Xiao Ran's speech lasted a full half hour. Yet throughout those thirty minutes, not a single person standing in the hangar felt bored or impatient. Instead, they rose and fell with Xiao Ran's words, completely drawn in by everything he said.
For example, Earth had now come under threat and invasion from aliens. One of their unit's missions was to resist the alien invasion from the shadows. Beyond that, they were to protect the regions and forces that had unwillingly been dragged into war and left helpless in the face of its devastation.
Of course, that alone might not have won over many people. But the disgust and hostility toward the Alliance that occasionally surfaced in his words, along with his protection of Orb and the cultivation of new pilots from both nations, struck directly at what everyone present cared about. Slowly, they began to agree with him from the bottom of their hearts.
Moreover, Xiao Ran had made it clear during his speech that they would remain without official identities for only half a year. After six months, they would reclaim their identities, and they would do so as heroes of Earth. At the same time, the main ship was simply too large, with far more space than they could use, and once the Apocalypse left, it would not return for a long time.
The ship also lacked no recreational facilities. Bars, gyms, game rooms—everything was available. Coupled with the ship's considerable size, aside from needing to replenish supplies now and then, having over a thousand people stay aboard what was technically one ship but effectively five for half a year would not be much of a problem.
Even Xiao Ran himself intended to remain aboard the ship for those six months. The operation against the Alliance—the operation to