The activities of civilizations always brought changes to the environment. This was true on Earth, and it was true in the Milky Way Galaxy. Stars were not immovable; it was merely that technological power was insufficient.
From the Harvesters' words, it was clear that they believed they held every advantage and victory was assured. Likewise, their words further convinced the United Front that the Electron Warships were definitely present and would appear when the main fleets of both sides clashed.
The Harvesters' desperate efforts to hold back the United Front's probe spaceships, which outnumbered theirs severalfold, were another piece of evidence.
Furthermore, the Silver Heart Alliance was not actually weaker than the Harvesters in conventional military strength. With the United Front also having the Awakeners and the Divine Matrix Civilization, the Harvesters could not possibly remain so confident without something to rely on.
Everyone knew it, but this was like an open scheme—knowing changed nothing, because retreat was no longer possible. Setting aside the fact that retreating would leave them passively taking blows, the Residential Spaceship Clusters already withdrawing behind them alone were enough to prevent the major civilizations from falling back.
The current situation was extremely unfavorable for the United Front. They knew full well that the Electron Warships would emerge amid the melee, yet they had no choice but to fight.
When the foremost warships on both sides were only ten light-years apart, it was time for the final adjustments.
To prevent their fleets from falling into a passive position, the civilizations of the United Front made their final adjustments. The Divine Matrix Civilization's main fleet shifted from a compact formation into a dispersed array. Its 9.7 billion main battleships spread apart, separating into units of several thousand ships and dispersing in echelon.
This arrangement expanded the Divine