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Afghanistan is a peculiar country, and this so-called graveyard of empires is a place with a special magic. Beginning with Alexander the Great, the monarch who conquered three continents fell here.

Then to Genghis Khan also in Afghanistan did not get any benefit.

In the modern era, the British Empire was at its strongest in the 19th century, and the period when the sun never set was also disgraced in Afghanistan.

Fast forward to modern times, and the aggression that the Soviets once waged against Afghanistan did not bring any benefit to the Soviet Union except to increase the death rate of their own soldiers.

As the first battlefield in the war on terror in the 21 st century, the United States has been mired in Afghanistan for more than a decade.

No matter what the purpose of the United States was in the first place, whether it was really fighting terrorism or planting its own forces in Central Asia and the Middle East. But more than a decade has passed, and it cannot be said that the United States has completely failed, but for Congress, the benefits from Afghanistan in the end are very, very limited.

This was a far cry from their original preset goal, and in terms of strategic intent, the operation had actually failed. In Afghanistan alone, nearly 3,000 US soldiers have been killed in the past ten years of war, and many more have been seriously injured and disabled.

The successive clashes consumed a lot of supplies, and the waves of rebellion left the U.S. military exhausted. What worries Congress even more is the war budget, which is constantly being increased every year.

It is not wrong that the United States is the country with the highest assets in the world, but they have already invested too much military power in the wars in Central Asia, the Middle East, and Northeast Africa. Modern warfare is all about money.

At present, the budget of the Congress is exceeded every year, and the fiscal deficit is every year. This made the head of the bigwigs in the financial department a headache, and the life of the Congress was not easy, because the number of dead soldiers was too large.

Opposition to the war is growing at home, especially now that unemployment in the United States remains high, and the people prefer the government to invest money in civilian construction rather than just taking millions to watch the fireworks of a Tomahawk missile.

In this context, the plan for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan was brought to the forefront. A bunch of bigwigs in Congress have had enough of paying for the decisions of the previous cabinet and parliament. They don't want to continue to invest money in the bottomless pit of Afghanistan.

Since the beginning of this year, the US military has begun to gradually withdraw from Afghanistan. The country that has been ravaged by war for decades, including the Soviet wars and the reign of terrorism, seems to be at the dawn of peace.

The withdrawal of US troops is only one aspect, and the more profound side is the launch of the new energy plan.

The reason why Tony's new energy plan has been called the most important change of the 21st century is not simply the fact that traditional fossil energy is replaced.

In the wave of revolution set off by new energy sources, the Middle East and Central Asia, which originally represented important energy supply regions, began to decline in value.

Of all the wars that have taken place in the world in the last 15 years, the conflicts over oil resources have been the largest. Whatever the outer skin, the core inside is a simple and naked oil interest.

The United States has begun to adjust its foreign policy, including the gradual relaxation of its grip on Iran and Iraq, as well as the Persian Gulf.

Although Afghanistan was not an oil-producing country, it was a corridor connecting Central Asia and the Middle East to East Asia because of its special geographical location and national territory (Afghanistan's territory is in the shape of a long and narrow corridor). And this narrow corridor leads the former Soviet Union on one side and China on the other.

From a strategic point of view, the United States needs to grasp such a strategic location. Because of its geographical location, the country has become an important base for the struggle for Central Asia and the Middle East over the years.

But like the simplest of businesses, the value of Afghanistan plummets when the value of oil is not so important, or when it is not worth the lives of countries.

Because oil is no longer so valuable, the bigwigs who had been behind the warlords fighting for life and death in the Middle East and Central Asia suddenly withdrew their investments.

These fools, who only destroy and do not know how to build, now have all kinds of oil fields and wells in their hands, but they are gradually starting to sell for less than a price. Wars fueled by oil interests have turned out to be ridiculous.

Because all the smart people have seen that oil may still be useful in chemicals in the future, but that is only a by-product, and after the really important energy value is stripped away, no one will fight for the raw materials of some chemical products.

Because of the lack of financial sources and the various weapons provided by the financiers behind them, the major warlords in the Middle East and Central Asia seem to have died down in an instant. The so-called war of faith and jihad are just a ridiculous excuse, and those warlords are waging wars for profit.

