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In fact, some humans had expressed similar concerns, fearing that the Nair Civilization might catch up and cause collateral damage. Therefore, after embarking on their voyage, some suggested turning back midway.

However, a star chart extinguished that idea.

It's not that humanity's only option now, after leaving the White Giant Star, is to head towards the nearest star in that direction. Turning to other stars midway is theoretically feasible, given humanity's millennia-long history of voyages, but it's simply too far. Even if we travel for another hundred years or so, the fleet's remaining resources might not be enough to handle any unforeseen circumstances.

Furthermore, some have raised another point: if the Nair People really wanted to side with someone, then even if the humans switched sides, they would be discovered.

Based on these two points, humanity abandoned the idea of turning back midway.

And so, the scales of fate once again brought Human Civilization and the Nair Civilization together in the next Star System.

In the pitch-black universe, in the deep starry sky, when a steel fleet bursts forth with light from the darkness, the outline of the target star also appears before humanity.

This is a very stable Yellow Dwarf Star, only slightly larger than the Sun, with a mass about 1.1 times that of the Sun. It has a G-type spectrum, belonging to the same type of star as the Sun, but not exactly the same, because there are no two stars in the universe with completely identical spectra.

This star, like the Sun, is a Main Sequence Star, and its average surface temperature is 6,000 degrees Celsius, much higher than that of the Sun.

It is a star in its prime, and it can live for about nine billion more years.

Unfortunately, there are no Rocky Planet in its interior, which is within the Habitable Zone as defined by human standards for living environments. Not only are there no rocky planets in the Habitable Zone, but there are also no Rocky Planet in any other orbits, whether in distant or near orbit.

However, the absence of Rocky Planet does not mean it is useless to humans, nor does it mean that humans cannot obtain supplies here, because it has two Giant Gaseous Planet.

There are many Rocky Satellite in the orbits of Giant Gaseous Planet.

Both Giant Gaseous Planet are more than 6 Astronomical Unit away from the Main Sequence Star, with an average orbital radius of 6.6 Astronomical Unit at their closest moment, and the outermost one with an average orbital radius of 12.3 Astronomical Unit.

The two Gaseous Planet are roughly the same size, both belonging to the Saturnian class. The one closer to Earth's orbit has a diameter 10 times that of Earth, while the one farther away has a diameter 11.5 times that of Earth. Both Gaseous Planet are only slightly larger than Saturn, and remarkably, both have beautiful rings similar to Saturn's rings.

When humanity arrived, these two Giant Gaseous Planet were orbiting on either side of their Main Sequence Star, and the moment they approached the direction from which humanity was coming was precisely the moment they were in their closest orbit.

Of course, humans did not enter the Star System directly from the ecliptic plane of this Main Sequence Star, but rather formed an angle of about thirty degrees. However, in any case, they were closer to the star with the closer orbit.

Therefore, humans didn't go to great lengths to reach this Giant Gaseous Planet's Rocky Satellite, but instead headed straight for it. During their approach, astronomers, through precise calculations, discovered that this Giant Gaseous Planet has an orbital period of 13 years.

As for the outermost one, because its orbit is longer and farther away, its orbital period is longer; it takes 35 years to complete one orbit around its Main Sequence Star.

The Giant Gaseous Planet on which humanity has settled has three Rocky Satellite. One of them is so small that it cannot even form a sphere on its own, and its orbit is a very flat ellipse, so humans have chosen to ignore it. Of the other two, the one in the outermost orbit is very large, with a diameter of 6,011 kilometers, only slightly smaller than Mars.

However, it orbits Giant Gaseous Planet, so even though it's large enough, it's still a satellite. The other one, however, is only slightly smaller than the Moon.

Thus, the choice of where humans should extract resources is obvious: they want both.

Both satellites belong to a common type of planet in the universe, lacking an atmosphere and with little geological activity; they appear desolate and barren from a distance.

This is the norm for many planets in the universe, and humans have long been accustomed to it. Therefore, they did not dwell too much on the sadness and proceeded to explore and mine the two satellites according to the resource development procedures. The Space Elevator were once again released from the specially transported spacecraft and, at the end of the exploration, were respectively deployed on the two Rocky Satellite. Three Space Elevator were allocated to the larger one, and two to the smaller one.

Humanity's primary objective in coming here is to mine more non-ferrous metals and various minerals, refine them into the metals they need, and then manufacture armor-piercing projectiles for Electromagnetic Railgun. While producing enough Armor-Piercing Shells, they also intend to replenish the ships with the supplies and fuel consumed during the fleet's voyage.

According to the Production Department's estimates, if there are sufficient supplies and no shortage of any elemental metals or non-metals, it would take about three years to fill the entire fleet's ammunition depot.

Of course, this should be calculated from the moment production and shipment begin.

Including exploration, mining, transportation, and preliminary processing, this process will take at least five years.

In other words, five years from now, humanity can set off again and escape.

If we do this many times, neither the Nair Civilization nor that Virtual Consciousness carrying Great Fleet will be able to catch up with humanity.

Although humanity doesn't know whether the Nair Civilization is actually following its course, it's better to be safe than sorry, and finishing as soon as possible and getting away is the right thing to do.

Based on this philosophy, humanity immediately began a rapid mining program upon arriving on this Yellow Dwarf Star. The estimated five-year timeframe was also determined under these circumstances.

Well, that's assuming everything goes smoothly. If you factor in other miscellaneous things, it might take another year and a half for humans to arrive and leave.

However, this is not a big deal.

Humans are quite confident in their own supply capabilities. As long as the Nair Civilization fills up all kinds of resources at the White Giant Star, the time they spend there will definitely be more than five years.

Of course, this is all based on the prediction of human Think Tank that the Nair Civilization will come after them. If the Nair Civilization does not follow the human route, or if they separate and escape, then there will be no problem.

However, to humanity's astonishment, only four years after arriving at this Yellow Dwarf Star, the probes on the outskirts of the uncomfortable Star System received a familiar message.

When the probe relayed the information back to the main human fleet, the New Government immediately recognized it as coming from the Nair People. Shortly after the information appeared, the probe followed up with a video feed.

That was in space 21 Astronomical Unit from the outermost Gaseous Planet in this Star System, where an unexpected and utterly shameless fleet was slowing down.