Liu Jia had polished it up a little, but the meaning was still the same.
Most of the time, the Star Alliance Committee merely served as a "memorial tablet," while the military, which more specifically controlled the world's mobile armed forces, had its own thoughts about the current situation in Inner Earth.
Those thoughts had not come from nowhere.
Take Xi City, for example. Bat Master was a major power in his own right, ranked Spade 9, and had carved out his own territory by single-handedly standing against Shakaer and Master Demu of Fan City. But facing two Extraordinary Species at once, along with the pressure of the surrounding distorted environment, was ultimately exhausting. It was only natural that he would need outside support.
Yet Xi City was surrounded by the sea on three sides, while Fan City had severed its connection to other land-based powers.
Across the sea, on one side lay the Justice Cult-controlled region of West Asia and North Africa, along with the chaotic Black Africa; on the other was South Asia, lacking strong support. Restricted by sectarian relations and other practical factors, neither could easily be relied upon for aid.
Unable to find geographical support, they could only seek support within the system.
Thus, Xi City was one of the major metropolitan areas with relatively close ties to the Star Alliance and the military. When trouble arose here, Bai Hao and Liu Jia had come rather than others, and that was a significant part of the reason.
Naturally, there were many finer and more crucial details involved. Bai Hao and Liu Jia both belonged to the official side, yet one was in politics and the other in the military, so their positions differed. Bai Hao had arrived first, yet he still took the initiative to ask