Because the government's high-ranking officials completely ignored this so-called "public opinion".
Any attempt to leverage connections to secure a few kilograms of Mysterious Silver or Mysterious Gold was firmly rebuffed.
The reason was simple; these returning Trialists had not experienced the despair of those who stayed on Earth during the previous battle.
The desperation of having to launch a mushroom egg and consign both the advanced Alien Demons and their fellow humans to oblivion.
Yet these returnees kept proclaiming how pitiful and difficult their experiences were!
Should they take this sob story to the spirits of billions of human beings who have already perished?
Should they bring it to the people who survived purely by chance after a near-death experience?
If not for the need to maintain unity and avoid internal strife,
And the hope that these returning Trialists would stay on Earth,
They would have been slapped down long ago.
