Most of them had been shut down.
Only a small number of Space Factories that could be converted on-site to military production remained operational.
At least no workers had taken to the streets to protest.
For one thing, Shannan Kingdom had no tradition of that sort of protest.
For another, most of the unemployed workers
had been recruited by Shannan Kingdom and sent to various military factories to work overtime.
No one had any free time to go on a protest.
War had changed everything.
The familiar life they had once known, the benefits they had once taken for granted, and the leisurely jobs they had once complained about—
now, looking back,
all seemed so precious and... dearly missed!
Ruan Zhonghuan had never before missed the past, when life had seemed to him "dull and boring," as much as he did now.
Back then, with Guardian of the Mountains stationed nearby,
Shannan Kingdom had always held the initiative in its war against the Oda Shogunate.
The battle reports from the front
had always been about some new victory, the recapture of a few planets from the Oda Shogunate, or the infliction of heavy losses on one of its fleets.
And so on.
How could those reports have been anything like the situation now?
The Oda Shogunate's brutal forces had advanced to the Capital Star System of Shannan Kingdom, and the entire kingdom was on the verge of annihilation.
Faced with such a sharp contrast,
Ruan Zhonghuan, like many Shannan Kingdom citizens, went through a brief period of confusion.
Fortunately,
before the final moment arrived,
Ruan Zhonghuan regained his senses.
He found the path he needed to take next!
Anyone who could pass the entrance exam and get a job in Shannan Kingdom's government
was certainly no mediocrity.
Though he had