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"It's not your fault. If they could enter Berlin silently and cause such a commotion, they can certainly leave in the same way. Prepare a report and hand it in to me, then go and assist with other tasks."
"yes! "
After leaving their footprints in Berlin, Qin Shan and his group went home first. Bismarck was back, and they had to celebrate.
North Garden was naturally delighted by her sister's return. After the joyful gathering, Bismarck officially got back to work. This time, she and Richelieu were to be transferred to World Two to take charge of various matters in the Americas.
Since both of them have exceptional political talent, professional matters should be handled by professionals.
In contrast, Qin Shan is only considered knowledgeable in this area and can get a passing grade, but he is still far from being a master who can make strategic plans. This is a matter of talent. It is true that you can learn 99% of the knowledge from books, but to have a sudden enlightenment requires the right time, place and people.
It sounds mysterious, but the truth is often even more outrageous.
This is certainly related to Qin Shan's personality, or rather, when the strength of an extraordinary person overwhelms the existing political rules, those rules are meant to be broken, and whoever has the bigger fist is right.
The fists of superhumans can completely shatter the traditional political balance. The only person who can have an equal dialogue with a superhuman is another superhuman. It's not that there are no superhumans who respect ordinary people, but the problem is that when the gap between the two sides is so large that one person can arbitrarily decide the life or death of another, in most cases, the weaker party will subconsciously lower their voice. This is an instinctive reaction of biological survival. You have to be objective and realistic, and you can't use a few isolated cases as examples.
There are very few ruthless characters like Mi Heng in history books.
In his previous life, when Qin Shan encountered extremely unpleasant things, he actually used "Lunyu" to solve the problem, truly achieving the point on a physical level that "if I know the way to your house in the morning, you will die in the evening."
Such a brutal yet direct and effective approach is clearly against political rules. However, there are only a handful of top-tier superhumans, and their opinions carry veto power within their respective circles. You may not care about my personality, but you cannot ignore the immense power I embody.
Qin Shan did mature and avoid becoming another Kaishen Logistics, but his greatest contribution was simply not speaking up or expressing opinions casually during meetings, and not interfering with normal discussions when participating in major decisions. In short, "your silence is your greatest contribution."
In this situation, Qin Shan's extensive experience and accumulated knowledge allow him to see through a person relatively easily and guess what the other party wants to do. However, to truly put the right person in the right position requires talent on par with Liu Bang. Just look at Qin Shan's various schemes on Earth; they are all supported by extraordinary power. They are reborn individuals with an unfair advantage, relying on one-sided information asymmetry and force asymmetry. Their nature is no different from opening the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow. If he were to compete fairly on the track of ordinary people, he could try at the level of provincial governor. But when it comes to playing political games with top big shots, he still feels that wiping out the enemy's entire family is much easier. In fact, he really does have the ability to do so.
It can also be seen as playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses in another sense. I have my own advantageous resources, so why not use them? You think what I'm doing is naive, but when you have the same ability, you'll probably do something even more naive, like going straight to crazy mode.
Take a look at the Red Superman and the Homelander; Qin Shan's moral bottom line at least hasn't sunk to that level.
"That's the current situation in the Americas. Where do you think we should start?"
Qin Shan looked at Bismarck and Richelieu; the upcoming Americas region competition would depend on their performance.
Unexpectedly, Bismarck suggested, "Admiral, I think it's a bit of a waste that Richelieu and I are both in the Americas. We should share one with another continent."
“I think so too, Admiral. I can go to Oceania,” Richelieu agreed.
Don't get me wrong, it's not that there's a conflict between German and French ship girls, it's just that, given their abilities, they could each rule an entire continent independently, and there's absolutely no need for North and South America to be divided up.
Qin Shan looked at the two of them and said, "Tell me your thoughts."
“The Americas are actually a continent isolated overseas. Without the United States, an unexpectedly born superpower, this continent would be far removed from the world’s mainstream economic sphere.” Richelieu first pointed to the Americas, then drew a circle around Eurasia. Even in World War II, Eurasia concentrated 95 percent of the world’s manufacturing industry, and both the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union had their own large and complete industrial systems.
