Chapter 593 Return to the Flower Crown Star Region
Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region, Gray Dust Crystal Headquarters.
The beautiful blue-roofed mansion is located in the corner of the headquarters. It is relatively quiet here, and it is convenient to go to the headquarters for meetings and work. It is where Tilan currently lives.
On the west side of the second floor of the mansion is Tilan's exclusive study. The room is very large, and there are many ancient books and classics placed in it. At this moment, Tilan is lying under a bookshelf, and there are many open books beside her. Her soft long hair spreads on the ground, and the girl's arms are slightly open and placed at her side.
Looking at the ceiling above her head, the girl's eyes are sometimes slightly closed and sometimes open, thinking about what happened recently.
The Federation is in chaos. Even if she is not in the central star region at the moment, she can feel the crisis slowly spreading out from the eye of the storm.
The western star region where Blanche is located has shown extremely strong determination and fighting spirit. They will not surrender and give up easily, and the Federation has no reason to tolerate such a split. War is inevitable.
If the Federation wins, the rebellion in the Western Star Region will be quelled, and a long period of public security management will be ushered in. It is estimated that the post-war policy arrangements will face many disputes and it will be difficult to really appease the local residents... She recalled what she had seen and heard in the Central Star Region in her mind, and speculated on future developments.
What if the Western Star Region wins? The probability is very low, but if they can really win, then... Tilan opened her eyes and shook her head. Even if they win this battle, the Federation Central Star Region still has five major fleets.
The best result is to negotiate with the Federation after winning and conclude a peace agreement, so that the war can be settled.
She wanted to help and end this dispute, but at present, both sides were in high spirits, and I was afraid that no one would listen to her advice. The residents of the Western Star Region had accumulated resentment and hatred that needed to be vented, and the Federation officials also believed that they had a natural righteousness and would not allow separatist forces to be born.
Alas, the will is there but the strength is not enough. Not to mention that there are many factions in the Central Council, and it is extremely difficult to unify voices and opinions. Even these star regions in the southeast have different ideas. Most of them strongly support the federal officials and believe that the rebellion in the western star region must be severely cracked down. A small number of star regions believe that it is justifiable for the western star region to initiate independence. There are also many star regions that think it is none of their business. After
all, it is a matter nearly ten thousand light years away. If it were not for the development of hyperspace navigation technology, the two sides might not meet for tens of thousands of years. The vast territory has made more than 90% of the residents of the Federation never leave the star region where they were born in their lifetime. No wonder they don't care about the distant world that only appears on TV shows. It's like you will pay attention to the capital of the country and several famous big cities, but you don't know much about the thousands of unknown counties and remote areas in the country.
The thoughts in her mind turned around and around, making Tilan a little tired, so she simply closed her eyes and lay in the pile of books for a nap.
It was midsummer, and the surroundings were very quiet, with occasional cicada chirps coming from far away.
At 2 p.m., Tilan woke up from a nap, shook her head slightly, straightened her hair, put down her book, and walked out of the mansion.
Behind the residence was a maple forest. These maple trees were very tall, with yellow and orange maple leaves scattered around. Walking in the forest, you could hear the sound of stepping on fallen leaves.
Walking in this maple forest full of fallen leaves, Tilan felt refreshed physically and mentally. The wind blowing in her face blew up her skirt a little, occasionally bringing leaves to brush against her ankles, feeling the coolness and moisture of the petiole.
Walking under a large maple tree, Tilan stopped and looked up at the treetops. The high and low layers of maple leaves blocked the sky, reminiscent of the clouds reflected in the sunset.
She jumped up lightly, stepped lightly on the branches along the way, and then landed on the green branches at the top of the treetops. Sitting here, she could look across the woods and see the city in the distance.
The birds in the forest chirped. Tilan raised her hand slightly and caught a bird that landed in front of her. Its body was round and fluffy, its feathers were bright yellow, and its wings were brown and black.
The bird first stood on the side of her palm. Tilan deliberately turned her palm over and watched it spread its wings and land on the back of her hand. Then Tilan smiled and turned her palm upwards, watching it continue to jump up and down in the air.
"It's stupid, but it's cute." Then Tilan thought about it, took out the rice grains that she usually fed Bai Yuan from her arms, and handed them to the little guy to eat.
After pecking at these rice grains, the bird jumped up, turned around and disappeared into the sky.
This guy ran away after eating, and Tilan couldn't help shaking her head.
Continuing to sit on the branch, Tilan reached out and picked a few leaves, carefully looking at the light red and yellow textures on them, thinking of some ancient method of making bookmarks, which seemed to remove the leaf surface and leave only the veins on the leaves.
Leaving behind a few leaves that she liked more, the girl curiously folded the remaining leaves in her palm, first trying to make a square grid, then a paper airplane, but unfortunately the leaves were too small and still had a certain toughness, so they quickly returned to their original shape.
So Tilan no longer tried overly complicated styles, but simply overlapped and rolled them up one by one, imitating the shape of the stacked roses, and finally froze them together at the bottom of the gathering to fix the structure.
