Far Eastern Star Field, Southern Star Belt.

The pitch-black galaxy roams with swarms of swarm creatures clad in chitin-clad shells, pink tentacles protruding from their mouthparts, sniffing out psionic fluctuations and bioelectric signals in the space around them. The swarm of Coroniai is on routine patrol.

The southern part of the Far Eastern star field, called Elkanas, was originally home to a bright star in its prime, but when an old scientist named Gustav applied for access to the curved time accelerator, he moved his lab here.

As the last solar cells were put in place, massive structures called 'Dyson spheres' greedily swallowed all the light and heat of the star, turning the otherwise bright Elkanas galaxy into pitch black - the energy extracted from the star was used to power the vacuum zero-point energy extractor.

The vacuum zero-point energy extracted from the quantum ocean will be used to drive a 'curved time accelerometer', which will accelerate the flow of time in Gustav's laboratory to the highest upper limit that current theory can support.

It's a last resort.

Gustav did not dare to unban the truly superior strong artificial intelligence, he used the most stupid way to pile up computing power, trying to use ordinary computers and regular contemplative arrays to decipher the logical coding and instruction set of space necromancy, and solve the mysteries of the Black Stone.

This clumsy process takes a long time, and it's desperately long.

A time machine can speed up this process, but to shorten such a lengthy computation process to the point that it can be completed before Gustav dies of old age requires a terrifying amount of energy.

How much energy is consumed by this computing project? - The Dyson sphere, which is so big that it can almost be equated with endless energy in science fiction, can only act as an accelerant for ignition here.

Compared to the ambitions of anthropologists, stars are too weak.

Only the infinite vacuum zero-point energy in the quantum sea can satisfy the voracious appetite of the contemplative array for hundreds of thousands of years.

The 39th year of the 40th millennium. Gustav walked out of his lab as usual and uploaded research reports from the past period. Since his health began to deteriorate, Gustav made it a habit to back up his research data every once in a while.

Just in case I suddenly died that day, causing a lot of results to be lost.

This kind of thing has happened, some lazy dog researchers will store all the information in their own heads, and as a result, one day overnight when the liver project suddenly short-circuited and died suddenly, even if the data is recovered afterwards, there will inevitably be omissions, resulting in some important field research overnight back to the pre-liberation period.

Blackstone's research was too important for Gustav to allow this to happen to him.

After backing up the computing data during this time, Gustav connected to the faster-than-light communication network of the Human Federation, ready to find out what has happened recently.

"Huh?"

No sooner had the clock been calibrated than an email from his own student caught Gustav's attention.

[Teacher, go and read the 10th edition announcement released by the Order at the end of 038!] 】

"Was this kid so shocked before?" Confused, Gustav visited the online portal of the Order of Truth.

The official bulletin of the Truth Church is updated every year, mainly announcing some transparent financial expenses, honors for people who have made significant contributions, and copyright disputes on some conflicting topics...... And so on big or small trifles.

But this time it's a little different.

The 10th edition of the announcement released in 038 is unusual just by the title.

[The Chief Secretary of the Federation successfully captures the Star God Fragment 'Void Dragon'. 】

[A large number of precious technical materials have been extracted from the consciousness of the star gods, among which the special substance 'Black Stone', which has a two-way subspace magnetic pole, is the most eye-catching. 】

Here's a long section on what Blackstone is, what it looks like, and what it's used for...... Gustav chose to skip the popular science.

[The research on the Star God Fragment 'Void Dragon' is progressing in an orderly manner, and Ms. 'Promelia', spokesperson of the Psionic Department, commented on this: The Federation will soon be able to truly grasp the secrets of the Void Dragon and Blackstone, and the attempt to synthesize Blackstone has made a preliminary breakthrough, and in the near future, the 'Blackstone Obelisk' is expected to become a cheaper and more efficient solution to subspace pollution than the 'Soul Purification Field'. 】

[Chief Secretary-General Gray Wind issued a statement: Synthetic blackstone will inevitably cause the market of the high-priced Soul Purification Field to be impacted, but it will not shake the status of Psionic Dust as the only legal tender of the Federation......]

……

Gustav looked at the holographic projection as he chatted in front of the interview, and then looked down at the endless Dyson sphere beneath the lab, wrapped in a star in its prime.

A sense of relief emerged from the bottom of Gustav's heart.

A notification came from the background, noticing that the student who had accessed the terminal had sent a communication request.

Gustav accepted.

"Teacher! About Blackstone and Void Dragon Fragments......"

"Don't be in such a hurry, I've already seen it." Gustav looked at the anxious expression of the young man in the holographic projection, and said with a smile: "I have already read the announcement, it is very good, it is really good." ”

"But Teacher, your research ......" the young student clenched his left hand into a fist, looking a little resentful, "Are you really okay?" ”

Years of hard work have come to naught, which is not a mental blow that ordinary people can bear.

He has seen some scholars commit suicide in anger because their research results were published a few hours later than their peers, and they miss the honor that should have belonged to him.

He had also seen his teacher's dedication and hard work to Blackstone's research, so it was hard for him to believe that Gustav was smiling on the surface.

"I'm all right, kid, what can I do?" Gustav breathed a sigh of relief, and a relieved smile appeared on his lackluster old skin:

"In the past, I often wondered if I had chosen the right path. Am I going in the wrong direction? Can hard decoding the logical coding of space necrons succeed? …… The federal appropriation of resources for me adds to my concern. ”

"I'm afraid that my path is actually wrong, and I'm even more worried that one day I die, the secret of the Black Stone has still not been solved, and humanity still can't take the lead in subspace......"

"But now, I don't have to be scared anymore." Gustav's expression was full of lightness: "Someone has solved the secret of the Black Stone before me, and there is nothing more pleasing to me." ”

As for material rewards and academic honors, that doesn't matter.

It really doesn't matter.

(End of chapter)