Infinite Job Transfers Starting from Mechanic-Chapter 1103 - 555: Yi Plague (Part 2)

But there is still a long distance to go beyond a thousand light-years from where Su Yu is located, so it is still relatively safe here.

Thus, Su Yu once again activated the Star Tower scan.

"Three supermassive black holes, over 3.9 million medium and small black holes..."

The scan quickly yielded results.

Indeed, at the center of the Oming River System, there were only various black holes.

Moreover, the number reached a terrifying count of several million.

Originally, the center of the Oming River System would have the highest density of constant stars, with at least tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of stars.

Now it seems those stars have all evolved into black holes.

No wonder it is so dark here—almost all matter, energy, and information have been swallowed by these black holes, leaving not a trace of light.

Only the black holes continuously devour one another.

Naturally, unlike other places, there are no planets or corpses here; it seems impossible for any useful information to exist.

But Su Yu does not believe in impossibilities; he wants to keep scanning, scanning those black holes.

Su Yu does not have any in-depth research on celestial bodies like black holes.

Previously, he had always stayed in the Blue River System and had never come into close contact with black holes.

During his travels, he occasionally passed by black holes but never had the interest to approach them.

Now, however, he could thoroughly study them using the Star Tower signal.

Black holes are formed by the gravitational collapse of massive constant stars at the end of their lifespan.

To ordinary life forms, these terrifying celestial bodies are an absolute death trap from which escape is impossible.

Even though Su Yu is powerful, able to adjust gravity, cause and effect, and other cosmic rules.

But the supermassive black holes at the center of the Oming River System have mass millions or even ten million times the sum total of stars.

Their gravity is estimated to far exceed Su Yu’s capacity to adjust.

If Su Yu were to fall into one of those supermassive black holes, he probably wouldn’t be able to escape.

As for whether he could resurrect in the Little Universe after dying, it’s hard to say, given the presence of something called the space-time singularity at a black hole’s center, the consequences of falling in there are unpredictable.

The energy strength of a Fifth-Order Transcendent is planet-level, basically comparable to a planet.

Su Yu is naturally much stronger than ordinary Transcendents, but his energy is far weaker than a common constant star.

And facing supermassive black holes, even a constant star is like a grain of dust, to say nothing of Su Yu himself.

These black holes don’t just possess immense gravity.

Su Yu senses something peculiar about the black holes—as if they are... eyes!

Clearly, there’s not a shred of light at the center of the Oming River System.

But Su Yu felt some kind of "gaze" from within those black holes.

Something is watching him!

"The Cosmic Undead, perhaps? It seems to be lurking here..."

Su Yu thought secretly.

He doesn’t think the feeling of being watched was an illusion.

It must be the Cosmic Undead watching him.

Black holes devour all energy and information, and the Cosmic Undead also devours information, like an information black hole.

It hiding at the center of the Oming River System doesn’t seem strange.

"That means the Prince probably fought the Cosmic Undead here."

"It could even... be that the battle is still taking place!"

Su Yu shivered at the thought of a possibility.

The Prince might still be alive and fighting right now!

Thinking this, Su Yu immediately activated the Star Tower scan with full power, targeting those black holes.

The previous scan was merely a rough estimate of the mass, quantity, and other data of these black holes.

This time, Su Yu wants to penetrate the signal into the black holes to bring back useful information.

This is dangerous—ordinary black holes aside, the Star Tower signal isn’t intimidated.

But these black holes might be inhabited by the Cosmic Undead.

This creature is most sensitive and attentive to information.

Bringing information from there would undoubtedly provoke the Cosmic Undead.

But Su Yu was resolute—the creature had clearly targeted Su Yu, so could he afford to be polite?

Boom...

When the Star Tower signal penetrated those black holes, Su Yu heard a booming sound.

All the black holes vibrated simultaneously.

Their vibrations twisted space with immense gravity, creating intense gravitational waves, sounding like thunder to Su Yu.

"Not a single signal coming out?"

The signal sent by the Star Tower Terminal was like a mud cow sinking into the sea, with no feedback.

It seemed those black holes were absolute information abysses, preventing any information from coming out.

But Su Yu did not believe in impossibilities.

The Star Tower signal is incredibly powerful and penetrative, could it really fail against these dead celestial bodies?

He tirelessly had the Nameless Battleship’s engine running at full power to supply energy to the Star Tower Terminal.

The engine of the Nameless Battleship, for reasons unknown, had such a strong and continuous flow of energy as if a constant star was contained within it.

Finally, as the Star Tower Terminal continued scam scanning, embedding, and analyzing...

Some information began to feedback from within those black holes.

[Who are you?]

The feedback was actually a sentence, in standard Imperial Human language.

Su Yu scanned all the black holes simultaneously, and each one conveyed the same sentence.

Su Yu paused for a moment, then used the Star Tower signal to send a ripple, a sentence: "I am human, who are you?"

Su Yu only mentioned he was human, without revealing his name.

Shortly after, more information was fed back: [I am the Human Empire’s Tenth Prince, named... Long Ji. I have been battling the Cosmic Undead ’Yi’ at the center of the Oming River System until now, it’s been approximately ten thousand years. You say you are human yet did not mention the Empire, what has happened to the Empire now?]

This message claiming to be the Tenth Prince, Long Ji, seemed to align with Su Yu’s previous speculation.

Su Yu contemplated briefly and said, "Ten thousand years ago, the Subspace Tide erupted. Simultaneously, the Empire was engulfed in a massive rebellion, resulting in the deaths of billions of humans. The Radiant Emperor suppressed the rebels..." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Su Yu broadly explained the current state of the Empire to the other party.

[Subspace Tide... I have sensed it as a formidable disaster... Emperor, rebellion...]

The entity muttered to itself, seemingly lost in thought.

Su Yu quickly continued asking, "I am trapped near the Oming River System, too frightened to leave carelessly. I want to know how I can safely leave this River System without being affected by the Cosmic Undead’s subsequent impact."

This was the ultimate goal of his actions; otherwise, he would’ve fled long ago.

[The Cosmic Undead ’Yi’ lurks within this River System, attracting civilizations to settle. As the civilization develops to a certain extent, it initiates time leaps to devour them. Dead planets cannot create new information, whereas biological civilizations excel at creation from nothing, continuously generating new information. This information serves as the best nourishment and medicine for the Cosmic Undead.]

[That’s why it tries every measure to attract more civilizations to come. This allure is a kind of ’plague’; since you have come near this River System and seen it, you have already been ’infected.’ Thus, even if you leave now, you will still be affected by the plague, becoming a new source of infection, spreading the River System’s information unconsciously, attracting more life here...]

Upon seeing this information, Su Yu’s heart sank.

Indeed, the Oming River System is exceedingly peculiar, carrying some kind of "plague" that infects just from a glance.

It somewhat resembles the modality of Jing God, who erodes those who know its story.

And this Cosmic Undead named "Yi" is presumably stronger than Jing God.

Su Yu is now infected, although he doesn’t feel anything.

"Can this infection be cleared?"

Su Yu inquired.

[With the help of the Emperor’s power.]

The message replied.

Su Yu nodded.

It seems one only has to pray to the Radiant Emperor and receive the shelter of his power to cleanse this infection.

Nevertheless, Su Yu deliberated for a few moments and suddenly said, "You are not the Tenth Prince at all, are you? You are the Cosmic Undead ’Yi’!"

"You intend to use me as an infected host to indirectly infect the Radiant Emperor?!"