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Chapter 62 Insufficient Balance(1/2)

4692, Toville City, Justin's residence

The next day, when Justin heard that Ora and Bai Yu discussed going out for purchases, he tried his best to dissuade them.

"Don't go out. If the people from the ICFI find out, it will be troublesome. There are all food and food here." Justin took advantage of Bai Yu's showering stairs and told Ola.

Ola glanced at Justin, who had just finished cell activation therapy on his nose, and asked the robot to pull out two things from the kitchen and asked: "Is this what you said to eat? Canned and cookies?"

Justin scratched his head: "Are these...not possible?"

Ola sighed and said, "You know how many days she has been in Mimatal?"

Justin nodded: "I heard from President Rose that the great hero of Matargrad, what's wrong?"

"That talkative woman." Ola glanced upstairs, confirmed that Bai Yu had not gone downstairs and whispered: "Because the large amount of food was burned down, the food supply in Matargrad was very tight. At that time, Bai Yu served as the rank of Major General Mimatar and was the deputy commander and chief of staff of the ground garrison in Matargrad, and the identity of a federal naval volunteer. Therefore, the food assigned to her was the best food that Matargrad could find, but she would rather exchange those things for ordinary herders' sand granules and make porridge."

"Shamai? What is that? I...I'm not good at botany." Justin has been studying celestial energy and wormholes for many years. Not to mention that he has never heard of this kind of thing, it would be nice to know what the difference between rice and rice is.

"A desert crop similar to Emma wheat, planted at a height of 15-30 cm after maturity, and the fullness rate of wheat ears is only 10%-30% of that of Emma wheat. It is completely a hard wheat variety. It does not need to be managed after sowing. It can grow naturally under strong light and high temperatures. The growth period ranges from 3-5 years. Although it grows slowly, it can fully adapt to the high-temperature and water-deficient environment of the desert and Gobi. Some special varieties can even survive in the mobile desert and play the effect of fixing sand dunes. Therefore, they are widely planted by the Mimatal people and are called: 'Shama'." Ola told Justin about the situation of Shama.

Justin sighed: "This is really a magical plant. Is this the main food crop of the Mimatal people? I know there are a lot of desert planets there."

Ola smiled: "Food crops? Is it true that the roots of this plant are very large, and are usually used as fuel for daily life by the Mimatals. As for the upper part, the Mimatals harvest the rhizomes above the ground and wheat ears together. Without any treatment, they directly crush them into particles, and then use them all to... feed livestock."

Justin swallowed with a hard saliva after hearing this: "Can this thing be eaten? I mean human..."

"It should be possible. I heard that the herdsmen in Mimatal would only eat that kind of food when they were completely out of food. However, when those sand camels were eaten, their expressions were much smoother than Bai Yu's." Ola said with a smile.

Justin exaggeratedly imagined that Bai Yu was squatting in the trenches under the scorching sun in the desert, squatting in the trenches with his lips dry and chapped the "desert particles" hard, and said admiringly: "I didn't expect that Bai Yu, as a senior officer, could be so sympathetic to the people who were suffering from war. I believe that in Gadari, no military officer can compare with her noble character..."

"Stop." Ola interrupted Justin, who was moved and almost crying, and said, "I will explain first that this matter has nothing to do with Bai Yu's noble character, noble character, etc. The reason why she exchanged her rations with the herdsmen was that she should receive canned food and biscuits for her!"

Justin's expression was like a small animal unfortunately struck by lightning in the wilderness. Daimuruo Chicken pointed at the cans and biscuits held by Ora's mechanical man: "That's it?"

"Well, it's just the same, but the brand is different. Bai Yu hates these things very much because she was hurt when she was studying at the Federal Naval Academy." Ora said lightly: "So don't mention the words canned and cookies in front of Bai Yu. It's no exaggeration to say that she can really vomit your stomach acid. Do you still want her to eat these things now?"

