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"I already told you, Qin Shan, you come from another world."
"hehe.
K responded politely with a smile.
As an excellent agent, coupled with K's military rank, he naturally knew a great deal and was clear about the current state of the Soviet Union. But before everything settled down, who knew who was truly at fault? The Soviet Union and Ukraine called the Soviet Union and Russia "Soviet revisionism," while the Soviet Union and Ukraine called each other "Soviet revisionism." Both sides had their own version of events. And frankly speaking, the lives of the local people had not yet collapsed to the state of the shock therapy of that time.
Therefore, unless one personally goes to Ukraine and the five Central Asian countries to understand the situation and collects a large amount of internal intelligence from the Soviet Union, it is difficult for ordinary people to judge which side is the Soviet revisionists at this stage. In addition, the internal problems of the constituent republics in Europe are also quite complicated, which ultimately turned into a situation where the top two leaders fought each other while others watched from the sidelines, and the outcome was still a mess.
After all, revisionism can't actually wear a revisionist sign on its head. For it to be exposed, the red flag must be truly raised to the ground. Otherwise, not only the common people, but even the army wouldn't agree.
In the course of world history, the Soviet Union disintegrated once because of revisionism. The Soviet people felt that chill to the bone. If someone were to openly and unabashedly display the lowest limits of revisionism, the Soviet Red Army would be marching to Kyoto that very night, without even waiting until the next day, to recount the devastating consequences.
The Soviet army was also severely damaged by dismantling and destruction back then, and the suffering of veterans selling their medals is heartbreaking to see.
Ordinary people have very limited confidence in what they know within their own capabilities. After all, people's hearts are unpredictable, and information is easily distorted without efficient access channels, eventually becoming unrecognizable. Rushing to make statements might just be doing the enemy a favor.
Not everyone can travel between two worlds and around the world like Qin Shan, who is a superhuman. Back then, people even tried to block out the sun's eyes, let alone ordinary people's access to information.
We can only wait and see until the results are in.
Ironically, in one world, Ukraine was the savior of the Soviet Union, while in another world, Russian oligarchs were at least more advanced than Ukrainian compradors. Although both were cesspools, the latter at least pretended to be chocolate.
This world is all about who's worse.
Ultimately, K failed to obtain any useful information from Qin Shan. Although he and the two tactical dolls tried to communicate with others, neither the two children nor Lexington paid them any attention, prioritizing Qin Shan above all else.
After watching the four leave, K reported the situation to his superior.
The thought of the chaotic situation in France and even the whole of Europe made K feel like his head was about to explode.
Why is the path to ideals and happiness so difficult for humanity?
Section 36: The Pinnacle of Classical Financing
"The situation in southern Jiangsu is becoming increasingly complicated."
In the basement of the building at 357 Revolutionstrasse in Berlin, K and his two tactical doll superiors, Angelia (real name Anna Viktorovna Tsoi), a senior MI6 agent, were analyzing intelligence they had just received, their expressions like those of someone on an emergency assembly.
The Soviet Union was in a turbulent period, and no one knew what would happen next. As a senior agent of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Angelia knew more, but for the vast Soviet Union, knowing a little bit of the truth was not enough to change anything. The power of an individual was too weak in the face of the state apparatus.
Moreover, she only knows part of the truth, not the whole truth. Therefore, whether out of her duty or loyalty to her country, her best option now is to focus on what is in front of her, such as the root cause of the Paris riots, and to identify and eliminate the traitors.
However, the matter of which side the Soviet Union and Southern Jiangsu might choose to side with was of paramount importance to the Soviet Union. It was no exaggeration to say that it was the mountain that brought down the balance. This region had the largest proportion of light and heavy industries in the Soviet system, and both had independent internal circulation systems. To put it bluntly, if the Soviet Union were to collapse now, the industries in Southern Jiangsu could continue to operate without any impact. Nominally joining the Soviet Union did not mean that the Soviet Union had the right to dictate to Southern Jiangsu.
Since the Second Revolution, this country has been in a state that is completely incomprehensible. After all, the ferocity of the Southern Soviet Union Civil War and the thoroughness of the internal and external purges made Lenin feel that he was too conservative.
If you don't believe me, here's some data: after the Second Revolution in Southern Jiangsu, all the capitalists from Southern Jiangsu living abroad were wiped out.
