If energy consumption cannot be reduced, then naturally, a balance must be found elsewhere.
Human Civilization has already begun to apply black holes, and in theory, only advanced Civilizations should be able to utilize wormholes.
However, the Civilization Federation, having acquired a large amount of technology, has crossed this threshold early.
Since that is the case, it naturally needs to be expanded upon.
"There are two ways to get black holes: one is for us to create them, as with Zero Black Hole."
"The second is to find new black holes."
"We are in the outskirts of the Milky Way, where the Star density isn't that high, and neither are black holes."
"I think we can create some black holes."
Lan Duo'ou began to propose.
He first focused on the black holes within the Civilization Federation.
If black holes were sought externally, even if they produced energy, transporting it back would be very difficult.
The topic of creating black holes has actually been a perennial discussion within the Federation, but it remains quite difficult.
"Don't just say that; we all know the difficulties in creating black holes. Tell us, what location do you choose?"
Feide Huayin was a staunch opponent.
There are three main challenges in creating a black hole: first, gathering mass; second, containing the mass; and third, ensuring stable output.
The first seems easy to solve, but it's not.
Currently, the Civilization Federation's population density is quite high, with hundreds of trillions of people; less developed Stellar Systems have hundreds of billions of people, while highly developed Stellar Systems have hundreds of trillions of people.
In total, the Stellar Systems with residential populations already exceed one million.
Therefore, to create a black hole within the Civilization Federation, the first consideration is the migration of populations from dozens of Stellar Systems.
The second step is mass convergence, with two proposals: one, like in ancient times, moving Stars to the designated location.
Stars only move at two to three hundred kilometers per second, requiring over a hundred years to complete the move, and the relative investment is enormous.
The equipment used to move Stars would likely be scrapped after the Stars are moved.
Another, simpler proposal is the "Full Constellation Cannon," which directly fires the entire Star's energy to a predetermined location, where it collides with other emitted energies, causing an unprecedented super-explosion that creates a black hole.
After use, the Full Constellation Cannon can also be disassembled and transported to other Stars to be used as a super-range weapon.
The second challenge, containing mass: during the Zero Black Hole period, many things were extremely crude, but it was still achievable. Now, of course, the goal is to collapse 100% of the matter into the black hole.
To achieve this as perfectly as possible.
This requires a newer solution, and research is quite difficult. If the Full Constellation Cannon approach is used, it becomes even harder.
Of course, the most difficult part is actually the third step.
Developing black holes.
The Zero Black Hole took tens of thousands of years to develop from start to finish. The development time for other black holes seems shorter, but the degree of development for these black holes is also relatively low.
The Host simulates that developing a black hole to over 80% of its energy potential would require at least 2 to 3 tens of thousands of years, which is too long, and the investment is huge.
Thus, the plan to create black holes cannot be achieved overnight.
The energy produced by a black hole is both a lot and not a lot.
It's a lot in the context of the former Civilization Federation, where one developed Zero Black Hole was enough to support half the Federation.
But that was during the period of a 2.6-level Civilization.
Now, the entire Civilization Federation's energy level is at 2.8, a hundred times what it was before.
The energy output of Zero Black Hole accounts for only about 3% of the entire Civilization Federation's energy production.
An investment spanning two to three tens of thousands of years, resulting in only an additional 3%, or perhaps a bit more, 5% of energy, is actually quite a poor return.
After all, there are still many Stellar Systems within the Civilization Federation that have not been developed. If they were developed, tens of thousands of years would definitely lead to a substantial increase in energy output, at least by a factor of 1.
What is the significance of black holes?
The discussion on this became central, and the few people argued endlessly.
It looked like they were even about to come to blows.
Yan Xia calmed Andrea down and then said, "The investment in creating black holes is indeed large, and we currently have many other areas of consumption."
"And a large-scale internal black hole matrix is also very dangerous. If attacked by a top-tier Civilization, they could attack the black holes to cause black hole jets, or use black holes to create stable wormholes to directly reach the interior of the Civilization Federation."
"But we cannot stop eating for fear of choking. In fact, we should look at this problem from other angles, for example, not creating large black holes, but only creating micro black holes!"
This was an issue Yan Xia had thought of long ago.
Of course, the inspiration also came from Ella.
Most of Ella's computing power is certainly not for processing the Federation's various chaotic information. If it were, then what would be the role of the Machine God?
