After Sanada finished speaking, Xiao Ran glanced at him through the Communication Screen. To be honest, when Xiao Ran saw the enormous structure before them, his first reaction had also been one of stunned disbelief. He had never expected such a massive construction to exist in such an inconspicuous corner of the vast universe. At first glance, he had thought it was some kind of space base, yet Sanada had immediately recognized exactly what it was.
An ultra-long-range jump system. Put simply, it was an artificially constructed Space Gate. Through this gate, one could enter a passage unlike subspace, then use the already-established Space Channel to leap an immense distance in one go without effort. This method of jumping was faster and covered greater distances than a warship's own jump capabilities, but its exit point was fixed.
It was not as though Xiao Ran had never seen Space Gates before. The Burning Legion had many of them, with each world connected to several others. The reason he had not recognized it at first glance was simply because this Space Gate was completely different from the gates used by the Burning Legion.
Once Sanada said that, Xiao Ran understood as well. He was only somewhat curious how Sanada of the Yamato knew what this thing was, and why he had reacted even faster than Xiao Ran, who used such things regularly. After glancing at Sanada, Xiao Ran instead revealed a thoughtful expression. However, he was not considering why Sanada knew about Space Gates. That question was not important at all. What he was thinking about was something else entirely.
*It seems this world holds far more valuable things than I initially imagined. Not only does it have technology from different worlds, even its talent pool exceeds that of an ordinary single