Two months passed in a flash. With the Golden Road as its flagship, the ragtag fleet of Armed Merchant Ships and the Mine Snail emerged from the Stargate and arrived in humanity's birthplace, the Sol System.
The Stargate that Li Qinwu's fleet emerged from was called the Gate of Bliss. Located near Uranus, it was a colossal construct with a diameter of three thousand kilometers!
This terrifying artificial celestial body was a magnificent creation built when humanity possessed the power of gods!
Humanity had now degenerated to an extreme degree. They had no idea how to replicate such godlike technology; they could only use it without understanding its principles.
To protect the entrance and exit of this space highway, the Imperium of Man had stationed an enormous Sol System fleet here and built countless Star Fortresses.
The Imperial Navy, Astra Militarum, and some Astartes were all stationed here.
The Gate of Bliss was surrounded by ring after ring of space fortresses and colossal space cannons.
In the history of the Imperium of Man, only during the Horus Heresy had the Gate of Bliss briefly fallen into rebel hands.
After the Horus Heresy ended, the Imperium of Man swiftly regained control of the Gate of Bliss.
At that moment, Li Qinwu, his aides, and several hundred others were crammed tightly into the bridge, practically packed body to body and shoulder to shoulder.
There was no helping it. On a warship, only the areas near the bridge had large portholes through which they could see the outside with their naked eyes.
Everyone's eyes were wide as they stared at the scene beyond the Gate of Bliss like country bumpkins!
The universe was vast. In theory, during normal travel, it was difficult to encounter another spacecraft.
Yet at the Gate of Bliss, hundreds