In this regard, Ella has basically fully delegated processing to the Machine God, while she herself only reviews the final anomaly reports.
Over 90% of Ella's computing power is actually continuously deducing technology; most technologies are useless, and a small portion are useful but only slightly stronger than currently popular things, perhaps 10% to 30%, with no significant circulation value.
The smallest remaining portion, even negligible, of technologies can bring about a significant innovation for the Federation.
Just like what Yan Xia is talking about now.
"Wearable black holes."
"Portable black holes."
Research in this area originated from the primordial black hole near the Solar System.
The primordial black hole is very small and can be contained. A large amount of data on this was provided to Ella for computation, leading to the possibility of wearable black holes.
"Wearable black holes!?
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"Is this even possible?"
"This kind of research must be very difficult!"
The others were surprised and uncertain.
Although Ya'erfeiniede's expertise in space science was not that high, he knew the value of this thing if it were truly developed.
It's not just about being wearable; could warships also be powered by black holes?
Black hole energy compartment, simply put, a black hole battery.
Such a thing seems a bit overpowered even in imagination, making one feel that this should not be something that Human Civilization at its current level could create.
"Actually, the research is already underway, and its completion is quite good."
"A black hole with the diameter of an atom can have a mass of 67 trillion tons, and its lifespan can approach 10^26 years, meaning that a black hole as an energy storage device has strong stability and volumetric advantages."
"With this as the boundary, we actually don't need black holes with such large mass and such long lifespans."
"The lifespan of general equipment can be 10,000 years, so the corresponding black hole mass is 1.5 million tons, which is already sufficient to meet most needs."
"A 1.5 million-ton black hole is extremely small, already within the Super-microscopic World, which requires some super-microscopic engineering. We are not experts in this area; Destiny Ring Star is."
"Fortunately, Destiny Ring Star has already come far enough."
"This means our communication will be smoother, and many super-microscopic technologies can also be obtained through trade."
"As long as we complete the containment of the black hole, control the on and off of black hole radiation, and solve the problem of black hole radiation energy utilization efficiency, then we can use wearable black holes."
It's difficult.
This is a super-precision device.
Its integration level might be the highest in the entire history of the Civilization Federation.
Even when scaled up to a gigantic size, tens of thousands of kilometers, many of its components' precision would likely be invisible to the naked eye.
Ya'erfeiniede knew the difficulty of such a thing best.
But Yan Xia said that many things have already been solved!
This surprised him.
"Such a precise system, just the design alone is probably unmatched right now. How was it completed from research to design to production?"
Especially since he had never even heard of such a thing.
It was simply incredible.
"Actually, no scholars are needed. The role of scholars is to provide innovation, and the Host is even more capable of that."
"The entire process comes from the Federation's largest Host, the highest Machine God. All design difficulties were overcome in the Simulated Universe. This thing is expected to be implemented in the Federation within a few hundred years and gradually become a device that everyone can wear."
"Times are progressing, everyone."
"As long as there are enough wearable black holes, they can completely rival creating a single black hole."
"And we don't necessarily have to only create such small wearable black holes; we can also create larger ones."
Considering the Federation's population and its needs, if it truly achieves full black hole integration, it would indeed be better than simply creating a large black hole.
Most importantly, this technological route is very powerful.
Ya'erfeiniede continued to ponder after hearing this; the difficulty of this thing is not low.
The most important aspect of wearable black holes is actually how to control them.
This untamed beast of a black hole will not listen to humans; how can its power output be guaranteed?
Yan Xia glossed over too many problems.
However, since Yan Xia is so confident, then this thing must have achieved phased results, or even a physical prototype.
Has Federation technology actually progressed to this point?
No!
What kind of secrets are still being kept at the very top?
His surprise did not spread to the other four.
The other four were all very excited, especially Andrea.
If black holes truly made it onto warships, then the warships' firepower would definitely increase geometrically, and they could even perform dozens or hundreds of space jumps.
Hiss!
Then the Civilization Federation's combat power could probably increase several times, no, dozens of times!
Has it already approached or reached the level of a sub-top-tier Civilization?
His idea was negated by Yan Xia; this kind of foundational improvement cannot bring about a qualitative change.
The true combat power of top-tier Civilizations comes from unconventional weapons.
Think about that attack that directly destroyed the Purple Pillar Star Region!
Human Civilization is not yet capable of doing that.
