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Anyway, as long as I don't admit it, this never happened!
But all countries in the world know that this is America's problem, and America has no way to deal with Xinhua. On the contrary, it is now subject to Xinhua's control in every way.
Sure enough, right after the Spring Festival of 1995, while the shock and aftershocks of Xinghai Company and Baijian Qianxing were still lingering, Xinhua launched its latest supersonic stealth strategic bomber, the H-6 super-modified.
No, your look doesn't resemble Sixth Master at all; it's like you're made from the same mold as B2.
No problem. On its first flight, it flew through the United States at ten times the speed of sound, crossing back and forth eight times. Except for the last time when it deliberately lowered its altitude and entered supersonic mode over the US mainland, which allowed the US military to detect it, the other seven times it made no noise. The US Air Force scrambled and launched missiles, but it couldn't catch up.
This last point is the most unsettling. It's like directly telling the US government in the face that their air force and missiles can't protect them. If Xinhua wants to, our strategic bombers can bomb them, not to mention our terrifying Dongfeng series intercontinental ballistic missiles. You don't want to wake up one morning to find yourself eating with Satan, do you?
The US government protested and strongly condemned, then nothing more happened.
Supporters of the United States around the world were greatly disappointed, their faith collapsed, and some even became so agitated that they set themselves on fire in front of the U.S. embassy, while others committed suicide. But many more began to question whether following the United States was a worthwhile decision.
After all, being pro-American is for the sake of interests. Now that neither interests nor life can be guaranteed, wouldn't being pro-American be the act of a suicidal idiot?
The proverb "a long illness tests filial piety" applies here. If the United States continues to be unable to stand firm, other countries will inevitably have to develop some ideas they shouldn't have before.
Hong Kong
"Wait, what are you doing!"
"Reclaim the land we've owned since ancient times!"
"Halt! This is England... Ah!"
With a scream, the Indian guard was brought down by the butt of a rifle by the People's Liberation Army, and then tanks and military vehicles drove into Hong Kong.
At the same time, Macau was undergoing the same baptism, but the Portuguese had long seen through the situation and did not resist at all. Let them come in if they want, just be gentle, brother. As for the face of old-line imperialist countries, laughable. Which country in the world still thinks Portugal is a great power?
Xinhua's sudden action caught the British off guard. They had been prepared to gradually withdraw capital from Hong Kong, but there was still some time before 1997. So, based on the principle of making money as much as possible, many British assets had not yet been withdrawn, and many British people had not left. Now, they were directly arrested.
"Xinhua will thoroughly settle accounts with Britain for the losses it has caused to China since the Opium Wars! Imperialist countries must pay the price for the crimes they have committed!"
That's right, Xinhua is here to settle scores with the British. How much benefit did you plunder from us back then? We weren't strong enough before, and it was necessary for international competition, so we let you occupy Hong Kong. But we stopped recognizing that treaty a long time ago, and it's time to take back our existing territory. Keep your opinions to yourselves.
The British ruling class was prepared for the return of Hong Kong to China, but they did not expect it to be done in this way. Furthermore, they specifically called for a reckoning with the history from the Opium War to the founding of the People's Republic of China. Is this reckoning? This is retaliation!
No, this absolutely cannot be tolerated! Everyone has seen it; this is an attempt to settle scores with us, a declaration of war against all of us!
This translates to: "Check if your own museums contain any artifacts from Xinhua, then think about what everyone has done to Xinhua throughout history. After you've figured these things out, consider how he will deal with you after he's dealt with me."
What Dai Ying said did make some sense, especially in a bandit's den.
In Qin Shan's view, the Western world without a complete revolution is just a giant bandit den.
Wasn't World War I caused by their internal strife over the distribution of spoils? Now that Xinhua has finally risen again, is there anything wrong with demanding justice from them? According to the Western logic of the survival of the fittest, I am stronger than you now, so why can't I eat your flesh? When we Easterners deal with problems, must we treat you robbers with gentle rules? What kind of bullshit logic is that!
