Unfamiliar Star Region

Year after year, decade after decade, the human-led Star Alliance continued crossing the sea of stars, passing one star after another, journeying onward again and again.

Without realizing it, they had traveled more than three thousand light-years. Humanity felt that should be enough. They were not certain whether the Dynamic Image Civilization and the Level 5 Civilization behind it were still searching for them, but they had indeed seen no trace of any civilization along the way, nor any pursuers. Perhaps they had truly shaken off their hunters.

Humanity felt that three thousand light-years of flight was enough. The sea of stars was vast; finding a single civilization was incredibly difficult. Even a Level 5 Civilization would face the same problem, having no choice but to search star by star. The odds of encountering someone in interstellar space were simply too low.

Perhaps humanity had escaped capture because they spent most of their time traveling through interstellar space. Perhaps the other side was still searching for them. Who knew? After all, news that they had obtained an artifact left behind by a Level Six Civilization had likely reached the ears of that Level 5 Civilization within the Perseus Trade Federation.

And along the way, humanity had not encountered any other civilizations. They did not find that strange, because this was the normal state of interstellar travel. The starry sky was so vast that encountering a civilization after passing only a few stars would be what was abnormal.

Humanity now somewhat believed that their frequent encounters with other civilizations after meeting the Awakeners, nearly all civilizations at the same level, had been unusual. Looking back, it truly seemed strange. Perhaps the Awakeners really had been manipulating things behind the scenes.

After all, Awakener 'Illusion' had plainly told humanity that the Awakeners