In comparison, apart from the United States, which has retained a relatively complete but costly manufacturing system that can only be absorbed internally, the other countries in the Americas can only be considered colonies disguised as modern countries. Since they are colonies, they naturally have little economic autonomy. Losing even economic autonomy means they are nothing and can only follow the United States step by step.
Even if they are unwilling, their country's economy will tell them, "No, you are very willing."
Financial capital can indeed be globalized, but a country's geographical location cannot be moved.
Bismarck continued Richelieu's words, saying, "Geopolitics dictates that American countries must either build their own complete industrial chain system and possess competitiveness in specialized fields, or extend their reach to at least two continents and have their own agents or economic colonial ports on them. Only in this way can they better obtain resources and engage in foreign trade. Therefore, although the Americas appear to be a geographically advantageous region, in reality, we need to extend our reach out to the outside world, or to put it more directly, become the new center of the world's industrial chain."
Qin Shan nodded. That was indeed the case. However, the countries in the Americas that had survived from the colonial era were clearly too young, yet too old in terms of their outdated practices. They could unite when they were plundering foreign lands, but once internal conflicts arose over the distribution of spoils, they would start fighting amongst themselves in no time, resulting in enormous internal losses. To rebuild these countries, they would have to be demolished and rebuilt, and infused with the genes of ancient civilization. Even if they became a pirated version of Chinese civilization, it would still be better than those pirate gangs of the past.
This leads to another issue: the national cultural system, which is essentially completing Qin Shi Huang's work of standardizing cart axles and writing, and creating a Sinicized version of the American culture.
This will take at least two generations and will encounter enormous resistance, but what if the Americas have already been disrupted?
The needs of a well-fed person and a person on the verge of starvation are completely different.
If you make Americans learn Chinese now, they'll fight you to the death. But if you let Americans fight a fifty-year Civil War, a bloodbath with widespread famine, and then send a divine army to reshape America, as long as they're given food, the vast majority of Americans will immediately abandon their American identity and, two generations later, declare that America has always been a Chinese-speaking country, that we went astray before, and that we're now correcting the course.
No, the Americas are already in chaos, aren't they?
Is this chaotic enough? You really don't understand the pain of chaotic times. Exposed bones, no roosters crowing, people eating each other, and nothing left in the world—that's what chaos is.
Only when despair reaches this level will the people who remain on this land be forced by the pressure of survival to seek change.
At this point, if you tell them that being a Han Chinese means having food and a good life, the vast majority of them will abandon everything from the past without hesitation, including their beliefs. Of course, there are fanatics, but their numbers are always minimal. With the right policies, the people around them will take initiative and make them disappear quickly.
It can dissolve in water, so why can't it dissolve in water? Even emperors could, so why can't fanatics? Are they rarer than emperors?
"So, our next plan is to bring about a civil war in the United States, the heart of the Americas!"
Section 68: Biden clenches his fist; the big one is coming!
Time flies, and it has now been exactly one year since Qin Shan was reborn.
During this year, Qin Shan and the ship girls did a lot of things together, allowing Earth's civilization to pass through the first year of the abyss's descent peacefully. Oh my god, oh my god.
With the New Year approaching, it's time for everyone to make dumplings together!
It has to be smashed, otherwise it has no soul.
However, the conversations among the staff during the dumpling-making and smashing process were quite interesting.
"Admiral, the situation in the United States (World No. 2) is actually quite bad right now. Even if we do nothing, they will still manage to create a spark within a year."
"Yes, the admiral's plan was very successful. The United States, which can no longer leech off others, now has only one option left: self-destruction."
"I think American capital is more likely to regress to its inhumane ways."
"Wouldn't that be even better? Where there is oppression, there is resistance. The greater the internal pressure, the easier it is for changes to occur."
What are your plans regarding operations in Australia?
