Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1639 A Passing By
The Lolters arrived, and other Level VI civilizations in this service area galaxy followed suit. Like the Lolters, they came alone and occasionally sent tachyon messages to the location of human civilization, hoping to receive a response.

Throughout this process, despite receiving no response, no Level 6 civilization dared to rush over and question them directly, including the first Lolters to arrive. They simply waited quietly at the distance they could observe.

Thus, decades, centuries, and millennia have passed, and they still have not received a response.

The four Level 6 civilizations were quite patient; since humanity didn't respond, they just waited there and didn't go anywhere else.

They all knew that this unknown advanced civilization must have discovered them, and there must be another reason why they were silent. In any case, the Lolters were determined to wait here, and they would wait forever.

This wait lasted for ten thousand years.

"You guys are quite patient. Feel free to ask any questions you have. We're leaving now."

Finally, the Troilians discovered a message they were all familiar with, delivered in their own civilization's language system. At first glance, they all thought it was a signal sent by someone within their own ranks, but then they realized something was amiss—their own people wouldn't speak in that tone.

Therefore, the source of the information can only be that unknown civilization.

"Great civilization, are you leaving? Can we know where you came from and where you are going? Also, we want to know where our hope lies. Since we, the Lolt civilization, became a top-level civilization, we have always believed that we are the most advanced civilization in the universe. It wasn't until later, when we were fortunate enough to propose the dark matter confinement theory, that we thought there might be even more advanced civilizations. So we began to try every means to leave this galaxy and search for possibilities in the depths of the universe. But after tens of millions of years of effort, we still haven't succeeded. It's too far. It's just too far. We simply can't cross that distance. We didn't come here to ask for your direct help or technology. We just want to know if our approach is correct, and whether the Great Voyage can actually lead us to a higher level of civilization."

The Troil people, realizing what was happening, were overjoyed and immediately rattled off a string of messages.

In fact, over the past ten thousand years, Yue Yuan had already investigated the purpose of the Troil civilization and the other three level-six civilizations coming to him.

For example, the Troil civilization genuinely only wanted to know the answers to the Great Voyage and whether their efforts over the past countless years had been in the right direction.

They don't expect humans to directly give them technology.

However, Yue Yuan knew about two of the other three civilizations who had this idea.

They wanted to seek help directly from humanity, to be told how to become a more advanced civilization, and even to inquire directly about the technology for large-scale extraction of vacuum zero-point energy.

"Your path is correct, and your perseverance is commendable, but unfortunately, natural conditions have confined you here."

Upon hearing this, the Troil man was about to press for more information about the "cage theory" when he realized that the other party seemed to know what he wanted to ask.

"These galaxies in the vast universe are indeed cages, but the cage theory isn't entirely correct. While we can't rule out the possibility that some cosmic-level civilizations might do such things, we haven't seen any civilizations with that kind of leisure. As for where we came from, we can only say that we came from the depths of the universe. We've already traveled about 40 billion light-years, and arriving here is purely coincidental."

Four hundred billion light-years!!!
Upon hearing this number, the Troilians were stunned. Having just heard that human civilization was leaving, they feared humanity would vanish instantly and immediately pressed, "Where are you going? Could you take us with you? For so many years, no matter how hard we try, we can't leave this galaxy. Countless powerful civilizations have been born in our galaxy, but they all eventually perished, either due to internal problems caused by their long existence or by losing their drive and self-destructing. We Troilians want to see the scenery of the deep universe."

"Let's chase the first ray of light in the universe!" Yue Yuan uttered a sentence that the entire Kroll civilization would never forget. The moment they heard these words, all the Kroll leaders, scientists, and philosophers were stunned. For the past ten thousand years, they had imagined what kind of pursuits a higher level might have, but they never imagined that it would be so romantic and so thought-provoking.

Chasing the first ray of light in the universe!
What advanced civilization could possibly achieve that?
The Krol people couldn't understand why, if they had taken just one more step, they could have reached the level of this seemingly incredibly powerful civilization, or at least achieved a similar level of warp speed.

The changes brought about by the Rebooter's stabilization of the universe have widened the speed gap between cosmic-level civilizations and level 6 civilizations to an unprecedented degree, making it hard for the Krollians to believe that human civilization is only one level higher than their own.

Yue Yuan didn't tell them this on his own initiative. He only told them to be firm in their determination to embark on the Great Voyage. He didn't even mention that the dark matter energy system would need to be replaced after the Great Voyage reached its destination.

It's not that he wants other civilizations to suffer the same pain he did, but rather that while he wants to help, his cosmic perspective prevents him from helping too much; the number of cosmic-level civilizations must be limited.

A civilization that can complete a great voyage through its own efforts and become a cosmic-level civilization will not be too bad, so we should still give the Lolt civilization a chance.

So Yue Yuan then told the Lolt civilization about the Great Voyage with reservations, adding at the end, "We'll be waiting for you at the first ray of light in the universe."

Of course, they were also told about the Great Voyage Organization building a stargate here.

This news thrilled the Lolters.

Upon hearing this news, the Lolters began to imagine that a great civilization, upon arriving here, already knew its predicament and then stopped to spend ten thousand years building a stargate for itself.

Although this interpretation differs somewhat from reality, the purpose of the Awakeners in creating the stargate was indeed to facilitate these civilizations' departure from the galaxy.

Of course, it wasn't specifically for the Lolters; after all, if it were just for them, it would be more convenient to simply pack them up and take them away.

Building stargates gives service galaxies, which are extremely far from other galaxies, an opportunity to allow civilizations born there to embark on long voyages.

"Great civilization, could you please tell us the name of your civilization?" On their parting, the Lolters almost forgot to ask about the name of their great civilization.

"The Great Voyage Organization, the String Piercers!"

Human civilization responded with eight words, and then, carrying the completed quantum macro-tunneling device, entered the stargate and disappeared into the service area galaxy.

The universe is vast and ever-changing; humankind is but a fleeting visitor in the service area of ​​the galaxy.

(End of this chapter)