Musk squirted out a sip of coffee, staining a trail on the other party's light-colored suit.

He threw a napkin to the other party and said in a slightly disgusted tone, "Mr. Nakagawa, this joke is not funny at all!" ”

The other party still smiled flatteringly: "Is it a joke, Mr. Musk should have the ability to judge, we just want to tell the US government through you that there is such an opportunity now, as long as you pretend not to see ......"

Musk was silent for a moment and asked coldly: "Why did you find me?" ”

"Because you and Xia Ming are enemies......"

The other party's words made the corners of Musk's mouth pull up, and when he heard the words later, his face froze again: "No matter what you think, in everyone's eyes, you are the person who most wants to see this happen." ”

On the ground floor of the White House, everyone wore only shirts and carefully scanned them in front of a terahertz imager before entering the war room, where no woman had been allowed since the new secrecy measures were implemented.

The president scratched the few strands of hair that were left and sighed.

"When Charlie raised his hand in favor of the postponement of the vote, I felt the same way as him, and the United States once again bowed to that demon. When future generations dig through these old accounts, I will probably be described as the weakest of all presidents, and they will definitely say that it is better to choose that woman to come to power. ”

"I've been thinking, why didn't Xia Ming simply raise the banner of world domination? He has skills, he has wealth, and most importantly, he has ideas! Damn the idea! His ideas can deceive all scientists, all anarchists, all egotists, all those who want to drop a nuclear bomb on Wall Street! ”

"Among the 99% of mortals on the planet, the vast majority of stupid people and idiots support the idea of ISIS, and the vast majority of people with intelligence and ideals will support his idea!"

"That would be nice, then his ideas would become a cover for world domination, and let his supporters know that he was still a mere mortal, only more arrogant than Hitler! It's not like this, huddled in a small political jar, smoked by the stench of freedom and ego that he exudes, and he always can't help but want to do it, but he doesn't dare to do it. I am by no means the weakest of all presidents, but I am the most patient! ”

Musk swallowed his spit and asked with difficulty: "So, president, what do you mean, acquiescing to the Japanese ......"

"I'm not an idiot!"

The president hammered the table and said, and Musk breathed a sigh of relief.

"If it had been last year, we would have done it without the Japanese, and we didn't need the Japanese to come out. It's different now, his industry, his technology, and the whole world are entangled, and it's hard to tell clearly. And he is no longer alone, his star union, which dispatches most of the half-orbital cargo delivery system, and his Antania has a Madagascar as a backing. ”

Speaking of this, the Secretary of State added: "In more than a year, Starlink and Huaxia have cooperated the most, and if we only solve Xia Ming, there is no doubt that Starlink will invest in Huaxia." ”

"The most important thing is that we don't know what kind of ability Xia Ming has as a star gate manager. At the beginning, I strongly opposed provoking him through the UNOC, but you couldn't listen to him," the Minister of Defense shrugged helplessly, and then asked in confusion: "But the Japanese government ...... What the hell is crazy? Do you dare to do this? ”

"This is not the attitude of the Japanese government, it is the idea of several consortiums behind the government, and they ......"

Musk said disdainfully: "Their monopoly in semiconductors, materials and new energy is collapsing, and then they have violated Xia Ming's taboo on EI......"

"Then we instigated them to jump out to test Xia Ming's bottom line, they thought that after Xia Ming came back, he would definitely unite with the Japanese Revolutionary Federation to set off a revolution in Japan. With Xia Ming's relationship with China, the newborn Japan will inevitably break away from the US-Japan alliance system and become a vassal of China. ”

The Secretary of State added an explanation and then commented: "They are actually very sober, and it is logical to make this decision." ”

The president sneered: "But they are repeating the mistake of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor!" ”

The Minister of Defense asked: "And what about our countermeasures?" ”

The president sighed: "We can't afford the price of Starlink's full surrender to China, and once we fail, we can't afford Xia Ming's anger of revenge, so we must stop the Japanese." ”

The secretary of state frowned, "But the concerns of these lunatics about Japan's pattern are also reasonable, and we cannot allow Japan to break away from the Japan-US alliance." ”

"This matter is not necessarily a bad thing for us", Musk's thinking is much more open than that of these people: "At least Xia Ming can fully realize that there are many people who oppose him, and if he wants to implement his ideas without compromise, he must be ready to fight a world war." ”

Musk smiled faintly, with a deep understanding of Xia Ming in his smile: "He is a scientist, and his ideal is to rely on science and technology to change mankind and benefit mankind, rather than dragging mankind into a catastrophe of extinction, he will back down." ”

Everyone looked at each other for a while, and the president nodded: "Just deal with this principle, let Xia Ming know our position." Engage in technology and make money, we don't stop him. He wants to represent humanity side by side with UNOC and deal with stargates and aliens, and we have long been mentally prepared. But he wants to interfere in the internal affairs of the country and meddle in the international political structure, which damages the core interests of the United States, and we will never compromise! ”

The Scavenger has been refurbished, with a circular acceleration ring in the middle of the hull that changes the direction of the vent, and six ion engines that allow it to reach Earth orbit in just 15 days, with an average speed of 1.4 million kilometers per hour.

