The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

They seized the opportunity to cut off the clone army's logistics, successfully defeating it.

This force swept across the entire space city with unstoppable force, purging all vested interests. On the streetlights along the roads, there were corpses with their eyes wide open in death.

The president of the New Ireland Community was surrounded by workers who had been waiting at the spaceport.

Seeing that escape was impossible, the president of the New Ireland Community, in a fit of rage, pressed the self-destruct button he was carrying, preparing to blow up the entire space city and take everyone with him.

Unfortunately, the self-destruct device had already been removed by the workers during those three quiet months.

"Don't kill me! I'll pay you double, no, ten times as much as the Taylor Group paid you! I'll pay you ten times the price as long as you don't kill me!" the president cried out in despair.

"Money? Hahahaha! This guy actually talks about money at a time like this! He's a master of playing dumb!"

"We all know that, don't we? Money only has meaning when it is guaranteed by power. No matter how much money you print now, it won't be worth as much as a roll of toilet paper I have with the Taylor Group."

One of the workers in the encirclement laughed unrestrainedly. Currency without the credit guarantee of a powerful authority is nothing but a pile of paper.

Another worker, whose forehead was still bleeding, grinned maliciously and said, "We don't want money, we just want you to disappear. We don't want this hell on earth to continue to exist, so we are willing to come here from heaven."

"I'm sorry, Mr. President, this is the end for you. If you had been willing to do something back then, perhaps the outcome would have been different, but now it's all too late."

boom!

With a single gunshot, the once high-ranking ruler fell to the ground, never to rise again.

The commanders among the workers dragged the corpses along the road lined with lampposts covered in bodies, shouting loudly as they went.

"Leave no one alive! All those who have benefited from the system must be hung on the lampposts. This is Mr. Taylor's order! Regardless of age or gender!"

"learn!"

Chapter 174 It was all just an accident

With Lin Feng's permission, the affairs of the New Ireland Community government were given priority by Taylor's reporters to report on to the major human powers within the solar system.

At first, some people didn't believe it, thinking it was just unscrupulous media from the Taylor group spreading rumors.

It wasn't until later, when journalists from other human governments also provided confirming reports, that people believed the regime of the New Ireland Community had changed hands and the government had been overthrown.

This second wave of journalistic reports from various factions instantly caused a violent social uproar. Lin Feng became a cold-blooded butcher hated by everyone, and the Taylor system was also labeled as 'evil'. The collective panic of humanity was rising, and many people speculated that they might be about to face a second solar system civil war.

The Solar System Fleet Joint Conference also attached great importance to the matter of the New Ireland Community.

The atmosphere throughout the solar system became tense, with the space force fleet frequently patrolling the edges of the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt, conducting frequent live-fire exercises.

Once war breaks out, the Taylor faction will face a two-front war.

The main fleet of the Taylor fleet also responded to the Space Force's military operations, splitting into two groups to confront the Space Force fleet.

……

The Solar System Fleet Joint Conference was in full swing, and the delegates were all aware that this meeting would determine the future of humanity.

Throughout the entire meeting, Lin Feng remained remarkably calm, as if he didn't perceive the outbreak of a second human civil war in the solar system as particularly dangerous.

Representatives from various human factions, filled with righteous indignation, condemned at the meeting, "Feng Taylor, your actions are blatant aggression! Withdraw immediately from the territory that belongs to the New Ireland Community, or the Taylor Group will become a common enemy that all mankind must eradicate!"

After the noise subsided a bit, Lin Feng asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Aggression? What aggression? How can you slander someone out of thin air? When did we ever invade the New Ireland Community? We never did such a thing."

"The Taylors haven't even activated their combat fleet, yet they claim we've launched an invasion of the New Ireland Community. This is utterly baseless and mindless slander. As an elder, I hope you bunch of brats will take responsibility for your words and actions."

After hearing what Lin Feng said, the representatives of the various human forces almost laughed out of anger.

The people dispatched to the New Ireland Community relayed back the horrific events that had actually occurred in the space city, ensuring that everyone present knew exactly what had happened in the New Ireland Community.

Especially the rows of corpses hanging under the swaying streetlights—just thinking about it made the representatives of all the factions present break out in a cold sweat.

Seeing Lin Feng's stubborn refusal to admit guilt, the representatives from all sides publicly projected photos of the corpses hanging on the streetlights.

The representatives from all sides were in an uproar. Taking advantage of Lin Feng's silence as he looked at the corpses of the vested interests projected on the screen, they began to launch a verbal attack on him.

"Isn't the bloody massacre you carried out in the New Ireland Community an extremely cruel war atrocity? If this isn't an atrocity, then what is?"