That's it, looking at the formed maple leaf rose, Tilan felt a little satisfied, then rubbed her hands gently, watching it fly into the air, and drift away under the guidance of the airflow.
Sure enough, using extraordinary abilities in this regard is a lot of fun. If there is no special method, the maple leaf rose just now cannot be folded up, and it will fall directly when it is used, and it cannot fly at all.
Tilan, who was in a much more relaxed and happy mood, jumped down from the tree again, then touched the ground with her toes and landed gently on the ground.
Looking back at the maple forest again, she suddenly made a decision. Since she couldn't avoid worrying about Blanche and Orles, she would go to the central star field.
She didn't want to get involved in this dispute before, but now she can only be anxious and depressed if she continues to stay in the Four-leaf Crystal and wait for the result.
As expected, people should be more open, less stubborn and entangled, and more straightforward.
After making the decision, Tilan began to write a letter to tell Masha her decision, and then explained some things to the people around her.
Two days later, she boarded the starship to the Central Star Region and set off.
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When she arrived at the Flower Crown Star Region again, Tilan's mood was very different. She came with curiosity and expectation before, but now, she was probably a little worried.
Even if you don't watch the news, just look at the situation of pedestrians on the roadside, you can know that the atmosphere in the Central Star Region is a bit tense now. Because of the independence of the Western Star Region, the internal quarrels in the Federal Central Council are particularly fierce. Many officials blame each other and denounce each other, and many people resign.
As soon as she arrived at the place where she was staying, Tilan received an invitation from Arnansha, who asked her to meet tonight.
After replying the letter and agreeing, Tilan first settled down and asked the people around her to understand the current situation and the situation. Then she washed up, changed into comfortable and decent clothes and went to the agreed place.
Riding the hovercraft unique to the Crown Star Region, Tilan traveled through the complex fortress city. This is the political and military center of the Federation. Uniformed staff and a small number of priests from the Golden Flame Flower Cathedral can be seen everywhere.
Arriving at the agreed "Tulip Restaurant", Tilan walked in and soon saw Arnansha sitting in the corner. Unlike usual, this "hard-core" singer was wearing a beach dress today and a light yellow sun hat on her head.
"Tilan, welcome back." When the girl approached, the other party turned her head and showed a welcoming smile.
"Long time no see, Teacher Arnansha." The two sat down.
"I didn't expect you to come back suddenly. Masha called me before and said that none of you guys would come." It seems that Arnansha and Masha have a good relationship. Thinking about it carefully, they are of similar age and probably used to be classmates in school.
"That was originally planned, but I'm still a little worried."
"Well, that's normal. Both Blanche and Orles are your friends." Arnansa waved to the staff beside her and ordered two drinks.
"I have been staying in the Flower Crown Star Region recently because I have to attend the discussions of the Central Council at any time." She explained the situation to Tilan.
"At present, in order to unify the internal voices and resist Blanche's influence, the Central Council decided to support Orles and send her as an ambassador to travel around the various star regions in the central region. After that, it is estimated that she will visit other star regions. However, each local star region also has its own singers. How much support can be obtained depends on whether the local singers and the government cooperate." "
What does the official think of the independence of the Western Star Region at present? Do you think it is a big crisis or a small fight?" Tilan was very curious about this.
"For the Federation as a whole, it is a small fight. After all, the Western Star Region is already poor, with weak industrial strength and a poor fleet." Arnansa explained.
"But for some senior executives, this is indeed a matter of their own survival."
"Before when we were in school, I was your teacher and I had to treat everyone equally and fairly. But now that you are half graduated, let me give little Tilan some special lessons." Arnansha lifted the long dark red hair beside her ear with one hand and lightly touched Tilan's nose with her fingertips.
"First of all, the Federation is a huge complex with multiple forces and voices within it, and each has different demands. You cannot regard the Federation as a complete and independent person. This is inappropriate."
"In addition, most of the bills are actually advocated or opposed by only a small number of members, and other people don't care. For example, this year there is a bill about the rating segmentation of games and changes to the rules for content review. People in the literary and art circles may be very concerned about such things, but the forces of business, industry, military, and religion don't care so much."
"Speaking of the problems in the Western Star Region, before this incident, the pacification, economic recovery, and aid of the Western Star Region were all handled by the commerce and environment departments, and the military forces I belong to rarely asked about it."
"So after the incident, those officials who are directly responsible for this area on weekdays must have been questioned. So in the past few days, many personnel in the commerce and environmental governance departments have been dismissed, and the question of who should take over next has caused arguments in the parliament." Arnansha shook her head and talked about some clichéd and annoying things.
"Now that the war has begun and the Fifth Fleet has been dispatched, the military is involved in this incident."
"Are you worried about how Blanche will be dealt with after the war? Accidentally, punishment is inevitable, but considering the post-war appeasement issue, Blanche should not be sentenced to death, but house arrest." Arnansa expressed her opinion.
