Listening to the Intelligent System, the humans present fell silent.
They had already learned that the Milky Way Galaxy's advanced civilizations had suffered a generational break because of the Precursor, but they had never expected it to have happened like this.
Looking at it this way, The Great Voyage had not been like it was now. Back then, it must have been common knowledge; otherwise, so many Level Four and Level Five Civilizations would not have been unable to resist hitching a ride.
Moreover, under the Precursor's dominance, the entire Milky Way Galaxy must have enjoyed a long period of relative peace. The Precursor had probably set rules for those civilizations as well. Only then would Level Four and Level Five Civilizations have been willing to join The Great Voyage.
If it had been like it was now, with advanced civilizations freely enslaving low-level civilizations on a whim, nothing like that could ever have happened.
Take the Silver Heart Alliance, for example. Low-level civilizations avoided them like the plague. If they went on The Great Voyage, no low-level civilization would possibly follow them.
The Precursor had probably not only refrained from enslaving other low-level civilizations, but had also established rules that gave them room to develop.
What a wonderful era!
Thinking of this, the humans could not help but sigh.
After their reflections, the humans once more asked about the Warp Space Enhancement Device.
The Intelligent System spoke again. "You can read the operating manual yourselves. Don't worry... you'll understand it. You only need to enter the information requiring transcoding into its built-in system, and it will automatically translate it into your language.
"All right, my mission is complete. You may leave whenever you wish. I will open the Small Universe Channel for you.
"However, before that, I suggest you