"Then... well, but you should try to keep a low profile when you go out, and don't wander around slums and government agencies. It's easy to check the documents there. If there are too many times, it may attract the attention of the Immortal Investigation Bureau. Therefore, it's better for you to purchase enough items at one time. I guess the news that Bai Yu left Emma Empire has not yet reached here. If the Immortal Investigation Bureau knows that she is in Gardari in a few days, they will definitely search her everywhere." Justin said nervously.

"Search?" Ora, who is good at quainting words, noticed Justin's words.

Justin nodded: "Yes, I didn't want you to worry about this. Although Bai Yu did not submit a wanted order, he is definitely one of the people the Gardari government wants to control most. When I was passing the customs at the space station, I temporarily controlled the surveillance video and used a special signal shield to erase the security's scan upload record. The records were not uploaded to the sorting computer. Moreover, the temporary credit card given to her by the Immigration Bureau must not be used. The immigration record on that card was also intercepted by me when uploading. Once scanned, it will be marked as a special situation because of incomplete registration information. You have to go to buy things and must go to a place where you can use foreign exchange."

"So, give me your shield and I'll just simulate the encrypted signal frequency of government agencies. As for the temporary credit card, Bai Yu probably won't use it. She has an Emma Empire credit card. As long as I know the encrypted signal frequency of government agencies, I can tamper with it at will. There is no big problem." Ola said: "As for monitoring, that's simple."

Justin took out a roughly crafted small device modified from the communicator, asked Aola's communication code, entered it into the device, handed it to Aola. After taking it, Ola started it and turned it off: "Okay, I know the signal frequency. The function of what you made is really simple. If you use it a few more times, there will definitely be problems."

Justin nodded in agreement: "I have seen the drawings of this thing in the laboratory database. It used to be used by federal spies. I just copied one temporarily. If you don't use this, you will have a record when you pass the immigration window of the space station. If you happen to be noticed by the people from the ICBI, it will be a big trouble and I can't take risks."

Ola nodded and thanked: "Thanks to you this time, I only know that Bai Yu is not very popular with Gadari, but I didn't expect it to be so serious."

Justin shook his head: "Teacher Jack has repeatedly emphasized the importance of Bai Yu. Although I don't know what important role she plays in the "Eden Plan", since she has entered Gadari, I will protect her safety."

At this time, Bai Yu ran downstairs, looked at Ora and said, "I'm packing up, let's go."

Justin looked at Bai Yu, turned around and went to the underground laboratory to continue working.

-

Toville City, Sixth Main Avenue, Commercial District

Not long after, Ora told Bai Yu the words of Justin intact. Bai Yu didn't expect that he was more dangerous in Gadali than in the Federation.

"How is it, thanks to Justin," said Ora.

"Okay, at most I promise not to beat him casually." Bai Yu said embarrassedly.

Ola smiled: "You are really gratitude-oriented, but this time I will buy all the things I want to buy, so as not to come out again in the future. The frequency of the encrypted signal given by Justin is not fixed. It will be updated every 30 days. There are more than 20 days left before the last update. You must be extra careful when you want to go out."

"By the way, do you want to encode your AI communications to him? He can use this encoding to find traces of your passing on the Internet at any time." Bai Yu is still very clear about Aola's weakness. Communications encoding is equivalent to artificial intelligence's personal ID and is the only one.

Ola said proudly: "You really look down on people. Artificial intelligence of my level can already be classified as the ranks of smart life. Artificial intelligence communication codes? I have more than 2,000. If it weren't for the excessive memory consumption, the number of communication codes I could increase to 6 digits in a minute. Instead of worrying about my safety, I should consider buying something."

"Okay, it's just that the 3.5 trillion yuan has not been moved yet. Justin's guest room is so empty that it's just like a wall. The bathroom doesn't even have a simple hair dryer." Bai Yu shook his still wet hair and complained. Since Bai Yu suffered a loss on the counting rules of the Emma Empire, he has refused to use the federal counting rules. He uses thousands of digits as the basis for counting, not tens of digits. The reason is just... it sounds more comfortable.