"It's very simple. For resource-exporting countries like this, all you need to do is disrupt their exports. The simplest and most direct method is to organize a strike by mine workers or cause a mine collapse. You can also use the method the admiral used before, pretending to be the Dragon of Desire to create internal conflicts among the higher-ups. Once they start making trouble, Australia will become quite a scene."
"Chaos is an opportunity, and the best opportunity to reshape a country, so I think Australia also needs a civil war."
"There aren't many Aboriginal people in Australia." (They were almost all killed by those convicts.)
"But there are many foreign workers there, aren't there?"
Before the New Year, Richelieu and Bismarck conducted an on-site investigation of the United States. The intelligence gathering efficiency of the superhumans was quite high. In less than a week, the two had collected enough information about the target country and even learned to speak the local dialect. With a little makeup, they could disguise themselves as locals.
Qin Shan also possesses this talent, or rather, all extraordinary individuals possess it; it all depends on whether you are willing to learn it.
The United States, in a world of number two, is currently a typical "bandit gang." What can be consumed cannot satisfy the appetites of the powerful, while the middle and lower classes receive very little. It's not that there aren't intelligent people within the organization who see the problems, but they can't solve them. Zhang Juzheng was quite capable, but he only prolonged the Ming Dynasty's existence a little longer. Moreover, his reforms were not implemented nationwide, and there were many instances of outward compliance but inward resistance at the local level.
China has encountered similar situations in modern times, such as the famous local dish of stir-fried celery.
Even with our level of centralization, we still have to face this problem. The United States, with its decentralized power system comparable to feudalism, is even less likely to solve this problem effectively. The only solution is to let the flames purify everything.
In Missouri, the flames of the Civil War have been reignited.
It could be something, who knows?
Australia, a country in the second world, is a typical small, insignificant nation. In fact, apart from the top ten countries in terms of economic strength, most countries would not even be considered international news if they were to collapse on their own, because the weak have little influence. However, as a country that occupies 80% of the continent, Australia's geographical location is still very valuable and is very important as a part of the strategic layout. Therefore, when Qin Shan decided to take over the United States, he also decided to bring Australia into his fold.
So what about Australia, the second world?
The country called Mines has a population of less than 20 million, but more than 2 million of them are foreign workers.
One important reason why this situation, which is completely opposite to the policies of the United States on Earth, occurred is that Australia in World No. 2 was involved in the second revolution in South China Sea. Under the instigation of the United States, Australia took advantage of the second revolution in South China Sea to occupy some islands in the South China Sea and once showed a threat to the mainland of South China Sea. As a result, it was dealt a heavy blow by South China Sea, which had completed the second revolution. Not only was its navy completely destroyed, but its country was also hit by the East Wind. Its original industrial system was almost completely destroyed, which led to two consecutive years of famine.
What? You're asking what Australia's allies are doing?
The idea that the US is driving up food prices and making a fortune off Australia perfectly aligns with common stereotypes.
If it weren't for domestic development, and the fact that no troops were actually sent to land in southern Jiangsu, Australia would now have to change its name to Pingnan and split it into more than a dozen provinces to experience the mysterious power of this ancient Eastern country.
Even so, when Su Nan threatened to send troops to land, the wealthy Australians all fled overnight.
You really can't tell from normal times how terrifying the potential of this country is to attract people. It can send nearly a million people out in just a few days. The efficiency of this short-term surge is comparable to the Spring Festival travel rush. It's really amazing (applause).
After the devastation of that war, Australia was completely ruined, becoming a worthless country and an international nobody. It wanted to hide from Jiangsu and was extremely subservient to Jiangsu in all its trade dealings, acting as if it were saying, "Big brother, do as you please, I'm done."
However, basic domestic development still needs to be carried out, but the wealthy have all fled and don't want to come back. As a result, Australia has become a hotbed of corruption. Many officials are "naked officials" whose families are abroad while they themselves hold official positions in China. The family of the Australian Prime Minister holds US green cards, and his two children live in the United States year-round. Other officials are similar. These people have a unique name in Australia—the American faction.
