Chapter 368: Dispelling Doubt

The spaceship carrying Qian Yin, together with dozens of escort ships, hovered silently outside this cosmic forbidden zone that signifies absolute death.

On the bridge, everyone held their breath.

Through the port window, the profound darkness seemed like the eye of an ancient colossal beast staring at them.

"Qian Yin, academician, all parameters are calibrated; we can initiate a communication request at any time."

The captain walked to Qian Yin's side, his voice low and reverent.

Qian Yin nodded, inhaled deeply, and the eyes of Old Luo, full of entrustment and expectation, flashed in her mind.

"Connect to Void Walker, request communication, purpose: Black Hole Engine Project key‑technology bottleneck discussion."

"Affirmative!"

The communications officer executed the order immediately.

Time passed minute by minute.

One minute.

Five minutes.

Ten minutes.

No response.

The atmosphere on the bridge grew heavy again, and several young researchers showed disappointment on their faces.

They all knew that Qin Hao entered the Great Silence state; unless it was a civilization‑survival alert, he would ignore any external information.

Qian Yin's heart sank little by little.

She even wondered whether Old Luo's plan had been wrong from the start.

A person who already regarded himself as a "god" would hardly care about others' meddling.

As she prepared to order the communication terminated, a voice suddenly rang out on the bridge.

【Communication request authorized.】

【Projection coordinates confirmed, establishing three‑dimensional holographic imaging.】

Hum—

In the center of the bridge, a tall figure was swiftly outlined.

Black combat suit, black long hair, a handsome face as before,

but those eyes were like a silent starry sky, without any ripple.

It was Qin Hao.

Or rather, Qin Hao's 3D holographic projection.

He stood there like an ancient, unmelted iceberg, an intangible pressure making the bridge's temperature seem to drop a few degrees.

"Encountered any problem?"

The projection of Qin Hao spoke, his voice calm.

Qian Yin's heart jolted, and under the immense pressure she stepped forward,

"Chief Commander Qin, I am Qian Yin of the research institute. Regarding the next‑generation Black Hole Engine Project, we…"

Before she could finish, Qin Hao coldly cut her off.

"The Black Hole Engine Project is under the full responsibility of academician Qian Bowen. I have left a complete theoretical foundation; you may conduct your own research."

His gaze did not even linger on Qian Yin, as if merely stating a fact unrelated to himself.

"I have no time to handle specific technical issues."

After speaking, his projection began to blur, seemingly ready to cut the communication at any moment.

The refusal was clean and decisive, leaving no room at all.

Everyone on the bridge was stunned.

A wave of indescribable frustration and loss rose in their hearts.

Is this the person they revere as a god?

How cold, like a machine.

"Wait!"

As Qin Hao's projection was about to dissipate, Qian Yin almost shouted.

She could no longer mind etiquette or reverence; a stubborn flame ignited in her clear eyes as she stared fixedly at the vanishing figure.

"Chief Commander Qin! The bottleneck we face does not stem from the theoretical foundation you left, but from a fundamental misinterpretation of your theory on our part!"

The words made Qin Hao's projection pause for an instant.

Qian Yin knew she had only one chance.

She bore the gaze that almost crushed her spirit and said word for word:

"All our past attempts tried to counter gravity with stronger constraint fields, and all failed! My idea is… to abandon resistance!"

"We must deceive gravity!"

The phrase 'deceive gravity' surprised Qin Hao.

"Interesting."

His emotionless voice sounded again, but this time the content was entirely different.

"Alter the dimensional data of energy injection, bypass the gravitational singularity, and construct within the constraint field a false, lower‑entropy gravitational potential well,

thereby guiding the black hole's energy dissipation direction… Is this your line of thought?"

Qian Yin shivered, and an incredulous light burst in her eyes.

She had only offered a concept, yet Qin Hao instantly derived a complete technical pathway!

This… what a terrifying ability!

"Yes... yes!" she nodded excitedly.

"Send me your bottleneck data model." Qin Hao spoke concisely.

"Yes!"

Qian Yin immediately turned around and shouted at the communications officer: "Quick! Upload the data packet!"

The massive data stream completed its transfer almost instantaneously.

Everyone on the bridge nervously watched Qin Hao's projection.

They wanted to know how long Qin Hao would need to solve the problem that had troubled the civilization's greatest minds.

One day? One month?

Or one year?

However, the reality completely overturned their understanding.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

"The problem has been found."

Qin Hao's voice sounded again, calm as if saying "The weather is nice today."

"Your constraint field model overlooked the redundant correction coefficient generated by quantum tunneling effect in the attenuation process of high-dimensional information on the 7349th string resonance function."

"I have already sent you the optimized complete data model. According to the new model, the theoretical success rate is 100%."

As his words fell, a brand-new model file, a hundred times more complex in structure yet incredibly harmonious and perfect, appeared out of thin air on the console before Qian Yin.

"Boom!"

On the entire bridge, the brains of all the scientific personnel exploded at this moment!

The painstaking work of tens of thousands of top scientists!

Countless simulations of the Heavenly River light brain!

Here with Qin Hao, it took only... three seconds!

Is this a god?

Is this the guardian deity of the Yanhuang Civilization?!

Everyone's gaze toward Qin Hao's projection had shifted from awe to utter prostration in worship.

Qian Yin looked at that perfect model, trembling all over with excitement,

This is not just a breakthrough of a technical bottleneck; it is the most crucial step for the Yanhuang Civilization to reach the fifth-level pinnacle!

"Thank you! Chief Commander Qin! I……"

She excitedly wanted to express her thanks, but Qin Hao spoke again, his voice still cold yet carrying a warning.

"Don't get too excited too soon."

"This level of dimensional manipulation is still fragile and weak before a true sixth-level civilization. Its inherent instability in high-dimensional structure is a fatal flaw."

A bucket of cold water instantly doused everyone's ecstasy.

Yes, their enemy is the Overlord who treats the entire super star cluster as a pasture.

Just as Qian Yin thought the communication was about to end and was preparing to digest this huge amount of information, Qin Hao's projection did not disappear.

Those deep, starry eyes focused on Qian Yin's face.

He asked a question that caught Qian Yin off guard.

"Besides the scientific problem."

"Old Luo sent you here; what else did he want you to say?"