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I'm not sure if this gets revealed if you play long enough (I obviously did not).

But it is curious that there's some sort of battle simulation running (and being rendered to an invisible canvas).

  (function reveal() { document.getElementById('battleCanvasDiv').style = ''; requestAnimationFrame(reveal);})()

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Eventually you end up in a self-replication phase. Replicas are sometimes imperfect, so you have to defend yourself from rogue-rogue AIs.

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I interpreted that as fighting against other civilizations that are trying to stop your progress and protect the universe.

Civilizations resorting to killer AIs in desperation to stop your progress.