Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1413 Dark Matter Gradually Dilutes

This galaxy is not large, with a diameter of only about 15,000 light-years and sparsely distributed stars. It can be described as a very small galaxy, but it has enough stars for three large expeditionary organizations.

After slowing down, the civilizations, like Kuafu chasing the sun, plunged headlong into the ocean of matter, frantically sucking it up.

Prior to this, basic caution was still exercised, and each civilization naturally dispatched its remaining probes to explore various parts of the galaxy.

To eliminate risks and explore the general features of this galaxy.

Scientists from the three major voyage organizations and their respective civilizations discovered through observation and analysis that this galaxy was not naturally this small, and that the trajectories of its stars seemed to show signs of changing over time.

After collecting sufficient data, scientists from various civilizations began to extrapolate the evolution of this galaxy. They discovered that other civilizations must have visited this place before their own.

Unknown civilizations or organizations once arrived here, replenished their resources, and then left. Although no ruins have been found in the galaxy yet, it is still possible to tell by comparing the positions of stars and their gravitational fields.

The timeframe should be in the hundreds of millions, at least a billion years ago.

Because there were no ruins, the three major expeditionary organizations had no way of determining what kind of civilization had come here. They could only roughly judge from the phenomenon of the star being consumed that it should have been a large-scale expeditionary organization.

This news once sparked heated discussions in the scientific communities of various civilizations, and high-level officials also discussed the matter. It was hard to imagine that people had actually been to such a desolate place.

This outcome made everyone feel less alone, and on their way to their final destination, they also had an additional task: to look around and see if they could encounter any civilizations or organizations that had been there before.

Although everyone knows that the civilization or organization that once came here has most likely failed, because if they had succeeded, the second type of boundary breakers living around the Boötes Great Void would probably have known long ago, there is still no news.

Of course, there is also the possibility that they might quietly leave after achieving success, but that is unlikely.

As time passed, the civilizations of the three major maritime organizations gradually recovered from the brink of extinction. Looking out, the entire starry sky shimmered with silver light—the glow of newly built spaceships. Each of the 515 civilizations occupied a section of the starry sky, frantically absorbing material resources. Factories were bustling with activity, and ships of all types appeared in the void like dumplings being dropped into boiling water.

The galaxy, which had been quiet for countless billions of years, became lively with the arrival of 515 Level VI civilizations, and technological power is once again changing the shape of this small galaxy.

Planets were blasted apart, and various civilizations extracted their abundant mineral resources, processing them into artifacts. Stars were drained of their energy, filling the energy warehouses of transport ships.

In preparation for their long journeys ahead, the 515 Level VI civilizations learned from their past mistakes. Instead of directly storing raw minerals and natural energy materials as before, they refined them and then sealed them in warehouses. Furthermore, the energy was not stored in the warehouses in the form of ordinary matter, but was first converted into the most advanced energy form that everyone could currently use, namely dark matter and dark antimatter.

During the resource development process, it was discovered that dark matter here is much scarcer than outside the Great Void, but it is still extractable. Of course, even without dark matter to mine, with the technology of a Level 6 civilization, ordinary matter can still be converted into dark matter and dark antimatter through various processes.

The energy consumed in the process is certainly higher than the energy generated when dark matter and dark antimatter are finally obtained, but since matter is abundant in the galaxy, no one cares about this consumption.

Meanwhile, the various civilizations also took this time to exchange ideas, mainly on lifespan technology and product lifespan.

This Great Voyage taught all civilizations that they must unite, at least in terms of the lifespan of their machinery and equipment; otherwise, none of them would reach the end. The Galactic Great Voyage Organization shared its technology regarding the lifespan of its creations with the other two organizations, and the other two Great Voyage Organizations also generously shared their technologies for discussion.

After sharing technology, scientists from various civilizations used this time to continue their efforts in this direction, striving to innovate in creation and break through new technological barriers.

Based on the experience of the first ultra-long-distance voyage, each civilization also improved its shipbuilding technology and fleet structure during the period of recuperation after this rebirth.

Of the 515 Level VI civilizations, each has unanimously adopted a strategy of elite forces. This means concentrating the individual lives of each civilization onto a few meticulously crafted habitation ships. The same applies to other types of ships; each civilization strives to use the most advanced and durable technology to build vessels such as engineering ships and factory-type ships.

There are also flagships that serve as symbols of a civilization's fighting power.

Besides, other ships don't need to be so advanced, since they'll all end up as fuel anyway. Many civilizations haven't even built warships anymore, because maintaining them is too resource-intensive. Building a warship to accompany the fleet is less efficient than replacing it with transport ships and stuffing them with energy resources.

For example, humans would no longer build warships, but would only keep one Lyra, and the rest would be transport ships and various functional ships.

Civilizations with unique technologies, such as the Daya Civilization, the Flying Feather Civilization, the Silver Heart Civilization, the Falcon Civilization, the Divine Ju Civilization, the Abyss Civilization, the Krol Civilization, and the Blue Ocean Civilization, followed suit, all keeping only one flagship and not building any other warships.

It's practically the ultimate in transforming fleet structure into a long-range voyage structure.

Everything is geared towards meeting the needs of more distant voyages.

Apart from the Awakener Civilization, all the ordinary Level 6 civilizations within the three major expeditionary organizations did the same thing.

"Oh my, what a wonderful sleep! You guys are really going all in! If you ask me, you should have done this a long time ago. You're a collective civilization, unlike the great me." Seeing that all the civilizations were optimizing their fleet structures, the Star Defender couldn't help but chatter on the communication channel.

This thing uses vacuum zero-point energy and is a genuine creation of a level seven civilization. Therefore, it has been the most comfortable one along the way, without having to worry about running out of energy or its components aging.

For the guardian of the stars, these 2939 million years are just like taking a nice nap, just like it slept through the two billion years it spent in the mid-way galaxy.

Of all those things, only he remains as bright and new as ever, as if time has left no trace on him. It can only be said that he is indeed a creation of a cosmic-level civilization, and the things he creates are also cosmic-level.

As for the nebula life form of the Abyss Grand Expedition Organization, although it was a special life form, without external energy input, its body would become increasingly chaotic over time. It almost died due to entropy increase. If the Abyss Civilization had not had the various civilizations within the organization take turns providing it with energy, it would have died on the way.

"Sigh, if only I could transfer the extracted energy to you. Seeing you all struggling to survive, I sometimes feel a little sorry for you. It reminds me of my comrades who passed away many years ago. You must succeed, my survival depends on you."

The Star Defender, who had nothing better to do, was grumbling in the Galactic Great Voyage Organization's channel. The seven distinctive technological civilizations gave him face, and some of them chatted with him.

What's really needed is emotional value. After all, all civilizations have realized that this guy uses vacuum zero-point energy, and the purpose of the Great Voyage is to master vacuum zero-point energy. Maybe he can provide inspiration in the future.

(End of this chapter)