The work had proven more than twice as difficult as expected.
Whether it was Li Aoz or Oushen, they were, at their core, nothing more than a bunch of fighters. Ideologically speaking, Oushen was an absolute conservative, filled with longing for the history of the past and the imagined relationships between rulers and ministers, fathers and sons. Lioz, meanwhile, was an outright usurping warlord.
The fact that they had chosen to join forces and overthrow Lai Anding's regime was enough to show just how terrible Lai Anding's rule had been.
But then again, did Lai Anding have no supporters?
No. Where there were those whose interests had been sacrificed, there were bound to be those who had benefited.
A brief review of Lioz and Oushen's records of discussion at the first Source United Front meeting revealed that the two had not disagreed over Lai Anding's "From the Star Abyss" plan at all. They had even tacitly avoided mentioning the plan's negative consequences.
The reason was simple. While the "From the Star Abyss" plan had indeed caused many deaths through its mass recruitment of God Samurai and its intensified interference in the Star Abyss—
What about the benefits?
Both Li Aoz and Oushen knew perfectly well that the Source Abyss itself was a barren universe. It was suited only for the Star Abyss God Clan; it possessed no soil truly fit for civilization.
To put it bluntly, without the Fifth Layer Star Abyss, whether the Source Abyss could even support such an enormous political apparatus was questionable.
What was more, Li Aoz and Oushen both came from military and warrior backgrounds. They had never cared to conceal their ambition and hunger for territory.
"From the Star Abyss" was undoubtedly malicious colonial control and military intervention, yet in the process, even Cannon