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

"This is a godsend."

Lin Tian couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

The most distinctive feature of a black hole is that it devours all light and is completely invisible against the background of the universe.

However, being completely invisible can sometimes expose you.

If there is a strong gravitational source in an area, but nothing can be seen, even a fool would know there's something wrong.

With gravitational lensing, he could actively distort light to create a false image of a star, perfectly disguising the black hole.

For someone still in his childhood, this was the best way to save his life.

After all, once the novice protection period ends, the coordinates of all observers' stars will be available for query.

At that time, his black hole will surely attract countless curious and covetous eyes.

If I don't pretend, I probably won't even be able to have a single day of peace.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Tian immediately activated his skill.

A mysterious feeling welled up in my heart.

He seemed to transform into a master magician, beginning to manipulate the light surrounding the primordial black hole.

The light that was originally bent out of shape by the black hole's gravity was rewoven under his control, becoming regular and orderly.

From afar, the dark void had vanished.

Instead, there was an ordinary star emitting a dim, yellowish light.

It appears to be in a rather ordinary condition, with neither high nor low brightness, resembling a regular star that has just passed through an unstable period and is slowly recovering.

Even if someone uses detection skills to scan this area, they will only see this illusion.

"Perfect."

Lin Tian nodded in satisfaction.

After doing all this, he was about to start adding points when the system notification sounded again.

[You have triggered a hidden evolutionary path. Do you wish to disclose this path (the Secret Star-Black Hole Route) to the entire universe and apply for a personal patent?]

[After the patent is applied for, all observers who follow this route will need to pay you a certain amount of star coins as a patent royalty for a period of twenty years.]

patent?

Lin Tian's heart stirred.

He certainly knew how much wealth he would gain if he made the black hole route public.

With billions of observers across the universe, as long as the black hole route proves valuable, even if only a small fraction of people choose this path, he could effortlessly earn more star coins than he could spend in several lifetimes.

But this thought only lingered in his mind for a moment before he ruthlessly extinguished it.

"no."

Lin Tian's eyes became deep.

"The black hole route is my biggest trump card right now."

"Its power lies in the unknown. Others do not know its weaknesses, its mechanisms, or even how to deal with it."

"If I reveal the route, those super families and top universities can immediately use the resources at their disposal to build a black hole even more powerful than mine."

"At that time, I, the pioneer, will be the one who is eliminated the fastest."

"Before you have enough strength to protect yourself, the best option is to make a fortune quietly."

He decisively clicked "No".

Then, Lin Tian turned his attention back to the stat allocation panel.

At this moment, in addition to the five basic attributes of mass, volume, temperature, brightness, and gravitational coefficient, his panel now has a brand new attribute—[spacetime curvature].

Spacetime curvature: Affects the degree of spacetime distortion around a celestial body. The higher this property, the wider the event horizon and the stronger its ability to bind surrounding matter; it is a core property of dense star paths.

"Spacetime curvature..."

Lin Tian pondered.

He certainly knew how important this property was to black holes.

In other words, spacetime curvature represents the "upper limit" of a black hole.

However, after a brief moment of thought, he made an unexpected decision.

"Now is not the time to add it."

Lin Tian knew very well that what he possessed now was a Schwarzschild black hole.

This is the most basic state of a black hole.

It does not rotate, has a simple structure, and all its mass is concentrated at the central singularity.

The next evolutionary direction for Schwarzschild black holes is the Kerr black hole.

It is a terrifying being that rotates at high speed, possesses great angular momentum, and can eject destructive relativistic jets from its poles!

Only by becoming a Kerr black hole can he truly possess the power to roam freely in the universe.

The most important prerequisite for a black hole to evolve from a Schwarzschild black hole to a Kerr black hole is mass!

Only when the mass is large enough can the gravitational field of a black hole be strong enough to capture more matter, form vortices in the accretion disk, gain angular momentum, and begin to rotate at high speed.

"So, at this stage, what I need most is mass and gravity."

"First, build up these two things to strengthen the 'body' of the black hole, and then consider things like spacetime curvature, which are more 'level' concepts."

Having made up his mind, Lin Tian no longer hesitated and added all fifty attribute points to "mass" and "gravity coefficient".

[Quality +25]

[Gravity coefficient +25]

In an instant, Lin Tian clearly felt that the interior of the Primordial Black Hole seemed to be injected with a tremendous power.

That all-consuming gravitational force became even more violent.

Without further hesitation, he began to urge the primordial black hole to frantically devour the surrounding nebula matter.

At the same time, he took out the "Billion-Year Acceleration Card" that the school had awarded him.

"use."

With his command, the acceleration card transformed into a streak of light and merged into the black hole.

In an instant, Lin Tian felt as if the flow of time around him had been accelerated by ten thousand times, or even a hundred million times!

Nebula matter surged toward the abyss of the black hole like a flood bursting its banks.

Those gases, dust, and even tiny meteorites were all torn apart by the powerful gravity, turning into the purest mass to fill the black hole's insatiable appetite.

The mass of the black hole began to skyrocket at an alarming rate.

Ten times the mass of the sun.

Fifty times the mass of the sun.

One hundred times the mass of the sun.

Three hundred times the mass of the sun.

……

Three days felt like an eternity in the accelerated state.

Just before the newbie protection period was about to end, Lin Tian finally slowly opened his "eyes".

At this point, his primordial black hole had become completely different.

Its mass is a thousand times that of the sun!

A thousand times the mass of the sun!

The immense, unbelievable gravity caused the surrounding spacetime to be visibly distorted.

Here, light no longer travels in a straight line, but instead swirls around the black hole like a soft ribbon.

What delighted Lin Tian even more was that after swallowing such a massive amount of matter, the black hole's accretion disk finally formed a stable vortex structure.

The entire black hole began to slowly rotate.

It was very slow at first.

However, as angular momentum accumulates, the rotation speed increases.

Finally, at the two poles of the black hole, two jets composed of high-energy particles and gamma rays suddenly shot out!

That was a relativistic jet that could be called a spectacle even in the universe!

Its brightness is so high that it is even more dazzling than some stars!

However, in just a moment, Lin Tian used a gravitational lens to cover up the two jets again.

From the outside, this place is still just an ordinary, harmless little star.

"It's done."

Lin Tian clenched his fist inwardly.

While the black hole with its rotation and jets is not yet a true Kerr black hole, it has already begun to resemble one.

Now, even if he faces those so-called superstars, he is confident that he can win in one battle!

Just then, the cold yet grand system announcement sounded precisely on time.

[Universal Will Announcement: New Player Protection Period Has Ended!]

[Sectoral Conquest Officially Begins!]

[Star map coordinate query function is now unlocked!]

Along with the announcement, a scarlet warning suddenly popped up on Lin Tian's personal panel.

[WARNING! Your star coordinates have been locked by the "Haotian Alliance"!]

[Identifying the initiator: Wang Hao]

The other party is heading to your star sector coordinates. Estimated arrival time: 30 minutes!