Black Hole One.
Originally Gaia BH1.
This is the most complete black hole constructed by the Civilization Federation, second only to Zero Black Hole.
Surrounding it are numerous Star Cities and even Star Continents, hundreds of them, large and small, forming a metropolitan cluster.
Some Star Continents are even only tens of millions of kilometers apart, with dense channels, and tens of thousands of spaceships traveling back and forth every moment, not to mention countless Star Boats.
A massive fleet arrived from the Civilization Federation.
At a distance of 100 astronomical units, a huge projection screen was visible.
Behind the screen was an interstellar gate, 80 kilometers wide and 10 kilometers high.
However, it seemed rather small in front of this fleet.
From the Dwarf Planet-class Battleship, the Argos, a small Star Boat flew out, reaching the gate.
There was a wide platform on the gate, and at this moment, an army was neatly arranged, from front to back, from short to tall; the smallest were the Ice-Making Clan, and the largest were the War Beast Clan.
As the Star Boat landed, a Baiyan Clan officer stepped out.
All Soldiers saluted.
From the other side, a Luoyin Clan officer also came forward to greet him.
He stood upright in front of the Baiyan Clan officer.
“Welcome, Fleet Inspector Filo Dimi, I am Peixin, the highest Military Commissioner of Black Hole One.”
The Military Commissioner rank is half a level lower than a third-level Ship Secretary, and he can deploy between 300,000 to 500,000 warships.
If the region is extremely important, he might even have 1,000,000 warships under his command.
As the highest Military Commissioner of Black Hole One, Peixin could deploy 840,000 warships due to the importance of Black Hole One.
Filo Dime was the overall commander of the fleet arriving at Black Hole One this time, holding the military rank of Commander-in-Chief.
“Hmm, Commissioner Peixin has been stationed at Black Hole One for many years. The Commander-in-Chief asked me to extend his regards to you all. You’ve worked hard!”
Peixin’s face was filled with excitement.
“It’s no hardship, no hardship at all. Thank you for the Commander-in-Chief’s high regard.”
Although Black Hole One is very important, it is still a bit too far from the Federation’s core.
So, this place can be considered a “frontier,” and it bears relatively high pressure.
The Extraterrestrial Civilization has not coveted this place, but the Devouring Zerg constantly harass it, and the losses are not small.
“The Ship Supervisor has come a long way. We have already prepared a banquet to welcome you. Please, Ship Supervisor, come this way.”
The location was not at the gate, but inside a spherical building nearby.
The sphere had a very large diameter, exceeding 10 kilometers.
Inside, it had a 90% space utilization rate, with 100 floors from top to bottom, each filled with abundant food.
All the officers brought by Filo Dime were invited, and the sphere was bustling with activity.
Ten hours later, the banquet finally ended, and Peixin presented the main event of the evening: a strange mass of matter, roughly the size of a head.
“This is compressed matter that we extracted from the edge of the black hole. It took tens of thousands of years of continuous accumulation to get this much.”
“Don’t underestimate it; its mass is a staggering 750 billion tons. Please, Fleet Inspector Filo Dimi, you must accept it.”
Fleet Inspector Filo Dimi’s heart swelled with joy.
He hadn’t paid much attention to the gifts from this small place, but he didn’t expect such a pleasant surprise.
This strange substance is extremely valuable and holds great scientific research value.
He heard that 1 kilogram of strange matter costs 1 energy coin.
Although it wasn't that exaggerated, if this item were to be sold, it could easily fetch trillions of energy coins.
“Since it’s a gift from the Commissioner, I won’t be polite.”
After having people move it away with a special anti-gravity device, the banquet truly ended.
Filo Dime called Peixin over.
Only now did they discuss serious matters.
“The Commander-in-Chief attaches great importance to this offensive, and I hear that the other side of the black hole has already been disrupted.”
“If we can take down the Claw Star Cluster in one fell swoop this time, it will be a great merit, rarely seen in tens of thousands of years for the Federation.”
“Although I am fully confident, I still need the Commissioner’s help.”
Peixin was overjoyed.
“Thank you, Ship Supervisor!”
“I will definitely follow in the Ship Supervisor’s footsteps!”
Wasn't this why he sent the gift?
Taking credit for the opposite side might even directly promote him to Commissioned Area Chief.
The Federation has many official positions.
Military Commissioner is not a military position, but part of the bureaucratic system.
And the next step, Commissioned Area Chief, is similar to a Star Area Commander.
However, a Star Area Commander manages internal Federation regions, while a Commissioned Area Chief manages extended Federation regions.
In fact, it's not impossible for him to covet the Star Area Commander position, it's just that the Star Area Commander position is currently full, and if he were to be promoted, someone would have to step down.
But the Commissioned Area Chief position does not have this restriction.
As the influence of the Civilization Federation expands, the number of Commissioned Area Chiefs naturally increases.
Peixin was aiming for the Commissioned Area Chief of the Claw Star Cluster.
Filo Dime naturally had his own ideas.
After taking down the Claw Star Cluster, he might be stationed there long-term.
He naturally didn't want the Commissioned Area Chief to be someone who would go against him; if Peixin became his own man, things would be smoother for him there.