However, this speed still displeased the Starlink agents who returned to Earth to recuperate, and they felt that it seemed to be back to the era when they raised their sails across the ocean, and their lives were wasted on the journey.

Xia Ming didn't have any ideas, and his sense of time had also changed a little, not because he might have extended his life and didn't care about squandering time, but because he was aware that he had mastered the scope of time granularity. When he observes subtle changes, the granularity of time becomes smaller and does not feel rushed, and when he observes macroscopic changes, the granularity is magnified and does not feel long.

Lingering with Xiao Huan is such a thing, of course, the slower the time, the better.

However, time couldn't stop the accident, when Lin Cheng popped up and said that someone wanted to talk to him in real time, he couldn't help but feel a little angry.

The news reported by the other party made him even more angry, "The above is not prepared to make too many concessions, and the above will not accept your recognition of the status of the UNOC." ”

It was Xing Tianmin, since his boss Xiang Sheng sat on the throne of executive deputy director of the "Star Gate Planning Committee" in one fell swoop, as Xiang Sheng's assistant and first confidant, his status has also risen and he has entered the decision-making circle of the central government.

When the war ended, the Huaxia Stargate Planning Committee would be abolished, but Xiang Sheng's outstanding performance in this work established his authoritative position in the field of national application and management of EI. The Smart Development Committee, reorganized by the Stargate Planning Committee, will continue to promote the application of EI at all levels, and this body is equivalent to the previous National Development and Reform Commission, and the chair is naturally none other than Xiang Sheng, and Xing Tianmin has also jumped from assistant to deputy position in one fell swoop.

At the UNOC, Xia Ming's words shocked the delegates of various countries, and they had to agree to an extension to wait until Xia Ming returned to resolve the dispute. However, judging from Huaxia's attitude, the postponement is just a failure of the UNOC's sky-high asking price strategy, and it does not mean that they will obediently bow to the returning Xia Ming as they did last time.

"I understand how conservative the upper echelons of the country, especially in China, are. But what kind of changes will this war bring, and are they really mentally prepared? ”

Xia Ming's words made Xing Tianmin's heart beat a drum: "It's not that I deliberately target Huaxia, I'm talking about all countries." Whoever stands in the way of the tide of change brought about by technology will be a reactionary and will be abandoned by history and the people. At this time, the state is still obsessed with the vested interests of the ruling group, as well as the issue of face in the international community......"

"If they look at this issue pragmatically, what you want to convey to me should be to make a wish and a promise, try to win me over. The role that I and I played in this war has proven how ugly a human death would be with the UNOC and Younas alone. ”

Xing Tianmin sighed: "You also know that the bigger the organization, the more sluggish it becomes, coupled with the consciousness-form, as well as the stable ability accumulated over the years, it is unimaginable that the overall situation will be out of their control." ”

"I won't budge, this time the attitude of the UNOC shows one thing, as long as they still stand up to the righteousness of representing all mankind, this name will push them to continue to do stupid things."

Xia Ming's attitude was very resolute, which made Xing Tianmin and headache: "Then what do you think ......?"

"The UNOC only represents the unified will of all nations, and the state is no longer something that can fully represent humanity."

Xing Tianmin was very puzzled by Xia Ming's new attitude: "What else does human beings have besides the country?" ”

"More and more common interests will be separated from the state, and these interests can be integrated at the national level and attributed to the UNOC, but some of them are inherently opposed by the state, and the UNOC is not suitable for integration."

Xia Ming's statement, Xing Tianmin is still difficult to understand: "For example? ”

"For example, in the earth orbit, why has a unified earth orbit management organization not been introduced until now?"

The example given by Xia Ming made Xing Tianmin speechless, it was really like this.

The current orbit of the earth is already a mess.

For this stargate war, UNOC and Starlink worked together to turn the Earth's orbit into a lively bazaar by relying on the maturity of the technology of electromagnetic orbit launchers.

Taking advantage of the gap between Xia Ming's previous cleaning of the earth's orbit and everyone's rush to send supplies and personnel to the stargate, various countries, organizations and large companies are stuffing their own satellites into the earth's orbit.

