While the exploration of the "Universal Enterprise" galaxy is in full swing, the second batch of "advance teams" sent by Li Wenyuan to 8 million light-years away are also about to reach the destination galaxy.

This was supposed to be a place where exploration was going to take place simultaneously, but unexpected circumstances hindered it.

The spacecraft sent in this direction by the "alien gate" were hindered by an unknown force as they approached the group of galaxies, and they still maintained their faster-than-light speed, but seemed to have been standing still, which allowed the "listening terminals" that arrived later to gradually discover their anomaly.

Through the comparison of the coordinates of the celestial references, it can be confirmed that this group of "advance teams" seems to be moving all the time, but their spatial positions have not actually changed at all.

And this way of moving the "alien gate" is obviously impossible to turn halfway, that is, if the cause of the problem cannot be found, then this fleet will continue to advance forever until the universe ushers in the end.

However, due to the fact that the distance is too far, the previous detection methods cannot take effect at this distance, and Li Wenyuan can only guess the reason for this phenomenon.

He guessed that the area was mostly a place with a great curvature of time and space, and that the fleet's advance was actually repeating the "return to the original point" over and over again.

At present, there is no evidence to confirm whether it is just his bad luck, and there happens to be such a "special zone" in the path of the alien gate's movement.

But it is almost impossible for such a "mistake" to occur in the distance of the universe, and a difference of one millimeter is enough to produce a huge deviation after a few light years, let alone a distance of eight million light years?

Now Li Wenyuan feels that most of the galaxy has a very special external environment, and even the entire galaxy is actually in a state of being wrapped in this strange environment.

"Is this also a form of protection akin to a 'veil'?" He couldn't help but think of this.

If that's the case, then the situation in this galaxy is certainly not ordinary.

After thinking about it, Li Wenyuan decided to use the "alien gate" to send a few more fleets over to test whether this place was really in a state of being "shielded".

This will take some time, after all, the "alien gate" will have to be recharged in the middle of the start, and the waiting time will not be wasted.

He had already chosen the location for the construction of the "Pillar of Creation", this kind of super-polar megastructure with a complete body range spanning dozens of galaxies was a huge project, in order to find a suitable celestial environment, he conducted many reconnaissances, and finally selected a galaxy border area far away from civilization.

And after the completion of the complete "Pillar of Creation", it will undoubtedly become a huge help for him, whether it is military or scientific research.

So at present, his focus is still on the galaxy where the Universal Enterprise is located, which is closely related to the "Hunter" civilization, which may help him understand what the "Hunter" has been doing all along.

The stars turned again, and the "Presolin" fell silent, and even those who were still in the spiral galaxy were in a state of low spirits, as if they had lost their vitality due to the weakening of their connection with the Queen.

And the "Assimilation Fighter" has also made new progress in the Universal Enterprise System.

At this time, it is a special festival of the "servant" global enterprise, and now the global enterprise has a unique "holiday" system, and different classes are suitable for different festivals.

However, this only applies to people from the upper classes, who don't actually have holidays, not even much time to rest.

But there is only one exception, and that is the festival of the century, known as "Welcome Day" by Enterprises Worldwide, which takes place every 100 years and allows everyone to get a prescribed holiday, even for the lowest classes.

In fact, even the "miner" himself has experienced this festival, and the average life expectancy of people of their class is generally about 120 years, and as long as there are no accidents, the vast majority of people can live this festival alive.

And will Universal Enterprise really be so kind to give everyone an equal holiday? Of course not.

This holiday can be forced to "work overtime" for various reasons, and it is not difficult to pick this kind of thorn, so in fact, this holiday is equivalent to none for low-class people.

But it is still an important holiday for the rest of the class, as it usually signifies the coming of "that civilization".

Some time before the festival was about to take place, the board of directors of Uniworld Corporate Headquarters met as usual.

This group of people who stand at the pinnacle of power and resources will only come together on this day.

Although they can be equated with the "gods" of everyone else in this galaxy, they still have to wag their tails like dogs and beg for mercy in the face of the upcoming "civilization".

