I'm the boss because I have a harem of anime characters.

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Once you understand this, you'll realize that nuclear weapons are the bottom line, the bottom line between the powerful and the wealthy, and have nothing to do with ordinary people. Just enjoy your 996 bliss honestly. The fact that you can still complain here shows that you have too much energy. Next time, 007 will be legal, so you people can really burn your energy.

But now, everyone has nuclear weapons. If the common people are willing to risk their lives, they have a chance to exchange their entire family for the powerful. If the other party also sacrifices their own family members, then it's a whole family for half a city.

The luxurious lifestyles of the powerful and wealthy are provided by ordinary people. If ordinary people had the opportunity to become nuclear bombs, they would be terrified.

Thailand has already witnessed a tragic incident where a royal servant turned into a vengeful figure, almost completely destroying the royal family. No country can avoid the arrival of such a great revenge; it's just a matter of how many.

Of course, Qin Shan was behind all of this, but the others didn't know. In the eyes of the powerful and wealthy, those single men who were unattached to the world but couldn't stand being wronged instantly became walking human nuclear bombs, ready to explode at any moment and send their whole families to hell (they were very self-aware, knowing they were destined for hell). They couldn't muster the same courage, and even if they did, if the Dragon of Desire didn't grant them a contract, it would all be for nothing.

With the prospect of everyone being a nuclear bomb, countries around the world have been quickly forced to maintain internal balance, trying every means to minimize their internal conflicts, unless they can immigrate to Mars. But even if they could immigrate to Mars, they would still need servants to clean toilets and sweep streets. Do you expect the Zhao family to serve the people themselves?

No way, no way, there can't still be such stupid people in 2025, right?

So he's a lackey. Oh well, it's alright. He's already acting like a dog, so let's respect his choice and put aside our desire to help others.

"According to the latest policy, housing prices across the country have been completely deregulated, mortgage rates at all banks have dropped to 0.1%, and unfinished buildings will be subject to unlimited liability for accountability, with those responsible facing a minimum of 30 years of hard labor and a maximum of death."

The news reports are mostly about the huge number of deaths that have occurred during this period.

For example, regarding housing prices, a revenger emerged from among the owners of unfinished buildings, directly killing all the local officials and the entire families of all the senior executives of the real estate company, which was known as the New Year's Day Massacre (of course, the lower class would not be harmed, as they were just trying to make a living. Qin Shan would not allow such a situation of mutual harm among the lower class to occur, and the strong would naturally wield their swords against those in power).

However, when sentencing the hero, they did not dare to make things difficult for his family. Instead, they publicly announced that it was a helpless choice, a tragedy caused by the government's slow response, and that the country would continue to work hard to serve the people wholeheartedly, completely prevent similar tragedies from happening, and ensure that criminals receive the trial they deserve.

Those officials who were killed were all thoroughly investigated, and those with problems had their personal property confiscated. At the same time, those who had vested interests in their interpersonal relationships were also investigated, ensuring that no one was let go.

Wow, that was executed so justly and thoroughly, it deserves praise!

Because someone died!

There was an official whose entire family was wiped out, but he survived and then took revenge on the avenger's family. As a result, that family became the new avengers, and that was the end of it. Local officials all thanked that idiot and his whole family. Now everyone is going to the King of Hell to have their names removed from the register.

It's not impossible not to investigate the problems of local officials, because there might be avengers emerging, leading to a chaotic and unpleasant situation.

Since the Avengers are all doomed anyway, it's like clearing mines. Rather than sending them and the surrounding buildings to their deaths, it's better for the government to take precise action and enforce the law strictly to avoid greater losses.

Although this was somewhat forced upon them, overall, China's execution capabilities are still the highest among all countries.

What, you don't believe me?

Then find a better example, lol.

Anyway, countries that are not doing well, like the United States, have already started a civil war. The appearance of various superhumans from time to time has made American capitalists tremble with fear. Musk has even come to China and has recently been talking about the political advantages of China in the news and criticizing the garbage system in the United States. He is just short of writing a book called "The Ugly American".

