Chapter 452 A Huge Fine
Chapter 452 A Huge Fine
Li Si is only verbally mocking Fei Bo and hurting him with words, which is already quite restrained.
If it were anyone else, they probably would have already attacked him and given him a good beating, perhaps even crippling him.
But Li Si was still somewhat rational. He knew that doing so was definitely not allowed, so he chose to vent his dissatisfaction through words.
"How can I not be doing this for our race?"
Fei Bo was displeased when he heard Li Si mention this about himself.
"How can such a lowly race as humans, hypocritical, treacherous, and cunning, be worthy of being our friends?"
His voice unconsciously rose eight octaves as he glared angrily at Li Si.
"While there are indeed some bad elements among humans, we cannot generalize and denigrate the entire race. Every race has its unique characteristics, and we should view them with an objective attitude."
Upon hearing Fei Bo's words, Li Si frowned. He felt that Fei Bo's views were somewhat extreme, but he still patiently explained.
"Huh? Humans?! Humans are a race that is inferior to us in every way, and they only deserve to be domesticated as our food."
However, Fei Bo clearly did not agree with Li Si's statement. His emotions became more and more agitated, and his voice became louder and louder.
By the end, his eyes had even reddened, seemingly dissatisfied with humans being referred to as a race equal to himself.
"Hey, hey, hey, that's going too far. What you're doing is... well, isn't it racist?"
Upon seeing this, Li Si quickly waved his hand and said.
His tone carried a hint of hesitation, clearly indicating that he was considering how to describe the meager words.
"So what?"
Fei Bo, however, disagreed, his neck stiff and his face stubborn.
"Well, then we'll have to add racial discrimination to your bill. Let me do the math... From this perspective, in addition to being convicted of a felony, you'll also have to pay a huge fine."
Li Si shook his head helplessly, then spoke earnestly to Fei Bo.
As he spoke, he pressed the calculator on the terminal and silently calculated the approximate amount of the fine in his mind.
Not only that, but to provoke Fei Bo, he deliberately turned the terminal's volume up to the maximum and played it aloud, making the sound of the calculator constantly increasing its values clearly audible.
The sound was unusually abrupt, as if each increase was pounding on one's fragile nerves.
At first, Philip didn't pay much attention to the rising numbers, and his expression remained somewhat nonchalant.
However, as the numbers continued to climb, his originally relaxed brows gradually furrowed, forming a deep frown.
"Wait, what's going on? Why is this number getting higher and higher? Is so much needed?"
His thin voice betrayed a hint of anxiety as he stared wide-eyed at the constantly changing numbers on the terminal screen.
"And how did you calculate this fine amount? And what about this interest rate? Was it intentional? It's just one percentage point short of the illegal loan interest rate!"
The more Fei Bo listened, the more he felt something was wrong. This series of terms and figures seemed to have been tailor-made for him, with the words "huge fine" written all over it.
Some of the terms were completely unfamiliar to him, as if they had appeared out of some unknown corner, just waiting for him to take the bait.
"Oh, what do you think is wrong?"
A faint smile played on Li Si's lips as he stared at Fei Bo with amusement in his eyes.
"Nothing about this is right."
Fei Bo's face was filled with disbelief.
"Putting everything else aside, just based on that 'racial discrimination' you mentioned, you want to fine me a full 3000 million energy coins? I've never heard of such a crime before!"
His voice trembled slightly with anger, but he took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and then asked, clenching his teeth, word by word.
Philip deliberately emphasized the word "racism," as if he were squeezing it out from between his teeth, in order to stress the absurdity and irrationality of this so-called crime.
However, when faced with Fei Bo's questioning, Li Si only smiled slightly, a smile that Fei Bo found full of mockery.
"Oh, you mean that? That bill was passed 5 years ago!"
Li Si answered calmly.
As he spoke, he found the news on his terminal, flipped to the relevant article, enlarged it, and displayed it directly in front of Philip, seemingly to deliberately provoke him.
Seeing this, Fei Bo's anger intensified, but he still managed to restrain himself from immediately lashing out.
He stared intently at the news on the terminal, his eyes sharp, carefully reading each word of the regulations.
Then, to his astonishment, he discovered a message that read: "Recently, after in-depth testing, our scientists have discovered that the so-called 'intelligent races' on our planet do not actually belong to the same race!" This astonishing discovery shook the entire society.
Therefore, the Presbyterian Council convened an emergency meeting and ultimately passed an important law: anyone who engages in racial discrimination will be severely punished, not only with hefty fines, but with the fine starting at $50,000 and having no upper limit!
This news article was written in bold, clearly to emphasize its importance and seriousness.
Fei Bo stared wide-eyed as he carefully read each word and sentence. His face instantly turned extremely gloomy, as if shrouded in a thick layer of dark clouds.
"In all my years of activity, I have never earned so many Energy Coins."
Fei Bo took a deep breath and said slowly.
"Well, there's nothing I can do about it. Think about what you can sell. Oh, by the way, can I buy it in advance? I'm quite interested. I heard you've collected a lot of the boss's stuff."
Li Si finally revealed what he wanted most, staring at Fei Bo with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Fei Bo's facial muscles contorted, and he closed his eyes tightly, no longer wanting to pay attention to Fei Bo.
For the rest of the journey, no matter how Li Si tried to amuse him and get his private collection, Fei Bo remained unmoved.
He kept his eyes closed, ignoring Li Si's actions and refusing to utter a single word.
Faced with this situation, Li Si also felt helpless.
He sighed helplessly and could only shut his mouth, silently following Moros and Lin Xiyue ahead.
After walking for about half an hour, Lin Xiyue finally spotted the psionic center team standing ready in the distance.
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