Xiao Ran had returned from the Brishigaman Cluster, bringing back two Shanamias, two Lacuses, and Artemis. However, Mwu, Sheryl, and Saki had remained in the Brishigaman Cluster. Durandal needed to study Windermere people's genes, as well as the life distribution and characteristics of the Brishigaman Cluster. Luo had to deal with the Ruins that had been completely exposed because of Windermere. It could be said that although the war over there had ended, there was still plenty of follow-up work to handle. Now that Windermere had declared war, Gaius had been bought out, Ragna's administrator had defected, and Xiao Ran's army had marched into Brishigaman, the entire cluster had practically become Xiao Ran's backyard. New Unified could not even intervene.
It was not that New Unified did not want to intervene. It was simply that New Unified currently lacked the ability to do so. Cruze's purge had likewise made the situation within New Unified extremely tense. Its internal circumstances seemed shrouded in an inescapable shadow, leaving it completely unable to spare attention for Brishigaman.
Xiao Ran said to Catherine, "It's a good thing that the situation over there is gradually stabilizing. Since you're here, Cruze is short on manpower right now. He needs more people to fill the vacancies left behind after the purge on Earth, and he also needs to maintain a certain degree of military pressure on Earth. Hurry and select a group to send over."
Catherine nodded, then asked somewhat hesitantly, "I've read the report, but Cruze needs far too many people. This isn't as simple as sending a batch of personnel over. Quite a few positions require specialized skills and sufficient experience, as well as a certain amount of hidden armed strength. The Fleet World alone can't spare that many people. Should we recruit personnel from