The war is over.

As the flames of the explosion gradually dissipated, the young star system returned to its original tranquility.

Countless wrecked warships drifted slowly through the star system, seemingly recounting the bloody and tearful process of this war.

The entire Bosa fleet was wiped out.

But aside from large amounts of antimatter and warship wreckage, they left nothing for humanity.

Warp drive, antimatter cannon... all the key areas were covered with antimatter bombs, and after the explosion, there was almost no residue left.

As for human civilization... although it won the war, it also paid an extremely high price.

The Golden Crow fleet suffered heavy losses, the Light Satellite Planet Fortress was nearly destroyed, not to mention the various weapons and equipment.

Even the Dimensional Strike Ships are down to their last thirty.

...

"Why."

[Earth], inside Lü Yongchang's office.

Lu Yongchang looked at the data in the holographic projection and sighed softly.

"It's unclear how long it will take to restore the pre-war state."

Zhao Zijie sat to the side, shaking his head with a bitter expression: "Professor, we don't have time to develop further."

"Have you forgotten what the Bosa people said?"

"The Cleaners civilization is very likely to continue sending subordinate civilizations to the Gliese 555 star system."

Lü Yongchang nodded solemnly.

"Of course I know that."

“I suggest we set off as soon as possible.” Zhao Zijie took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, “The Gliese 555 star system is too dangerous. We must set off immediately to find the next safe zone.”

"Only by leaving Gliese 555 will we have a chance to survive!"

Lu Yongchang slowly closed his eyes and sighed again: "I'm afraid it's not that simple."

"According to the Bosa civilization, the Cleaners civilization has many subordinate civilizations."

"Human civilization as it is today has likely become a target for these subordinate civilizations."

“The dimensional fluctuations caused by the two-dimensional fragments are the clues they use to find us.” Lu Yongchang’s expression grew increasingly grim. “Unless we stop using these two-dimensional fragments altogether.”

"No, it's no use."

"A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime!"

As he spoke, Lü Yongchang recalled the information he had learned from the painting, and his face turned ashen: "Even if we don't use these two-dimensional fragments, they will still attract the attention of the Cleaners civilization."

"Then, according to you, does that mean human civilization has no way out?"

Zhao Zijie's eyes were filled with confusion as he muttered to himself, "In this vast universe, is there no place for humanity to live?!"

silence.

A long silence followed.

"No, there is still a way out."

A conflicted look flickered in Lü Yongchang's eyes: "But..."

"Never mind, let me think about it some more."

"Go and prepare for the interstellar voyage."

Zhao Zijie's eyes showed even more doubt, but he still responded and turned to leave Lü Yongchang's office.

"Click".

The sound of the door closing echoed in the silent office, but Lü Yongchang did not react at all, only staring blankly at a small holographic projection in front of him.

The holographic projection is playing a video clip from Earth's past.

A gecko, when danger approached, resolutely "cut off" its own tail and successfully escaped.

...

The outermost edge of the Milky Way.

Star systems are extremely rare; most are composed of sparse interstellar matter.

Further away lies an open area between river systems.

There are no star systems here, and even interstellar matter is extremely rare.

Of course, this does not mean that there is no material in this area.

Dark halo.

Or it could be called a dark matter halo.

This is a natural barrier between river systems.

The mass and volume of this dark matter far exceed the mass and volume of the galaxy.

It's like an unbroken egg.

The Milky Way is like the yolk embedded in the egg white, while the dark halo is like the surrounding ring of egg white.

Because of the extremely stable nature of dark matter, most civilizations can only detect its existence but cannot utilize it.

Therefore, for the vast majority of civilizations in the universe, the vacuum zone between galaxies is a natural barrier that they can never cross!

However, there are always exceptions.

It is unclear when exactly, but a thin ligament appeared in this natural barrier, connecting two galaxies 2.54 million light-years apart.

This is the galaxy bridge connecting the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy.

This galactic bridge, constructed from neutral hydrogen, is located in a truly resource-rich region amidst the vast Milky Way galaxy.

Such galaxy bridges are distributed between many galaxies.

Even so, only a small number of civilizations can use this galactic bridge to travel to other galaxies.

In this region where the galactic bridge meets the edge of the Milky Way, rows of technologically advanced spherical warships hover silently in the vast expanse of space, seemingly waiting for something.

Suddenly, a faint fluctuation slowly emerged on the galactic bridge.

At the same time, a slight distortion appeared in a certain area of ​​the galaxy bridge.

boom!

Without any waiting, almost simultaneously, the flames from the explosion illuminated the dim starry sky!

The surfaces of these spherical warships emitted faint glows, as if they were activating some kind of device.

Under the influence of these devices, all matter in the star field, even the originally extremely stable dark matter, was transformed into extremely violent energy at this moment!

Not only that, even the three-dimensional space melted away rapidly, like snow under the sun, revealing deep black marks!

Around the black mark was an incredibly intense light!

It was as if these black marks were releasing the enormous energy they contained in a strange way!