The emergence of the Neutron War Star seemed to give the Harvesters a slight Sense of Crisis. They no longer cultivated a faction before harvesting it as they had in the past.
After defeating the Neutron War Star, the entire Harvester Civilization became extremely active. Not only were Electron Warships deployed, but their conventional fleets also searched throughout the Milky Way Galaxy. Whenever they found a hidden Small Universe or a hidden Level Six Civilization, they mercilessly destroyed it and harvested its technology.
However, this also scattered the Harvesters' combat power. Their conventional fleets had no trouble dealing with ordinary Level Six Civilizations, but if they encountered a civilization with Characteristic Technology, they could not win. Some particularly unlucky fleets that ran into the Awakeners were simply wiped out.
However, whenever they discovered the Awakeners, the Silver Heart Alliance, or a Small Universe belonging to the Silicon-Based Collective, the Harvesters generally had their fleets hold them down while waiting for the Electron Warships.
Over the past two thousand years, the Harvesters had practically turned the Milky Way Galaxy into a Dark Forest. Yet in this Dark Forest, not every civilization was a hunter. Only the Harvesters were hunters; all other Level Six Civilizations were prey. Once the Harvesters spotted them, Electron Warships would be waiting for them.
Yet the Harvesters had no interest whatsoever in Low-level Civilizations. Their targets had always been Level Six Civilizations. Even when they discovered Level 5 Civilizations during their searches, the Harvesters usually ignored them. In this regard, they were vastly different from the Silver Heart Alliance.
Because of this, ever since the battle with the Neutron War Star, the living conditions of civilizations below Level Six had actually improved considerably. The reason was that the Silver Heart Alliance had been crushed so thoroughly that