It was understandable that everyone was so excited. Discovering a new star system or a new trade route was already enough to get the discoverer's name recorded in the history of cosmic exploration, let alone finding a green, naturally habitable planet. The universe was so vast, and stars were as numerous as grains of sand in the Ganges, yet planets naturally suited for colonization and habitation remained as rare as gems found in the sand.
To ordinary people, the vibrant ocean blue or forest green seen from space was the hallmark of a naturally habitable planet.
Of course, that wasn't entirely true, but it didn't stop everyone aboard from gazing at the distant green planet and feeling elated.
If they could confirm that the planet was naturally habitable, the nearly three thousand crew members aboard would gain both fame and fortune. Even if they counted only the financial rewards, it would be enough to give anyone the financial freedom of the middle class.
Even Yu Lian was a little surprised by his own good luck, so it was no wonder everyone else was excited.
Still, amid his delight, he couldn't help feeling puzzled.
Judging by its physical location, this undiscovered star system ought to lie near a route between the Empire's and the Commonwealth's colonies. Even if it were off course, it should be no more than a hundred light-years away. Yet half a century later, in another timeline, after the Imperial governorate based around the Gateway of Glory had officially been renamed the Dawn Star Sector, the Imperial Glory Governorate and the Commonwealth's New Lushun Colonial Sector had been merged into one enormous administrative region. All the unmanned frontier systems along the existing routes had long since become the Empire's hinterland. There were more than twenty times as many