The collectors mispredicted how quickly the cluster would be built.

Due to the interference of the Great Apocalypse, the Star-Swallowing Megastructure that the Gatherers wanted to build did not go well, after suffering a second Great Destructive Supernova Strike, which resulted in the destruction of the unfinished Star-Swallowing Megastructure and the supernova explosion.

The Gatherers decided to build them separately, and to have each of the components of the Star-Swallowing Megastructure capable of faster-than-light when the Massive Strike came, so that when the Doom strike came, the components could leave the cluster faster-than-light without the Gatherers having to re-create them.

The size of the Star-Swallowing Megastructure is very large, and such a structure naturally cannot be a whole like ordinary megastructures.

It is closer to a ripple megastructure and is made up of a combination of multiple large-scale megastructures.

According to the original idea of the gatherers, this giant structure could at least quickly swallow all planets, not only solid planets, but also fat gas giants in one gulp.

For this reason, the size of the star-swallowing megastructure must not be smaller than that of a celestial body with a mass of 15,912 x 1,029 kg, which is the dividing line, above which are stars, and below which are planets of all kinds and giant gaseous stars that have not been able to nuclear fusion, brown dwarfs.

So what is the volume of a non-stellar object with a mass of 15912x1029kg, which is about 84 times the volume of Jupiter.

Based on this criterion, the volume of the star-swallowing megastructure must be greater than 84 times that of Jupiter, and the capacity is preliminarily set at 90 times the volume of Jupiter, taking into account the floating error value.

The gatherers first constructed a planetary-level gravitational ring equivalent to twice the diameter of the Earth, and then built a circular pipe that stored negative matter over a distance that extended backwards.

As a result, this gravitational ring initially has the ability to distort the space-time around itself and travel faster than the speed of light.

However, this does not mean that the star-swallowing part is complete, the diameter of the ring determines the star-swallowing capacity of the star-swallowing megastructure, so according to the original plan, the diameter of the gravitational ring must be equivalent to the diameter of Jupiter's 90 times the volume of the celestial body.

The gravitational rings, which are only twice the size of the Earth, are obviously far from the diameter of Jupiter's 90 times the volume of a celestial body.

Based on this gravitational ring, it extends outward in a circle, and after constructing the supporting structure, the collector constructs a circle of acceleration pipes, accelerates the contraction of the pipes, and forms a larger gravitational ring in the outer ring of the original gravitational ring, and also builds a circular pipe behind the negative matter.

After the construction of the second gravitational ring is completed, the Great Devastation is upon us again.

Fortunately, the collectors were well prepared this time, and the cluster traveled to a new destination with the gravitational ring under construction, and continued the construction of the star-swallowing megastructure in the new star system.

When the circle extends outwards and the outer gravitational rings are constructed, the disk composed of three gravitational rings is revealed, but again, this disk with a diameter equivalent to 90 times the diameter of Jupiter has a somewhat unstable structural strength.

At this time, it is the turn of the long gravitational ring to come out, set up the support in advance, and use the laser to ensure the straightness of the acceleration pipeline, and an acceleration pipe of the long gravitational ring passes through the center of the disk, extends outward along the direction of the radius of the disk, and detours back to the other side of the disk, and connects with the acceleration pipeline to form a closed-loop loop.

When the accelerated particles operate, the long gravitational ring contracts, and two straight gravitational pipes will support the disc in the vertical direction of the disc surface, and the structural strength is guaranteed.

There are four similar long gravitational rings, making the disk, which is 90 times the diameter of Jupiter, a completely stable structure.

It may sound fantastical, but if those on earth who believe in the roundness of the heavens and the earth were to stand on this disc structure, they would surely cry out and be amazed at how correct the truth they have always insisted on believing.

As a result, one of the components of the Star-Swallowing Giant has finally been built.

However, if the volume of this structure is compared to a plate, then the earth is a soybean in this plate.

The gatherers began to prepare for the construction of additional Star-Swallowing Megastructure parts.

To be on the safe side, even though the stars in the star system have not changed, the collectors decided to leave the star system faster than light and travel to a new destination.

The collectors who arrived at the new star system once again constructed a gravitational ring, also twice the diameter of the Earth, in the same way that the previous massive component was originally constructed.

But the difference is that it is not like Baumkuchen, which is a circle of gravitational rings to form a disc, although it is also a disc, but it is a circular pipe that resembles a snail shell structure.

This massive ring-shaped snail pipe is based on a gravitational ring, which extends outward in circles to form a disc with a diameter equal to the diameter of the previously constructed disc components.

The pipe on the second layer of the innermost ring is fixed on the innermost gravitational ring by a small gravitational ring to play a reinforcing effect.

During construction, the collectors filled the inner ring pipes with some negative material to combat the structural pressure from above.

As with the previous disc, this ring is structurally unstable in the vertical direction of the circle, because nothing can maintain stability in this direction.

Therefore, the collector adopted the same buckle design idea as the previous disc structure, and the strength of the vertical structure of the circular surface was guaranteed through the long gravitational ring of the buckle ring.

This disc structure extends some distance back, and there is a ring of pipes, and by injecting negative matter into this ring pipe structure, this part can achieve faster than the speed of light.

Although the volume of this disc part is large, the overall mass is not as good as that of the previous disk, so according to the formula for mass to balance the negative mass, the amount of negative matter required for the speed of light is not much.

Due to the scarcity of gravitational rings, the latter disk was built much faster than the previous one.

With the two most important components in place, the gatherers began assembling the Star-Swallowing Megastructure.

The combination is not complicated, arranging the disc parts of the two star-swallowing giants, the circular surface is on the same plane, keeping a distance of about 25 million kilometers from each other, and the error is reduced by laser calibration.

Then in the part that extends out of the long gravitational ring of the two disc parts, a small gravitational ring is buckled at both ends respectively, and then, by the way of the small gravitational ring of the buckle ring, the two discs are connected into a whole by using the long gravitational ring.

Yes, the appearance structure is somewhat similar to the chain, except that the chain is connected by an electromagnetic molecular material, while the superstructure is connected by a gravitational ring, which magnifies the small-scale structure to a larger scale.

Even, using gravitational rings, one ring after another, can be tangled into a chain across stars.

Of course, considering the gravitational force of the gravitational ring itself, the mass of the object connected at both ends of such a chain must be greater than that of the gravitational ring chain itself.