If they evacuated ten days early... could they really get all the civilians off Baozhi Star?
Definitely not. But if the Alliance truly mobilized on a large scale, starships from most Habitable Stars could rush to Baozhi Star to help.
That would greatly speed up the evacuation. If people were willing to abandon their possessions, a single starship could carry away quite a few people.
And the arriving starships could also join the battle to some extent, dealing the Alien Race a heavy blow.
But operating with such a great fanfare—what kind of reaction would it provoke within the Alliance...
Wu Zhen did not want to think that far ahead. In any case, he believed that of Baozhi Star's more than one billion people, at least two-thirds could have escaped.
Those unwilling to abandon their property and flee could only leave it to Luck.
Unlike now, when more than half had fallen into the hands of the Alien Race.
Like the children sent over tonight—did they not want to flee? It was simply that too much time had been wasted, and they had no means of escape! Wu Zhen and Higgins had never gotten along. Both belonged to the Local Troops, but they were from different factions.
With this added on top, his resentment was far from small.
Jing Yuexin shook her head. "Fighting among yourselves at a critical moment will only weaken the defenses. You're no better."
"Defenses?" Wu Zhen gave a bitter laugh, then spread his hands. "With so few people and weapons, how are we supposed to defend?"
"Like the children you sent over today, they'll still die. It's just that when the time comes, plenty of people will die alongside them!"
As the leading figure in the shelter, he normally had no way to say such