Chapter 628: The Indulgence of the Soul, A Painful Lesson_2
As for the lower-ranking Second and Third Generation fleet members, despite what they might say, when given the choice, these relatively less educated people with limited access to information and knowledge would inevitably make more self-serving choices - to retreat.
When the middle and upper classes discovered that most of the lower class people chose to retreat, their hearts were inevitably affected and shaken, causing them to change their minds and influence more and more people of their social class, ultimately resulting in the current uncontrollable situation.
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The chaos continued and worsened.
Anyone who had signed up to join the Free Will Vertical Team Fleet, regardless of their previous job, had become shipbuilding engineers.