This line had initially been nothing more than a small footnote at the bottom of the official website.
It seemed Su Yu was worried people might miss it, so a few minutes later, he enlarged the text and placed it in the most prominent spot on the official website.
Only after seeing this explanation did the public understand:
"Oh, so that was it?"
"No wonder they were so similar. Those five planets had already been occupied and colonized by the intelligent machines!"
"No wonder two Planetary-level beings were born among the intelligent machines. I'd always wondered where they got the resources to reach the Planetary-level. Now I understand."
"Sigh, we Carbon-based life forms and the ones on those planets are fellow sufferers."
"It's just a pity that the native life forms on those planets have already gone extinct. I wonder if the intelligent machines preserved any of them?"
"Probably not. Intelligent machines don't have emotions like us Carbon-based life forms."
"Putting that aside, Lord Su Yu wants us to enlist enthusiastically? Is everyone going to respond?"
"Enlist? No way!"
"Of course I'm not enlisting. Why would I join the military?"
"People die on the front lines! And this is an interstellar-scale war. Who knows how many people will die?"
"I support attacking those planets. Verbal support only, though. Don't expect me to do any actual work."
This explanation quickly spread among the public.
Most people found it acceptable. Su Yu's explanation did make logical sense.
But the public response to the recruitment drive was minimal.
Interstellar combat, and a war on this scale at that—it was intimidating just to hear about.
If nothing unexpected happened, probably no Carbon-based life form would answer Su Yu's call to enlist.
Cat Morning Star had thought of this issue as well.
Tilting