Chapter 224: Oro's New Helplessness

Oro felt that he should soon be able to uncover something.

And so it was.

Within a year, his private army had successfully identified numerous traitors who were bribed by the Federation and working for their interests.

Kill them all!

Oro didn't even bother to ask questions; he directly ordered his private army to execute these traitors as a warning to others.

For about 300 years after that, he didn't pay attention to this matter again.

But 312 years later, an incident drew his attention back to this issue.

Financial Crisis.

In fact, the Oro New Star Nation had been accumulating debt early on due to taking on excessive industrial chains.

Whether it was the Federation or the Olive Branch Civilization, the debts had to be repaid regularly. Facing these two giants, the Oro New Star Nation had no room for delay.

This made the Oro New Star Nation extremely uncomfortable, forcing them to use even greater production to repay the debts.

At this time, many of the production lines in the Oro New Star Nation were operating with only one day off per year, and some even had one day off every ten years. It was no exaggeration to say that they were working day and night without rest.

Oro calculated how much debt he repaid every hundred years.

Usually, he wouldn't pay attention to these things because the repayment period was too long.

However, on a whim, he compared some debt information and then discovered that the debt repayment was far less than he had estimated, by 12%.

It should be known that these debts were interest-free, and a 12% reduction would mean a 30% or even higher increase in the total repayment.

If it were 2%, Oro could still accept it, but this 12% was terrifying!

He ordered his private army to investigate again.

And they discovered some traitors.

Among these traitors were even some of his former followers.

He continued to make an example of them.

He thought that this should have deterred those who wanted to betray him, but he still felt uneasy, so he continued to monitor the financial information for the second year.

Then he found that the finances for the second year were still problematic and even more so than before.

If you look closely, it was actually much less than a year, and you could even say that after he executed the first batch of traitors, the other traitors began to tamper with the financial information on a large scale in the first month.

Ninety percent of this financial information was related to the Federation.

The remaining 10% was indeed related to the Olive Branch Civilization, but it was also a federal force operating in Xingcheng.

Anger!

An unprecedented anger engulfed him.

He ordered a thorough investigation.

And they found many, many traitors, and it was a wave of slaughter.

He thought it should be over by now.

So he rested for ten years and then casually observed again.

"..."

Oro was in his courtyard, and the toxins secreted from his body could be seen flowing like a waterfall.

These toxins were extremely viscous and emitted a fragrance similar to flowers.

This fragrance could be smelled up to ten kilometers away, and any life that smelled this scent knew that their king was enraged.

However, this time, Oro's anger was different from before.

This time, it was more of a feeling of helplessness.

He really didn't know why, even after killing so many, there were still traitors. Weren't these traitors afraid of death?

Dying in a star nation that was in its prime was extremely unprofitable for the citizens of the Oro New Star Nation, who had long lifespans. They could use their longevity to accumulate wealth and even honor, and there was no need for this.

But countless lives continued to betray the star nation.

He really didn't know how many he had to kill to finish them all.

Now he was faced with a dilemma: killing them was useless, but not killing them was definitely not an option.

So, what should he do?

He had to keep killing!

However, he was destined to feel even more helpless.

After another round of killing, less than half a year passed before the traitors became active again.

After killing them, three months passed, and the traitors continued to come.

Keep killing...

The more he killed, the more it seemed like the suppression was effective, but in fact, this also meant that there were more and more traitors.

Oro recalled how many traitors he had killed over the years.

1 million or 10 million?

Such terrifying numbers were hard to believe even for him when he saw them.

But this was the truth.

He thought it would continue like this, but then he discovered that the problem wasn't with these traitors but with his private army.

Every 500 years, he would place some confidants in his private army. These confidants were trained by him alone and had never been in contact with any other life forms. Once these confidants joined the private army, they would quickly replace the upper echelons.

It was during this period that his confidants observed a hidden phenomenon.

That is, during the process of capturing traitors, the private army would intentionally release some of them.

Oro finally understood why there were waves of traitors, and he subsequently conducted a major overhaul of his private army, followed by the largest cleanup operation in history.

The number of traitors uncovered exceeded 6 million.

"I never thought there would be so many spies from the Federation in the Star Nation. Fortunately, we discovered it early. If we had found out after a few thousand years, the situation would have been completely different."

At this time, the Oro New Star Nation was in its prime. If the spies had developed during this time, they would have inevitably occupied key positions in the Star Nation. If Oro had taken action then, it would have likely caused great damage to the entire Star Nation.

Oro breathed a sigh of relief.

...

On the other hand, on the front lines, Yan Xia asked Ella about the Oro New Star Nation.

"How many warships has the Oro New Star Nation produced now?"

Xingcheng and the Oro New Star Nation were the main producers of warships for the Federation.

After the last war, the Federation urgently needed warships, and it was for this reason that Ella had given the Oro New Star Nation many conveniences, allowing them to establish a complete industrial chain for warship production.

Ella replied via the fast-particle communication device, "Xingcheng has produced eight, and the Oro New Star Nation has produced three, for a total of eleven warships, which will soon be transported to the front line."

"Yan Xia, are you okay over there?"

"Now that the Silk Civilization has retreated, Yan Xia, you may be able to return. It's unlikely that the Silk Civilization will launch a major war for a long time."

Ella's words sounded a bit worried.

Although Yan Xia's 'Supreme God' sequence had the power of resurrection, there were too many unknowns in the universe's wars.

"I'm not going back yet."

"Now, the Tian Cang Five Star Region is in ruins, and I must plan and organize everything in the future to make the Tian Cang Five Star Region as solid as iron."

"The retreat of the Silk Civilization will not last more than ten thousand years. After that, they will return."

"So you must do a perfect job, and the Oro New Star Nation must also be under control."

Ella replied, "Yan Xia, you don't need to worry at all. I have control over 70% of the citizens of the Oro New Star Nation, and there will be no accidents."

Since Ella intended to support the Oro New Star Nation, she naturally kept it completely under her control.

Oro's supposed ending was just an ending that was deceived.

As for Yan Xia, it was the beginning of a new era.