However, these have little to do with the public and the mid-level officials.
The higher one's level of understanding, the more they can recognize that while the Iron Armor was indeed a major issue, thinking they could invade Holy Terra and overthrow the Empire was just a dream.
Yet, on this world of a trillion people on Holy Terra, the number of those with high-level awareness might be large in absolute terms, but proportionally, it's not that significant.
Of course, without sources of information, the clueless lower-tier people wouldn't know as much either.
But it was Prime Minister Qi Bodu who unintentionally gave a huge boost.
Aiming for political gain, Qi Bodu extensively dramatized the threat of the Iron Armor War to garner war support.
Repeated broadcasts on television, talk after talk about the gravity of the Iron Armor War; continuous newspaper reports; consecutive defeats on the frontline... all these caused significant turmoil in the hearts of lower-class residents.