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

"Yes." Lin Tian nodded. "A wormhole, also known as an Einstein-Rosen bridge, is a tunnel connecting two different points in spacetime."

"In layman's terms, it's like opening a door in the universe, allowing you to instantly travel from one place to another—no matter how many light-years apart those two places are."

A suppressed commotion arose in the conference room.

Everyone sitting here is an expert.

Because they understand it, they know how amazing the concept of wormholes is.

"If we can successfully construct a wormhole, we can achieve faster-than-light travel and even traverse different universes! The Ayrs believe that wormholes are the only way to break free from the cosmic will's control."

"Wait a minute," Chen Wang suddenly spoke up, "Lin Tian, ​​do you mean if we can create a wormhole, we can escape the Great Elimination?"

"Escape?" Lin Tian shook his head. "It's not about escaping, it's about surviving. Once the Great Elimination begins, all observer civilizations will be forcibly pulled into a closed spacetime, with no way out."

"But wormholes can break this closure, allowing us to find a glimmer of hope in desperate situations."

Silence fell over the meeting room once again.

Everyone stared at the dense data on the screen, their minds racing.

"However," Lin Tian changed the subject, "the Ayrs race has stopped at the theoretical stage in wormhole research."

Zhou Haiming looked up: "Why?"

"Because constructing a wormhole requires an extremely rare substance—exotic matter."

Lin Tian pulled up another set of data.

A description of the strange substance appeared on the light screen.

"What is strange substance?" Su Li asked seriously, her usual cheerful demeanor gone.

"A substance with negative energy density," Lin Tian explained. "Wormhole tunnels cannot exist stably in spacetime; the self-repair mechanism of spacetime itself will allow them to heal quickly."

"But strange matter is different."

"Its energy density is negative, which means it can produce a reverse gravitational effect."

"If exotic matter is injected into the tunnel of a wormhole, it can support the spacetime structure of the tunnel and prevent the wormhole from self-healing."

"I see..." Zhou Haiming nodded thoughtfully.

"But the problem is—" Lin Tian's tone became slightly more serious, "strange substances are too rare! The Ayers race exhausted all its resources and only found a tiny bit, which is far from enough to construct a stable wormhole."

The atmosphere in the meeting room became tense again.

"However," Lin Tian changed the subject, "the Ayers' theory proposes an alternative."

Everyone looked up.

"Utilizing the singularity of a black hole."

Lin Tian lightly tapped the light screen with his finger, and a brand new picture appeared.

That's a dynamic simulation of two black holes approaching each other, rotating, and eventually merging.

"When two black holes merge, their singularities collide, and this collision creates a miniature wormhole in a very short time."

"If we can stabilize the micro-wormhole before it collapses, we can create a traversable wormhole."

The breathing in the conference room became heavy.

They are all researchers, so of course they understand the significance behind this description.

The merger of black holes, the birth of wormholes, and stabilization are three interconnected steps, each worthy of being the subject of a top-tier astronomy paper.

Lin Tian actually connected them together and proposed a complete implementation plan.

"But this requires three conditions," Lin Tian said, holding up one finger.

"First, two supermassive black holes, each with a mass at least one million times that of the Sun."

"Second, precise quantum-level gravitational wave tuning control is used to guide the collision process between the two black hole singularities."

"Third, enough exotic matter to stabilize the wormhole—or..."

He paused there, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.

"Dark energy."

Su Li's eyes lit up immediately: "Dark energy? You mean the kind of dark energy that drives the accelerated expansion of the universe?"

"That's right." Lin Tian nodded. "Dark energy has negative pressure. Although it is not a true exotic substance, it can replace the role of exotic substances to a certain extent and maintain the short-term stability of wormholes."

"Dark energy accounts for about 68 percent of the total energy in the universe and is everywhere."

"As for gravitational wave tuning control, I had already honed this technology to its extreme when I was fusing primordial quasars."

"So I can already solve two of these three conditions."

Chen Wang took a deep breath and stared intently at Lin Tian: "Then, there's only one last condition left: another black hole with a mass one million times that of the sun."

"right."

"Where are you going to find a second supermassive black hole to merge with?"

This question made everyone in the conference room prick up their ears.

A supermassive black hole with a mass of more than one million times that of the sun is not something you can just pick up on the street.

Lin Tian smiled faintly: "No need to look."

"No need to look?" Chen Wang was taken aback.

"We'll make it ourselves."

"Build it ourselves?" Zhou Haiming frowned. "Professor Lin, supermassive black holes aren't something you can just create on a whim. You need a massive amount of matter, a very long time, and—"

"We need to make it devour enough stars in the upcoming cosmic battle," Lin Tian continued.

The conference room fell silent.

All eyes were on Lin Tian, ​​waiting for him to say something next.

"I will proactively cultivate a group of people and guide them onto the black hole path. Once the cosmic war begins, I will have their black holes devour the enemy's stars, cultivating a second and third qualified black hole as quickly as possible."

"By then, we will have enough black holes to complete the construction of wormholes."

After these words were spoken, a long silence fell over the conference room.

No one spoke, but everyone's eyes were shining.

Chen Wang stared at Lin Tian for a long time, then nodded vigorously.

"I'll go write the report."

He only said these five words.

But everyone knows what those five words mean.

……

The report was submitted even faster than Lin Tian had expected.

That evening, the top leadership of the Great Xia Kingdom held an emergency meeting.

Lin Tian did not attend the meeting to learn the details.

But Chen Wang found him immediately after the meeting.

"What...what did they say over there?" Lin Tian asked, looking at Chen Wang's solemn expression.

Chen Wang took a deep breath and slowly said, "Unanimously approved."

Four words: clean and efficient.

Lin Tian's eyebrows twitched slightly: "A unanimous vote?"

"Unanimous vote." Chen Wang repeated, his tone carrying a solemnity he had never shown before. "Everyone knows that if the great elimination is real, then the only hope for the Great Xia Kingdom is you."

He paused, took out a thick document from his briefcase, and handed it to Lin Tian.

"This is a resource list approved by the higher-ups, specially allocated to you from the national treasury... Originally, these were all intended for the military."

Lin Tian took the document and turned to the first page.

Then, even with his composure, he couldn't help but gasp.

Thirty-eight Acceleration Cards for a Hundred Billion Year.

Over 600 acceleration cards worth billions of yuan each.

There are countless acceleration cards for billions or hundreds of millions of years.

Further on—the coordinates of seven undisclosed dark matter enrichment regions, each with a density more than 500 times that of the standard.

Finally, there is a special fund allocated to the Black Hole Research Institute—10 billion Star Coins.

"Ten billion..." Lin Tian repeated the number in a low voice, a rare glint in his eyes.

"That's not all." Chen Wang paused, "From now on, the country will provide you with all technical support unconditionally! All researchers, all equipment, all data—all will be supplied to you with priority."

"And another one." He took out another document from his briefcase. "This is a draft plan that has been approved by higher-ups—the draft of the 'Black Hole Talent' plan."