A Nerve Had Been Touched

As time passed, Human Civilization encountered all kinds of civilizations among the stars. Some were benevolent, some malicious, but most could not be judged simply as friendly or hostile.

Like the Orange Star Civilization and the Dynamic Image Civilization they had encountered not long ago, their actions were neither benevolent nor malicious. They merely acted according to principles that benefited their own civilizations. Human Civilization was much the same.

Once a civilization became a whole, seeking fortune and avoiding disaster was no longer merely about individuals. All actions served the better development and continuation of the entire civilization. Sometimes their judgments were right, and sometimes they were wrong.

Humanity's leadership was not divine either. Even when a host of elites offered all kinds of advice whenever something happened, the final weighing and decision still rested with people. As the saying went, onlookers saw more clearly than those involved. Sometimes, what decision-makers believed to be the right choice could ultimately become the wrong one due to changes in other factors.

For example, there was more than one voice within humanity regarding final decisions about alien civilizations. The Extreme War Faction still existed. They advocated survival of the fittest and believed in an extreme cosmic Dark Forest. Deep down, they looked down on every alien among the Star Alliance Members, believing that they should either remain under humanity's rule and serve humanity, or die.

Of course, there was also the Extremely Friendly Group. They advocated for humanity and the Star Alliance Member Civilizations to coexist as equals, then use the Star Alliance as a platform to build a truly fair and just alliance, with power equally divided among all Star Alliance Member Civilizations.

Some even actively promoted research into genetic assimilation. They devoted themselves to genetic technology research for all races, dreaming