Wait, we already have the book, so it's fine.

"We all look forward to a better world, but a better world doesn't fall from the sky; we have to strive for it."

Qin Shan fiddled with the model that Bei Zhai had assembled. The various figurines that this girl had recently collected could be displayed in a museum. Fortunately, the island base was large enough to build a three-story flat-roofed house for Bei Zhai to display her figurines.

"The admiral gave them a chance to fight for it, and now everything is moving in a positive direction."

The North Residence is constantly accumulating a large amount of data, so she is very aware of the changes happening outside.

After all, the system can connect across dimensions. The method is to have a ship girl in one world, and then North Carolina can connect to the networks of those worlds through these information nodes, becoming an omnipotent god on the internet.

She is capable of doing so; she is fearless in any place with internet access.

"In the past, when a common man was angry, the impact was limited to a radius of five meters. But now it has become more than five kilometers. Indeed, true fairness among humans is based on physical principles. On another note, wasn't I the same way back then? I also thought that everyone above me was equal, and that there was a clear class distinction below me. I was ugly in both ways. That's human nature."

"But the admiral is willing to face his own ugliness, while some people only blame others."

"Hehehe, to be honest, I'm somewhat grateful for the blessings I received in my past life. Without the trials of the past, after receiving help from the system and you all, I'm afraid I would have quickly degenerated into a traitor to my homeland."

“Every gift comes at a price; the admiral has simply paid the price in advance.”

"Perhaps, the price hasn't even been paid yet, who knows?"

When Qin Shan chatted with Bei Zhai, he always felt that time slowed down and he was particularly relaxed. Even though Bei Zhai's typing speed was not fast at all, it gave people that feeling of the peaceful and serene life of a retired old cadre.

Beizhai Sanatorium welcomes you to join us.

Without further ado, Bismarck and Richelieu have already gone to World Two to make arrangements. Bismarck is in charge of the Americas, and Richelieu is in charge of Oceania, making the already heated situation even more intense.

In 2067, a mushroom cloud rose over Washington, D.C., in World Two.

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Section 70: The East-West Civil War in the United States

The method to create war is very simple: let the US high command tear each other apart and let them fight amongst themselves.

Qin Shan's previous actions in World Two directly led to the precarious position of the US Federal Reserve, and the vested interests behind it also began to sever ties. However, after cutting ties halfway, they suddenly realized that they could not simply sever ties with the Federal Reserve, as they could easily become victims.

Capital can also be mutually destructive. When the Federal Reserve was powerful, its beneficiaries were the masters of America, the true emperors of capital, a city upon a hill. But when cracks appear in this city upon a hill, and it begins to crumble, will those who once knelt before it still be so devout?

Don't be ridiculous. The biggest characteristic of capital is the erosion of the sanctity among its members. Capitalists don't believe that another capitalist is a god. We all come from the same source called capital, so who doesn't know who?

The turmoil in the Americas has made America's exploitative operations more difficult. Unequal distribution of spoils has ignited internal conflicts within the United States. As the incremental market has turned into a battle for existing resources, the self-eating effect of capital has quickly become apparent. The open and covert struggles between them have gradually intensified. Although large capitalists know that future profits are more important, it is hard to say whether they can have a future if they are overtaken in the short term. However, the United States wants both the present and the future, and it cannot guarantee a balance between capital within its own borders.

To put it bluntly, it's about having the power to prevent capitalists from fighting amongst themselves at crucial moments; you have to be good at resolving those conflicts.

The problem is that the US federal government in World Two is already a very small government, even smaller than the US government in the mainland world. The president doesn't even have the right to speak loudly in front of the governor. The Zhou emperor at the end of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was like that.

As a result, racial, capitalist, regional, financial, and ethnic conflicts in the United States erupted in unison. However, the situation remained one of struggle without outright conflict until the mushroom cloud rising over Washington shattered this tacit understanding.

In this process, the biggest losers are the financial groups in the eastern United States, who are the biggest beneficiaries in the traditional sense. Just look at the relationship between San Francisco and New York to understand why there are sharp conflicts between the East and West coasts of the United States. It is caused by financial conflicts, with both sides vying for global financial sovereignty.

