Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1463 Strange Warship

Many years have passed, and the civilizations under the Star Expedition Organization have gradually arrived at their target star system.

This is a galaxy located on the edge of the Great Hollow in the constellation Boötes, with a diameter of only 6.7 light-years. Because various civilizations only stayed here briefly, it is called the Fleeting Galaxy.

Like human civilization, all civilizations temporarily took root here and frantically developed their technology.

Meanwhile, as usual, each civilization, upon arriving at a location, first deployed probes to conduct a scan. This galaxy was only 6.7 light-years across, not large for a civilization that had already reached the cosmic level. They didn't stay long before scanning roughly half of the galaxy.

During the resurgence, everyone discovered that there were also second-type boundary breakers in this galaxy. It was a one-sided discovery, but the various civilizations, busy developing their technology, did not have time to pay attention to them, let alone eliminate them. They probably thought that these boundary breakers would also perish soon due to the impact of the cosmic catastrophe. Moreover, these second-type boundary breakers were different from the group they encountered before entering the Great Void, and they had no hatred towards them, so there was no need to kill them all now.

And so, the Starry Sky Grand Expedition Organization developed here.

Year after year.

And so, another eight hundred years quietly passed.

At this point in time, nine distinctive technological civilizations—Human Civilization, Divine Ju Civilization, Awakener Civilization, Silver Heart Civilization, Daya Civilization, Falcon Civilization, Flying Feather Civilization, Abyss Civilization, and Kroll Civilization—have completed the creation of rudimentary cosmic-level civilization artifacts.

Other civilizations that have made relatively rapid progress have also begun to work on the development of rule shields, such as the Green Sea Civilization, the Hemisphere Civilization, the Aran Civilization, and the Memodar Civilization.

These civilizations gradually broke free from the creations of human and Feiyu civilizations in their research on warp technology, and began to realize their own ability to produce warp engines that are 1000 times faster than light.

Apart from that, other civilizations lagged far behind.

Especially those civilizations that had previously shown signs of decline, some of which had already experienced technological stagnation due to internal factors, are now barely able to maintain the status quo thanks to the various civilizations within the Great Voyage Organization. In general, they have made no progress whatsoever in their research into the laws of cosmic physics; only their utilization of vacuum zero-point energy can prove that these civilizations are cosmic-level civilizations.

If we were to categorize these civilizations based on their current state, they would be at the very beginning of a cosmic-level civilization. They would still have a large number of Level 6 civilization creations, and their weapon and defense systems would not yet be fully upgraded. They would be considered to be at the very bottom of the cosmic-level civilization hierarchy.

Of course, if they don't give up and are given enough time, they can still develop. Even if they can't develop unique technologies, they can at least become a genuine cosmic-level civilization that can use various rules to attack.

However, this universe seems unwilling to give them time.
Just as all civilizations were engrossed in their work, a strange fluctuation suddenly appeared in the void somewhere in a certain direction of this fleeting galaxy.

If the Star Trek Organization had probes there, they would have discovered that the fluctuations were caused by warp speed, but not entirely by warp speed fluctuations.

Because the warp wave appeared intermittent, it was as if what should have been normal ripples from a duck swimming had become ripples from skipping stones.

It looked as if some creation was leaping and warping at high speed.

This object is not invisible in the optical band; if a detector were to be watching it from here, it would be able to see its true form.

Its exterior material looks very ordinary, like it's made of scrap copper, seemingly lacking any technological sophistication—just a silver lump of iron. But the way it moves proves it's not simple at all.

As can be seen, this entirely silver construct achieved a warp speed of 3053 times the speed of light. Moreover, each time it exited warp, its seemingly rigid silver exterior would suddenly transform into a mysterious stream of light, then vanish into the darkness as if it were a ball of silver light, reappearing 1616 light-years away. Perhaps coincidentally, the value 1616 is approximately 10^-38 times the Planck length.

Of course, 1616 light-years is a value calculated by human civilization using Earth years. If it were other civilizations, their "years" would be different, and the calculated light-year distance would also be different, but it would still be a multiple of the Planck length.

Clearly, this creation made some kind of leap after a period of warp speed, crossing 1616 light-years in an instant.

Even more shockingly, sometimes after completing a jump, it does not enter warp speed, but continues to jump several times towards the galaxy before returning to warp speed. After a period of warp speed, it begins to repeat the previous action and continues to jump continuously.

Space itself rippled regularly because of this creation's actions.

Judging from the way this creation operates, it does indeed resemble a spaceship, or rather, a warship. However, if the civilizations under the Starry Sky Grand Expedition could actually see it now, they would definitely be confused.

Because it can actually transform from a rigid body state into a state that resembles flowing light.

How could a warship undergo such a change in shape?
This unscientific!

The silicon-based consortium in the Milky Way back then had unique all-metal transformation technology, and the warships they created could also transform, but they didn't go as far as turning into streaks of light!

If civilizations in the Milky Way were to see this, they would probably think it was a warship built by a civilization with technology similar to that of a silicon-based consortium, which had become a cosmic-level civilization and continued to develop according to their unique technological path.

Humans might have a better say if they see it, because the dream ship Lyra that humans are currently working hard to build also has similar characteristics—its appearance is not like that of a normal warship.

Perhaps human civilization will assume that this warship was also created by modifying some naturally existing structure.

However, no one noticed that such a warship was heading towards their star system. Otherwise, they would probably have been scared away, since the warship's speed and jumping method exceeded the technological level of all civilizations.

Its technological prowess clearly indicates that it is at the level of a long-established, cosmic-level civilization.

Therefore, even if it is just a single warship, it has considerable deterrent power.

And so, without the Starry Sky Voyage's knowledge, this strange warship appeared from the dark void and then rushed toward the Xuyu Galaxy like a ghost.

Of course, there are still big shots in the Starry Sky Grand Expedition organization. The reason they haven't been discovered is simply because the distance is too great.

So after the strange warship actually entered the galaxy, three civilizations of the Star Grand Expedition Organization discovered its traces, or rather, the strange fluctuations it created.

These three civilizations are: the Galactic Heart Civilization, the Awakener Civilization, and the Human Civilization.

(End of this chapter)