However, Hu Yu did not allow these Small Star Sector Civilization to develop fleets. They had just mastered space attack methods, and Hu Yu only allowed them to familiarize themselves with warship construction methods and conduct small-scale warship production. According to Hu Yu's orders, all the civilizations that were being developed were not allowed to consume planets, and building a fleet required applying for resources from the Star Ring Alliance.
More importantly, these civilizations did not master the key technologies of warships. All key components were manufactured and provided by the Alliance, so it was impossible for them to manufacture more warships. Strictly speaking, these civilizations were not Small Star Sector Civilization, but only those with the basic skills of Small Star Sector Civilization.
Apart from these thousand-plus Small Star Sector Civilization, almost all of the more than 250,000 low-level civilizations under the Alliance's jurisdiction have reached the Star System Level stage. Only a very few have progressed from the Planet-Level to the Star-Level. Hu Yu no longer holds much hope for these civilizations; their progress over 3,000 years with the Alliance's technological support has been so minimal.
Civilizations have varying potentials. Each civilization differs in its understanding, opportunities, character, and plans, much like students in a class with the same teacher and textbooks. Some can easily score 100 points, while others get zero. This difference becomes even more pronounced at the stage of civilization. Some civilizations, like humanity and the Xuan Star Civilization, can reach the Small Star Sector Civilization stage in tens of thousands of years. However, some civilizations take millions or tens of millions of years to reach this level, and many more civilizations never reach this level from birth to extinction.
The 20 civilizations that Hu Yu initially selected are still at the Star System Level, and the technology Hu Yu provided is only up to the Star System Level. Hu Yu hopes that they will stay at this stage for a longer time, and it would be best if they could break through to the Small Star Region on their own, because the alliance has only added one Crystal Civilization in the last 10,000 to 20,000 years.
Hu Yu urgently needs to improve the strength of the alliance, but he doesn't want to be indiscriminate in his efforts. If the more than 150 Star System-Level Civilization and the 20 civilizations that Hu Yu initially selected can break through to the Small Star Sector Civilization stage, Hu Yu plans to absorb them into the alliance, because Hu Yu has spent the most effort on these more than 170 civilizations.
Besides technology, Hu Yu also increased their sense of belonging to the Alliance in other ways. It has to be said that humans are indeed quite talented in this area, and their appearance is the least threatening among all the civilized creatures in the entire galaxy. Now, the prestige of Human Civilization has surpassed that of the Great Star Region Advanced Civilization.
Hu Yu did not cut off the future of these nurtured civilizations. As long as a civilization could independently manufacture warships without the components provided by the Alliance and the strength of the warships was recognized by the Alliance civilizations, it could also join the Star Ring Alliance. The name of the Star Ring Alliance spread among all civilizations, just like Human Civilization.
Now, when Alliance warships go out on patrol, they feel like they're being fawned over. However, some negative phenomena have also emerged within the Alliance. The Alliance doesn't prevent creatures from going to other civilizations; only the actions of creatures that have mastered technology are monitored. As a result, some Alliance creatures that have arrived at other civilizations are arrogant and domineering in front of those civilizations. Some even indulge in pleasure in those civilizations, and some have even secretly seized power in those civilizations, wielding the power of life and death.
Some of the cultivated civilizations, after becoming powerful, began to bully the weaker civilizations around them, plundering resources and killing other civilizations. Many lower-level civilizations dared not speak out because the initial working groups had already completed their work and had basically withdrawn. Without the supervision of the alliance, these developed advanced civilizations would occasionally secretly do things against the alliance's wishes. After discovering this phenomenon, Hu Yu immediately convened an alliance meeting.
The leaders of the alliance unanimously agreed with Hu Yu's suggestion. They too had developed step by step from a difficult, low-level civilization. Having experienced that period of hardship, they understood even more the value of the hard-won situation they had achieved. These civilized beings doing such things outside would undoubtedly damage the alliance's image and even provoke resentment from other civilizations.
Although these civilizations are under the control of the alliance, what the alliance needs is not an obedient machine, but a loyal and cooperative friend. Only in this way can the alliance exist for a long time, and only in this way can each civilization in the alliance obtain the greatest benefit. Therefore, all actions that affect the alliance must be prohibited.
Soon, a powerful directive was issued within the alliance, personally signed by every alliance leader. The directive contained only one sentence: any behavior that damages the alliance's interests and image will be severely punished. At the same time, 250,000 investigation teams were also established. These 250,000-plus investigation teams will investigate every civilization, especially alliance beings that have arrived in other civilizations due to various factors.
Faced with the Alliance's technological means, no evil or wrongdoing can be hidden. Soon, more than three million civilized beings of the Alliance were captured and taken directly to the Alpha Centauri Star System. Among these three million civilized beings were also humans. Although the overall quality of humans has improved to an extremely high level, there are still some scoundrels. Humans accounted for a large part of this batch of captured civilized beings, more than 400,000.
However, the vast majority of the captured creatures had engaged in inappropriate words or deeds in other civilizations, and were not guilty of heinous crimes. For these creatures, the punishment ranged from education to imprisonment for several years, which was considered a severe punishment.
Furthermore, the events between the cultivated civilizations have also been investigated. A total of 17 civilizations were found to have bullied or caused damage to other civilizations. Hu Yu did not punish these 17 civilizations, as it is normal for civilizations to have conflicts. Hu Yu only ordered them to compensate the civilizations that were violated and warned them that they would be severely punished if they committed the same offense again.
Faced with Human Civilization, the leaders of these 17 civilizations showed no resistance and adopted the lowest possible stance. They also stated that they were doing this because they wanted to develop and expand their territory as quickly as possible. Hu Yu told them that they could apply to the alliance if they had any needs, and the alliance would try its best to meet reasonable requests.
The key point is that there are more than 30 civilizations, including 5 humans. Other civilizations each have one or two, but the only one missing is the Xuan Star Civilization. The current Xuan Star Civilization is focused on development and has not relaxed its efforts from top to bottom. After the incident with the previous leader, the current Xuan Star Civilization is more aware of self-discipline. On the contrary, the fact that humans make up such a large proportion makes Hu Yu's face quite ugly. It seems that severe punishment is necessary.