The question of whether heroes make history or history makes heroes has always been a classic argument when idealism and materialism clashed.

Shi Chen knew that he had nothing to do with the word hero, but if the truth was revealed in the future, his name would definitely be written into the modern history of the Federation.

And the nature of his actions, if you dig deeper, can even be labeled as treason. There is no doubt that his actions on Titan directly exposed the existence of the Active War Apostle, and also indirectly became the fuse for the Empire to launch a war in advance.

Although both the Federation and the Imperials had long known that this long-brewing war was going to break out sooner or later, Shi Chen's sense of unreality was particularly strong when he thought that a large part of it was because of himself.

As for the guilt, it was somewhat there, but it didn't make Shi Chen look for death and life like a defender.

Leah once told him that the longer this war was brewing, the more fatal it would be for the Federation at the moment of its outbreak.

Since the Federation became independent from the empire through the Silver Cross War thirty years ago, coupled with the sudden disappearance of the former emperor of the empire, the successive blows have plunged the empire into unprecedented chaos.

Because of the enlightenment of the Federation, the people who were oppressed by the Empire's harsh government and heavy taxes also sprung up one after another, large and small, in an attempt to separate themselves from the territory of the Empire like the Federation.

Under the internal and external troubles, the empire that wants to recover the federation has always been powerless.

After the former eldest princess of the empire, Su Ye Mulan, inherited the unification, although she had the style of the former emperor, worked hard, and was not merciless to all attempts to harm the interests of the empire, in the past 30 years of uninterrupted counterinsurgency, the situation has been initially stabilized.

And because the empire is too large, coupled with the blockade measures of the eight princes, the eldest princess's policy of cutting the feudal domain has been put on hold for a while.

But according to the current trend, if the eldest princess continues to be given enough time, it is only a matter of time before the rebellion of the vassal king is quelled, and when she successfully solves the internal problems of the empire, then when she rolls towards the federation with the power of the country, I am afraid that for the federation, there will really be a disaster of national destruction.

The eldest princess chose to suddenly attack the Federation at this time, although it ensured that the Federation was still strategically active after obtaining a War Apostle, but this war would undoubtedly plunge the situation in the country that had just calmed down into turmoil again.

Coupled with the self-respect of the Eight Kings, the empire's offensive seemed ferocious, but due to the limited troops, insufficient military spending, no backup, etc., it is very likely that it will fall into an embarrassing state of powerlessness after a short period of outbreak.

Therefore, at the beginning of this war, although the Federation lost a stronghold planet in the Cannes corridor of the Blackstone Star Zone, it was also an opportunity compared to the price that the empire would have to pay.

If the Federation can seize this opportunity and deal a heavy blow to the Empire in the Blackstone Star Zone, then the Empire will most likely be greatly damaged after losing this war, and will not be able to carry out a major counterattack against the Federation for at least the next fifty years.

Shi Chen just comforted the old man beside him with this reasoning, and also hypnotized himself by the way, but when he saw the old man smile bitterly, he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the situation in the Federation is not as optimistic as you imagined." ”

"Oh? How so? Shi Chen raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Young man, I guess you young people should also know the pattern of the Commonwealth Evening News, right?"

Shi Chen thought for a while and said with a wry smile: "The first ten minutes of the federal parliamentarians are very busy, the middle ten minutes are very happy for the common people, and the last ten minutes of the empire are all living in dire straits?" I thought you wouldn't be able to question the federal claim to be the most impartial evening news. ”

"It's a good summary, but well, it's not enough to question, after all, our federation is also a big country, and the people's hearts can't be chaotic. Think about it, if you change the news mode to the first ten minutes the parliamentarians are corrupt, the middle ten minutes are very difficult for the common people, and the last ten minutes are all in paradise, wouldn't it be immediately chaotic? You say, don't you? ”

"That's true." Shi Chen felt that this old man was really interesting, not as stubborn and pedantic as many old people.

"People's hearts, after all, are fragile, and they need encouragement and motivation to be strong and cohesive." The smile on the old man's face gradually increased, and he changed his words, and said solemnly: "However, some problems still have to be raised by someone after all, and only by raising them and putting them under the scrutiny of all the people can we find a way to solve them." ”

"What do you mean?" Shi Chen asked consciously.

The old man tapped the holographic screen in front of him, pulled it in front of Shi Chen, and said, "Look at this news." ”

Shi Chen glanced at it, it was the news of Zhanlan Satellite TV, because this channel is privately run, so relatively speaking, their news content is fair and objective among their peers, impartial, and they dare to report some relatively taboo events.

