The Central Region is the most densely populated and resource-rich place in the Southern Alpha System. In this region, which occupies only one-tenth of the Southern Alpha Galaxy, there are one-third of the stars of the Southern Alpha Galaxy, as well as the central black hole that maintains the stable existence of the Southern Alpha Galaxy.

In fact, the entire Southern Alpha galaxy orbits the central black hole with a period of about one billion years.

According to the natural evolution of the star system, in about 12 billion years, all the stars in the Southern Alpha system will fall into the central black hole.

Of course, I don't care about what happens 12 billion years from now.

Here, the stars are so dense that the distance between two adjacent star systems is rarely more than five light-years, and most are between one and three light-years. Because they are so close together and interact too strongly, many stars have a lifespan of less than a billion years. It's just that for any intelligent civilization, one billion years is a very long time. You know, the Galactic Alliance came to the Southern Alpha System only 5,000 years ago.

It is precisely because of the large number of stars, as well as planets and other planets orbiting around them, that the Central Region has the most abundant resources in the entire Southern Alpha system. If you don't consider what will happen in a billion years, this is also the most suitable place for the survival and development of intelligent civilizations.

Of course, not all star systems are suitable for intelligent civilizations to settle in.

After 5,000 years of exploration, the resource-rich and environment-friendly planets in the central region have long been occupied by seven top-level civilizations, and even those planets with less abundant resources and less suitable environments have been occupied by later advanced civilizations. Under predatory development, many planets have been abandoned due to resource depletion or environmental destruction, and have become unsettled and unmanaged borderlands.

On the route from Alliance Star to Hidden Soul Star, there are countless such planets.

Fifteen hundred light-years is not close, within ten light-years on either side of this route. There are nearly 10,000 galaxies of all sizes.

EJ77984 is one of them.

Because there are so many galaxies that it is impossible to name every star, most galaxies have only one official number. Only those star systems that have settlers and have exploitative value will be named, and such star systems are only a handful.

Of course, those star systems that have been abandoned due to the depletion of resources will also be forgotten. In the end, all that remains is the official number.

This is the case with EJ77984 star systems.

Five thousand years ago, before the Galactic Alliance came to the Southern Alpha System, it was home to an industrialized indigenous civilization. Although this indigenous civilization put up a desperate resistance, the industrial-level military force was simply not enough to resist the powerful Galactic Alliance. After the destruction of the indigenous civilizations, the Hidden Spirits took over the system and exploited its resources.

When coming to the Southern Alpha system, even the top civilizations were facing a shortage of resources. After occupying this star system, the Hidden Spirits did not make long-term plans, but only hoped to use the resources they had mined to grow rapidly. It was used to sweep away the indigenous civilizations in other places. As a result, under the frenzied exploitation of the Hidden Spirits, the resources in this star system were quickly depleted and soon lost their value.

After that, the First Greenwich War broke out.

In order to defeat the powerful Silicon Alliance, all civilizations in the Galactic Alliance, including the Hidden Spirits, have done their best, and the Hidden Spirits, who are the top civilizations. It also played the role of a mainstay. It was during the First Greenwich War that the star system was abandoned by the Hidden Spirits due to the depletion of resources.

Thousands of years since. It's all borderlands.

Although during the Fifth Greenwich War, the Hidden Spirits had intended to give away EJ77984 star systems to other civilizations in exchange for the resources needed to expand their military power. After the rapid fall of the Northern Fourth District, the Hidden Spirit Clan also considered setting up a refugee camp here to house the orphans of civilizations that had been destroyed by the Silicon Charm army. With the Human Federation blocking the advance of the Silicon Charm army on Lighthouse, all of these assumptions came to naught. In the eyes of the Hidden Spirits. Even an abandoned galaxy is highly valuable because of its unique location. As for the orphans of the lower civilizations that have suffered the catastrophe, they are not valued by the Hidden Spirits at all, and the refugees are also responsible for rebuilding them.

That is, more than four thousand years after the First Greenwich War. EJ77984 galaxy is uninhabited.

Of course, that's not to say that there aren't people here.

According to Jackson, he traveled to this star system more than a hundred years ago when he was escorting a local tyrant to the Hidden Spirit Star, and met a group of pirates here. Because the stay was not very long, Jackson did not know about the pirates, only that there was a temporary base here, mainly to supply the pirates who passed by, and some pirates also bartered here.

If this temporary base is still there, there will definitely be pirates coming in and out, and the ship will be found.