Why does the United States care so much about Europe? Because it is the closest and most developed continent to the United States. Establishing close ties with Europe is equivalent to getting a feel for the pulse of the world's advanced economies, which gives the United States the foundation for its hegemony.

But with the rise of southern Jiangsu, the transfer of manufacturing to East Asia, and the continued decline of Europe, the United States feels that it is getting further and further away from the center of the world. This is also the anxiety of the American imperialists in the domestic world. The Celestial Empire is too far away from them, and it is too difficult to reach it.

Now, looking at this side of the Pacific, even if we built up the entire area, how long would it take to reach the same level of consumption as Europe? Not every country can undertake a long-term plan like we can.

However, not having capital doesn't mean they won't fight for that qualification. San Francisco also has its own dream of becoming a financial center. After all, geographical location can't be moved. And the rise of southern Jiangsu has indeed revitalized the economy of the Pacific region. During this period, the region has indeed developed quite well by taking advantage of this favorable trend.

Once people have an idea, they will take action, causing a series of chain reactions.

The more intense the conflict, the more vigilant the enemy will be towards this reaction, and it may even become a point of attack.

Now, Washington has been nuked, and quite "coincidentally," those who died were all people from Eastern financial groups.

What about the Hawaiian smart fire?

The most outrageous thing is that, according to the nuclear explosion model, the properties belonging to the West Coast conglomerates that were also in the vicinity at the time should have been affected as well. However, they only suffered some broken glass and were otherwise completely intact. You... 1. They themselves say they didn't do it. Do you think the East Coast conglomerates, which have wiped out half of their family members, believe it?

And to make matters worse, the US government did indeed drop a nuclear bomb not long ago. Even more coincidentally, the bomb was dropped at a military base in the central region, and the relationship between this state and the western conglomerate is not so much one of life and death, but rather one of close ties, with the two sides also having a very close in-law relationship.

There's only one truth!

Well, you Western Consortium, you've completely turned your back on us, haven't you? You want to strike first, huh? Take this!

Even at this point, there were still rational members within both conglomerates. After all, the Western conglomerate knew they hadn't actually done it; nuking Washington would be a morally reprehensible act. If they were to bomb something, they would bomb New York.

This is a very reasonable analysis, so just as the two sides were preparing to negotiate and exchange ideas, New York was also bombed.

I know what you're thinking. Now Wall Street is gone too. You're welcome.

This time, the Eastern consortium completely abandoned all illusions and took direct action, nuking the San Francisco Stock Exchange.

Bismarck no longer needs to concern himself with other matters, because the nuking of San Francisco was indeed done by a conglomerate in the eastern United States.

However, in order to further inflame the situation, Bismarck assassinated the pro-war faction of the Eastern Financial Group.

Wait a minute, shouldn't we be assassinating the pro-peace faction?

That's too obvious. After killing the pro-war faction, the pro-peace faction will be forced to become the new pro-war faction because they have no way out. The other side's attitude is clearly to exterminate them. Considering the current situation in the Americas, it is perfect timing, location and people to take action now. It hits right where it hurts. It is both moral and logical that we must fight a war. Any problems can be discussed after the war.

As a result, the two factions in the East and West quickly clashed, but the states in the Midwest and South disagreed.

Nonsense! If a real war broke out, neither side would fight in their own state, but in the Midwest or the South. That's our home! How could we let a bunch of bandits in? We're all Americans, don't be so petty. Don't you know that the most dangerous thing for Americans is other Americans? We're all living in America, our motherland, so what are you spouting about American gods for?

The result was a standoff between the east and west of the United States, but the North and South refused to participate in the war and sent the National Guard to block the troops of the two states.

Although the states caught in the middle could not possibly block both sides at the same time, neither the Eastern nor Western financial groups dared to take action. This was tantamount to pushing the states in the North, South, and Central regions that had not yet joined the war into the other side's arms. Even a fool would know that things shouldn't be done this way. As a result, missiles from both sides began to attack each other, while the armies remained separated by two or three states, like waiting-for-husband rocks, in a standoff. It was a unique spectacle in the United States.

