Setting Out on the Starry Road

"Yes, Warp Engine! Everyone here is qualified, so I won't hide it anymore. The Warp Engine was salvaged from a small spaceship that crashed on Callisto. We speculated about its technological level back then, and now it's confirmed that it was created by a Level 4 Civilization. The crashed Unknown Civilization Spaceship should have been a Single-Soldier Warship from a Level 4 Civilization," Yu Nanfeng nodded.

These words gave Gu Younian a surge of excitement, and he almost thought that Warp Engine could be installed on spaceships.

Actually, his thinking wasn't wrong. When humanity encountered the Awakeners, they asked Awakeners to help them crack the Warp Engine program, so humanity could indeed use the Warp Engine.

However, this Warp Engine is too small to power Sea-Class Warship. Even if it could, it would only be able to use up those few Antimatter energy packs. After that, humanity would be unable to produce fuel.

Therefore, the Warp Engine was basically only used for scientific research, rather than actually installed on the spaceship.

Now that Yu Nanfeng has brought up the Warp Engine, it's obviously not to use it; rather, it's probably to talk about the Interstellar Transaction Market.

Sure enough, Yu Nanfeng then said, "As the saying goes, money can move people's hearts. If Life Planet is not enough to attract the attention of the Interstellar Transaction Market, we can show them the Warp Engine. I think that after seeing us bring out the Warp Engine, if the Interstellar Transaction Market has Level 4 Civilization creation, they will definitely not hide it anymore."

That's true. If humans simply claim to possess information about Life Planet, the Interstellar Transaction Market might suspect that humans are using images of their home planet to deceive people, or that they are creating fake or composite images.

Even if humans showcase two Life Planet with different environments, they might still be accused of faking it. But Warp Engine is different; it's a technological creation, unlike Life Planet, which can be faked.

In other words, the fabricated Warp Engine images would be immediately recognizable to any civilization that has actually seen Warp Engine.

"That's good. With this, the investigation into whether the Interstellar Transaction Market truly possesses artifacts created by Level 4 Civilization should be a sure thing." Yue Yuan, who had been listening the whole time, nodded in affirmation.

Then he added, "So what do you think is the best way for us to get there?"

No sooner had the words been spoken than one of the standing committee members said, "We definitely can't send all the ships; that would be too dangerous, since we're not really going to make a deal. But if we leave the Residential Spaceship and all the other ships here and let the fleet go alone, it will be too far from the Residential Spaceship Cluster. If something goes wrong, the fleet won't be able to get there in time to provide assistance."

"Then I think we can leave one fleet to guard the Civilization Main Body, and send the remaining two fleets to the Star System where the Interstellar Transaction Market is located," another committee member suggested.

Upon hearing this, Bu Guiyu immediately interjected, "If that's the case, my Third Fleet must head to the Interstellar Transaction Market."

After saying that, she found that Man Yuemei was still sitting there calmly and composedly, without any intention of competing.

After hundreds of years of hibernation, the number of human warships has increased from ten million to seventeen million thanks to the continuous work of Strong Artificial Intelligence. The number of flagships commanded by humans has also increased, but there are still only three Commander for the Great Fleet.

Oh, to be precise, there are two: one is Man Yuemei, and the other is Bu Guiyu. Yue Yuan is also one, but he is special, so he is considered the Commander-in-Chief.

Yue Yuan held all the power of military appointments and dismissals, which made him different.

Man Yuemei was well aware of this, so whenever Yue Yuan was present during military mobilizations or on military matters, Man Yuemei would not act in a way Bu Guiyu.

Because she knew it was useless. This was something she had learned from spending many years with Yue Yuan. In the end, military matters were decided by Yue Yuan's word.

Sure enough, the next moment, she saw Yue Yuan's gaze shift to Bu Guiyu, and then he said in a slightly reprimanding tone, "Commander Bu, do you think our Human Civilization military command system is still the same as it was thousands of years ago in the era of cold weapons? Before setting out, the generals are asking to be the vanguard?"

"This was my oversight. What do you think, Commander Yue?" Bu Guiyu was a bit blunt, but he wasn't stupid, otherwise Yue Yuan wouldn't have thought highly of him.

"Go, all of you!"

Yue Yuan uttered two words, then tapped the conference table a few times with his finger, and continued, "Not only will the entire fleet go, but also Residential Spaceship, Research Spaceship, and other types will go, though not all of them will enter the Star System where the Interstellar Transaction Market is located."

After a pause, Yue Yuan stroked his chin and spoke again, "Judging from the current situation, the Star System where the Kuntai People Fleet is located should be safe, and it is not too far from the Interstellar Transaction Market, only about thirty light-years away. When the Great Fleet heads to the Interstellar Transaction Market, apart from the warships, the other ships can first dock in that star system and conduct resource mining there, serving as our rear base."

The first, second, and Third Warship Fleet formed a column, advancing towards the Interstellar Transaction Market. Meanwhile, the final fleet group was also tasked with exploring the area for Interstellar Pirate, attempting to locate their lair.

There is currently no conclusive evidence that Interstellar Pirate and Interstellar Transaction Market belong to the same civilization, so of course we still need to search for it.

However, the search was not really to find evidence to use to reason with the Interstellar Transaction Market, but to understand the ins and outs of the Interstellar Transaction Market and the Interstellar Pirate so that humanity could make better plans.

The so-called Interstellar Pirate must have had star bases, and in that particular star system, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to appear right in front of the Dog-Headed People Fleet at that exact moment.

At this moment, a member of the Standing Committee, who had been listening to Yue Yuan's arrangements, asked with some concern, "Commander Yue, shouldn't we leave some warships to guard our Civilization Main Body?"

"No need!" Yue Yuan didn't pretend to be profound and directly explained the reason to him, "During our initial negotiations with the Interstellar Transaction Market, our main civilization can produce another batch of warships. At that time, we can place a Strong Artificial Intelligence to oversee them, and there won't be much of a problem with protecting our forces."

With Strong Artificial Intelligence, humanity can always produce New Warship, just like during the period of great hibernation, humanity's warships are constantly growing, as long as there are enough resources.

"Commander Yue is wise," said the Standing Committee member.

"Hmm!" Yue Yuan didn't mince words and nodded directly. "If there are no other opinions, this matter is settled. However, what we have discussed so far is just a general framework for action. There are still many contingency plans to be developed, which you will need to refine further."

"Understood, Commander Yue!"

"Commander Yue, please rest assured."

"The Command Department is good at this!"

As voices of agreement echoed throughout the hall, a decision that would determine the future of humanity was born here.

Soon after, the fleet, which had been frozen for hundreds of years, awoke once more and embarked on its journey to the stars.

With the order given, the robots that were still mining resources on the planet's surface returned to the transport ships, then escaped the planet's Gravity and returned to the Great Fleet.

The Space Dock, where warships were being built at a feverish pace, also ceased their busy work. Flexible Mechanical Arm then extended from within, securing the unfinished warships. Next, the entire Space Dock began a mechanical transformation, revealing enormous Magnetic Propulsion systems.

Humanity is about to embark on another voyage. As a Wandering Civilization, everything will follow the main civilization on its journey to the Starry Road.

This is not the first time that humanity has embarked on Starry Road, but compared to the past, this departure is very different, and it no longer resembles Level 2 Civilization.

All types of warships doubled in size, totaling over 17 million Sea-Class Warship, plus over 20 million other types. How magnificent it would be if such a massive fleet simultaneously spewed forth its exhaust plumes!

Unfortunately, by the time humanity reached Level 3 Civilization, their warships no longer emitted any trails of light; instead, they resembled a group of ghosts drifting into space.