Lighting up super-god technology in the Three-Body World

Chapter 251 Barnard Galaxy

In the 57th year of the Xinyuan era,
Human warships sailed into the Barnard system, which is 5.8 light-years away from our solar system.

According to the original plan, Ark 2 should have entered the Barnard system nine years after Far Travel 2 entered the Trisolaran system.
Both warships are upgraded versions equipped with antimatter engines, traveling at 0.2 times the speed of light. For every 1.8 light-years they travel, it takes them nine years longer to reach their destination.

However, after fully integrating with the Trisolaran civilization, humanity acquired stellar acceleration technology, which tripled the speed of the expansion of the roaming operations!
Ark 3 first used stellar acceleration technology to accelerate to 0.8 times the speed of light, and then instantly arrived at the location of Ark 2 via the worm bridge. At this point, traveling 1.8 light-years would only take a little over two years.

After Ark 2 returned to the solar system, its crew members appeared in Ark 3 through mind transplantation. This is a clever maneuver by human civilization to change its long-distance spacecraft.

Even with such a flamboyant maneuver, the long-range ship launched at the very beginning of the new era, after more than fifty years, has only reached as far as the Barnard system.

In other words, the scope of human civilization's activities so far has only a radius of 5.8 light-years, while the Orion constellation is 4000 light-years long. This means that it will take at least 5000 years for humanity to even begin to explore the Orion constellation!
Even if light-speed travel is developed later, it will still take more than 4000 years, and that's only for Orion. If you want to leave your mark all over the Milky Way, it will take hundreds of thousands of years.

The universe is so vast!
Above the Milky Way are the Virgo Supercluster, the Lanilaniaca Supercluster, and the Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex, and all of these galaxies are located within the N2 void.

The N2 void has a diameter of over 2 million light-years. Even traveling at the speed of light, human civilization would likely not be able to escape this region of the universe's scarcity within a lifetime.

After all, it took 200 million years to fly, from the Triassic period all the way to the edge of the world. The spatial distance is terrifying!
However, according to the time dilation effect, once the spaceship enters the speed of light state, the flow of time inside and outside becomes absurdly large, and the people inside the ship may have traveled 2 million light-years in the blink of an eye.

But when they woke up, the mother civilization had already changed dramatically, and the social order at that time might have changed again, with a different ideology. At least the connection between the individual and the civilization would not be so deep.

Neither side can be described as 'not from the same era'; rather, they are separated by tens of millions of eras.

The captain of Ark III is a woman of the new generation, five or six years younger than Luo Yinxi, and now in her sixties or seventies. Her full name is Anna Ottowodemgensenfeld, and she is of German descent.

The person sailing with her was named Guo Zhe, also a member of the new generation. His parents were early employees of Xiling Company. If we're talking about relationships, you can find Jiang Fan and call him Uncle Jiang affectionately.

He is indeed a legitimate second-generation member of the founding team.

The two of them were in their forties when they finally became a couple. Although they had spent decades alone on the ship, they were very innocent and pure. The younger generation of children all have extraordinary willpower.

Anna stood by the porthole, gazing at the largest point of light in the distance, and said without turning her head,

"Old Guo, it is also a 'sun,' but not a human sun, but a completely new 'sun'! We are about to enter an unfamiliar star system!"

Many people in the Second World are paying close attention to the situation of Ark III, a star system different from the Trisolaran system.

If we strictly follow the Dark Forest Theory in seeking survival, human civilization should not rashly venture into other star systems, because we do not know whether the civilizations there are powerful or hostile.

But there is a word in the human dictionary called recklessness. How can the laws of the universe and such stop human curiosity?
Just go for it and we'll deal with any problems later. At worst, it'll be a mind transplant, and we'll abandon the solar system.

Of course, exploration is one thing, but caution is still necessary. Guo Zhe was currently testing a White Emperor fighter jet. Before the starship arrives, a smart person would send a cruiser to test the waters first.

After finishing, he looked up at Anna.
"Yes, a brand new star system, a star system that human civilization has never had any contact with. I'm really looking forward to making a major discovery!"

Anna, with her golden hair, turned and walked towards the control panel, her eyes sparkling with a passion for exploring the unknown world. She approached Guo Zhe and offered him a passionate French kiss, releasing her pent-up excitement.
After they had been entwined for several tens of minutes, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Old Guo, I'm so excited, incredibly excited! Before we set off, the leader specifically instructed us that the Ark is very likely to become the first pioneer in humanity's active search for civilization. He has very high expectations for us!"

Upon mentioning Jiang Fan, Guo Zhe immediately displayed an expression of respect and admiration.
"Yes, we've been sailing for over fifty years, and finally we can report the good news to the leader!" After saying this, he put his arm around Anna and continued,
"Many friends want to come and see the Barnard Galaxy with us. We should have Sister Xiling prepare a body for them."

Anna nodded emphatically. She had no objection to this. Humanity is a whole, as the leader had said from the very beginning of the roaming project.

However, she didn't rush to summon Xiling. Instead, she hugged Guo Zhe tighter and tighter, and her classic German-style beauty's oval face gradually flushed red.

"Old Guo~ Honey, I'm still so excited~ Can you help me cool down~"

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Guo Zhe prepared to stand in front of the cockpit of the White Emperor fighter jet, his hands unconsciously tapping his lower back. Anna saw him off, asking with concern as they parted.

"Should we rest for a day before going?"

Guo Zhe shuddered and shook his head repeatedly.
"No need, if I rest for another day, I probably won't be able to go."

Anna shyly slapped her man's arm.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Just resting, not exercising."

Guo Zhe hesitated for a moment, but still refused.
"No need for that, there's an autopilot system, it's not tiring."

Having said that, he turned to look at the White Emperor fighter jet and gave the order.

"Open the hatch!"

The fighter jet's hatch opened with a click, and Xiling's blessing appeared simultaneously.
Have a pleasant trip.

The man turned and kissed his wife's cheek, then leaped into the cockpit. The last sound he uttered before the hatch closed was...
"Last night doesn't count. I'll teach you a lesson when I get back, you little vixen."

Anna smiled and waved at the fighter jet.
"waiting for your good news."

The braking track was activated, propelling the White Emperor fighter jet toward the hangar hatch, and it quickly entered space.

Anna ran to the porthole and watched Guo Zhe's tail fly away in a cloud of dust.

Inside the fighter jet,
Guo Zhe, connected by his neurosympathetic system, could use his consciousness to activate Xiling's assistance.
"Sister Xiling, please help us plan a route that can quickly survey all planets that may harbor life and constantly search for electromagnetic signals."

Xiling replied,

"Okay, route generation in progress. Keep the retrieval device on and I will automatically decipher it once a regular signal is detected."

(End of this chapter)