Looking at the astonishing Earth calendar numbers in the holographic projection, Lü Yongchang couldn't help but feel a sense of disbelief: "9800 years..."

He struggled to climb out of the hibernation pod and subconsciously turned his head to look at the transparent porthole not far away.

The microcosm was shrouded in darkness.

During the long journey, the energy of the seven stars was almost completely exhausted.

Lu Yongchang felt a mixture of relief and lingering fear.

While the Human Alliance fleet's energy consumption is currently primarily driven by the microcosm traction platform [Kuafu] and production activities within the microcosm, the energy consumption wouldn't have been this alarming during the expedition before acquiring the microcosm, but...

A human fleet without a microcosm can carry far fewer supplies!

After a quick mental calculation, Lü Yongchang came to a conclusion.

If we had followed the original expedition plan, the human fleet's combat power would have been reduced by at least 90%!

Even more!

After all, human civilization had endured a great war before leaving the Milky Way!

Lu Yongchang felt even more fearful.

No wonder the Tenth Empire only launched its expeditionary program after becoming a Level 7 civilization!

Civilizations that have not mastered microcosm technology are basically unable to sustain intergalactic travel, which consumes terrifying amounts of resources!

The consequences of a forced expedition are easy to imagine.

It's nothing more than the fleet running out of energy and turning into a pile of scrap metal, or it encountering misfortune after a difficult journey to the target river system due to a significant reduction in strength.

Based on the experience of human civilization's expeditions, the success rate of ordinary Type 6 civilizations navigating river systems is probably less than 1%.