The intelligence Gaius provided gave Xiao Ran and the others a clearer picture of the causes and consequences behind the various events unfolding in the Brishigaman Cluster. As for Earth Unified stubbornly picking a fight only to be struck head-on in return, he had little to say. If Unified did not act like this, it would not be Earth Unified—it would be Xiao Ran's Unified.
Days passed. Sanger and the others went to Windermere, while Cruze and his group headed for Earth. The fleet's Military Strength was also carrying out orderly troop rotations across the worlds. Windermere, meanwhile, had not slowed its advance either. Using Berserk Syndrome, it consecutively captured three planets in the Brishigaman Cluster, forcing New Unified back step by step until it had no power to fight Windermere at all.
The Valkyries, the only ones capable of resisting Berserk Syndrome, were actually under Gaius's control. Yet at a time like this, they had chosen to lie low rather than join the war between Windermere and New Unified as a private armed force. In Xiao Ran's view, there were only two possible reasons: first, New Unified and Gaius had not reached an official partnership; second, the relevant interests had yet to be properly negotiated.
Xiao Ran appeared to be making no moves, but in truth, he was the one acting most aggressively in the shadows. Once those actions were brought into the open, Unified as a whole would be turned upside down.
As for Gaius, its inaction stemmed from corporate interests. It also did not want to become Unified's vanguard, much less muddy the waters further before the situation had completely clarified.
Unified was run by idiots. The Defense Force was no match for Windermere at all. According to the intelligence, it was currently gathering a fleet, preparing