#1028 - Chapter 1028: From the Mouth of Ah-Hui! The Secret at the Center of the War, a Black Hole?!
“Because the entire Hunter civilization is bound to Gliese 832c.”
Chen Hao murmured, “They can never, ever immigrate or expand to other planets, otherwise… before they can escape, they will be completely destroyed—they are not ranchers, but more like serfs!”
Even worse than wage slaves!
Wage slaves can change bosses if they don't like them.
Serfs can't.
Their fate is predetermined from the start.
Of course, as long as you don't struggle or resist, and do what the serf owners demand, life can still be pretty good.
“Commander, why don't I understand?”
General Wang was bewildered and muttered, “The Hunter civilization is serfs, then who are the serf owners? Could it be… that there are even stronger civilizations in the surrounding universe? I've never seen or heard of them before.”
The Hunter civilization controls an area of more than a hundred light-years.
Could there be powerful civilizations controlling thousands or tens of thousands of light-years?
But…
If the Hunter civilization has 'superiors,' they couldn't be completely unaware when the memories of thousands of prisoners were read before.
“No.”
“It's very strange… it wasn't sent by anyone, it's just the bracelet sending an alarm—a red one.”
“I know!”
Chen Hao's expression became serious.
16 light-years away.
Seven elders received the alarm at the same time, but only the other three elders are controlled by the operating team.
The message came from the War Center.
That's right!
It was that war fortress, artificially built, with a diameter of a thousand kilometers.
However, it wasn't sent by the military's high command, but automatically by a certain system, a kind of triggered alarm.
“Xiao Chen, what's wrong?” Seeing his unusual expression, Old Qian hurriedly asked.
“The Mouth of Ahriman has opened.” Chen Hao replied.
“What mouth?” General Wang asked, puzzled.
“The Mouth of Ahriman… didn't you learn the Hunter civilization's language?”
Hearing Chen Hao say this, General Wang came to his senses.
Ahriman.
In the Hunter civilization, it refers to…
Demons!
Chen Hao immediately ordered the operating team.
First, import some of Kelam's and Wig's memories into the relevant groups and have the two groups control them.
Then, Chen Hao controlled Groll.
Next, all seven elders must be present!
Chen Hao put on his sunglasses and, before connecting to Groll, whispered, “Old Qian, General Wang, you should also put on your sunglasses and take a look from a spectator's perspective, and you'll know the truth.”
After speaking.
He shared his vision with the two, and Old Qian and General Wang entered as spectators.
…
The War Center is a giant sphere.
Nearly a thousand kilometers in diameter.
For many years, it seemed like a satellite of the planet Gliese 832c, orbiting along a fixed path.
All the people knew its function.
Internally, to protect the home planet.
Externally, to serve as a military base for external colonization.
But in fact…
Nearly a thousand kilometers in diameter!
The Hunter civilization's weapons, from large warships to individual weapons and soldiers, were insignificant even when crammed into such a large volume.
The truth is.
Using it as a War Center is only a small part of the sphere, or rather, the outer area.
As for the inner area…
Even the highest-ranking generals of the military cannot enter!
The seven elders quickly arrived, and after layers of verification, they entered the central area through the only passage. Each verification in the process had to be done together by the seven elders—which shows how confidential it was.
There is a huge space in the central area.
In the center is a black sphere…
No!
It's not an ordinary sphere!
It is composed of any unknown substance!
Even, what you see is not a sphere, but that light entering that area will immediately disappear.
“A black hole?!” Old Qian exclaimed in shock.
That's right!
With Old Qian's knowledge of physics, he could tell at a glance through many details that the sphere's characteristics were very similar to those of a black hole.
Fortunately, he only had the authority of a spectator's perspective.
The seven elders present could not hear his shouts.
“Black hole?!”
General Wang was dumbfounded: “If this is a black hole… not to mention us, the entire War Center… wouldn't it all be sucked in?”
Even if he doesn't understand any technology, he should have basic common sense, right?
There's a black hole in the center?
The War Center can still exist?
Just kidding!
“This…”
Old Qian frowned: “Many characteristics are indeed similar to black holes, but… I can't explain it either.”
It was already beyond the limit of his cognition.
Let alone him?
Before obtaining Groll's memory, if Chen Hao saw the scene before him, he would also be dumbfounded.
16 light-years away.
Chen Hao couldn't speak, so he contacted the two with his consciousness: “This is the Mouth of Ahriman.”
“Shall we begin?” An old beetle-like creature said.
The next moment.
Seven instruments rose from the ground, right in front of the seven elders.
The instruments were small platforms, and they all placed their hands on the verification area above the platforms.
Click!
Around this huge space, the partitions serving as walls opened, and what appeared next shocked Old Qian and General Wang.
Unexpectedly!
As the partitions retracted, countless cabins appeared.
Inside…
Were countless humans!
Humans with some subtle differences in appearance from Earth humans, but largely the same!
There were old people, young people, and children.
The number was unimaginable!
Surrounding this huge space on all sides, a glance at the outer layer alone revealed millions, and a closer look would reveal… that they were overlapping, with who knows how many layers!
‘Intelligence extraction!’
‘Preparing for life force absorption!’
Within the empty, huge space, the voice of the intelligent system echoed.
The next moment.
Humans who seemed to be asleep were pierced with various instruments.
Chen Hao was controlling Groll, and he looked up at this scene with an indescribable complexity in his eyes.
“What… are they doing?!” Old Qian's voice trembled.
“These are what the Hunter civilization has harvested from ranches in different star systems around…” Chen Hao couldn't say it with his mouth, so he could only use his consciousness to tell Old Qian, and General Wang, the general situation through the AI system.
Countless years ago, the Hunter civilization's technology was at about level 0.9.
Close to level 1.
This level of technology could not leave the star system, but it could monitor the surroundings of the home planet.
One day, not far from the home planet, a small black hole appeared.
Wasn't small dangerous?
No!
As the most terrifying celestial body in the universe, even a small black hole…
Its mass.
Its suction.
Were deadly to a mere planet!
Strangely, this black hole did not release suction to the surroundings, which was completely illogical.
Out of extreme fear of black holes, the Hunter civilization, which had reached level 0.9, sent a spacecraft to check and surprisingly found… that on the other side of the black hole-like object, there was some kind of highly intelligent creature.
At that time, the Hunter civilization was almost scared to death.
They ran away quickly!
As a result…
As soon as they ran, the black hole immediately released suction, and the spacecraft was directly torn apart, and even the planet Gliese 832c was affected by the black hole's suction.
After some tossing, they finally realized that the other party wanted to have a dialogue.
There was intelligent life on the other side of the black hole, but there was no way to come here, but it could control this black hole!
As long as the black hole was running at full power, wouldn't the star system be destroyed, let alone the planet!
