Departure

"Goodbye, great Awakeners." Yue Yuan arrived at the bridge as usual, and this was his first greeting, a polite farewell. Then he casually asked, "Could you tell us where you're headed?"

As soon as he said it, he realized he shouldn't have asked. After all, how could one ask about someone's whereabouts after saying goodbye? Besides, even if he knew, what could he do? Where could a Level Six Civilization go? Humans couldn't find it.

Just as Yue Yuan was about to change his mind, he heard the Awakeners reply indifferently, "After receiving your intelligence ten years ago, I contacted my Main Civilization. Not long ago, I received information from other pilots who arrived in the Milky Way Galaxy ahead of time. It has now been confirmed that those civilizations belong to the Level Six Civilization."

"So naturally, I decided to wander around the Milky Way Galaxy and explore the true nature of those civilizations."

The Awakeners makes no secrets, and it's unclear whether it cares about humanity or not.

Yue Yuan nodded. Humanity had also conducted a lot of analysis on the Awakeners in the past ten years, so he also had some understanding of the so-called 'Wisdom Road' mentioned by the Awakeners.

Although humanity is only Level 2 Civilization, it understands that the Awakeners, upon arriving in the Milky Way Galaxy, want to find a 'Wisdom Road'. Since it is said that only Level Six Civilization are qualified to embark on a long voyage, the best approach is to start with the top civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy.

At the same time, as a newly arrived civilization in another galaxy, the primary task is naturally to obtain as much information as possible about this star system.

"Will we ever meet again in the future?" Yue Yuan asked again, his words tinged with emotion.

For some reason, Yue Yuan, who had always wanted this Awakeners was weighing on humanity to leave, suddenly felt a little reluctant.

At the same time, a sense of loneliness also arose in my heart.

This feeling is similar to the feeling of going back to your Hometown for a holiday in Earth Era, only to find yourself alone as the workday approaches and everyone else leaves to go back to Hometown.

"Maybe, who knows what the future holds!" After the Awakeners answered, he continued, "Alright, this is the only place I can take you. The starry sky here is far from that battlefield, and the sea of stars is vast. Even Level Six Civilization would find it difficult to discover another civilization at such a great distance. You are safe for now."

And I must go too. Many Fallen Civilization in the Milky Way Galaxy await our salvation. It truly is time to say goodbye, Human Civilization.

"Goodbye, great Awakeners," Yue Yuan replied respectfully. It was the first time he had heard the Awakeners refer to humanity so formally as 'Human Civilization' instead of 'little guys'.

This change in title made Yue Yuan realize that the Awakeners seemed to be truly different.

Perhaps the Awakeners are truly a benevolent civilization! he thought.

The Awakeners is gone.

Just as Yue Yuan said goodbye, the human probes observed that the Warp Bubble that enveloped the human fleet disappeared without warning.

Humanity has regained its normal view of the night sky. The Milky Way shines brightly, and the stars have returned to their normal brilliance.

Immediately afterwards, the Golden Ratio Rectangular Prism that had been lying above the human fleet for ten years, after enveloping the human Warp Bubble and disappearing, also vanished into the Void like a ghost.

The Awakeners disappeared very quickly, just as quickly as he appeared. From the human perspective, he seemed to appear out of thin air and then disappear just as quickly.

In fact, after learning that the Awakeners was leaving, the human fleet had already put all its detectors into operation and focused all of humanity's proud detection methods on the Awakeners above them.

However, none of the detectors could detect how the Awakeners disappeared.

From the perspective of the optical detector, the Awakeners from the previous frame is still there, but after refreshing to the next frame, there is nothing there anymore.

The same applies to Neutrino Detection.

However, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna array detected a slight clue.

After the Awakeners disappeared, human scientists discovered a slight fluctuation in the interference wave from the interferometer of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna array.

It is this fluctuation that makes people realize that the Awakeners may have left using some kind of Space Technology, or it may have left by directly entering Warp at extremely high speed.

I won't go into too much detail about Space Technology. The reason why human scientists believe it is a direct Warp state is that, in the eyes of humans who do not have faster-than-light detection methods, once they enter the Warp state, it is no different from disappearing.

For an Electromagnetic Wave detector or Neutrino Detection to "see" the Awakeners, photons must fall on the Awakeners and be reflected back, or neutrino particles must pass through the Awakeners. But if the Awakeners instantly enters Warp and then moves away rapidly at two hundred times the speed of light, these photons or neutrinos will no longer be able to catch up with Awakeners.

This phenomenon occurs when the Awakeners suddenly jumps Beyond the Light Cone.

Within the cone of light lies destiny. Beyond the Light Cone lies illusion.

Humans cannot detect any events Beyond the Light Cone. The moment the Awakeners instantly enters a speed two hundred times faster than light is considered an event Beyond the Light Cone to humans.

Leaving is different from getting close.

Previously, in the description of the Kun-Tai Civilization, the Silver Heart Alliance spaceship was seen to enter the field of vision through a 'retrograde' phenomenon. This was because the spaceship entered their light cone from Beyond the Light Cone.

That's how the universe works; the appearance of many things that exceed the speed of light is always accompanied by things that overturn people's understanding.

Perhaps, only when humanity possesses faster-than-light detection technology will we be able to truly 'see' a spaceship departing in this manner.

The Awakeners left so decisively that many crew members on the bridge of the Lyra didn't even realize what was happening. They were in a daze for a while, and only after repeatedly confirming that the Golden Ratio Rectangular Prism representing the Awakeners on the big screen was indeed a small thing did they finally come to their senses.

"Chief, what do we do now?"

The one who asked the question was the Second Mate of the Lyra. As he spoke, he and the First Mate looked at Yue Yuan.

At this moment, Yue Yuan remained with his hands behind his back, looking up at the large screen. He said, "The fleet should temporarily halt its voyage and first have the Astronomy Team scientists determine our current unknown location as quickly as possible. Then, we will send out a batch of probes to explore the Star System near this region. After the probes yield results, we will choose a suitable Star System to dock in."

The Awakeners did not tell humanity where they were taken, so it is up to human scientists to observe it themselves.

As your location changes, the night sky you observe will also change.

If you think about how different the night sky is when observed from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, it's easy to understand that the night sky we observe after venturing into space is vastly different from what it was in Earth Era.

However, these challenges are not difficult for astronomers.

After receiving Yue Yuan's orders, they began using telescopes to search for stable Neutron Star in the sky that were recorded in Human Database.