Chu Xiaoang asked, "How does the United Government intend to charge our legion? You know the Military has never handed over its ledgers for transactions or god hunts."
Zheng Mubian looked at Chu Xiaoang in surprise.
He had the distinct feeling that, upon learning the United Government was demanding money again, Chu Xiaoang was more excited than shocked or angry.
"Uh... that's right. The United Government has no way of knowing our earnings. So they're calculating each legion's levy based on its personnel count."
"What are the specifics?"
"Every soldier in the sequence ranks must hand over one hundred points' worth of disc carapace each month."
"One hundred points' worth of disc carapace a month?" Chu Xiaoang couldn't help laughing. "Doesn't that mean each soldier would have to kill three or four medium gods a year on average? Has the United Government gone mad?"
"That's not all," Zheng Mubian continued. "Ordinary soldiers without sequence abilities aren't exempt either. Each of them must hand over five points' worth of disc carapace a month."
Chu Xiaoang laughed again. "Even ordinary people have to hand over disc carapace? I take back what I just said. The United Government hasn't gone mad. It has a death wish. Was this an official directive signed by Gu Weiyang?"
"No. The document just came from the district chief's office in Zone 1. It bears the name of Zhou Bi, the district chief of Zone 1, but not Secretary-General Gu's signature or official seal. Every legion will be forced to pay, just like us."
Chu Xiaoang said, "So this document didn't receive Gu Weiyang's approval?"
"It appears not."
"No wonder. I was just thinking that demanding disc carapace even from ordinary soldiers was utterly outrageous. It didn't seem like Gu Weiyang's style. Just as I suspected, the plan