Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva!.

Chapter 730: Red Penetrates the Atmosphere

Only ten minutes had passed since Tilan woke up from the blue mist pearl, but she felt as if she had gone through a very long time mentally, so much so that the furnishings and objects in the room seemed a little unfamiliar.

"You really gave me too many expectations." She rubbed her eyebrows slightly.

Regarding the future of mankind, she has a vague outline of the direction, but at present, its implementation still requires constant exploration and adjustment. Who can say that it can be perfect all at once? This is an unknown future with no history to learn from.

'Sons of Man', 'Sons of the Stars' and 'Sons of the Sea', this is the inevitable differentiation caused by the differences in living environment and concepts after entering the interstellar age. If allowed to develop on their own, sooner or later humans will be divided into three branches.

The road ahead is long, and we must keep exploring.

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The central star region, the planet where the 'Tear Moon Crown' lives.

Blue and emerald seas of flowers are spread all over the mountains and plains. In the center of this beautiful land, there is a huge lake. Its shape is similar to a full moon with a missing corner, like a teardrop with a bite taken out, so it is called "Tear Moon Lake".

The name 'Tear Moon Lake' has appeared many times in the history of the elves, so much so that when the elves later encountered a similar and beautiful lake, they would also name it 'Tear Moon Lake'. The earliest Tear Moon Lake originated from the palace where the Elf Queen lived in the Emerald Forest. The huge lake surrounding the palace was the earliest Tear Moon Lake. It separated the Elf Queen's residence from ordinary people with a lake, which maintained a bit of tranquility and mystery, and prevented the Elf Queen from being too alienated from other elves.

Today, the road leading to Tear Moon Lake was filled with people in various clothing. They protested against the elves' privileges in the Federation and the fact that they occupied too many high-level positions. They accused the elves of being parasites on human society and occupying resources and power that far exceeded their own population proportion with less than 1% of the population.

Of course, this kind of remarks often come from the media controlled by competitors, and have only emerged in the past few hundred years. In the early days of the Federation, when Isenissa was in charge of the Federation, no one would ever mention it, because Isenissa is a hybrid of humans and elves, and the elves also made huge contributions in the early days of the Federation, and their achievements cannot be erased.

But history always moves forward, and people cannot always remember the favors of the past. As an old Eastern proverb says, 'The wealth left by a wise man ends with the third generation.'

More than 1200 years have passed since the establishment of the Federation. For the long-lived elves, more than ten generations have passed, so the environment cannot be changed.

Today, with the battle between the two singing girls, 'White Rose Harp' and 'Volcano Queen', everything has become increasingly intense. In order to strike as hard as possible at the opponent, remarks denouncing the elves have frequently appeared. The human group that originally supported 'White Rose Harp' Ewenkilin is also facing a dilemma.

If they continue to support the 'White Rose Harp', they will definitely be called traitors to mankind, and the core groups and families around Ewen Qilin do have some elven blood, so it is difficult for them to reach the core level. But if they give up now, all their previous investments will be wasted. The positions around the 'Volcano Queen' Princko have already been filled by the groups that joined first. If they go there, it will only be icing on the cake and they will not get too much benefit.

In the past, Ewenkilin's status in the Central Star Region was unique, so she naturally didn't have to worry about these things. Moreover, Ewenkilin was not a pure elf, unlike Orles. The mixed-race identity was actually a kind of honor in the Federation. It was politically correct and easier to win over different groups, just like the 'Golden Flame Flower' Isenissa was a mixed-race.

But the past situation was broken seven years ago. After the successful independence of the Western Star Region, the authority of the Central Parliament was shattered, and they also lost control over the distant star regions. This caused the various chaebol groups that originally had a layout across the entire federation to have to retract their tentacles, sell off their assets, and huddle in the Central Star Region.

A small room cannot accommodate two elephants, but there are more than two "elephants" in the central star region now. Various large chaebol families and giant companies must swallow up enough assets to maintain their past scale and strength, otherwise they will slide from their past positions. This is also the reason why conflicts among various forces in the central star region are rapidly intensifying.

In the past, the Central Star Region was like the heart of a giant dragon. It had the most and thickest blood vessels, which continuously absorbed and transported blood from the dragon's limbs. It controlled assets in many star regions of the Federation, and large groups spanning star regions also set up their headquarters here.

