Cannon fodder in the Interstellar

Due to the youth elite competition, the Gus Empire’s forum has relaxed its restrictions on foreign access, and naturally, other countries have also become more open to the Gus Empire’s netizens.

Having determined that the black-red post was a product of the First Prince’s plan, and that the national response to the situation was positive and beneficial to the empire, aligning with the First Prince’s intentions, Ruo Manni felt relieved.

Ruo Manni exited the Gus Empire’s forum and planned to check the Vera Federation’s forum to see if they were aware of the situation and how they would react.

After the Gus Empire confirmed the impending invasion by the Yunkai aliens, evidence was shared with governments around the world, and various core processes within the war realm were also communicated to them.

The Gus Empire had no ulterior motives in this matter; it was solely focused on strengthening all of humanity to collectively resist external invasions.

However, everyone has their own self-interests, and the self-interests between nations are even greater; sometimes, benefits are more important than many other things.

In the novel, humanity suffered such a devastating defeat at the beginning because they did not work together; they were forced to unite later, though it was too late, which only delayed the aliens’ progress.

Ruo Manni could speculate that the First Prince hoped that everyone would form an alliance when the time came. However, he would certainly want to secure the position of the overall commander of that alliance for himself.

In his previous life, the First Prince, a mere seventh-level warrior with no significant reputation in the interstellar realm, would have found it difficult to obtain such a position.

But in the current world, the First Prince had already become an eighth-level warrior, and he would only grow stronger in five years.

The war realm he presided over, along with his policies for developing the Gus Empire and other strong governance abilities, would be ingrained in the hearts of the entire Gus Empire’s populace after the events in the black-red post were confirmed.

As Ruo Manni expected, the Vera Federation also took the opportunity to follow the tide after the Gus Empire exposed this incident.

Netizens in the Vera Federation noticed the excitement coming from the Gus Empire and believed in the authenticity of the black-red post. As a result, they shared it on the Vera Federation’s net forum. Now, this repost has climbed to the ninth spot in the trending topics, while the tenth spot is also occupied by a post related to the same incident.

The tenth post is clearly from a Vera Federation citizen, who has emulated the approach of the Gus Empire’s black-red post by analyzing the preparations the Vera Federation has secretly made for this impending disaster. The comments are all supportive of the Vera Federation’s official stance.

This naturally made Ruo Manni suspect that perhaps this exposure incident was orchestrated by the First Prince, with other countries following suit to create a stir.

Ruo Manni carefully read the post made by the Vera Federation citizen. The Vera Federation had indeed taken several actions, but they were far inferior to those of the Gus Empire.

The most obvious evidence of this is the overall enhancement of the citizens’ strength; the Vera Federation lags significantly behind the Gus Empire due to its comparatively lower level of investment.

Since Ruo Manni had already been reborn as a citizen of the Gus Empire, her heart naturally leaned toward the Gus Empire. She wouldn’t feel indignant about the Vera Federation government’s lack of effectiveness.

Ruo Manni prepared to close the Vera Federation’s net hot topics and check other countries to see if similar posts were praising their nations, to confirm her suspicions.

But just as she was about to click away, she suddenly caught sight of a post ranked fifth in the Vera Federation’s trending topics. She froze for a moment. What is this?

“The Second Prince of the Gus Empire and his future Second Princess are seen together intimately…”

Ah, Hebrew Adam had just returned to the Imperial Capital Star a few days ago. When did he get a girlfriend? No, wait, these past few days… well, she had been with Hebrew Adam almost every day for the past few years, studying and practicing together. When did he get a fiancée?

Could it be a political marriage?

Ruo Manni was stunned for a while, feeling for the first time that they were approaching adulthood and would likely have to face such matters soon.

She sensed that her emotions were a bit chaotic and subconsciously clicked on the post.

The content inside was completely unexpected.

The post began with a somewhat unclear video. Ruo Manni watched as she appeared on the screen sitting on the bench, with Hebrew Adam sitting beside her. From this angle, the two seemed quite intimate with each other.

Each time they commented on the competitors in the arena, she was gesturing confidently like a queen, while Hebrew Adam leaned slightly toward her. From the side view, the way he looked at her really seemed like a deep, affectionate gaze.

Seeing this scene, if one of the people involved weren’t herself, Ruo Manni would have doubted it; after all, Hebrew Adam’s expression in the video truly looked like that of someone gazing at a lover, and his attitude towards her was indeed quite ambiguous.

But the problem is, the main character in the video is herself. Ruo Manni knew that it wasn’t true; that guy, who was all about training, had turned his brain into a straight line—he was as straightforward as could be and didn’t have any of this in his mind.

What was he thinking at that moment in the video? How could he have such a gaze and attitude?

But Ruo Manni could be certain that what Hebrew Adam was thinking at that time was definitely not what everyone suspected.

However, there was still something a bit strange in Ruo Manni’s heart. She had never considered that others would view her relationship with Hebrew Adam this way. Before this, she had never thought about such things…

Although it could be said that the two had been together almost every day over the past few years, they weren’t alone together. When they were together, they were either training or studying, and when they went on missions, they were just combat partners—there really wasn’t any hint of romantic feelings.

She had to remind herself that she and Hebrew Adam were originally classmates; this kind of interaction should be very normal. As students, who didn’t spend every day with their classmates?

The elite class at Xuan Gu First Military Academy felt the same way. Aside from Hua Deli and Mina-Olli, who had an established relationship, no one said that Sheila had any ambiguous connections with any boys.

Although her situation with Hebrew Adam was somewhat special—they were not only in disguise outside but also truly classmates—they were together solely for studying, which was nothing out of the ordinary.

So what exactly was wrong? What was it about her and Hebrew Adam’s appearance at the Youth Elite Competition that led these foreigners to misunderstand her as the future second princess?

Ruo Manni continued reading. With the automatic translation function of the internet, she had no trouble understanding the text.

In addition to this video segment, there were no other solid pieces of evidence in the post. It mainly expressed their belief that, regardless of identity, status, appearance, cultivation level, or talent, she and Hebrew Adam were a perfect match.

Ruo Manni let out a light sigh, feeling somewhat relieved that this gossip was just the idle speculation of the Vera Federation. Now that the incident involving the Yunkai people had emerged, once things fully fermented, this gossip hotspot would vanish without a trace.

In the Gus Empire, Ruo Manni believed that the National Security Bureau, managed by Hua Deqi, would definitely not allow such gossip news to appear on the Gus Empire’s internet.

Fortunately, otherwise, if her friends saw it, it would be incredibly embarrassing. Especially Sheila, who would definitely not miss the chance to make fun of her, Ruo Manni thought to herself.