The Way Back to Civilization - Chapter 26

Chapter 26 New Goal, New Journey

“Is that a star map?”

At this moment, Gu Fan looked at the sensor screen in front of Xue Feng in disbelief.

A team of mechanical servants in charge of exploring the residence actually found a holographic star map that was still running in an empty hall that was similar to a conference room.

What was surprising was that the many items stored in this star map were so detailed. The territories of the old Human Empire, as well as the specific colonial worlds, military, and technical key points were all marked in it.

Compared to the old star map of the Glory Queen, which had experienced data destruction, there was a world of difference between the two. In terms of value, these key coordinates were much more precious than a fleet.

With it, Gu Fan could follow the past territories of mankind and the coordinates of the key facilities to purposefully recover the legacy of human civilization in the past. He would no longer wander aimlessly among the stars like he did now.

It had to be said that this could be called the guidance of fate. It was as if someone was deliberately guiding him to discover things step by step. As soon as he walked out, he encountered such a huge gift.

Before he could rejoice, Gu Fan immediately asked Xue Feng to give the order to the team of mechanical servants that had discovered the star map to retrieve it.

Soon, as the team with the star map data successfully returned to the cabin of the Glory Queen through the stargate, Gu Fan sent the data into the database almost non-stop.

With the first update of the star map in a thousand years, the territory of the Human Empire that once spanned half of the Milky Way finally appeared in front of Gu Fan again. At this moment, there was an indescribable excitement in his heart…

However, this feeling only lasted for a moment. Soon, a realistic problem that he had no choice but to face appeared in front of him.

Combined with the star map information that he had spent a lot of money to buy from Soma No. 4, the vast sovereignty that had once belonged to the Human Empire had almost been divided up by a large number of foreign forces.

Amar’s Hive Faction, the Dwarf Union, and a Lost Empire Faction that called themselves the Guardians of the Holy Land. Apart from that, there were also a large number of weak new factions.

The entire northwestern and central regions of the human empire could be said to be filled with an annoying vitality…

Among them, the Amarian Empire in the north was the leader. Nearly 40% of the territory had been completely occupied by them, so this naturally included a large number of important military and technological facilities.

Although with the standards of these Amarians, it would definitely take time to study human technology thoroughly, as time passed, Gu Fan could not guarantee the final outcome.

As for the capital area further south, with the solar system as the core, it was almost destroyed for some special reason. At least, when Gu Fan came out from there, there was nothing left except worthless ruins along the way.

Although there seemed to be a relatively clear goal, due to the existence of these latecomers, it would definitely not be easy to recycle the inheritance left behind by humans.

It was obvious that these foreign races would not allow him to enter their territory at will…

The best way was to establish a country and interact with the foreign races as a government, or negotiate further, as he had previously said to Ramchi.

However, what Gu Fan was worried about was whether his current strength was too weak. After all, he only had a command ship that was not too powerful.

Even if he really wanted to do this, the best way was to first find some less eye-catching corners to quietly develop. He would collect technology bit by bit and accumulate strength. On the other side, the search under Xue Feng’s command was still ongoing. So far, apart from the star map in front of him, the mechanical servants had not found anything of value. Due to the distance, Xue Feng couldn’t scan the residence directly. Otherwise, with the powerful scanning equipment of the Glory Queen.

In just a moment, even the few rats and cockroaches hidden in the pipes of the residence could be recorded clearly.

Just as Gu Fan felt that he could leave, he looked at the news he had seen in the logbook of his residence. Suddenly, one of the messages caught his attention again.

According to the records, this exploration team had built a stargate on the edge of the chasm outside the river. In that case, didn’t it mean that they had the template of the stargate technology in their hands? Or was it a backup of some information?

But where would such an important thing be placed…

With doubts, Gu Fan looked at the database of his residence again and clicked on the next record.

[Fleet Record 005.]

[This is too bad. We thought that as long as we escaped from the Milky Way, we could not be affected by the Wither Disease, but there were still people in the fleet who fell for it.]

[But fortunately, according to observation, the development of this strange disease is much slower than in the Milky Way. Some scholars in the fleet believe that the further away one is from the Milky Way, the less threatening the disease will be. They believe that it is an existence similar to a psionic curse.]

[Although we don’t know how it happened, this disease that can corrode souls has completely destroyed the glory of mankind.] Wither Disease’s development speed in the outer region was much slower than in the Milky Way?

Reading the description in the document, Gu Fan could not help but fall into deep thought.

He began to recall the time when he was on a boat with his classmate and accidentally entered a strange space. Even now, he did not know how to describe that strange place in words. He kept feeling that the space was like a chaotic dream. Everything inside was so distorted that it made people feel uncomfortable just by looking at it. It was also after returning from that space that he and his classmates suffered from the strange illness known as Wither Disease. Curious, Gu Fan clicked on the record of the next line. He wanted to know what the final outcome of this exploration team would be. [Fleet Record 006.]

[The few teams that were sent out earlier have all lost contact with the base. The second anchor point has never been established. If we can’t accurately rely on these anchor points to jump, the fleet will have no choice but to blindly cross the huge galactic chasm without guidance.]

[And the result of doing so is often getting lost inside and eventually exhausting all the supplies.]

[Fleet Record 006.]

[We have nowhere to retreat to. The last spontaneous team was lost on the way to the Second Anchor this morning. The fleet has begun to waver. Some of us want to return to the Milky Way.]

[In the end, after discussing with the captains, I decided to split the fleet into two groups. The first group will be filled with colonial supplies under my lead and sail to the other side of the Milky Way by jumping blindly. Once we succeed, these people will have a high chance of escaping the influence of the Wither Disease and building a new kindling on the other side of the Milky Way.]

[The other group will return to the Milky Way and try to find new hope in the ruins.]

[The target has been determined. If anyone sees these records, all you can do now is pray that we succeed…]

At this point, Gu Fan silently raised his head and looked at the void not far away that was deeper than the night.

He was silent for a long time, unable to speak.