Although the UNOC is also emphasizing the principle of demilitarization of the earth orbit and the need for unified management of orbital resources, the "orbital express" technology developed by Starlink has greatly reduced the cost of resource development in the earth orbit, so various needs of the state, commercial, and scientific research have popped up.

Of course, the UNOC wants to manage the Earth's orbit in a unified manner, but China, the United States, and other major powers will certainly not give up the military use of the Earth's orbit. The UNOC, which has a national seat, is both a referee and an athlete, and this kind of unified management will definitely not be able to do it. Everyone knows what the United Nations has been in charge of before.

If it weren't for the Star Federation and some international organizations, as well as the satellites of large companies in the earth's orbit, which could monitor the new members joining the earth's orbit at any time, who could guarantee that Huaxia would no longer scatter a bunch of laser satellites, and the United States would no longer deploy electromagnetic railguns into the sky?

If the principle of "complete demilitarization of the Earth's orbit" is adopted and the Earth's orbit is managed in a balanced manner, the UNOC may not be able to establish a unified management organization.

But the problem is that, on the one hand, there is a real need for militarization in the earth's orbit, and at least reconnaissance satellites are already an indispensable part of the military systems of various countries. On the other hand, with the exception of laser satellites and railguns, which are clearly intended for military use, other satellites, such as remote sensing and communication satellites, are commercially available, and who knows if they are working for the military?

More importantly, the creation of the UNOC and the Stargate War do not mean that there are no disputes between the various countries on the planet. If there are nuclear weapons, and the Earth's orbit is managed by a state-based organization, it is not credible. The Earth's orbit is an important part of the nuclear umbrella, and to fully demilitarize it would be tantamount to renegotiating an international agreement on nuclear strategy.

Whether it is the United States, which wants to continue the established pattern, or China, which is on the rise and wants to gain a late-mover advantage, and Russia, which has a certain strength and is determined that "I must have the strength to bite people at any time", they will oppose the complete demilitarization of the earth's orbit.

Therefore, the current situation of the earth's orbit depends on the UNOC from time to time, and the Star Federation and other organizations keep a small book on the side, plus the urgency of the Stargate War, so messy to manage, fortunately, it has not been out of the basket yet.

As soon as it came to the earth's orbit, Xing Tianmin knew that he was convinced. Neither the UNOC nor any organization with the state as the main body can control this matter. Unless the UNOC is ready to unify the world, abolish the world's nuclear weapons, and become a true Earth Federation.

Xing Tianmin knows very well that even the above feels that unless there is an organization that can transcend the state to manage it, the earth's orbit will continue to be chaotic, and one day a big basket will be poked out.

You must know that the current technology is not as good as before, and satellites are generally high-efficiency solar cells plus flywheel batteries, and then ion engines. Dropping one is just a small flywheel that smashes it, and its destructive power is comparable to that of a thousand-pound aerial bomb. Coupled with the maturity of electromagnetic orbit technology, space reactor technology, and observation and intelligence technology, any careerist or terrorist who uses the earth's orbit to make a big news can casually destroy a few blocks and kill tens of thousands of people.

"Okay, I'll reveal what you mean to the boss and let the boss go with him to blow the wind."

Xing Tianmin said with some concern: "I hope that the next tide will not make the country unstable." ”

"It's not something we can decide, it's their choice," Xia Ming said the truth very unceremoniously.

After the call with Xing Tianmin ended, Xia Ming naturally lost the mood to continue to fight with Xiao Huan, and was thinking about the details of the response after returning to Earth, one after the other, and the two messages he received almost at the same time surprised him again.

"10 million kilometers from Mars and 200 million kilometers from the Scavenger, a hydrogen bomb explosion of the 10 million ton level occurred."

Xia Xiaoyan sent the observed scene into his field of vision, it was a suddenly shining star, just looking at it, it seemed to explode directly on Mars.

"Another fateful choice, will those Japanese be shouting 'The rise and fall of the imperial kingdom will explode here'?"

Xia Ming sneered, two pieces of information, one from the UNOC, said that a spacecraft transporting hydrogen bombs had malfunctioned, and in order to avoid affecting the stargate, it was decided to detonate near Mars.

Another piece of news came from Musk, who said that a Japanese militant group tried to attack the Scavenger by transporting a hydrogen bomb, and the United States detonated it in advance, and was tracking down the main envoy, demanding that the Japanese government be responsible, hoping that the matter would not affect the negotiations between Xia Ming and the UNOC.

"It's quite sensible, but it's also a threat", Xia Ming sighed: "It seems that if they don't recognize the reality, they won't bow their heads." (To be continued.) )