They are all smart people who understand who gives them everything.

But this time is a little different.

“…… You say, "Will they come again this time?" ”

In the meeting room, where only virtual images were present, one of the directors asked this question, while the rest of the group was silent, apparently not knowing how to answer the question.

"If you do the math, you haven't been here for almost twenty times, right? It's been 2,000 years, and even we, the old things, have changed generations of shells, but they still haven't come. ”

“…… In that case, can I understand that they are 'trapped'? ”

Another director deliberately accentuated the pronunciation of the word "sleepy" in his inquiry, ostensibly worrying about whether there was something wrong with that civilization, but in fact asking if they had perished for some reason.

Two thousand years is not a long time, but it is enough for a civilization to move from turmoil to destruction.

At this time, the oldest of the directors spoke:

“…… Don't be presumptuous about them, they have galloped in the sea of stars for years that we can't imagine, even if they die, they will never be so casual, think about the last time we saw them, we just do our best. ”

His words caused many directors to ponder, although a long time has passed, as long as it is related to that civilization, they will remember it clearly.

The last time that civilization came here to take the "hounds", it did not appear to be in any hurry, maintaining its usual arrogance and casualness, and did not shy away from revealing to them what they had recently done.

[We found a good place with a lot of resources, and it is a good place to go]

[You can use your observation methods to take a look, probably near you, when you see a galaxy of stars suddenly all extinguished, that is our hunting ground]

[By the way, the number of 'hounds' needed recently may be a bit much, you guys get ready, the next time I come here I'm going to see ten times the amount, you guys...... Can you do it? 】

The civilized visitor didn't have any threatening tone, but it still left a huge impression on their minds, and they can still recall their every move at that time.

But it was after this time that that civilization never appeared again, the so-called "star extinguishment" did not happen at all, and even the "eggs" in the critical state of hatching have appeared in batches, and they have not fulfilled their promise to recover.

Once or twice is fine, but now that two thousand years have passed, they are a group of opportunists, even if they know in their hearts that they can't afford to provoke that civilization, they can't help but have some risky thoughts.

In fact, quite a few directors are secretly researching ways to control those "Void Eggs", aiming to convert these creatures into their combat power.

Capital is always profit-seeking, and raising these "eggs" for free is an "unnecessary" burden for their enterprise, and there is even a record of "fighting that civilization and seizing their method of transgalactic navigation" in the database of a certain mainframe computer within the enterprise.

This group of capitalists standing at the top is no longer satisfied with the intragalactic market, what they want is to open up extraterrestrial markets in other galaxies, and under the surface of submission is the huge ambition of establishing a "pan-universe trading company".

It can be said that they are floating, but the huge resources accumulated after ruling a group of galaxies without much effort are also the source of their ambitions.

If they really found a way to sail across galaxies, and mastered the means of hatching and controlling the "Void Egg", perhaps the ambition of this "pan-universe trading company" could really succeed.

But until now, this ambition has been buried in their hearts, and every director has tacitly understood it.

Two thousand years may not be enough, but what about 10,000 years, 20,000 years?

They knew that one day they would not be able to bear it, and although they were still respectful of that civilization on the surface, everyone was hoping that that civilization would really perish.

In this way, they will be the biggest winners.

“…… Anyway, this time the festival is still the same, we have already managed to delay the hatching time of the 'Void Egg' quite a bit, not bad this time, just ......"

Towards the end of the meeting, one of the directors frowned and reminded:

"The rats in the meteorite belt seem to be moving again lately, and it looks like they're ready to make trouble during this festival......

The other sneered and said nonchalantly, "What, are you still afraid that they won't make it?" ”

"What a wretched bunch, self-proclaimed great heirs, but without even a decent lost building, they can only survive on the surface of meteorite belts and gas giants, as long as we want to catch them all at any time, but there is no need for this."

"Isn't it fun to watch them struggle? Every day, I had to look at their activity schedules for myself and laugh at them for not even knowing that more than half of their organization was spies. ”

And the director who reminded him before also nodded thoughtfully, as if he knew something new.

(End of chapter)