Chapter 764: The Split of Fire Lotus and Brilliant Star
Since the Fifth Fleet was defeated again in the Hemu Star Region, the prestige of the Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star faction has dropped significantly. Although Pulin has also taken a series of actions to suppress the opposition during this period, no matter what these actions are, the invincible aura of the Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star faction in the past has faded, and various opposition parties have begun to look for opportunities, test and find weaknesses.
This situation is like countless pubic lice and ants surrounding the Fire Lotus, and once they find a gap, they will drill into it. Under the erosion of various forces, the Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star faction has begun to be unable to cope with it, and the hidden dangers brought about by the previous rapid expansion have gradually been exposed.
Unlike the steady and steady development of the Emerald Dragon, the expansion of the Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star faction is like joining forces, which allows it to greatly expand its advantages in the early stage, but once it encounters adversity, many people inside begin to waver and become unsteady.
"It is said that after the defeat of the Fifth Fleet, the morale of the fleet's officers plummeted, and many people became decadent."
In the dark underground base of the city, a group of people gathered secretly to exchange information with each other. This face-to-face conversation method can be described as primitive, but the advantage is that there is no need to worry about being retrieved and monitored by network information. Everyone knows the advantages of the Star Son Alliance in the field of Aijieka network, so this ancient gathering mode is safer and more practical.
"My informant also got similar information. It is said that many damaged warships have slow repair progress, and the logistics personnel have no motivation at all."
"Why, isn't this the same as usual?"
"Of course there is a difference. Think about it, the results of five or six years of preparation, a brand new fleet cluster, became dilapidated a week later, and no results have been achieved. This feeling of years of hard work going down in one night is not good at all."
"This is true." The other party also sighed silently.
"But this is good news for us. The Fifth Fleet is in a state of disrepair. The deterrent power of the 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction is now mostly gone. I also heard that Prinn was injured in this crown battle. I'm afraid he won't be able to raise the crown again within a year."
"Is this true?" Upon hearing this news, the people present instantly became excited.
"The opportunity has come." Someone's eyes were filled with ambition and greed.
"We have to confirm it again, in case this is a trap..."
"Oh, with your personality of looking left and right and shrinking back and forth, how can you possibly seize the opportunity."
"If you ask me, Pulin must have been injured. It will be difficult for him to raise the crown again in half a year, even if it's less than a year
. So this is a great opportunity. If you miss this time, you don't know when the next time will be." "There are so many factions in the central star field, and now Pulin has all the power and interests. Do you know how much money our company has lost over the years?"
"It's because we joined their faction a step late, and our competitors got ahead of us and handed over the profits in the industry. As a result, they got the support of the 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction, and they blocked us everywhere in terms of policy, restricting, searching, and suppressing us." He gritted his teeth with every word he said.
"We are similar. We were originally a neutral supernatural faction. Over the years, talented students have been recruited by the 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction, resulting in a lack of successors and difficulties in faction inheritance."
"We are also..."
"Me too..."
After exchanging intelligence, the group decided to confirm the situation again and then take action.
"As for each of our specific plans, I think we won't talk about it here, as it might be leaked out, but we can make an agreement to try to stir up various incidents in the next three months to make them run around. In this way, we can cover each other and the pressure we face will be reduced a lot. What do you think?" A masked man said.
"A wise choice."
"I agree."
"That's it."
Soon, everyone reached an agreement, and the party ended here.
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One month later.
Cuiyue Star Region, 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction headquarters.
"Damn, it's the same again." A fist pressed heavily on the table, and a dull sound came.
"What's wrong?" Another intelligence officer in the room came over with tea and looked at the projection screen.
[Cuiyue Star Region - Harp Flower Crown, Mr. Lemons, CEO of the giant enterprise 'Eye of the Demon Dragon', was attacked by unknown thugs on his way to a meeting and was seriously injured. During the rescue, it was found that he was poisoned by a special toxin, which caused Mr. Lemons' consciousness to be permanently damaged and he fell into a long sleep. ]
[Tita Star Region - 'Slanting Star Tower' residential planet, an accidental explosion occurred in the Amo Institute, and 14 researchers in the institute died, including two master professors. ]
[The T-yh7821 merchant fleet was attacked by unknown pirates in the airspace between the Bagpipe Star Region and the Lanka Star Region. The other party deployed 34 high-level mechas, avoided the gunfire of the escort fleet, hijacked a 'Linguang Wing' class merchant ship at close range, and drove it away. ]
[Northern Star Region, Khanda Star Region, 'Dongshi' γ-3 residential planet, protests broke out again, many people promoted the concept of 'Black Smut Faction' and won the support of a large number of residents. "It seems that there are a lot of things to do. "
The intelligence officer shook his head, then walked away with the teacup and sat down at his seat.
