High Martial Arts: I Travel Through Heaven and Earth Through Dreams

Chapter 387 The Five Great Families are Trash

Upon hearing this, the skinny man sighed, looked around, and then whispered.

"Who can argue with that?"

"I heard that the fuel costs for the interstellar warships and the energy consumption for space jumps alone are astronomical every day for this operation."

"Who will pay for this? Will the five great families foot the bill themselves?"

The skinny man sneered and pointed to the cheering crowd outside the window.

"The wool comes from the sheep."

"Just wait, next month, federal taxes will definitely go up, and the prices of all kinds of cultivation resources will also go up."

"The five great families are taking our money to do their own thing, and they expect us to be grateful."

"This is reality."

The fat merchant took a swig of wine; the spicy liquid slid down his throat, but it couldn't extinguish the fire in his heart.

"Why did they have to arrest those wanted criminals now of all times?"

"In this world, are demons more terrifying, or...?"

He didn't dare say the second half of the sentence aloud, but both of them knew what it meant.

In this world monopolized by the five great families, what justice is there to speak of?

So-called justice is nothing more than another form of power.

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On the other side, inside the Samsara Palace.

Compared to the suffocating "purification" operations in the real world, the public channel of the Samsara Palace is like another world altogether.

This is an absolute lawless zone.

Without federal surveillance or rigid hierarchical oppression, as long as you don't foolishly reveal your reincarnation number in reality, even if you are the head of one of the five major families, you can only be an ordinary pseudonym here.

At this moment, the public channel belonging to Universe No. 3872939 was refreshing messages at a dizzying speed.

[Anonymous User 9527]: "Holy crap, has the Federation gone mad these past few days? I just went out to buy some soy sauce and got stopped and had my soul scanned three times! My newborn puppy was even arrested by the enforcement team and had its butt checked for ages, saying they were checking if it was smuggling any contraband!"

[Want to eat roasted monsters]: "Upstairs, you're lucky. I live in the edge of the Federation's star system, and last night it was a real fight! I heard that a heretical cultivator who had been hiding for decades was caught and killed on the spot. The commotion made the entire galaxy tremble."

[A newbie passing by]: "Just wondering, what's the Federation doing with this big move? I saw in the news it's to combat space pirates and alien spies. Can someone explain? Is that really true?"

After the message was posted, the public chat was quiet for a moment, followed by an overwhelming barrage of mockery.

[Seeing Through the World]: "Hehe, hello newbie, goodbye newbie. You actually believe the news broadcast? What other reason could there be? Isn't it just to find Han Feiyu, the number one on the Great Thousand World Ranking? That's a whole bottle of Immortal Elixir! Those old fogies from the Five Great Families are probably green with envy."

[Federal Glory]: "Upstairs, watch your words! Don't make baseless accusations! Our Federation has always been committed to maintaining universal peace, and the five great families are the guardians of humanity. The Federation's actions are to completely eradicate those space pirates who endanger space routes and maintain the tranquility of the universe, yet you're here spreading alarmist rumors. What are your true intentions?!"

[Seeing Through the World]: "Oh my, look what I caught! A living, breathing Federation lackey! 'Guardian Deity,' my foot! You can fool those ignorant Federation citizens who've never been to the Samsara Palace with your words, but to come here and speak in the Samsara Palace? Are you afraid people won't know you're on the government's payroll?"

[Star Trek Veteran]: "Hahaha, that's hilarious. Don't think I don't know, these space pirates are all supported by the Federation! This is a classic case of 'nurturing bandits to enhance one's own power'!"

[Newbie]: "Huh? Really? Why would the Federation support pirates?"

[Veteran Interstellar Traveler]: "Young man, you're too young. Think about it, nowadays even fourth-tier cultivators can traverse the void. Although it's a bit slow, as long as you have a star map, who would be willing to spend a fortune to buy the expensive tickets monopolized by the five great families?"

[The Irritable Old Man]: "That's right! It's because your tickets aren't selling, and your profits are declining. So, your enforcement team deliberately lets those space pirates run rampant, even secretly providing them with the cultivators' movement routes! Letting them rob those rogue cultivators who don't buy tickets and choose to fly with their bodies!"

[Victim 10086]: "The person upstairs is right. If you don't buy a ticket, you'll get robbed as soon as you step out. If you buy a ticket, although it's more expensive, you 'just happen' to avoid pirates. This forces everyone to take the five major families' spaceships. This way, you have a sales channel for your tickets, and you maintain your monopoly profits. That's what you call 'protection money'!"

The user verified as "Federal Glory" seemed to have been hit where it hurt and immediately retaliated.

[Federal Glory]: "Nonsense! Your statement is merely one-sided and lacks any evidence! Spreading rumors carries legal consequences!"

[Grumpy Older Man]: "To hell with your evidence! Those lackeys of the five great families, trying to talk to me about the law? This is my own experience from when I was young! Back then, I didn't buy a ticket to save money, and as a result, I was surrounded by the 'Black Shark Pirates' as soon as I left the atmosphere. And guess what? The locator that pirate leader was holding was a Federal military model! It even had the Qin family's logo on it!"

[Wandering Monk]: "I've had a similar experience. I almost died back then, and I only survived by handing over all my savings. This Federation is truly inhuman. Their so-called 'purification of the world' is nothing more than a dispute over the distribution of spoils, or they've set their sights on something even greater."

[A ninth-tier powerhouse who wished to remain anonymous]: "Alas, the Federation is now rotten to the core. Since that upheaval, it has been completely controlled by the five great families and has long forgotten its original purpose. The current Federation, nominally the sovereign of humanity, is in reality the private property of the five great families."

[Federal Glory]: "Damn it! You...you dare to openly insult the Federation! Aren't you afraid of being confronted by the Federation? I've recorded your remarks, and sooner or later..."

[Star Trek Veteran]: "Huh? The lackeys of the five great families are still here? Who are they threatening? I'm not afraid of anything!"

[The Irritable Old Man]: "Exactly! If this were the Federation's network, even if it were encrypted, I naturally wouldn't dare to be so arrogant, after all, I still need to make a living in the real world. But this is the Samsara Palace! It's the supreme artifact of all the heavens and myriad realms! No matter how powerful your five great families are, can you really crawl through the network cable to attack me? Can you really access the Samsara Palace's underlying data?"

[Seeing Through the Worldly Truth]: "Here, all beings are equal. Here, the five great families are nothing but trash!"

This sentence acted as a fuse, instantly igniting the long-suppressed emotions on the public screen.

Countless rogue cultivators and members of small families who had been oppressed by the five great families found an outlet at this moment.

User A: "The Five Great Families are trash!"

User B: "The Five Great Families are trash!"

User C: "The Five Great Families are trash! +1"

[User D]: "The Five Great Families are trash! +10086"