Similar situations were playing out within the other two civilizations as well.
The Promi Civilization and the Valoran Civilization.
Whether it was orders personally issued by the Decision Makers or pressure from the Elder Council.
There were, to some extent, dissenting voices within these civilizations.
And the people raising those voices wielded enormous influence—far too great to be ignored.
As a result, even now, these civilizations had yet to make a final decision or reach a consensus on whether to surrender to the Gaia Civilization.
As these people argued, they had no idea that a massive fleet from the Fifth Star Territory had already silently entered their star territories.
Equally unaware were the massive Star Destroyer Mothership Fleets from the Gaia Civilization.
The commanders of these fleets believed victory was already in their grasp.
They merely followed the encirclement plan.
They deployed the fleets under their command at the most critical positions in every direction.
Using military force to project their reach, they completely surrounded the three civilizations, ensuring they had absolutely no way to escape in any direction.
Now, they only needed to patiently wait for the enemy to surrender on their own.
Or for higher command to finally issue the order to attack.
"Once we wipe out these three civilizations, we'll be the overlords of District Ten, right? Hahahaha!"
"Yeah. After that, only the Prite Civilization Empire in the Fifth Star Territory will remain..."
"By the way, what's going on in the Fifth Star Territory? Why hasn't the fleet sent there sent back even the slightest bit of news?"
"Who knows? Maybe they're busy dividing up the Fifth Star Territory's wealth. I heard they have an extremely rare Mineral Resource there that can be used to build Third Generation Warp Engines!"
"Third Generation Warp Engines? Ha! Then the