128: Chapter 128 How much does a spirit pouch cost?

[After waking up, you realized that you had been in a coma for over a hundred years.]

[During these hundred years, the Federal Government's military has suffered defeat after defeat; meanwhile, the major shipping routes of the Federal Government have been completely blockaded, and this massive psionic factory is on the verge of bankruptcy.]

[In some places, they can't even afford to supply spirit buns.]

[The Human Emperor no longer concerns himself with military matters, though honestly, this is actually a good thing for the Federal military.]

[As a generation's Human Emperor, Emperor Jun Mo was truly an absolute Genius in military affairs, relying on his terrifying military talent and personal charisma to unify the entire Human Race.]

[But Jun Xiao is not Emperor Jun Mo; he is merely Emperor Jun Mo's grandson, nothing more.]

[He does not possess that outstanding military capability, and this war has made him fully realize this point.]

[Now, Jun Xiao's daily life consists of visiting his subjects, then holding balls and eating fine food inside the palace.]

[However, he has not realized that the Federal Government is no longer the resource-rich and powerful nation it once was.]

[The current Federal Government is even seeing instances of citizens in remote areas starving to death due to a lack of food.]

[For Jun Xiao, all he needs to do is say over communication devices that he is also sharing the hardships with his subjects, and then just go through the motions.]

[Yet, this guy firmly stated, "This is what you should do, and this is what you should face."]

[Jun Xiao did not even show any sympathy or praise for the soldiers who returned alive from the front lines.]

[At that time, the supreme commander of the surviving military force met with this Human Emperor.]

[Jun Xiao was leisurely drinking his afternoon tea; his neat attire formed a stark contrast with the dirty clothes on that general.]

["You must repair the warships as soon as possible, and then kill all those Giant Rock Race bastards for me." His tone was arrogant, as if he believed this was only natural.]

[In this war, Jun Xiao displayed his extremely irresponsible sense of duty and his ridiculous Human Emperor demeanor.]

[The dissatisfaction among the soldiers, officers, and the general public toward this Human Emperor grew increasingly intense.]

[Finally, the revolution broke out.]

[Actually, at the beginning, most of the military's command authority was in the hands of the Human Emperor, but after this battle, most officers expressed their dissatisfaction with the Human Emperor and were unwilling to serve him, turning instead to take orders from the Federal Government.]

[All the officers and soldiers issued the same demand.]

[The Federal Government does not need an emperor!]

[In the end, this war personally launched by the Human Emperor concluded with the Human Emperor being deposed.]

["We surrendered?" you said to an officer beside you.]

[He nodded, seemingly giving a bitter smile: "Now the Beast Race, the Giant Rock Race, and the Spirit Tree Race are all demanding reparations from us; life is going to be difficult from now on."]

[You looked at his resentful expression and said nothing.]

[In the end, the Federal Government signed the Starry Sky Treaty with the various major races, which required the Federal Government to pay large amounts of reparations to these victimized races. At the same time, the Federal Government significantly lowered tax rates for foreign races and also stipulated the number of warships the Federal Government could have, among other things.]

[However, none of this had anything to do with you.]

[As a veteran, you were assigned to work in the Secret Service Bureau, with the main purpose of investigating the ideologies of some small political parties.]

[After all, at this time, there were undercurrents within the Federal Government, and there were many foreign forces within the Federal Government. If certain remarks were heard by the Beast Race or the Giant Rock Race, it would inevitably become an excuse to make things difficult for the Human Race.]

[Your work went very smoothly; among the dozens of political parties within the Federal Government, you quickly ferreted out several radical parties and some parties planted by foreign races.]

[You quickly became an Advanced member of the Secret Service Bureau.]

["Mr. Lin Heng, these are the materials for this mission; it's the same as before." Your superior was a slightly chubby guy who always liked to squint his eyes when he smiled.]

["Yes, sir." You took the materials and began to read.]

[This is a party composed of Human Race psionic workers, which often holds activities in a tavern, and their rhetoric is somewhat extreme.]

[You cleverly infiltrated them and became one of their members.]

["Sir, Wilke, is this okay?"]

["Sorry, I don't drink alcohol," you said, finding a seat and sitting down.]

[This was the first large-scale activity held since you joined this party. You looked around, and basically all the people in this party had come.]

[Anyway, it wasn't very big; the whole party only had thirty-eight people, plus you made thirty-nine, and at this moment, they filled the entire small tavern.]

["So, the Federal Government can no longer be relied upon at all. Even though we are currently on the Imperial Star, the economy here has already started to collapse. Facing the Starry Sky Treaty, we have no choice..."]

[The leader of the party is named Noke.]

[At this moment, Noke was delivering a speech in the center of the tavern.]

["Two more beers."]

["I'll have a Wilke, and bring two spirit buns as well."]

[...]

[Such voices rose and fell in the audience, and waiters were walking back and forth around.]

[You sat in the audience watching, and honestly, you suspected that you were the one listening the most attentively.]

["So, our only way out now is to secede from the Federal Government and form our own country." After finishing, Noke paused deliberately and scanned the audience.]

["Heh!" Only you responded with a chuckle.]

[Noke glanced at you but didn't say anything.]

["For the remote areas, I think the best way to handle it is to abandon them. The Federal Government is vast; we have different beliefs, different cultures, and even in two Star Domains of the Federal Government, we are completely different."]

["We are all the Human Race!" you said, looking at him very seriously.]

[Noke also looked at you, not expecting you to refute him, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.]

[The people around also stopped what they were doing and looked at you.]

[Noke was a bit embarrassed and could only say: "Although we are in terms of species, but in terms of culture..."]

["Nonsense!" you said.]

["We are the Human Race, and that is enough!" you said, standing up to look at him.]

["Kid, we are talking about politics now; you had better not talk fairy tales!" Noke said, looking at you with a livid face.]

["I hope so!" You glanced at the statements Noke had recently published on the table, smiled, and threw them all into the air.]

[You admitted that you were reckless in your actions; well, you really couldn't stand this guy Noke's rhetoric.]

[However, to your surprise, Noke invited you the next day to speak at a party activity.]

["I don't understand, Mr. Noke, what do you mean by this?" you asked.]

["Mr. Lin Heng, you are from the Secret Service Bureau, aren't you?" Noke smiled when he saw your shocked expression.]

[He lit a cigarette and continued: "I know you don't like my rhetoric, but please believe me, I am doing this for our Human Race. I know my abilities are insufficient, so I have been waiting for a leader who can lead us."]

[He looked at you, full of excitement: "Now I know he has appeared!"]

["I understand." You didn't know if what he said was true or false, but you chose to believe him.]

[The next day, this was the second party activity you attended, and the number of participants was the same group of people as last time.]

[It's just that they were looking at you.]

[You walked onto the podium.]

[Actually, you had thought for a whole day about what you should say, and you believed you were well prepared.]

[You began: "Now the Federal Government is facing an economic crisis, foreign race invasions, and has reached..."]

[No one was listening.]

[Some people were sneering at you, and others were sighing.]

[They knew they hadn't come to listen to this.]

[But if you couldn't say these things, what else could you say?]

["So, facing these crises, the Federal people..."]

[Your voice grew quieter and quieter; well, you couldn't even listen to yourself anymore.]

[Finally, you tossed your manuscript aside, picked up a beer from the table, and drank it in one gulp.]

[You scanned the room and said loudly: "Do you know how much a spirit bun costs right now?!"]