CHAPTER 81: CHAPTER 80: ESCAPING TAXES WITH A CORPSE (THREE UPDATES)

Lu Yan’s expression changed suddenly, and his gaze immediately turned to Shaq in front of him.

He was about to trade some important information when he encountered a law enforcement team inspection, which seemed a bit too coincidental.

But at this moment, Shaq’s bloodied face also displayed a look of confusion; he hadn’t anticipated this happening at all.

Noticing Lu Yan’s unfriendly gaze, Shaq shivered and quickly explained:

"The matter with the law enforcement team has absolutely nothing to do with me, please believe me!"

"This Life and Death Arena is my foundation, why would I deliberately attract the law enforcement team and do something that would destroy my foundation?"

Lu Yan didn’t respond, merely shifted his gaze back to the arena.

With the intrusion of the law enforcement team, the arena first descended into silence, then immediately filled with noise, with shouts and provocations echoing endlessly.

Under the rule of Universal Giant Corporation in all cities, there is only one law that everyone must abide by, and that is paying taxes!

This law permeates every aspect of the entire city, and no one dares to openly defy it.

Similarly, as long as taxes are paid on time, anything goes in the Lower City District.

Those who can sit in the arena are usually those who can handle themselves well, at least the basic taxes are paid on time.

Even if they openly insult the law enforcement team, as long as they don’t start a fight, the law enforcement team finds it difficult to take action in public.

Amid the commotion, a young man dressed in a suit stepped forward to meet the law enforcement team, precisely the young man who had previously received Lu Yan and Quentin.

With a smile on his face, the young man courteously greeted the members of the law enforcement team and said without arrogance:

"I am the manager of the arena. For what purpose are you disrupting our public facilities and interrupting ongoing competitions?"

"Our arena consists of law-abiding citizens who pay their taxes half a month in advance every month. Does the law enforcement team bully taxpayers as if the law means nothing?"

The young manager’s words resonated with thousands of spectators, many of whom spoke in support.

"What scent do these corporate hyenas smell now?"

"We are all legal taxpayers, why should we fear you hyenas?"

"Get out! Get out!"

The law enforcement team members in exoskeleton armor did not respond, but behind them, clear footsteps sounded, and a slightly frail figure appeared before the crowd.

He did not wear the exoskeleton armor like the law enforcement team, his height barely exceeded 1.7 meters, dressed in a dark blue law enforcement uniform with a silver star hat, looking fragile compared to the towering figures in armor that were at least 2.5 meters tall surrounding him.

However, no one dared to underestimate him because everyone could see the silver badge of a hand holding the Earth on his chest.

The moment he appeared, all law enforcement team members lowered their weapons and saluted uniformly.

And the arena, previously noisy, became silent; the jeers that were about to be shouted swallowed abruptly.

That silver Universal Giant Corporation badge indicated that this unassuming young man was a formal Law Enforcement Officer!

Every Law Enforcement Officer must come from the Upper City District as a Spiritual Ability User, their power already reaching non-human levels.

But individual power alone couldn’t convey the strength of the Law Enforcement Officer, as they are personally appointed by the City Tax Bureau and have the authority to mobilize the primary city defense systems.

From police, law enforcement teams to small spiritual mechas, and Morning Star Tanks, they can be classified as part of the primary city defense system.

Additionally, Law Enforcement Officers have discretionary taxation rights and can temporarily collect certain taxes from Lower City residents.

If one fails to pay taxes promptly, the Law Enforcement Officer can handle it as tax evasion, be it killing on the spot or sending to Heavenly Computation Center, it’s up to the decision of the Law Enforcement Officer, likened to having a murder license.

The Lower City District once had a Law Enforcement Officer who sealed off an entire cave under the pretext of collecting cave taxes, slaughtering nearly ten thousand city residents.

This Law Enforcement Officer was judged afterwards, but the reasoning offered by the Judge was that the Officer misused authority to slaughter the masses, sentencing him to serve two hundred years in Heaven Computation Center.

Doesn’t such a verdict sound fair?

Yet, if one investigates the details, it becomes clear that the Judge’s primary reason for the ruling was because the Officer chose to kill the residents instead of sending them to Heaven Computation Center, a significant waste of soul resources.

If all ten thousand were sent to Heaven Computation Center, the Officer probably wouldn’t face any penalty.

There have been numerous infamous incidents involving Law Enforcement Officers in the Lower City District, and thus the moment a Law Enforcement Officer appears, silence prevails.

The previously calm young manager’s face finally showed a change, after hesitating for a moment, he bit his lip and saluted the Law Enforcement Officer:

"Greetings, Law Enforcement Officer!"

The law enforcement officer smiled faintly: "I’m Scott, here to handle some official business, no need to be nervous."

Seeing Scott’s gentle demeanor, the young manager sighed in relief and promptly said:

"Law Enforcement Officer Scott handling official business, our arena will fully cooperate."

"Very good!"

Scott gently clapped his hands, and a law enforcement team member immediately took out a scroll.

"After investigation, your arena is suspected of evading spiritual energy taxes, I will arrest everyone in the arena based on law and send them to Heaven Computation Center.

Here is the arrest warrant issued by the City Tax Bureau, take a look."

Evading spiritual energy taxes!

When these words emerged, all the spectators in the arena looked at the young manager with eyes full of admiration.

The entire world knows that under Universal Giant Corporation’s rule, you can do anything you are capable of, but you cannot evade spiritual energy taxes.

Once you violate this law, even if you’re a bigwig from the Upper City District, you must obediently go to Heaven Computation Center to provide soul computation power.

The young manager’s eyes widened, his face full of disbelief as he loudly spoke:

"Law Enforcement Officer Scott, I think you must be mistaken about something.

Our arena has always pre-paid all taxes half a month in advance, without any overdue incidents, let alone such an important tax as spiritual energy tax."

"Do you think I’m wronging you?" Scott asked softly.

The young manager’s mouth parted slightly, unsure how to respond.

"Don’t be nervous, I’m completely different from those who only use brute force; I’m a person who values rules."

As he spoke, Scott waved his right hand, and a virtual screen appeared before everyone.

"According to regular tax records, your arena indeed pays on time, with no overdue instances.

But... you have been selling the corpses of gladiators who died on the arena to the processing factory in batches, the factory then implants intelligent programs and puts the corpses on production lines for work.

The corpses of these gladiators contain spiritual energy, and after long periods of work in the processing factory, their internal spiritual energy didn’t dissipate but continued functioning.

Your arena is the actual owner of the corpses, yet you sat idly by as this behavior of energy theft occurred, without actively reporting tax dues, no doubt evading spiritual energy taxes!"