Chapter 8: The Mystery of Cygnus X-1 Black Hole

  The black hole referred to by mermaids is just a dark whirlpool phenomenon or a cosmic black hole?

  This question made Lu Xi Zero very annoyed. Xia Xia supported her chin and looked at Lu Xi Zero, puzzled: "I really don't understand what you're worried about! Isn't it just being sucked into a black hole?"

  "But was it a whirlpool caused by some monster or other creature, or a black hole in space? A black hole in space is formed when a certain star is about to die out, its core rapidly shrinking and collapsing under the action of its own gravity, resulting in a powerful explosion. When all matter in the core becomes neutrons during this shrinkage process, it stops immediately and is compressed into a dense stellar body. Normally, stars initially only contain hydrogen elements, and the hydrogen atoms inside the star collide with each other at any moment, undergoing nuclear fusion to produce black holes."

  "This place is different from our usual world, full of illusions and monsters, so I think it's obvious that this whirlpool was created by a monster!"

  "Actually, what you said makes sense, but I've started to suspect that we're not on Earth anymore, or maybe we've already left the human world. Why are there so many unusual things happening? However, compared to other celestial bodies, black holes are quite special. People can't directly observe them, perhaps it's just a misunderstanding of the mermaid after all." Although Lu Xi Zero tried his best to comfort himself, he discovered from this ordinary starry sky that they were no longer in their original world.

  "Or would it be like the Bermuda Triangle, where there's a very strong magnetic field at the bottom of the sea that sucked away the real body of the ghost ship?" Xia guessed again.

  "I've also been to the Ghost Sea, if there's a magnetic field in the sea area, it would have sucked away the true body of the Ghost Sea long ago!" Luo Xi Ling first casually refuted this unreasonable speculation, and then discovered the secret from it, "Could it be a movable magnetic field?"

  Luoxi regained her determination, left the broken ship and waited for the appearance of the starry sky.

  This place like a resort village is still quiet, originally cautious Luo Xi Ling didn't notice anything unusual, but foodie Xiao Xia smelled a delicious smell!

  The two hungry people couldn't help but follow the fragrance and walked for a while, then they saw in the distance an old man with white temples, wearing simple clothes, leisurely roasting chicken. Lu Xi immediately put down his guard.

  "Uncle, your chicken smells so good! Can you spare some for us?" Lu Xi Ling walked up to the old man and asked politely.

  "Idiot! I've gone to great lengths to catch a wild chicken, and you want me to give you a drumstick? Go home and dream on!" The two of them never expected that this seemingly kind old man would say something so rude.

  "Cut! This chicken weighs at least three catties, how can you finish it by yourself?" Xiaxia retorted in discontent.

  "Master Roast Chicken is indeed skilled, I've never seen chicken roasted so beautifully and fragrantly. Why don't we go find some other food to exchange with you?" The old man seemed to be humble about the seasoning, but the roast chicken's aroma was truly unique, even Luo Xi Ling drooled at the sight of it.

  "My height is only 1 meter 65, are you mocking me by calling me a tall person?" The old man had a terrible temper.

  "Others are being polite by calling you a superior person, don't be too arrogant!"

  "You don't know what it means to respect the elderly? Speaking to an old person like this, you'll be bullied to death when you get married!" This strange old man is really one word nine "top", every sentence is provocative!

  "What should we call you then?"

  The old man stared at Luo Xi for a moment, then sneered: "Hmph! I bet you two are lost and ended up here, but can't find your way out. Seeing that I'm an old man, you know I don't have the ability to harm you, so you might as well make friends with me, it's convenient for you to get familiar with this place, am I right?"

  This man looked kind and gentle, even a bit silly, and very ordinary, but unexpectedly saw through Luo Xi Zero at a glance.

  "The old man is indeed formidable. We are lost and want to take refuge with you."

  The strange old man stared at Luo Xi again, still sarcastic, but his mouth slightly let them off, "Call me Xunba!"

  "Even the name is particularly strange!" Xiaxia pouted and said lazily.

  "What's a nice name you'd like to be called?" asked Chen, surprisingly childishly, in response to Xiao Xia.

  "My name is Xiaxia, his name is Luoxi Zero."

  In the end, this stubborn but kind-hearted old man still divided the chicken in half for them.

