172: Chapter 173 Thirty Trillion Yuan Sunshine Tax? Xihe Comes to Debt Collection: Pay Up or We'll Shut Down the Sun!

Gu Liuli was hiding in the corner, covering her mouth and giggling, her shoulders shaking.

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"It worked!"

She felt secretly pleased, "Even a high-dimensional deity, as long as she is female, cannot resist this level of causal biological instinct! This is our Star Alliance's ultimate weapon against cosmic behemoths—the Moe-fication Strike!"

However.

Gu Liuli still underestimated Xihe.

Or rather, she underestimated the mental resistance of an ancient deity who had lived for hundreds of millions of years.

Just as Xihe couldn't help but want to lean in and nuzzle Jiang Chen's face.

"Buzz—"

The large sunglasses on her face suddenly flashed with a red light.

That wasn't an ordinary pair of sunglasses; it was the [Corona · Mental Firewall].

"Warning! Mental contamination detected! Potent hallucinogen detected!"

The sunglasses emitted a piercing alarm, followed by a stream of freezing cold energy that instantly rushed into Xihe's mind.

"Hiss—!"

Xihe shuddered violently.

The pink filter before her eyes shattered instantly.

That cute, soft little kitten disappeared.

Replacing it was Jiang Chen, looking terrified and still vibrating uncontrollably.

And she... was acting like a pervert, holding this man's face, pouting, and about to kiss him?

Silence.

Dead silence.

Even the sound of Jiang Chen's vibration seemed inaudible.

Xihe's face turned from wheat-colored to liver-colored, then to the red of a star about to explode, all at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Shame.

Extreme shame.

The dignified Master of the Sun, Xihe, had almost been controlled by a mortal's pheromones? And in front of her arch-rival, Change? And she had almost kissed a two-legged beast?

If this got out, how could she still show her face in high-dimensional circles?

"Ahhhhh!!!"

Xihe let out a scream loud enough to shatter stars.

Like she had been electrocuted, she violently threw Jiang Chen away.

"Bang!"

Jiang Chen was slammed against the crystal wall of Guanghan Palace like a ball, sliding down slowly and leaving a vibrating water trail.

"Who?! Who did this?!"

Xihe was furious, flames surging all over her body, her hair standing on end. "How dare you use such low-class charm techniques on me?! Change! Was it you?!"

"Me?"

Although Change was also shocked by what just happened, seeing Xihe get humiliated made her feel incredibly satisfied.

"Am I sick? Why would I cast a charm spell on my own husband just so you could grope him?"

Change sneered, "It's clearly you who are indecent. You haven't seen a male in hundreds of millions of years, so you can't control yourself when you see a man. Don't blame others."

"Bullshit!"

Xihe was so angry her chest heaved violently. "I have seen countless men... No, my heart is as still as water! How could I possibly fancy this weakling?!"

She took a few deep breaths, forcing herself to calm down.

She knew she couldn't win this fight today. If she kept fighting and got influenced by that strange signal again, doing something even more embarrassing in public, she would truly lose all face.

However, she couldn't just swallow this insult.

And, that man...

Xihe glanced at Jiang Chen, who was still vibrating in the corner. Although her reason told her it was mental contamination, the urge in her heart to "make him her own" hadn't completely disappeared.

That feeling was like seeing a limited-edition bag; even though she knew buying it would cost her an arm and a leg, she couldn't help but want it.

"Fine, very well."

Xihe suddenly retracted the flames from her entire body.

She tidied her messy long hair, put her sunglasses back on, and resumed her cold, domineering persona.

"Since soft tactics won't work, we'll do it the hard way."

"Let's do it by the book."

She flipped her hand, and a yellowed parchment scroll exuding an ancient, weathered aura appeared out of thin air.

As soon as the scroll appeared, the laws of the Earth-Moon system trembled slightly.

"What is this?" Change felt a jolt in her heart.

"Look familiar?"

Xihe shook the scroll triumphantly. "This is the 'Earth-Moon System Day and Night Management Agreement' we signed three hundred million years ago, back when the dinosaurs went extinct."

Change frowned: "Isn't that piece of junk expired?"

