Passing through the black hole region at the center of the Andromeda Galaxy was merely an "insignificant" interlude in the entire voyage.
It once again confirmed the strength of Lü Yongchang's powerful backer-even the Cleaners Civilization hadn't dared to act rashly, had it?
More than sixty years later, in Earth Calendar year 10100.
Eight thousand light-years from the twin black hole region of AGBH-01 and AGBH-02.
In a mere two hundred years, Human Civilization had almost crossed the entire Andromeda Galaxy!
When Lü Yongchang realized this, he felt momentarily dazed.
Humanity was still only a quasi-level seven civilization.
Seen that way... once humanity became a level seven civilization, wouldn't even the Andromeda Galaxy seem a little too cramped and crowded?
No wonder the Tenth Empire had chosen to continue its expedition...
To ensure a civilization's continued progress, this was all but inevitable!
The reason was simple.
All scientific research had to be grounded in observations of real phenomena.
For example, the merger of two black holes held the secret to the Level Seven Advancement of a civilization.
Mastering more advanced technology would inevitably require more extreme, more complex "astronomical events."
This was also the fundamental reason the Cleaners Civilization had built the Universe-Spanning Accelerator.
"Professor, the tachyon broadcast receiver has picked up a new signal. Its frequency band is..."
The electronic synthesized voice interrupted Lü Yongchang's wandering thoughts.
As he looked at the pearly white text appearing on the Holographic Projection, a flicker of surprise crossed his eyes.
This frequency band... was the general communications band established by the Neutral Faction!
The Human Fleet had finally received messages from level six civilizations on this band!
[Are the rumors true?] [We don't know...] [We've only heard about them ourselves...]
Scattered messages gradually appeared on the Holographic Projection.
Lü