Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 403 Forming Habits

Simothers stared at the corpse on the ground, speechless for a long time.

To be honest, he didn't expect things to develop to this point.

Originally, he just found Jiang Huahua somewhat annoying and thought he could tolerate it. Just like Lin Xuan said, "He who eats another's food is bound to do his bidding." Since the other side had provided so many guns and ammunition, it was understandable that they would send an instructor to annoy everyone.

But now, things have clearly gone beyond his expectations.

Lin Xuan was killed by the other party without even giving a warning.

"Shock value from Simothers +150".

After hesitating for a moment, Simothers quickly caught up with Lin Xuan, who had already walked away.

But when he caught up with her, he found that the angry expression on Lin Xuan's face had completely disappeared.

It was as if everything that had just happened was nothing more than a performance by him.

"Mr. Lin Xuan, this..."

Simothers wanted to ask something, but for a moment he didn't know where to begin.

Lin Xuan smiled, offering no explanation, but simply gestured for the other person to come upstairs with him to discuss the matter further.

The two returned to the office, and Lin Xuan leaned back on the sofa with a slightly amused expression on her face.

"Those people from Gene Earth are truly shrewd, sending this guy is clearly a test of our attitude."

"What...what do you mean?"

Simothers didn't quite understand, and Lin Xuan didn't explain, but simply sent him a document.

When Simothers clicked on it, he saw that it contained the personal information of Jiang Huahua, the instructor who had just been killed by Lin Xuan.

“I just had Lin Qi hack into their database and found this person’s resume. He graduated from university in his twenties and became the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Gene Earth at the age of twenty-five. He accomplished in less than three years what others take a lifetime to achieve.”

"Is someone backing him up to power?" Simothers frowned slightly. "Then this person is even less likely to be killed."

“That’s the interesting part,” Lin Xuan smiled. “He has more than one powerful backer.”

"Gene Earth adopts a people's parliament system, but actual power is held by seven former party secretaries."

"Core Politburo Secretary: Trolov."

"Secretary of the National Security Bureau: Monchi."

……

"It can be said that every time this guy was promoted, it was inseparable from the efforts of these seven people. And it wasn't just him. They were like an organization, and their promotion path was ridiculously fast."

Himothers seemed to understand only part of what he was saying.

"White gloves."

Lin Xuan directly provided a list, which included each person's resume and their cause of death. Almost without exception, the causes of death for these individuals were extremely bizarre.

“These people are all ‘white gloves’ who are pushed into high positions. Once their mission is completed or they lose their usefulness, they will be quickly disposed of. Jiang Huahua is one of them.”

Himothers suddenly realized: "No wonder this guy was so hostile from the start. He's deliberately begging us to kill him. Gene Earth also wants to use us to clean house?"

Lin Xuan nodded: "This is only one reason. It is also to convey the attitude of the Spark Organization to Gene Earth."

"If you want to get things done, then honestly hand over the money. You pay, we do the work, it's a fair transaction. If you think that sending some kind of instructor will give you the upper hand, then Gene Earth is being a bit too naive."

"So... what do we do next? Will they retaliate against us for this?"

“Retaliation is certain, but it certainly won’t be us.” Lin Xuan smiled. “Let me tell you a story. There was once a country with exceptionally strong overall military power. They also strongly advocated peace and never provoked other countries. However, the final territory of this country kept growing. Can you guess how they did it?”

Simothers shook his head, looking completely bewildered.

Lin Xuan continued, "They kept sending envoys to neighboring countries. As long as an envoy was killed, they had a reason to send troops to punish him. Therefore, the rule of 'when two countries are at war, envoys are not to be killed' was popularized from that time."

Simothers gasped, immediately understanding Lin Xuan's meaning.

"The main battlefield has never been here, so there's no need to worry too much. Xinghuo is still too weak right now and needs to continue to develop."

Lin Xuan tapped the table: "Although this kid came here to die willingly, what he said is indeed true. There are still some wealthy businessmen and politicians left on Revelation No. 3. It is really too expensive to support them."

“But didn’t you say that the priority at this stage is to stabilize the situation? If we start killing these people now, they might do something desperate. With the resources they’ve accumulated on this planet over the years, they could cause us a lot of trouble.”

"We can't touch them for now," Lin Xuan pondered. "But we should be able to give them a good talking-to."

“Find an opportunity to gather them together and tell them we’re going to build a production line for interstellar warships, and get them to donate.”

"Isn't this just collecting protection money? Do you think they'll agree to it?" Simothers said with some concern. "What if this group unites and refuses to pay? Then we'll be helpless."

"Don't worry, they'll pay." Lin Xuan smiled mysteriously: "Just tell them that the earlier they pay the protection fee, the less they'll have to pay."

"Is this... okay?"

"OK."

"So... how much should we ask them? Based on total assets or a poll tax?"

"No need. You can do the statistics. Each of these wealthy merchants only needs to pay 6000 Liandian points. The slower they pay in the future, the more value they will receive, with an additional 100 Liandian points per household."

"6000 connection points? Isn't that a bit too few?"

The Linked Points are a monetary system jointly established by the three Earth civilizations after they arrived in the Elbato Cluster. Because the Mechanical Earth civilization is more comprehensively developed than the other two, its exchange rate is relatively high, at 1.5 to 1. Conversely, the exchange rate for relatively underdeveloped civilizations like Gene Earth is much lower.

For these wealthy businessmen, 6000 points is just a matter of a snap of the fingers; their daily entertainment spending is probably more than that.

"No rush, we need to take it slow. If we take too much at once, wouldn't we, Xinghuo, become bandits?"

"We need to gradually get them used to paying us. Once they get into the habit, we'll ultimately decide how much to charge them."

Lin Xuan spoke casually, but seeing the malicious smile on her face, Simothers couldn't help but think to himself, "What do you mean?"

"Listen to what you're saying, is that even human language? You're telling people to develop a habit? Who would develop a habit of doing something like that?"