“Then I’ll trouble the Commissioner.”
“This war emphasizes speed; we need to quickly take down the entire Claw Star Cluster.”
“This time we are facing a Civilization Alliance, a total of Eight Great Civilizations. The Commissioner needs to prepare early.”
“We must not fail the Commander-in-Chief’s trust!”
“Yes!”
Peixin had actually prepared everything long ago.
This time, he dispatched 600,000 warships, joining forces with the nearly 5,000,000 warships brought by Filo Dime.
Approximately three years later.
A beam of light shot into the black hole.
The ancient wormhole was expanded.
warships entered one after another, crossing a distance of over 7,000 light-years to reach the other side of the galaxy.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
The Claw Star Cluster was busy defending against a potential Devouring Zerg invasion.
Over several decades, the war between the Sacred Civilization and the Storm Civilization intensified, with both sides suffering massive warship losses.
Although the Storm Civilization had been seeking peace, the Sacred Civilization remained relentless.
After the last war, the Sacred Civilization was subtly on the verge of falling to third place.
Meanwhile, the Storm Civilization, benefiting from the last war, rose to fourth place.
Although the two Civilizations appear to be only one rank apart, their scale still differs vastly.
The Storm Civilization was repeatedly defeated, with over two thousand Stellar Systems occupied by the Sacred Civilization.
If the Sacred Civilization didn't still need to defend against Zerg attacks, the number of Stellar Systems lost by the Storm Civilization would likely be doubled by now.
The Claw Star Cluster has 400,000 Stars, but only 170,000 Stellar Systems.
The Stone Sculpture Civilization occupies 31,000, the Sacred Civilization 35,000, the Biyi Civilization 24,000, the Storm Civilization 20,000, the Lishou Civilization 21,000, the Electric Civilization 19,000, the Mind Civilization 14,000, and the Merchant Civilization 6,000.
Over 2,000 Stellar Systems already represent one-tenth of the Storm Civilization’s total size.
It can be said that both sides were truly fighting with full fury.
No matter how much persuasion, if one side did not lose, it seemed this war would not end.
Taking advantage of this.
The Devouring Zerg also sent billions of swarms to harass, primarily attacking the Sacred Civilization, making the Sacred Civilization believe even more that the Storm Civilization had sided with the Zerg.
The war between the two Civilizations also affected the other six Civilizations.
The Mind Civilization, as the one truly allied with the Zerg, was secretly causing trouble incessantly.
Using spies hidden in the Storm Civilization years ago, they continuously carried out terrorist attacks among various Civilizations, resulting in heavy civilian casualties for the other five Civilizations, including the Mind Civilization itself.
At the same time, they fished in troubled waters, assassinating many high-ranking officials of the other five Civilizations.
This caused instability throughout the Eight Great Civilizations of the Claw Star Cluster.
However, this continued for nearly a century.
What made the Mind Civilization Leader uneasy was that the Zerg still had not launched an attack.
At that time, the Zerg had promised them that they would attack the Claw Star Cluster very soon.
But now, after such a long delay, many hidden things could no longer be completely concealed, and there would always be a time for leaks.
As expected, a few years later.
A high-ranking official within the Mind Civilization, who knew the details, defected and revealed everything the Mind Civilization had done over the years.
The other seven Civilizations were furious.
They all dispatched troops to encircle and suppress the Mind Civilization.
As the seventh-ranked Civilization, how could the Mind Civilization withstand the armies of the other seven Civilizations?
It could be said that one-third of their Stellar Systems were swiftly taken away.
Many high-ranking Mind Civilization officials chose to leave the Claw Star Cluster and seek refuge in the Original Channel.
While the Mind Civilization was being attacked by the masses, in the core region of the Claw Star Cluster, at the black hole observation station outside the black hole, the black hole began to show various abnormal data.
These abnormal data were summarized and sent to the desks of the various Civilization Leaders.
The Leader’s conference reopened.
This time, there were only six Civilizations.
The Storm Civilization’s suspicion had not been cleared, and the Mind Civilization had already fled.
The Stone Sculpture Civilization, as the leader, solemnly said to the other Civilization Leaders: “Gentlemen, the true crisis has arrived!”
“According to the observation station report and the speculation of many scholars, this anomaly is very likely the opening of a wormhole.”
“wormholes, for our Claw Star Cluster, have always been theoretical, but we know that when technology is primitive, it is merely the summarization of cosmic phenomena, but when it reaches an advanced stage, it begins to create new rules.”
“Even if wormholes did not exist under the original theory, as long as an Unknown Civilization works on it and researches it for a long time, wormhole technology will inevitably emerge.”
“The information we bought from the Zerg before was true, and then the Human Civilization must have pressured the Zerg to make changes, causing our internal crisis, and at the same time making us wary of other Zerg swarms arriving.”
“Our original plan was disrupted, and our internal defenses against the black hole were removed. This was the Human Civilization’s goal.”
“Now, the Human Civilization has begun to cross the wormhole.”
“We don’t know how much longer it will take for them to arrive.”
“Regardless, we must start preparing now. All internal conflicts are to be postponed until the war ends.”
“I need all of you to turn all your weapons towards those black holes!!!”
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