From Su Mu's search for the Night King's treasure to his return with a full load, the past year has passed as his discovery has been thoroughly spread throughout the kingdom of Faron, and the topics discussed by the people and pioneers on various planets have become treasures. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"You know what? The Night King's treasure has been found! ”

"What! The treasure of the most cunning and murderous Star Thief King on the sea of the stars of the Dark Ages has been found? ”

"No, you know? It is said that the Night King felt that the world was about to be destroyed, so he took his crew and treasure and built a shelter on the planet, hiding all the people and treasures in it, and when the end came, he thought that he could protect himself by hiding in the subspace. ”

"! Is the Night King an idiot? Why did he think like this, and why did he find a planet, if he really wanted to do this, wouldn't it be better to drive the spaceship directly into subspace? ”

"I don't know, it is said that the Night King believes in an ancient cult, perhaps hoping that the construction of this sanctuary will be approved by the gods, and has done so many unbelievable things, hoping to fit the god's prophecy."

"Hmm... I don't care, I just want to know, how much is the treasure worth? ”

"The disclosed figure is 1 billion, saying that in the past 2,500 years, a large number of treasures have been seriously damaged and depreciated, but I think even if there is such a thing, the loss will definitely not be so exaggerated, and the Night King is not a fool, how can he treat those things that cannot exist forever as treasures."

"Haha is saying that if I find the treasure, I won't reveal it truthfully, and I will definitely hide it."

Compared with the folk and the pioneers' internal talk about the treasure, the additional discovery of the flower of the string caused the scientists to exclaim unanimously "This is not scientific", and the final evaluation was not particularly high, which made Nana as the discoverer depressed for a few days, but fortunately, after these discoveries, both of them have been recognized by most people, and they have the reputation of senior pioneers.

According to Su Mu's memory, there was only one year left before the first phase of the Eastern Route at this moment, and since there were no major events worth taking advantage of during this time, he and Nana returned to silence and continued to make a lot of money in silence.

During this time, using the 3.5 billion added up to the dividends of the treasure and the profits made by Franco, they first added a new Ranger type for their use, mainly used to carry immigrants, escort, commission, exploration and discovery, and also to get a obsolete old spaceship to be incorporated into Franco's fleet to expand the scale of trade, and include the necessary crew.

The population of the Pioneer slowly grew to 8,000 people, and many new buildings were built, including neighborhoods, but the vacancy rate was quite high, and the Pioneers' ships were used to rest and recreation, barely making ends meet, and still had no sense of existence and were easily forgotten.

But that will soon change. Around the beginning of this year, the San Karan Frontier welcomed a new exploration fleet sent by the Kingdom of Faron, and the size of the fleet was reduced to three ships this time, which shows that the Kingdom of Faron could not withstand this kind of exploration activities that cost more than 100 billion each time and had almost no income.

Compared with previous expeditions, the commander of the fleet suffered heavy losses due to the negligence of Captain Sosa last time, and as a result, King Alfonso was distrusted, and was replaced by another veteran pioneer Sir Blanco, who was more vigorous, experienced sailing, and loyal to the king.

Blanco's fleet slowly departed after anchoring in the San Caran Frontier, and according to his plan, he planned to circle the empty universe of San Calan for 5 light years to find traces of the stargate, and he believed that this would lead to the mysterious ancient country, rather than trying to go directly to the edge of the unknown land, and the subspace storm that raged all year round would have caused them to sink into the sand.

The fleet struggled forward, patiently relying on the exploration spacecraft with the widest field of view in the fleet, enough to detect 10,000 astronomical units, constantly scanning the starry sky, trying to find the invisible and intangible traces of the stargate.

In the blink of an eye, in the past four months, they have completed the exploration of a large area, such a long time in the void, and have to face the test of life and death every moment, so that many crew members show fatigue and homesickness, but despite this, they still have not found the desired goal.

This is undoubtedly the darkest hour before the dawn, as recorded in the history of the Great Pioneer Age 1.0, if they survive the test and find the eastern route, all the wealth of the world will fall to the Kingdom of Faron, this fleet will become the end of the pursuit of people in the whole era, and Blanco will be honored as the Great Pioneer.

On this day, the flotilla continued its exploration activities in a loose formation separated by nearly 1,000 astronomical units, and some crew members noticed a gravitational anomaly and reported it.

When Blanco learned about it, he was keenly aware that this would be his goal, and insisted on getting closer.

As a result, when they came to this point, which was only 0.5 light-years away from the San Calan Frontier, they discovered that there was indeed a stargate there.

No one knows what is behind the stargates, there is no doubt that each stargate has immeasurable value, and it is very likely that behind the stargate is the eastern route they are looking for, Blanco did not hesitate to order to prepare to cross, after less than a week of sailing, leaving the stargate and the subspace storm behind, they found that the fleet had come to a calm and safe starry sky.

They reorient and find themselves 80 light-years away from the unknown.

They also found that this calm area was not difficult for the fleet, with the large and sophisticated fleet, it was easy to explore this area, they quickly confirmed that there were hundreds of star systems with animal, plant or other forms of life planets, and they noticed that the two primitive tribal nations did not even master the technology of flying out of the planet, and it was very likely that the ancestors of the Dark Ages were lost in the starry sky.

The exploration fleet was in a strange place, and as usual, they first rested in the two tribal countries to replenish food and fresh water, and then did not think about energy, and then began to trade and other exchanges with them, trying to obtain information.

There are certainly linguistic obstacles, but with the help of linguists and translators, they quickly get exciting information.

They learned that the tribal nation had been rumored to have ships passing by, and that sometimes those ships would also dock to make deals with them, and asking the crew's language could confirm that they were all Shinrikyo countries, meaning that they might have traveled a long distance to the other side of the mighty kingdom of Barubas.

For hundreds of years, the pioneers only heard of the opportunity of the Eastern Route, and never found the Eastern Route by going straight through the Barrubas Kingdom.

Not only that, but it seems that the crews of those nations would communicate with the primitive people of these tribal nations, and they learned that behind the brightest stars in the polar sky, there was a way to a mysterious ancient country, and once they got there, they would find everything they wanted.

This rumor will undoubtedly make people wonder if this is the Eastern Route, and it will also clearly indicate the direction, and for Blanco, it can make him completely sure that they have found the right direction for the Eastern Route, and if they go one step further, they will actually get there.

Unfortunately, as in the history of the first stage of the Eastern Route, the fleet has been adrift in the stars for nearly 8 months, and the crew from the bottom to the top are eager to go home to rest, otherwise they may not be able to cope with the following tests.

In the end, despite Blanco's personal insistence on continuing the voyage, he had to announce that the planet that existed in the tribal nation was named the Star of Saint-Li, and then announced their shocking and peerless discovery through the quantum communication instrument, and set out on the return journey with the special products scavenged from the Star of Saint-Li.

At this moment, the first phase of the Eastern Route officially kicked off.