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What a brilliant scheme—profiting from both sides. This was outright freeloading! Upon hearing this introduction, the same thought arose in the minds of every human present.

The Dynamic Image Civilization told humanity that this was the rule of this star region, and also the rule of the Perseus Trade Federation.

From the introduction given by the Dynamic Image Civilization, or rather, the Gurji Civilization, Yue Yuan and the senior human officials aboard the Lyra confirmed one thing: this Gurji Civilization apparently did not know that this was the site of the Pioneer Small Universe ruins, nor did the Perseus Trade Federation they belonged to.

After confirming this, humanity also became interested in this so-called Trade Market. Since they were already here, they had to find out exactly what this Trade Market was.

Thus, deeper exchanges began.

After receiving permission, humanity's First Fleet finally arrived at the Star System inhabited by the Gurji Civilization after several months of travel. It was here that humanity witnessed the prosperity of this Star System.

Transport fleets filled the entire star system as seen through optical detectors. Some traveled between planets, while others conducted interstellar voyages.

A fleet of seven thousand warships came to greet humanity's First Fleet. The construction style of these warships was clearly that of the Dynamic Image Civilization. One warship within the fleet was particularly conspicuous, as it was obviously larger than all the others—slightly larger even than humanity's flagship, the Lyra. It was presumably their flagship.

That was indeed the case.

The Dynamic Image Civilization told humanity that this was their civilization's flagship, the Guerji. It was equipped with a Warp Engine that they had purchased from the Trade Federation at tremendous cost. Its maximum Warp speed could reach 38.941 times the speed of light, the peak speed of a