"Expired?"

Xihe sneered, "High-dimensional contracts never expire."

She unfurled the scroll and pointed to the last line, written in Solar script (gibberish).

"Look closely."

"Clause 382: As tenants of the Solar System, Earth's lifeforms enjoy the right to use sunlight but must pay a 'Sunlight Energy Fee' every era."

"If payment is overdue, the Sun God has the right to stop service and seize the most valuable asset of the Earth-Moon system as collateral."

Xihe put away the scroll, crossed her arms, and wore the face of a landlord coming to collect a debt.

"Change, let's settle the accounts."

"From the extinction of the dinosaurs until now, that's about 65 million years. Plus all the messy interest from before..."

"Your Earth owes me approximately... thirty trillion trillion superior spirit stones in 'Sunlight Tax'."

"Pfft—"

In the Earth's command center, Lei Keming, who was drinking water to calm his nerves, spat it out again.

This time, it wasn't water; it was blood.

"How much?!"

Lei Keming's eyes were about to pop out. "Thirty trillion trillion?! Selling Earth wouldn't even cover the tip of that! Is this a loan shark operation?! This is outright robbery!"

"And..."

Lei Keming broke down. "Sunlight costs money?! Isn't this a natural resource? Is there no justice? Is there no law?"

In Guanghan Palace.

Change's face also turned dark.

"Xihe, have you gone crazy with poverty? Charging for sunlight? Why don't you charge a gravity tax too?"

"The gravity tax is Mother Earth's business. It belongs to her; I won't overstep my authority."

Xihe said matter-of-factly, "Just tell me if you're paying or not. If not, that's fine too."

She pointed at the sun in the sky.

"Tomorrow morning at six, I'm pulling the plug, sharp."

"From then on, Earth will only have eternal night. Let's see if your flowers and plants can survive, and let's see if your humans can withstand temperatures of minus two hundred degrees."

Threat.

Naked nuclear deterrence.

If the sun were shut off, let alone humans, even bacteria would die out.

"You..."

Change was choked with anger. Although she could fight, she couldn't conjure a sun. She could only manage the moon, which at most served as a street lamp.

"Of course, I'm not an unreasonable deity."

Xihe changed the subject, her eyes under the sunglasses aiming at Jiang Chen again.

"If you really have no money..."

"You can pay with your body."

"Pay with your body?!" Ji Linglong and Zero both stood in front of Jiang Chen.

"Don't misunderstand."

Xihe waved her hand. "I mean, collateral."

"Mortgage this man to me."

"I will take him back to the Sun God Temple to be my... well, 'human solar battery.' That is, he'll chat with me, relieve my boredom, and incidentally help me neutralize my excess fiery temper."

"As for the duration... tentatively ten thousand years."

"As long as you hand him over to me, the previous debts are wiped clean. And I'll even gift Earth a one-thousand-year 'favorable weather' VIP package for free."

After speaking, Xihe reached out, and a new contract condensed in her palm.

"Sign it."

"Do you want Earth to turn into a block of ice, or do you want to lend me this pretty boy who only knows how to eat soft rice?"

"Choose for yourselves."

At this moment.

Everyone's gaze focused on Jiang Chen again.

Jiang Chen leaned against the wall, feeling like a piece of pork hanging on a shelf, being haggled over.

He looked at Change. Change bit her lip, her eyes struggling.

He looked at Lei Keming (the projection). Lei Keming lowered his head, not daring to look at him, but his hands were already secretly wiping away tears.

Obviously.

Between "Earth's destruction" and "selling the Director," everyone's choice... was very honest.

"Director Jiang..."

Lei Keming's voice came through the broadcast with a sob, "The country... the country will remember you."

"The sunlight tax... we really can't afford it!"

"You should... just go. It's just changing places to eat soft rice anyway... I heard the food on the sun is quite good..."

Jiang Chen: "..."

He looked at Xihe's triumphant face and felt the frequency still vibrating in his body.

He suddenly felt.

This vibration might not be for courtship.

It was to send him off.

This soft rice, he finally ended up eating it in outer space.

And this time, he was really going to "ascend to heaven."