This was a vacation destination that Columbia's royal nobles visited every year. Its tourism economy was so developed that the taxes it paid each year were twice as high as those of the two mineral planets around it in the entire Tanzania Star Region!
Of course, on streets overflowing with royal nobles, an ordinary bowl of noodles that usually cost thirty Columbia Star Coins had to be priced at no less than six hundred. If you charged too little, no one would think you were running an honest business—they would think you were looking down on them!
We are nobles. Other people can pay only thirty for a bowl of noodles, but if you ask us for thirty too, that is an insult. And in Columbia's imperial star system, insulting a noble was a capital offense!
Yet its prosperity had already faded away. All that remained was an empty, deathly silence, along with ruined walls and collapsed rubble!
"Creak... creak..." Ye Luo's combat boot stepped onto a charred glazed brick, producing a teeth-grinding scraping sound against its surface.
With a light kick, the glazed brick instantly shot away, as swift as lightning, vanishing from sight in the blink of an eye. The prosperity and flourishing of the Tanzania Star Region seemed much the same as that kicked-away brick.
"My Emperor..." Ye Chao respectfully walked to Ye Luo's side and gave a slight bow.
Without turning his head, Ye Luo looked over the ruins strewn across the ground and gave a grunt. "What are Columbia and Buenos Aires doing?"
"The two star systems are assembling their forces and have reported our actions to the Federal Council. The Federal Council did not notify us, but it convened a remote meeting this morning. Aside from our Zerg star system, the leaders of every