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For example, they discovered a planet with an extremely unusual trajectory. It did not orbit any planet, but drifted like a ghost, appearing and vanishing unpredictably as it traveled through cosmic dust.

For example, they discovered a planet tidally locked to its star. It could not rotate, so one side eternally faced the star, locked in scorching, brilliant polar day, while the other eternally faced away from it, locked in pitch-black, freezing polar night.

...All kinds of wondrous planets—the universe was simply too miraculous, leaving them dazzled and utterly entranced.

Qin Meng had asked Jing Yi several times where they were headed, but Jing Yi always acted mysterious and merely told him he would know once they arrived.

Qin Meng simply stopped asking. After so many years of experience, time had long taught him how to keep his composure. He won't tell me? Fine, then. Say it or don't say it. Even if he wanted to tell me now, I wouldn't be happy to listen!

The two began wholeheartedly enjoying this extraordinarily long journey. Amid the vast starry sky, it felt as though even their souls had been cleansed.

One day, half a year later, the spacecraft suddenly received a signal.

It was a peculiar language, but it definitely came from intelligent life, because it also contained a piece of sheet music and several greetings. If they could not understand it, they could analyze it. The greetings sounded very friendly, though there was no specific receiving point. It was like an electronic broadcast speaker that someone had simply set down—anyone passing by could hear it without obstruction.

Qin Meng was thrilled. After traveling for so long, they had finally found traces of intelligent life!

Although Mi Star had joined the Cosmic Alliance, the universe was simply too vast. With so