Chapter 2209: Black Hole Jet
The starship quickly disengaged from warp speed navigation and made a sharp turn!
Ta Luo, who was hanging on the outermost part leading the way, was flung off, his body whipped around wildly by the tether rope!
He crashed into an asteroid, blasting it apart, letting out a muffled grunt of "Urgh! Ah~!"
Under the massive gravitational field, the starship's hull emitted a teeth-grinding sound of deformation!
At this moment, everyone on the deck finally saw clearly the black hole blocking the star path ahead!
Everyone's gaze was drawn to it, their skin crawling with goosebumps!
This was an ordinary medium-sized black hole, massive and violent!
A twisted event horizon surrounded the black hole, glowing bright yellow. Using it as a dividing line, everything inside the event horizon was pitch black and completely invisible!
Above the event horizon, even time came to a standstill. The closer one got to the event horizon, the slower time flowed!
The appearance of a black hole was often accompanied by time dilation effects!
What was even more terrifying was that this medium-sized black hole was still moving, like a starry sky behemoth devouring everything!
The surrounding space flowed toward the black hole at a terrifying speed exceeding light!
Along the way, its powerful gravitational field captured and attracted all nearby celestial bodies, then tore them apart!
Forming an extremely dense accretion disk, it devoured everything bit by bit!
This was clearly a black hole that had eaten its fill!
A faint smile appeared on Jiangnan's face as he stared at the black hole, his eyes filled with intoxication.
(ʃƪᵒ̴̶̷﹃ᵒ̴̶̷) "How charming~"
This was the first time Jiangnan had seen a real black hole in the starry sky, a violent yet fascinating beast!
However, many of the Bully Gang underlings on the starship had already started screaming!
Charming my ass! You can still laugh in a situation like this? As expected of Boss Nan Shen! Your mentality is this steady?
"Dammit! We can't escape! Even though we reacted fast enough, we've still been captured by the black hole's gravitational field!"
"Think of something! Quickly! This is no joke. If we get pulled into the black hole, there's absolutely no chance of survival!"
"No! We can't get any closer, otherwise the time dilation effect will kick in. If we spend an hour here, more than a decade could pass outside! How the hell are we supposed to make money then?"
Everyone in the starry sky knew the terror of black holes. Even with the current level of space technology, they still couldn't fully analyze black holes or uncover their secrets!
Under the black hole's gravity, even though the starship had activated its warp drive and fled at full power, it was still being slowly pulled in!
And this was only a medium-sized black hole!
Chong Feiyu's fur stood on end. Even at her peak, she would take a detour when encountering a black hole!
Was she going to die here today? The Insect Emperor's revenge was not even half complete before meeting an untimely end?
How could this be allowed!
(งᵒ̌﹏ᵒ̌)ง "Does anyone have a plan? Hurry up and think of something! If we go in, we're done for!"
At that moment, Yakeli looked extremely impatient, releasing an infinite burst of aura!
(￢～￢)ﾂ "Stardust Gravitational Field • Gravity Slingshot!"
Yakeli waved his hand, unleashing endless stardust. A powerful gravitational field enveloped the entire starship, circling the black hole and using a gravity slingshot!
He forcibly flung the starship away, causing the massive vessel to tumble wildly through space!
But at least they had escaped the black hole's gravitational capture and could use warp travel to get away, avoiding being pulled in and devoured!
At that moment, everyone looked at Yakeli with gratitude!
Awesome! A gravity slingshot, huh?
Wait, a Stardust Gravitational Field? Isn't that the ability of the Stardust Clan? How did Yakeli know it?
Jiangnan grinned and gave Yakeli a thumbs up!
Yakeli's expression stiffened. He directly turned his head, sneered, and said coolly:
(︶～︶〃) "Don't get the wrong idea. I didn't do it for you! I did it for myself!"
"If I hadn't gotten us away from the black hole, I would have died too. Don't misinterpret it!"
Jiangnan teased:
(˵ಡ̫ಡ˵) "Aww~ If you wanted to help, you could have just said so! Pretty tsundere, aren't you?"
Yakeli glared: "You..."
But he didn't say anything else. He just turned his head and snorted coldly!
However, at that moment, Wang Youzhi hurriedly tugged at Jiangnan:
(͡°↼͡°) "Hey hey hey~ Watch closely. The exciting part is coming. Not everyone gets a chance to see this!"
Jiangnan was stunned. What's happening?
At that moment, the accretion disk at the edge of the medium-sized black hole began to collapse violently!
The dense matter forming the accretion disk was accelerated by the black hole's twisted magnetic field!
Forming a dome-like bubble structure outside the black hole!
The next moment, the dome bubble burst! Two extremely hot, ultra-high-temperature matter jets erupted from the top and bottom of the accretion disk center!
The jets were a dazzling bright blue. Wherever the matter jets passed, planets were destroyed, stars exploded, and nebulae were blasted into huge holes!
The Wuxian Torrent was even split open by this ultra-high-temperature matter jet fired by the black hole. Nothing could withstand this jet!
The jet extended an unimaginable distance outward, even piercing through several galaxies!
Everyone was dumbfounded. It was like a bright blue lightsaber capable of splitting galaxies, destroying everything!
And such a spectacle was happening right before their eyes!
If they had left any later and been swept by that jet, there would have been absolutely no chance of survival!
