……That's too late."

Wang Jing's face suddenly turned pale: "That giant scorpion... has entered the black hole."

"If I'm not mistaken, it has even sent out a distress signal to its own civilization."

The moment Wang Jing finished speaking, the research vessel and the communication channel suddenly fell silent.

……

Five minutes flies by.

Inside the anti-universe bubble, next to the central black hole that rotates as usual.

As a strong wave of time and space swept past, a fleet surrounded by flames of war suddenly appeared in the starry sky.

Inside the flagship fortress, Xu Mingqi stared blankly at the endless darkness outside the porthole that could swallow up any starlight. Beside him, the curve symbolizing the fluctuation of information entropy almost pierced through the top of the holographic interface.

The intensity of the information flow at the core of a black hole has far exceeded the detection limit of detection instruments.

The intensity of this information flow was so astonishing that even the peacekeeping fleet, which was still quite a distance away from the black hole, was affected to a certain extent - the occasional distorted holographic interface and the dizziness that rose from time to time in the mind all indicated the danger of this star field.

suddenly!

Perhaps the appearance of the peacekeeping fleet stimulated the central black hole, causing the information entropy fluctuations in its vicinity to quietly rise to a higher level again!
Not only that, waves of space-time fluctuations of astonishing intensity were generated from the interior of the central black hole and spread toward the entire cosmic bubble, causing even the cosmic membrane with many holes to experience violent fluctuations!
hum...

The sudden increase in the intensity of information flow will naturally have a huge impact on the peacekeeping fleet!
Xu Mingqi frowned in pain. He endured the dizziness that suddenly increased several times in his mind and yelled to Fang Yunsheng who was also in pain: "Retreat!"

"Hurry up and let the fleet retreat!!"

wow...

The fleet, which had just traveled billions of light years, was rapidly retreating away from the black hole under the control of the onboard mainframe.

As the distance increased, the dizziness gradually subsided and Xu Mingqi was able to take a breath.

Relying on the high-precision observation equipment of the flagship fortress, he could clearly see the true condition of the black hole - during the fleet's retreat, the black hole stopped rotating again, and unclear gray shadows began to surge in its deep and dark event horizon.

For some reason, every time these gray shadows approached the edge of the event horizon, they would shrink back suddenly as if they were electrocuted.

It is for this reason that these gray shadows have not left the black hole, but are constantly "testing" the static event horizon.

The scale of each grey shade far exceeds that of gas giant planets, and even reaches the level of stars, even red giants and blue giants!
It's not hard to imagine.

These grey shadows are most likely the same species as the giant scorpion!
According to past rules, the larger the giant scorpion is, the stronger it is!

So how powerful are these giant scorpions that have not yet left the black hole?
Thinking of this, Xu Mingqi shuddered suddenly and turned to look at Wang Jing who was still silent: "Academician Wang, what should we do now..."

"What should I do?"

……

Inside the research vessel.

Wang Jing looked at the black hole image from the flagship fortress, with a tangled look in her eyes: "...Retreat?"

"Academician Wang!"

Chen Fan's voice suddenly sounded from the communication channel, interrupting Wang Jing's thoughts.

At this time, Chen Fan, who was in the investigator starship, was anxious. He tried to dissuade Wang Jing: "Academician Wang, there are still many secrets hidden in this universe. These secrets may even be related to broadcast civilization!"

"If we miss this opportunity, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Human Alliance to broadcast civilization..."

The hesitation in Wang Jing's eyes became more and more intense.

If they withdraw, the Human Union will lose a precious opportunity to conduct an in-depth investigation; if they do not withdraw, if a large number of giant scorpions emerge from the black hole, I am afraid that the Z619 peacekeeping fleet will not be able to withstand such pressure!
By that time, it would not be as simple as losing one or two warships!
"……cough!"

Just as Wang Jing was hesitating, a familiar gentle male voice suddenly entered the communication channel without warning: "Everyone, let me say something."

Wang Jing was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "...Chief Lu?!"

The holographic interface quickly changed, projecting a man in a research robe inside the research vessel.

Chief Lu's expression was a little solemn. As soon as he appeared, he said in a decisive tone: "The peacekeeping fleet must not retreat!"

Before Wang Jing and the others could react, Chief Lu's voice continued:
"The Academy of Sciences has already dispatched the three nearest peacekeeping fleets, Z629, Z771, and Z810, to provide support."

"Fang Yunsheng."

"Here!" Fang Yunsheng's voice came from another communication link.

"I don't care what method you use."

Chief Lu turned his head and glanced at the condition of the central black hole: "I...the Academy of Sciences has only one request."

"Buy time and wait for reinforcements! We must keep these bugs out of the anti-universe bubble!"

"The anti-universe bubble must not be lost!!"

(End of this chapter)