The universe was gray and dimmer, even more silent than imagined.
This was once a bustling area with numerous stars twinkling, and the spaceports orbiting the stars provided essential support for civilizations heading to the Origin Land. Countless civilizations set out for the Origin Land with unwavering courage, but alas, very few returned.
It was a beautiful era, also referred to by present-day civilized races as the Golden Age.
The civilized races sat down for talks due to some chance factors, put aside their prejudices, formed an alliance, and then ventured together toward the Origin Land.
Some civilizations knew their strength was not enough to reach there, so they chose to stay behind as a backup and handed over steles engraved with their civilization's data to other races, thus joining their expedition in this way.