No matter who you are, how many families you belong to, or how much bloodline you have, the Great Western King will deal with you all. These people can't even buy their lives with money. It's true that you and money are not important to me, but not having you is very important to me.
It was too thorough, too decisive, too red. Even after the Soviet Union was reorganized, many loyal red fighters within the Soviet Union believed that the Second Revolution was not thorough enough. Look at how the Soviet Union in southern China was willing to disintegrate for this reason. Why don't you have this awareness? If revolution is not absolute, then there is absolutely no revolution.
But Angelia didn't see it that way. The current state of Su Nan gave her a completely incomprehensible feeling. Putting aside everything else, their terrifying counter-espionage capabilities were simply unbelievable. Previously, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had sent highly professional agents to infiltrate Su Nan to investigate the actual situation, but the agents went in the morning and disappeared by the afternoon. Wang Defa!?
A similar situation occurred with the CIA. In short, South Africa was like a cheat code that could be used without limit, blocking all hostility and spying. Countries that wanted to collect intelligence on South Africa could only do so through big data analysis of official newspapers. They had no core information at all. Intelligence work was so frustrating that it was the first time in history that any country had encountered such a situation.
Under such terrifying counter-espionage and counter-intelligence protection, what exactly has Southern Jiangsu developed into, and what cutting-edge technologies it possesses? They themselves don't say, and the outside world has no idea. Heaven knows what big move this mysterious Eastern power is brewing.
Mystery and the unknown inevitably breed fear. Just look at the small countries surrounding South China. After the Second Revolution, Vietnam lost half of its territory, and other Southeast Asian countries also lost some of their land. Yet, these countries dared not disobey South China in the slightest, and were all as loyal as lapdogs, making one seriously suspect that South China had some kind of mind-control technology.
It's possible that during the Second Revolution in Southern Jiangsu, all the surrounding countries that took advantage of the chaos were thoroughly beaten. Vietnam only occupied one village, and the following year it was nearly destroyed by the Southern Jiangsu People's Liberation Army. Its main force suffered 70% casualties in a single day, its national defense was completely destroyed, and its high-ranking officials were killed in a decapitation attack, leaving only the Minister of Agriculture, who was also a deputy minister. Moreover, this deputy minister was dug out of the ruins and lost both legs. Just thinking about it makes one's liver tremble.
As for other countries, even Vietnam, the little tyrant, has been reduced to the new era of Jiaozhi. What, do other Southeast Asian countries still have the ability to defy the heavens? Should we help you recall the great diplomacy of the Han Dynasty back then?
"In these turbulent times, how did the country become like this!"
Just as Angelia was gripped by impotent rage, another bombshell piece of intelligence was delivered to her.
"The Federal Reserve's vaults have been robbed!?"
Well, compared to the Paris riots, this message was clearly more explosive, causing Angelia to lose control of her facial expressions.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, twenty meters underground in the Federal Reserve's vault on Manhattan Island, Qin Shan was happily helping the US government complete classical financial financing—academically known as Robin Hood-style redistribution. Qin Shan was currently very poor, and the Federal Reserve, that scoundrel, should rightfully bail him out!
For ordinary people and the general national military, the Federal Reserve's vaults are impregnable, with emergency transfer channels to ensure the safety of the gold. Furthermore, the entire vault is divided into several areas, some of which have very little gold reserves, and some gold is even placed on readily available rails so that the gold can be transferred on the spot if a problem occurs.
The Anglo-Saxons' obsession with gold has led them to put considerable effort into security here.
But these are meaningless to high-level superhumans. Facilities that cannot defend against superhumans can easily be taken away by any fifth or sixth-level superhuman with special abilities, not to mention that Qin Shan brought two eighth-level and one ninth-level superhumans.
He just robbed it by force!
The first to launch the attack were the fighter planes from Lexington, which terrified the US Air Force. Have you ever seen propeller planes from World War II roaring past at ten times the speed of sound?
They saw it, but the question is, is this reasonable?
No matter how you look at it, the aircraft designs from World War II were not qualified to be supersonic. So how could they possibly crush a mixed formation of ninth-generation jet fighters and unmanned wingmen?
