Start sweeping the universe by rubbing the CPU with your hands.

After this communication, Han Yang never communicated with the Greenoka civilization again. In addition to the Greenoka civilization, communication with human civilization and the star system where he built the voyage fleet was also completely cut off.

In the entire vast universe, among the billions of stars, Han Yang seemed to be the only one left.

As far as the eye can see, except for a few huge galaxies that are still emitting some light, the rest are vast voids and nothingness. There were no stars, no planets, no dust, no nebulae, no star clusters, nothing.

It seems that there is only the purest nothingness left in this universe.

Even with the help of a telescope with a slightly lower resolution, Han Yang could no longer see individual stars.

But Han Yang knew that he was not alone at this moment.

In this void with a total cross-sectional area of ​​about 300 million square light-years, in addition to its own fleet, there are also more than 100 million Greenoka spaceships, and at least million people. Elite Greenorcan warriors and scientists.

Like themselves, they are advancing rapidly in this vast void. They are also constantly adjusting and correcting their course, moving towards the glimmer of hope in the future.

However, even though he knew that they were right next to him, perhaps only a few dozen light years away, the two sides could neither see nor communicate with each other.

The faint light that corrects the course of the spacecraft cannot be detected even with the most advanced telescope at such a distance.

The vast universe, with its unimaginable vastness, hides all traces.

Time is still passing rapidly. Since the last communication, another thousand years have gradually passed, then two thousand years, three thousand years, four thousand years...

Han Yang's fleet is constantly "downsizing." Because there are too many spaceships and lower-priority materials and components, they are directly thrown into the quark fission-fusion dual reactor as fuel and burned, and are eventually turned into energy through electromagnetic waves, neutrinos, neutrons, Radiation forms such as protons, hydrogen nuclei, and helium nuclei are released to the outside world.

At this moment, only 10 of the 5 large space carriers that were set out at the beginning were left. Even these five space carriers already have a lot of vacancies inside, and they will definitely continue to have more vacancies.

At this moment, Han Yang's thoughts were slightly tense.

Because he knows that according to the early detection of the Greenoka civilization, he is not far away from the deep space oscillation monitoring network built by the founder civilization.

The originally detected distance of about 1 light-years was only an approximate number. Where exactly it is, whether it is 1000 light-year away or light-years away, it is possible.

Maybe at this moment, he has actually broken into the deep space oscillation monitoring network, but he is not aware of it.

Han Yang looked at the surrounding space and saw that the surrounding space was still as empty and vast as ever. Look ahead, the same is true ahead.

Nothing is the slightest bit different.

The last words that the Greenoka people told him during the last communication with the Greenoka civilization suddenly emerged in Han Yang's mind.

"Just move forward boldly."

Then just keep moving forward. No matter you or me, there is only one way. And now that we have embarked on this road, it is impossible to look back.

Time slowly passed for another 700 years. During these 700 years, Han Yang replaced the protective film covering the surface of the spacecraft again, and the size of the fleet was also reduced again.

At this time, Han Yang noticed that a little fire suddenly appeared in a corner of the deep sky.

The firelight was very weak, like some dim stars, which was not noticeable at all. And it only lasted for a moment, and then went out again the next moment.

But Han Yang still noticed something abnormal about the fire.

It is not the light of a star, but the light released by some kind of powerful quark fusion bomb, or a cluster of quark fusion bombs exploding simultaneously.

After calculation, Han Yang confirmed that the place where the light emitted was about 90 light-years away from him.

The light was enough to be detected by myself across a distance of 90 light years. You can imagine how violent this explosion was and how intense the light was.

At the same time, the distance of 90 light-years is really not that far away. Even with my current level of technology, if I were to travel at super-light speed, it would only take a little more than a year to cross it, let alone a sixth-level civilization.

But Han Yang did not make any emergency response. He did not adjust his trajectory, did not accelerate, did not slow down, and did not enter a state of super-light navigation.

It was as if he hadn't seen this light and was still moving forward as always, still just moving forward boldly.

The appearance of this beam of light was like some kind of signal. Next, various signs in the surrounding airspace began to gradually increase.

Either a weak explosion light, or an inexplicable weak gravitational field that appears briefly and then disappears quickly, or a violent and short-lived gamma ray radiation, or X-rays, or even radiation in the infrared band.

On several occasions, Han Yang also noticed that there seemed to be some changes in the curvature of space, or some phenomenon similar to gravitational lensing. In his eyes, the Canis Major dwarf galaxy ahead turned into two.

When light passes through some massive star, its propagation path will be bent, and it may pass through both sides of the massive star, and then enter the observer's eyes.

In this case, what the observer sees as the stars emitting these lights will become two, one on each side of the massive star.

But there are obviously no massive stars in this space. Although gravity bombs can create ultra-high gravity in a small area, it is still too incredible to achieve the point where the Canis Major dwarf galaxy forms two images, and it is basically impossible.

However, gravity bombs are not the only way to change the curvature of space. Certain manipulations of space may also achieve this effect, which is equivalent to that of massive stars.

At this moment, the surrounding star field was as peaceful as ever. But in Han Yang's view, it was like a pot of boiling water that had begun to boil.

Han Yang didn't know what happened, and couldn't find out what happened. There was only one thing he could do, and that was to continue to move forward boldly.

Don’t change course or speed, don’t do any operations, just move forward boldly.

This certainly doesn't mean that Han Yang thinks he is safe. What Greenoka Civilization said at the beginning was only to increase the probability of safe passage, but it did not guarantee that Han Yang would be able to pass safely.

