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Chapter 174 The Alien Workers Are Too Proud

The Vorsotis Galaxy, the Laru Trade Union.

A-047 sector, yellow dwarf system, Koog star.

Koog is an ancient industrial planet shrouded in factory fumes and noise year-round. It was a colony developed during the early stages of the Laru Trade Federation's civilization.

To meet the demands of the early development of the Laru Trade Federation, various factories were set up all over Koog, laying a solid foundation for the early space development of the entire civilization.

But this also caused Koog to transform from a beautiful and bountiful solid planet into a terrible planet full of sewage, oil, and exhaust fumes.

The environment here has gradually become unsuitable for the Laru people to live in. A healthy Laru person will soon fall ill in this environment and die from the disease.

Even so, a large number of Laru people still exist on this terrible planet.

Rez was one of these Laru people.

That day, during a short break at the factory, he looked at the latest issue of the Alliance Express news, wearing an air filter, and couldn't help but gasp.

"Hiss... The Babel swarm is really powerful; it actually seized an entire universe."

Inside the break room, the other workers were drawn to Rez's words. One of them, who was rather burly, stepped forward and snatched the personal terminal from Rez's hand.

"Where? Where? Let me see."

"Wow, it's true, our ancestral civilization is really strong." The more burly worker said to the other workers.

Upon hearing this news, the workers of Laru couldn't help but straighten their backs.

As expected of their sovereign civilization, they are so powerful and domineering. They have seized other universes with the power of a single civilization. It is unimaginable how far they will develop in the future.

This sense of honor and pride fills their hearts.

Some were proud, while others were worried. Rez asked his more robust coworker with concern.

"Old Boss, will this have a significant interstellar impact?"

"With a universe being seized, the civilization within that universe will inevitably become our overlord civilization and join the alliance's satellite civilization sequence. This would expand the Star River Alliance's reach to other universes. However, with so many satellite civilizations suddenly flooding into the alliance, especially those from other universes, the political situation is likely to become chaotic."

Rez's analysis drew nods of agreement from his fellow workers, who agreed that this was indeed a very likely scenario.

The burly worker, nicknamed "Old Foreman," wasn't too worried. He explained, "There won't be any major problems. The Alliance has the Babel Bee Swarm, the overlord civilization, keeping things under control. What big trouble could they possibly cause? Any civilization that violates the Alliance's charter will suffer a terrible fate."

Among the workers in the break room, one worriedly said, "Just because military aggression doesn't work doesn't mean that technological, trade, or cultural aggression is impossible; the Babel bees won't concern themselves with those either."

The old man said, "We can't close off civilizations. Challenges are opportunities. As long as we can overcome the challenges, it won't be a problem for the various civilizations of the Star River Alliance to take a big step forward."

"The future of the league is full of endless possibilities, which is very exciting."

After the foreman's analysis, the workers suddenly realized that everything was progressing steadily and positively, and the future development trend of the alliance could only be slightly better, medium better, or very better; there was no possibility of anything bad happening.

Thinking about this, they were filled with excitement and pride, as well as boundless anticipation for the future.

Just as the workers were discussing the political situation of the alliance between civilizations, a worker who hadn't participated in the discussion came over and asked the foreman a question.

"Hey boss, did you pay your rent this month?"

The old foreman was taken aback when someone came up to ask him, and after a moment of surprise, he replied, "I've already paid it."

The worker asked, "Has the rent gone up compared to last week?"

The old man recalled for a moment and said, "It has increased a bit, mainly in terms of water, electricity, and air costs. The announcement issued by the Planetary Management Bureau stated that due to the Babel swarm's invasion of a universe, the war expenses were too enormous, so part of the expenses were shared by the various satellite civilizations, and then further distributed among the various planets."

"Take it easy. Compared to helping the dominant civilization conquer a universe and acquire its resources, what does a slight price increase matter?"

Thinking the other person was an old landlord complaining about rising rent, he launched into a long explanation.

However, the reasons the workers wanted to know were not what the old foreman had said.

"Has the rent not gone up over your area?"

The old foreman paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "The rent hasn't gone up."

The worker immediately retorted angrily, "I knew it! I was wondering why this month's rent was so strange!"

"That scoundrel landlord wanted to raise the rent, so he tried to use the excuse of rising prices to raise the rent as well. Luckily, I was smart enough not to pay the rent yet. I'll definitely have to find him and give him a good talking to later."

At this point, the worker was initially angry, but then felt extremely relieved.

The conversation among the workers gradually shifted to rent and prices.

Rez said to the old class monitor, "Old class monitor, there's something I've never understood. You've read more books than me, could you explain it to me?"

"What can't you figure out?" the old foreman asked.

Rez asked, "The social structure of the Babel beehive doesn't seem to require much money, right? Why would a portion of the Babel beehive's war expenses be passed on to the satellite civilization? Is there something wrong with that?"

The Babel swarm is known to all aliens in the Star Alliance.

The education within each civilization of the Star River Alliance requires them to first understand how dangerous and powerful the Babel Swarm is, because no satellite civilization wants to see anyone in their civilization recklessly provoke the Babel Swarm and then drag the entire civilization down with them.

Because he understood the Babel Bee Swarm, Rez couldn't understand why a portion of the Babel Bee Swarm's war expenses would be transferred to the Star River Alliance's satellite civilization.

The old foreman explained, "Interstellar warfare requires material resources, not to mention conquering a universe, which requires unimaginably vast amounts of resources. What if the Babel swarm runs out of war resources?"

"Of course, we need to purchase resources from the Star River Alliance's market and then consume them on the battlefield. The reduction in resources on the market means that the overall price level of the Star River Alliance's many satellite civilizations will rise."

"But don't worry too much. Prices have risen in all the satellite civilizations, which is the same as no price increase. It won't have a big impact on the overall economy of the alliance. It's just a small price increase. Once the price increase cycle is over and wages rise, our pressure will be much less."

Rez suddenly realized, looked at the old class monitor with great admiration, and said, "Oh, I see. No wonder you're the old class monitor, you're so well-read and knowledgeable."

"Not at all, I just read a lot of financial magazines. The more I read, the more I naturally understand these things," the old man said modestly, waving his hand.

(End of this chapter)