At that speed, no extra work is needed. A simple hit-and-run tactic can render the US military helpless. The US military's latest F-44 fighter jets can wipe out an entire squadron in three minutes of combat, with no ability to fight back. The missiles they launch cannot keep up with those World War II relics.
Furthermore, the opponent only had three planes, making it a direct and blatant act of taunting.
Damn it, who is the old man who should be lying in a museum?!
Without air cover, the US military, even if it goes all out, is a coward. They are not the US on Earth that could squander absolute military power from the Gulf War to the Second Gulf War. Instead, they are the half-baked US imperialists in this world who didn't eat much of the Soviet Union's flesh and blood before being cut off from their lifeblood by the Second Soviet Revolution.
Furthermore, after the Second Revolution, the highly cohesive internal forces of South Sumatra in this world unleashed an even more terrifying development potential. At the same time, it integrated the entire East Asia and Southeast Asia except for Japan, as well as parts of South Asia. Even India was split into thirty-nine confederate states (the United Nations only recognizes nine of them, South Sumatra recognizes the remaining thirty, and then the whole world assumes that the original India now has thirty-nine countries, and it is only a matter of time before the United Nations recognizes it). This deprived the United States of the opportunity to reap the spoils of war as the victor of the Cold War.
Then they only have one path left: to continue their depravity, relentlessly and without pause.
In a world beyond Earth, America has veered towards cyberpunk, with many corporations wielding power above the federal government, presidential elections becoming increasingly meaningless, and the once-beacon of hope ultimately falling into depravity.
Or rather, this is their true nature; they are simply revealing their true colors now.
"We are helping the U.S. federal government, and they should be grateful."
Qin Shan wasn't just making things up. To understand the terrifying influence of the Federal Reserve in the US, you only need to know that the IRS has to kneel before them. Others are taxpayers, but they are the ones enjoying the benefits of tax revenue; special privileges are the fastest way to make money.
Therefore, in comprador countries, those who betray the country are often the core decision-makers, and only they can sell the country for a good price.
As for the collaborators, oh God, those bastards who shout nonsense online, if there really is a need for collaborators, you don't even have the right to kneel down and lick their shoes. Without a father who is a logistics captain, what right do you have to sell out the country?
When Qin Shan emptied the Federal Reserve's vaults, the foundation of the Federal Reserve's existence collapsed. Although they still have a de facto armed force, gold is the ballast of the capitalist economy. Even if all the money the United States owed were covered by this gold, it wouldn't be enough. As long as there is this gold, American financial capital still has room to maneuver.
But now everything is gone, including America's security. The Federal Reserve doesn't even know who stole it from them.
Will the federal government let this opportunity to reclaim fiscal control slip by?
I'm really looking forward to it! Civil War 2.0, please hurry up, we want to see rivers of blood.
In this way, Qin Shan moved a total of 9,021 tons of gold from the Federal Reserve's vault, creating a bottomless pit for American financial capital in the Second World.
Section 37: If you can't work yourself to the bone, how will you make money?
(This is the fourth update today, (~―▽―)~)
"This must be a Soviet conspiracy, it must be!"
"We must declare war on the Soviet Union immediately!"
"Our gold, our gold! That's American gold! The Soviet Union must give us an explanation!"
The robbery of the Federal Reserve's vaults caused an uproar throughout the United States, and their first thought was of their old rival, the Soviet Union.
The problem is that the situation on the ground doesn't seem like something the Soviet Union would do. Although gold is precious, the Soviet Union had no reason to launch an attack on the United States specifically for gold. Moreover, the enemy's speed and efficiency were too exaggerated. In less than fifteen minutes, the enemy and more than nine thousand tons of gold disappeared without a trace. If the Soviet Union had this attack efficiency, the United States would have been overrun like France in World War II.
However, this matter could not be investigated further because the relevant personnel could not be caught, and no trace of the gold being transported could be found. This was extremely frustrating. Although some people suggested that this might be a reverse application of "collapse technology", the lack of on-site evidence could not convince anyone. The inability to convince anyone meant that the Federal Reserve had to bear the losses.
Capitalists are not a monolithic entity. When everyone has enough to eat, things are naturally harmonious and peaceful, with brothers and sisters getting along well. But if a crisis is about to erupt, it's a case of "better to sacrifice your friends than yourself." Who is the Federal Reserve? A complete stranger.
