At noon that day, Wang Dong and Luo Qing crossed the border and entered Switzerland.

To be precise, it crossed a mountain peak more than 4,000 meters above sea level, and crossed the border into Switzerland in a way that ordinary people could not use.

Later, the two found two sets of shabby coats at a farm at the foot of the mountain.

In the evening, when I arrived in Bern, I received a message from Yunlong.

Because it was no longer urgent, Wang Dong and Luo Qing did not use the vice-brain, but got a mobile phone, and then dialed the phone left by Yunlong.

Yunlong didn't talk nonsense before, it was indeed a global disaster.

Because of the loss of the original data, the New York Stock Exchange was closed on the same day, and then the US federal authorities announced that the financial data center had been hacked, and hundreds of billions of dollars of financial assets in hundreds of millions of accounts were lost, to be precise, it was temporarily unrecoverable.

Immediately afterward, the President of the United States declared a state of emergency.

Why?

This is all the wealth of the United States, and it is related to the vital interests of almost all Americans.

A few hours later, Japan made a similar announcement that the financial data center of the Tokyo Stock Exchange had been hacked, losing all the original data of all customers, and hundreds of billions of dollars in financial assets were completely lost and almost impossible to fully recover.

Like the United States, Japan is under a state of emergency.

All of a sudden, almost all digital trading tools were out of use.

What do you mean?

In addition to paper currency, other currencies, including credit cards, debit cards, and wireless payment platforms, are all unusable due to the loss of financial data.

This is an absolute global disaster!

According to the U.S. State Department, only about one percent of the data can be recovered, and most of it is backed up on paper.

Even then, it will take months, if not years, to recover.

Why?

It takes too much manpower to process the information written on paper.

According to the information released by the spokesman of the White House, the losses caused by this financial disaster will exceed the losses of all human wars since the First World War combined.

Just the United States, the loss is between 200 trillion and 300 trillion dollars.

Are there so many?

Actually, that's pretty little.

Why?

Because digital transactions in finance are almost completely paralyzed, the U.S. business system is almost completely finished, and it will take at least a few months to recover.

Affected by the paralysis of commerce, the industry will inevitably be affected, that is, it is difficult for major enterprises to obtain orders.

Next, there is the daily work and life of ordinary people.

To put it figuratively, this disaster is tantamount to making the world, to be precise, the Western countries led by the United States retreat from the era of digital networks to the era of mechanical industry civilization before the emergence of computers, and the financial network as the blood of modern society is completely finished, and the whole society is paralyzed.

Of course, there are exceptions.

Huaxia is an exception.

In addition, the few countries that have not integrated into the Western financial system, such as Russia, North Korea, and Iran, have not been hit very hard.

Actually, this is not a good thing.

The first thing the United States investigated was Huaxia.

However, the President of the United States then ordered the conclusion of the investigation into Huaxia.

The reason is simple: the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is also the hardest hit area, with losses of up to hundreds of billions of US dollars, and many Chinese companies have been hit.

The exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen have not completely escaped, mainly in terms of foreign exchange settlement, and the losses are also huge.

Even with conservative estimates, the losses suffered by China are around $100 trillion.

Moreover, as the global financial system collapses, a shock to trade, and China itself is the world's largest trading nation, will inevitably undermine.

Obviously, Huaxia suffered even greater losses in terms of trade.

As part of the world economic system, will China do this kind of thing that harms others and itself?

As for Russia, it is even more unlikely.

Why?

Russia is also a participant in the global economic system, because it does not have the ability to do so, and it also needs to sell too many resources through the global financial system and buy the necessary goods and equipment on the international market.

What about Iran?

Although it has been blocked and embargoed by the United States and other Western countries, Iran has made great improvements in trade over the years.

The point is that Iran's national economy is not sound enough to export excess oil and gas and import goods that cannot be produced.

Obviously, even if Iran wants to do something, it will not make such a big move.

And, of course, the ability.

Iran's capabilities simply cannot launch a global cyber attack, let alone launch it at about the same time.

The only thing left is North Korea.

From a purely economic point of view, North Korea may be the most closed country in the world, with the least communication with the outside world and the least dependence on foreign countries.

It can be said that no matter what happens in the outside world, the impact on North Korea is extremely limited.

The question is, does North Korea have the capability?

While the United States has been touting North Korea's threats and has made films about North Korea's invasion, in reality, no one believes that North Korea can cripple global financial networks, attack the databases of global financial centers, and take away the raw data of billions of accounts in one fell swoop.

Moreover, why did the DPRK carry out such an attack?

Or rather, what is North Korea's motive?

Obviously, the guys who live in the White House are clearly not going to think about this.

The financial system of the United States is completely paralyzed, the financial system of the entire Western world is paralyzed, and the president of the United States must give a suitable explanation.

Of course, it is not wrong to say that it is a diversion of contradictions.

Why?

If the contradictions are not channelled abroad, angry Americans will certainly place the blame on the federal government, and it may even lead to a large-scale riot.

You know, the Americans have hundreds of millions of guns in their hands!

If we really get to this point, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Because this is a global financial catastrophe, it spreads very quickly, affecting everyone's lives almost instantaneously.

Such a situation can be said to be unprecedented.

For the US authorities, the priority is certainly not to restore the financial system, but to stabilize the situation at home and give the people a point of vent.

To put it more bluntly, it is to find an enemy to come out.

There is no doubt that North Korea is an ideal enemy.

Whether it makes sense or not, whether it makes sense or not, first throw this enemy out, divert the contradictions in the country, and then think about other things.

Obviously, this is much better than the turmoil in the United States, where hundreds of millions of people take to the streets with guns.