January 23.
More than half of the Rule Period had passed. It would end in another week, at which point the Fire Thief would retrieve the Alien Intelligence it had deployed.
For the UHC, this final week was the crucial time for questioning.
They had been unable to ask questions freely before because the food shortage had provoked protests from Xisiya.
As the governor, Yelena had taken a hard line on this matter. She had to be responsible for the lives of her people.
If the UHC did not transport enough parasites to the Landing Site, she would never agree to unlimited rounds of questioning.
Anyone who objected was welcome to try moving the Alien Intelligence onto their own territory.
Though helpless, the UHC could understand her position.
Thus, the coalition forces on the Black Flag Nation Front Line had launched continuous operations these past few days, capturing large numbers of parasites every day and transporting them to Xisiya.
This approach had gradually sparked many protests as well.
UHC conference.
As soon as the meeting began, one committee member said worriedly, "You've all seen the overwhelming public opinion online, haven't you?"
The other members nodded.
Over the past two days, a huge number of accusations had appeared online.
The people making these accusations claimed that the UHC coalition forces in the Black Flag Nation were brutally indiscriminate, arresting every Black Flag citizen they found as parasites and sending them to Xisiya as food.
There were many such accusations. It was impossible to tell whether there were truly that many incidents, or whether parasites were posing as humans to muddy the waters and use public pressure to force the UHC to slow its offensive.
But once so many unverifiable claims emerged, people from other countries could not help feeling sympathy, along