Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 278 - Chapter 278 Chapter 278 The Last Formal Meeting

Chapter 278: Chapter 278: The Last Formal Meeting Chapter 278: Chapter 278: The Last Formal Meeting Inside the Earth Era spacecraft, the “Aruba” vegetation cultivation area was flourishing. The living quarters had suitable lighting and clean rooms.

Most Pangolins were sound asleep, and a small number, upon seeing humans, quickly jumped out and respectfully greeted them, their gratitude coming from deep within.

For Zhang Yuan, the older he got, the harder it was to feel genuine joy. The more he experienced, the higher his threshold for happiness became, but this time, he couldn’t help but feel delighted.

It wasn’t just Zhang Yuan, almost all humans felt an indescribable happiness.

Obsessions are beautiful, and so is immaturity. Perhaps human mathematics was still greatly lacking, or perhaps, even if mathematics advanced further, it couldn’t possibly calculate everything…

Zhang Yuan casually observed their living space, which was very small, about 1 square meter per turn. For humans, the living space needed to be at least 10 square meters, but for Glizerians, only 1 square meter was necessary, so accommodating three million wasn’t considered crowded.

Moreover, this cramped living space was very comfortable for them, with a very high satisfaction level.

After a rough inspection, the group returned to the Starry Sky Port.

The air pressure gate slowly closed, and Zhang Yuan couldn’t help but feel a sense of nostalgia…

This was probably the last time this group of humans would log into the Earth Era spacecraft. Once they left, they could never return to this spaceship in their lifetime.

Humans are creatures of nostalgia, after all. Over three thousand years ago, everything began with this mother ship.

People had laughed here, cried here, and various stories had taken place. Three thousand years had swiftly passed, and even the Earth civilization had gradually declined, but this mother ship, carrying 500,000 humans, had successfully reached the other side of the stars, helping them through the most difficult times.

This lingering feeling was probably the emotion of parting, and not just for Zhang Yuan, but also for Captain Zhao, Li Zhendong, Ye Kaifu, and others, all of whom felt similar emotions.

“There’s nothing to be sentimental about… The most important thing is to say goodbye to her properly. This is her mission!”

Captain Zhao patted his shoulder.

Yes, there was nothing to be sentimental about.

Now, the “Earth Era” was about to embark on another great journey through the stars, the large centrifuge rotating evenly, 20 years of repairs had restored this mountain-sized mother ship to its youth.

This was the pride of a mother ship!

The Earth Era carried not just humans… but also another civilization, all their hopes!

Zhang Yuan couldn’t help but praise, “She is definitely one of the greatest spaceships in human history!”

This time, everyone sincerely hoped that the other side would reach their destination smoothly and fulfill their mission.

“Thank you… We will always remember this kindness in our hearts.”

The leader of the Gliese civilization, Ganyador, also turned around, looked for a long time, each gaze from afar always stunned by its majestic size, and considering how long it took to repair, it was hard to imagine what kind of existence the human mother civilization that built it was like.

He bowed respectfully, his heart filled with the heroic aspirations before the interstellar journey, and…

The reluctance to leave his mother star.

But soon, his gaze hardened again.

This was no longer just a transaction.

42 years of development had formed a deep friendship between the two sides. With the help of the Gliese civilization, the development pace of human civilization had far exceeded the expectations of the new civilization’s high command. The design standards of the Space Elevator and the throughput capability of the Starry Sky Port had exceeded the initial budget.

Many engineers from the Gliese civilization also participated in the construction, and with the immense productivity of the Universal Factory, they had made significant contributions.

Even on a distant Jupiter-like planet, there was a small human-operated nuclear fuel collection station!

Humans had already attained enough strength to collect nuclear fuel from the surface of gaseous planets.

“Right this way.”

Everyone boarded an orbital train heading to the living area of the Starry Sky Port.

This Civilization Conference was, in essence, the last formal meeting between the two civilizations, primarily focused on discussing the challenges of interstellar colonization.

Although the Gleize Civilization had decent technological standards, the vast majority of their technology was not developed independently, and they had a high dependency on external sources–they had never colonized an alien planet and had no experience in that field.

Such deficiencies couldn’t be made up in just forty or so years.

Thus, humans had no intention of hiding such information and almost gave everything they had.

Captain Zhao solemnly said, “Friends from the Gleize Civilization, this time, your destination is 157J3X5, 4.2 light-years away– a Yellow Dwarf Star with moderate luminosity. Our telescopes have already observed several terrestrial planets with suitable gravitational environments. We don’t know yet if they have atmospheres…”

“And over the years of observation, we have never detected any unknown electromagnetic signals; it’s probably an ownerless planet system.”

“Hopefully, your luck won’t be like ours…”

All the attendees chuckled lightly. Humans had already sent electromagnetic waves in the direction of “157J3X5” without any response.

A large screen displayed a star map marking Earth Era’s route for this mission.

Zhang Yuan was the first to express his opinion, “I won’t talk much about spaceship control engineering. Even if there are some issues, as long as they aren’t major, you should be able to fix them…”

A leader engineer of the Gleize Civilization nodded, “That definitely won’t be a problem, rest assured.”

During the process of repairing the spaceship, the engineers from the Gleize Civilization had learned much new knowledge, so maintaining the normal operation of the spaceship was quite simple.

Zhang Yuan continued, “The most important things are the others, such as selecting planets, geological engineering, improving planetary atmospheres… Professor Liu, why don’t you start by introducing planet selection and the steps to develop underground cities…”

“Alright.”

One by one, human scientists took the stage and thoroughly introduced the historical experiences of human civilization in colonizing alien planets.

The attentive pangolins below listened and recorded diligently, occasionally asking questions, and received very satisfactory answers.

No joking, these precious experiences could be life-saving!

The journey of 4.2 light-years, at a speed of 0.007 times the speed of light, would take about 600 years to reach the destination. Considering the lifespan of the Gleize people, they wouldn’t even need long-term hibernation to safely spend this long period.

From this perspective, long-term hibernation and having a long lifespan had its advantages.

They had no significant historical burdens and were willing to get on the spaceship with their families. Those who did not want to board the spaceship could almost be considered a different species.

After all human experiences were imparted, the leader of the Gleize Civilization took the stage and sincerely expressed their gratitude.

“May our friendship last forever.”

“And may we all become even greater civilizations.”

Clap, clap, clap!

The hall erupted with enthusiastic applause, and with that, the last meeting came to a close.