On the battlefield, the thunder of artillery fire had completely vanished. There were no explosions, no gunfire—only Xiao Ran's voice echoing through the sky alongside the roar of countless units' thrusters.
Everyone who heard Xiao Ran's words failed to notice how many times their expressions had changed. Ferocity, surprise, hesitation, conflict, nostalgia, anger—countless emotions appeared on countless faces. Nor did anyone realize that, in the brief time Xiao Ran had been speaking, the GN Particles released by Dawn and the four Darkness Sky units had completely enveloped heaven and earth. Unknowingly, Xiao Ran's voice had passed from their ears directly into their hearts.
The ones fighting on the battlefield were soldiers, and soldiers also formed the bulk of the forces. Yet soldiers were not the people who could decide their own actions. On the Federation's side, many people from top to bottom showed hesitation and contemplation after hearing Xiao Ran's words. Many front-line soldiers had been shaken by what he said, uncertain whether Xiao Ran was right, or whether this battle—whose reason they themselves did not even understand—was right.
Among the Federation's higher-ups, some did not even understand the purpose of today's battle. A baffling order to attack had brought them here to assault Yajenar, a place they had never even heard of before, and alongside their former mortal enemies, the Mars Successors no less. The entire situation was utterly incomprehensible.
But they were soldiers. Even if they hesitated, even if they remained silent, even if they truly believed Xiao Ran's words and no longer wished to continue this meaningless battle, they still had to obey their commanders' orders.
On the other side, the Golden Alliance, that absurdly assembled comedy-villain troupe, possessed nothing like a military's discipline. They had simply followed along here for no apparent reason. The members of