Anne was discovered to have been secretly selling items related to Commander Zhao Chen.

After a ‘heart-to-heart’ talk with Commander Zhao Chen, fifty percent of her earnings would be used for future gatherings involving Zhao Chen and others.

This meant that Anne would be paying for all future meals!

Anne herself didn't know how she managed to leave the Bridge.

She only felt her heart bleeding.

...

Time passed bit by bit, and the first quarter of Galactic Calendar 3032 was undoubtedly memorable for the people of the North Wind Star Sector.

They suffered from a bug plague, which displaced hundreds of billions of people, and directly or indirectly affected the lives of hundreds of billions more.

It even caused the price of grain and even nutritional meals to rise in the North Wind Star Sector!

Meanwhile, the Owl Dragon Star System within the North Wind Star Sector was affected by another upheaval.

That was, of course, the Household Registration Act promulgated by the Owl Dragon Lord!

March thirty-first.

On a certain planet in the Owl Dragon Star System, this night was destined to be a sleepless one.

Because according to the promulgated act, starting from 8 AM on April first, the permission for Owl Dragon Household Registration holders to purchase food would be opened.

Natural crops!

For most families, this was something they might not eat more than a few times in their entire lives.

But now, it could become a commodity they could purchase at an extremely low cost!

For them, this was simply a pie falling from the sky.

In the square of a settlement city, an electronic projection continuously displayed the previously promulgated act information from the Owl Dragon Lord, 24 hours a day.

At this moment, thousands of people who had not returned home for the night had already gathered there.

They were all waiting for the arrival of 8 AM tomorrow.

Among them, a large portion were actually people who had not yet joined the Owl Dragon Household Registration.

Most of them were also making sarcastic remarks at this moment.

“I say you all are fools, aren’t you? This decree that’s been issued, how could it be real? Buying natural food at cost price?

If that were true, I... I... I’d shove this wine bottle up my ass!” A Drunkard held a wine bottle, drunkenly mocking the eagerly awaiting Household Registration participants.

The wine bottle contained artificial wine, which tasted as bad as nutritional meals but could get people drunk like alcohol.

So it still had a very good market.

“Old Drunkard, you haven’t joined the Household Registration. Don’t stand here making sarcastic remarks. Go somewhere cool and stay there.” Someone, annoyed with the Old Drunkard, said disdainfully.

The Old Drunkard sneered: “I’m not leaving today! I’m going to stay here and watch your disappointed faces tomorrow!”

In the corner of the square, a couple was sitting cross-legged.

The husband yawned, looking very sleepy: “Wife, why don’t we go back and sleep?”

“If you want to sleep, you go back and sleep.” The wife was on high alert.

The husband looked at his wife. Actually, he advised his wife to go back because he didn't want her to be disappointed later.

He didn't quite believe the Lord's decree either, but when his wife spoke, he chose to join the Owl Dragon Household Registration anyway. After all, people at their bottom level might never be able to leave this planet in their lifetime.

This Household Registration made no difference to them.

To make his wife happy, he joined.

But his wife was very serious and even came here specifically to wait.

He didn't care about the truth or falsity of the decree; he just didn't want to see his wife's disappointed expression.

“Sigh...” The husband sighed. He was already thinking about how to comfort his disappointed wife later.

Inside the residential building on the outskirts of the square.

A young woman pushed open the window and looked at the groups of people waiting in the square. She sneered and said, “These are a bunch of idiots, actually believing this so-called decree.

Natural crops at cost price? Only an idiot would believe such a thing!”

“With over 100 million people in the Household Registration population, how much would need to be invested each month to satisfy so many natural crops?

Let alone a mere Owl Dragon Viscount Lord, even an Earl or Marquis couldn't handle this here.” A young man hugged his girlfriend from behind.

The young woman looked at the man admiringly: “You promised me before that you would take me away from this godforsaken place this time!”

“Don’t worry!

You know the Jiang family, right? They used to be a very famous family in our Owl Dragon Star System.

But because of the Zhao family's incompetence, they relocated out of the Owl Dragon Star System last year.

My cousin's husband's third aunt is a branch of the Jiang family.

She promised me before that she would arrange a position for me in the Jiang family's enterprises.

Then, I'll take you out to see the world!” The man said proudly.

“Darling, you’re the best!” The woman looked sweet and nestled into the man's arms.

She thought to herself, after so many men, she finally found a reliable one.

Once he took her to a broader world, she would find a way to climb even higher!

Time passed bit by bit.

Night passed, and dawn began to illuminate this land.

Some people who had fallen asleep groggily opened their eyes and checked the time.

4 AM, still four hours until 8 AM.

At this moment, more and more people began to gather around the square.

Even the surrounding roads were blocked, alarming the administrators of this settlement.

The administrator, sitting in a hovering airship in mid-air, looked at the situation in the various squares of the settlement. He wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

“This situation... if the Lord’s decree really goes back on its word, it’s estimated to cause public resentment!” The administrator immediately ordered the emergency deployment of the security team.

They prepared to deal with the series of events that might erupt next.

“That Lord is really something.

It’s fine that he didn’t do much before, but now he suddenly issues such a decree.

Isn’t he just asking for trouble?” The administrator complained a little.

Selling natural crops at cost price?

As a member of management, he was even more aware of the difficulty of implementing this decree.

Now, they could only wait for this bubble to burst.

Five o'clock...

Six o'clock...

Seven o'clock...

When there was half an hour left until eight o'clock, almost everyone stood up and stared at the sky.

They were waiting!

“A bunch of fools, I’ll just watch your disappointed expressions later.” The Old Drunkard shook his empty wine bottle and sneered.

The couple in the corner now held hands, the wife with an expectant expression.

The young couple in the residential building outside the square were also leaning against the windowsill, waiting for the show to begin.

Finally!

The time reached eight o'clock!

But everything seemed to remain unchanged.

The Old Drunkard burst into laughter, pointing at the people around him: “Look at you all, you actually believed it? Idiots!”

Time had passed eight o'clock, but those who had joined the Owl Dragon Household Registration were now at a loss.

Because they had not received any related reply or explanation.

What about the promised exchange for natural ingredients?

Were they really deceived?