96: Arrive at the destination

"No anomalies in gravity within the wormhole tunnel..."

"Space Guidance System operating smoothly..."

"Target approaching the designated position, guiding exit from the wormhole tunnel... Teleportation successful."

After Gore finished organizing the First Fleet, Zhang Huaiyuan did not linger and immediately led the fleet he had incorporated from the Okar Family through the "Eye of God" wormhole for transmission.

After a slight sensation of dizziness, the scene before his eyes suddenly opened up.

Through the zoomed-in field of view of his tactical helmet, he could clearly see countless space stations floating in the void.

A rough glance revealed dozens of different types, including "Dining," "Maintenance," and "Tour Guide," much like large integrated shopping malls from ancient times, only relocated to the vast, boundless space.

From time to time, sightseeing ships would pass by and dock at those space stations to shop.

The people coming and going were mostly well-dressed, with expressions of affluent contentment on their faces—a stark contrast to the scenes in the fringe regions and the Disaster Zone.

"It truly lives up to its reputation as one of the three core galaxies of the Free Star Alliance."

Zhang Huaiyuan swept his gaze across several patches of empty void. Through True Sight, he could clearly see powerful fleets and at least S-rank Transcendents stationed within the spatial pockets there.

Less than ten minutes after exiting the wormhole, more than ten probe scanning ripples had already swept past.

After all, an entire fleet traversing at once was indeed quite eye-catching.

"Where should we go?"

Pausing to observe for a moment, Zhang Huaiyuan asked softly toward his right wrist.

"My lord, in one month, the Leader will dispatch an envoy and an assessment team from the Research Institute to meet with you."

"Before that, didn't you say you wanted to hunt for some items from ruins? Mawei Star, the center of the Watcher Galaxy, is currently hosting a large-scale exhibition of exotic items. Collectors from all over the Star Alliance have gathered with their treasures; perhaps you could go for a look."

"Oh?"

A flash of brilliance crossed Zhang Huaiyuan's eyes, and he became interested at once.

This was also one of the important reasons for his trip to the Star Alliance.

He had already reached a bottleneck in analyzing the machine remains of Knowledge Rule 3, and due to a gap in the knowledge, he was unable to make any further progress.

Furthermore, he had absolutely no leads on the Knowledge Rule 5 cyst fragments obtained from the "Gale" leader's personal collection.

If he could obtain other objects containing higher-level related rules, he might be able to achieve a breakthrough.

He tapped open his integrated device and glanced at his balance: 37.3 billion credits. It should be enough, so he immediately smiled and said:

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go. Gore, set the navigation course for Mawei Star. Full speed ahead."

"Very well, sir."

Following the order, the entire fleet set sail rapidly once again.

As a fleet meticulously crafted by the Okar Family, its performance in all aspects had reached the high level of a Tier 7 warship. Almost instantly, its speed increased to near light speed, and it entered the subspace channel.

With the Statue of Liberty escorting them, countless outposts along the way opened their checkpoints in advance to let them pass without a second of delay.

It took only half a month to arrive from the fringe to the central Mawei Star.

Perhaps because of the grand event being held, countless elegantly designed, high-end starships were lined up for tens of thousands of miles outside the planet on the outer navigation routes of Mawei Star, waiting for inspection before being allowed through.

However, due to it being too popular, the planet's docking ports were already saturated.

An inspector pulled up a projection, casting a line of huge text and light into the void.

"All docking bays on this planet are full. Please wait patiently, or proceed to the nearby Yingge Star to dock and take the fixed-point Warp Device to come for sightseeing. Thank you for your cooperation."

"Tsk... It seems that finding a parking spot is a difficult problem everywhere."

Zhang Huaiyuan watched this scene with interest.

Through True Sight, he could see that the three small spatial pockets situated above Mawei Star were already filled with various starships, with no extra space left.

However, this naturally had no effect on him.

The entire fleet did not pause at all and flew directly past the planetary defense system space station toward the interior.

Many tourists in their starships cast envious gazes.

Of course, most people capable of long-distance interstellar travel were somewhat knowledgeable; they could tell at a glance that this was a fleet belonging to the Star Alliance military, so it did not cause much of a commotion.

Soon, the entire fleet landed in a vast and magnificent manor.

Several well-dressed personnel were already waiting below. Seeing Zhang Huaiyuan and the others walk off the spaceship, they smilingly stepped forward:

"Mr. Zhang Huaiyuan, Lieutenant Colonel Gore, I am Kolen, the Chief Regent of Mawei Star. Welcome to Mawei Star."

"Hello, Regent. We've caused quite a disturbance, and I hope you can forgive us."

Zhang Huaiyuan nodded apologetically.

He had thought they would let the fleet station outside and only allow the command ship to enter the planet. He hadn't expected the entire fleet to come in at once, occupying a large portion of the host's home.

"Not at all. Mr. Zhang is an important talent of the Star Alliance; it is my honor to have you stay here."

Kolen said with a smile: "I heard from the Lady Statue of Liberty that you are interested in the large-scale exhibition of exotic items. I wonder if you prefer a lively atmosphere or a quiet one? If it is the latter, I will immediately notify my subordinates to close the exhibition hall to the public for today and tomorrow."

"No need, Regent. Everything should remain as usual."

Zhang Huaiyuan repeatedly stopped him.

It would be one thing if it were a privilege that didn't cause much impact. Many tourists had traveled for a year or two in advance to visit; if they were shut out for two days because of his personal reasons, he would feel quite bad about it.

"Very well. The exhibition hall also has a 'Gold Prospecting Pavilion,' which allows some tourists to take out their own unauthenticated collections for sale. Perhaps you might be able to find some treasures or interesting things, sir."

Kolen nodded with a smile, then suddenly pointed somewhat apologetically to a young woman standing behind him, who was beautiful in appearance and dignified and elegant in demeanor:

"By the way, sir, I have a presumptuous request. This is my daughter, Vera. She has always been very interested in the research of various ancient items from ruins. Hearing of your arrival, she insisted on pestering me, saying she wanted to follow you to learn a thing or two."

"She is very familiar with everywhere on Mawei Star. If you don't mind, sir, could you allow my daughter to be your tour guide during this time?"

"Of course, that would be wonderful. Then I will have to trouble you, Miss Vera."

Zhang Huaiyuan smiled and said.

If the other party's status were placed in the Star Dome Empire, it could almost rival the head of the Adolu Family, where Viscount Kane resides.

Since they had lowered their stance so much to deliberately curry favor, there was naturally no need to offend the other party over such a small matter.

One can only say that the principle of "When you are outstanding enough, everyone around you is a good person" applies wherever you go.