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Chapter 82 The Indigenous Peoples of the Galaxy Actively Prepare for War

In response to the Babel swarm, the warlike civilization of the Banathith Empire began to establish positions in the Mesa Galaxy Confluence.

They created stellar black holes by detonating massive stars, and then built fortified positions around the black holes in the Mesa system.

Although these fortified positions are called artillery emplacements, they do not have very long gun barrels, and their appearance is completely different from that of traditional cannons and artillery emplacements.

Structurally, they are closer to Dyson spheres, which are large, hollow, man-made spheres placed around stars to collect all their outward energy.

The principle behind these black hole cannons is not complicated: after encasing the black hole in a high-density spherical shell, a beam of light is emitted into the shell.

Some of the light falls into the black hole, while the rest is constantly reflected inside the sphere, absorbing energy as it passes through the black hole's ergsphere. As a result, the energy level of this light continuously increases inside the sphere.

At this point, if an outlet is opened in the spherical shell to release the light, it will be a beam of extremely high-energy rays.

This is the structure of the Black Hole Cannon; it is simple in structure but extremely powerful.

Besides serving as artillery positions, these black holes encased in artificial spherical shells can also function as light-year-scale stellar bombs.

Simply put, it means keeping the spherical shell completely enveloping the black hole, preventing the release of the high-energy rays accumulated inside.

The energy levels of the radiation will continue to accumulate in the spherical shell, until the structure of the shell can no longer withstand the high-energy radiation, and it will disintegrate in an instant, releasing the high-energy radiation trapped inside in a flash.

Its power is no less than that of a supernova explosion on a star.

In the war against the Crystal Monsters and the Void Gods, these black hole fortifications played a significant strategic role. It is important to know that destroying a black hole is no easy task. As a result, the Allied fleet could obtain a stable base in the vast universe, and then deploy strategies and deliver supplies around such a base.

These black hole emplacements serve as logistical supply points during attacks and as super bombs for rearguard action during retreats.

Since the native civilization in the Mesa Galaxy was unaware of the Babel Bee Swarm's information, they could only deploy their defenses based on the strategies and tactics they used when fighting the Crystal Monsters and the Void Gods.

Of course, there were also some unconventional strategic ideas. For example, based on the technology that the Babel swarm could seal off river systems, they considered that the fleet might be separated, so they equipped a large number of black hole-type weapons.

Simply put, it's about launching black holes.

When the spacetime separation occurs, the fleet of the galactic native civilization will launch a bomb generated from antimatter wrapped in high-density degenerate matter.

After being launched, the bomb explodes, creating a black hole with a very small mass.

The allied fleet will immediately focus its fire on the black hole, providing it with more mass and increasing its speed.

Theoretically, this method can create interference when the enemy distorts spacetime, thus buying time for the fleet to escape the spacetime separation region.

Whether it will actually work remains to be seen.

The pro-war fleet was constantly searching for the hiding place of the Babel swarm, and any attack could only begin after the enemy's location was known.

The situation on the escape faction is much more complicated. Scientific research is always accompanied by the emergence of multiple ideas, and disagreements mean conflicts of opinion. The escape faction is divided into two factions: the Kingdom of Thyssen and the Mesa Mechanical Corps.

The Thyssen Kingdom faction advocates prioritizing the study of microcosms because they are more concealed and less likely to be pursued by the Tower of Babel swarm, since the cosmic barrier can isolate everything.

The Mesa Mechanical Corps faction advocates prioritizing the study of wormholes, as this is a concept they currently understand more comprehensively and even have a theoretical basis for, making it seem easier than microcosms.

Then, more smaller factions emerged within these two groups.

In general, the local civilization within the river system was in chaos at this time, with everyone busy with their own affairs.

Around the black hole formed by the artificial detonation of a star, there are countless busy engineering fleets.

These fleets represent the industrial power of the native civilizations in the Mesa system. Unlike the civilizations in the Vorsotis system, they did not build massive star-sized factories around the star and directly extract its mass.

Because black hole weapons appeared too early, many civilizations in the Mesa Galaxy realized early on that stars were not a stable and safe source of matter. As a result, they developed the engineering fleet route, moving their industries to spaceships, as well as their civilian populations. None of the civilizations in the Mesa Galaxy had colonies.

The engineering fleet disperses high-speed nanomachines to prevent these materials from falling into the black hole, then deploys other materials and remotely controls the nanomachines via computer to use these deployed materials to complete the construction project.

On an engineering vessel in operation, Bren, the pilot, temporarily looked away from the display screen and stretched.

Upon entering the galaxy, automation technology has become quite advanced, but even the most advanced technology can malfunction, so human personnel are still needed to serve in the engineering fleet.

The war of civilizations was too vast. Even after experiencing a galactic invasion war launched by the Void God and the Crystal Monster, Bren still felt that it was no different from his normal life.

Therefore, Brunn was not at all alarmed by the gravitational wave warning from the Babel swarm, even after he learned that the entire Mesa galaxy had been isolated. He did not believe that the Babel swarm could kill him before he died of natural causes.

"Payday is coming soon, what gift should I buy for the kids?" Bren muttered to himself.

"C, what gift do you think I should buy for my child?"

Bren asked the spaceship's AI, which then gave a brief summary of the information.

[The greatest gift is to ensure your child's successful escape from the Mesa Galaxy; survival itself is the greatest gift.]

"Alright, what kind of answer is that? That's too much of a worrywart. Civilization war is a long way off. I reckon it won't be over even by the time my child dies of natural causes."

Unable to get the answer he wanted, Bren became extremely impatient and then demanded that the spaceship's AI continue its calculations.

"I've been through war, I know more about this than you do. Re-screen my questions and give me an answer."

A short while later, the spaceship's AI responded: "[Companionship is the best gift. You've been away from your child for too long; he craves affection.]"

"I didn't say I wasn't going back. I'm asking you what gifts I should bring for the kids when I go back?" Bren said, utterly speechless, his antennae already waving wildly.

After a brief silence, the spaceship's AI responded: "Why don't you ask your own child for their opinion?"

Bren paused for a moment, then said with satisfaction, "You've finally given a reliable suggestion, C."

It is my pleasure to serve you.

(End of this chapter)