Many people have the impression that the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, which separates the northern and southern alpha galaxies, is a long, narrow region full of small objects.

Obviously, this is a superficial understanding.

The Southern Alpha and Northern Alpha galaxies were originally a stellar system, similar to the Milky Way, but tens of thousands of times larger than the Milky Way. The area where the Greenwich meteorite belt is located was originally a huge black hole that stabilized the entire star system through its majestic gravitational pull. Billions of years ago, a catastrophe struck when the black hole collapsed due to its massive mass, eventually forming this region of celestial bodies, known as the Greenwich Meteorite Belt. It's just that it's not a narrow area as people think of it. In terms of scope, the Greenwich meteorite belt is about the same as the Southern Alpha and Northern Alpha galaxies, accounting for about one-third of this twin star system.

To put it simply, the size of the Greenwich meteorite belt is equivalent to ninety percent of the size of the Southern Alpha System.

It's just that there are no stars in the Greenwich meteorite belt, and there are no star systems, and there are just a large number of scattered, disorderly small objects.

These celestial bodies are actually the products of the collapse of black holes.

In addition, there are many unknown areas in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt. According to scientists' speculation, after the collapse of the central black hole that held the star system in the first place, only about 10% of the mass was converted into a small object in the Greenwich Belt, and the rest of the mass disappeared. While some of this is converted into energy, the ubiquitous primordial energy, when the black hole collapses, there are certainly some that don't, and after billions of years of evolution, the scattered matter reaggregates to form massive objects. Because there are no large visible objects in the Greenwich meteorite belt, scientists consider these large objects to be invisible black holes.

As for how many black holes are in the Greenwich meteorite belt. And where these black holes are, no one knows.

In fact, this is the key reason why no one wants to enter the Greenwich Meteorite Belt.

For thousands of years, in the five Greenwich Wars, the two sides rarely fought in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt. Whether it's the Silicon Charm Alliance, which took the initiative to attack, or the Galactic Alliance, which launched a counterattack after victory. All rely on a few known routes to cross the Greenwich Meteorite Belt. Although both sides have established bases on the route to ensure the safety of the route, neither has explored the area outside the route. In addition to the fact that the Greenwich meteorite belt is too vast to have many resources to use, it is also related to those black holes that no one knows where. As a result, neither side knows about the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, at least not about it.

Of course, the Human Federation is no exception.

Although the home galaxy is just south of the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, it has been around for thousands of years. Humans rarely step into the Greenwich Meteorite Belt. In the previous five Greenwich Wars, the Human Legion crossed the Greenwich Meteorite Belt only once, the last war. Even in the battle against the Northern Alpha system, the Human Legion was able to successfully pass through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt with the support of the Hidden Spirits.

This time was no exception.

Although in the last Greenwich War, the Human Federation had several routes through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt to the Northern Alpha System, the situation in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt is unpredictable and thousands of years have passed. There is no guarantee that these routes will remain unimpeded.

Luckily, Amy and Barnes arrived. Helped Yang Yi solve this problem.

Admittedly, the intelligence agencies of the Hidden Spirits are indeed extremely powerful. Barnes is not bringing a single shipping route, but a vast network of shipping lanes.

How big is this waterway network?

Although Yang Yi did not know much about the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, it can be seen from the route map provided by Barnes that the network of shipping lanes opened up by the Hidden Spirit Clan covered almost the entire Greenwich Meteorite Belt, and the area near the route was explored. The size, mass, shape, approximate position, and mode of motion of the major celestial bodies are also indicated. In other words, Yang Yi can not only pass through the Greenwich meteorite belt with this, but also establish a forward base on large celestial bodies along the way. If desired, some large celestial bodies could even be converted into space fortresses. Of course, this is not something that Yang Yi needs to consider now. Because he didn't have the forces to garrison the space fortress.

It's just that Yang Yi has reservations about the selfless support provided by the Hidden Spirit Clan.

Although there is enough reason to believe that no matter how cold-blooded and ruthless the Heavenly Saint Emperor is, he will not risk his own son and daughter. Amy stayed in the home galaxy, and Barnes followed Yang Yi on the expedition, if Yang Yi had three long and two short, Barnes's ending would not be much better. But Yang Yi didn't think he could sit back and relax, and he never believed that his luck would be any better.

After the fleet departed, Yang Yi asked Yuyang to send an unmanned probe.

For Yang Yi's methodical approach, Barnes didn't say much. In fact, there is a similar rule in the legion of the Hidden Spirit Clan, that is, before going to the unknown area, you must conduct a full exploration, and you can only make a space jump after determining the situation of the destination.

The unmanned probe carries a quantum communication device, and after arriving at the destination, it will probe the nearby area and send back the detected information in real time. If there is danger at the destination, then it is only unmanned probes that are lost, and not the entire fleet.

