"Crimson Flame Civilization may be facing annihilation."
Saine had abruptly voiced this judgment in his laboratory after Sea Mirror Woman and Divine Venerable Miao Bo returned to the Light Universe Time-Space Battlefield and finished briefing Di'ersi Jia, Star Annie, and the Mechanical Civilization's upper echelons, including the Gear Hub, on the situation at the frontline.
Saine's prediction this time was by no means groundless. It was the most rational and scientific conclusion drawn from a comprehensive deduction based on Crimson Flame Civilization's desperate predicament, the enemy's massive lineup, and the actual extent of aid it could obtain.
Although the number of top-level civilizations currently following Crimson Flame Civilization was indeed substantial, when Crimson Flame Civilization faced such a catastrophe, probably not even half of its alliance would truly be willing to commit all their forces and come to its aid.
The core of the problem lay in the fundamental difference between the cooperative alliance built by Crimson Flame Civilization and the Wizard Alliance system established by Wizard Civilization in the Material Star Realm.
Before the different-dimensional forces of Bewilderment Time-Space had truly invaded the core starfield territories of those top-level civilizations and touched their fundamental interests, how many civilizations would be willing to stake the combat power of their entire race and fight to the death for an ally with whom they shared neither kinship nor friendship?
The leaders of Crimson Flame Civilization presumably had not failed to recognize this fatal problem.
But recognizing a problem was one thing; whether it could be solved was another.
At this point, Crimson Flame Civilization was already helpless.
There was no other reason. They had acted too flamboyantly before, provoking multiple dimensional forces on the Light Universe Time-Space Battlefield in one stroke. Now, they were simply reaping what they had sown.
Leaving aside