Cataclysm: Undead Dragons and Zero Empire

The star could not escape this terrifying gravity; a large amount of matter was torn off and rushed towards the black hole.

Around the event horizon, a bright, blinding accretion disk formed in a very short time, with high-temperature plasma rotating at high speed inside, emitting a light far exceeding that of the star itself, as if indicating that this was the star's last gasp before its death.

Two torrents erupted from the poles of the black hole, like two spears piercing the heavens and earth colliding, tearing apart the nebula on the outer edge of the galaxy and swallowing up all the matter in their path, which then fell off the horizon.

Lin Ziming realized the moment the gravitational burst occurred that the black hole was alive.

The black hole rammed into him, simple and unadorned, yet possessing immense power.

It kept its sights locked on Lin Ziming's location, like a self-aware hunter slowly approaching its prey.

As a black hole moves, all light is torn apart by its gravity, creating a spectacular sight in the galaxy: an extremely bright light within a bottomless darkness, as if light is falling into an abyss, or as if light is bursting forth from darkness.

This is a celestial weapon, or rather, a warship with a black hole as its shell, far beyond the imagination of primitive civilizations.

From small-scale wars, which involve transforming celestial satellites into fortresses, to large-scale neutron starships, which use the remnants of a star and a neutron star that constantly radiates electromagnetic pulses as armor.

Celestial weapons are quite prevalent in the universe. After all, when intelligent life first looked up at the stars, awe of celestial bodies was already ingrained in their culture.

However, using black holes as materials to build warships involves a deep understanding of space theory. How can one open a place that has collapsed, where the density of matter approaches infinity, and where the curvature of spacetime is so great that even light cannot escape? At least Lin Ziming could not comprehend this technology.

However, in terms of results, the power of this celestial warship is quite terrifying. Even stars can only become food to be devoured. In theory, its service life can be very long, until the black hole's mass evaporates completely. As long as its mass is large enough, this time is equivalent to the lifespan of the heavens.

At this moment, the pitch-black horizon is expanding at an incredible speed, even exceeding the normal rate at which a black hole devours matter and expands. This is undoubtedly a result of technological modification.

What was originally just a deep black dot has instantly expanded to a scale large enough to cover the entire Heng galaxy, with its gravitational field sweeping in like a tsunami.

Lin Ziming's first reaction was to tear apart the veil between the real universe and the subspace. As long as he could escape into the subspace, physical attacks from the real universe would be unable to touch him.

However, this time, an accident occurred.

Before the psionic energy could spread into the surrounding space, a cold and viscous resistance suddenly appeared, like heavy sluice gates being lowered onto a rushing river.

My psychic energy is being constantly dissipated and slowed down by an invisible force, like a large resistor suddenly added to a circuit. If my psychic energy wants to be conducted outward, it has to pass through a bottomless, dark ocean.

Lin Ziming instantly realized that this ambush was well-prepared, with a psionic suppressor targeting him deployed around the black hole.

At the same time, other weapons were also contained within that invisible fluctuation, and unusual sensations followed one after another.

The entire galaxy is undergoing a strange sinking, as if the entire sea of ​​stars has been placed into a waterfall that is constantly falling downwards, and all the matter in it is being pulled by an invisible gravity, falling continuously towards the bottom of the waterfall.

It's like rowing a boat upstream in a waterfall; if you can't keep up with the speed at which the waterfall rushes downstream, you'll never reach the upstream and will never break the speed of light.

This is a suppressor specifically designed for faster-than-light travel. It works by creating a massive gravitational potential trap throughout the galaxy to interfere with other targets entering a faster-than-light state.

Lin Ziming's psionic shield was disrupted by that invisible fluctuation. He could feel his shield being constantly impacted, like a city wall with bricks being removed one by one, becoming more and more fragile.

This whole setup is designed to limit Lin Ziming, but their ultimate weapon is still that rapidly approaching black hole.

There are no fancy attack methods; the only way to attack is the most primitive and brutal impact, like a giant whale opening its huge mouth to swallow everything.

It's as if we've returned to the era of naval warfare, where every warship was equipped with a ram. Ramming was one of the most effective combat strategies, and now this tactic has reappeared in the sea of ​​stars, carrying an unparalleled charging momentum.

Having missed the chance to enter subspace, Lin Ziming had no time to avoid the black hole; the pitch-black world was already surging towards him like a tide.

The extreme darkness swallowed all light, and Lin Ziming was completely engulfed within the event horizon of the black hole.

From the outside, the dragon shadow burning with black and red flames vanished completely into the endless darkness the moment it touched the edge of the field of vision, just like ice flowers being wiped off glass.

In the Heng galaxy, only the black hole that had stopped expanding remained. In the observation images of other galaxies, the moment Lin Zimo's figure was completely swallowed by the event horizon of the black hole, the Humboldt Covenant envoy in the observation platform slowly withdrew his gaze.

The envoy spoke calmly, as if stating a given fact: "This war can now be declared over."

"The Black Hole Battleship is one of the Alliance's extermination weapons, and it has never failed since its inception."

Karen, who was accompanying the envoy, showed no emotion whatsoever. His gaze fell on an inconspicuous, tiny, sharp peak in the observation parameters. It was data recorded at the moment the undead dragon fell into the event horizon of the black hole, indicating that the black hole suddenly accelerated its evaporation for a moment.

Karen had heard of the existence of the Covenant's list of extinction weapons, but this was the first time he had witnessed these weapons displaying their power firsthand. He gave the messenger a standard salute and said, "The Boros Global Foundation, on behalf of all the intelligent civilizations in the galaxy, thanks the Humborian Covenant for eliminating a great threat to the starry sea."

He perfectly played the role of a diplomatic envoy, showing no sign that he was praying for the undead dragon, praying that this "Leviathan" could create a miracle, break free from the abyss from which even light could not escape, and soar through the stars once more.

Karen had witnessed far too many miracles created by this being that were beyond the comprehension of civilization, so she believed that the next miracle was to be expected.

He didn't even realize that with each witness to His power and will, his mindset had already deteriorated, shifting from seeking cooperation to surrender, and finally to faith.

The undead dragon, to whom even death itself bows, how could a black hole possibly be its end?

He looked again at the endless darkness in the holographic projection, waiting for the black and red flame to ignite from within.