The hunch of the starship cores, coupled with my explanation, made the fleet command nervous. A large number of reconnaissance boats were excluded from searching the guarded universe, and the generals who had entered a state of rest were reawakened. In the midst of a lot of complaints, the fleet entered combat mode. After 15 hours of sleepless reconnaissance operations, nothing was found.

In a communication from the flagship, General Kramer spoke to me personally.

"It's not that we don't pay attention to your opinion, but the soldiers are so tired that they can't hold on, and if we continue to search, without the enemy, the fleet will collapse on its own."

I nodded understandingly, reiterating that this feeling was quite accurate and different from the intuition of ordinary people.

"I understand, so when your report comes up, I will immediately mobilize the fleet to deal with it, but now it seems that we can only remain vigilant, and the work of actively seeking the enemy can only be considered in the long run."

“.....”

I also breathed a sigh of relief in the silence. In addition to the reconnaissance and search operations, the complaints from my comrades and colleagues were also tireless. I guess Kiana and the others must be under a lot of pressure.

After the communication at the General Command ended, a conversation took place in the form of a video conference between me, Kiana, and the core of a starship. Everyone was physically and mentally exhausted, but they agreed not to ignore it hastily and ended the call.

I've always been haunted by the enemy I had a hunch of, and even if I decided to take a break, I didn't forget to release a lot of reconnaissance equipment to prevent surprise attacks or enemy approaches.

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On September 10, 4023 AD, after more than three months of offensive and defensive battles, the enemies that once threatened the solar system were basically eliminated, and new enemies may or may not exist, anyway, no reconnaissance troops have found their traces for the time being.

The immediate task facing the Provisional Government is to thaw the 50 million refugees rescued from the Earth War Zone, to provide them with food and lodging, to find them jobs and to establish a new social order and norms, to stabilize the situation and to replan the production and living system, to restore the functioning of society as a whole, and the battle of the bureaucracy has only just begun.

Of course, regarding the remnants of the enemies in the Earthsphere, the base camp of Madame Wall in the Martian Circle, and other places, it is also necessary for scouts to formulate a response strategy. Until then, though, it's important to stabilize the line internally.

The biggest suffering of the 50 million people who have thawed is not the technical level, but the social and legal problems involved. Wake up from a person who has been lifted from hibernation. Whether his original social status is to be maintained, whether his original property is recognized under the new social system, what he is now to live on, and if his family members have not yet been unfrozen, they should do so step by step in a predetermined order, or to a limited extent, so that a family can remain intact. Or thaw the human body as a family unit from the beginning.

A series of problems, or puzzles, make bureaucrats miserable in a dilemma or more. As refugees who have regained their freedom, they also have many demands to be addressed. The bureaucracy of the Provisional Government, which did not have experience in reviving the population on a large scale, was obviously unable to meet their demands, and many of them showed violent tendencies for this, and the troops were indispensable to maintain order.

Even with the best preparation, problems can be difficult to solve. For example, all the refugees' families were thawed, but they found that some members failed to wake up. Falling from the joy of escaping the doom of war to the abyss of losing their families, the awakened want to use the old laws to deal with the problems they face, only to be told that the old laws cease to work.

"So what is the new law? I want to find a lawyer, I want to exercise my rights as a citizen. ”

In the face of such a claim by the new residents, the bureaucrats were left with both hands, and now they were in a state of ruin, starting from scratch. The law only has a vague framework, where are the lawyers, and where are the laws that can deal with such complex issues.

Someone immediately asked: "It won't be long before the old legal system is restored!" "Opinions.

However, in order to restore the old legal system, and to what extent, some legal provisions that are clearly not in line with the status quo need to be removed. All sorts of troubles caused the Provisional Government great pain.

I am also annoyed by the constant reports of social and institutional troubles here, and I am also very annoyed by the responsibility of the Marine Corps of the fleet. Luckily, I just need to send soldiers to keep order, and as for those troubles, I'll leave them to Karak and others who are willing to do it.

While thinking like this, I put my worries behind me and planned to take a break from the battle, although it is not yet peaceful, but it can finally come to an end, and I don't want to escape from the battlefield of murder and be trapped in the battlefield of social change.

"Sir, Miss Teresa is looking for you."

I let out a long sigh and struggled to sit up from my office chair. Even if I was able to escape the responsibility of social change, I still had my own things to do, and there were people and organizations to be responsible for.

Teresa Light has matured a lot from the outside. Applying light makeup and a working woman's suit, she looks delicate and attractive when she is actually underage. I know she's been campaigning for the future status of the Martian Child. Due to the changes on Earth, the original Ao Aid was too busy to help her, and because of the battle, I couldn't give her too direct help.

"Now that you're finally free, can you help run for the Children of Mars? I'm all doing it all by myself, I'm so tired! ”

It's like being coquettish, and it's like revealing true feelings, and I can't help but laugh when I see the little girl looking like she wants to play tricks.

If it were in wartime, I would have sent the little girl away for various reasons, and I would have been lucky to survive just by surviving, and I would have asked for more than I could spend my energy on saving my life. But now, I can't bear to watch my little body travel from moon to moon of Jupiter. The little girl is stubborn, and she won't ask for help unless she has to. Now that she's here, she's the oldest of my friends alive. I'm really embarrassed to reject her.

"For the sake of your sincerity, I'll help you run around."

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I soon regretted my relentfulness. Due to the myriad entanglements of interests and the political and urgent needs of the Provisional Government, arranging the status of the Martian Child is far from being as simple as I imagined.

Even if I go out in person, many people have to give face, it is still more difficult to completely balance the interests of all parties and win a certain space for the son of Mars.

"You, the colonel, are really useless, I thought you could say anything!"

"Don't say that, I don't take agitation. In wartime, soldiers say the same, and in peacetime, they must be restrained, and this is the real way to survive. My goal is to fight for the safety of the solar system, and I don't want to end up under my own guns for breaking the normal laws of society. ”

"Humph! Look at what you said about righteousness, isn't there still no way! Even if you don't have such high requirements, can you let your brothers and sisters regain their freedom first! I really don't want them to be surprised to see me again, and say, you're getting old. ”

I was amused by the seriousness of the little girl. I couldn't help but raise my hand and scratch it on her little nose.

Teresa was a little surprised by my intimate gesture and wanted to dodge, but then she thought of something and forced herself not to dodge. I looked at her and found it amused.

"Okay, okay, you're a real person. I don't dare to guarantee anything else, let the miners unfreeze in advance and devote themselves to the great cause of mining, I don't think anyone will object. I'll get you in touch. ”

For a moment, Theresa's tense face smiled.

What a lovely smile it was, and I felt like I was going to melt into her sweet expression.