Chapter 717: Current Situation
On the first day after Xiao Ran returned to the Original Federation, news of their compatriots who had fled Earth nearly a century ago returning once more seemed to spread across the entire planet. Rumors claimed that these returnees had known no war for nearly a hundred years, cultivating themselves and recuperating in a peaceful place. As a result, they had developed science and technology almost entirely different from Earth's. With those technologies, the people who had fled Earth lived better, happier, and freer lives than they did.
For example, the Space Jump Engine that had once been revealed to the public was said to have been created in that Eden-like place. After so many years of development, Eden had formed a new social structure, like another world for humanity, with its own military, industry, and everything else.
Those people had supposedly thought every moment of returning to Earth and leading it onto the right path. It was not until the One Year War broke out that their leader, Xiao Ran, personally risked his life to come to Earth and guide it onto a peaceful path that truly followed the Original Constitution.
There were also rumors that after the One Year War, Xiao Ran, who had been hunted by the Federation, received help from immigrants who had come from afar. He rose again and led Earth toward peace. All kinds of rumors, true and false, quickly spread throughout the entire Earth Sphere.
These rumors had appeared very suddenly. Truth and falsehood were mixed together, making it impossible to determine the real situation. Yet every one of these rumors had actually been spread by the Unified Government under the direction of Cruze, Char, and Cardias. Their purpose was to lend the matter a more fantastical air and