Mr. Qi stayed where he was, watching Yu Lian finish his heartfelt reflections before finally softening his tone. "That's right. Compared with the unruly people of Lumina, most people on Earth are actually far more numb. They're numb to war, and indifferent to the Empire's arrival. To them, being slaves of the Emperor of the Empire and citizens of the Commonwealth aren't all that different. To them, this isn't a war worth dying for."
After all that struggle, only to end up right back where we started. If we'd known, wouldn't it have been better not to struggle in the first place?
Wasn't Victoria Li a rebel, too? The Empire had treated him well enough back then.
If we hadn't rebelled, could we have had a Saint Raven middle name by now?
Those sentiments were actually quite representative. Yu Lian had heard them more than once.
Still, Yu Lian couldn't help asking, "So you heard people saying these things in New Shenzhou, too?"
"Mostly in New Shuntian. And, of course, from what Brother Bai has told me about what he saw and heard on Earth."
If those were really Old Master Bai's words, they didn't sound right without a few F-bombs. Yu Lian thought.
Mr. Qi said, "As for New Shenzhou, well, hahaha, it was built in a remote region by a bunch of unruly cowboys and pioneers. Even during the Empire's rule, all they managed was to keep the place loosely under control. The people there were never obedient. Now they're even less inclined to bow down."
"That's why I've always felt this backwater was right up my alley," Yu Lian said with a grin.
Of course, he was talking about before the Tower of Babel awakened.
"So that's why your immigration plan only managed to meet the bare