<h4>Chapter 1435: Against the Tides!</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>As Studios <strong>Editor: </strong>As Studios


    Constantine thought about it a lot, but standing in his position, his thinking would be different from an average person. His effort and calctions were infallible, but there were too many unknown variables.


    The five destined ones were one problem. If he had known earlier, he would have first killed the five of them, but he had been too conceited. Standing at such a height, and holding this much power, he would have definitely ignored these youths. But in actual fact, the five of them had managed to shake the whole Milky Way Alliance.


    Second point: Antis had not moved. This surprised Constantine. All along, the two countries had good rtions. However, Antis was decisive when it was time to choose. This was a huge blow to An, but it was not too surprising. He had ns prepared for this, but it did have an effect.


    Third point: Aina... this was something Constantine could not predict. Aina did not listen to him. She had drawn the boundaries in such a situation.


    Looking back at it, drawing boundaries... may have been the only option.


    After another month of chaos, An held a tight defense. While the star fields they controlled were decreasing in number, they were stubbornly resisting. Aina and Huiyin’s encouragement had a huge effect. An was not like the Sirius Star. Topletely destroy a superpower, in the history of humans, the only possibility was for internal conflict to happen. However, the current An was united, with high morale.


    It was not possible for Arbiter to not be anxious, as Antis had yet to state their position. This sword was hanging over the coalition forces, and coulde swinging down at any time.


    But at this time, a deration shocked the whole Milky Way Alliance in an instant.


    Mansuo dered war on the An Empire!


    After reorganizing the Sirius Star, Mansuo could not help but strike. The three strongest empires hade out: Arbiter, Maya, Mansuo. Whoever conquered An would have a say in the future Milky Way Alliance.


    Who would rule over the whole gxy? There was no clear winner, as no country had the ability to do so, be it the current Mansuo or whoever. But to take the center stage and to have more resources, that was a possibility.


    In actual fact, Mansuo was very strong. If given time to digest the resources they had received, they would make a tremendous leap.


    An hour after Mansuo’s deration, the Darkness Empire gave the same deration towards An as well.


    This caused An, who was facing tremendous pressure, to fall into chaos. There was a limit to how much they could take. Mansuo and the Darkness Empire were the strongest countries in recent times. With the addition of these two countries, it became a group of people trying to split An for themselves. To be host, the only thing worth splitting up for the four of them was An.


    This was a vicious cycle. The Darkness Empire’s original aim was not An, but after calcting the risk of attacking the Tita Star, and with their recent defeat, why not follow the crowd? The Darkness Empire was shameless, and they did not care about that. They were more concerned about practical gains. As opposed to a fight to the death with the Sr System and the Tita Star, why not join in on this feast?


    However, this was something the An Empire could not bear.


    In the royal chambers, all of An’s leaders were gathered. No one has any good ideas to deal with this situation. Even against only Arbiter and Maya, An could only drag it out and wait for a miracle. However, Mansuo and the Darkness Empire’s appearance had destroyed all hope for An.


    Mansuo’s fleet had just set off, while the Darkness Empire’s fleet was not ready, but the news itself was fatal enough.


    Everyone looked at Aina. All along, Aina had led the people of An through this war. The key figures knew who had started this war, but that person was dead, and the person who needed to shoulder all of this was Aina, the youngest queen. She had to mature in the mes of war... perhaps even die in the mes of war.


    Tactics and morale?


    These werepletely useless now. Aina could die, but as the leader of the country, she could not let the countless people of An die with her. This was her final responsibility.


    She had tried her best.


    Before the gazes of everyone, Aina stood up. “Everyone has tried their best in this war, but it is pointless to carry on... ”


    Aina’s eyes were red, but she was holding back her tears. She had to be strong in this moment, and till the end.


    The room was silent. The An Empire, the Milky Way Alliance’s strongest country, was one step away from bing a prisoner. Ambition and desire were what drove human progress, but at the same time, so did bringing about the downfall of humans.


    But there was no point in knowing this now.


    In conclusion, the An Empire could only surrender... Perhaps there was a chance if they lived. If this continued, the An Empire would bepletely destroyed, wiped out.


    “Let us now vote. Those who agree, raise your hand,” Aina said.


    The people in the room slowly raised their hands. They all knew that this was the greatest humiliation in the An Empire’s history, and once the vote went through, the An Empire would be no more.


    Huiyin did not raise her hand, but it did not affect the final decision. In the end, everyone’s eyes were on Aina. The results were in, and it did not matter if Aina raised her hand. It just showed her attitude towards this.


    At this moment, the door flew open. Ang rushed in. As Huiyin’s secretary, she knew of the strict rules, but nothing could stop her now. Everyone’s eyes were on Ang, who was gasping for air.


    “Your Majesty, the Sr System Federation has joined in!!!”


    Everyone was shocked, and after that, their hearts sank. G*ddamn it, there were not just one or two back stabbers... but it no longer mattered.


    “The Sr System-Tita alliance has just announced that they will reinforce us!”


    Everyone was shocked. This... everyone knew that An was in a tough situation. If they joined in now, they would be implicated. Four major empires working together, making the strongest force in the Milky Way Alliance. Once dragged in, there would be nothing left of them.


    This news sent shock waves throughout the Milky Way Alliance. The empires were expanding too much, and the various countries were either trying to change, like the Maacah Republic, or trying to loot amidst the chaos, or simply watching.


    However, this pessimistic attitude could continue no longer. If this continued, once An was destroyed, the stage would be set, and humans would enter an age of endless war. This was something Wang Zheng had to stop. The future enemies of humans must not be themselves.


    In the highest power structure of the new Sr System-Tita alliance, Wang Zheng had the greatest influence. Mu Sen and Ye Bingwen would support him unconditionally. Meng Ao, as a representative of Earth, would follow Wang Zheng. Meng Tian had some influence as well. For Mars, Odin hadmunicated with the rest. Lie Wuqing had expressed his support for Wang Zheng’s decision, and in this situation, Drachmach could only follow the majority.