The headline of the news was 'Wandering on the margins of society, children born under the maternity restriction law.' ’

Ever since the federal government announced the restoration of the Regulations on the Administration of Reproductive Authority 30 years ago, this group has been increasingly marginalized by society, and to use an inappropriate analogy, just as humans are eager to exterminate rats, rats are still active in every corner of the city.

These local couples who did not have the right to reproduce gave birth to their own children under the desire to continue the bloodline, but due to their concealment, and the fear of deportation and huge fines, these children failed to register within the specified time, and eventually became black households in the Federation.

These children without a hukou naturally do not enjoy a series of social benefits of the Federation, they cannot go to school normally like other children, they cannot register their marriages when they grow up, and they cannot get pensions when they are old, they can only live in all corners of society as sadly as rats, and then give birth to a new generation of 'rats' in humiliation and indifference, and continue this tragedy.

And this tragedy, undoubtedly after the increase in reproductive restrictions by 0.5 percentage points a year ago, has been infinitely magnified and has become sharp and heavy.

During the year, because of this problem, a number of small-scale collective demonstrations broke out in various regions of the federation, and these people who usually live in dark corners mixed with couples who have lost their reproductive rights due to the increase of reproductive rights have taken to the streets to demand political power. The government repealed the Regulations on the Administration of Reproductive Authority, and used the only way they had left to defend their rights.

In these parades, there were naturally some local violent law enforcement, such as the use of fire water cannons, tear gas, etc.

When these issues were disseminated, people who had hoped to gain their rights through demonstrations finally began to despair. And when people are desperate, it is easy to do crazy things.

For example, suicide, breaking the law, and even revenge on society in a terrorist way, and some of them chose to follow the same path as the Imperials, anti-government armed groups, they hope to overthrow the old ruling class through violence to achieve their original intentions, but it is clear that this method is tantamount to a moth to a fire in a relatively stable federation.

After reading this news, even Shi Chen, who had heard about it before, felt heavy.

Has a policy originally intended to go further down the evolutionary path of humanity has now become a means for some strata of the Federation to enrich themselves?

"It seems that the federation is not too optimistic, but the early arrival of this war can make the internal contradictions of the federation pass on." Shi Chen sighed and said.

"Then I don't know what to do." The old man turned off his light brain and began to sleep.

Today's interstellar travel, most of the time is mainly spent in the curvature flight to the space-time corridor, through these cosmic holes, like folding a piece of paper in half, it directly passes through the barrier of space-time and comes to the opposite side.

In the next half month, Socrates passed a total of 7 jump points, finally ending its 30,000-light-year space journey.

A heavy roar sounded, and the powerful power helped the huge starship adjust its attitude and direction and begin to dock with the spaceport in the orbit of the administrative Poplar in the Capital Circle.

Shi Chen, like all the passengers, got his own suitcase in the custody cabin, and at the entrance of the passage to the transfer spaceship, he glanced at his feet through the porthole, it was a planet like an emerald jewel, and the blue ocean converged, covered with a layer of white flowing clouds, full of life, looking down from this angle, it was really a refreshing picture.

This is the capital star circle, the administrative center of the Federation, the legendary retro medieval castle, the poplar tree representing the royal family emblem on the castle, the House of Lords to discuss national affairs, and those mysterious three lords and five surnames, except for the Suya Yi clan in the far away Black Stone, all located on this beautiful planet.

Shi Chen took a deep breath, followed the flow of people into the transfer spaceship, and finally landed at the Baizao Airport in the capital after some short weightless flights.

With a muffled sound, Shi Chen felt the expected heaviness, the gravitational pull of Poplar Star was nearly three times that of the Titan, but Shi Chen had gradually adapted to it after two genetic optimizations, after walking through the long airport.

At the airport, he exchanged contact information with the old man who was chatting very speculatively, and Shi Chen dragged his small brown suitcase and walked out of the airport.

As soon as he got out of the airport, a cold wind blew in his face, Shi Chen shivered slightly, looked up at the sky, and there was a drizzle in the sky, but it was not full of rotten egg smell like the rain of Titan Star, but the purest fragrance, with the breath of autumn.

Shi Chen took the umbrella handed by the airport staff, but did not open it, but spread his hands, and walked into the drizzle, experiencing this different feeling.

The autumn rain washed away the dust on his body, as if he ushered in a new life, happy like a child.

PS: Well, the second volume unfolds! A different life and encounter in the capital star circle.