Han Yang also knew in his heart that the Greenoka civilization had no ability to make guarantees.

But even so, Han Yang still did nothing.

Because he can't do anything.

Keeping everything unchanged is the most likely way to pass. Any operation or change, such as acceleration or deceleration, changing course or even entering a faster-than-light voyage, will only increase your probability of exposure.

Han Yang was silent and moved forward.

The changes in the surrounding airspace lasted for hundreds of years before gradually weakening. Finally, the starry sky became quiet again.

Han Yang didn't know how many Greenoka spaceships had passed through this layer of defense in this attempt. But he knew that it actually made no difference. Passing is nothing but death; passing is also death.

From the moment it set off, this Greenoka fleet was doomed to destruction.

And their demise cannot buy their own absolute safety.

He is still not out of danger at this moment. It is still possible to receive a cannonball at any time, or some kind of attack method that you don't understand yet, and completely destroy yourself before you can react.

He is still moving forward boldly.

At this moment, the distance between himself and the Milky Way has expanded to 1.15 light-years. However, since the last time I observed an anomaly, I haven't seen it again for thousands of years.

Han Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that he was most likely safe.

However, the long journey is still just the first step. What will greet him next will be a long journey that is still 1.3 light-years long and will take more than years to cross.

During the first half of the voyage, I had more supplies. During the second half of the voyage, supplies were running low.

After more than a thousand years without orbit correction, Han Yang started the engine for the first time.

Unfortunately, the engine did not start successfully.

During the long period of dormancy, it broke.

Fortunately, Han Yang carried some spare parts.

After the repairs were completed, the broken parts that were removed were thrown into the fuel room to be burned. The repaired engines sprayed out fierce light, pushing the only four remaining space carriers to change their navigation direction once again.

Next, Han Yang noticed more and more damage to the spacecraft's functional modules and parts.

No matter how carefully you preserve them, they are no match for the long erosion of time.

At the same time, the supplies he carried also began to decrease further.

Four space carriers, then three, two, one...

In the end, the last space carrier was dismantled by Han Yang. All the spacecraft aboard this space carrier regained their freedom, formed a fleet on their own, and continued to move forward. The remains of the huge space carrier were still carried until they were completely burned.

Without the space carrier, Han Yang began to burn the spacecraft. First, the supplies were used up, and then the spacecraft was empty inside.

After the empty spacecraft is burned, the lower priority and less important supplies will be burned.

After the unimportant supplies are burned, the spaceship where they are placed will be burned, and then the supplies of another spaceship...

The larger the fleet, the more supplies it needs to consume. At this moment, the size of the fleet is reduced, and the supplies that need to be consumed are also reduced.

This is a proportional relationship, not an absolute value relationship. Because of this, it is said that even if it carries an entire star or an entire river system, it cannot complete the voyage across the river system.

Han Yang had already had this realization in his heart. But at this moment, he realized that he still underestimated the difficulty of inter-river navigation.

Even if he only carries one brain, he does not need to carry at least tens of thousands of intelligent beings like other civilizations. He can save too many resources. The difficulty of completing this voyage is still beyond his expectations.

Whether it is energy consumption, material consumption, or spare parts consumption, it is too much.

At this moment, Han Yang only had one spaceship left. The spaceship carries all the most important and basic industrial facilities.

Without these basic industrial facilities, even if he reaches the Canis Major dwarf galaxy, he will not be able to complete his mission.

They are like seeds. However, no matter how hungry you are, you cannot eat the seeds. Otherwise there is really no hope.

There is only the last bit of energy available at this moment. And this last bit of energy is prepared to slow down after reaching the Canis Major dwarf galaxy.

But at this moment Han Yang faced a problem.

The need for track corrections is getting higher and higher. This may be related to the getting closer to the Canis Major dwarf galaxy.

And... orbit correction requires energy.

By using that last bit of energy for orbit correction, he can successfully reach the Canis Major dwarf galaxy. However, you won't have enough fuel to slow down. In the end, unable to slow down, he could only pass through the Canis Major dwarf galaxy like an arrow piercing through paper.

If he keeps this little fuel for future deceleration, he won't even be able to reach the Canis Major dwarf galaxy. He will pass by the Canis Major dwarf galaxy at a distance of about 700 light-years at its outermost edge.

Decision time is getting shorter and shorter. Once the time window is missed, even if you decide to adjust the track, you will not be able to adjust it.

So... what to do?
Han Yang fell into deep thought.

At this moment, Han Yang wished he could have more material things in his hands.

No matter what the substance is, it doesn't matter even if it's stinky feces, smelly fish and rotten shrimp that everyone dislikes, even if it's garbage that people throw away casually, and it doesn't matter if it's highly toxic and high-risk garbage that requires strict protection for people to come into contact with.

As long as it's material. As long as it is matter, you can throw it into the reactor and turn it into energy.

However, what is most lacking in the vast starry sky is matter.

Finally, he sighed in his heart and made the decision to correct his trajectory.

Anyway, let’s go to the Canis Major dwarf galaxy first. As long as you can get there, there is hope.

The precious material changed into energy, pushing Han Yang's only remaining spacecraft to adjust its orbit again.

At this moment, there are only 3000 light-years left from the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. In more than 3000 years, he will reach his destination.

At this moment, even if Han Yang no longer adjusts its orbit, the spacecraft will no longer deviate from the range of the Canis Major dwarf galaxy. Because the distance is close enough.

But after thinking for a moment, Han Yang did not stop adjusting the orbit.

He put the precious fuel originally used for deceleration into the reactor again and continued to adjust the spacecraft's trajectory. (End of chapter)