"Mr. Lemons is an important ally of our faction. He leads the 'Eye of the Demon Dragon', a famous military-industrial enterprise in the Federation. Over the years, he has helped us a lot in the design and construction of the 'Red Angel' class battleships."
"We can't sit idly by and watch such an ally, otherwise the prestige of the 'Fire Lotus-Star' faction will be greatly reduced."
"In addition, the Amo Research Institute is an important member involved in the development of the 'Red Lotus Weapon System'. The attack on them may be that those people want to obtain information about the 'Red Lotus Weapon System'. This should also be taken seriously."
"As for the other items, although they have an impact, they are not as important as the above two. Now we have limited personnel and many of them are on missions. We can only choose the important ones."
Another intelligence officer took a deep breath to calm his upset mood.
"I understand everything you said." He walked to the window and looked at the scenery below through the blinds.
"But situations like this are becoming more and more common. Our people are running around, just like putting out a fire, and we are becoming increasingly overwhelmed."
"Do you need help? I mean, ask the Sons of the Stars for help." asked another intelligence officer.
"Looking for them?" He hesitated for a few seconds.
"Well, now is not the time to talk about face. They should be able to help us."
...
In the following month, the 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction encountered more and more unexpected events. At this time, many factions in secret seemed to have a tacit understanding. They all knew that the 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction was busy with its own affairs and became more and more unscrupulous.
The occurrence of various accidents made the people in the 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction panic. The groups that were originally wavering began to consider whether to leave this leaky ship and look for new forces to join.
Faced with such a dangerous situation, the Star Son Alliance also gradually took action and began to help clean up those groups that were secretly sabotaging.
With the intelligence and personnel support of the Star Son, in the following month, there were fewer accidents, and many hidden forces were also removed, making the situation stable.
"No, as long as the Star Son is involved, it will be difficult for us to succeed. Their intelligence system is too powerful." The second meeting was held, and the group of people who met in secret gathered together to communicate.
"It's a headache for me too. If it's just a few of us meeting, we can be careful and leave no traces, but commanding the activities of our subordinates cannot be separated from the network, otherwise it will be too slow and rigid."
"Is there no way to deal with the Star Children Alliance?" someone asked.
"It's difficult. The power of their faction is extremely scattered. You can hardly find a real core."
"And the space station is not like the living planet. Their environment is relatively closed, and it is difficult for outsiders to infiltrate."
"But if we don't get rid of them, it will be difficult to overthrow the Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star faction." Someone said anxiously.
"This... I suddenly have an idea." Someone thought of something.
"Hurry up and tell me, don't keep us in suspense at this time."
"I'm thinking, 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' are two forces. Is there really no crack in the alliance between them? Is it so close?"
"The Star Sons' ambitions are not big. They just want to occupy a certain number of seats in the Federal Central Council, and then let the Federation strongly support the development and establishment of various space stations to expand their own tribe. As for other things, they don't have many ideas now, so usually all kinds of policy agreements are handled by the faction led by Pulin. They also hold a lot of power and positions in important departments." "
But it is obvious that the support provided by the Fire Lotus faction in the faction is obviously not as good as that of the Star Sons, and most of the benefits and power have been taken by the Fire Lotus faction." Someone said sinisterly.
"Not all Star Children like the Fire Lotus faction, especially the strong style of Pulin Koko, many Star Children are not interested."
"That's not enough. We must find the differences that are difficult for the two parties to compromise, and then expand them."
"Such differences..." Many people at the scene pondered.
"What if we spread rumors to alienate the two parties?"
"It's useful, but not very useful. It's easy to be seen through. After all, at this level, everyone knows those tricks."
"What if we encourage a large number of factions to join the Star Children Alliance and encourage them to be independent from the 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction, how about that?"
"This is also difficult, because the Star Children Alliance does not have such strong ambitions, and they have no reason to be independent, and they are likely not to accept it."
"This..." The scene fell into a deadlock.
Time passed by minute by minute.
"I thought of someone." Someone suddenly spoke.
"You should know that in the beginning, the Star Children Alliance was actually hostile to the chaebol faction led by Pulin, and the cause and the key figure was 'White Rose Harp' Ewen Qilin."
