Chapter 518: Ch

"A hundred to one, and they still wiped out the Bright Moon Republic forces? What kind of black technology does this Celestial Void Empire have? And where did they get it from? Could it really be that they are in bed with the Outer Races?"

"This is horrible! How can they cause such a bloodbath and rampage? Trillions of beings gone just like that? For what? For what reason? Even when the Outer Races launch an attack, losses are never this severe, at least not within such a short timeframe, right? This is nuts!"

"What the hell are the Seven Super States and the other Tier-3 powers doing? What are they waiting for? They must take action against the Celestial Void Empire and hold it accountable for its crimes!"

"The Celestial Void Empire must not be allowed to grow unchecked. If it is, who knows what kind of crisis the galaxy could face?"

Yet as this negative campaign began to ferment across the Galactic Net, one that attempted—not only attempted, but almost successfully— to paint the Celestial Void Empire as true evil and even a collaborator of the Outer Races, while portraying the Bright Moon Republic as a saintly victim of an unprovoked war, many people supported them and deeply consoled Kelvin.

But right at that moment, the narrative began to shift once again.

And this time, it was done by the powers belonging to the Stellar Region, which the Bright Moon Republic ruled.

Those states and powers wasted no time tearing into the well-painted picture. Many things were suddenly uploaded and declassified across the Galactic Net—information about the old atrocities committed by the Bright Moon Republic.

The revelations completely shattered what little sympathy remained for the Bright Moon Republic and its people, sympathy that they had desperately been trying to attract.

Along with those backing them up, the sympathy was instantly shattered, and more and more voices followed, completely drowning out the manipulative agenda.

"Bullshit! All of this is bullshit and fake tears that these Illyrians are shedding! Trying to appear as holy people, huh? Trying to make themselves look like they did nothing wrong but somehow suffered the worst? Is that it? Fake. Absolutely fake!"

"If you are so holy and good, then with what right have you done to the Kel Voss Star Region's Tier-1 and Tier-2 powers, huh? What about them?"

"Everyone who has been manipulated by these pieces of crap needs to look up the records of Moros IV Prime, a Tier-2 power from the Kel Voss Star Region. A few decades ago, its five billion people were brutally killed. And you know why?"

"Well, because one of the prodigy young masters of the Illyrian Family felt slighted and disrespected. And thus, the whole planet was bombarded until not a single being was left alive, all under the guise of 'cleansing' the dark pollution spread by the Dark Slug Outer Race. And there are multiple such records!"

"The Bright Moon Republic not only does what the person above said, but they also run slave-labor trades by taking advantage of trade treaties between neighboring nations. And you know what's even more brazen? They tariff people from those very same friendly nations!"

"Good riddance! At least someone finally had the guts to pull up these acts and expose them. And for those of you who fell for their bullshit, it should be clear to you all now who is what and who is what not."

"It's good that the Bright Moon Republic has been slaughtered clean."

And just like that, the whole Galactic Net was engulfed in fierce flames and divided into two sides, with each side fighting against the other ferociously.

But it was clear that the Bright Moon Republic and those backing them were falling into a disadvantage as more and more atrocities were declassified for everyone to see.

And in the middle of all this, a well-known influencer posted a documentary titled:

[A Tier-3 Power Fell Because They Were Too Dominating]

Following below the post, the influencer wrote about how the conflict had begun.

It began with the Bright Moon Republic rejecting a proposal for friendship and a mutual win-win agreement between them and the Celestial Void Empire.

The terms were not completely classified, but some of them had been gathered by the influencer.

According to the information, the agreement involved technological exchanges, along with the procurement of rare minerals and materials. In exchange, the Celestial Void Empire would provide the Republic with advanced weapons, warships, and other military technology.

The trade deal did not stop there. It also covered the industrial, biological, agricultural, and even terraforming sectors.

But not only was the proposal immediately rejected, something that allegedly caused no major reaction from the Void Empire, which was reportedly ready to simply leave.

However, midway through their departure, they were attacked by the Bright Moon Republic with their full force—without any warning.

The Republic even chased after them for a while before eventually breaking off the pursuit.

All in all, the conflict had clearly been initiated by the Bright Moon Republic. Not only had they rejected the hand that had been extended to them in good faith, but they had gone far beyond that and attacked the very people who had come to them seeking peaceful cooperation, without any prior conflict or provocation.

"They did WHAT?!"

As soon as the post became public, it was quickly noticed by people across the Galactic Net, and they were astonished.

"The Bright Moon Republic did what?!"

"Are they really that foolish? They received such a good trade deal without any major terms or conditions, and what's more, the Bright Moon Republic would clearly have benefited far more from it than the Celestial Void Empire would have—and yet they rejected it?!"

"The person above is right! Not only did they reject it, but they brazenly attacked a convoy fleet without any reason?!"

"That's not all! Not only did they do that, but they even chased the Celestial Void Empire's envoy fleet!"

"Yeah, how could they even do that? They are a Tier-3 power. They should know better than to do something like this!"

"Targeting an envoy fleet of an empire, which represents the will of its empire and its Emperor, is basically like slapping the face of the entire empire and its Emperor! No wonder the Celestial Void Empire did this to them."

"And frankly, the Bright Moon Republic deserved it. They brought this upon themselves."

In the end, the side supporting and buying into the propaganda of those backing the Bright Moon Republic and Hegemony was almost completely sidelined by the opposing side. Even slogans such as "The Bright Moon Republic and Hegemony were never the victims, nor should they act like one" began spreading across the Galactic Net.

"The Celestial Void Empire merely delivered their long-overdue fate for such deeds."

The sudden shift in the narrative left many people speechless, especially those who had been manipulating—or at least trying to manipulate—the Galactic Net to suit their agenda.

And just as they were frantically trying to salvage the situation, another group entered the midst of the conflict and spiraled the war of words in an entirely different direction.

The Bright Moon Republic was almost completely sidelined, while even the attention on the Celestial Void Empire was significantly reduced.

As the arrival of other factions began dumping billions upon billions of petabytes of data into public channels across the Galactic Net, several other Tier-3 powers were caught directly in the crosshairs, throwing more wood onto the raging fire that the Galactic Net had already become.

The Dark Star Sovereign Country, Seaquake Empire, Blood Moon Empire, and even the revered White Holy Angel Theocracy saw their pristine and sanctified histories ripped apart within mere moments.

Proof of their dark pasts—records and logs they had erased, sealed, and even suppressed for countless years—was suddenly brought into the open, truly exposing conspiracies that had lasted for hundreds of thousands, even millions of years.

The sheer scale of the revelations stunned netizens across the Galactic Net into silence. And that was only after they had seen a few of the records and logs.

And by coincidence, matters related to the Blood Moon Empire and White Holy Empire were magnified compared to the dozen other Tier 3 states, as if they had actually been targeted more than the others.

Not only were they exposed, but all their dark secrets were magnified many times over. The historical purge of the Dark Angels and the near-total extermination of the White Moon World God Theocracy even occupied most of the attention.

Not only was it made public that this purge was, in fact, an orchestrated act of slaughter prepared by the Angelic Theocracy and the Blood Moon Court, but it was also revealed that they had carved out territories to expand their holy mission, while others had carved out even more territories for their own expansions.

So not only were these powers, which belonged to the Order faction of the galaxy, not as good as they portrayed themselves to be, they were, in fact, outright evil and demonic.