115: Chapter 115 Einstein-Rosen Bridge

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The Molo Government issued the relocation order for the residents of Ruang Island the very next day. The news plunged the entire nation into a state of uproar.

The residents of Ruang Island gathered in the streets, their angry shouts rising and falling like waves. Their families had lived on this land for generations; every blade of grass and every tree on the island carried their memories and emotions. Now, the government was forcing them to leave, making them feel betrayed and desperate.

Until a young man in the crowd shouted loudly: 'Shenge, tunaweza kupokea pesa za kufutwa nyumba!' (Wait, we can collect demolition compensation!)

The wave of anger suddenly froze for a moment. The residents were first incredulous, then became so excited they started singing and dancing.

The news spread across Ruang Island even faster.

The amount of money wasn't small. Even the poorest families could receive 1.2 million Molo francs. When the number of beneficiaries far exceeds that of others, the remaining resistance naturally fades away.

Several children watched the officials stationed at the village entrance with hatred in their eyes. It was they who had demolished their homes, exchanging them for nothing but cold, impersonal francs.

One of them kicked away a stone at his feet.

'This damned company, I heard they're the ones who bought our land and houses.'

'When I grow up, I'll definitely take revenge on them!'

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On the other side, Lin Fang looked at the massive black vortex ahead, thinking that blowing up the entire island or burying it again was unrealistic. This black pillar could devour any matter that approached it; not even light could escape.

In 1935, while studying the Schwarzschild solution, Einstein and Rosen discovered that the spacetime structure of a black hole could extend into a 'bridge' connecting two different regions of spacetime. This bridge is the Schwarzschild throat, which theoretically could connect two different universes.

There is no evidence that stable Schwarzschild throats exist in the universe. Scientists once believed they existed only in theory.

And now, before Lin Fang was a Schwarzschild throat tending toward stability, and of such a scale that any physicist specializing in this field would likely faint from excitement upon seeing it.

This was also the first disaster to arrive due to exploration.

Three months ago, it was still a cute little crack, merely swallowing the surrounding rock layers and growing at a rate of one centimeter per day. The commotion was minimal, and it looked reassuring.

But just last week, this Schwarzschild throat expanded violently as if gone mad, triggering a spatial collapse. The geology beneath Yote Island suffered irreversible damage, forming a giant egg-shaped cavity about ten kilometers across, with its highest point only 800 meters from the surface.

In this incident, Delta lost twelve Clone Soldiers responsible for guarding the site.

If Lin Fang hadn't been piously praying to Buddha that night, presumably everyone on the entire island would have met their maker that very evening.

It was only today that they managed to reopen the passage to the underground. Lin Fang saw that the little crack had transformed into a black vortex over 100 meters in diameter and nearly 2000 meters in height, capable of absorbing all light. From a distance, it looked like a black pillar anchoring heaven and earth.

Faced with this scene, for the first time, Lin Fang had the thought: 'The Earth is doomed; we'd better run away quickly.'

Fortunately, the passage was no longer agitated now.

Standing on the temporarily erected observation platform, Lin Fang seemed like an insignificant ant before it.

At this moment, Lin Fang was less than two meters from this black hole vortex. After a moment's thought, Lin Fang took two steps back and said to a Clone Soldier beside him:

'Little Black, you go ahead.'

This Clone was currently controlled by Little Black. The other Clones were surveying this underground cavity and constructing some basic installations. So far, Delta Company had 2,300 Clone Soldiers.

[Understood, Boss]

Expressionless, Little Black took the large goose from Lin Fang's hands, walked two steps to the edge of the Schwarzschild throat, and without hesitation, threw it in.

'Gah——'

The next instant,

The goose vanished. No further sound came out.

When they pulled it back a few seconds later, the goose's eyes were an eerie grayish-white, showing no signs of life.

After testing, Little Black reported the result:

[Boss, Test Subject No. 1 shows zero cellular activity. All DNA strands are fractured.]

No passage for life?

Lin Fang had anticipated this, because the Black Star on his wrist showed there were still 7 hours left on this disaster's countdown.

Countdown: 07:32:06

After instructing Duke to take the goose and stew it, Lin Fang began the next phase of testing.

Tying a phone to a three-meter-long iron rod and activating the video function, Lin Fang slowly extended the rod toward the boundary of the passage.

This time, it succeeded.

In the one-minute-and-thirty-second video, Lin Fang saw the situation behind this black wall: a dark, crimson, gloomy sky, a surface filled with ruins—a standard post-apocalyptic wasteland world.

But after changing locations over ten times, Lin Fang still hadn't captured what he most wanted to see. Ultimately, the phone's exploration range was limited.

Judging from the fact that his own Force Field couldn't penetrate, switching to wireless signals wouldn't work either.

Time was running out.

Lin Fang's expression turned serious: 'Little Black, recall the Clone Soldiers on the survey mission. Notify the H.D.S. Forces to come down as well.'

'Also, seal off the exit passage.'

[As you command, Boss]

Little Black hesitated for a moment, then said: [Boss, are you planning to stay here?]

[The risks cannot be determined.]

'It's fine. If the situation turns bad, I'll head to another plane.'

[Oh]

At this point, Lin Fang found an open space in the warehouse to materialize the big items. Two icons disappeared, and a modern military base and energy center abruptly appeared on the ground. The moment their foundations anchored into the rock layer, a deafening roar erupted.

Any magician witnessing this scene would slap themselves twice.

'Start up everything usable. Ducati, take some men and turn on the radars inside.'

The intelligence within the Hades Chip was sufficient to handle these tasks.

If Lin Fang remembered correctly, this military base contained two source phased array radars, which were more suitable for this kind of underground space, so they wouldn't be completely in the dark.

Countdown: 00:09:06

With less than ten minutes left, Lin Fang stood in the main control room of the military base, his gaze grave. The hundred-meter-wide Rosen Bridge began to emit a faint halo, somewhat resembling ionization. This phenomenon found no explanation in physics, yet it was indeed happening.

In this underground space, a force of over two thousand people also seemed insignificant before this black pillar of light.

Countdown: 00:00:00

As the countdown reached zero, the wife of Test Subject No. 1 also safely completed her reconnaissance mission, jumping out from within with a series of 'gah-gah' quacks.

Seeing this, Lin Fang swiftly issued the order:

'H.D.S. Forces, move out, all units!'