Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1419 Lamenting the Fleeting Moment of My Life

That was a cry from the ancient wisdom of the people, a voice that transcended time and space to reach the ears of every human being.

Every person on duty who is awake is experiencing the "universe" he speaks of with their own eyes, because they know they are traversing the void. Every person who is asleep is experiencing the "cosmos" firsthand; although they are lying down with their eyes closed, they are also experiencing the process from ancient times to the present.

Long voyages are always lonely, and the daily routine of duty is monotonous, consisting mainly of maintenance work in cooperation with strong artificial intelligence. Of course, for individuals, there are still many forms of entertainment on each ship, after all, each spaceship is larger than any major city.

The so-called habitation spaceships, warships, engineering spaceships, factory-type spaceships, etc., are just classifications based on the main functions of the spaceships. In reality, a sub-civilization-level spaceship can have everything it needs.

If someone living inside deliberately looks out at the darkness and nothingness through the porthole, they wouldn't even feel that they are sailing in nothingness; the power of the technology is undeniable.

The voyage continues, and the inherent time of human civilization, and all civilizations that travel on meteors, also flows. Their speed relative to their starting point is close to the speed of light, but their time flow is normal.

People in every civilization are the same, embarking on their journey to new destinations through long periods of dormancy.

As decades, centuries, millennia, tens of thousands, millions, and even hundreds of millions of years passed, time seemed to move with such joy when magnified to a cosmic scale.

Fortunately, the Great Voyage was heading in the right direction. After ten million years of travel, it did not encounter any disaster zones, at least not the probes at the forefront.

This is perhaps the best news.

"There are still 2980 million light-years to go. The destination is still invisible to the naked eye!"

Standing alone by the porthole, gazing into the darkness, Yue Yuan sighed inwardly. He then adjusted his eyes to normal vision and continued to quietly look at the empty darkness outside the porthole, as if there was something interesting to see there.

Since setting sail again, Yue Yuan has woken up many times. Whenever he is awake and on duty, he comes to the porthole and gazes into the distance whenever he has a spare moment.

The focusing mode of his eyes is clearly one of the research achievements of human civilization and life science.

Humans in the interstellar age are vastly different from those in the Earth age, let alone those who have reached the level of a sixth-level civilization for many years.

Humans did consider pursuing the quantum body route in the past, but unfortunately, they were never successful. The quantum life route can be said to have failed, but it cannot be said that scientific research efforts were wasted, because some of the preliminary research results have been successfully applied to the current route.

Some human-computer interaction technologies, for example, originated from this research.

However, the focusing mode of the human eye is genuine biotechnology. The eye originally possessed this function, and technology has amplified and upgraded it, essentially turning the human eye into a small-aperture telescope, which can still be switched according to one's subjective will. The human appearance remains similar to before, but the hardware has been completely upgraded. Things like "spider-sense" are child's play for modern humans; they are abilities that everyone can possess.

If modern humans were placed in the old Earth era, they would definitely be superhumans who could fly and burrow underground.

Unfortunately, when faced with the vast universe, such abilities are practically nonexistent. Even though humanity is made of steel, it still needs to unite to move forward, because these things are merely technological creations. Only wisdom can continue to lead human civilization forward.

The universe is so vast. Every time Yue Yuan gazes into the darkness, he experiences a stark contrast between his insignificance and the immensity of existence. If this were in Earth's time, he would definitely question the meaning of life, because he would think: the universe is so big, and he is just a tiny speck of dust in this vast universe, forever unable to leave Earth or the solar system. All the wondrous, mysterious, and magnificent scenery in the endless universe has nothing to do with him.

It also cannot affect the distant cosmic scene. After its death, the magnificent universe will continue to operate, and the aliens hidden behind the stars and other people on Earth will continue to live their wonderful lives, but all of this will be irrelevant to it.

In ancient times, people gazing upon the surging river would lament: "I grieve for the brevity of my life, and envy the endless flow of the Yangtze." Now, with lifespans reaching millions of years, facing the long voyages of exploration and the vastness of the universe, don't we echo the same sentiments?
Of course, people today are much happier than people in Earth's time, at least for those who aspire to the universe. They possess immortality, which was a luxury for the ancients, have superhuman physical strength, and are free from illness and disaster. They are practically omnipotent, able to go anywhere, from heaven to earth.

They can traverse the sea of ​​stars and appreciate the beauty of the universe, from drifting asteroids to cyclical planets, from dazzling stars to magnificent nebulae, from raging neutron stars to terrifying black holes. They have seen it all, not just from afar, but through direct interaction.

This is undoubtedly the power of great wisdom. For the ancients, it might be said that they could die without regrets. But those who embark on this path still cannot. They need more. The curiosity in their hearts will never be satisfied. They must continue to move forward.

Unsure of how long he would live, Yue Yuan returned to sleep after completing his duty. A million years later, he awoke again and returned to the old porthole, gazing into the darkness once more.

This happened every time, until one day he was able to see the light emanating from the target galaxy with the naked eye.

The long-exposure telescope could have seen the destination long ago, and any command from the Lyra could bring up an image of the destination, but he still preferred the feeling of seeing it with his own eyes.

After waking up this time, Yue Yuan will probably stay awake for ten thousand years, because the fleets of the three major long-distance shipping organizations will change their flight attitude from normal speed to warp speed to reach their destination directly.

Scientists have calculated that the resources released initially were enough to resupply the large fleet once more, giving it the energy to begin warp drive.

Thanks to the "Star Accelerator" program, the resources for this ultra-long-distance voyage are plentiful. If we continue flying at this pace, everyone will have no problem reaching their destination, and there will even be resources left over after arrival.

But the Great Voyage Organization can't keep flying like this, because there's a cosmic disaster zone right behind them. If they keep going at this slow pace, they won't have time to reach their destination.

Therefore, warp drive is necessary to gain development time after reaching the destination. More importantly, the "Star Accelerator" plan is feasible, and all civilizations intend to use this method again for their next voyage. This requires building a new accelerator after reaching the target star system.

(End of this chapter)