CHAPTER 1175: CHAPTER 171: THE COLLAPSE OF THE HEAVENS, PART 2

"Even if we have to retreat, we must leave enough people to occupy critical positions, we must not give up everything," said the councilor as he slowly sat down.

"But even if I step down and give up my position, I’m afraid it will be difficult to resolve the current situation. We must come up with something drastic to divert attention."

"Although Blanchi has been promoted to the rank of Sunshine-level Songstress, her process was very unusual and vastly inconsistent with historically recorded songstresses. We can speculate that although she has temporarily risen to the Solar Crowns, there are certainly many flaws within, and it may not last."

"So?" The others looked at the councilor.

"I think we should also learn from Blanchi’s methods in the Western Star Domain and cultivate a new Sunshine-level Songstress. This would significantly boost our side’s confidence and also address the most severe legitimacy issue we currently face."

"Once we have a Sunshine-level Songstress to stabilize the situation, we can begin to counterattack, criticizing Blanchi for using extremely vile and coercive methods to force the residents of the Western Star Domain to worship her. This would create a sense of intimidation and cause the residents within the Federation to develop a dislike and fear of the ’Rose Court’, ensuring public stability."

Listening to the description from the councilor, many began to fantasize about such a scenario, breaking free from the current tense and oppressive environment.

"Let’s do it!" Someone started pounding the table.

"Pop pop pop pop—" The continuous and thunderous table-pounding echoed in the meeting hall as everyone agreed with the plan.

"Alright, alright, now our problem is which Songstress should be chosen as this candidate?"

The discussion did not last long, as everyone had a vague candidate in mind, the Ice Elf Songstress who grew up in the Central Star Domain, whom they were already familiar with and very assured of, was an almost unavoidable choice.

"’Ying Tianxue’ Ores, there wouldn’t be a better candidate than her."

"I’ve liked this girl for ten years now."

"Her family, her relatives, everything she is familiar with is in the Central Star Domain. She is bound to be the most loyal Songstress."

"I think everyone won’t choose anyone else, as those songstresses from local star domains all have a way out, they won’t be on the same page with us."

"Especially ’Feng Erguo’ Shui Yanqing, a songstress like her would simply cause controversy by existing."

"It seems everyone has made up their mind, so let’s begin to act."

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On August 19, about one-third of the members of the Federal Central Council announced their resignation, apologizing for a series of wrong policies and stating this as a regret in life.

Afterwards, the remaining members of the Central Council criticized the mistakes of the resigning members while promising the public that they would thoroughly address the corruption issues accumulated over the years, the wealth gap issues, and fully support the country’s current songstresses, endeavoring to create a fairer and clearer environment, revitalize the economy, and simultaneously negotiate a ceasefire agreement with the ’Rose Court’.

On August 21, ’Ying Tianxue’ Ores was invited to participate in a Moon Level Songstress award ceremony hosted by the Federal Official. To make up for the previous neglect of songstresses, the Central Council decided to promote her for free on public channels throughout the star domains, and issued a notice that the entire Federation would have a day off on August 23 to celebrate the promotion of this beautiful Elf Girl.

Apart from the officially announced support policies, in reality, almost all star domains in the central region of the Federation were tirelessly promoting ’Ying Tianxue’ Ores, with coverage of her life, her performance videos, her music albums, her interviews, her visions for the future, her appearances in small programs, etc. Such scale and momentum were unprecedented in history.

As a consequence, the popularity and reputation of ’Ying Tianxue’ Ores soared within the Federation, far surpassing other songstresses. The official even began to indulge small media outlets, allowing them to exaggerate Ores’s power and influence in their promotions, claiming she was approaching the edge of becoming a Sunshine-level Songstress, on par with Blanchi.

The situation remained unstable, with ongoing conflicts, but at least it hadn’t continued to deteriorate compared to a week ago. Subsequently, the Central Council brought forth discussions on various new policies, allowing Federation residents to vote on choices like whether to allocate more financial investments to education, healthcare, or support for impoverished areas in the coming year.

These issues sparked internal disputes within protest groups, originally directed at the Central Council, now turning inward and splintering among themselves.

The situation gradually stabilized, though various protests and rallies continued, their scale and unity gradually diminishing compared to before.

In the Grand Auditorium of the Golden Flame Flower Academy, Ores stood dressed in splendid attire on the high stage, wearing a delicate silver tiara, wrapped in shimmering silver ribbons, and her long skirt beneath resembled an upturned silver-blue tulip, adorned with layered floral embellishments that reflected sparkling lights under the illumination.

At this moment, with her eyes slightly closed, Ores gently pressed her hands to her chest and sang softly. In front of her on the stage below, were carefully selected girls from various star domains, all studying songstress-related secret techniques, all above Sequence 6, geniuses from various localities. At this moment, these girls were dressed in unified silver-blue dresses, wearing snow-colored light veils, with hands clasped together. Every time Ores sang a line, they followed with a chorus, their voices like layers of fine waves echoing in the dome.

Since Blanchi boldly expanded her abilities and influence as a songstress, the Federal Central Council no longer held back, and every day, thousands of talented young girls from each star domain were sent to Academy City. Many of these girls had musical foundations and had studied songstress-related secret technique books, and now their duty was to serve as the fulcrum of ’Ying Tianxue’ Ores, spreading the influence and abilities of this songstress.