That won't do. If this standoff continues for too long, both sides will gradually calm down. We must continue to escalate the situation.

The method is not complicated; just make both sides lose out. In the central states, there are not many actual conflicts between the north and south, but there are plenty of internal racial tensions.

Fun fact: In the United States, a world in its second era, whites only make up a little over 50 percent of the total population, while the number of other ethnic groups of color is roughly equal to that of whites.

The largest group here consists of Black people, who make up 43 percent of the total U.S. population. Under the influence of the "happy education" system in the United States, these people have little sense of belonging to the country. They come here to make a living, not to truly dedicate themselves to the United States. Just look at the rampant zero-dollar shopping phenomenon to see this.

Since that's the case, let's increase the destructive power of these people and drag other ethnic groups into it. It doesn't need to be too complicated; just issue some forbidden weapons.

The power of American civilian weapons has been reduced, and now they are being given the original versions to the military.

In terms of arms control, the United States has long been riddled with loopholes. Wealthy individuals can easily obtain what they want through simple means. The doors to the armory are as easy to enter as a brothel. Would it have been difficult for Bismarck to "borrow" something from there?

Just take it directly; you might not even be able to react in time if you empty the place.

As a result, a large amount of US military standard equipment appeared on the market and was specifically given to antisocial groups, and even some extreme religious factions within the United States. Bismarck only needed to show them a few "miracles" and these people would become the most fanatical religious terrorists, launching holy wars according to God's will.

In just two days, unrest began to break out in various states across the United States. This unrest was not targeted at the poor; the rich were also shot dead in the streets. There were even horrific scenes of U.S. main battle tanks being driven into government buildings by cultists, which then detonated their internal ammunition. Compared to this, 9/11 was merely a preliminary round.

In this process, all you need to do is create some signs of corporate instigation and spread some conspiracy theories. Then, just let the American public, whose brains have been numb by "happy education" and "yellow pills," use their imaginations. They will force state governments to take sides, and once the state's elites are also in danger, the state governments will have no choice but to take sides.

As a result, the remaining neutral states in the United States quickly completed a new round of alignment based on their internal inclinations, and the American Civil War officially broke out 202 years after the end of the American Civil War (timeline of the second world).

Section 71: He's not human!

"The world is getting more and more chaotic, sigh~"

At the Stasi headquarters in Berlin, Angelia felt a headache coming on, just like it did in the Soviet Union on Christmas Day in 1991.

The previous chaotic situation was at most a case of pressing down one gourd only for another to float up. Now, things are even worse; while the gourd is still floating, the corpses on the American side are starting to rise to the surface, as if afraid the world isn't exciting enough, so they're putting on a show of stewing themselves in an iron pot right there.

However, the Soviet Union shouldn't laugh at the United States now; their own problems are numerous, if not few.

Just before the US began its own internal power struggle, the Central Asian countries within the Soviet Union chose their sides, openly supporting the Soviet-Ukrainian government and demonstrating to the world the divisions within the Soviet Union. Other Soviet regimes within the Soviet Union also split into multiple entities. The western region, led by Moscow, unanimously supported the original Soviet government. However, with the Ural Mountains as the dividing line, Soviet citizens in Asia chose to support the Soviet-Ukrainian government. Meanwhile, Eastern and Western Europe also began to take sides, creating a scene reminiscent of the red and blue states in the US presidential election.

But in the past, the most common issues in the red and blue states of US elections were shootings, but this was the real Soviet Civil War.

At this point, the only one that had not made a clear statement was southern Jiangsu. No one knew what this socialist country, which had completed a more thorough second revolution, was thinking.

