Chapter 157 Gravitational Slingshot

Looking at the Xuefeng being pulled back by the gravitational field of the black hole again, Zhou Hao smiled triumphantly.

He contacted the captain of the Xuefeng through directional communication: "I am Zhou Hao, a first-class agent of the Commercial Alliance Intelligence Department. Captain of the Xuefeng, you now have only two options, either surrender to us or be swallowed by the black hole."

Faced with the sudden attack, Qi Yiming was angry but did not lose his mind.

He knew the current state of the Xuefeng very well. As Zhou Hao said, the Xuefeng, which had completed the combination, had no ability to escape the gravitational field of the black hole.

"Fight with them..." Wang Shuhua said angrily: "Even if I die, I have to take a few people with me."

Qi Yiming would certainly not sit back and wait for death. He responded to Zhou Hao's request with the main gun of the Xuefeng.

However, in order to stabilize the Xuefeng from being quickly pulled to the center by the gravitational field of the black hole, the Xuefeng not only supplied all the energy of the entire ship to the engine, but also supplied most of the energy provided by the Lightning to the engine, causing the Xuefeng engine to enter an overloaded state.

Therefore, the attack intensity of the dozen main guns on the Xuefeng was not high, and it only caused a little trouble to Zhou Hao's fleet, which was quickly dealt with by Zhou Hao.

Captain Wang Shuhua slammed his fists on the control console of the Xuefeng bridge: "I can't fight... I can't run away... It's so frustrating."

"Don't worry, I will deal with this group of bastards sooner or later." Qi Yiming said to Wang Shuhua in a relaxed tone.

"Do you have a way to let the Xuefeng escape from the gravitational field of the black hole?" He Zhenzhu's senses are very sensitive.

He felt that Qi Yiming was too calm from the beginning. When faced with such a situation where death is inevitable, even the most fearless people will show some psychological fluctuations.

Qi Yiming raised his eyebrows and glanced at He Zhenzhu: "You women are still sensitive. Have you heard of gravity slingshots?"

As soon as Qi Yiming finished speaking, He Zhenzhu's face immediately burst into smiles.

If the Xuefeng was still deep in the black hole's gravitational field, Qi Yiming would have objected if he mentioned the gravitational slingshot, but the Xuefeng had already flown to the edge of the black hole's gravitational field.

If there hadn't been the interception of the fleet in front of them, they would have left the black hole's gravitational field long ago and embarked on the journey back to Gaia.

But the current situation is quite different. Since they can't get out of this side of the black hole's gravitational field, the Xuefeng can completely use the black hole's gravitational field as its own power and use the gravitational slingshot effect to fly out from the other side of the black hole's gravitational field.

Wang Shuhua also fell silent when he heard the word gravitational slingshot.

As an experienced captain, he certainly knew about the gravitational slingshot effect, but the sudden incident just now and the fact that he was intercepted by a group of people when he was about to escape made him a little overwhelmed, so he didn't think of this method.

"But using the gravitational slingshot effect, the Xuefeng will fly over the edge of the black hole's gravitational field." Wang Shuhua, who had calmed down, expressed his concerns: "With the strength of the Xuefeng's hull, can it withstand the tearing of the black hole's gravitational field?"

"We can only trust the Xuefeng..." Qi Yiming was not very sure: "Everyone, put on the space suits in the cabin and prepare for pressure."

So the Xuefeng turned the bow under the strange eyes of Zhou Hao and others, and the tail engine ejected a long tail flame and began to accelerate towards the black hole.

"Fuck... these people are crazy..." Zhang Qiao exclaimed, "What should we do now?"

Zhou Hao was also confused. How could they go to extremes without even talking?

"We'll watch here. Although we can't capture this battleship, we must watch it being swallowed by the wormhole with our own eyes." Zhou Hao helplessly ordered the fleet to stay on alert.

They watched with their own eyes that the speed of the Xuefeng was getting faster and faster, like a warrior on the battlefield, rushing forward towards the enemy that they knew was invincible.

The atmosphere inside the Xuefeng was also tense and depressing.

The Xuefeng was accelerating rapidly along the route calculated by the scientific officer, and all four engines were in overload mode.

The route showed that the Xuefeng would pass by the edge of the black hole's gravity locking the Xuefeng in thirty hours.

The route showed that if the Xuefeng was not torn into pieces by the black hole's gravity, they would be ejected from the other side of the black hole's gravitational field by the gravitational slingshot effect one day later.

As the speed of the Xuefeng increased, and it got closer and closer to Hedong, the harsh and twisted sound of metal being pulled came from all over the Xuefeng's hull.

Every time there was a sound, the crew on the Xuefeng would break out in a cold sweat.

Gradually, the harsh buzzing sound of metal became more and more frequent, until finally the ear-piercing metal friction sound came from the Xuefeng every minute and every second.

After thirty hours, all the members of the Xuefeng, who had been tortured by this sound, finally ushered in the moment of fate's judgment on them.

At this moment, everyone was pressed down on their seats by the acceleration caused by the powerful gravity of the black hole, with faces distorted with pain.

When the Xuefeng passed the point closest to the black hole, Qi Yiming even lost the concept of time at this moment.

He saw the countdown that had been set long ago slowly turn to zero in the last second, and the minus sign originally set before the countdown also slowly disappeared.

When the positive sign appeared on the surface again, the timer also changed from red to green.

The whole process was actually just a moment, but Qi Yiming felt like he had spent a full ten years.

The next second Qi Yiming's realization returned to normal again, and the facial expressions of the crew members were still so painful.

But everyone was relieved that they could barely drive out. After all, the Xuefeng passed the most dangerous moment safely.

Zhou Hao, who witnessed the whole process in the gravitational field of the black hole, didn't know how to describe his feelings at this moment.

He slapped his forehead in annoyance: "Gravity slingshot, why didn't I think of gravity slingshot..."

"Is it too late to go around and block them now?" Zhang Qiao finally returned to normal after a brief loss of consciousness.

"It's too late... If we don't run now, we'll just have to wait for the Xuefeng to come around and kill us all."

"But our mission..."

"Why do we care about the mission at this time? It's good enough to get back alive..." Zhou Hao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Attention, all ships, turn... We are rushing back to the alliance at full speed. Three complete military fleets are waiting to support us on the border."

Although he said so, Zhou Hao didn't have any hope that they could escape successfully.

Based on his observation of the Xuefeng during this period, the Xuefeng's jump speed is definitely much faster than the time they were tracking.

If the Xuefeng wants to chase them, it can completely block them on the way back.

Now he can only do his best and leave it to fate. Whether he can safely withdraw to the commercial Tongming territory depends on God's will.