Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1630 Chasing the First Ray of Light in the Universe
If the Great Voyage Organization knew that the Calabash People embarked on their own Great Voyage by broadening their horizons and that they had inherited the spirit of the Great Voyage, they would certainly be very happy.

Because possessing the enterprising spirit of a great voyage means they have the hope of joining the ranks of advanced civilizations, and having hope is always better than those who only focus on their own small world.

Driven by the spirit of the Great Voyage, time has brought changes to the Calabash Civilization, and similarly, time has also brought changes to the Great Voyage Organization, which has always been on a great voyage.

After traversing the super stargate, crossing the two-dimensional world, and returning to the three-dimensional universe, the Great Voyage Organization continued its journey for another 20 billion light-years. During this process, the various civilizations of the Great Voyage Organization experienced many things and saw many different cosmic scenes and regions with different physical rules.

The foundation of civilization and the experience of science and technology have been accumulated little by little in this way.

The research that began when they encountered the gourd people in the two-dimensional world has finally achieved a breakthrough against this backdrop.

Yue Yuan turned his gaze away from the distant cosmic landscape captured by the telescope and then turned to walk towards the Academy of Sciences.

He glanced at it briefly and realized that humanity is now more than 40 billion light-years away from the Milky Way, which is now practically at the edge of the known universe.

Looking back from this position, the Laniakea Supercluster can still be seen, even though it has been destroyed by the Ruins, but in an optical view, its destruction timeline has not yet reached here.

Therefore, looking back, the starry sky is still dazzling, but many of the dark places in the dazzling starry sky are actually huge voids, and many more are cosmic catastrophe zones.

Looking ahead, the stars still shine brightly, but humanity's vision now extends to a range of 45 billion light-years across the universe, a reduction of 1 billion light-years compared to when we were in the Milky Way.

The various civilizations within the Great Voyage Organization were well aware of this situation, because the universe was still expanding at an accelerating rate, even faster than before, to the point that light that could previously enter the telescope's field of view could no longer return.

Therefore, for the Great Voyage Organization, their observable universe is now only 90 billion light-years wide.

However, 90 billion light-years is far from the size of the entire universe; it is only the observable universe as observed by optical means. The difference between the entire universe and the observable universe is like carrying a lantern in the dark: the area illuminated by the lantern light is the observable universe, and the area not illuminated is the entire universe.

The observable universe is relative to the observer's position. Imagine carrying a lantern and walking in the dark; places that were originally invisible will become visible as you move, and places that were originally visible will become invisible as you move.

Therefore, the voyages of the Great Voyage Organization transformed the unknown universe into the observable universe, and also transformed the original observable universe into the unknown universe.

And facing the vast and endless starry sky ahead, everyone who sees them marvels at just how big the universe is!
Yue Yuan was also filled with emotion.

The various civilizations of the Great Voyage Organization are no longer weak, but they still feel powerless in the face of this vast universe.

In fact, after discovering the change in the upper limit of warp speed in the universe, the purpose of everyone's voyage changed from going in one direction and finding a way to become a god-like civilization along the way, to chasing the first ray of light in the universe and going to the place of that first ray of light to explore the secrets of the birth of the universe.

The purpose of this change became clearer, because everyone felt that running around aimlessly was not a solution. Along the way, they had not found a way to break through the existing technological constraints and become a god-like civilization.

In this situation, the first thing people think of is to look for natural phenomena in the universe and find a way to master the infinite by starting with natural phenomena.

This led to the thought of the first ray of light in the universe. Many scientists believe that the first ray of light in the universe may hold the secrets of the beginning of the universe. Perhaps by catching up with it, we can obtain those secrets hidden in the river of time, and those secrets may even contain the secret of the universe's infinite safe, after all, it was the first ray of light produced after the birth of the universe!
Even after traveling 20 billion light-years, the vast expanse ahead still stretches endlessly.

Looking out, the Milky Way still shines brightly. If you don't look closely, you'll feel like you've been standing still, as if you haven't moved an inch.

Based on this situation, even if we travel another 20 billion light-years, the distant scenery might still be the same.

As a cosmic civilization, every civilization knows the vastness of the universe, but after traveling 20 billion light-years, everyone realized that the vastness of the universe exceeded their existing understanding.

In the past, everyone thought that the observable universe is 93 billion light-years wide, so the size of the entire universe is at most a little larger, since the universe has only existed for 14 billion years since the Big Bang.

But now it seems even bigger.

Faced with this situation, if the warp speed were still only three thousand times the speed of light, everyone would probably think that catching up with the first ray of light was hopeless. However, after the universe was reinforced by the Rebooters, the flame of hope that was about to be extinguished seemed to be rekindled.

Because the expansion of the universe is still accelerating, people think that by the time they reach the unknown universe, the expansion speed of the universe will have already exceeded the warp limit, since the expansion is faster the farther away the place is.

In other words, three thousand times the speed of light is simply not enough to catch up with the first ray of light.

But now the cosmic environment has suddenly improved, and everyone thinks that there is hope of catching up with the first ray of light at a speed of one million times the speed of light. They also want to take advantage of this good opportunity to chase the light as soon as possible, so as to avoid any unforeseen changes.

Of course, there is an element of gambling in setting this goal, since everyone now knows that the cause of the warp-speed changes in the entire universe is the Rebooters, and it is the Rebooters who have reinforced the universe.

This message was received from a broadcast by a certain civilization during the Great Voyage that covered 20 billion light-years. Unfortunately, the Great Voyage organization did not want to reveal its whereabouts at the time, since that civilization was obviously the Rebooters organization. Otherwise, they would have had a good talk with them.

And because of this, humanity once again missed the opportunity to learn the whereabouts of the kobolds and Adli. Information is reciprocal, and the kobolds, too, once again missed their chance with humanity.

Sometimes, that's just how fate works.

However, as long as the kobolds continue to exist, they will eventually meet again.

In fact, the Great Voyage Organization's initial choice caused them to miss not only the news about the kobolds, but also the news about the Divine Mobility Civilization. If they had chosen to communicate with the cosmic civilization that broadcast the message, they would have learned that the Divine Mobility Civilization had built an even more powerful flagship and entered a dimensional black hole.

The reason why these cosmic-level civilizations know about the Divine Mobility Civilization is because the Divine Mobility Civilization's actions are shocking enough that most cosmic-level civilizations admire its decisiveness and courage.

Therefore, the name of the Divine Cube Civilization is still quite well-known in the cosmic civilization circle. They have left the greater universe, but the greater universe has not forgotten them.

(End of this chapter)