Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1212 Beikui Galaxy
The Great Voyage Organization set sail only five hundred years later than the Falcon Voyage Organization. As the navigation technology levels of both sides are similar, the distance between them is only about 100,000 light years.

Of course, the two were on the same route but not on the same course. After all, they were starting from two different star paths, and considering the warp speed trajectory, the Great Voyage Organization would not get close to the other's trajectory.

The course deviation between the two is about one thousand light years. This distance will get closer as they get closer to the target galaxy, but they will not overlap.

During the voyage, the Great Voyage Organization also dispatched a number of probes to conduct lateral detection, which was to detect the traces of the Falcon Voyage Organization's warp speed. However, in order to save resources, such probes were not launched frequently.

The previous experience of long voyages was still very useful. As soon as the great voyage organization set sail, the main life forms of each civilization entered a dormant mode. Obviously, no one wanted to waste their lives on such a slow and lonely voyage. The same was true for the scientific teams of each civilization. After all, doing research is not just thinking with the brain, but also consuming a lot of resources for various experimental research.

During the long voyage, the main focus was obviously on navigation, and all materials and resources had to be tilted towards navigation. In addition, everyone realized that the sixth-level civilization was the highest level of civilization that everyone could reach, so it was actually no big deal to hibernate for a while.

Of course, each civilization still has research on various branch technology trees, which is also the main research direction of each civilization, especially those civilizations without distinctive technology. They dream of mastering some distinctive technology through this or that research.

When the seventh-level civilization cannot be achieved, special technology undoubtedly becomes the most desired thing for all civilizations.

During the stage of sailing in the vast void, in addition to trying to master the research of special technologies, some civilizations also had other things to do. For example, the Shenju civilization tried to obtain the warp navigation technology of the Feiyu civilization.

However, the trust among the civilizations within the Great Voyage Organization has not yet reached that level. The Feiyu Civilization rejected this, and they felt that this direction might be the future distinctive technology of their own race, so the technology must not be given away in full. They also used a tactic commonly used by other civilizations with distinctive technologies: Even if I give it to you, you won't understand it.

These words made the Shenju Civilization very angry. Their relationship with the Feiyu Civilization had once been very strained. Otherwise, the Yinxin Civilization wanted to take the opportunity to win over the Feiyu Civilization. It would probably take a long time to repair their relationship.

The culture and race of each civilization are different, and even the classes of organisms they belong to are different, so it is very difficult to fully integrate them.

Take the Feiyu civilization for example, they still belong to the category of carbon-based life, but in their inherent ideas, they look down on the Shenju civilization, which transforms its own race into an energy-based life form. However, although they look down on it, it does not affect their admiration for the unique technology of the Shenju civilization and their flattery.

A civilization is not just one person. There are too many different thought groups within a civilization, and they sometimes cannot represent the attitude of the entire civilization towards other civilizations.

Then again, this voyage somehow went unusually smoothly.

The Galactic Expedition Organization did not encounter the same four-dimensional debris area as before, but did encounter some optical phenomena and updated the cosmic map for each civilization database.

As the distance got closer, the various civilizations finally confirmed that the galaxy ahead did not belong to any previously observed galaxy. This was probably due to the observation perspective, so that when looking from the direction of the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy, the light of this galaxy could not be seen.

It is hiding right behind the Sunflower Galaxy, and its disk is not perpendicular to the direction of the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy, so it is normal that it cannot be seen.

As for the navigation, the organization of this great voyage was similar to the previous ones. When they finally arrived at this unknown galaxy, the situation was even better than before. When they arrived at the dark matter halo of the unknown galaxy, they did not reach the point of dismantling the warship. It can be said to be a perfect voyage.

As for the transport ship, it was almost completely consumed, but it could be rebuilt after arriving at the unknown galaxy, so it wasn't a big problem.

When the Great Expedition arrived at the dark matter halo, the Falcon Expedition had already reached the interior of the galaxy.

As for this strange galaxy, the Great Expedition Organization, which is docked in the dark matter halo, named it the Sunflower Galaxy, which means the galaxy hiding behind the Sunflower Galaxy.

The diameter of this galaxy is only 4.5 light-years, more than half smaller than the Milky Way. It is similar to the Triangulum Galaxy, the third largest galaxy in the Local Group, which has a diameter of only 5 light-years.

Although it is small, the Great Voyage Organization does not intend to take it lightly, because even with the size of the Triangulum Galaxy, a powerful civilization like the Awakener was born. This is enough to show that the birth of special technology is indeed related to the size of the galaxy and the number of civilizations, but it is by no means a rigid relationship.

Maybe there are also hidden talents in this Beikui Galaxy.

After preliminary observations, the Great Expeditions Organization has measured that the total number of stars in the Farside Galaxy is around 400 billion. It is a small spiral galaxy with loose spiral arms rich in interstellar matter and a low-mass black hole in the center. At the same time, it also has beautiful nebula structures, which can be clearly photographed in the dark matter halo position by the super telescope array through long-exposure photography.

For convenience, the Great Voyage Organization assigned four numbers to each of its four spiral arms, and also called the first spiral arm after the location they arrived at. The Shenju Civilization said that this galaxy has a gravitational relationship with the Sunflower Galaxy. By calculating the gravitational data of the two, they came to the conclusion that the Beikui Galaxy may be attracted by the Sunflower Galaxy in the next 7 billion years, and eventually the two will collide and merge into a new galaxy.

The Great Voyage Organization successfully completed the replenishment in its dark matter halo area, and then headed towards the interior of the galaxy. During the journey, they also paid special attention to the warp traces of the Falcon Voyage Organization and kept a certain distance from it to avoid running into their base.

While heading towards the Beikui Galaxy, the Great Voyage Organization has also been continuously observing the Beikui Galaxy. For observations at long distances, the main means of observation is still optical.

This is a common method used by most civilizations to observe the distant universe. Only civilizations like the Shenju civilization will use their own gravitational imaging technology to conduct alternative observations of distant galaxies.

As for the observation results of this process, the Great Voyage Organization discovered several unusual places in the Alien Galaxy. For example, on the right side of the Great Voyage Organization's route, there is a place called the second spiral arm by the Great Voyage Organization. There is an optical anomaly in the second spiral arm.

That starry sky feels as if it’s unreal.

There are two more such places, also located in the second spiral arm, but in different directions, about 8,000 light-years apart.

(End of this chapter)