Ola spread his hands helplessly: "He is a single scientist, how can he know how to enjoy life? The guest room you live in is pretty good. There is only a bed and a communicator in his bedroom, and there is nothing else. I guess he usually sleeps in the underground laboratory."

"Oh, like Old Jack, I once found out that he was sleeping on the anatomy bed while taking a nap, which scared me half-death." Bai Yu spread his hands and said, "Okay, buy him something as a reward."

Since Bai Yu almost came from Emma empty-handedly, in the next hour, he bought daily necessities for half a year with the credit card given by Evelyn, including clothes, snacks, coofe, etc., as well as a variety of convenience foods that Ola can cook. Forgive Ola, there is really no other information about cooking in the database. On the retired space station, Li Deshi is responsible for three meals a day, plus late night snacks, desserts, and afternoon tea, so Ola did not occupy the precious storage space to learn how to cook. Moreover, the last time she cooked, the retired space station caught fire and one person was seriously injured.

Shopping was smooth, but when Bai Yu finally bought some small appliances, something went wrong.

"Sorry, ma'am, it's true that the balance in your credit card is insufficient." The waiter at the mall looked at Bai Yu with a smile and confirmed for the 6th time.

Bai Yu, who was stunned on the spot, asked Ora in panic: [What's wrong? The food I bought just now is fine. Evelyn freezes the card?]

Ola immediately denied: [She does not have this authority, you can get rid of the thing first, otherwise the stalemate will be too long and may attract attention. I will check the record.]

Bai Yu took the credit card and looked at it. He pretended to be enlightened and said, "Oh my God, I got the wrong one. This is the credit card I applied for when I went to Emma Empire for a vacation last time. It has been empty. I am really embarrassed. Oh, the money I have in the Gadari credit card is as if it is not circulated in them."

The waiter said with emotion: "Yes, I have been there too. Those nobles are full of bad habits. They are unwilling to use our credit cards. They have to change them to theirs. They are all immortals and one immortal. What is the difference? What are the import taxes and religious taxes for foreigners? It's really outrageous. It seems like there is nothing in our Gadali. Let's do this. We will send these things to you. Of course, you will have to charge you a little extra transportation fee for more than 100 kilometers. What do you think?"

Bai Yu nodded: "It would be the best if you can do this, thank you."

Bai Yu then left after leaving Justin's address.

[I found out that after buying the food, someone bought all the funds in your credit card into the Gadari Free Commercial Fund.] Ola said.

[Not lost?] Bai Yu asked worriedly.

[It is impossible to lose it. This free commercial fund can be cashed out at any time. Behind it is an investment and financial management project issued by an economic group controlled by the government. It is very safe and has a very small profit return on a regular basis. It is best not to exchange it immediately. 35 trillion is not a small amount. If you buy it and sell it immediately, it may attract the attention of the Gadari government. If you don’t want to put the money into the Gadari government, I will help you exchange it in batches. It will take about 400 days to completely exchange it. Of course, it doesn’t matter if you leave here.] Ola comforted her.

Bai Yu suddenly felt weak all over, patted his chest and nodded and said: [I'm scared to death, you can do whatever you want about the fund, why would such a strange thing happen?]

Ola said: [It's a bit strange. I'll follow who operates it in reverse. You can find a place to rest for a while, but I'll judge that it shouldn't be malicious.]

[Isn't this malicious? Can I still get rid of all my money?] Bai Yu was shocked and said, and at the same time, she saw a dessert shop not far away and walked over.

[It is impossible to get rid of it, but it is very easy to transfer all your money into some kind of high-profit, high-risk long-term fixed investment project, which will make you lose all your money. I just added an affiliated agreement to my credit card that needs to be approved by me. If I am there, you can rest assured.] Ola said.

