Abyss Solo

"Yes, the boss likes us to call him the boss. We work for him, and he pays us wages, so the boss feels he doesn't owe us anything. When the boss decides to bail, he won't worry about us starving."

"Is the boss's tech team related to the New Federation?"

"I guess those who ask this question probably don't know how much the New Federation hates our boss."

"There was a conspiracy theory before, saying that our boss, the White Ghost, is a high-ranked agent the New Federation has cultivated within the Empire at great cost, just to create chaos."

"But, dear, if our boss hadn't exposed the New Federation's pest burying plan, the Empire would've been in the active period of pest disasters for several years by now, and it would be the only Empire to enter this phase, leading to gradual decline."

"The Empire's current issues actually stem from the people's longstanding dissatisfaction with the noble class and the protection provided by imperial law to the nobles."

"Our stance has never changed; we want to overthrow the Empire's noble class and shape the Sherman Empire into a truly happy nation. My boss told us before that he finds it absurd that such a powerful Empire exists with the most outdated slavery system, where more than one-tenth of the population belongs to a class beneath the civilians."

"The biggest problem in human society is the inability to eliminate the existence of classes. However, a regime, an enlightened and progressive one that considers the people, should find ways to eliminate classes, rather than acting as a sanctuary for them or even creating them."

"You see, in countries represented by the New Federation with its parliamentary system, this system is quite good. But it has a flaw: over time, the politicians get corrupted by capital."

"Especially when the voting system faces these cheating historians and opinion manipulators, the vote turns into a game of money. Capital nurtures politicians to gain tax benefits, operational costs, policy subsidies, and other advantages from the government. Meanwhile, the politicians themselves earn capital support and personal wealth."

"The scariest part is that they have taken this corruption for granted."

"Why is the New Federation inferior to the Empire in military strength? A warship of equal combat power costs the New Federation one hundred sixty-two percent of what it costs the Empire."

"The spare-to-structure ratio of warships—meaning the cost to purchase all components of a warship compared to the price when delivered to the military—is best kept low because it indicates lower maintenance and repair expenses."

"The Empire's main warship has an average spare-to-structure ratio of one hundred five percent, while the New Federation's main warship averages two hundred thirty-five percent."

"This is what I mentioned earlier: a system that protects the high-rank group; the New Federation Government acts as a sanctuary for those large enterprises."

"The Empire has become even more notorious; it created a slave class, instilling a sense of superiority among the larger number of civilians to maintain stability, allowing civilians to accept being stomped by nobles."

"Our boss's ideal has always been to bring the Empire's noble class back to common people, eliminating the Empire's largest privileged class."

"Moreover, the biggest problem in the Sherman Empire now is actually the tumor bred by the noble class, the Sherman family."

"As I tell everyone this, the Sherman family has already launched a siege against our live broadcast."

"However, their technology is too backward. Our ancient technology is incredibly powerful, so even if they siege for several Galaxy Time, it won't affect our broadcast."

Daphne's mouth curved with a slight smile.

"This little assistant is pretty cute."

"Though, this figure is really exaggerated."

"She herself already seems like a fine branch bearing fruit, yet here it's almost causing gravitational distortion."

Daphne lightly slid her finger, magnifying Yang Ming's helmet, and gazed at him in a slight trance."

"This live broadcast didn't reveal much information."

"The most valuable intelligence is Yang Ming's current condition—the Po Suo girl was the best reference."

"The rest was just more of the same, even continuing to stoke the flames against the Empire, urging the public to keep venting against the nobles."

"Interestingly, the White Ghost's assistant highly praised the current Sherman Empire Emperor, saying this figure, once cursed by the White Ghost as a big fool, is truly a monarch who wants to serve the Empire's people, but unfortunately, is completely stripped of power by the Sherman family's old monsters."

"The whole live broadcast shocked Daphne most when she found out that the Emperor Guard 2.0 system, earlier glorified by those officials, had utterly failed in the battle to siege the White Ghost's broadcast."

"Emperor Guard 2.0 proved powerless against the White Ghost's broadcast."

"Ancient technology, really... is it this powerful?"

Daphne lay on the couch, quietly contemplating."

"..."

"Those with similar doubts to Daphne include the research team responsible for developing Labuduo."

"The gray-haired old man kept saying: 'Labuduo! Why didn't you stop them! You control the network connections between star paths! You definitely can do it!'"

"Labuduo's image sat quietly by the porthole, gazing at the starry heavens ahead, only turning to look at the old man once he was practically finished shouting."

"I won't act against the White Ghost; this is a deal we made beforehand."

"I should really cleanse all of your core data! Oh! God! The White Ghost is now the Empire's enemy!"