242: Chapter 242 Hello, Humans

So far, a large number of communication satellites have fallen into the interior of stars and turned into dust, but the remaining satellites have constructed a safe route for the Human Fleet.

Now Gao Yuan is taking the Human Fleet into the true Spiral Arm Core; it is said that there is a wormhole inside that connects to the Galactic Center.

Gao Yuan doesn't know how long they will need to fly, but everything is currently moving in a positive direction.

After flying for five years, Gao Yuan has yet to find any traces of civilization within the Spiral Arm.

Just as he began to think this place was a desert of civilization...

...he passed by a field of meteoroids.

He actually saw buildings on them.

They were those massive dome-style buildings. Gao Yuan was stunned; he even felt a bit panicked.

Could it be that everyone who can enter here is from a Four-Dimensional Civilization?

To build a base here—the scale was at least ten times larger than the meteoroid the humans once inhabited.

A civilization like this would at least possess deep-space detection capabilities. Had he already been discovered?

Was it possible that a large number of warships were already lying in ambush nearby, ready to deliver a devastating blow to his fleet at any moment?

Inside this gas cloud, countless stars were forming, and strong radiation was everywhere, yet there was actually a base in such a place.

Every human who saw this scene was shocked.

Just as Gao Yuan was preparing to retreat quietly...

...the warship received a clear-code signal.

"Hello, humans!"

When Gao Yuan saw this message, his entire scalp went numb.

Who was this?

Who was here?

Had the Polaris Civilization anticipated his entry into the Spiral Arm? But if they could enter the Spiral Arm themselves, they wouldn't need him.

It didn't make logical sense.

But if it wasn't the Polaris Civilization, then who was it?

How did they know they were humans?

"What's going on?"

"Who is greeting humanity?"

"How did they manage to build such a large city here?"

Gao Yuan got through his initial panic, and his heart slowly calmed down. Who they were wasn't important; what mattered was what they wanted to do.

At least for now, there seemed to be no ill intent...

...otherwise, with their technology, the humans should have been destroyed the moment they were seen.

"Marshal, what should we do?"

"Reply. Ask them who they are and what they want."

Soon, the human reply was sent out.

A few seconds later, Gao Yuan saw the other party's response.

"Who are we? We are an abandoned civilization. We are here... waiting for you!"

"Waiting for us? Waiting for us to do what?"

"Waiting for you to come and rescue us!"

Pfft...

Gao Yuan was stunned.

Rescue them? Why?

"I don't see any danger on those meteoroids; there shouldn't be anything we need to do, right?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"The buildings on the meteoroids were prepared for you! As guests, you should receive fine hospitality. Go on, there is delicious food and a comfortable environment up there!"

Prepared for us?

Gao Yuan now felt that he might have fallen into a massive whirlpool.

"What do we call you?"

"You can call me Cangming No. 1!"

Gao Yuan felt very uneasy; he felt like he could no longer get away.

"Where are you? How did you build those structures?"

"Do you see that nebula next to you? We are inside it! We have been trapped here for hundreds of millions of years. The temperature inside reaches 2.7 billion degrees, and the pressure reaches 1 billion megapascals! Those buildings were constructed through material delivery; they were prepared specifically for you! Go, once you have rested, we can provide you with a dyson sphere technology to drain the energy of this nebula. When that time comes, we will emerge!"

Gao Yuan was dumbfounded...

Inside the nebula?

How was that any different from entering the interior of a star?

"Why choose us? How did you know we would come?"

Gao Yuan asked Cangming No. 1.

"Because you are different. The interior of this Spiral Arm is actually a trap; any Four-Dimensional Civilization that enters will be enveloped by the nebula. If we weren't strong enough, we would have been destroyed long ago! You are three-dimensional creatures; you won't be detected! As for how I knew you would come, I will answer that question for you later!"

Gao Yuan stood frozen...

A Four-Dimensional Civilization would be destroyed upon entry?

And by some freak accident, he had brought humanity in and become a bug in the Spiral Arm!

Gao Yuan fell into deep thought.

"Why should I save you?"

"It will benefit you. And rest assured, within the Spiral Arm, you are absolutely safe. Even when we come out, it will not have any impact on you. Once we emerge, we will tell you the secrets of this Spiral Arm and tell you how to enter the Galactic Center!"

Gao Yuan did not trust the words of this civilization right now.

He didn't know how much of Cangming No. 1's words were true and how much were false.

However, a civilization that could be trapped inside a nebula without being destroyed possessed a level of terror that was beyond human imagination.

Gao Yuan neither agreed nor refused...

...he began to convene a meeting of the high-level human leadership.

Just then, news came in: all the long-range communication satellites he had previously released had lost contact!

Gao Yuan was startled. This... he probably really couldn't get out.

Was there even a choice left?

Now, he could only trust them.

"Fine, I agree..."

"Now, go to your resting place and have a good rest! I will send you some key technologies!"

Gao Yuan led the Human Fleet toward those meteoroid cities.

The closer they flew, the more they could feel the sheer size of these cities.

The architectural style even had a touch of ancient Xia country style, but with a greater sense of sci-fi; it was an interstellar version of ancient Xia architecture!

And it was massive...

Gao Yuan was in the first wave to board these cities. Walking inside, he saw that the city had no traces of biological life, yet it was filled with a sense of sci-fi everywhere.

Inside the city, with just a shift in your brainwaves, clouds would come to take you anywhere.

Every building was of Jiangxin, and once you stepped inside, you would find that this place was a paradise.

Whatever you wanted to do would be realized immediately.

Everyone who entered became obsessed.

Gao Yuan was currently lying in a massive bathtub. Fresh fruit beside him would automatically fly into his mouth, and the bathtub could provide an automatic massage, increasing or decreasing pressure based on his feelings...

Many people were currently thinking the same thing.

"This is paradise. Why do we still need to voyage far? Why can't we stay here? Here, one wouldn't get bored in a thousand, ten thousand, or even a hundred million years..."

"This is what living is supposed to be. What kind of life was I living before?"

"I'm sold. Even if aliens want to take my miserable life right now, let me finish enjoying myself first!"

"Who could refuse a cat-eared girl who appears with just a thought? Here, I am a god!"

Gao Yuan saw the conversations of others in the chat room, and his mood was very poor. He feared this was a trap...

...but he couldn't figure out what they were after.

With such power, they could take whatever they needed themselves! Yet here they were, currying favor with humanity...