Goli looked at the expectant eyes of the crowd and smiled too, without giving a clear answer, just casually said: "You’ll find out later, I won’t chat with you now, I need to visit the NCOs below."

"Alright! Farewell, Lady Goli."

...

Loren and the others didn’t continue to ask questions but replied respectfully.

After Goli left, Bagley said somewhat emotionally: "Lady Goli is still kind and amiable."

Xia Weiya laughed and said, "Bagley, there’s ambiguity in your words. Are you implying that Lord Icaroya isn’t kind and amiable?"

"Ahem, it’s different. Lord Icaroya is reliable; these are two different feelings."

Bagley’s expression stiffened as he spoke.

Su Mo watched this scene, intrigued, and said: "Haven’t you been with Lord Icaroya for a long time? Why do you still seem so restrained? I notice you rarely speak in both the large group and Lord Icaroya’s private group."

At this moment, Leo coldly said, "What’s so strange about that? Would you babble in front of the Lord of Icaroya? You must know that although the Lord seldom speaks in the group, she’s always watching."

"That makes sense."

Upon hearing this, Su Mo thought for a moment, and his smile froze, realizing it made sense.

"Okay, stop messing around with you, I need to take a good rest. Call me if anything comes up."

Xia Weiya lazily replied, then raised her left hand and snapped her fingers. Immediately, a particle light screen rose around her bed, isolating her. The color of the particle light screen changed, appearing like a wall from the outside, while inside it could transform into various landscape projections at will.

Ai Lu and others also activated theirs, except Bagley who was too lazy to use it.

Su Mo yawned and curiously asked: "Bagley, why don’t you use one?"

"Not used to it, it’s boring." 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Bagley replied indifferently.

At this moment, a knocking sound was heard, and Su Mo replied.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open, and Wang Hai, Rose, and others walked in.

"Why are you here?"

Su Mo’s eyes lit up and asked happily.

"Su Mo, we came to see you. Are you alright?"

Wang Hai and the others looked at Su Mo lying on the hospital bed, came over happily, and gathered around the bedside.

"I’m fine, see, I’m all good."

"Uh-huh, it’s great that you’re okay. We heard you were seriously injured, we were really scared."

Rose let out a long sigh of relief and replied.

"Haha, getting injured is normal, right? How is everyone?"

Su Mo asked in a good mood.

Wang Hai and Rose’s expressions paused when they heard Su Mo’s question, hesitantly replying, "Everyone is okay."

Su Mo saw their reactions and felt something was off. He suddenly realized Shiris was not there, so he asked.

"Why don’t I see Shiris?"

Upon hearing Su Mo’s inquiry, Rose and the others fell silent.

"Did something happen?"

Su Mo asked seriously.

"Shiris sacrificed himself."

Rose said with a somewhat choked voice.

"What happened? Wasn’t he piloting the Divine Guard Mecha? How could he be sacrificed?"

Su Mo was shocked by the news.

Bagley, as usual, said: "What’s so strange? This is war; anyone can sacrifice. Besides, haven’t you seen the brutality of this war yourself?"

Su Mo’s expression dimmed upon hearing this.

Rose softly said: "When the brutal fighting reached its climax, our defensive perimeter was besieged by over four V-type Negative God Cell Infection Monsters of various forms. Shiris fought to cover our retreat but was sneakily attacked by a V-type Heroic Level Star-Devouring Beast Infection Body, his cockpit was penetrated, he died instantly."

At this point, Rose’s eyes reddened, saying: "It’s our fault, we shouldn’t have let him cover the retreat alone."

Beside her, Wang Hai hoarsely said; "It’s not your fault, I also have issues, I should’ve gone to support you."

Su Mo was silent for a few seconds and then said: "It’s not your fault. What about Shiris’s body? What are your plans?"

"It’s been cremated. We’re planning to have someone bring him back to Earth Star to return to his homeland after the memorial ceremony ends in three days."

Rose bowed her head, hesitated for a moment, and spoke.

"I see."

Su Mo nodded in agreement.

Rose took a deep breath, lifted her head, and said to Su Mo: "Su Mo, you should take care of yourself and not let this affect you. Actually, we wanted to tell you in two days."

Su Mo shook his head and replied: "It’s okay. I want to ask you, how severe are the casualties in this war for the Federation? I hope you’ll answer honestly."

Wang Hai raised his head and solemnly said: "Initial statistics show that the Federation support forces lost a total of 430,000 people, 210,000 people from the Star Ring System, and countless more injured."

"Ah, losing so many people, if there are any issues with the subsequent pensions, feel free to come to me, definitely do not chill our people’s hearts."

Su Mo sighed deeply and said seriously.

"There’s no issue with the pensions, the officials from Radiant City are already coordinating with us. They’re making the necessary arrangements, pensions should be disbursed shortly."

Rose explained.

"Su Mo, we won’t disturb your recovery. You must take care of yourself, you’re now the Federation’s pillar."

Wang Hai advised Su Mo.

In fact, Wang Hai didn’t tell Su Mo that although Radiant City will certainly compensate all combat casualties, given the high number of casualties, everything must be prioritized.

However, Radiant City’s officials, upon coordinating the sacrifices of various national support troops at the Third Birthplace, first integrated with the Federation for early statistics.

Moreover, the review of reported casualties was very lenient.

If nothing unexpected occurs, the Federation is likely to receive pension subsidies earlier than countries like Galmotos.

This was largely thanks to Su Mo.

"Okay."

Su Mo nodded slightly.

Wang Hai and Rose exchanged glances, then left the hospital room.

Su Mo lay even more silently on the hospital bed.

Beside him, Bagley somewhat emotionally told Su Mo: "What’s there to dwell on? Once you sit in the Royal Order of Twelve Knights’ position for a few more years and experience several more wars, you’ll understand. Those who’ve sacrificed are fortunate, as they’ve sacrificed for a valuable cause. Their homeland and loved ones will receive Star Ring City’s reciprocation."

"Hmm, I understand."

Su Mo replied silently.