To Li Chen, his prestige had already been demonstrated to the fullest through battle after battle.
Through one operation after another that crushed the enemy's open and covert schemes.
At this moment, Li Chen no longer needed to deliberately establish his authority.
What he needed to do even more was close the distance between himself and these newly joined commanders and people in charge.
Reduce the cost of communication, so that these people, like the older generation of commanders and survivors from the Star-Level Shelter,
would place their complete trust in him.
At the same time, Li Chen was doing these things for many of the Star-Level Shelter's long-standing members to see.
Even Xu Ruoxi and Dang Zhongcheng had now unconsciously begun to feel reverence toward Li Chen.
Whenever they spoke to him or reported anything to him,
these High-Level Commanders who had followed him since the Star-Level Shelter's founding
had actually become overly cautious and careful.
This gradually made Li Chen realize that something had to be wrong somewhere.
So he needed to take action.
He had to avoid developing a psychological barrier with the commanders under his command.
Upon hearing Li Chen's question, Aironi Luo hesitated slightly and thought it over carefully.
Only then did he raise his head and meet Li Chen's gaze again.
"Commander, if I had to say it, there are indeed a few... a few rebels who have also asked for my help."
"They sent me videos of their repentance. They realized that the aliens had abandoned them, and they knew Earth was about to enter the interstellar civilization era... so they regretted it. They cannot survive in a vacuum, and they hope to continue living..."
"However, Commander, I understand and accept their repentance, but I do not think they deserve sympathy."
"Because they