Although warp drive was a first for all the academicians.

But the almost unchanging view outside the window quickly became tiresome.

After the novelty wore off, everyone entered hibernation one by one.

The lights on the Earth gradually dimmed, and the previous hustle and bustle slowly returned to tranquility.

In the depths of space, protected by the warp bubble, the fleet sped toward its first destination at ten times the speed of light.

Over there, the fleet briefly paused to replenish its nearly depleted antimatter reserves.

Everything was done autonomously by the zero-control robot.

According to the preset procedure,

Zero will only awaken all researchers upon reaching its destination, the Kepler-452 star system.

...

Earth year 3605.

Inside the dimly lit command center of the Earth, a bright blue holographic projection light shone once again.

[Current distance to target star system: 1 light-year.]

[Reaching warning distance, the fleet is exiting warp drive...]

...

It is located 1 light-year from the Kepler-452 star system.

This is an empty area between star systems.

In the desolate universe, apart from a few scattered starlight, there are only a handful of tiny meteorites.

suddenly.

The peaceful spacetime began to violently turbulent.

The next second, a massive fleet suddenly appeared in this open area.

The cluster of miniature meteorites at the front of the fleet seemed to have been attacked by something invisible, instantly turning into countless fine powders that dissipated into the visible universe.

As the turbulent spacetime gradually calmed down, the fleet's operational status gradually stabilized, and the intensity of the gamma rays released by the tail antimatter engine slowly decreased.

A few minutes later.

The side hatch of the giant flagship located in the center of the fleet slowly opened.

A large number of probes lined up in neat rows and filed out of the hatch.

After a brief pause, they activated their antimatter engines, accelerating towards the star system ahead.

...

"Professor, welcome to Earth year 3608."

The synthesized electronic voice rang in Lü Yongchang's ears, awakening his not-yet-fully-recovered senses.

"3608 years..."

Lu Yongchang closed his eyes slightly and murmured softly.

He coughed up the remaining deep-sea fluid, took a deep breath, and asked in a low voice, "Where is the fleet?"

"Current distance to the target star system is 0.01 light-years," Zero responded quickly.

Upon hearing this, he suddenly opened his eyes, a deep sense of shock flashing in the depths of his gaze.

Wow, that's really fast!

In just 308 years, the human fleet has traversed distances that were previously unimaginable!

"Were there any unexpected incidents during the voyage?"

As Lü Yongchang struggled to get up from the hibernation pod, he asked in a low voice.

“According to the plan, all energy refueling points are planetless star systems.” Zero answered Lü Yongchang’s question meticulously. “Therefore, no trace of advanced civilizations was detected during the voyage.”

Lü Yongchang nodded in understanding.

That's normal.

Since the earth-shattering battle between the Cleaners and the Pastoralists, this remote corner of the Milky Way has become almost a silent place.

Advanced civilizations naturally dare not rashly "speak out".

And as for lower civilizations, there's no need to say more.

This is one of the reasons why Lü Yongchang dared to risk crossing 1,539 light-years.

Have all the other academicians woken up?

After receiving a positive reply from Zero, Lü Yongchang got dressed and walked towards the door: "Tell them to report to the command center immediately."

"receive!"

...

Inside the command center of the Earth.

Lü Yongchang and a group of academicians carefully examined the various data transmitted back by the probe.

He waved his hand and retrieved the basic information about the Kepler-452 star system from the data in front of him.

A high-resolution image of a planet appeared in a giant holographic projection.

"It is basically consistent with He Bilin's original observation results."

"The Kepler-452 star system consists of six planets, including two gas giants, one iron planet, one ice giant, and two rocky planets."

"The host star is an orange dwarf. Compared with the Sun, it is relatively small in mass and size, and its stellar activity is relatively slow and mild, which is enough to provide us with a good living environment."

(The Sun is a yellow dwarf star. Orange dwarf stars are larger than red dwarf stars but smaller than yellow dwarf stars.)

"Among them, the first planet, Kepler-452b, is a rocky planet with a surface gravity of 2.03g."

"Preliminary detections indicate that the amount of liquid water on the surface is relatively low."

"However, the probe has discovered several comets in the star system that contain large amounts of water, so there is no need to worry about water resources."

At this point, Lü Yongchang paused slightly.

"The atmosphere is composed of carbon dioxide, oxygen and nitrogen."

"According to the calculation formula, Kepler-452b has a similarity of 0.91 to Earth!"

As he spoke, Lü Yongchang pulled up the surface images of Kepler-452b.

"So tall?!" Fang Xu exclaimed in a low voice beside him.

Planetary similarity is determined by a comprehensive assessment of various factors, including atmospheric and geological conditions and gravity.

With the planetary terraforming technology that human civilization has mastered today, any planet with a similarity of 0.7 or higher to Earth can become a candidate for colonization by human civilization.

A similarity score of 0.91 means that with only simple modifications, this planet could become the best place for humans to settle!

After a brief moment of astonishment, Fang Xu immediately asked, "Have any signs of life been found in the Kepler-452 star system?"

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