Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 313 Boarding the Ship

The military expenditure of the mechanical Earth has always been an astronomical figure, accounting for almost 70 percent of their government's annual revenue.

Especially after the war begins, this deficit will become even larger. If it weren't for the support of numerous giant corporations behind the scenes to cover government spending, the war might have ended prematurely on Mechanical Earth because it couldn't afford the high military costs after only a few years.

Many people may not have a good grasp of the amount of money consumed in an interstellar war. To put it simply, a government's annual military expenditure when not at war would only be enough for a single salvo from the front-line fleet in a single battle.

Just like the hundreds of firecrackers during the Doomsday War, a single fireworks display destroyed the economic foundation that PDC had built up over nearly a hundred years.

It can be said that Lin Xuan was able to overthrow PDC's rule 90% because of PDC's excessive economic deficit.

Ultimately, all political problems are economic problems.

This is one of the reasons why Lin Xuan said that his governance was not as good as Luo Congmin's. Even if he personally took charge, he could not make up for the economic losses of the Earth Alliance in less than two hundred years and make it prosperous.

On this point, you won't find anyone else in the entire network.

On the mechanical Earth side, there is clearly no ruler of Luo Congmin's bug-level caliber.

Therefore, their situation is obviously much worse.

The government is economically controlled by conglomerates and can no longer even guarantee its political independence.

Don't underestimate the assets of these giant companies. According to the data Lin Xuan learned, AiAA's Xinghuan Group has enough capital to sustain itself for 12 years without any income.

This is just the data from Earth Alliance. In a highly capitalized society like Mechanical Earth, the assets held by giant corporations would only be more terrifying.

The HMS Lord Aventis aircraft carrier is a prime example.

This strategic aircraft carrier, built with government investment, even provides a dedicated sightseeing route for tourists during its docking period in order to maintain its military budget.

This kind of operation would be quite explosive for any sovereign civilization.

To encourage people to buy tickets, the government even offered many supplementary services, such as the opportunity to take photos with some of the staff on the aircraft carrier.

These officers probably never imagined that after working hard for most of their lives to climb to a high position, they would end up doing the same job as the costumed characters in an amusement park.

After the shuttle came to a stop, Lin Xuan followed the tour guide onto the deck of the HMS Lord Avente aircraft carrier.

Upon closer inspection, the aircraft carrier that lies across the battle line is much larger than one might imagine, and its carrier-based force numbers an astonishing 25 ships.

This aircraft carrier itself has no powerful firepower, but the 25 battleships it carries, if they were to unleash a salvo, could turn a planet into dust.

Moreover, the escort ships of the HMS Lord Avent are all heavy cruisers, making it virtually impossible for ordinary ships to get close to this aircraft carrier.

In modern interstellar warfare, aircraft carriers have become similar to starports, both playing a decisive role in the war.

The only difference between the two sides is that the aircraft carrier's own speed can keep up with the fleet's speed.

Large vessels like starports and star fortresses move very slowly. If they were to travel with a fleet, the war would probably be over before they even reached their destination.

Lin Xuan quickened her pace and caught up with the tour guide.

The tour guide glanced back and, upon seeing Lin Xuan, didn't want to acknowledge him and quickened his pace.

Seeing that the tour guide had sped up, Lin Xuan became somewhat displeased and stretched her foot out in front of the tour guide.

The tour guide clearly hadn't expected Lin Xuan to deliberately trip him, and before he knew it, he had fallen.

"Shock level from tour guide Roth +499!"