The first few space jumps, there were no accidents.

Of course, this does not mean that accidents will not happen in the future.

Don't forget, the Greenwich Meteorite Belt is extremely extensive. According to the route map provided by the Cryptons, the Greenwich Meteorite Belt is more than 100,000 light-years wide from north to south, which is three times the length and diameter of the Southern Alpha System. Even the shortest routes have a range of more than 150,000 light-years. With such a long distance, even the Shadow Ship would have to make hundreds of space jumps, so it was a very short and extremely long journey.

After completing the tenth space jump, the fleet had already sailed about two thousand light-years.

Here, Yang Yi made the fleet make its first stop.

Actually, the distance of the fleet is not too far, it is still in the southern region of the Greenwich Meteorite Belt. There is only one reason why Yang Yi let the fleet stay here, that is, there is a planet with a diameter of more than 3,000 kilometers, and a stronghold can be established here to support transport spaceships.

Because it is only a temporary base, the main purpose is to provide a place for the spacecraft to transport supplies, and to act as a transfer station for materials when necessary, so the construction work is not troublesome, and with Carlson and the large engineering equipment provided by the Yu family, it will not take much time.

It's just that Yang Yi's request to Carlson is not so simple.

Yang Yi asked not only for a material transfer station, but also for a strong fortress that could be defended. According to Yang Yi, no one knows what will happen in the future, and no one knows if they can gain a foothold in the North Alpha Galaxy. If all goes well with the expedition, that's okay to say. The problem is, if it doesn't go as smoothly as expected, then you have to prepare for setbacks.

Obviously, Yang Yi was prepared for the worst.

To put it simply, if after entering the Northern Alpha system, the Silicon Phantom army counterattacks with all its might, fails to gain a foothold, or even suffers a crushing defeat, then you have to retreat, or at least disengage from the enemy. At this time, a strong fortress was of decisive importance.

In fact, this is also the core part of Yang Yi's expedition plan.

That is, before entering the Northern Alpha system, build a large number of fortress-level fortresses along the way, and rely on these fortresses to consolidate the strategic route through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, so as to ensure that the life route is unimpeded. Even if the expedition goes well, these fortifications can serve as a foothold for subsequent troops. When all the fortresses along the way were established, Yang Yi had not only a strategic route, but a wide area. In other words, Yang Yi intends to use the fortress built on the route to control the Greenwich meteorite belt. After the completion of these fortresses, the human legion commanded by Yang Yi could advance and retreat, not only to grasp the initiative in the war, but also to get rid of the dependence on other forces.

Obviously, this is also the fundamental purpose of Yang Yi's active expedition to the North Alpha Galaxy.

Not to mention Yang Yi, even Xiao Wentian would not be arrogant enough to think that the Human Federation could defeat the powerful Silicon Charm Alliance with the support of the Weaver Star Clan. You must know that even if all the civilizations of the Galactic Alliance are united, they may not be able to defeat the Silicon Charm Alliance. The expedition to the Northern Alpha Galaxy is nominally to lead the direction of the war through a proactive counterattack, but with the top civilizations such as the Lei Ling Clan and the Hidden Spirit Clan sending troops to participate in the war one after another, even if Yang Yi can win the counterattack and gain the support of the Star Soul Empress, it is impossible to become the master of this war. In addition, after the scale of the war expanded, even if Yang Yi was reluctant, he had to rely on the support of other civilizations. At this time, even if the Star Soul Empress came forward in person, she could only choose to compromise in order to obtain the support and assistance of top civilizations such as the Lei Ling Clan and the Hidden Spirit Clan. It can be seen that the counterattack led by Yang Yi does not bring the initiative, at most it only maintains the existing situation.

Under such circumstances, Yang Yi still actively advocated launching a strategic counterattack, in order to open up a new world.

The point is that, in Yang Yi's view, the Greenwich meteorite belt is the only way out for the Human Federation.

Although there are not many resources in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, and there are not many planets for human beings to live on, as long as they gain a foothold here, as long as they become a force that can influence the balance of power between the two alliances, as long as they can decide peace and war, humanity can survive here.

Perhaps, Yang Yi was not the first person to think of this, but he was certainly the first to take action.

For thousands of years, the Human Federation has not been taken seriously, at least not with the respect and treatment it deserves. Continuing to stay in the Galactic Alliance, the Human Federation will not only be difficult to grow and develop, but will even suffer a catastrophe one day in the future, when it poses a threat to a top-level civilization. If the Human Federation wants to grow and become a force that no one underestimates, it must break away from the Galactic Alliance.

Although the future is uncertain, Yang Yi is full of confidence.

This is not a choice, but the only way out. (To be continued.) )