When the Pinglin Bi Star Cluster Civilization Diplomatic Conference officially convened, the doors were closed, and journalists from other civilizations were barred from entry, including those from Earth itself.
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The closed-door meeting was designed to facilitate more candid discussions without the diplomats having only to maintain pomp and circumstance, performing so heavily that they lost the opportunity to truly solve problems.
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As the host, Star Alliance diplomat Yosi Ha’er presided over the meeting with a face brimming with enthusiasm. He expressed to the attending diplomats from various civilizations, "Thank you all for coming to Yujie Star to participate in our diplomatic conference. The Star Alliance has always been committed to developing deep, friendly relations with friendly interstellar civilizations to create a better future together. The convening of this Pinglin meeting is something we are pleased to see, and we welcome your arrival."
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Yosi Ha’er first delivered a bunch of diplomatic platitudes, and after this, he then disclosed some substantial content, "As a civilization full of development drive and ambition, the Star Alliance hopes to create opportunities for our civilization’s progress by reaching out more and also aims to engage in greater exchanges with other civilizations. I understand that our friends from the Bi Star Cluster have concerns about the arrival of the Star Alliance. Representing the government of the Star Alliance and its people, I can make the following assurances here: Unless threatened or attacked, the Star Alliance will not initiate challenges or wars against any civilization; the Star Alliance will not attack or occupy planets that are already controlled by the civilizations of the Bi Star Cluster. The Star Alliance will recognize the galaxies containing the effectively occupied planets of each civilization as their sphere of influence, and under normal circumstances, the Star Alliance will not infringe on the rights of other civilizations within their spheres of influence."
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This could be said to be a very promising assurance indeed and was actually what many civilizations attending the meeting on Yujie Star wanted to hear the most. So as soon as Yosi Ha’er spoke, many diplomats breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that their trip was not in vain.
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After all, in front of the Star Alliance, they were all essentially insignificant smaller civilizations. Perhaps these civilizations were roughly equivalent to the Star Alliance in population and scale, but they did not possess an enormous fleet like that of the Star Alliance, nor the capability to defeat powers such as Teizene and the Benefactors.
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For some lower civilizations, they were already at a disadvantage in the competition within the Bi Star Cluster, with several mid-level civilizations already dominating them, and they also lacked the capacity to expand their influence further or colonize more planets, which was nothing but a fanciful dream. So it didn’t matter who occupied the planets, as long as their own territories were not infringed upon.
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However, the promises made by the Star Alliance seemed insufficient for other mid-level civilizations. Another mid-level civilization within the Bi Star Cluster, the Dai Zan civilization, was the only Primate Clan civilization among the twelve. However, they had some physical differences from the people of Earth; the Dai Zan people had very long arms, almost reaching their knees, and they walked somewhat hunched over, resembling baboons. But the Dai Zan people did not have abundant hair; instead, their facial features were quite prominent, with deeply recessed mouths and eye sockets.
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The Dai Zan diplomat stated, "We highly appreciate the peaceful stance and friendly actions of the Star Alliance. The civilizations of the Bi Star Cluster all hope to establish friendly relations with the Star Alliance and live in harmony. However, since the Star Alliance is not a native civilization to the Bi Star Cluster, we welcome the Star Alliance to develop one or two planets within the Bi Star Cluster, which would also facilitate multi-party exchanges. But if the Star Alliance arbitrarily decides to occupy too many planets, that is clearly not in the interests of the native civilizations of the Bi Star Cluster."
The words of the Dai Zan quickly sparked a chorus of agreement from other civilization diplomats.
"Exactly, we welcome the Star Alliance to the Bi Star Cluster, but one or two planets would suffice. Occupying too many planets has put a great deal of pressure on us."
"That’s right, and planets like Yujie Star, which have native civilizations, have their development process disrupted, which does not align with the principles of the Galactic Council."
"We hope the Star Alliance can understand the greater good and not go against the prevailing winds."
The diplomats of these civilizations, each taking turns speaking, surprisingly echo the same sentiments. Yosi Ha’er, however, merely responded with a polite smile and did not hurry to speak.
Before coming to Pinglin, he had been summoned by Chancellor Bai Zhongqi. Some people within the Star Alliance government do not recognize the authority or the position of Bai Zhongqi, as he holds no official title and is not mentioned in the Star Alliance charter regarding his rights and duties. Therefore, they disregard him. But disregarding him was one thing; Bai Zhongqi’s real influence was undeniable, as both the upper echelons of the Star Alliance and the Star Alliance Council were directly guided by his instructions. Discover exclusive content at freewebnovel
Yosi Ha’er had not met Bai Zhongqi in person before this. He harbored no ill feelings towards him; this Israeli did not believe in the values of the liberal left but only in realism. The reality was that Bai Zhongqi was the man with most of the power in the Star Alliance, and the Supreme Command was something unavoidable. It was also due to Bai Zhongqi’s strategies that Earth had freed itself from the covert control of the Brain Worm and unified into a single government, advancing towards the Universe and flourishing more and more.
Simply judging from what he had accomplished, this was a great man. Yosi Ha’er understood that to be successful, one must align with great people rather than maintain any pure ideals or beliefs and mess things up.
When Bai Zhongqi had met with Yosi Ha’er, he had anticipated the possible scenarios, saying to the Israeli diplomat at that time, "If these twelve civilizations had not already communicated and reached some consensus before, they would be very foolish. They will definitely band together and try to pressure us. Naturally, we have no reason to fear them, but we do not want a war, especially as we are preparing for battle against the three great enslavers; it is not prudent to have additional complications. However, if they think that because we are preparing for battle against the three enslavers, we will tolerate them, they are dreaming. A lion will never bow before a group of rabbits."
At the conference table, a group of diplomats was still chattering incessantly, but their voices gradually became softer. Pan Muzhuo looked over at Yosi Ha’er, the Star Alliance man sitting there smiling silently, showing a very polite disregard for the proposals of the twelve civilizations.
This made Pan Muzhuo feel quite troubled. So this diplomat, who was somewhat famous among the twelve civilizations, gave a signal to the others to cease their discussions, and then he himself spoke, asking, "Ambassador Yosi Ha’er, what is the Star Alliance’s stance on this issue?"