"I think that 'White Rose Harp' Ewen Qilin should still be alive, and she is obviously a mortal enemy of the faction led by Pulin, and she is most likely under the protection of the Star Children Alliance and not handed over to the faction where Pulin Koko is." "
In addition, although the elves have lost power, their potential power and influence are still great, they are just dormant now. If we can support 'White Rose Harp' Ewen Qilin to re-enter the central government of the Federation, Pulin will never sit idly by at this time, and she will definitely ask the Star Children to hand over Ewen Qilin, and the Star Children will not accept this condition."
"This is indeed an irreconcilable difference between the two parties, especially for the chaebol faction led by Pulin Koko. They have eaten most of the interests of the elf faction and will never spit them out, and the elf faction will never forgive each other. The two sides have become mortal enemies, but now the elves are weak and have to avoid the edge."
"Then how can we provoke a dispute? None of us knows where Ewen Qilin is now. She may be hidden well by the Star Sons."
"We don't know, and Pulin doesn't know either, so this must be a thorn in her heart. As long as she asks the Star Sons for people, it will definitely cause conflict."
"So, in the next period of time, we must try our best to keep a low profile and let the 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction relax, so that Pulin will have the time to ask the Star Sons for people."
"She is a very proud person. Once she opens her mouth, she will get the result and will never allow herself to retreat in disgrace. At this time, the Star Sons will be in a dilemma. They must make a difficult choice, and this is the opportunity we have been waiting for."
"It's a good plan. This may be our last chance. After this period of weakness, I don't know when the next time will be."
"It doesn't sound like a big problem, but I'm also a little discouraged after so many failures. I hope it will work this time."
"It's settled. For the next two months, all actions and plans will be stopped and we will wait and see."
"Understood."
"In fact, it's very difficult to do it. Many people were arrested some time ago."
"This is in line with everyone's thoughts."
"Let's stop here today." After that, everyone dispersed again.
For a period of time afterwards, the central star field returned to peace again, and the hidden forces of various parties seemed to be in a state of retreat.
"It seems that we hurt them some time ago, and their manpower is not endless." An intelligence officer looked at the recent report leisurely.
"With the intelligence support of the Star Children Alliance, it has indeed been much smoother. They probably also evaluated that the benefits of continuing are too low and the risks are too great."
"There are people who can do regular jobs everywhere, but it is not so easy to find those desperate people who are not afraid of death and have certain strength."
"Although some high-level agency operators often do shady business, most of them don't have the courage to confront the federal officials. They also have families and lives. Unless the situation is special, they will take risks."
"Now I can finally relax."
Just when the 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction gradually relaxed its vigilance, some hidden rumors came from the central star field. It is said that the representatives of the elves faction found the Star Children Alliance and wanted to meet with 'White Rose Harp' Ewen Qilin and bring the singer back to recuperate.
"It is not reasonable for the Star Children Alliance to put a singer under house arrest. This violates the fundamental constitution of the Federation." Someone said so in the central parliament.
This put the Star Children Alliance on the forefront of the storm. The once forgotten elven singer, 'White Rose Harp' Ewen Qilin, was mentioned again.
Ewen Qilin's whereabouts were not only of concern to the elves, but also to the rival Fire Lotus Faction. Although the elves' faction was now in decline, Ewen Qilin was different from ordinary singers after all. She had extremely high talent and had been hovering at the Full Moon level, just one step away from breaking through to the Sunday level.
Once she broke through to the Sunday level, it would mean that there would be two Sunday-level singers in the central federation, which would lead the elven faction to make a comeback very quickly and compete with the 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction.
The two had already formed a deadly feud, and there was no possibility of reconciliation, so Ewen Qilin must not be allowed to return to the hands of the elven faction.
"In this case, in order to avoid hidden dangers, please ask the Star Children to hand Ewen Qilin over to me for care. I swear in the name of the singer that I will not abuse this senior." Pulin said to the Star Children representative at the internal meeting of the 'Fire Lotus-Brilliant Star' faction.
"Excuse me, we can't do this." The representative shook his head.
"Miss Ewen Qilin has done a favor to the Star Children. We can't betray this singer. Besides, she hasn't broken through to the Sun Level, and she won't threaten your position. Please understand our decision, Miss Pulin."
At the meeting, Huo Lian and Cui Xing had their first disagreement, and at the end of the discussion, the two sides parted unhappily.
The alliance that was once closely united now began to have a crack that was difficult to bridge.
(End of this chapter)
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