Are these people Australian officials, or compradors hired by the US government?
In any case, Australia's industry is now completely ruined, and most of its industrial products are imported. However, due to the deep-seated hatred of the United States among the lower and middle classes, coupled with the high prices of American goods, products from southern Jiangsu have become dominant in the region. As a result, the American-backed Australian officials have become increasingly alienated from their own people.
Due to the government's poor performance, many projects in Australia could not be carried out. Since the public's trust in the government was negative, the country had no choice but to hire workers from abroad.
Their ideal engineering team was from southern Jiangsu, but they didn't pay attention to Australia, so they had to find laborers from Southeast Asian and Northeast Asian countries. This resulted in the current situation where there are less than 20 million people in the country, but 2 million laborers.
It is worth mentioning that a significant portion of these are former Indian laborers.
Don't forget that India, the second-largest economy in the world, was severely damaged by the internal purges of South Asia during the Second Revolution in South Asia. It split into more than a dozen countries. Its huge population, which was already unable to be absorbed internally, now had nowhere to go but to work abroad. India is now the world's largest exporter of labor and also has the highest mortality rate among migrant workers. Everyone knows that India has been destroyed and split into more than a dozen South Asian countries, returning to the peculiar state of internal equilibrium it once was.
Pakistan must be very happy then.
No, actually, Pakistan also split up. After the fall of India, Pakistan lost external pressure due to internal ethnic conflicts. It couldn't be contained and split into three countries, which appeared on the map as East Pakistan, Central Pakistan, and West Pakistan.
After West Pakistan gained independence, it was renamed Hindustan.
Yes, you haven't heard that after the split of Pakistan, West Pakistan was renamed India.
So the situation in South Asia right now is really as chaotic as a Sichuan spicy strawberry blue cheese fondue, you can't even tell who's who.
Anyway, they've separated in the past, so this is just a return to the old ways.
"The dumplings are ready!"
Freshly baked, authentic Northeastern-style sauerkraut dumplings, a must-have for the Chinese New Year in Northeast China.
Snowflakes are falling outside, firecrackers are going off, and the atmosphere is full of the spirit of the New Year.
However, the most exciting content this year is still the Spring Festival Gala. How to put it? It's back, everything is back. The feeling of the 70s and 80s is back. The sketches and crosstalk dare to say anything again.
Why is this happening?
Not long ago, an avenger suddenly appeared at the Spring Festival Gala preparation site and did something drastic, saying that current art is not for the people at all, so let's destroy it, hurry up and do it.
The problem is that the Spring Festival Gala can't be canceled, so the bigwigs in the top three rows made the decision directly: are there any other options? We must film cultural programs that the masses love to watch. Don't be afraid to lift the lid, because if you don't lift the lid now, the Avengers might come and rip your head off.
Therefore, the 2025 Spring Festival Gala can be described as a revolutionary Gala, a Gala that made many public intellectuals and lackeys wail. It was hailed as the "most down-to-earth" Gala because it dared to say anything and was truly unrestrained. As long as you don't make it like the Mad Horse Show, even performances that satirize certain phenomena can pass, provided that the performance is convincing and you don't just criticize current affairs verbally while putting on a show.
The Spring Festival Gala was very entertaining, with Uncle Benshan returning, and it was praised by the performers as the Spring Festival Gala that allowed for the most free expression.
The ratings soared, which made some people grit their teeth in hatred, but they could only endure it. They knew very well that no matter how much dissatisfaction they had, they could not show it when they went out. They had to work hard to be good public servants who served the people, otherwise they might suffer revenge from the avengers and have their whole family's household registration canceled.
Those corrupt officials no longer dare to go abroad, because the situation abroad is now more complicated. Last year alone, more than one million people died in the United States due to the Avengers and the Fallen Superman, as well as other messy reasons. This is the number recorded by the authorities; the actual situation is even more tragic.
For example, in the White House fire in Washington, D.C., more than 8,000 bodies were captured on camera, more than half of which were Marine Corps Class IV bipedal multi-functional autonomous combat animals that arrived later.
