Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 529 - 527 1500 years

Chapter 529: Chapter 527 1500 years

Epoch 7804, the "Radiant Galaxy Fleet" had left the interstellar market for over 1,500 years...

A slightly outdated interstellar fleet appeared near the Huantai Interstellar Trading Market.

If one observed carefully, they would find that it bore a slight resemblance to the Human fleet that had departed from the Captain Star Domain. The surface of the large Mother Ship was exceptionally rough, pitted and uneven like sandpaper, indicating it had weathered many storms and had been around for quite some time since its construction.

Only spaceships that had traversed the vacuum of space for an extended period would have their surfaces battered by cosmic particles in this fashion.

Years of maintenance, refurbishment, and successive upgrades had resulted in many generations of change for the internal components of these spaceships, and even the crew aboard were no longer the ones from the initial voyage.

The so-called "Theseus’s paradox" was exactly this, in the constant replacement of parts, was the spaceship still the original one? This was a complex question that varied from one individual’s perspective to another.

A young soldier squinted and yawned, looking out at the distant stars through the thick glass.

This branch of Humanity was indeed just a run-of-the-mill civilization. They had spent such a long time and only managed to develop into the early stages of a Third-level Civilization. This was still because they had digested the technological data that had been sent by Kunlun Mountain, leading to these achievements.

This was the normal developmental pace of a civilization... For beings like Humans, with a low Racial Value, their full potential was in fact only at the level of a Third-level Civilization.

That pale yellow Planet was their ultimate destination.

"Finally, we are about to arrive... the Huantai Civilization Trading Market!"

"Yes, finally! After more than a thousand years, we’ve persevered through over a millennium..."

Many soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, cheering softly, and the officers did not scold them loudly but joined in the cheering instead.

More than a thousand years of travel had left them thoroughly exhausted.

The Huantai Civilization Interstellar Trading Market was the most credible market within a 200-light-year radius!

However, this bit of interstellar common knowledge was only obtained after the original "Kunlun Mountain Fleet" had captured the Badit people and informed the rear base at Gliese 581, which then relayed the information to Captain Star, and finally from Captain Star, it was sent to the various fleets wandering nearby.

Every Human branch had its unique management philosophy.

Kunlun Mountain represented the most aggressive faction.

However, the rest of the fleets from Captain Star and Gliese Star preferred to use the Mother Star as the center and gradually explore the surrounding planets. Typically, an exploration mission would not exceed two hundred years, and these fleets would ultimately return to the Mother Star.

Thus, the Caputanians’ notion of homeland was naturally more profound than that of the once Kunlun Mountain Fleet. Over three to four thousand years, they had discovered 116 life-bearing Planets in the vicinity, most of which were at the microbe level, but some had given birth to large life forms, and even, intelligent life.

But this fleet, known as "Leviathan," had unprecedentedly traversed such a vast distance to come to the interstellar trading market, which naturally had deeper underlying reasons...

During thousands of years of voyaging, they had encountered many stories and even had minor conflicts with certain interstellar civilizations...

Even though some dangers were encountered, the spirits of the people remained positive throughout the long journey. After all, one simply couldn’t fall into decadence and indulge themselves, especially as they approached the trading market, where a sense of urgency began to stir in everyone’s hearts.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to arrive at the final destination of this leg of our journey, but do not let this cause us to slacken. We come bearing an important mission!"

"Our first task is to ensure that this interstellar market maintains absolute neutrality and is friendly. Only then can we use this market to strengthen ourselves, make contact with more civilizations, and explore more universal knowledge..."

"It would be best if we could use this place to quickly construct a new Mother Ship!"

In a circular meeting room, Captain Xu Guangxiao addressed everyone, but as he looked at the middle-aged people below the stage, a shroud of concern remained on his face that just wouldn’t fade.

They were unaware that the New Human Civilization had already sent a torrent of information to their headquarters for the second time.

It was as if, no sooner had they set off than good news was being delivered to them. The unmanned Curvature Spaceship that was sent out failed to find them, which could only be chalked up to bad luck.

The development of a civilization is not always smooth sailing. Sometimes, indeed, there is a need for "luck" – a seemingly fated element. But more often, it’s about hard work, addressing both external and internal issues...

During their voyage, the fleet gained much, particularly in terms of spiritual growth. Meanwhile, the other branches of humanity, having received the messages from the new humans, lost the drive to dispatch fleets to the interstellar market—they knew that the market contained many gifts, but not everyone was willing to undertake such a distant interstellar expedition.

The Captain spoke sternly, "Our home at Captain Star, after receiving the initial technological information from the ’Kunlun Mountain,’ had rapidly developed for some time, reaching the level of a Second-level Civilization. However, as time has passed, this progress has gradually stagnated."

"That’s why we come bearing an important mission!"

These human branches lacked the Badit people as experimental subjects and did not have Virtual World Technology to develop assistive brain technology, so their intelligence hadn’t significantly improved, nor had their technology made leaps and bounds. These were all chain reactions reminiscent of the butterfly effect.

On the other hand, they were surprised to find that the political situation in a small region of the Milky Way’s Orion Arm had become increasingly complex during their travels.

The "Leviathan" fleet actually encountered some fanatical religious civilizations!

With this in mind, the Captain sighed softly, "In conclusion, the interstellar trading market is not a shelter from the storm... we must make significant progress here and then bring all our news back to our motherland..."

"We have been away from our Mother Star for far too long and have no idea how things are there. We just hope they haven’t been invaded by enemies."

At that moment, a member of the parliament spoke up, "Captain, there is little point in worrying. In theory, even a few thousand years is not considered a long time in the universe. The kind of religious civilization we encountered is not particularly powerful, and we are capable of contending with them."

This sparked a discussion among everyone. For now, their greatest goal was to gain something here and then return to their Mother Star System to establish a support network known as the "Human Destiny Alliance."

This Human Alliance could provide mutual support in economics, culture, technology, and form a Military Alliance!

Those damned interstellar civilizations with strong tendencies for cultural assimilation had been encountered in a Planet System before; at that time, these religious civilizations were assimilating a lower-level indigenous population.

This indigenous civilization even possessed nuclear bombs!

But what meaning did nuclear bombs have when faced with an interstellar civilization? A civilization that had not yet stepped off its own planet was simply no match for a real interstellar civilization.