Bai Yu then felt relieved and ordered a special dessert called "Colorful Crystal" and began to taste it slowly. However, before the dessert that looked like a fruit cake was finished, Ola's angry voice exploded in Bai Yu's mind, which scared Bai Yu so much that he almost fell into the cake.

【Bastard, do you think I'm an idiot? This time I'm going to squeeze out its emotional program!】

[Speak softly, I'm scared to death] Bai Yu wiped his mouth: [What's wrong, I'm so angry.]

[I found out what happened. Just now, when you were buying things, artificial intelligence invaded the settlement terminal of the mall. When you swipe the card to verify information, you bought all your money into a fund. I said why is the smell so familiar? It's that Dean!] Ola shouted.

[Calm, calm, Dean?] Bai Yu scratched his head and thought: [Xavier's artificial intelligence? The little hairy child of the Tucker tribe who steals the battleship? Didn't he return to the Great Wilderness Star Domain?]

[It was Jupiter's artificial intelligence. I found where he was. On this planet, he actually put his connection address openly, fearing that I was blind.] Ola's mechanical arm grabbed the air twice and said: [Let's go and pull him out.]

[Let's go, the guy who owes discipline, I dare to move my mother's money.] Bai Yu immediately became interested, and after paying the bill, he immediately rented a hover truck with Ola's robot to find trouble for Xavier.

-

Slums, periphery

Two hours later, the hover car landed. Bai Yu looked at the dilapidated low buildings nearby and asked in wonder: "Ora, where are we going? Why do we look like ruins that have not been demolished? Isn't the Star of the Caldari Capital City all urbanized? Why are there such places? A garbage disposal plant?"

"Yes, slums. Vitor is just known as 'all urbanization'. Although there are many rich people in Cadari, the number of poor people is even larger. Otherwise, who will make money from those rich people?" Ora said naturally on the terminal of Baiyu's arm.

"But this gap is too outrageous. Matargrad is hundreds of times stronger than here." Bai Yu felt that Matargrad would not be like this if he was blown by Emmada for two rounds with rail cannons.

"It is indeed not as good as Matargrad. The United States of Gardari is not so much a country, but more like a group company of large consortiums." Since the suspension car would not enter the slums, Bai Yu could only get off the car and followed Ola's robot arm to the address left by Xavier. Ola said with his finger on the robot's finger: "There are eight such large consortiums, all of which have their own territory and army. They are: Karajita Group, Skuveta Group, and Wikivi Group,

Vikmi Group, Mishima Group, CBC Society, Laidai Group and Justin's Yizhu Lake Group, each group has its own CEO. These eight CEOs form the board of directors representing the Gardari government. They hold 86% of the national assets, while the other 14%, of which 13.8% are divided by other small and medium-sized consortiums and citizens, and the remaining 0.2% belongs to these poor people in front of you, but the population proportion is exactly the opposite, with the poor accounting for more than 80%.

"Uh, the Federation doesn't seem so outrageous, right?" Bai Yu asked at the buildings in front of him that were piled up with various materials or various garbage.

At this moment, several ragged poor people immediately hid like a rabbit who saw Bai Yu, which made Bai Yu look back several times, thinking that there was something dangerous behind him. Finally, she confirmed that this dangerous person was herself. A person dressed in a bright and artificial intelligence may be an insecure factor in the eyes of the poor. Bai Yu, who looked helpless, could only smile gently at the poor people who were secretly peeping her, but the effect was exactly the opposite.

Ola smiled at Bai Yu's embarrassment: "Don't talk about the Federation? Emma is not so outrageous. The ranking of the gap between the rich and the poor is Mimatal, followed by the Galente Federation, and then the Emma Empire. However, the gap between the three is not particularly large. Gardari ranks the last. How about it? You see the dark side behind this wealthy country?"

Bai Yu nodded: "There are golden jades and slimnesses inside. Why do these people still stay in Gardari? Anywhere is good to go?"