As long as they have money, they can simply sell the lives of their fellow citizens as commodities!

Now that no one wants the goods, it's time for the warlord business to close. The Middle East conflict, which has plagued the world for decades, seems to see the dawn of a solution at this moment.

In that moment, it seemed as if peace was really about to come to this war-torn land.

Countless ordinary people are looking forward to it, as long as peace comes, even if it is a little hard and hard work, at least there is hope for life.

There will be no one with the barrel of a gun to force them to die at any time, and there will be no sudden appearance of a missile falling from the sky while sleeping peacefully at home.

For many people, a peaceful life is more precious than anything else.

In Gemira, Afghanistan, the town has entered a period of relative peace due to the withdrawal of US troops and the recent ceasefire of warlords due to lack of funding.

Some of those who had been uprooted by the war returned to live here, after all, it is difficult to leave their homeland.

Gemira is a very, very small city, and one of the largest buildings in the city is an oil refinery built here by the former Soviet Union. This refinery used to be a site where warlords fought each other, but now it has been abandoned. Because the price of oil is not high enough to support the warlords to seize it with precious weapons and ammunition.

At its peak, the population of Gemira was close to 70,000, but today there are only more than 9,000 and less than 10,000 people living in and around the town.

Because of the war, a large loss of population was inevitable.

But as long as there is hope for rebuilding their homeland, there will always be people who will return here to contribute to their hometown. For example, Dr. Ethan.

As a scientist with good talents in the fields of biology and medicine, Ethan could have gone on to seek a high-paying position in another country. After all, talent like him is in demand all over the world.

Not to mention that he has a lifesaver for Tony Stark. When he was in the United States, Tony basically entertained Ethan as the company's chief scientist.

But because of the new energy thing, Ethan and Tony had a falling out. Because compared to Tony, Ethan has a painful impact on the war caused by energy interests. His family died in this kind of war.

New energy is the driving force for changing the world! How strong its energy is, how much damage it will cause to the world. Ethan has a deep understanding of this. He repeatedly persuaded Tony Stark to suppress his plan, or to implement it later with a complete plan.

But Tony's pride and arrogance hurt Ethan. In the end, the good old man could only give Tony one last warning by leaving. The subsequent war in Eastern Europe confirmed Ethan's previous conjecture.

There seems to be a ceasefire in Eastern Europe now, but Ethan knows it's only temporary. When Doom and the P5 are better prepared, the war will only intensify.

Ethan sighed, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon. It's time for him to go to a makeshift school to teach the kids. As a scholar, Ethan firmly believes that only by mastering the knowledge of this era can he ensure that his compatriots can survive in the future, and that only wise people can live better in this world.

New energy is a crisis, but it is also a turning point. As long as the next generation makes good use of the opportunity, it is not necessarily impossible to build a new and beautiful Afghanistan.

Ethan found himself a top hat belt to wear, although there were not many students in the school, less than fifty. He was the only teacher, but he was always in awe of knowledge and science.

Just a little and a half kilometres outside the refinery, an abandoned house and makeshift tents are all there is to the school.

When Ethan first stepped through the school gates, he realized that there was one more person in his school. An adult man.

A crisp suit was spotless, which was very abrupt in Gmira. The most striking thing was when Ethan saw that the man was actually wearing ten rings on his hand.

This man with ten rings has a majestic face and a pair of eyes that are very divine.

At the same time, he had long, thick black hair, about the length of his back. He has a well-built beard that looks a lot like Tony Stark's beard.

This is a man who has been in the top position for a long time. In an instant, Ethan was able to make the simplest judgment. And it also looks like an East Asian, which is clearly different from the Afghans of Central and Western Asia.

However, this man just stood in front of him, and he still looked very imposing without saying a word. If Dr. Ethan had ever seen Hong Kong comics. I will definitely feel that the man in front of me is very similar to the most popular villain boss in "Fengyun": Xiongba.

The man who looked like a tyrant gave Ethan a lot of looks, and suddenly said, "You are Dr. Ethan?"

He speaks authentic Arabic, and Dr. Ethan happens to be one of many people in Afghanistan.

He nodded and said, "I am, may I ask who you are?"

The man who looked like a male bully smiled: "You can call me Zhang Tong, I came to you for something that I need your help with." ”

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