Texas has opened up immigration, even this staunchly pro-Caucasian state has opened up, which shows how devastating the population loss has been.
Here's another joke: fewer people are crossing from South America to the United States. It's not just those "magical" people from China who are going there, but also people from other American countries. How dare they go to the United States now? It has become a new-age battleground for PUBG, and the frenzy is so intense that even illegal immigrants on the border can witness it firsthand.
The scene of an entire complex of buildings being blown up was quite spectacular.
The fact that the U.S. Army reportedly lost a nuclear bomb has further heightened global tensions.
In this crazy era, only countries with centralized power that can effectively suppress superhumans can make ordinary people feel safe enough. After all, the destruction caused by superhumans has splash damage. Maybe he is not coming for you, but the debris he blows up might hit you on the head and kill you.
Just as the nation was experiencing the Spring Festival Gala's return to its roots, another major event occurred in Europe.
Two superhumans fought in Paris, France, and knocked down the Eiffel Tower, causing over 10,000 deaths and injuries. Macron announced that France was canceling the Olympics, saying, "Let whoever wants to host it host it. We in France can't take it anymore, we're not hosting it!" (flips table) After saying this, the "dessert president" announced his resignation, saying, "I don't want to be president for even a day longer. You'd better find someone else."
The IOC is currently very frustrated, as very few countries want to host the Olympics (actually only two left, the other being Italy, but Italy withdrew). What was once an international sporting event representing peace and blessings has now become a forgotten gem, disliked by everyone. This is because the global economy has shifted from competition for incremental growth to competition for existing assets, and the Abyss Descent and the Awakening of the Superhumans are two massive events that continue to unfold. Meanwhile, the Zerg in Tianchao Mountain City haven't been quiet at all, constantly making appearances. Who knows what big thing they might be planning later? (Qin Shan: That's my decision, but you don't know.)
How to put it? It's like the world is actively preparing for a world war before it breaks out. Although everyone knows that a world war is unlikely, the uncontrollable Abyss Gate and the extraordinary beings are more terrifying than a world war. What if a mad, mustachioed extraordinary being like a little mustache appears inside?
The world now is a place where blue-collar girls are sexy and sassy, and men are on both sides (difficult).
Another major event besides these things is the US presidential election. As expected, Trump was elected president of the United States with a high number of votes. The "King of Knowledge" ascended to the throne, and the MAGA celebration began.
The problem is that the situation the United States is facing now cannot be solved by changing a president. It would be much easier to solve the problem by fighting a civil war than by simply changing the president of the United States. Trump's rise to power has also caused the internal divisions in the United States to rise directly from the level of verbal disputes to the level of physical divisions.
The day after Trump took office, MAGA held celebrations across the United States, and then clashed with people who opposed MAGA, especially the LGBT community.
Yes, you heard right, it's an armed conflict.
The situation has reached a point where it can't be resolved without resorting to force, because after Trump came to power, he immediately began to cancel various preferential treatments for ethnic minorities, publicly declaring that there are only men and women in the world, and all other nonsense can get out of here. America doesn't welcome you, and don't impose your distorted values on others.
LGBT individuals and those who make money from LGBT individuals naturally formed an alliance to oppose Trump's exploitative and harmful practices that harm people's parents.
So the news on the first day of the Lunar New Year became: a street fight in Washington, D.C., with over four thousand dead and injured, and the battle resembled the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
This is truly Biden clenching his fist; something big is coming.
Chapter 69: Kill, kill, kill
In 2025, countries around the world will be working to alleviate internal conflicts.
In the past, people wouldn't band together to oppose the government unless the contradictions accumulated to a certain extent, such as when 500,000 yuan couldn't even buy bread. However, banding together requires time and a process to ferment. During this process, various parties will engage in a game of strategy and repeated tug-of-war, eventually forming a new equilibrium. In this process, the vast majority of the powerful and wealthy are safe.
What, you're asking about nuclear bombs?
Who controls nuclear weapons? Will they overturn the table?