Starlight in the Abyss
Chapter 204

The Second Spiral Arm

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The Grim Slayer are of utmost importance; it is impossible to enter another civilization's territory before understanding the situation, even if the two people in front of us are no different from our own people.

The Grim Slayer has already set sail back to the Nebula Region where Earth Two is located. Wei Kaiyuan's disc-shaped spaceship has been destroyed because it ran out of energy and was no longer necessary. Moreover, the spaceship's speed was too slow to keep up with the Grim Slayer. Although this reason was far-fetched, the two knew that no civilization could accept bringing another civilization's spaceship into its territory.

"Academicians, is it inappropriate to bring these two strangers here?" Hu Yu asked. It turned out that this was all the academicians' opinion.

"Don't worry, they're just ordinary people. Right now, they're just two ordinary biological entities, so there's absolutely no problem. Bring them over, and we'll question them carefully and observe them. While we're here, we can also secretly send a miniature spaceship to investigate the First Spiral Arm and Second Spiral Arm. Wouldn't that be better?"

"Miniature spaceships are indeed a good thing. It would be great if they had offensive capabilities. They are simple to manufacture and don't require many materials. Their greatest strength is their stealth. Currently, the detection targets of civilization's defense systems are large moving objects. Even if a miniature spaceship disguised as a small meteorite is discovered, it won't attract attention," Wen Zhonghua praised from the side.

"Without a pure energy supply, this thing couldn't fly this far. Other civilizations would find it difficult to create something like this, which is why it hasn't attracted much attention. However, its size limits its attack power. There's no way around it; you can't have your cake and eat it too."

"Academician, I understand exploring the Second Spiral Arm, but why do we need to explore the First Spiral Arm as well? These two just said that their people have already reached the Second Spiral Arm, which is thousands or tens of thousands of light-years away. They wouldn't be so foolish as to leave some of their people behind on the First Spiral Arm, would they?"

"It's a secret." Academician Zeng smiled mysteriously.

" Academician Zeng, that's not fair! Just tell us already, stop keeping us in suspense," Wen Zhonghua persisted.

"Haha, alright, to put it bluntly, it's worthless. These two just said that the Fish Horse Star Civilization only took away two of their inhabited planets, but how could a Star System-Level Civilization civilization only have two planets?"

"There are two of us too, what's so strange about that?"

"Chief of Staff, we are different. First, we have been engaged in a nomadic war. Second, we are only one-third of the population, so they must have more than two planets. But according to him, a war broke out back then, and the allied civilization of the Fish Horse Star Civilization won and plundered two of their planets. That is to say, the other planets have been destroyed. However, even after 100,000 years, these traces of war should still exist, so we can go there to find out."

"Another civilization. I was wondering when those two were talking, just how many helpers does Fish Horse Star actually have?" Hu Yu also voiced his doubts.

"It's definitely not just one or two."

"Academician, I still don't understand, what's the point of exploring these traces?"

"Of course it's meaningful. At the very least, it can further confirm whether what these two people said is true or false. If it's true, we must go to their territory to pursue the secrets of our origins. If it's false, then needless to say. Besides, exploring is effortless, a simple matter, so why not do it?"

"Academician, if I may be frank, this human race originated more than 2 million years ago, and only reached its Star System Level peak 100,000 years ago. They probably don't have much of a future, so whether we establish contact or not is irrelevant."

"Chief of the General Staff, what we need is not their potential, but the answers to our mysteries. Isn't that one of the reasons we attacked the Xuan Star Civilization and Mu Star Civilization? As for their potential, perhaps it's not as insignificant as we imagine, after all, they too have suffered from the Insect Race invasion."

"Oh, right, right, I forgot, please excuse me," Wen Zhonghua said awkwardly, which made everyone burst into laughter.

The Grim Slayer continued to circle the starry sky. A batch of miniature spaceships had already set sail, heading to the First Spiral Arm and Second Spiral Arm respectively. Three years later, the miniature spaceships of the First Spiral Arm were the first to discover the battle ruins. Sure enough, a fierce battle had taken place here. Even after 100,000 years, fragments of warships, stellar debris, and even human bodies were still drifting in the starry sky. They had been bound by the star and formed a huge debris belt around the star.

Not long after, the second batch of micro-spaceships also discovered the Human Civilization that Wei Kaiyuan had mentioned in the Second Spiral Arm. They had indeed developed to the Initial Stage of Small Star Sector and occupied an area of tens of light-years. However, it seemed that they had only recently entered the Small Star Sector Civilization, and they only had more than 200 million large warships.

However, these two hundred million warships were disc-shaped, with a diameter of over 30 kilometers. Hu Yu and everyone else were stunned when they saw the shape of these warships. The legend of UFOs has existed on Earth for a long time, but it has never been confirmed. Originally, Hu Yu, with his level, should have been able to access the secrets of this area, but at that time, Earth was busy dealing with the Insect Race, so there was no time to study such ethereal legends as UFOs.

Why do these warships look so much like the legendary flying saucers? Did this human group visit Earth long ago? Or are the humans themselves their creation? At this moment, Hu Yu became even more determined to go to the Second Spiral Arm and find out what was going on.

This human territory is nearly 10,000 light-years away from the Mu Star Civilization. Logically, they should have emitted gravitational waves 10,000 years ago. It took them 10,000 years to build more than 200 million Small Star Region warships, so their potential is indeed questionable.

However, this at least proved that what Wei Kaiyuan said was true; they were definitely not spies from the Fish Horse Star Civilization. If the Fish Horse Star Civilization knew that humans existed here, they would definitely have sent the Xuan Star Civilization or other civilizations. After basically confirming the situation, the Grim Slayer finally entered the Nebula Region and reached the airspace near Earth Two. Wei Kaiyuan and Guan Sengping were also transferred to Earth Four. Earth Two was now of paramount importance. In comparison, Earth Four was just a purely inhabited planet with a beautiful environment and pleasant climate. The only difference was that Earth Four did not have important scientific and technological departments such as the Academy of Sciences.

Hu Yu arranged a quiet place for the two of them. When they arrived, it was as if they had gone from hell to heaven. Everything here felt new and wonderful to them. Although the Mu Star Civilization had taken good care of their living environment, it was still a cage. No matter how wonderful it was, they, as the relay carriers, could not enjoy it in peace.

Hu Yu informed the two that he would go with them to the Second Spiral Arm to establish contact, and asked them to wait a while, as the fleet had just gone through a major battle and needed some time to rest. The two readily agreed, and even asked to walk around and look around the area. Hu Yu thought for a moment and agreed, but said he needed to send guards to protect their safety.

Here, the sky is azure, and a massive fleet can be vaguely seen in the distance. In the night sky, more than twenty planets hang like a string of pearls. Wei Kaiyuan knows that these are Hu Yu's base planets. The powerful Grim Slayer were created from these planets. Even on Earth Four, small spaceships come and go in an endless stream every day, presenting a scene of prosperity and busyness of an advanced civilization.

The people here live a leisurely life, but it's definitely not the same kind of leisurely life as that of the Mu Star Civilization civilization. Their leisure is imbued with a strong sense of self-confidence—confidence in the future and self-affirmation. With this confidence, nothing can defeat them.

Wei Kaiyuan and Guan Sengping didn't know if their own civilization was like this, or even more powerful. After all, the humans here were only Advanced Star System-Level Civilization. However, this Advanced Star System-Level Civilization dared to fight against the Fish Horse Star Civilization in a Small Star Region. Although they lost, they were indeed very courageous. If these two knew that Hu Yu had just defeated a real Small Star Sector Civilization, they wondered what they would think.

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