In the twelfth thousandth year since departure, the Andromeda Galaxy was finally within reach.
"Though there were some unexpected twists along the way, we've finally made it."
Aboard the Lyra, Yue Yuan gazed at the Andromeda Galaxy. How many years had it been? How many years since he had seen a brilliant star system with his own eyes? Before, every time he awoke from hibernation, all he saw was dark emptiness. This time, he finally beheld a vast sea of stars.
The Great Voyage Organization, formed by thirteen Level Six Civilizations, had traveled this far, and its originally immense fleet had already shrunk severely.
Take Human Civilization, for example. When they set out, their fleet numbered eighty billion vessels. Now, they had only fifteen million Sub-Civilization Class Warships and another five million ships of other types left, including Sub-Civilization Level Residential Spaceships, Engineering Ships, Research Ships, and several Biosphere Spaceships. Not a single transport ship remained.
The other civilizations were in even worse shape. Many ordinary Level Six Civilizations had been left with only Residential Spaceship Clusters and various engineering and research vessels.
But that was not a major problem. Once they dismantled warships for supplies this time, they would truly arrive at the Andromeda Galaxy.
It possessed inexhaustible resources. As long as the Level Six Civilizations reached it, they would soon develop enormous fleets.
Meanwhile, the safety of those Level Six Civilizations that had lost their combat fleets was guaranteed by The Great Voyage Organization. The Awakeners' fear of turning their companions into fuel had not come to pass, with the exception of the Celestial Star Civilization.
To the Awakeners, this was the most commendable part of the voyage.
Only after arriving at the Andromeda Galaxy did they reveal this to the other three civilizations with Characteristic Technology. They