"You have to find a solution for me."
"If no solution is found, weâll all die together. I will definitely take everyone down with me in a self-destruction, donât worry, everyone."
"How much did you embezzle?" The middle-aged woman frowned. Although it sounded unpleasant, if this guy got caught and suddenly self-destructed, sheâd be in trouble too.
"Each city, I took 10 trillion units of iron ore and 10 trillion units of copper ore."
"So thatâs a total of 60 trillion resources. Thatâs quite a lot. You guys earn money much easier than I do, donât you? How much strategic reserve resources do those three cities have in total?"
"A total of 60 trillion."
"..."
The middle-aged woman on the screen, her mocking smile suddenly froze on her face. The smile gradually faded, and after a long silence, she calmly said, "Did you take a little, or did you take everything?"
"I initially took twenty percent," the old man in the conference room said indifferently. "Then I thought about it, and thereâs not much difference between taking two-tenths and three-tenths."
"So I took three-tenths."
"Then I thought again, thereâs not much difference between three-tenths and five-tenths."
"So I took another two-tenths."
"Finally, I thought, if discovered, with such a big number, it wonât make a difference if itâs five-tenths or ten-tenths, Iâd be doomed either way. So might as well take it all, and I took the final five-tenths."
"..."
"..."
"..."
The three people on the video conference screen fell silent, and after a while, it was the old man in the lower left corner who spoke first, "Brother, youâre amazing. By the way, brother, I forgot to tell you, actually, there is a difference."
"In your case, if caught, youâd face quite a few sentences, death wouldnât be so easy."
"If Iâm caught, I will take my own life in advance. The question now is, is there any way to avoid being caught?"
After a long time.
The middle-aged woman spoke first, "Isnât there a seven-day deadline? Whatâs the hurry? There are plenty of people embezzling within Kasha Civilization, you might say no one is clean. Letâs see how others handle it."
"Weâll learn from them when the time comes."
"Thereâs always a way."
"I donât believe that with a great war approaching, the higher-ups will wipe us all out?"
"True."
Although the meeting did not come up with an answer, it had a conclusion, and no one was as panicked.
...
On a certain planet within the Kasha Civilization.
An old man stood in front of a desk in a study, bowing his head and speaking softly, "Leader, everything has been arranged. The people we secretly selected over these years can completely replace the power structure within Kasha Civilization."
"After so many years of training, they have fully mastered the abilities required for high positions."
"They are fully capable."
"Itâs just..."
"Will there be too many deaths?"
Sitting in front of the old man was the leader of Kasha Civilization.
The study was extremely pure.
There was only a desk, some pens, and paper; nothing else, not even a book.
The leader has some mental ailments.
He dislikes any chaotic environment, and if it werenât for work, he wouldnât want even this desk.
"They should have died a long time ago."
The middle-aged man behind the desk calmly wrote something on the rice paper, "Although everyone is strongly criticizing General Li at the meeting, within the entire Kasha Civilization, among those in high positions, only General Li is truly thinking about the future of Kasha Civilization."
"Proactively declaring war and passively engaging in battle are both imperfect choices."
"Over the years my decisions have wavered, but since General Li has made a decision for me, what I need to do is to fully mobilize logistics, mobilize all the resources within Kasha Civilization."
"Since we are going to fight."
"It should be a decisive battle."
"Whether win or lose, I want this battle to exhaust all of Kasha Civilizationâs heritage. Having made a decision, it must be executed resolutely."
"After seven daysâ"
"All those who havenât filled in the gaps, kill."
"Those who filled the gaps, still kill."
"Those who criticized the expedition at the meeting, all kill."
"Those who propose the civilizationâs escape, kill all."
"Those who pretend compliance and secretly resist, kill all."
"The power has been stagnant for too long. Normally, itâd be whatever, but during a decisive battle, I wonât allow anyone to pull back Kasha Civilization. Kill them all and let the new generation come up."
"I want the entire Kasha Civilization to be of one mind, to put everything we have into a fight to the death with the Insect Race Civilization!"
"This battle!"
"Must win!"
Then, the middle-aged man drew the last stroke on the rice paper, casually tossing the paper in front of the old man, "General Li is still too gentle. After seven days, apart from these three peopleâs survival on this paper being certain."
"Everyone else can die."
"Confiscate property after death."
"Children and relatives, all confiscate and kill."
"Including other Level 2 Civilization, Level 1 Civilization, those who do not hand over resources, those who do not comply with controls, cleanse and kill all."
"From today onward, "
"I hope within the entire Kasha Civilization Federation, there is only one voice."
"The battle must win."
"Anyone who slanders the expedition is Kasha Civilizationâs greatest enemy."
"Anyone who embezzles Kasha Civilizationâs resources is Kasha Civilizationâs greatest foe."
"Anyone who pretends to comply but actually doesnât weigh things properly, is the most deserving of death within Kasha Civilization."
"Yes..."
The old manâs voice trembled slightly as he bent down, picking up the rice paper from the floor. The handwriting was extremely grand, like dragon flying and phoenix dancing; a person who possesses such handwriting certainly wouldnât be someone willing to compromise.
In seven days.
The entire Kasha Civilization will undergo the largest power purge in history!
In seven days.
The entire Kasha Civilization will have only one voice.
He knew the leader has always been extremely averse to those parasites, but touching one hair affects the whole body. It was very hard to handle properly on normal days, except at special times. General Li brought the leader a special time, during the war turmoil, no need to consider too many things.
Only two things matter.
Combat power, logistics.
Beyond that, nothing matters.
Beyond that, anyone can die.
The first shot.
Will ring within the Kasha Civilization.
The first person to die will also be from the Kasha Civilization.
The decisive battle, has officially begun!