Ever since the Central Council lost its financial power and control over the local star regions, the various parts of the dragon's body have flown on their own. They no longer provide blood to the heart of the central star region, nor do they assume market functions to digest the various goods and services produced by the central star region's chaebol groups.

Local groups in various star fields rose up, and they took over the market that the central star field group was forced to vacate. The major chaebols that retreated back to the central star field also had to engage in brutal competition in order to continue to survive in the central star field.

Mediation of conflicts requires sufficient interests to satisfy the needs of all parties, but the existing interests cannot be satisfied structurally, and struggle is almost inevitable until one side wins completely.

The roads in the sea of ​​flowers lead to the central lake from all directions. Now every road is crowded with protesting crowds. They denounce the evil and greed of the elves and demand that these parasites must be liquidated. The signs held high are filled with slogans and appear in many media cameras. They are then photographed and posted on various platform websites, fermenting and evolving on the Internet again.

In the sky, a heavy shuttle flew slowly, and the people on it observed everything happening below.

"Do you think this kind of protest is useful?" They are considered the organizers of this event, but they are relatively marginal members.

"Use? Of course protesting is of no direct use." His colleague next to him was sitting at the table, leisurely eating food with a knife and fork.

"They can't just identify and kill the enemy, nor can they just wipe out the assets in the enemy's bank account."

"However, protesting does have a great indirect use, which is to rationalize our subsequent actions." The other person took a bite of the steak and then took a sip of red wine.

"To hastily deal with a good person would incur great social costs and bring about a major public opinion crisis, shaking our social and political foundations."

"But what if we are dealing with a bad guy, a bad guy that everyone thinks should be punished?"

"There's no need to have a written rule about how to deal with him. We just need to look at each other and make the same decision."

"It would cost a lot to get a legislator to propose a proposal that goes against common sense, and it would be difficult to pass. Even if it is passed, it would be difficult to implement at the grassroots level. But if many people tacitly agree with this proposal, it would be passed very quickly, and it would be easy to promote, and there would be no psychological burden during the implementation process."

"We don't need those protesters to really defeat the other side. We just need to publish their protests on various platforms, let countless mouthpieces speak for us, and let the majority of the society believe in these rhetoric, then we will succeed."

"The general public will think that our actions are just and reasonable, and that we should have done so long ago. At this point, we will have a huge advantage, and any counterattacks and protests from the other side will confirm this statement, saying, 'You see, they are indeed restless and have long had ulterior motives.'" "This is the power and terrifying aspect of public opinion. Fortunately, we are now in the upper hand, while the other side is losing ground."

"If you ask me if I have a guilty conscience, the answer is no, because I gave them a chance in the past. If Miss Silver Snow Orles had shined in the civil war seven years ago and helped the Federal Central Council win, we wouldn't have come to this point now."

"The elves are too weak. They don't deserve to occupy their current position."

With a heavy roar, the shuttle slowly flew over the Tear Moon Lake. The camera equipment it carried recorded everything that happened below and forwarded it to various platforms simultaneously.

Just as this operator said, facing overwhelming media attacks, the elves' aristocratic families were losing ground, and all forces put the blame for the defeat seven years ago on the weakness of 'Silver Snow' Orles. In addition, the core of the elf faction, 'White Rose Harp' Ewen Qilin, was not a strong-willed person. Facing all kinds of insults and attacks, she fell into a state of depression and self-blame, and it was difficult for her to launch a strong counterattack. This caused the group forces gathered around her to waver and sway.

Finally, the total collapse of public opinion reached a critical point. In the new round of the Federal Central Parliament, some members proposed to deprive the elves of the large amount of land and property illegally occupied in the central star field and hand them over to the federal government for re-auction and distribution to make up for the federal government's years of deficit.

At the meeting, before the members of the Elf faction could stand up to object, a loud chorus sounded in the conference hall. The singing was rising steadily, grand and a little sad, as if it was a dirge in the face of despair, which was very moving.

This is the famous song "Distant Nebula" once sung by 'Cobalt Tears' Emuraline. It is said that this song was left behind by Emuraline when she was most confused and hesitant four hundred years ago, before the division of the Federation. It sings the sadness and sorrow of that era, as well as the heaviness of having no hope for the future.

With this song as the dividing line, violent conflicts broke out within the Federation. Everything was burned to the ground, and then reborn in the fire.

The Elf faction councillor, who was originally in a state of indignation, had a flash of despair and sadness on his face when he saw more and more people joining the chorus and the singing drowned out the entire venue. Finally, he sat down slowly in vain, leaning weakly on the back of his chair, allowing the entire parliament scene to be led to an extreme direction by the singing.

