Everyone's playing Red Giant? I, Black Hole, devour everything!

The moment the call was connected, Lin Tian glanced at the time.

There is just over an hour left until the deadline.

"Prime Minister Winston," Lin Tian said in his usual calm voice.

"Commander Lin," Winston's voice was extremely hoarse, "The British Empire... is willing to withdraw from the Anti-Black Hole Alliance, and we will also publicly condemn the Supernova Link project and immediately withdraw all pulsar navigation systems involved in the project."

Lin Tian's tone remained unchanged: "Continue."

Winston was silent for a few seconds before slowly speaking.

"We promise that we will not participate in any further military operations against the Great Xia Kingdom."

"The entire Royal Hunter Corps has been withdrawn to its homeland, and all pulsar formations deployed on the outskirts of the Great Xia Kingdom's star sector will be withdrawn to the British Empire's homeland within 24 hours."

At this point, Winston's voice suddenly stopped.

It felt like something was stuck in my throat.

Lin Tian didn't urge him, but waited quietly.

After a long while, Winston spoke again.

"besides--"

"We hope that the Great Xia Kingdom can provide the British Empire with basic training programs for black hole routes. In exchange, the British Empire is willing to provide the Great Xia Kingdom with a complete set of technical data on pulsar routes free of charge."

After saying this, Winston's breathing became heavy.

Complete technical data on pulsar routes.

That was the wealth accumulated by the British Empire through countless resources.

But now, he has to take it out.

Because if he doesn't take it, the British Empire will forever be left behind in the black hole route.

Countries that cannot establish connections with the Great Xia Kingdom along the black hole route will be eliminated sooner or later.

He didn't want the British Empire to become like that.

But he also knew that the deal was unfair from the start.

He brought out all the pulsar technology, but Lin Tian's basic training plan for the black hole route was not even considered a core technology.

It's like trading an entire estate for a single tree in someone else's yard.

But he had no other choice.

"No exchange is needed," Lin Tian's voice rang out.

Winston was stunned.

He almost instinctively asked, "Commander Lin, what...what do you mean?"

"The basic framework of the black hole route will be made public to all mankind in the future by the Great Xia Kingdom."

Winston's brain completely shut down in that instant.

Open to all humanity?

What is the basic framework for the trajectory of a black hole?

This is something that countless countries around the world have spent countless resources to extract from the Great Xia Kingdom, but they have failed to obtain even a single word from it.

The black hole route that countless people in the Great Xia Kingdom spent more than 30 years traversing was just made public like this.

"But not now," Lin Tian's voice continued. "You will receive it when you are truly qualified to take it on."

"As for your pulsar technology—"

"To be honest, it's of little value in the face of a black hole."

Winston's lips twitched.

Pulsar technology is of little value.

That was the wealth accumulated by the British Empire over twenty years with countless resources.

But in this person's mouth, it doesn't even qualify as a bargaining chip.

But he couldn't refute it.

Because the facts are right in front of us.

"I understand." Winston's voice was extremely hoarse. "Thank you, Commander Lin."

"You're welcome," Lin Tian said calmly. "I'm just telling you a fact."

The call was disconnected.

Winston sat in the chair for a long time.

He suddenly remembered a piece of history.

Eighty years ago, World War II had just ended, and the British Empire fell from its throne as a global superpower, becoming a second-rate power.

He wasn't even born yet.

When he read this account in the history book, he simply thought it was a failure of his ancestors.

It has nothing to do with him.

But now, he suddenly realized that those people back then probably felt the same way he does now.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister," the Defense Minister began cautiously, "should we announce the cancellation of the Supernova Link project?"

Winston did not turn around.

He simply waved his hand gently.

"Go."

"Cancel, cancel everything."

"Withdraw all our forces from the alliance."

"We cannot win this battle."

……

The news of the British Empire's surrender spread throughout the entire Anti-Black Hole Alliance within twelve hours.

The first to receive the news was Macron, the president of the Gallo-British Empire.

The notoriously arrogant French leader remained silent for nearly ten minutes upon seeing the surrender statement personally signed by Winston.

His aide cautiously spoke up, "Mr. President, should we also—"

Before he could finish speaking, Macron replied in an extremely weary voice: "Notify the Alliance Command that the Gallic Empire is withdrawing."

Next came the remnants of the Hans Kingdom.

Their reaction was more direct.

Upon receiving the news, the Federal Prime Minister simply said four words: "We're withdrawing too."

The Anti-Black Hole Alliance crumbled amidst a series of withdrawal announcements.

No one mentions the Supernova Chain project anymore, no one mentions artificial supernovae anymore, and no one mentions using gamma-ray bursts to paralyze the Great Xia Kingdom's communication network anymore.

Because everyone knows that these plans are a joke in the face of quasars.

……

The Primordial Quasar has left the outer edge of the London Sector and embarked on its journey back to the Great Xia Kingdom.

The Black Hole Legion's formations silently traversed the starry sky.

Su Li chattered in his ear: "Lin Tian, ​​what you said to Winston just now made my heart ache for them."

Lin Tian's reply consisted of only two words: "The truth."

Su Li couldn't help but laugh when she saw those two words.

Lu Xuejian's voice cut in from the side: "What are you laughing at?"

"Your teacher Lin has slapped someone's face again!" Su Li said with a grin.

Lu Xuejian didn't reply, but the corners of her mouth curved slightly.

There was a moment of silence in the channel, then Fang Yan's voice came in: "Teacher Lin, the battle damage data for the First Battalion has been compiled."

Lin Tian nodded: "Mm."

Fang Yan paused, then added, "Furthermore—according to the latest intelligence just sent by the military, the Gallic Empire and the Hans Empire, the other member states of the Anti-Black Hole Alliance, have already initiated the withdrawal process internally."

"The Russian bear country has begun to withdraw its troops from the border."

"The objective of the deterrent patrol has been completely achieved."

There was a moment of silence on the channel.

Then, a low cheer erupted.

"We won this battle!"

"They didn't win, they didn't even fight!"

"Winning without even fighting—that's the highest level!"

However, Lin Tian's face did not show much relief.

His gaze remained fixed on the holographic star map in front of him, his fingers gently tracing the outlines of the thirty-four star sectors of the Great Xia Kingdom.

Although the Supernova Chain was resolved, he was well aware that the collapse of the Anti-Black Hole Alliance did not mean that the Great Xia Kingdom could rest easy from now on.

The new Manhattan project in the United States is still underway, the secrets of the Zhar ruins are far from being fully digested, and the unknown existence hanging deep in the galactic black hole is what truly concerns him.