Ch.290The Empire Split… Strategy(?) (3)

Anyway, Humanity’s goal from the beginning was to weed out the forces of potential traitors who were likely spreading slander.

Since they had been planning to purge certain executives they’d wanted to get rid of for a while, along with their entire factions.

First, they provoked incompetent but hardworking executives to recklessly charge forward and rapidly deplete their forces.

Then, when the weakened traitors or spies contacted their affiliated Loki Clan, causing Loki to intervene…

Since Loki’s intervention alone made it awkward to withdraw, they also leaked information to Justice to make them intervene simultaneously, resulting in:

-“Help!!!”

-“Hahaha, can’t do anything when they’re pushing from both sides lol”

Using this as a pretext, they naturally ground down the forces of everyone on the purge list and then calmly issued retreat orders.

Of course, the purge only affected those who were targeted.

The remaining regular clan members and “loyal factions” (subsidiary clans) were allowed to quietly enjoy the spoils from the invasion.

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But this didn’t conclude Antares and the leadership’s “Thrilling Spy Elimination Operation”…

Naturally, the “failure” of this invasion would have to be the responsibility of the Humanity executive who carried out the operation.

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<Humanity Clan Official Chat Room>

-[Look, I just did what I was told to do, damn it]

-[Stop talking nonsense, I told you to work hard, and you’re the one who pushed forward, right?]

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]

-[Wow, we overlooked your incompetence and mobilized all those users to spoon-feed you, and you still messed it up?]

-[Idiot]

-[Just leave already, you’re hopeless]

-[H-honestly, I-I think it’s b-best if you leave n-now]

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The person who had accumulated all sorts of bad karma was expelled from the clan after receiving a “public group execution” in the official chat room.

As for the others on the purge list whose forces were weakened by the reckless offensive…

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<Humanity Clan REAL Official Chat Room>

<General Notice: List of traitors who were communicating with Loki and other clans trying to backstab us during this invasion.txt>

<General Notice: These bastards’ forces are severely weakened, and the clan leader has used admin privileges to block their gallery and chat functions>

-[What’s this?]

-[Were there really that many spies?]

-[Maybe because our group is so huge, the number of spies is also record-breaking]

-[To be precise, it’s not just spies, but also those who communicated with other clans or just stirred up trouble]

-[Ah, I see]

-[So what are we supposed to do with this?]

-[Since those bastards lost all their fleets in this invasion, we’re supposed to go crush them and loot their stuff]

-[Oh]

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While they were under the illusion that Humanity was trying to appease them by purging the executive who led the reckless offensive…

New orders were issued through a separate chat room, directing unlimited plundering against those on the purge list whose forces had been depleted…

Most users who had gained nothing from the invasion and lost numerous ships were ambushed by the purge fleet while returning to base in tatters.

Except for a few users who survived by pledging loyalty with sincere apologies, the rest of those on the purge list were completely annihilated.

Of course, the people who suffered like this wouldn’t stay quiet and tried to either lament their situation or expose the “truth” about Humanity, but…

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<System Error: No Access Rights>

<You currently do not have access rights to ‘Gallery’ and ‘Chat’ in the community system.>

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“What the hell?!”

“Admin!!!!!!”

As mentioned earlier, all community-related functions had already been blocked by Antares, so…

The poor purge targets.

Not just spies and traitors, but also the extreme anti-Antares factions were all crushed and completely trampled by Humanity.

Of course, after the maximum 15-day blocking period for user admins expired, it was questionable whether they could prevent the outbursts of thousands of users, but…

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-[Hahaha, in two weeks we’ll have finished manipulating public opinion before those guys can do anything lol]

-[LOLOLOL]

-[True that]

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They had their own countermeasures prepared for that as well.

The weak spies (and various others) were trampled without a trace, unable to even mount a proper organized resistance.

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Meanwhile, within Humanity’s top executives, voices of concern were being raised about this ruthless and thorough purge process.

Of course, it wasn’t about feeling sorry for the purge targets or anything so pathetic…

“But if we do this, won’t we lack enough forces when we stage a coup against the Earth Federation later?”

“That’s a very interesting opinion.”

The concern shared by Humanity’s top executives was precisely about the lack of forces for the “Earth Federation coup” they were planning.

However, Antares’ inner circle and staff reassured them that it wouldn’t be a major problem.

“Think about it, haven’t we actually reduced the number of people who would stab us in the back when we stage the coup later?”

“Hmm…”

“Well, that’s true.”

“The forces of potential traitors have decreased, while our ‘loyal faction’ forces have increased, so this operation has actually been extremely beneficial…”

“I-is that so.”

Although it strongly reminded them of a situation where you lose as much as you gain, since it wasn’t wrong…

The executives who had voiced concerns could only nod and express agreement with the explanation provided by the staff.

“Well, that’s not wrong.”

“The Earth Federation’s forces are also subtly increasing, so there’s no reason to keep thousands of traitors in our ranks.”

“Why do you think we haven’t staged a coup yet despite having over 50,000 registered users?”

“Hmteresting.”

As they had been increasing their numbers by producing cruisers, battleships, and carriers…

The Earth Federation wasn’t just sitting idle like some collapsed nation in a 4X strategy game, even if they weren’t expanding as rapidly as the players.

The opinion that dominated among them was that eliminating malcontents in advance was inevitable, if only to respond to the increasing forces.

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And while Humanity Clan was carrying out their pleasant and cheerful Great Purge…

The southern region of the Xenovia Empire, which had become virtually unclaimed territory except for some fringes, was falling into an abyss of chaos.

In the area where Justice had been, they had merely appeared with their main fleet to counter Humanity’s invasion.

Users near their existing territory hastily submitted en masse, thinking it would be better to surrender to Justice than to Humanity, so there wasn’t much chaos.

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-[Welcome to Justice]

-[Welcome to Justice^^]

-[Didn’t you guys say just a few days ago that you hated Justice for being too self-righteous?]

-[Shut!!!!Up!!!!]

-[It’s fascinating how naturally you’re trying to get someone killed]

-[Would you rather be trampled by Humanity instead of Justice?]

-[Ah, not that, true]

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Thanks to this, what was meant to be just a check against Humanity became an opportunity for Justice to expand their influence.

And since they had no intention of expanding greatly into Xenovia Empire territory anyway, they didn’t forcibly subjugate those who refused.

Except for the initial chaos, things were stabilizing faster than expected.

But elsewhere…

Specifically, where the Magellan Clan had risen after bringing down Latten Water, absolute chaos was unfolding…