In Cave No. 96, two hundred members of the enforcement team clad in exoskeleton armor and armed with firearms had already occupied the cave, sealing off all surrounding mine passages.
At the center of the cave, several City Tax Bureau employees holding terminals were conducting tax confirmations on everyone in the cave.
"Name: Brian
Account Balance: 369 credit points
After deducting the thirty years' advance collection of the Spiritual Energy tax, you owe the City Tax Bureau 143,631 credit points. According to the law, you will be sent to work at the Heaven Computation Center for twenty years."
"Name: Huai'en
Account Balance: 1145 credit points
After deducting the thirty years' advance collection of the Spiritual Energy tax..."
One by one, the tattered and numb cave residents were registered and then divided into two groups based on whether they had paid their taxes.
On the left were those who legally paid taxes according to the decree, remaining free citizens.
