Chapter 64: Because the world is turned
For the hive project, Lee Dong Hyuk attaches great importance to it. Because now the world has changed, and since the appearance of the Returnee and the Ability Awakener, the rules of this world have begun to slowly change. Like it or not, the world is a different place.
In the past, there may have been some people who did not want to change the original order. Because vested interests are always reluctant to change, and the so-called vested interests usually do not simply refer to a specific one or two people, but often a whole group. That may be hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of millions, of people in the entire industrial chain.
But now the world has reached a point where it can't be changed. Lee Dong-hyuk knows why the above is so determined to build a hive, because the times are changing, and power will always shift. No one can keep their rights unchanged forever, so the wise need to think about how to continue to live well after the change of rights.
Even if some people are unwilling to accept this result, it has now reached the point where they can't accept it.
What spurred a major overhaul of the national superstructure was the great riots that broke out in South America.
Originally, South America was the backyard of the United States, and it was the largest dumping ground for products and primary resources acquisition in the United States. So for a long time, there was a saying for South America, especially for countries like Mexico and Chile, that described their situation: too far from heaven, too close to the United States.
Originally, this place should have been very strong, and the American roots were already deeply rooted in it. Are so many gangsters who break the law and discipline, and those big brothers who can make a government helpless, really just on their own?
That's how it should be, at least for decades to come. But in recent years, South America has become less stable, and the United States' ability to control it has begun to weaken year by year.
One of the most important reasons is the sudden rise of the Ability Awakener. South America itself is a place of war, and while it is not as chaotic as Africa and Central Asia, it is by no means peaceful. Even if there is no large-scale ** armament, there are always a lot of gangs. All kinds of violations of law and discipline are not uncommon.
Originally, everything was in the hands of the United States. Because South America can't be turned upside down. A great man once said: Power comes out of the barrel of a gun.
This is all too true, South American countries are no threat to the United States. No one needs to send an army, as long as the air force flies a few times, it can paralyze any South American country. Because the military power of South America is too weak to resist at all.
But after the Awakened appeared, something changed a little bit.
Not every Ability Awakener is very strong, and there are too few powerhouses at the level of tactical weapons like Jiang Hua. But there are always strong people at the lv4 level. If Jiang Hua, as a lv6-level powerhouse, is equivalent to a tactical weapon that can be used in a low-intensity war, then a lv4 powerhouse is equivalent to a modern conventional war weapon. Just like Lao Bai, the current Dongfeng Express contractor of Hive, his flying sword ability is also very close to a modern fifth-generation fighter when used in battle.
It may not be as powerful as modern fighters loaded with several missiles, but it can still be of great use when performing some special tactics. Even better than modern weapons.
It was true that South America did not have a strong military force, but the appearance of the Ability Awakener gave them a new turnaround. Although it is said that many of the abilities in South America are not very good at awakening the brains, many people have chosen to say no to North America.
Because just because they don't have a bad brain doesn't mean they don't feel hatred for North America's exploitation of them. It's just that there was no way to resist before.
Several regimes in South America have been overrun by powerful Ability Awakeners in their countries, ranging from lv5 to lv6. Add to that the small vote they gathered, and there are a lot of extreme anti-Americans.
These powerful people are really not good at power, and they can't do the problems of people's livelihood, but they just plunder. But at the same time, because their brains are not very good, they also have a clear distinction between likes and dislikes. I never hide myself when I hate something. They sternly rejected the various economic transaction policies that North America had agreed with them. Moreover, it unilaterally broke the previous tariff and trade agreement and imposed heavy taxes on goods dumped in North America. Heavy taxes were also imposed on factories and companies opened by North American businessmen in South America.
This annoys the United States, and diplomatic pressure is of little use to these people. Because most of these supernatural awakening powerhouses in South America have no brains, and they do things purely by feeling. So the United States was forced to embark on the path of armed conflict.
But now armed conflicts have become more difficult, and it has become more difficult to fight proxy wars. Because in that part of South America, the United States does not dare to really give a lot of high-tech weapons. But to give some weapons from the seventies and eighties to the agents, they are not enough to fight. Because in South America, the people in power in many countries are now the strongest Ability Awakeners in their countries. They themselves are capable, and then they also have weapons and people, and ordinary proxy wars will be extinguished by them in an instant.
And it is impossible for the United States to send troops on its own, because if a big quagmire like South America were to be fought, it would be much more troublesome than a war in Central Asia. And the United States does not want to start a full-scale war on its doorstep. Therefore, the United States also recruited many Psychic Awakened into the army and began to carry out decapitation operations.
But it didn't go very well. They have a feeling that they can't move an inch in South America. Because in South America, in addition to the original armed forces, there is also one of the largest foreign forces. That is the returnee force formed after Wan Changqing and others absconded to South America.
Although Wan Changqing is dead. But among the top ten returnees, the dragon knight Yin Tianzhao and the demigod fighter Jang Keun Suk are still in South America. They secretly hid in South America as the emperor of the soil, and they didn't want the Yankees to reach in with their tentacles, and it would be better for South America to be chaotic now. If the Yankees stretch their tentacles and once again establish a set of rules that are in line with the interests of the Americans, then it will be very unpleasant.
Those South American natives have no brains, but that doesn't mean these two returnees don't have brains. They have secretly ruined the Yankees' many operations in South America, making it more and more difficult for the United States to operate in South America.
Now that even the United States, the world's largest power, is facing the strong resistance of returnees and Awakening Abilities, and the terrible situation in South America as a background, the bigwigs with slightly better brains now know what to do now.
The returnee is an opportunity, and the future society will inevitably be controlled by the Awakened Ability. But how to make the whole society transition smoothly? how to make the Awakened with Abilities a privileged society, and how to make ordinary people still retain their current rights in the future society. Rather than being reduced to South America, ordinary people become slaves to the Awakened Abilities. These are things that need to be thought about and built.
So the hive is very important, Zhang Tong's project is very important, and the mutual aid association of returnees that Zhang Tong currently has is also very important!
Lee Dong Hyuk came to the hive in person, and he needed to talk to Jang Tong in detail. And when he came to the factory of the Returnee Mutual Aid Association, he noticed that his right-hand man Meng Laicai had a special smile on the corner of his mouth, and he looked at the old man dressed as a mage not far in front of him.
Hmm? It's kind of weird. Why did Meng Laicai smile like this at an old man? Hmm......
Li Donghyuk feels that he is not a conservative person, for example, Song Renjie returned to Huaihai to work in the hive, and he belongs to the supporting side. After all, Song Renjie's ability can't be wasted. As long as he pays attention to his lifestyle and doesn't mess with men-men relationships, then that's fine.
But didn't Meng Laicai get married and marry a wife? Li Donghyuk was deeply worried about this assistant whom he valued very much, and he decided to have a good chat with Meng Laicai after he went back, and enlightened him. Even if you're not good at it, you still have to do something. Who calls himself a leader?
Over there, Zhang Tong had already asked everyone to stop what they were doing, and everyone stood up and lined up to welcome: "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome!"
Amid warm applause, Lee Dong-hyuk and his entourage were invited into the factory workshop of the Returnees Mutual Aid Association.
Lee Dong-hyuk smiled and nodded, he looked at the flying sword he was making. Then he turned his gaze to a magic array that looked very complicated, and he asked with interest, "What is this?"
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