Jackson made it very clear not to get too much hope. EJ77984 star system is within the jurisdiction of the Hidden Spirits, and there are often Hidden Spirit warships. Not to mention pirates, even the legions of other civilizations would not dare to provoke the warships of the Hidden Spirits, let alone fight against the Hidden Spirits.

As such, it was only a temporary base, and the pirates who came here only stayed for a short time. As for the guys who run this makeshift base, they're ready to run away at any moment. It can be said that as long as there is the slightest wind and grass, they will run away.

Of course, this is also the reason why Yang Yi insisted on going to EJ77984 star system.

Quite simply, those guys are going to need a spaceship if they want to escape, and it's good enough, at least a spaceship that's fast enough.

Obviously, this is exactly what Yang Yi needs now.

After flying out of the jump tunnel, the Shadow began to slow down.

Now, the "Shadow" is a small pirate ship, Yang Yi and they are all pirates, and the experienced Jackson has become the pirate leader.

In the entire Southern Alpha system, there are as many pirates as this one, with only one pirate ship and a few dozen members.

According to Jackson's arrangement, they came here for three purposes, one was to replenish supplies, the second was to sell goods, and the third was to obtain information. In fact, most of the smaller pirate legions only go to a certain base in this situation, and they usually sail in space, so it is right to say that they are loitering. The reason is simple, the small pirate army is not capable enough, and it is easy to be targeted by others if you stay in a certain place for a long time. Although pirates have unwritten rules and rarely kill each other, it is not uncommon for black to eat black, driven by profit. All pirates know that if you don't have enough strength, don't show off, and if you are targeted by others, you may be killed.

In order to avoid attracting attention, Shadow did not go directly into EJ77984 star system.

Soon, Shadow was on the periphery of the star system, with a meteorite belt of billions of meteorites around the star.

EJ77984 galaxy originally had two solid planets, but five thousand years ago, when it was attacked by the Galactic Alliance, the indigenous civilization blew up the outer planet in order to deal with the invading enemy. The meteorite belt in front of Shadow is a product of the planet's collapse.

"Wait, don't act rashly unless you're attacked." Jackson told Yang Yi and the others.

Yang Yi nodded, indicating that he understood what Jackson meant.

The temporary base is located on a planet behind the meteorite belt, and if it is still there, the pirates who run the area will deploy patrol ships in the meteorite belt.

In fact, the meteorite belt is a natural line of defense.

Perhaps, it was because of this meteorite belt that the pirates chose to EJ77984 the star system and set up a temporary base here. As long as some probes are deployed in the meteorite belt, even if they are attacked by the Hidden Spirit warships, the pirates in the temporary base can escape in time. If there is no meteorite belt, I am afraid that when the Hidden Spirit warship appears in the planet's orbit, it will not be discovered by the pirates in the temporary base.

Under Jackson's control, the Shadow drilled into the meteorite belt.

Actually, the meteorite belt is not crowded. Although billions of meteorites were formed after the collapse of the planet, the space that orbits the star is huge enough. These meteorites are not crowded together, but are scattered scattered, and large meteorites are spaced more than a thousand kilometers apart.

Of course, in the vast universe, this can be regarded as very dense.

Although these meteorites cannot prevent the passage of the battleship, they can pose a threat to the battleship, so that the battleship cannot open a space passage here, nor can it directly enter the meteorite belt through the space passage. In addition, there are a large number of meteorites that are still moving at high speeds, and the distance between the meteorite belt and the star is not very far, so the risk of opening a space channel on the inner side of the meteorite belt is also very high.

It was because of this that even the Hidden Spirit Clan's warships could only pass through the meteorite belt in the normal way.

Under Jackson's control, the Shadow flew slowly.

Of course, this is only relative, and the speed of the Shadow is still up to 100 kilometers per second. Reduce the speed, not for fear of hitting a meteorite, but not for the desire to cause a misunderstanding. If the makeshift base is still in place, and the pirates there are closely monitoring the Shadow as it enters the meteorite belt, then the rapid flight could be seen as a sign of malice. Fly slowly, at least to show that there is no malice.

At the same time, the Shadow's probes were keeping a close eye on the surroundings and displaying the images taken in the cockpit.

"What's that?"

"A spaceship." Justin answered Lin Feng's question. "Don't worry, it's a scrapped ship, I'm afraid it's been docked there for thousands of years."

Lin Feng let out a long breath and calmed down.

Indeed, the ship docked next to the meteorite about a thousand kilometers away was very dilapidated, with a huge hole in its hull, and there were no energy fluctuations and no signs of life. In addition, the style of the ship is very old, which is significantly different from the current ship.

It's just that in the vicinity of the "Shadow", there is not only one spaceship. (To be continued......)