In short, for other capitalists in the United States, the Federal Reserve may die, but let's not get blood on them.
The other capitalists here refer to those in the non-core interest chain within the United States. They are not qualified to live off the profits of the Federal Reserve. Those who can truly manipulate things in this regard are the bigwigs of the Stars and Stripes, ruthless figures who wield financial capital and the real guns of the United States. To put it bluntly, if they want to kill someone, they only need to say a few words; they don't need to get involved in person. Between the person who is committed suicide and the person who actually wants them dead, there is at least one government department and one seemingly unrelated company. In any case, the hands of the big shots are definitely clean.
If things continue to escalate like this, the losses to the Federal Reserve's coffers will inevitably trigger internal conflicts in the United States. After all, they are no longer able to enjoy the benefits of the Cold War and are now on the verge of exploding. Qin Shan's move is like kicking a landmine that is about to explode into a volcano. Not only will the landmine explode, but the volcano might also explode along with it.
An apocalyptic financial tsunami is brewing.
Then the US stock market immediately suspended trading, citing a technical adjustment as the reason, and asked everyone to wait.
There's nothing we can do; the situation has become so serious that even the circuit breaker mechanism can't save it. But the Federal Reserve and the real power holders behind the scenes in the United States still have to struggle, since they still have the power to back them up.
It's impossible to completely sever ties, at least not for the time being. The interests represented by the Federal Reserve are too enormous; it represents the power to issue currency in the United States and the modern economic interests of a major power. Therefore, they need to redirect the impending conflict elsewhere.
This is why the United States immediately began criticizing the Soviet Union. Even if there was no way to save it, they would still condemn it. Then, just when the world thought the United States was about to ignite Season 3, the US government immediately announced that the Soviet Union's infiltration of the Americas was already very serious, and the United States had to fight for the security of its backyard. "Men, grab your weapons and go eliminate the infiltrating red elements!"
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Wait a minute, America, what are you saying? Do you even know what you're saying? You've got the wrong person!
No, no, no, that's not true. If you understand the United States well enough, you'll know that the more the US emphasizes something, the less likely they are to actually do it. Is the Soviet Union a match that the US can handle right now? Don't forget that the Soviet Union has already started a civil war. Although it's a civil war with a controlled scope, it still means that the country has entered a state of war. Moreover, the Soviet Union and Ukraine are not lacking in true communist fighters. Once the US gets involved and turns the Soviet Union's internal problems into external problems, then logically and emotionally, the Soviet revisionists within the Soviet Union will choose to unite with the Soviet Union and Ukraine first and take down the US.
The reason is very simple. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the shock therapy almost drained them dry. The thought of being one step away from their own demise makes even revisionist lackeys grit their teeth in hatred. They haven't completely fallen to the level of compradors. Even if they wanted to, the objective conditions would allow it. Don't forget that the Soviet Union and South Africa are watching them like hawks. Once the Soviet revisionists completely tear down the red flag, the Soviet Union and South Africa, which are now more steadfast in their communist beliefs, will immediately turn to support the Soviet Union and Ukraine.
With a population of 800 million, that translates to a military mobilization capacity of at least 10 million, without affecting normal domestic industrial production at all. Consider that after the expansion of production in southern Jiangsu, steel production could easily soar to over 3 billion tons. Even if a third of that were to become artillery shells hitting their own heads, the Soviet Union and the United States would still be crying.
So you can't work yourself to the bone, otherwise how will you make money!
Because it clearly understands its own limits, the United States immediately chose a target of suitable size: to first make a profit from the small country in its own backyard and transfer some of its losses elsewhere.
You asked how the US uses its "Japanese dogs" in Asia?
Of course, that needs to be used, but the problem is that the Japanese dogs are not very obedient now. Who can blame them for being too close to the newly prosperous southern Jiangsu? The United States still needs that strategic support point, but it can't completely control it. And the southern Jiangsu after the second revolution is so terrifying, so the only option is appeasement.
At least after the appeasement, that place can still be used by itself, and it won't completely run away to surrender to southern Jiangsu.
After deciding on its targets, the US government immediately began summoning ambassadors from various American countries, expressing that the US government was "concerned about the ongoing Red Terror," that "this is a threat to US national security," that "the US government needs to reassess the red content of American countries," that "the US government needs to take more aggressive measures against Soviet infiltration," that "American countries need to assist the US government in dealing with these matters," and that "the US government should prevent the infiltration of evil red forces into the Americas."
