Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1406 The Long Voyage
The only lesson humanity has learned from history is that humanity has learned nothing from history. Hegel's words are like a heavy sigh, revealing the tragic cycle of humanity in the course of history.

Many people regard his words as a golden rule.

But what they didn't know was that this statement was merely a one-sided conclusion drawn by Hegel because he hadn't opened his eyes to the world. He drew his conclusion from Europe as his object of observation, while in the far East, that great country had been recording history all along, a unique existence in the world.

And today's human civilization is a descendant of that unique existence in the world back then.

They inherited the quality of recording history; they learn from history, now, and in the future.

The dangers of traversing galaxies and the precautions to take when contacting and communicating with other civilizations are all recorded in their history.

From the Milky Way to here, they have traversed thousands of miles of starry sky and crossed long interstellar journeys. The hardships, joys and sorrows they encountered along the way are all recorded in their history, and each of them must study that history.

Based on historical experience, if we were to undertake such long-distance voyages as we do today, humanity would have to enter a long period of hibernation again. Human lifespan has reached one million years, but completing this journey would take at least 17.3 million years. To live and see the other side, we would have to hibernate.

It's not just humans who need to hibernate; all intelligent life in the three great voyages needs to hibernate, even individual life forms that don't worry about lifespan, because 17.3 million years is too long, and loneliness will overwhelm reason.

After setting sail, the three major expeditionary organizations first undertook a 1420-year warp drive. During this period, each civilization traveled along the star path and resupplyed using the star path as they went. When they reached the end of the star path, they made a final resupply to replenish the fleet's supplies, and then entered the second phase of the expedition.

After the second phase of acceleration is completed, most people will enter a dormant state.

"The sight of thousands of ships launching simultaneously is truly magnificent!"

Before entering hibernation, as if taking one last look at the world before death, each person looked through a magnetosensitive lens at the fleet accelerating outside the porthole.

A magnetosensitive lens is a lens that allows people to see changes in a magnetic field, essentially simulating the magnetic field as a light signal that people can intuitively perceive.

For conventional acceleration, Level 6 civilization ships still use magnetic propulsion, but the energy system and engine structure have changed.

Although magnetic propulsion is a technology that a spacefaring civilization has already mastered, its prospects are very broad. The propulsion method that is like stepping on your right foot with your left foot is still the best solution for conventional propulsion.

Its power is even more unparalleled when it is installed on a Level 6 civilization ship.

Through the magnetosensitive lens, it can be seen that during acceleration, a powerful magnetic field rapidly emerges at the stern of each ship. Then, under the operation of the magnetic propulsion engine, the dense magnetic field lines act like springs, instantly propelling the ship forward. This thrust is also continuous, which makes the ship accelerate very quickly.

The immense inertia caused all members to fall into a state of hypergravity, and in order to adapt to this powerful acceleration, each of them activated an overclocking mode.

None of the ships had flame nozzles at their sterns, but the sight of countless magnetic propulsion engines operating simultaneously still caused the entire void to tremble—a phenomenon caused by powerful magnetic field radiation. With the help of magnetosensitive lenses, the scene resembled ships propelled forward by clumps of blue lines emerging from their sterns, the simultaneous launch of thousands of ships instantly coloring the dark deep space with the color of magnetic field lines.

During this phase, the fleet's normal speed increases, changing from a relatively stationary state relative to the starting star system to a state that is relatively close to the speed of light.

Objects with mass cannot be accelerated to the speed of light, not even a civilization as advanced as a level six civilization.

As each civilization's fleet entered the second phase, the deep space that had temporarily become lively due to the passage of the large fleets returned to its former tranquility.

To conserve energy, all the Level 6 civilizations shut down their thrusters after entering near-light speed travel. They also only activated the shield system on the front of the ships, and turned off all the external indicator lights.

Humans on the ships also entered a long-term hibernation state, and the systems of various types of ships were adjusted to a low-power state.

Three major expeditionary organizations and 515 Level 6 civilizations drifted slowly in the void and darkness. Ten years passed, a hundred years passed, a thousand years passed, ten thousand years passed, a hundred thousand years passed.
The massive fleet resembled a group of dead steel; silence, desolation, darkness, and bleakness became the dominant themes at that moment.

The starry sky from billions of years ago still tirelessly shuttles around the fleet, and their presence makes the personnel on duty feel that they are still sailing, rather than standing still.

Oh, if we don't take the galaxy from which it originated as a frame of reference, saying it's stationary isn't wrong. The universe is so amazing; the fleet's normal speed is already extremely close to the speed of light, but to an observer of the fleet, the speed of light is still the speed of light.

Such voyages are uninteresting, but they are the norm for long-distance voyages.

Every so often, the personnel on duty will check the ship's various functions with the assistance of the ship's advanced artificial intelligence. If there is a problem, it will be repaired. If it cannot be repaired, the shipyard will manufacture new parts to replace it.

Level 6 civilizations have very advanced technology. Some Level 6 civilizations can make a set of technological equipment work for hundreds of millions of years, such as the Pioneers.

If humans were to specifically design devices to preserve time, they could make them operate for hundreds of millions of years without breaking down. For example, a device for storing information could be created by simply providing it with sufficient energy and allowing its intelligent system to self-repair.

Of course, over such a long period of time, some things inevitably age, which is why the things of the pioneers break down, and that's why civilizations now need to perform regular maintenance on their ships during voyages.

It must be said that the conventional technology of the Pudorad civilization is really comprehensive. Among the civilizations under the Great Voyage Organization, those with Pudorad technology have been sailing to this day, and their ship systems and various equipment have not encountered any major problems. Two million years have passed, and the various equipment on the ships are still operating precisely.

However, humans have discovered that some civilizations have already begun to operate their factory-type ships, manufacturing certain components for their fleets.

There are quite a few such civilizations. More than a dozen civilizations that later joined the Galactic Great Voyage Organization, as well as many civilizations in the Abyss and Blue Ocean Great Voyage Organizations, have also taken action. They became active for a period of time, and it was clear that they were starting up factories and activating production lines to manufacture various replacement parts or equipment for their ships.

It's only been two million years, and it's already like this. How will we continue in the future?
(End of this chapter)