Since the Human Federation fleet arrived in the Gliese 3929 stellar system, this system, which had stagnated for countless years, had finally begun to change.
The Dyson Cloud system near the primary star, the planetary mining equipment near Gliese 3929b...
And the surveillance probes scattered throughout the outskirts of the stellar system.
Vast quantities of machinery gave this desolate stellar system an illusion of extraordinary prosperity.
It was only an illusion, of course, because this flourishing scene would last a mere fifty years.
Earth calendar year 2670.
An increasingly massive fleet passed through the "scorching" hydrogen wall surrounding the stellar system.
Vast quantities of antihydrogen came into contact with hydrogen inside the reaction chambers and underwent annihilation, releasing immense amounts of energy.
That energy propelled the fleet ever faster toward its destination!
The view returned to the Gliese 3929 stellar system.
After fifty years of destructive mining, Gliese 3929 looked more desolate than ever.
Gliese 3929c had escaped disaster thanks to its low resource abundance, though its surface now bore countless bottomless pits.
Gliese 3929d, a massive gas giant, had barely changed at all.
As for Gliese 3929b...
No, Gliese 3929b no longer existed.
An asteroid belt had appeared along Gliese 3929b's orbit.
Just like the asteroid belt between Mars and Saturn.
Unlike the Solar System's asteroid belt, however, almost every asteroid in the Gliese 3929 Asteroid Belt consisted entirely of silicates.
Iron, nickel, and all the other metals had ended up in the Human Federation fleet's "belly."
"Beep! Beep! Beep!"
As the buzzer gradually grew clearer, Lü Yongchang's consciousness slowly returned.
With practiced ease, he coughed twice, expelling the deep-sea fluid remaining in his windpipe.
"Zero, what happened?"
The moment he regained his senses, Lü Yongchang abruptly sat up and asked urgently, "The Space Pirate Civilization, or..."
"Professor,