  As night fell, Xiaoxia was about to enter one of the huts to rest, but Xichen suddenly popped out a frightening sentence: "Those huts are the tombs of the ghosts from the Ghost Sea ahead, each hut contains their ashes. If you stay in for a night, your vitality will be sucked away a bit, and if you stay for a month, I'm afraid your life will be forfeited!"

  Xiaoxia exclaimed in shock, "No wonder so many mountain strongholds are uninhabited! Oh no, I've stayed for two nights already!"

  Qiu dust smiled sarcastically and lay on the ground gazing at the starry sky.

  Luoxi zero walked over to Xun Chen's side and lay down, then spat out a crucial question: "Xun Chen, how long have you been here?"

  "It's pointless for you to ask this, knowing the answer will only make your hearts more unsettled."

  Lu Xi's eyes curved into a similarly sarcastic smile, "Looks like Qin'er was right, I only have one path to take, either go home or die. Xun, have you ever heard of the true form of the Ghost Sea?"

  "Isn't the Ghost Sea just the sea area in front of us?!"

  After hearing Wen Chen's answer, Luo Xi Ling also gave up on continuing to ask questions and focused on studying the starry sky tonight.

  "There are many stars tonight, but because there are too many, they look dazzling. For a long time, I couldn't find the key point, and Lu Xi Ling couldn't help but sigh."

  Xun let out a sigh, uttering words that seemed to be both scolding and self-satisfied: "How terrible! At such a young age, your eyes are already no good? That looks like an ellipse, and upon closer inspection, it even resembles a wheel!"

  "Wheel?" Roxie suddenly sat up excitedly, "How did I not think of that! It really does look like a wheel, and the Southern Cross constellation is just like a wheel!"

  "Is there a constellation of Jade Husband?" asked Xuanwen.

  "Ah! Besides the twelve constellations of the Yellow Road, there are also the Equator, North Sky, South Sky, and Ptolemy's constellations. And the Cartwheel Galaxy in Sculptor is a famous interacting galaxy, coincidentally, two galaxies collided to form a wheel-like shape."

  Luo Xi slowly recalled his knowledge of Sculptor, becoming more and more astonished, "The Sculptor Galaxy (NGC253) is a barred spiral galaxy located at the intersection of Sculptor and Cetus constellations, and it's the largest galaxy in this galaxy group. The barred spiral galaxy NGC613 is located in the southern sky of Sculptor, only 65 million light-years away from us. With a size exceeding 100,000 light-years, NGC613 has a very prominent central bar and outstanding spiral arms extending from the ends of the bar, adorned with many cosmic dust clouds and bright star-forming regions. Radio radiation from this galaxy suggests that the center of NGC613 may be hiding a massive black hole!"

  "What does this represent again?" asked Chen.

  "The true body of the Ghost Sea was sucked into a black hole three hundred years ago, and no matter how hard the Merfolk searched, they couldn't find the Ghost Sea. At first, I also wanted to believe that the black hole the Merfolk spoke of was just a dark whirlpool, but bit by bit, it made me feel more and more that the black hole the Merfolk spoke of was actually a cosmic black hole."

  "This place may not be Earth, and it's also possible that due to the destruction of the atmosphere, the rupture of the human realm, the invasion of monsters, the appearance of a passage between the six realms, time errors, or even more reasons we don't know about, black holes can now freely enter and exit Earth." Dust initially said something reasonable, but as he continued speaking, it sounded more and more like he was fooling people.

  "What you're saying is really true? You're making me more and more uneasy!"

  "Don't listen to the old man, and you'll suffer right before your eyes!" Wen Chen said a cliché, then surprisingly stuck out his tongue at Luo Xi Ling, and with an air of being mischievous, turned over and went to sleep.

  Luoxi Zero was not reconciled, so he drew the symbol he saw on the mermaid's ship for Xunchen to see. He glanced at it casually and dismissed Luoxi Zero: "It's just a broken mast of a sailboat."

  Because of this perfunctory remark, Lu Xi Zero concluded that Xue Chen was just a vagrant old man who didn't understand but pretended to.

  Luò Xī Líng had been watching until dawn, but Yù Fū Zuò hadn't moved at all.

  The next day, Luoxi Zero continued to "go to work" after resting for a whole day. Tonight, the moon is bright and the wind is clear, with dense stars twinkling, but unfortunately, I couldn't find the constellation of Gemini!