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In March of the Sixth Era, 1267, on the day when the Central Council's special proposal was passed, the most intense conflict in four hundred years broke out in the Central Star Region, and members of the two factions directly entered a state of hot war.

The planet where 'Tear Moon Crown' lives is outside the atmosphere.

One starship after another passed over the outer edge of the planet, blocking the routes in and out of the planet. Then, heavy shuttles flew out from the belly of the starship and rushed into the atmosphere.

The whistling sound pierced through the sky, and the shuttles with tail flames stretching for a thousand meters came like crimson comets, shattering hundreds of years of peace on this flower sea planet.

The roaring gray iron swooped down towards the ground at the end of the field of vision, followed by a sharp sonic explosion.

The shuttle's hatch opened, and a deep red sharp-angled outline appeared in the slanting sunlight. This was the sixth-tier main mecha 'Fierce Red Falcon-A1' type currently in service in the Federation. Compared to the 'Black Letter-A2' type that was widely deployed in the southern star region, the furnace cores they were equipped with were more powerful and could provide higher energy output for straight-line impacts and covering attacks.

One after another, the 'Fierce Red Falcon-A1' mechas emerged from the shuttles and rushed into the low altitude. The six huge nozzles behind them lit up with orange-red hot jets, causing the heavy mechas to move forward at an unimaginable speed.

On the ground, rapid and sharp alarms were sounded in areas where large numbers of elves lived. Countless people hurriedly followed instructions and fled to underground shelters. Vehicles on the streets were in chaos, and various hovercrafts in the sky were flying in disorder. Various collisions and crashes occurred frequently.

A few minutes later, anti-aircraft missiles rose from underground pits, and then burst into violent flames, pushing them up and into the atmosphere.

Faced with the countless shining spots on the radar, the shuttle swooping across the sky released a large number of guided missiles. For a moment, violent white smoke and sparks flooded the sky. Even the hemisphere in darkness was illuminated by the shining light bullets.

Ordinary people still don't know what exactly happened, and the elves who know the situation are anxious and nervous at this moment, awakening all the power they can use.

"How dare they..." Looking at the small dots marked on the huge projection screen, the elves standing below could hardly believe it.

"This was definitely a premeditated, extremely bloody action directed against us..."

On the day the proposal was passed, without giving the elves any room to react, starships from an unknown force blockaded the planet and quickly dispatched a landing team. It is impossible to say that there was no prior preparation.

The planet where 'Tear Moon Crown' is inhabited is one of the three major inhabited planets in the Emerald Moon Star Region. Nearly 40% of the population here are elves. If the military force of this planet is used to deal with the elves, it will definitely face huge resistance and be difficult to implement. Moreover, many officials and government agencies of the local planet are elves. It is basically unrealistic to deal with the elves from within the planet.

Taking this into consideration, in order to extinguish the elves' counterattack as soon as possible and prevent the conflict from expanding into a painful and long-term civil war, the forces supporting the "Volcano Queen" Princiko made an extremely careful plan. The passage of the motion in the parliament also meant that the final horn had been blown.

The supersonic missiles in the sky were flying at a speed of 120 Mach. Some of them collided with the guided missiles scattered in the air, and some hit the gray iron shuttles, directly turning them into flaming fireballs that melted and fell from the sky.

Although these missiles greatly hindered and destroyed the shuttles that rushed into the atmosphere, the high-level mechas that had already descended could not be destroyed by these missiles. When the mechas were fully in combat mode, a golden-red halo covered an area with a diameter of hundreds of meters around them. Any approaching missiles would be directly detonated, and the dispersed explosions would at most leave scratches on the outer shell of the mecha and would not be able to break through the defense at all.

Then, the planet's local defense forces began to take off. Those mechas with white shells and golden branches quickly rose up, spread their flexible wings, and began to fight with the crimson mechas that entered the planet.

The 'Golden Rose-a14' mecha, the fourteenth generation advanced mecha of the Golden Rose series, has always been the main force guarding the central star field. In the early days of the Federation, they were also regarded as the guards of the 'Golden Flame Flower' Isenissa, and now they still protect the most important core areas of the Federation.

The blazing lightsabers crossed in the air, and sparks burst out. These most elite warriors of the Federation fought against each other again after four hundred years.

(End of this chapter)