A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 184 The Inside Story of This Civilization is Too Deep

In the universe, Lu Shang's consciousness entered the body of a Lyonnais and crossed a wormhole.

At the other end of the wormhole lies a massive industrial planet.

The planet is highly industrialized; even from outside the planet, you can see various man-made geometric trenches on its surface, some circular, some triangular, and some straight.

"Is this an administrative planet under the jurisdiction of the Lyonas Confederation?" Lu Shang asked in the swarm network.

Nanali replied, "Yes, this planet called Luca is an industrial planet of the Lyonas Confederation. It is responsible for the production of heavy and light industries in this star system. Its technology is still in a relatively backward stage, and it has not yet developed interstellar arms factories that can absorb the mass of stars."

Lu Shang looked at the administrative planet of the Lyonas Confederation with a scrutinizing gaze and asked, "How many administrative planets do they have in total?"

Nanali replied, "A total of 1743, not a lot."

Lu Shang nodded, thought for a moment, and then asked, "My body is 100% identical to that of the Lyonas people, right?"

Nanali replied, "Yes, genes are the bodies that microscopic organisms create by taking the genes of a Lyonnas person as a sample and making slight modifications."

"We have already arranged for some swarms of bee creatures to be infiltrated into other administrative planets of the Lyonas Confederation for testing, and it has been confirmed that they cannot detect any problems."

Lu Shang said, "That's fine. Open the wormhole in an inconspicuous corner. I want to land on this planet."

"I need to investigate who dares to so brazenly exploit the reputation of the beehive to reap huge personal profits."

After a brief investigation by the swarm, it was found that almost all members of the Star Alliance in the Vorsotis system, except for those indigenous civilizations that had only recently joined, had not paid this war expense tax.

However, the swarm cannot act yet because there are some strange things going on. Therefore, Lu Shang plans to figure it out personally before taking action.

However, no matter what, the final result will not change. Anyone who dares to profit from the reputation of the bee colony deserves to be torn to pieces!

……

Luca, the planetary government.

A man from Lyonnais, leaning back in his office chair with his hand on the desk, asked his subordinate who was standing in the room a question.

"How's the process going? Does anyone else have any objections to the double taxation?"

The subordinate respectfully reported the results of the operation to his superior, who was also the planet's ruler: "They're all gone. The ringleaders have been knocked unconscious and are currently receiving treatment in the hospital."

"Their families have already signed a guarantee, stating that these individuals have a history of mental illness, that all their behavior stems from mental instability, and that they will definitely restrain their actions in the future to prevent them from causing greater trouble for society..."

At this point, the subordinate's voice lowered, and he continued, "If you're worried, we can..."

The subordinate made a throat-slitting gesture towards the governor.

The governor, sitting in his office chair, pondered for a moment with a blank expression, then shook his head. "No, it's best not to make a big fuss. If someone dies, the nature of the situation changes, and it becomes disharmonious."

"..."

The subordinate was taken aback.

Disharmony?

They beat those rights defenders so badly, driving them to the brink of insanity. How can they still talk about disharmony?

What exactly is this so-called standard of harmony?

The subordinate felt that his brain was not quite keeping up with his boss's pace.

The consul was unaware of his subordinates' inner thoughts, and he emphasized to them: "Those war expense taxes that are paid repeatedly must be properly kept before the Confederate fleet arrives."

The subordinate nodded, but hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively, "I understand, but... are we really not going to keep any?"

The governor's face immediately darkened: "Why keep it? Wouldn't that be corruption? These are all war expenditure taxes, and they must all be handed over to the main star. This is a death order from above."

The subordinate immediately waved his hands nervously and explained, "Ah, don't overthink it. I mean, we should set aside some for the construction of the administrative planet."

"If the planet develops well, it will naturally be able to pay more taxes on war expenses to the planet."

The governor's expression softened somewhat, and he warned, "Construction has a dedicated budget allocation; there's no need to divert it. Things are different now. Be careful what you say in the future. Understand your place before you speak."

The subordinate nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, you're right."

"You can go out now. I need to be alone for a while. I'll call you over via intercom if anything comes up."

The governor waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to leave.

Having just been intimidated by his superior, the subordinate naturally didn't dare to linger and hurriedly left the office with a sense of escape.

Once the governor was the only one left in the room, he turned on a communicator on the table.

On the other end of the communicator, another Lyonas appeared, but behind him was the bridge of a spaceship, through which some operators could be seen on the screen.

"General Remaier," the governor said.

General Remayer asked, "Governor Pudo, what is it?"

Governor Pudo replied, "I have good news for you, and for your family."

"Oh? Good news?" General Remayer waited for more.

Governor Pudo said, "This year I collected twice the war expenditure tax, but I don't intend to hand it over to the central government, because most of the war expenditure tax has been squandered by a corrupt official..."

Pudo paused here, then asked Remaier pointedly, "You understand, right?"

Remaier smiled and nodded. "Oh, so what are your plans?"

Governor Pudo said, "Prepare more transport ships to carry away these war expenditure taxes. When you are about to arrive at the main star, split them into two fleets, one official and one civilian, and enter the anchorage area of ​​the main star from two different directions."

Then, Governor Pudo added, "By the way, remember to erase the transport ships' serial numbers completely, so as not to leave any ammunition, like..."

"Although each family is aware of these things, there are two different concepts: revealing them or keeping them hidden."

"If, like the Hongda family did last time, they acted sloppily and made their affairs public, causing a strong reaction in civilized society, it would be a huge problem for the family."

Remayer said, "I know this without you having to tell me."

"I've made all the arrangements at the main star's customs; the problem won't be too serious," Remaier said confidently.

Seeing Remaier's confident demeanor, Pudo, though still somewhat uneasy, didn't say anything more. As the commander of the Confederate fleet sent to Luca to collect war expenditure taxes, it was impossible to change the fleet commander halfway through.

(End of this chapter)