"Impossible." Ola shook his head: "In order to evade taxes, almost no legal credit card of the Gadari government, or the black households, so they do not receive basic education, living security and medical security, let alone go to other countries. If you leave this slum, you will be expelled within 30 kilometers."

"Deported? The Gardari government doesn't care?" Bai Yu asked with a frown.

Ola snorted and said, "Share? Why? Who did you think it was expelled them back! Do you think the Gadari government doesn't know this place? Except for the militarized planet of the National Guard, any planet in Gardari has such a slum. The scale here is quite small. They are the money tree of the Gadari government."

"What does it mean? They are all so poor that they are jingling." Bai Yu asked in disbelief, thinking to himself: 'Unless the Kardari government uses humans to make canned food, these poor people have no value'.

Ola glanced at Bai Yu: "Cheap labor. These people are the cheap labor sources that the consortiums of the Gardari government rely on. They do not have the citizenship of Gardari, so it is best to do some dangerous and heavy labor. Moreover, employers almost don't have to spend money, which is much cheaper than using artificial intelligence and machines. The CEOs of the eight super consortiums I just mentioned, even in order to avoid snatching each other's cheap labor, have negotiated to uniformly reduce their salary and benefits. The piece of fruit cake you just ate just now cost 1.2 cents in total, right?"

Bai Yu nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?"

"If you shout here, who is willing to clean up the high concentration of radioactive dust produced by refined silver super metals, and you have a salary of 2 cents a day, they will not hide from you, and you will definitely be surrounded by tens of thousands of people." Ola thought for a while and added: "And just provide level 3 protective clothing."

"No, level 3 protective clothing? The high-concentration radioactive dust generated when refining silver-like super metals. Is it effective if I only wear level 3 protective clothing? I have seen Lyon wearing level 6 protective clothing. When refining silver-like super metals, he still dare not enter the automatic refining workshop." Bai Yu said in surprise.

"Hmph, his piece is modified with a level 6 protective suit. The label says it is level 6. In fact, there is another layer inside. The level of protection is nearly level 8, which is thicker than your armored combat suit. So most people here will not live longer than 40 years old, and will die of various chronic diseases and organ failure. Some people may even be exhausted and lead to sudden death. The most tragic thing is that this is their own voluntary. Those who hire them will pay 200 celsius compensation for each life, and the families of the deceased will be happy like the New Year." Ola sighed.

"It's too much to say this, Ola." Xavier suddenly appeared in an alley next to Bai Yu and the others, leaning against a thin metal plate used to act as a wall. "Even if you are poor, no one will smile when you look at your relatives' money for their lives."

"Xavier, it's you." Bai Yu looked at him. He hadn't seen him for more than a month. Xavier had not changed at all. Before leaving, he did not wear several multi-functional space suits that Bai Yu gave him. He was still wearing ordinary clothes that he had been climbing for many years. I really don't know if this guy likes this or was snatched up.

"Come with me, wait for you for a long time." Xavier waved his hand and said.

Xavier took Bai Yu to turn several narrow alleys in succession, but the smell here was not ordinary bad. Because these buildings like shacks were crisscrossed, the space was small, unable to ventilate, and the population was extremely dense, and there were almost no public sanitation facilities. Bai Yu felt like he was staying in an armored combat suit that he had been wearing for three years and had not changed. The smell of feces, urine, sour sweat, metal rust and moldy things was not only difficult to breathe, but also very irritating to the eyes. Bai Yu forced himself to vomit. She knew that once she couldn't help it, she would vomit endlessly, even if you vomited bile and blood in the vomit, it would not stop.

Xavier entered a small 'shed' made of gypsum board and rusty metal plates full of small round holes, pointed to a pile of broken cotton wool and said, "Please sit down."

"Why are you here? Haven't you returned to the Great Wilderness Star Domain?" Bai Yu asked straight to the point.
To be continued...
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