Liu Long looked at those around him, particularly Hao Lianchuan.0

“Director Hao, Silver Moon is part of Skystar Dynasty,” he said in a complicated tone. “Does the central region not care that we’ve run into trouble? The province is not undermined by unrest yet and we’ve always bowed our heads to dynastic rule. We recognize the government’s authority and consider ourselves part of Skystar. No one is calling for independence or a rebellion. Why has it come to this?”0

Hao Lianchuan took a moment to gather his thoughts and answered slowly, “Perhaps it is not that they don’t care, but that they really don’t have the ability to. The chaos in the central region is preoccupying too much of their resources. They, too, wish for some breathing space.3

“It’s good if some of the enemy is redeployed. Wouldn’t the government just be continuing the war, but in Silver Moon, if they sent more people to the province in response? As for Silver Moon itself… we are too far from the central region!”1

Silver Moon was on the borderlands of the ninety-nine provinces. There were roughly twenty provinces that constituted the central region, demarcating an enormous domain. Silver Moon wasn’t...1