"Our ancestors made a grave mistake, sending the war-mongering Feng Taylor from the past into the present! Human civilization will be destroyed by this madman Feng Taylor before it is destroyed by the Trisolarans!"

"The Taylor system is a product of evil! It is the inevitable evil consequence of extreme dictatorship! Only by defeating evil can human civilization have a future, and only then will children have the courage to walk in the sunlight!"

"Look, everyone! Look at these corpses hanging from the streetlights! These scumbags from the Taylor Group not only wantonly slaughter humans, but also hang up the corpses and play with them! They are utterly depraved to the extreme!"

This barrage of criticism continued until the rotating chairman reminded everyone that they were there to engage in diplomatic negotiations with the Taylor family, not as righteous envoys, and to stop focusing solely on attacking them.

Taking this opportunity, Lin Feng spoke up, "Representatives of Israel, fellow representatives, I want to tell you that... in fact, all of this was just an accident."

The entire meeting fell silent for a moment after Lin Feng's words.

Accident?

Representatives from all human factions, even the most composed ones, couldn't help but widen their eyes, their gazes seeming to question Lin Feng, 'Where do you get the courage to say such things!'

Seeing that the representatives of all human forces remained silent, only staring at him, Lin Feng shrugged and took out a data report from the Taylor system.

"In fact, we attach great importance to education, especially in terms of practical skills and military capabilities. We have specialized training. The purpose of this training is not to kill people. It is only to slightly improve the survival probability of Taylor members who will fight against the Trisolarans in space in the future."

“Our Taylor lineage has a much larger population of the same type than the New Ireland Community, but such a thing has never happened in our Taylor lineage before, so we did not expect things to turn out this way. We deeply regret the tragedy that has occurred in the New Ireland Community.”

The data report shows that the Taylor system had a high level of education, with the educational foundation left by Stock. Even now, long after Stock's death, the average education level of the Taylor system has reached the point where highly skilled industrial talents are everywhere.

Moreover, they have exceptional hands-on skills; with just a furnace and some steel pipes, they can easily forge firearms by hand using hammers.

In the uprising that overthrew the New Irish Community, it was this large pool of highly skilled industrial workers that ensured the insurgents' logistical support.

On the other hand, the clone army of the New Ireland Community was easily defeated by the rebels because the rebels' initial surprise attack destroyed their logistics industry. The clone army, which did not have the skills to repair logistics industry, was easily destroyed by the rebels.

Looking at the data report provided by Lin Feng and the sophistry he offered, the faces of the representatives from various human factions darkened.

This is not merely a demonstration of the Taylorist group's high level of education and proof that the New Ireland Community issue is simply a labor dispute; it is also a blatant show of force by the Taylorist group.

Such highly skilled individuals are common in the Taylor system. Anyone could go to the asteroid belt for a few days and, with just a welding torch, tinker with a weapon that is threatening enough. What kind of power would such a force have when combined?

Lin Feng's subtext was—you can either reason with me or talk about physics; the choice of whether or not to break off relations is up to you.

Although the representatives of various human forces did not believe that the Taylor system could fight against the coalition forces that combined the power of all humanity, they were not of one mind. Who could guarantee that in the chaos of the confrontation, their own faction would not be destroyed by the Taylor system or suffer a significant reduction in strength?

Therefore, representatives of all human forces hoped to have talks with the Taylor Group.

"Since the Taylor faction claims this was an accident, does that mean the Taylor faction will take full responsibility for the destruction of the New Irish Community?" the representative of the Pan-Agricultural Union asked with a sneer.

Using their own methods against them, since Lin Feng has stated that the New Ireland Community is just an ordinary labor dispute, albeit on a large scale, that overthrew a national regime.

The representatives of the Pan-Agricultural Union used this rhetoric to demand that the Taylor faction bear full responsibility for the overthrow of the New Ireland Community government. After all, according to basic logic, those who immigrated to the Taylor-affiliated New Ireland Community were already considered part of the Taylor faction.

The Taylor Group failed to manage the workers they dispatched, which was a dereliction of duty on the part of the Taylor Group.

Chapter 175 Spring of Labor

"Wait a minute, representative of the Pan-Agriculture Alliance, can't you make some sense when you say that?" Lin Feng said, dissatisfied.

"The root of all this lies with the overthrown New Irish Community government. They ignored the interests of the masses, angered this powerful group, and disregarded the political demands of such a large group, allowing the situation to escalate and ultimately leading to the violent conflict," Lin Feng emphasized.

