Among them was a portion of white, representing neutrality: the remaining Natural Person civilizations. These civilizations, still wavering at this point, either occupied advantageous positions, with at least two sides shielded by other civilizations. That might once have hindered their expansion,
but at this moment of crisis, what had once been an obstacle had become a protective barrier.
Or they were powerful in their own right, having reached the level of a high-level Civilization, and still had the leisure to consider their civilization's future despite the Tide of Darkness closing in step by step.
"But they've reached their limit." The Lord casually rotated the star map, feeling nothing in particular toward these stubborn civilizations.
A civilization wasn't an individual. An individual might act on impulse and refuse to bend for the sake of profit—or even survival—but for a civilization, survival came first.
"Put out an announcement. Since the Forge World's production capacity is limited, ship construction over the next three years will be prioritized. Non-member states of the Dragon Flame Alliance will be placed behind member states," he said calmly.
"Understood, Lord!" An adjutant saluted and quickly passed the order along.
Soon, a diplomat came to report, "Lord, 27 Interstellar Civilizations have submitted applications to join in the past five minutes. Please review them!"
Just as expected. A little pressure, and they got results.
Xu Yueyang chuckled, casually opened the applications, skimmed the earnest diplomatic language, and wrote his approval: "Accept them!"
Three days later, the last independent Natural Person civilization in the Small Magellanic River System disappeared. The Dragon Soul Empire had achieved nominal unification of the system!
"Warm congratulations to the Dragon Soul Empire on its successful colonization of an Outer Galaxy! More than 3,000 Natural Person civilizations in the Small Magellanic River System have all joined the