Two years later, Marcus and his opportunists finally rallied a large group of extremist followers, gathered together again, and issued a joint statement.
As the legitimate representative of the Pale Church, which has a large number of low- and mid-ranking bishops and priests, he strongly condemned the three old guard members of the Pale Church for being too weak, Betrayal their faithful faith, and failing to live up to His Majesty's trust, and for being unsuitable to lead the Church any longer.
Therefore, after obtaining the approval and consent of a large number of believers, they decided to establish a separate College of Cardinals Outside the Church, abolish the leadership authority of the three old masters, lead the Pale Church believers to overthrow the Human Federation Government, and restore the glory of the Pale God!
Just months after its announcement, the newly established Church College of Cardinals issued an orthodox decree.
We hereby proclaim the establishment of the Holy Crusade to cleanse the world of all sin!
The Pale God Norton still hangs in the sun, and this is precisely the most frenzied time for these believers. Now that a truly charismatic leader has emerged, they will naturally follow him and pursue the new Holy See to rekindle the glory of the Pale God.
The peace that had lasted for three thousand years was shattered.
At this time, the Human Federation had not yet fully recovered the entire star field. After all, although humanity's space jump technology was nearly mature, the transmission speed of light signals in the vast space was still inferior.
Despite the advancements in technology today, communication across extremely distant territories remains rudimentary; it may take months to receive a letter from that region.
Therefore, with the outbreak of war and the conscription of troops by the College of Cardinals, power struggles began to emerge in the star system cities occupied by the Human Federation.
After all, the conditions are different on different planets.
Some planets have a strong religious atmosphere, so they tend to gravitate towards the Pale Church College of Cardinals. Other planets value freedom and can suppress religious power, so they naturally gravitate towards the Human Federation.
Regardless of whether they lean towards the Human Federation or the Church College of Cardinals, these numerous planetary regions will inevitably give rise to more rulers with opportunistic or hegemonic mindsets, which will then lead to the formation of even more factions.
For example, the Church Elder Faction tend to obey the Pale Holy See rather than the Church College of Cardinals, considering them to be an illegal organization without the witness of Pale God and to be heretics.
This orthodox faction not only disobeys the will of the Human Federation and the Church College of Cardinals, but also fights both sides in order to maintain the supreme position of the Pale Holy See.
For example, the Church Independence Faction tends to ignore everyone, quietly develop its own religious cause, remain neutral in this war, and not lean towards any particular direction.
Another example is the Human Federation Lord Faction. This group wants to restore the old lord system and make themselves emperors. Although they obey the orders of the Human Federation, they do not allow the Human Federation Government to interfere in their internal affairs.
For example, the Human Federation Noble Faction embodies the true nature of capitalism. While not participating in the war, they sell weapons and equipment to the various factions involved, solely to acquire large amounts of money and resources.
After the Human Federation, which had enjoyed peace for three thousand years, had the mountain of the Pale God that had loomed over them truly removed, the inherent brutality, cruelty, chaos, and depravity of humanity erupted completely.
Since the start of the war, the Human Federation has completely transformed into a state where the Han emperor's power is waning and the eighteen warlords are waging war.
The colony of hundreds of millions of immigrant planets split on a massive scale, forming new factions. The Human Federation nominally holds the largest orthodox position, but in reality, it's like Chang Kaishen with a host of subordinate factions. Not only does it have to maintain a balance, but there are also many who obey orders but not proclamations.
The war had officially begun.
There's a saying, "Lord Ye, but he was terrified of them."
The people of the Human Federation, as ordinary individuals, are naturally much like Lord Ye a character in a Chinese novel who was initially feared but later became known for his naiveté).
He was even worse than Lord Ye was terrified of others).
In the past, they made a huge fuss online, wishing that the Pale God would die immediately, that war would break out and the world would be destroyed. They were full of hatred and resentment, and their suppressed spirits were going crazy.
But when the Pale God really died and war really came, everyone's expressions completely changed.
War is all about military equipment.
The Human Federation Government did not want to destroy too many areas, the Church College of Cardinals did not want the Human Federation Government to look bad in the war, and these fanatical believers of the Church themselves adhered to the Church's principles and did not allow the use of war to disrupt people's lives. Therefore, the war started out very restrained, with both sides adopting a pattern similar to the Warring States period where they chose a place to fight.
But no matter how many times they challenged each other, this was still a high-tech war in the interstellar era, massive in scale and with an astonishing casualty ratio.
Therefore, in order to ensure the operation of the empire, to prevent the Federal Empire from collapsing from within during wartime, and to alleviate the suppressed emotions of the large number of people.
The Human Federation Government had no choice but to take drastic measures, directly abolishing the government's care policy previously established and implemented by the Pale God. At the same time, it began to forcibly conscript civilians, with those of higher rank being forced into military service and pushed onto the battlefield to die. Those of lower rank were sent directly to factories, initiating a 24/7, all-race war preparedness mode with machines running non-stop.
The Human Federation is truly benevolent and virtuous. Knowing how much these people are repressed and how much they want to destroy, they deliberately give them something to do.
As for those high-ranking officials themselves? Well, you guys did all the work, so we could only helplessly enjoy ourselves.
After all, before his death, the Pale God Pale God oppressed us, forcing us to not enjoy anything and to serve you. If we are still expected to serve you after his death, wouldn't Pale God death have been in vain?
In other words, the powerless and even those with little mutation level among the lower Human Federation are seen as worse than pigs and dogs by the higher-ups of the Human Federation!
Therefore, just a few months ago, those who openly mocked the death of the Pale God online, mocked the Pale God being driven by souls, and wished for the immediate collapse of the Church, were, just a few months later, forcibly forced into a factory like pigs and dogs, to do twelve hours of labor a day in order to contribute to the Human Federation.
Even worse, because of the special uses of the materials in their bodies, they were arrested en masse by the Human Federation Government and sent to research bases to cut out the rare materials that were born in their bodies for scientific purposes.
In just a few months, the powerful figures at the top of the Human Federation Government had unwittingly discovered entirely new ways for humans to play, including but not limited to: Luo Bu Island, the poet, the blood type killing game, vivisection, live skinning and bone removal, and other highly stimulating new entertainment projects, all under the full surveillance of the Pale God of the past and where touching them meant certain death.
Three thousand years of peace had indeed driven these ordinary people mad with repression, but the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Human Federation were undoubtedly driven even mader by repression!