"Everyone, your Void Will has already been grievously wounded. Rather than keep holding out, you might as well surrender now. If you're willing to surrender, we're willing to set aside a territory for you, where your civilization can continue to exist!"
The terms proposed by the Half-Ninth-Level Life of the Frost Civilization were exceedingly generous.
For a defeated civilization, the Endless Void's usual options were total annihilation or complete enslavement.
Being allowed to keep a territory and continue developing normally was an exceptionally generous offer to the defeated.
Because of its generous environment, the Mana Void often didn't drive other civilizations into a corner during war.
And it was precisely this that made the Half-Ninth-Level Lives from the many civilizations of the Endless Void present begin to waver.
Defeat was already a foregone conclusion. While they could still negotiate terms, agreeing to surrender was the most rational choice.
Besides, the many Half-Ninth-Level Lives present were nothing like the Void Guardians. They were sustained by the entire civilization, and they bore the responsibility of ensuring its continued existence. Under such immense pressure, they had no choice but to make a more realistic decision.
The expressions of the many Half-Ninth-Level Lives of the Endless Void gradually turned despondent, and some even began to eye one another warily.
Because the Mana Void couldn't possibly accept every Half-Ninth-Level Life's surrender. Once their numbers reached a certain threshold, the remaining Half-Ninth-Level Lives would be hunted down!
After realizing this, quite a few Half-Ninth-Level Lives began contacting the Half-Ninth-Level Lives of the Mana Void through various covert means.
The interests of the Void, the interests of individuals, and the interests of civilizations weren't always intertwined.
When the conflict between the two sides was ignited by enough outside pressure, even the creatures within a Void might choose