On the other hand, various pro-Western groups in Hong Kong and Macau, especially NGOs, have been dealt a devastating blow. Those with evidence of crimes deserving of death were put on public trial, first sentenced to death, then to death. The rest were all expelled from the mainland and allowed to go wherever they wanted. Anyway, returning to the country would be considered espionage, so they could do what they wanted.
By using this method of striking back, Qin Shan uprooted the enemy before they were fully prepared. Many pro-Western figures who held high positions of power in Earth's history and for a long time to come were left penniless in Hong Kong. Although they lost everything, they gained the freedom to travel to the Western world. It is believed that after their masters have squeezed out their value, they will be happy to abandon them or return them to Xinhua to increase Xinhua's goodwill. And these people will certainly not speak well of Xinhua after they go abroad.
Hehehe, I thought of that long ago. How could Qin Shan let them leave with nothing and not pursue the past?
If they honestly earn a living abroad through hard work, that's fine. But if they dare to smear Xinhua, then Qin Shan's overseas plans can be put into action. The players are already itching to give them a surprise.
When a certain Mr. Li, filled with grief and indignation, arrived at the beacon in his heart, he immediately made contact with an American NGO and expressed his willingness to expose the "ugly" side of Xinhua. He also stated that he had a lot of "evidence" of Xinhua's "persecution" of him that he could publicize in the international community, and that he firmly believed that the freedom and democracy of the Western world was the right path!
What this person didn't know was that he was soon being targeted by players operating in the Americas. They were currently gathering intelligence on underground transactions in the Western world, but if time allowed, they could easily deal with one or two short-sighted Gao Huas.
In terms of class composition, these Gao Hua people do not identify with the current Xinhua at all. They believe in the elite of capitalist society and are sophisticated egoists on a per capita basis. There are indeed forces among them that can be united, but for Qin Shan, their forces pose too many hidden dangers and are not worth the losses. As long as his own forces can keep up, the purity of the vanguard is the top priority. So these guys can be killed if possible, but not so simply. Their hearts must be destroyed first.
Sophisticated egoists all share a problem: once they gain wealth and power, they inevitably develop moral depravity to some extent.
Once these people arrived in the capitalist world and discovered that money could buy anything, they all quickly became corrupt.
There's no need to deliberately seduce them; simply observing their behavior in secret often leads to unexpected discoveries.
For example, this Li surnamed Gao Hua actually preyed on minors, and the players obtained direct evidence. The relevant witnesses were protected by the NGO formed by the players (the players have formed their own organizations on various platforms in the Western world, creating a situation where they are both enemies and allies). Then, they launched a public opinion offensive through various social media platforms.
"I have never seen such a hypocrite!"
"She's just a child, why should she have to suffer like this?"
"The self-proclaimed superior Gao Hua is looked down upon even by us white people, so why are they so arrogant!"
"The evidence is irrefutable; everyone, take a look at what kind of scum this is!"
At this time, the United States was not yet a country where LGBT was prevalent after the 2020s. Moreover, even in the era when LGBT was rampant, the United States was still quite sensitive about matters concerning minors. Li Gaohua stepped into this cesspool, and it was impossible to wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Ganges (indeed, he couldn't wash himself clean, and he would only get dirtier).
Overnight, he went from being a VIP guest on various American news programs to a pariah.
But how could the players let those high-class people off so easily? They had to make these guys lose all their reputation and die a violent death in the streets!
Section 26: If you don't become a dog, fast forward to the beheading.
(Surprised? This is the second update! (~―▽―)~)
"To kill someone, you must destroy their spirit. It would be easy to simply kill them, but that would allow imperialism to smear us from another angle. But if these people fall in front of the whole world, covered in filth, no one will sympathize with them. It's time to demonstrate the power of our propaganda!"
