Chapter 1610: Chapter 1610

To eliminate the immediate crisis, the Alliance issued a series of directives, but unfortunately, none of them were effective. The Alliance had completely collapsed, and the scale of this collapse was still expanding.

These worthless fools only know how to suppress, suppress, and suppress, without understanding any other methods or strategies. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅•𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝗇𝖾𝗍

Those who were capable had all been purged by them. During such a critical moment, they trusted no one else, which made the orders and measures crafted by this group of fools even more idiotic, worsening the situation further.

Regions declared independence one after another. These included former independent planets, new coalitions of planets, or regions that used to be countries.

Now, everyone was declaring independence for their benefit and ambition, treating the Alliance as their common enemy and a mutual target for condemnation. Some were targeting the Blood-colored Empire, while others went against the Alliance.

Anyone connected to either of these two powers was regarded as an enemy—this had become a kind of moral high ground.

When stepping outside, no matter what one was doing, the slogans must be politically correct: it was either opposing the Alliance or the Blood-colored Empire.

Soon after, even the military regions experienced cases of secession. To Du You’s surprise, the first to declare independence wasn’t a Professional-controlled area but instead a battlefield under the control of an indigenous faction.

Upon understanding the situation, Du You realized it. "I wonder how long such an idiot can last. Judging by his behavior, it seems like he’s trying to side with the Blood-colored Empire. Truly..."

Du You didn’t know what else to say. Indeed, this man was a notorious fool.

This was the very same Military Region Commander who had once been bribed and allowed the Blood-colored Empire’s forces to enter.

On his grounds, the Blood-colored Empire had been unable to breach defenses due to the considerable strength present. Yet, in pursuit of personal interests, he dared to let them in voluntarily. A total of forty combat units rated at tier seven! And he had the audacity to do this.

After the situation unfolded, he regretted it profoundly because he had completely lost contact with the Alliance, leaving his own situation in peril and without a clear solution.

The Alliance then disowned him, using him as a scapegoat to divert attention, blaming the entire failure on him. In an instant, his reputation was utterly destroyed.

In the eyes of the public, he was considered the main culprit behind the Alliance’s collapse.

With no alternative, surrounded by enemies on all sides, he declared independence and carved out this battlefield as his own territory. Next, in an effort to survive, this guy sought to surrender to the Blood-colored Empire. If successful, he could continue his reign of tyranny; if not, he was as good as dead.

Due to releasing the Blood-colored Empire forces, he now found himself besieged on all fronts, both internally and externally.

After the Newborn Empire’s battle concluded, the Alliance forces were utterly shattered. Some surrendered to the Newborn Empire, becoming part of it, while the rest scattered and fled. Meanwhile, the Blood-colored Empire still retained more than ten combat units rated as tier seven.

Even though their losses were significant, and their assistance to others went unacknowledged,

the outcome was deemed worthwhile. The Blood-colored Empire, having never expected victory, managed to exploit this battle to directly collapse the Alliance. Large regions declared independence, and the Alliance was no longer what it used to be.

Next, as long as they eliminated the Alliance’s core combat strength, they could gradually occupy Star Ring Alliance territory. At that point, controlling a vast Star Ring region, their development would proceed smoothly.

Unnoticed by many, more than half of the Star Ring Alliance’s regions had already declared independence. Other areas stuck in between were struggling, and their independence appeared inevitable.

Now, the Alliance’s remaining control spanned only the core zone and a few surrounding areas. The Alliance was desperately rallying troops, but with limited success. Many troops either declared independence or joined other independent empires. The Alliance’s upper class had lost track of how many forces they still had under control and were in utter disarray.

These people, so privileged since birth, had never imagined they would face such circumstances one day.

Many of those they knew who held local positions had already been captured and publicly executed, broadcasted live. Not wishing to meet the same fate, even these people began trying to think critically for the first time.

However, their efforts to think critically only resulted in chaos, akin to a muddled porridge.

Finally, the first Professional organization declared independence. Du You observed—it was the military-controlled region of the Ou Union. Over there, for some unknown reason, a sudden surge of new combat strength had emerged, making independence a natural progression.

"Our chance has come. Declare independence and establish our Stellar Empire."

With Du You’s command, his territory was immediately renamed the Stellar Empire.

Since they kept a low profile and maintained firm control, the Empire was established instantly upon the order being issued. All it took was purging the already-monitored upper class in the military, presenting the populace with an adequate explanation.

The people within the territory were jubilant, celebrating everywhere.

The Star Ring Alliance upper class had no response, as they were overwhelmed by the crises unfolding on their home front and lacked the energy to care about a far-off battlefield region.

This place wasn’t a flourishing area, with few planets and little population, but Du You didn’t mind at all.

As a tier-seven territory, development would depend not on current circumstances but future growth. Once his functional buildings were operational, population influx would swiftly fill the area, enabling the cultivation of abundant talent. His technological and military capabilities would also gain rapid momentum, as the production of weapons would experience explosive growth with the expansion of these buildings.

Preparations at the academy followed suit. Perhaps future transactions with the academy would involve large-scale exchanges on a whole new level.

Similar to Du You, three other factions declared independence nearly simultaneously. Subsequently, several smaller factions also seized pieces of land and declared independence. However, their territories were unlikely to achieve tier-seven status.

After his declaration of independence, Du You unveiled the Starry Sky Transformed Beast. This new weapon, vastly superior to ordinary warships, swiftly suppressed all unrest within the Stellar Empire.

At the same time, Du You’s actions drew the attention of the Blood-colored Empire. Until this moment, they had been the sole owners of the Starry Sky Transformed Beast. Who could have imagined a territorial lord wielding such advanced technology?

Whether other Professional organizations possessed such technology remained unknown to Du You. Even if they did, they had yet to reveal it. Then again, this wasn’t surprising—it was, after all, a tier-seven-rated building.