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The battle between the Heavenly Gods Clan and the Thorne Divine Tribe was imminent.
All civilizations were mobilizing troops, and the air was thick with tension.
Various predictions about the war flooded the Star Network—some from the natives, some from Alien Warriors, and others were distractions Duge had sent out...
The battle between the three most powerful civilizations required the mobilization of vast resources, and it wasn't simply a matter of rushing to the designated location and then starting the fight.
In fact,
Duge had already simplified the war mode.
In the past, top civilizations would have begun harassing each other, engaging in skirmishes, and destroying and plundering resource planets, among other things.
Initially,
it was when Duge released the news of the Origin of Mankind that the melee between the Heavenly Gods Clan and the Thorne Divine Tribe truly reflected the nature of interstellar warfare.
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Duge had been leisurely during this period.