"The only lesson humanity learned from history was that humanity learned no lessons from history." Hegel's words were like a heavy sigh, laying bare humanity's tragic cycle throughout history.
Many people took his words as gospel.
Yet they did not know that this was merely a one-sided conclusion Hegel had reached because he had failed to open his eyes to the wider world. His observations had been confined to Europe, while in the distant East, that great nation had always kept records of history, standing in a class of its own.
And today's Human Civilization was descended from that nation, which had once stood unrivaled in the world.
They had inherited its commitment to recording history, and they learned from it. They had done so in the past, they did so now, and they would continue to do so in the future.
The many dangers of crossing star systems, and all the precautions needed when making contact and communicating with other civilizations, were recorded in their history.
From the Milky Way Galaxy to their present location, they had traversed vast stretches of stars and followed a long starry road. The hardships they encountered along the way, their joys and sorrows, their reunions and partings, were all recorded in their history, and every one of them had to study it.
According to historical experience, humanity needed to enter prolonged hibernation again for an ultra-long-distance voyage like this. Human lifespans had already reached one million years, but completing this journey would take at least 17.3 million years. If they wanted to live to see the other side, they had to hibernate.
It was not only humans who needed to hibernate. The sentient life of every civilization in the three Great Voyage Organizations needed to do so, including individuals who did not have