Ruined

Seventy billion?!

Hearing this figure, the crowd of onlookers was scared witless, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets. It wasn't just Huo Zhen who was completely stunned; everyone present was struck dumb.

If they had to pay seventy billion Federal Coins in damages, they might as well just buy a new spaceship.

After all, the God of Light, the most top-tier private spaceship currently available, only cost forty or fifty billion Federal Coins. Yet, just for a minor bump, they were being asked to pay seventy billion—if this wasn't extortion, what was?

"Extortion! This is clearly extortion!"

Huo Zhen couldn't help but shriek, "This brat is colluding with the insurance company to swindle my money! It's blatant, what a blatant criminal act!"

"Police, you saw it, didn't you? Their behavior is so vile; they have total contempt for the law and the police. They don't take you seriously at all."

He immediately tried to pin the label of "contempt for the law" on Xia.

"If you don't have the money, don't act like a big shot here," Xia sneered. "Didn't you say you could afford to pay no matter the cost? You're screaming over such a small amount—is this how a descendant of the Huo Family behaves?"

"Bullshit!"

Huo Zhen cursed, "Seventy billion! That's seventy fucking billion! Do you think this is seven hundred? Even a Grandmaster would vomit blood if they had to pay seventy billion. Do you think this is a small sum?"

"My Huo Family has money, but that doesn't mean you can fleece us like this."

"Do you think my Huo Family is your ATM, where you can just punch in a few codes and walk away with a pile of cash?"

"I'm telling you, there's no way you're getting a cent out of