The jet lasted for a long time, only ending when the accretion disk at the black hole's edge disappeared!
Having erupted, the black hole became refreshed again, resuming its capture and devouring of surrounding matter in an endless cycle!
Jiangnan looked at this scene in shock. The Wuxian Torrent that had been split open still hadn't healed!
Σ(ﾟ口ﾟﾉ)ﾉ "Wha... what was that just now? Don't black holes devour everything? How can they have jets?"
Wang Youzhi grinned, his eyes sparkling: "Who says black holes only devour things? That was the black hole jet phenomenon!"
"The dense matter in the accretion disk is accelerated by the twisted magnetic field. When it reaches a critical value, it forms a black hole jet. You just saw that ultra-high-temperature matter jet!"
"Even a Star Devourer would need a moment to recover from being hit by that. And this is just an unremarkable medium-sized black hole. If it were a large black hole or a supermassive black hole, their black hole jets could easily blast an entire galaxy apart, even kill a Star Devourer!"
"Those ejected materials contain various basic substances that form planets. Through natural evolution, they will form planets and stars again..."
"The existence of black holes doesn't just mean destruction; they also have the power of creation! Destruction and rebirth! Understand?"
Wang Youzhi wasn't just talking nonsense. When he was bored before, he had spent a lot of time reading about these things to pass the time!
He understood the nature of some things in the starry sky and how they came to be!
It was like squatting on the ground watching ants when bored...
Jiangnan swallowed his saliva:
Σ(°△°|||) "Black hole jets, huh? This is my first time knowing about it. Damn? If I... this... could this work?"
Wang Youzhi said expectantly:
(งᵒ̌ꇴᵒ̌)ง "Why wouldn't it work? It's just a derivative and variation formed after reaching the basics. A black hole's abilities are far more than that!"
"The time dilation effect of the event horizon, if used well, is even more insane than the black hole jet. Any one of these, when taken to the end, has commonalities with other paths!"
"How about you try it next time when you get a chance?"
Jiangnan's heart also started to get excited. To be honest, the last time he used his Black Hole Devouring Star domain, he was completely out of control. He was totally confused and bewildered!
Let alone controlling it or carefully experiencing its mysteries. Just being able to come back alive was already pretty good, okay?
Before reaching the Transcendent realm, Jiangnan would absolutely not use the domain again, because that would be purely playing with his life!
After all, it was an incomplete thing!
But once he reached Transcendent, he didn't know if his domain would undergo any new changes!
What had just happened had been soul-engraved by Jiangnan!
If he had the chance, he could completely try to see if he could use his Black Hole Devouring Star domain to simulate the black hole jet phenomenon!
If it worked, this would be a proper starry sky cannon!
(͡°͜ʖ͡°) "Got it! I'll definitely try it next time!"
Chong Feiyu frowned upon hearing this:
(๑•̌.•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Try it? Try what? Try experiencing what it's like to withstand a black hole jet head-on?"
"If you try that, you'll definitely die, okay? Don't mess around!"
"But that jet just now was really terrifying. I wonder if I could withstand it at my peak. If anyone could control a black hole as a weapon, it would be completely invincible, wouldn't it?"
Sa Mo laughed and waved his hand:
(︶.̮︶〃)ﾉ "Oh come on, boss lady, don't joke around. Black holes are purely starry sky behemoths. How could they be controlled by human strength?"
Bo Den laughed: "Exactly! Don't get such wild ideas. Think about something more practical!"
Wang Youzhi spread his hands: ʅ(･´～･｀)ʃ "Where's the wild idea? Right beside you, there's a freak who can control black holes!"
As he spoke, he pointed at Jiangnan!
Jiangnan smiled shyly:
୧(〃⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴) "Aww~ It's not like I can completely control it. It's just that after I release it, three Star Devourers wouldn't dare come at me, that's all~ Ahahaha~"
At this, the Bully Gang members were stunned for a moment, then laughed even louder!
"Got to say, Boss Nan tells this tall tale like it's real! Sounds just like the real thing!"
The smile froze on Jiangnan's face. He glared and said:
O(౦口౦*)O "I'm not lying! I really can!"
Sa Mo covered his mouth and snickered:
(˵ಡლಡ˵) "Pfft pfft pfft~ Then Boss Nan, why don't you show us one to broaden our horizons?"
Jiangnan's face darkened even more:
(̿▀̿～▀̿̿ꐦ)̄ "Due to certain personal reasons, I can't really release it right now!"
Everyone's gazes became even more teasing. Jiangnan said irritably:
(งᵒ̌皿ᵒ̌)ง "Fine fine fine! I can't! I'm just bragging, okay? Pfft!"
With that, he ignored everyone. The group snickered quietly. Couldn't talk his way out of it this time, huh?
However, Jiu Lan beside him didn't laugh at Jiangnan at all, because she knew that Jiangnan was absolutely not bragging!
He really could do it. Otherwise, the Sacred Law Council wouldn't have instructed that they must pry out of Jiangnan the secret method of artificially creating black holes!
But Jiu Lan really couldn't imagine how human power could possibly control a terrifying starry sky behemoth like a black hole!
Everyone chatted and laughed as they made their way, already having broken into the core area of the Star River Great Wall, getting closer and closer to the location of the little treasury!
However, what Jiangnan and the others didn't know was that at another location within the Star River Great Wall, a very intense battle was erupting!