They speak in high-sounding terms, but every country in the Americas knows what the United States wants to do. They've been blood slaves in America's backyard for so many years, and they know whether the US is loose or dry, or whether it's been constipated lately, just by the US moving its tail.
The US government approached us to discuss anti-Soviet actions?
Bah! They clearly lack the guts to oppose the Soviet Union, but they not only have the audacity to exploit the blood slaves of America's backyard under the guise of anti-Sovietism, they are incredibly audacious!
After all, if you don't let Master Huang have dignity, then Master Huang will have to help you have dignity (a clever trick).
The Americans, with their knives and forks ready, drooled with "kindness," preparing to feast on their own backyard.
What if the economies of other countries in the Americas collapse?
What do you mean, "what to do"? That's called the gift of the free world. Although they lost everything, they gained freedom. You've already gained freedom, so what's there to be dissatisfied about?
After all, this world is cruel; if you can't be served at the dinner table, then you can only be served on the menu.
Hey cuties on the menu, here comes America!
Section 38: Disrupting the Americas
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It is well known that American capitalists are so inhumane that even Dior thought they were utterly inhumane.
At least Dior was the savior of villains, but American capitalists indiscriminately exploit every life. If evil could descend upon the world, capitalists would certainly think about how to exploit them efficiently.
Because they know all too well what kind of bastard the United States is, when the US tore off its mask and prepared to force itself upon the other side, the countries of the Americas could only express strong condemnation and fierce protests, and then spread their legs and said, "Do whatever you want."
Facing the United States is like facing rape; since you can't resist, you might as well enjoy it.
The problem is, American capital not only likes to force its way in, but also insists on using the R18G label.
"The loss of more than 9,000 tons of gold would mean the United States would have to throw the entire Americas into a shredder to extract it."
Qin Shan understands American capitalism's inhumanity far better than any other country in the Americas. It's a nation that, even in the face of the apocalypse, would still exploit its own people. Or rather, it's precisely because of the apocalypse that American capitalism's arrogance is on full display. All sorts of ugly and despicable methods are openly used under the guise of "continuing human civilization." They've even come up with animal slave factories. What's Zygarde in Warhammer compared to this? This is the real deal—treating people like animals. -p
To compensate for the population loss, the U.S. government at the time announced that if women did not give birth to at least five children before the age of twenty, they would have to serve in human labor factories, places where rape and promiscuity were commonplace, and children there were put on the "production" list, where there was really no difference between humans and livestock.
The results were remarkable. Within just two years, the United States witnessed the historic phenomenon that everyone except the superhumans was infected with sexually transmitted diseases. Eventually, even the American superhumans couldn't stand it anymore and created a character similar to Homelander. However, during the rebellion, the superhumans of other races launched a sneak attack, and the United States became the first of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to be eliminated in the Earth's superhuman competition.
Good heavens, even Britain lasted longer than them, which shows how utterly despicable they were.
"Will the United States be able to make up for the deficit this way?" Lexington asked.
"Of course it's impossible. After all, more than 9,000 tons of gold just disappeared. And the storage and collection of resources takes a long time. Without a world war, the time would be measured in decades. However, the US government could use even more shameless methods, such as tying the dollar to their own oil or some other commodity. In short, there needs to be a valuable anchor. Well, it doesn't matter whether other people agree or not, because in the Americas, no one can defy the will of the United States."
"The premise is that the admiral does not take action." Lexington smiled and handed Qin Shan two anti-materiel rifles that were already loaded with bullets.
"That's impossible. I'm waiting to see American capital have its fun."
Qin Shan took over the Thunder 2060 anti-materiel sniper rifle produced by military technology. It is an electromagnetic railgun with a caliber of 20mm. If it were brought back to the home world, this big guy with a combat weight of less than 5 kilograms could penetrate the frontal armor of the US military's current main battle tank at a distance of 500 meters.
This was a gift from the US military when they financed the Federal Reserve. They gave Qin Shan a whole brigade's worth of equipment. And that was after Qin Shan just picked it up casually. If they really cleaned up the battlefield properly, it would be considered decent if they could even leave a pair of underwear on the American corpses.
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