Xinhua's large-screen projection technology is now known worldwide, so every country assumes that this propaganda is biased towards Xinhua. Coupled with the imperialist countries' expertise in internal manipulation and brainwashing, simply reciting scriptures like this won't be very effective. Moreover, how could Xinhua possibly wrestle with its opponent on the same level?
The real game is a game of wits, where you fight your way and I fight mine. Besides, Qin Shan has the "players" card in his hand, so he has plenty of tricks up his sleeve. He can also make sure that those who cause trouble are all Westerners, pure Westerners inside and out, which will greatly reduce the effectiveness of the propaganda media of imperialist countries in whitewashing the situation.
Moreover, there is the powerful force of deconstructionism. Truth is not afraid of deconstruction or entertainment; it is only afraid of your lack of interest. However, things that are not truths do not have such a strong ability to resist deconstruction. Truths in the Western world can become jokes in a matter of minutes.
As it turns out, so-called universal values are a joke in the face of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Only the sun can illuminate all directions, while a lighthouse can only illuminate itself at best, and in the end, it only illuminates a dead end.
Soon, the various behaviors of the Gao Hua were thoroughly exposed by the NGOs formed by the players through various means. In the process, they also brought the underground industrial chain of the Western world to light, exposing the darkness to the sunlight.
The Western world, led by the United States, originally thought it could take advantage of the situation to gain some ground in public opinion, but unexpectedly, a volcano erupted in their own backyard. Completely unprepared, they immediately began to scramble to put out the fire, especially targeting NGOs and news media that told the truth.
Damn it, you're illegally telling the truth! Do you know that telling the truth that's detrimental to the Western world is a crime?!
Under normal circumstances, such an investigation would be sufficient to silence the public, because the violent institutions in capitalist countries really do carry out violence irrationally, especially in the United States, where FBI agents can literally disappear.
It could also be the IRS "opening the door to investigate tax evasion".
This is the most "down-to-earth" form of business competition in capitalism.
If I can't resolve the problem, I'll deal with the people who discovered it and those who raised it. As for the problem itself, as long as it doesn't threaten our rule, it's not a problem. Aren't the people just consumables? Why should we care about the consumption of consumables?
This approach used to work every time, but it doesn't work now.
The first obstacle comes from Congress, not just the US Congress, but also the Congresses of the US and Europe. At some point, a group of people emerged who emphasized freedom of speech and fairness and justice. They waved the banner of capitalism, but their demands were more and more terrifying to capitalists. They were just short of openly declaring that they were on the same side as Roosevelt.
Is this capitalism?! It's fucking awful!
Anyway, I can't accept anyone wanting to put ropes and chains around themselves. The government is just a capitalist worker, why should it restrict me? Small government is the way to go, and anyone who betrays capitalism deserves to die.
Following the standard logic of treating someone to a meal, beheading them, and then accepting them as dogs, the next step is treating someone to a meal.
Since it is, after all, an internal contradiction within capitalism (in the eyes of American and European politicians), then we can sit down and talk about the distribution of benefits.
Sir, don't you want to go further?
Of course, the players don't want that. For them, the only benefit they can gain in World 8 is to earn points by completing tasks, and then use those points to exchange for various resources that allow them to engage in extraordinary cultivation in their home world. Therefore, all their benefits in World 8 are worthless; at most, they can enjoy the local food and scenery through the senses of their constructs.
But they can't bring these things with them or take them away. So why should I bow down to you? You can't bring me any benefit. To me, you're just a familiar stranger separated by a world and a construct.
So soon those who tried to bribe the players, congressmen, gangsters, and newly minted capitalists discovered that these people were impossible to buy off; they all firmly believed in the so-called "freedom of speech" and "Roosevelt's policies."
No way, you guys are with us, how can you be gravediggers of capitalism?
They couldn't be called gravediggers, but Roosevelt's policies were already unacceptable to capitalists. In fact, the New Deal was secondary; the success of the Soviet Union was the greater threat. Between being a streetlight ornament and accepting reform, they chose to remove Roosevelt to avoid becoming a decorative figurehead.
