There were no surprises on the approach to the Andromeda Galaxy. After 12,474 years of travel, the remaining fleets of the thirteen civilizations successfully reached the Andromeda Galaxy's Dark Matter Halo.
This voyage was of immense significance to The Great Voyage Organization. It marked a great victory for Milky Way Galaxy civilization. It meant that The Great Voyage was feasible, that cosmic exploration was feasible, and that the faint hope of advancing to a Level Seven Civilization had gained another glimmer of light.
As the saying went, a journey of a thousand miles began with a single step. Though The Great Voyage Road still stretched far into the distance, they had at least taken the first step successfully.
When the thirteen Level Six Civilizations came into contact with the Andromeda Galaxy's Dark Matter Halo, every civilization began imagining the voyages to come. With this success, with this reward after so much hardship, no matter how difficult future journeys became, they would have a conviction to keep going.
The first step had succeeded, so they would continue onward according to the experience gained from that first success. One day, they would cover all seven hundred million light-years.
We were the elite of the Milky Way Galaxy, civilizations forged through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, civilizations whose resolute will had completed the first step of The Great Voyage. We were all qualified to become Level Seven Civilizations.
The instant they charged into the Andromeda Galaxy's Dark Matter Halo, the thirteen civilizations were filled with boundless ambition. Even those ordinary Level Six Civilizations that had already dismantled their combat fleets rekindled their fighting spirit.
The thirteen Level Six Civilizations of The Great Voyage Organization could not wait any longer. The moment they touched the Dark Matter Halo, they collectively dropped out