Federation Year 2145.
Although the front line had been established in the Xiluo Realm, that did not mean the Alliance would stop exploring farther ahead.
After all, there were nearly a hundred Black Hole Cavity Realms between the Xiluo Realm and the Noreya Empire, with tens of thousands more spread throughout the surrounding area.
Across such vast territory, how many valuable rare resources might there be?
Situated at the edge of Black Hole Cavity Space and lacking resources, how could the Federation truly give them up?
Not to mention that these Black Hole Cavity Realms had all been purged by the Noreya Empire.
In other words, there was no need for the Federal Fleet to launch a campaign. They could simply head over and gather the resources.
Thus, a large number of scout ships and resource collection vessels had already set out a hundred years earlier.
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Vido Realm.
It lay a full twenty-seven Black Hole Cavity Realms away from the Xiluo Realm and was currently the furthest Black Hole Cavity Realm reached by the Federation's resource collection fleet.
"Commander, a Cross-border Channel has been detected forming!"
"Hm? Is it another fleet or a scout ship?"
"No. If the data is correct, this Cross-border Channel was opened from the other side!"
"In the direction of the Noreya Empire?"
"Yes!"
"Notify all resource collection ships immediately. Cancel all leave and gather resources at maximum speed. Withdraw from the Vido Realm in ten months!"
"Commander, isn't ten months too late? By then, even if we enter the channel, once the Noreya Empire's fleet arrives, they can destroy our Cross-border Device."
"Are you stupid? Why would we open the channel from our side? A Cross-border Channel is inherently two-way. Just have Kexing Realm open it from their side!"
"Uh..."
The deputy also came