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

The next day.

The will of the universe gives no one a moment to breathe.

The day after the battle report was released, a pure gold announcement appeared out of nowhere.

[Universal Will Announcement: The First Batch of Strategic Resource Points Has Been Deployed]

The deployment covers all open star sectors, with a total of 340 resource points deployed, including eight rare or higher-level resource points. All resource points are currently unclaimed and can be contested by any country or observer.

The news caused a sensation around the world.

Intelligence systems in various countries began operating at full capacity almost simultaneously.

New resource point coordinates are constantly being marked on the star map, and each resource point represents a potential leap in strength.

Strategic resource points are the most important strategic resources deployed by the will of the universe during the cosmic struggle for supremacy.

It could be an ultra-high density dark matter halo, a rare mineral vein containing a massive amount of attribute points, or even the remains of an ancient civilization.

Just like the Ayers relics that Lin Tian discovered before.

During wartime, whoever can occupy more resource points can significantly enhance their overall strength in a short period of time.

Such an improvement might take years or even decades to accumulate in normal times, but with the support of resource points, it might only take a few days.

Therefore, the struggle for each resource point becomes a key point in the war.

……

The conference room at the Black Hole Research Institute.

More than thirty people sat around the holographic star map, their eyes all fixed on the spot marked in red.

The Seventh Star Sector borders the Sakura Kingdom, approximately twelve light-years from the border.

A huge, irregularly shaped area was marked on the star map, resembling a mist slowly churning in the void.

Its diameter is about thirty light-years, but that's not all.

What truly made everyone present gasp in shock was its density data.

"Two thousand times the density of a standard star sector?!" Professor Zhou Haiming was the first to stand up. "The dark matter halo in the seventh star sector, with a density of only 280 times, nurtured a fully-formed Kerr black hole! This thing's density is seven times that!"

"And its range is thirty light-years!" Su Li rarely spoke with a joking expression. "It has a diameter of thirty light-years, a density two thousand times greater, and a total mass at least several billion times that of the sun, or even more."

"If someone could swallow this whole... no, thirty light-years is too vast. Unless all the acceleration cards are used up, it's impossible to swallow it all."

"But even if it can only swallow a portion, it would be enough to cultivate a supermassive black hole in a short period of time."

As she said this, she suddenly turned to look at Lin Tian.

"Lin Tian, ​​we must get our hands on this!"

The military's encrypted communication switched in almost at the same time Su Li finished speaking.

Chen Wang's voice was much more urgent than usual: "Lin Tian, ​​top-level transfer order! The military requires you to immediately assemble an elite squad and head to the border between the Seventh Star Sector and Japan to seize that dark matter halo with a density two thousand times greater!"

Lin Tian shifted his gaze from the holographic star map and glanced at the group leaders of the Black Hole Legion in the conference room.

"How many people do we need to transfer?"

"The military didn't specify an upper limit, but it requires that they be the core combat force of the Black Hole Legion."

Chen Wang paused, then added,

"In addition, the intelligence department just intercepted a message that the Amaterasu Society in Japan is also mobilizing troops, and their target is also this resource point."

"understood."

Lin Tian hung up the call and glanced at everyone's faces.

"Fang Yan, Li Changying, Zhao Zheng, you will stay and guard the Seventh Star Sector."

"Other teams will disperse to other star sectors as originally planned. Specific arrangements will be announced by military headquarters!"

Although the three were somewhat reluctant to miss this mission, they all understood that the overall situation was more important and nodded in agreement.

"Su Li, Xue Jian, you two come with me."

Su Li's eyes lit up immediately: "I knew you'd take me! After all, I'm the one with the best combat record in the entire legion!"

Lu Xuejian didn't speak, but simply nodded slightly.

But in her usually aloof eyes, there was a hint of joy that only Lin Tian could understand.

……

Meanwhile, in Tokyo, the land of cherry blossoms, at the headquarters of the Amaterasu-sha.

"Two thousand times the density... thirty light-years in diameter..." The president's voice was as deep as two pieces of pig iron rubbing together. "The value of this resource point is higher than all the dark matter mines we've acquired in the past ten years combined."

The dozen or so core cadres standing in the conference room all had greed and tension written all over their faces.

"President," Vice President Matsumoto spoke first, "the Great Xia Kingdom will definitely send people as well. Their Black Hole Legion just achieved a score of 3,080 to 0 in the Seventh Star Sector, and their morale is high. If we confront them head-on—"

"Who said we should confront them head-on?" the president interrupted him coldly. "We don't need to defeat the black hole; we just need to seize the resource points before they do."

He raised his hand and drew a line on the star chart.

"According to our intelligence, it takes at least six hours to get from the core of the Seventh Sector to that resource point! But from our border, it only takes three hours."

"Pass on my orders! Immediately mobilize the First, Third, and Fifth Neutron Star Regiments of the Amaterasu Society, which are on standby at the border, totaling 1,600 neutron stars, to seize resource points as quickly as possible."

"Remember, your mission is not to confront the Black Hole Legion head-on, but to plunder as much dark matter as possible from the resource points before the Great Xia Kingdom's black hole arrives! Once you've succeeded, retreat immediately; do not linger!"

"Hi!" came a chorus of responses from the conference room.

……

Almost simultaneously, in the United States, at the White Eagle Secret Service's underground command center.

William Harrison sat at the head of the long table, his face ashen.

"The president has approved the immediate deactivation of the antimatter bombs in Project Supernova, allowing the use of 10 percent of the national stockpile for this operation."

ten percent.

These four words, spoken in the conference room, caused several high-ranking military officers to gasp in shock.

The United States' stockpile of antimatter bombs is a legacy accumulated over the past fifteen years at the cost of trillions of Star Dollars.

Ten percent means thousands of antimatter bombs.

This quantity is enough to blast countless stars into elementary particles and turn a star field into a vacuum!

"Sir, are you sure you want to use so many?" the intelligence chief couldn't help but ask. "The energy from the simultaneous detonation of thousands of antimatter bombs is theoretically several orders of magnitude stronger than a supernova explosion."

"If all the targets are hit, not only will the black hole be blasted away, but space itself could be blasted out—"

"I want to make sure everything is foolproof!" William interrupted him. "You saw Lin Tian's quasar yourself; all our existing conventional weapons are completely ineffective against it."

"But antimatter bombs are different! The energy conversion rate of matter-antimatter annihilation is 100%, which is several orders of magnitude higher than that of nuclear fusion."

"No matter how powerful a black hole is, it is still made of matter. As long as it is matter, it will be annihilated by antimatter."

The intelligence chief opened his mouth as if to say something, but ultimately swallowed his words.

He wasn't really sure if antimatter bombs would actually work on black holes.

After all, no one in the entire United States has ever truly studied black holes.

But he dared not say that, because William's current state clearly showed that he was determined to do it.

"Furthermore," William added, "the target of this operation is not just Lin Tian."

"Even if our antimatter bombs can't destroy Lin Tian's quasar, they should at least destroy three or five miniature black holes."

"As long as we can wipe out the fighting force of the Great Xia Kingdom's Black Hole Legion, this operation will be worthwhile."

After he finished speaking, his gaze swept over the group of officers on both sides of the long table.

"Any other questions?"

No one speaks.

"Then execute it! Notify Colonel James Carter's Quark reconnaissance team and have them assist in target acquisition. Remember—this operation cannot fail."