There was only one consequence to not maintaining it: the more it was used, the more obsolete it became, until it finally broke down. On The Great Voyage Road, many civilizations had once possessed Characteristic Technology creations from other civilizations, but in the end, they had all used them until they were gone. The Precursor Artifact Human Civilization had obtained back then had been the same.
So in practical terms, no matter what, Awakener Huan now had to rely on Human Civilization.
Right now, after the humans finished maintenance on their own flagship, they had to rush straight into maintaining Awakener Huan's equipment.
Every Characteristic Technology civilization was taking advantage of this period to carry out maintenance on its flagship.
And just like that, time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, another thousand years passed.
During this period, while the three Great Voyage Organizations quietly built ships, they also continuously sent small fleets to launch probing attacks on the 712 Star System. On the one hand, it was to gather intelligence on the Boundary Breakers' army; on the other, it was to use offense as defense.
However, the Boundary Breakers did not stupidly sit around waiting for the three Great Voyage Organizations to attack. In reality, their approach was much the same as the three Great Voyage Organizations'—they also kept sending lackey fleets over to probe.
Because of the special nature of the Star Gate, the results of both sides' probes were about the same. Basically, the moment they emerged from the Star Gate, they barely managed to "see" anything before being destroyed.
It looked as if they were just feeding the other side experience, but they still had to do it. After all, at least they could get one look.
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