Oh, not long ago, the Korean Peninsula was incorporated into the national territory of southern Jiangsu as a new province. Now it's divided in two as Andong Province and Pinghai Province, except this time it's east and west, not north and south. In a sense, it's a kind of re-integration of the past divisions, a great thing! Anyway, during the second revolution in southern Jiangsu, the two Koreas, which broke out in the Second Korean War due to US intervention, had a total population of less than five million after the war. Southern Jiangsu can just send some people there and assimilate them. Everyone will be one family from now on, don't be too different. You've always wanted to live on the mainland, right? Now we'll arrange it.

Under the dismantling of southern Jiangsu, these five million people were divided into small groups of one hundred people each, and later further into families within communities. All past interpersonal relationships were destroyed by distance and completely dissolved into the blood of the Chinese people.

We were relatives before, and now we're even closer, so please don't stand on ceremony.

In short, it is obvious to everyone that Southern Jiangsu is rapidly integrating the countries within the former Chinese civilization sphere. Although the pace is slow, it has been ongoing and every step has been taken very steadily. Now, it is simply gradually turning the previous achievements into tangible "since ancient times". At this point, no country in the world can stop Southern Jiangsu from doing so.

Nominally, everyone is a country within the Soviet system, but if the Soviet Union really thinks it can act as the big brother and boss around the southern Soviet Union, then it is really too ignorant. Moreover, the Soviet Union is currently in a state where it is least likely to provoke the southern Soviet Union.

The helplessness of intelligence agents is on full display at this moment. Angelia and her comrades know what changes are taking place in the world. At this time, the best thing for the Soviet Union to do is to take some action in response to these changes, but these actions are based on the premise that there are no major problems within the country. Now, there is a civil war, and people have to choose sides. You never know when yesterday's comrades will become enemies. What can you do in this kind of environment? You can only watch.

"By the way, have you found that soldier named Gale?"

"Found them, but they're from Sudan and Ukraine, so we can't verify their identities."

"Grass (a type of plant)!"

Angelia was dumbfounded. She had finally learned from Qin Shan about someone who had interacted with them in the past, but it turned out that the person was from the Soviet Union and Ukraine. Now, the KGB systems in the Soviet Union and Ukraine had been severed, not to mention the Stasi organization, which was still under the Moscow KGB system. This was a problem between brothers, but it had turned into a problem between relatives of the outsiders. There was no way to find the person.

Forget about arresting people; that would be tantamount to invasion. The Soviet-Ukrainian camp has now blacklisted all Soviet revisionists. If you dare to go there, we'll beat you up. If you're not convinced, try us. Do you think the KGB can unleash an iron torrent?

"I'll try to find a way to communicate with them."

With a strong sense of responsibility and dedication to her work, Angelia decided to give it her all.

That means someone of my status has to personally take action, but at such a sensitive time, I might be labeled a traitor the moment I arrive in the Soviet Union.

"Chief, it's too dangerous to go now, let me go."

K volunteered, fully aware of what going to Suwu at this time meant, but Angelia was clearly more important than himself. He believed that, especially at times like these, someone capable of leading the Stasi was needed.

"No, you might not even be qualified to cross the border, but I have a slight chance."

"Chief, is this matter really that important?"

"My gut feeling tells me it's important, perhaps a turning point for the league's future!"

Frankly speaking, given the current performance of the Liberators, it would be an exaggeration to say that they can influence the world. They haven't yet presented any more convincing evidence. But intuition is such an irrational thing, and what's even more irrational is that Angelia is going to act according to her intuition this time.

That's a bit unreasonable.

But some things really can't be explained in words; you can only gamble on them.

Perhaps one day in the future, those who come after will stand downstream in time and explain how farsighted and brilliant Angelia's decision was, and countless halos will adorn her as the representative of the goddess of victory on earth.

However, at this moment, she is merely an NPC in the torrent of history who decides to gamble her life for the future of the Soviet Union. Not to mention the future, she doesn't even know if she can get through this current hurdle. Moreover, there is a high probability that her efforts will be meaningless, and she can only become one of the more special victims among the countless sacrifices of this era, or even be completely lost in the long river of history.

Even so, she did it without hesitation. That's the allure of history: no matter how small the probability, given enough time, you can witness historical miracles called chance.