But to really let them continue to tolerate Roosevelt... you know Kennedy, right? He was the one who practiced Rooseveltism.
They even wanted to nationalize the Federal Reserve. We all know what happened next. That day, they were really wild; their skulls practically flew off! Tsk tsk tsk.
Once you understand these capitalists' attitude towards Roosevelt, you'll understand how arrogant they became after the Cold War.
In their view, as long as Xinhua did not replace the Soviet Union in exporting revolution, but only stirred up trouble in its own little corner of the world, the Western world could accept the fact that there were two superpowers on Earth. Back then, they were even planning to divide the world with Soviet revisionism. They were open to talking.
What they fear is that the other side won't sit down and talk; they just want to fight them to the death.
People who love making money generally lack courage, especially as they get older.
"Mr. Congressman, don't you want to embrace a better life?"
"go out!"
"Mr. Congressman, I am your representative..."
"I told you to get out!"
Similar scenes are unfolding within the United States and European countries, especially in established capitalist nations, where many staunch Roosevelists are attempting to seize power in a very domineering manner.
At the same time, large numbers of communist armed groups began to emerge in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. These armed forces had a very clear attitude: to seize power, and even openly proclaimed the slogan of rebuilding the Soviet Union.
This was very attractive to the people of Eastern Europe who were suffering terribly.
The US and European countries are now completely baffled. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, weren't we supposed to reap all the benefits? Why did the world suddenly descend into chaos? Where are our interests and gains? This isn't how things are going!
It's one thing if the script is wrong, but the more important thing is that someone broke the rules.
It should be understood that the capitalist elites of the United States and Europe had already formulated the operating rules of the new era when the Soviet Union collapsed, and firmly believed that the world would continue to move in the direction they wanted.
On the timeline of Earth's history, they had been successful for at least thirty years, but here, they had just gotten started when Xinhua came knocking, and then various domestic conflicts exploded. It was like a top boxer who had just stepped into the ring and hadn't even seen what his opponent looked like before being hit by a series of blows and left dizzy and disoriented, questioning his life in a daze.
Enraged, the old money finally opted for the most capitalist approach.
Since they are unwilling to follow us, let's move on to the next step: decapitation.
Those who don't want to be dogs should just die!
Section 27: The Burning Parliament, the Fierce Struggle
(Yes, this is the third update, (~―▽―)~)
Elites are arrogant, and their arrogance manifests in every aspect of their lives. They seem to believe that the world must operate according to their will to be correct. Once they are forced by reality, they all shout, "This is impossible," "It shouldn't be like this," and "Things shouldn't have turned out this way." They are a group of "giant babies who cannot accept failure."
It's normal. Many elites, especially those in the Western world, rarely face life-or-death situations because of their families. Their value lies in continuing their families and enjoying their protection. As for things outside their families, they are just pawns to be manipulated.
Over time, these people's decisions became detached from the masses, and they forgot the true meaning of the saying that power comes from the common people. They thought that as long as they could fool the people for a while, they could fool them for a lifetime. Their methods gradually became crude and despicable, until the day when the whole situation was ignited by class contradictions.
It's not that people in the Western world don't know how to fight; rather, their "miserable lives" are far less miserable compared to the lives of people in many Asian, African, and Latin American countries. Which is more miserable: the misery of missing a couple of meat meals or the misery of starving to death without eating dirt?
But now, it's time to let them understand the real Les Misérables.
"Murder!!!"
On a London street, a gunshot rang out, and a member of the House of Commons fell to the ground, bleeding profusely.
In his previous statements, this person firmly supported state control over capitalism, and he remained unyielding in subsequent exchanges with other powerful figures. After confirming that he was unbridable and extremely stubborn, the traditional Western psychopathic hotshot made his appearance and directly eliminated him.
