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

Almost at the same time.

The capital city of the Great Xia Kingdom, in a conference room.

Seven or eight people sat here, each with different identities and backgrounds.

But what they had in common was that each of them possessed an identity that was enough to make the entire Great Xia Kingdom tremble.

"Gentlemen, let's discuss this," said an elderly man with gray hair, speaking first. "What should we do with this Lin Tian?"

"Deal with him?" a middle-aged scholar sitting opposite him asked in surprise. "Professor Chen, are you planning to treat him as a threat and take precautions against him?"

"I didn't say he was a threat," Old Chen waved his hand. "But the potential he's showing has exceeded all of our expectations, and we can no longer sit idly by."

"In Japan, Yamamoto Ryosuke of the Amaterasu Society has already contacted Lin Tian," another man in a black suit said.

He was a high-ranking official in the Great Xia Kingdom's intelligence department; his voice was deep and calm.

"According to our informant, Yamamoto Ryosuke attempted to obtain data on the black hole's trajectory under the guise of cooperation, but Lin Tian directly rejected the offer."

Old Chen raised an eyebrow. "And then?"

"Then Yamamoto Ryosuke was recalled, and there has been no further news since, but based on our speculation, Japan may be willing to do anything to eliminate Lin Tian."

The atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly turned cold.

"Is Japan about to completely break off relations?"

"Not only Japan, but according to the intelligence we just intercepted, the United States' White Eagle Special Operations Bureau has already added Lin Tian to its 'S-level threat observation list'."

"S-rank?! The United States hasn't used an S-rank assessment on a rookie in decades."

"That's right. The last person to be included in the S-class threat observation list by the United States was Yamamoto Ichiro from Japan ten years ago, who explored the neutron star route. Now, Yamamoto Ichiro is the number one top observer in Japan."

The White Eagle Secret Service's threat monitoring list is divided into five regular levels: A, B, C, D, and E, as well as a special level: S.

The S category is not permanent; it is only included when the assessed target demonstrates the potential to alter the existing international order.

Over the past fifty years, the total number of foreign observers in the entire United States who have been placed on the S-class list has not exceeded ten.

A brief silence fell over the meeting room.

Old Chen spoke slowly.

"Gentlemen, I think we no longer need to discuss Lin Tian's value."

"Pass on my order—from today onwards, Lin Tian's protection level is raised to the highest level!"

"All resources will be supplied unconditionally and with priority!"

"The Seventh Star Sector should immediately dispatch additional patrol teams to conduct 24-hour continuous patrols near the wasteland!"

"Also, keep a close eye on every single 'spy' from Japan in the Seventh Star Sector. If they dare to make a move, uproot them completely!"

"Yes!" Everyone present responded in unison, without the slightest hesitation.

Old Chen took a deep breath and slowly sat back down in his chair.

His gaze returned to the young face on the screen, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

"This child is the hope for the Great Xia Kingdom to turn things around. No matter what, we must protect him."

……

Tianhai City, Zhao Family Residence.

Zhao Rutie stared at the reply sent by "the person above" with a solemn expression.

"Stop at all costs, nip Lin Tian in the bud before he fully matures. We will provide support you cannot refuse."

The so-called "people above" are none other than the powerful backers of the Zhao family who can wield influence in the Seventh Star District—the Tianzhao Society.

Without their support, even with hundreds of star mine industrial chains under their control, the Zhao family could not have established such deep roots in Tianhai City.

Now, this force has finally issued a kill order against Lin Tianxia.

But what truly made Zhao Rutie's heart race was what followed.

"If we can kill Lin Tian in reality, everyone in the Zhao family can embark on the neutron star path. We will provide a complete stat allocation plan, a 10 billion-year acceleration card, and core resources from the Amaterasu Society in Japan. At that time, your Zhao family will no longer have to live a life of mistreatment in China, but can become a top conglomerate in Japan."

Neutron star trajectory.

Complete skill point allocation plan.

A 10 billion-year acceleration card.

To become a top conglomerate in Japan.

He knew all too well what this meant.

If all members of the Zhao family could embark on the neutron star route, combined with their existing resources and industrial base, let alone the Seventh Star Region.

They can make a name for themselves in the entire Great Xia Kingdom, and even on the entire Blue Star!

It should be understood that although the Zhao family dominated a region in the Great Xia Kingdom, they were ultimately just a local powerful family.

With the nation above them and several equally powerful families eyeing them covetously, they had to tread carefully with every step they took.

However, in Japan, with the Zhao family's resources and the support of "people above," they could stand on equal footing with established conglomerates that have been around for hundreds of years in just a few years.

Of course, all of this is predicated on the death of Lin Tian.

"hehe……"

"Lin Tian, ​​Lin Tian, ​​of all people to offend, you had to offend someone you shouldn't have."

"So what if you have a black hole route? A dead genius is nothing."

He suddenly stood up and dialed an encrypted communication number.

"Hey, it's me. You can start working on those nails I asked you to prepare last time."

"The target is Lin Tian in real life."

"At all costs, eliminate him before the Great Xia Kingdom's officials can react."

……

While the outside world was in turmoil, Lin Tian was completely unaware of these undercurrents.

Or rather, even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care too much.

At this moment, all his attention was focused on the huge ring suspended at the core of the dark matter halo.

Ayers' dark matter collection station.

Its diameter is tens of millions of kilometers.

The material is unknown, but the fact that it can exist stably in the core region of the dark matter halo for hundreds of millions of years is enough to demonstrate how advanced the technology of this civilization is.

It's important to understand that the gravitational environment at the core of the dark matter halo is no joke.

Ordinary metal structures would not last long in this environment before being torn to pieces by gravitational tides.

But this collection station was completely intact.

"What kind of material is it...?"

Lin Tian drove the Primordial Black Hole slowly toward the collection station.

When his consciousness touched the outer wall of the collection station, he was immediately stunned.

It wasn't because he saw anything.

On the contrary, it's because he "can't see" anything.

Conventional metal structures, regardless of the material they are made of, will always cause some disturbance to gravitational waves.

Although this disturbance is tiny, it can still be detected by the gravitational field perception of a black hole.

But this collection station remained undisturbed.

In other words, its disturbance is precisely controlled within an extremely small range.

What does this mean?

This means that the civilization that built this collection station had achieved an unparalleled level of control over gravity.

This technique is even more sophisticated than the black hole trajectory.

Lin Tian could sense that the space around him was being affected by a force similar to the gravitational field of a black hole.

This force is essentially gravity, but it is completely different from the gravity of a black hole.

It is more refined and gentler, yet it can maintain its structural integrity in the gravitational field of a black hole, completely unaffected.

"This is... a gravitational imprint?"

The so-called gravitational imprint is essentially a special structure left in spacetime by highly compressed gravitational waves.

It does not belong to matter in the conventional sense, but is a kind of "memory left by spacetime itself".

Lin Tian had seen a few speculative papers on this technology in his previous life's astronomical theoretical articles, but he had never seen it actually implemented.

And now, this civilization from hundreds of millions of years ago has used it on the outer walls of the mining station.

Gravitational imprinting has many benefits.

The most direct point is that it does not consume any physical materials and does not require any energy for maintenance.

Once a mark is left in spacetime, it will remain there forever, like words carved in stone—unless spacetime itself is torn apart by a stronger gravitational field.

"No wonder this collection station has remained intact after hundreds of millions of years. Its structure is not maintained by the strength of materials, but by spacetime itself."