It seems that everyone believes that the Federation will win, Tilan thought.
Whether it is the data on paper or various objective conditions, the Federation does not have the possibility of failure, but Tilan vaguely feels that this independence will not end so easily. She doesn't know where this feeling comes from, maybe it's just a psychological reaction.
"What if the Fifth Fleet fails, what will the Federation do?"
"The probability of this situation is extremely low, but if it really happens..." Arnansa fell into thought.
"The Central Council will fall into a huge vortex of turmoil, and many problems will become more acute, and even conflicts that are no less than the division of the Federation will occur."
"Is it so serious?" Tilan was surprised.
"Yes, you may not know what this means, so let me explain it to you."
"Because the First Fleet and the Second Fleet have been discontinued, in fact, the most elite fleets in the Federation are the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet. The Third Fleet was a heroic fleet during the civil war four hundred years ago. It suffered many casualties in the war and also had the most heroic results. So after the Federation was reunified, the Third Fleet was also responsible for the most important duty of guarding the capital, the Crown Star Region."
"Unlike other fleets, the Third Fleet is the strongest. It is basically impossible to mobilize this fleet to leave the Crown Star Region, unless the Central Council, the Golden Flame Flower Cathedral, and the Inquisition all agree to mobilize it. So I said that it is almost impossible for this fleet to leave the Crown Star Region."
"The second is the Fourth Fleet. This fleet is responsible for guarding Isanissa's hometown, the 'Double Tree Star Region', which is also the origin of the Federation. The ancestors of the most powerful elven families and human consortiums in the Federation mostly came from there. The Double Tree Star Region is also known as a living fossil left over from the Third Era. It preserves many relics and history of the early years of the Federation and is the cultural center of the entire country."
"Just like the Third Fleet, the Fourth Fleet cannot be easily mobilized. This represents a shake of certain beliefs and will cause great panic."
"Apart from these three, there are the Sixth Fleet, the Seventh Fleet, and the Eighth Fleet. Many of the people in the Eighth Fleet are reserve personnel and test starships, etc. Many new recruits of the army are trained and drilled in the Eighth Fleet. It is also where many old officers are placed. It is not suitable for front-line combat."
"So the only choices are the Sixth Fleet and the Seventh Fleet, right?" Tilan replied.
"That's right. The Sixth Fleet is as powerful as the Fifth Fleet, but its daily duty is to patrol the central star regions. If they are withdrawn, it means that the defense of these places will suddenly be vacant. Such an action will be opposed by local forces in the central star region, because if the waterways between the stars are not patrolled by fleets, it is easy to breed pirates."
"In the past, the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet have been rotated every five years to perform patrol missions. This time, the Fifth Fleet happened to be resting in the central star region, so it was sent out to perform the mission of suppressing the rebellion."
"I'm sure little Tilan will ask again why you haven't mentioned the Seventh Fleet." Arnansa held a spoon and gently stirred the cold drink cup in front of her.
"Because most of the personnel of the Seventh Fleet are not pure humans. Some of them are mermaids, some are transformed life forms, and some are starships controlled by mechanical life forms."
"This is a fleet prepared for the brutal decisive battle that may come in the future. Once civilization falls into a crisis similar to the Fifth Era, this fleet will be used as a template to be quickly copied and promoted to expand the combat power of the entire civilization. Of course, the various ethical issues and out-of-control problems it brings will also be ignored."
"This fleet will not be awakened unless it is absolutely necessary."
"Mechanical life..." Tilan thought of the Sigma Council, the neighboring country that does not belong to the Federation.
"During the civil war, the Sigma Council remained neutral and restrained the mechanical life forms within the Federation, so they did not participate in the struggle between the two sides."
"I don't know much about the Sigma Council. I only know that when the Federation was established, they served as allies and fought against the 'Dark Sun' together with the Federation. However, the existence of mechanical life forms is too different from that of intelligent creatures such as humans, so they were not incorporated into the Federation, but existed as independent countries."
"So I said, if the Fifth Fleet really fails, and the other fleets within the Federation cannot move easily, then there will be fierce conflicts."
"I see." It seems that if Blanche and the others can defeat the attack of the Fifth Fleet, the Federation is likely to choose to compromise and give in, Tilan thought.
When Tilan was thinking about how to deal with various results, Arnansa suddenly mentioned another thing at this time.
"Can Tilan drive a mecha? Why don't you come to the Eighth Fleet to participate in the trial deployment of new mechas? I happen to be very familiar with the people in this area."
"Oh, this?" Tilan woke up from her thoughts. Why did she suddenly talk about letting herself drive a mecha.
"I know you are not such a quiet girl, haha. Although I can't see through what you are planning, you will definitely do many extraordinary things in the future. So do you want to learn in advance, the real ability to break through and save your life on the battlefield?"
"This... okay." Thinking that she really needed to know more about the Federation's true battlefield strength, Tilan agreed.
(End of this chapter)
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