Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1403 Opening the Grand Line

However, the end of the war does not mean that the three major shipping organizations can set sail immediately, because the Breakers will need some time to fulfill the treaty.

They planned to relocate the boundary breakers living in the star system where the Grand Line was located, as if they were moving house, and then the three major maritime organizations would inspect and accept them.

There are quite a few star systems along the Grand Line. To ensure that the boundary breakers do as required, the three major maritime organizations must deploy a massive number of probe ships to keep an eye on things. Due to speed limitations, this process will inevitably be lengthy.

Another issue is the oversight of the Breakers' lackeys. They must be disarmed and their starship docks destroyed right under the noses of the three major spacefaring organizations.

This also requires the three major long-range expedition organizations to deploy a massive number of probes to monitor the situation.

For the Breakers, having their lackeys destroy the shipyard and dismantle their own forces was certainly a disgrace. However, the Breakers all understood that the three major maritime organizations could not possibly know the location of all the shipyards.

This star field is so vast, and the area covered by the stargate network is so wide. The number of star systems inhabited by the boundary breakers is far more than just this. With so many star systems, the three major voyage organizations certainly cannot investigate them all.

So all we need to do is cooperate with them and clear out the star systems along the Grand Line and those directly connected to it; everyone understands this implicitly.

The Breakers did not completely destroy the shipyards and military forces of their lackeys, and the three major voyage organizations would not force the Breakers to reveal all the military outposts in the galaxy.

Because the starry sky is so vast and there are so many galaxies, it is simply unrealistic to search them all one by one.

Now that the boundary breakers have yielded, agreed to four basic principles, and vacated the way, that's about it.

The three major maritime organizations also knew that they were not capable of killing all the boundary breakers, so they could not push too hard, otherwise the breakers would fight back and risk their lives, which would only drag them down.

This universe is already riddled with holes. Time waits for no one. If we don't move forward quickly, disaster might reach this place and we'll all be doomed!
Human civilization, the Divine Moment civilization, and other civilizations under the Galactic Great Expedition Organization all know about the existence of the Fourth Phase Transition Weapon. Even a powerful civilization like the Observer was wiped out in one wave, so they certainly can't solve it. If the Fourth Phase Transition region really spreads to this place, then it's truly over.

So many years have passed, who knows if it's only spreading in one place? What if there's a fourth phase transition in other parts of the universe? If this drags on any longer, the fourth phase transition region will surround the Great Void, and then everyone will really just have to wait to die.

In fact, this was one of the reasons why the Galactic Great Voyage Organization accepted the peace talks, but the seven distinctive technological civilizations and the Star Guardians within the organization did not reveal the news of the fourth phase transition of the universe.

It seems that the situation is developing well; at least the boundary breakers have backed down, and the peace treaty has officially come into effect.

While the Breakers began relocating according to the terms of the treaty, the three major maritime organizations were also preparing to head to the edge of the void.

The latter half of the Grand Line no longer needs to be fought over, and the Worldbreakers are leaving one after another. However, each civilization still needs to maintain a certain level of military strength, firstly as a necessary fleet force for a civilization, and secondly to guard against the Worldbreakers changing their minds.

Similarly, with the war over, the civilizations under the three major maritime organizations will also face new problems, especially the member civilizations of the Blue Ocean and Abyss maritime organizations, who will have to transform their fleet structures back into maritime structures.

All civilizations had to change their production lines and build transport ships on a massive scale.

This is a long process, just like how the various civilizations of the Galactic Expeditionary Organization have not yet fully transitioned to a war-oriented mode.

However, this is for the best, at least the Galactic Great Voyage Organization doesn't have to spend so much time reverting to its original structure. As for the Abyss and Blue Ocean Great Voyage Organizations, they don't want to destroy their current super-scale sub-civilization-level warships; they simply change their production lines, converting the warship manufacturing lines to transport ship production lines.

As for warships exceeding the long-range voyage quota, they intend to leave them unattended, as the maintenance costs are too high, and they can simply be discarded if they break down.

When the time comes to set sail, any extra warships can be discarded, destroyed, or used as disposable items, launched first towards the Great Hollow. This way, when the main civilization's fleet catches up, they can dismantle those warships and use them as resources.

In short, don't waste it.

The Boötes Hollow is 3 million light-years in diameter, which is so vast that it means that civilizations under the three major spacefaring organizations would need to travel another 1.5 million light-years to reach the center of the Hollow.

That is the destination of all civilizations, the true end of the great voyage!
In such a vast region, there are very few galaxies. According to observations by various civilizations, there are only about 2000 galaxies, with an average distance of more than ten million light-years between them.

The key point is the average distance, which is a number derived from an algorithm. In reality, galaxies within the Great Void are not evenly distributed across the void; it is possible that there are no galaxies within a range of 50 million light-years.

This would be fatal for a civilization that relies on materials to obtain energy, as such a distance far exceeds the full-capacity travel limit of a Type 6 civilization and the maximum distance that can be traveled with the most reasonable thrust-to-weight ratio.

Therefore, all civilizations know that one must never travel at warp speed indefinitely when entering the Great Void, because any civilization that dares to travel at warp speed indefinitely will definitely be the first to perish due to energy problems.

The three major maritime expedition organizations all have extensive experience in long-distance voyages and would naturally not make such a basic mistake. Right now, the various civilizations under these three organizations have already begun making final plans for the voyage.

Before actually entering the Great Void, the three major expeditionary organizations still need to do a lot of work, such as going to the most distant star system, making it their final starting point, and using it as their final base to conduct more precise observations in the direction of the Great Void.

To determine the location of the galaxies existing within the Great Void, to determine the flight path after everyone departs, and to identify potential dangers, etc.

The Grand Line was opened, but for the three major maritime organizations, this last leg of the journey was the most dangerous and difficult.

The journey of a hundred li is only half complete at ninety li.

Time flies, and two thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The second type of boundary breakers completed their withdrawal in accordance with the treaty during this period. At the same time, the three major long-range shipping organizations also built their long-range fleets and arrived at the outermost star system of the Great Void through stargates.

Three major voyage organizations, comprising a total of 515 Level 6 civilizations, gathered here to make final preparations for their departure.

More than a thousand years ago, the two great expeditionary organizations, Abyss and Blue Ocean, had already sent their extra warships, which came with their transformation, to the Great Void. At the same time, like other civilizations in the Galactic Great Expedition, they were also carrying out star path laying operations.

The final leg of the long voyage is finally about to begin.

(End of this chapter)