However, things were not that simple. The man was indeed shot, three times in the chest, but after falling, he suddenly roared and stood up. In full view of everyone, he pounced on the mentally unstable gunman and, under the man's terrified gaze, punched him repeatedly until he was smashed into a pulp.
This is the scene described by the police and onlookers who arrived later. The man seemed to be possessed by something. If it weren't for the live recording, no one would believe that someone in this world could actually smash a skull with their fist and literally turn a human head into a rotten tomato.
When many British police officers arrived at the scene, they were vomiting uncontrollably. Meanwhile, the British MP named Connor had already been taken away by ambulance to a new local hospital that had been established for less than two years for treatment.
Seeing this, everyone must be smiling with satisfaction. This kind of young functional department must be the work of the players.
Ordinary people can receive treatment here, but when players come here, the constructs can go directly into the repair pod and be cured in no time. However, in order to prevent the general public from witnessing such a bizarre resurrection scene as "the appearance of the Holy Son", it was announced that a twelve-hour operation was performed, and then Senator Connor was unharmed.
I'm sure that Connor will be an invincible character in Ubisoft's future Assassin's Creed games.
The premise is that Ubisoft in World 8 can outrun the game companies of the players. You should know that a group of French Communist Party members in the local world have already taken control of Ubisoft in this world (Ubisoft was founded in 1986), and have already discussed with other players that Ubisoft in the local world will use advanced technology to create 3D games. It will be a perfect Ubisoft canned product right from the start. They will take out the Assassin's Creed trilogy first. This time it is a flawless version (meaning that, based on the suggestions of the players, the bad parts of the trilogy in history have been refined and reset with new technology).
Currently, no game company in the local world can compete with the cross-world construct games provided by Shenzhou Civilization. Therefore, many game industry professionals have chosen to re-enter the industry in another world, using their professional skills to fight in another world and then exchange them for extraordinary cultivation resources in the local world.
After all, the vast real world needs talents from all walks of life. Coupled with the players' huge advantage, if they don't make something of themselves, they would be letting down their prophetic advantage of being more than a century ahead.
A prophet is someone who will obliterate the rubbish of the old era to utter ruin!
The assassination attempt on Senator Connor failed in a very bizarre way. Who could have imagined things would turn out this way? Senator Connor himself even became a viral sensation because of his impressive, hard-hitting fighting skills, which were truly manly. And the strong are always welcome, no matter where they are.
However, when one scheme failed, the big capitalists came up with another.
They directed their members of Congress to speak in Congress, suggesting that Congressman Connor needed to recuperate rather than work hard, and that he could temporarily relinquish his seat to a more capable young person.
This sounded like a gesture of consolation, but it was actually a blatant attempt to seize power. Naturally, it provoked a backlash from Rooseveltists (mainly the players) within the British government, who bluntly stated: "You want to get rid of MP Connor this way? Don't think I don't know what you've been doing. Here are photos and videos. You sent XXX to bribe him, and when that failed, he became a 'crazy hot potato.' Aren't you afraid of opening Pandora's box?!"
Such "political" remarks are practically a blatant table-flipping, since the players' lives and fortunes are not affected here. Under this pressure-free situation, the speeches naturally become bold and direct, and they often go all out.
The conservatives never expected the other side to protest in this way. Is this a protest? This is a declaration of war! Is this the kind of courageous parliamentarians Britain should have? You should vote for the Soviet Union… but the Soviet Union is gone, so you should vote for the Communists. After all, we, the British, have always dedicated our best to communism!
Sakura is so gentle, anyone who feels like crying their eyes out? Raise your hand.
At this point, the British Parliament was no longer in uproar; rather, the House of Commons and the House of Lords were plunged into a bizarre atmosphere, like two gladiators preparing for battle before the gun goes off. The conservatives, in particular, did not know whether the other side was truly ready to fight to the death or merely trying to intimidate them. In any case, the current situation was not right either way.