Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1638 Paying Homage
This is the flagship of a Level VI civilization, with a maximum length of 1,820 kilometers, a width of 1,230 kilometers, and a height of 700 kilometers.

Without a doubt, this warship is enormous. It is the pinnacle of a conventional, established Level 6 civilization and the most powerful Level 6 civilization warship in this service area's star system.

However, it no longer possesses its former domineering and unparalleled aura; all that remains is its cautiousness.

Its main gun program has been completely shut down, the muzzle has been completely retracted into the hull, the only area-of-effect weapon inside the warship is also shut down, and it has not even opened its shields.

Clearly, it was the flagship of the Lolt civilization.

The Lolters operating the warship seemed to be expressing their goodwill in exchange for their courage to continue approaching the unknown civilization.

As the distance between them continued to shrink, the projects that humans were building gradually came into the view of the Lolters.

The first thing they saw was a crystal-clear, rhomboid shape, pointed at both ends and wide in the middle. Compared to the engineering spaceships constantly busy in the void, the rhomboid crystal did not appear large; its height was only 1.5 kilometers, and the maximum radius of its central part was less than one kilometer.

To the Lolters' flagship, it was nothing more than a tiny crystal. The engineering ships that were busily flitting about in the nearby starry sky like bees were also much smaller, only about five kilometers long.

But even facing such a group of small spaceships made the Lolters somewhat apprehensive.

No Loltans doubted the capabilities of these small ships, for they had all witnessed the warp speeds they displayed when transporting materials to nearby star systems.

They measured it carefully, and it was definitely a million times the speed of light.

A million times the speed of light! It was simply unimaginable for them, because the Lolt civilization had been a level 6 civilization for so long and had done so much research on warp speed, yet it was still only at a level of more than two hundred times the speed of light.

They once thought that was the technological limit that scientific and technological civilization could reach, but today they are witnessing a speed that seems like that of a god.

"Look, this unknown civilization is working on a project. It seems they're focused on it, which is why they haven't paid any attention to us," a Loltrian on the flagship consoled himself, a sentiment that was acceptable to everyone.

"These small spaceships look like engineering vessels from this unknown advanced civilization. They're so small! Look at what they're working on—a rhombus-shaped crystal. I don't know what it's for, but it looks like a gemstone."

"Is he creating art?"

“Artistic creation? It’s quite possible. The level of technological advancement of this unknown civilization is far beyond our imagination. They must have already reached the pinnacle of the universe. Perhaps they travel through the universe to find the joy of existence. Thinking about it this way, it seems reasonable that they would come here to create art.”

"I must say, these rhomboid crystals are really beautiful."

"Don't just look at how pretty it is. Let's check the status of the probes and see if the Institute of Physics can figure out how this unknown civilization constructed it!"

Speaking of this, the Lolters, who were just admiring the appearance of the rhombus crystal, immediately realized that the group of engineering ships that were flying up and down seemed to be just flying up and down, occasionally extending mechanical arms or force field probes, but none of the mechanical arms or force field probes were in direct contact with the rhombus crystal.

For a time, they couldn't figure out how this unknown civilization was carrying out construction.

“They are probably manipulating the rhombus crystal through a super-force field. This manipulation is invisible to the naked eye because it occurs inside the rhombus crystal. It seems that this rhombus crystal is not an artwork, but a technological creation with some kind of function,” said a Lolt scientist.

A high-ranking leader, also watching the images transmitted back to the warship, exclaimed, "That's right! What incredible force field manipulation capabilities! By the way, where are their warships? Why do they only have these small engineering vessels?"

Battleship?

"Yes, where are the warships?" The Lolters quickly scanned the other detection screens, trying to find traces of large warships. After all, according to their inherent concept, the warships of more advanced civilizations should be larger than their own flagships. Such large warships would definitely not escape observation at such close range, unless the other party deliberately hid them.

However, after scanning the area, they did not find any large warships.

Just when everyone thought that an unknown civilization was hiding its warships to avoid being discovered, a Loltrian gasped and exclaimed, "Hiss! Look, isn't that their warship!"

"where?"

"Those few thousand small warships in the view from probe number 7!"

"what?!"

"Their warships are all so small?"

"It seems so... wait, what's that? Look at the image transmitted back by force field detector number 15!!!"

This sudden surprise instantly drew the attention of the Lolters in the command center. But once they saw what was on the screen, they were all stunned. Without exception, they stared blankly at the creature with its constantly writhing and rolling appearance, becoming more and more fascinated and unable to tear themselves away, as if they were trapped in some kind of dream scene.

"What is that thing? How can its shape be so dreamlike?"

Some Clods didn't know this, but they felt that the thing seemed to have a magical attraction to them, like the call of a demon.

Some of the Krotas, however, remained lucid. They knew what this shape represented, and they exclaimed, "My God, the secret is a microscopic secret! Quickly, record its changes! This must be the creation of this great, advanced civilization, hiding a microscopic secret. My God, this great civilization can actually visualize the microscopic world like this!"

Clearly, they spotted the Lyra through force field detection.

Upon seeing the Lyra, the Lolters seemed to forget why they had come. Their scientists, especially those with profound expertise in mathematics and spatial geometry, stared intently at the Lyra, trying to see the shape they longed for.

They had already realized that their minds were acting strangely while observing the Lyra, as if they were being sucked into that ever-changing, distorted manifold, but they did not want to stop.

These scientists were thrilled. They felt that even if they didn't get any information on the trip, it would be worth it because they had truly seen the microscopic reality manifested, and they had seen things that they could never see in their entire lives before.

"Do you think it's possible that this thing could be a life form?"

"No, this unknown civilization is clearly a technological civilization. Maybe this is their warship."

The scientist, who was deeply engrossed in the conversation, was finally pulled back to reality by the dialogue. But as soon as he returned to reality, he was plunged into another shocking imagination by the warship mentioned in the conversation.

That's a warship!

What advanced technology it must have taken to build this warship!
Unbeknownst to them, the Lolters' carefully maintained composure was shattered by the Dream Lyra, leaving them only with awe for the technology behind the warship.

Judging from their eyes, they were practically shouting that the other side's technology was godlike.

(End of this chapter)