“They have a surplus of labor, so we Taylors help them bring in labor. They have a labor shortage, so we Taylors provide them with labor. This is a reasonable and friendly act. You can’t blame us Taylors just because the New Ireland Community ignores the voices of labor groups on its own initiative and causes bad results.”

"Following your logic, if our Taylor Group imports large quantities of grain into your Pan-Agricultural Union, and then poisons the grain and kills ourselves, shouldn't your Pan-Agricultural Union bear full responsibility?" Lin Feng retorted confidently.

This question left the representative of the Pan-Agricultural Alliance speechless. Although he did not agree with what Lin Feng said, he couldn't think of a way to refute it for a moment.

Another representative slammed his fist on the table and stood up.

"History has shown that war criminals never considered themselves to be the culprits behind everything."

"How do you explain the fact that you, the members of the New Ireland Community, who joined the Taylor faction, illegally occupied and rebuilt the New Ireland Community's space city? That is the territory and sovereignty of the New Ireland Community! The Taylor faction has no right to infringe upon it!"

The representative stared intently at the expressionless Lin Feng.

Lin Feng shrugged and replied, "This is to try to minimize the losses. We signed a two-way immigration agreement with the New Ireland Community. Now their government has collapsed, but the defaulted debts are still there. We have no choice but to reluctantly use the New Ireland Community's actual assets to offset their defaulted debts."

"Actually, we also lost money. The penalty for breach of contract was two space cities, but we only got one. We've made huge concessions in this matter," Lin Feng said.

Hearing Lin Feng do this, several representatives almost stormed out of the room in anger, not wanting to talk to Lin Feng any further.

A representative from the space city retorted with a sneer, "We've signed this agreement too. The next government the Taylor regime wants to overthrow won't be one of us, will it?"

"The two-way immigration agreement offered by the Taylor Group has serious problems. The unreasonablely high penalty for breach of contract is precisely to prepare them for the purpose of swallowing up all the space cities."

The representative made the proposal to the rotating chairman of the Solar System Fleet Joint Conference.

The proposal quickly gained widespread support, with the vast majority of supporters being representatives of space cities.

Lin Feng said with dissatisfaction, "You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. In order to accept a large number of immigrants, our Taylor Group has also made huge sacrifices and made huge adjustments to the overall population structure. The consumption of human and material resources is extremely large. Therefore, we must ensure that the two-way immigration agreement can be effectively implemented."

“I understand the feelings of you representatives of space cities. You just want to use this to avoid defaulting on your debts, right? But the signing of the two-way immigration agreement was a voluntary matter between both parties. The Taylor Group did not force you to sign the agreement.”

Lin Feng shifted his gaze to the rotating chairman, and seeing that the other party nodded in acknowledgment, Lin Feng continued speaking.

"If you want to terminate the agreement, the Taylor Group will not stand in your way, but I hope that the space cities you represent will pay the penalty for breach of contract as agreed."

The moment Lin Feng mentioned the penalty for breach of contract, the eyes of the representatives from the various space cities twitched.

That's a space city, a kingdom that exists independently in space. And a single agreement is going to hand over both of their kingdoms to the Taylor system?

They really can't do that. Not to mention those human governments that only have one space city, even those human governments with multiple space cities would never be willing to hand over their space cities.

When they signed that agreement, their primary motivation was actually to covet the Taylor-system's space city.

These people knew that the Taylor Group had recruited many people to sign this two-way immigration agreement, and they didn't think the Taylor Group could handle such a large population. They all thought the Taylor Group was trying to swallow an elephant whole.

If the Taylor Group cannot accept the terms, it will inevitably demand the termination of the agreement. In that case, they can use the breach of contract clause in the two-way immigration agreement to demand that the Taylor Group hand over the two space cities to them.

These space city representatives are now kicking themselves.

"I think that as members of a democratic and free world, you wouldn't lack even the most basic spirit of contract, would you? You wouldn't, would you?" Lin Feng asked rhetorically.

Representatives from the space city were all considering terminating the agreement. The precedent set by the New Ireland Community was before them, and they did not want to repeat the mistakes of the New Ireland Community.

However, if the agreement is terminated, the huge penalty for breach of contract becomes an insurmountable obstacle.

“Feng Taylor, there are serious problems with the agreements of your Taylor Group, which involve the principle of the inviolability of territorial sovereignty.”

One representative wanted to start from the premise that national sovereignty is sacred and inviolable.

Unfortunately, Lin Feng was more familiar with this aspect.

"Private property is also sacred and inviolable. Since both are inviolable, they cancel each other out. If you want to terminate the agreement, you should still pay us the penalty for breach of contract," Lin Feng replied righteously.