A few hours later, Chen Nian got on the plane to Hailan.

His "manor base" has completed the second round of expansion, and now, due to the requirements of secrecy, it is not yet possible to take off and land large aircraft, but it can directly take off and land various types of small planes and helicopters.

Therefore, it only took 3 hours for Chen Nian to move from his office in Chengdu to Hailan's villa.

Accompanying him was Chen Guo-—— as the head of Xinghuo, he really couldn't stay too far away from Chen Nian.

"The work has basically been arranged in place, and the Chang'e-6 launch plan is progressing in an orderly manner, and the launch is expected to be completed in a month."

"The Nantianmen project is carrying out normally, and the lunar ship port issue that we discussed before has been partially budgeted and resources invested as an additional plan, of course, the current investment is still very low for the time being, and it will be gradually added later."

"In the GAI project, the quantum computing sub-project is sprinting, and the first-generation dedicated computer is expected to complete the test within two months, and the research and development of general-purpose computers will start soon."

"The progress of some other small projects has also gone smoothly-—— by the way, we have obtained information from Zhejiang University on the brain-computer problem you mentioned before, and at present, their progress is very fast, and there is no need for additional technical support and resource investment for the time being."

"So all in all, you don't have a lot of pressing work to do right now."

"In the meantime, just stay here honestly and wait for the alarm to be lifted."

Listening to Chen Guo's report, Chen Nian sighed and said helplessly:

"It's a bad feeling."

"It's normal to feel uncomfortable, you're too used to that kind of high-intensity work rhythm, and suddenly stop, just like that kind of retired old man."

"But this is something that can't be helped, it's only a first-level response now, and if it develops to a level 0 response in the future, you will have to cut off all contact with the outside world."

"At that point, you'll really have nothing to do."

Then I can only hope that it doesn't get to that point."

Chen Nian lay down heavily on the sofa, while Chen Guo sat opposite him.

"We don't want to get to that point either-—— in fact, the vast majority of people don't think it's going to get the worst."

"But now the situation is really. It's complicated. ”

"Li Xiang should have told you before that fusion technology and room temperature superconductivity technology have completely changed the world, and they have changed in ways that we did not expect at all."

"We thought that after the explosion of technology, the first thing to start should be the explosion of productivity - of course, in fact, in our country, things are indeed developing like this."

"But when you look at the world as a whole, it's a different story."

"We underestimated the level of human madness about the 'future', and the first thing they did was not to steadily open the door to the future, but to start selling 'future securities' at the door."

"The new North American coalition is a typical microcosm, and Organization 003 is another."

"But there are many more corners besides them that are changing unimaginably dramatically."

"The Age of Fusion. It should be called the era of great change. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Guo couldn't help but sigh.

Chen Nian, who was lying on the sofa, closed his eyes, and then asked:

"Is there anything I don't know?"

"There are some -—— of course, we didn't deliberately hide it, the report is actually open to you, but we always feel that it is not necessary to take up too much of your energy, so we have not specifically mentioned it."

"Now. If you want to know, I can tell you. ”

Chen Nian snorted, and after a moment, asked:

"Let's start with Europe."

"Europe."

Chen Guo sat up slightly straighter, and after organizing his language, he began to report representative events to Chen Nian.

"Europe is one with the Americas, so we shouldn't take it apart."

"In recent times, there are two most representative events."

"The first is the total collapse of the four major grain merchants."

"The second is for countries to initiate large-scale disarmament."

"Widespread disarmament?"

Chen Nian sat up from the sofa.

"That's right, several countries, including the traditional powers, have initiated disarmament, and they intend to invest all the military savings in fusion and room temperature superconductivity applications."

"That's a good thing, but they're misestimating that jobs aren't growing at a rate that's far behind productivity."

"The development of the industry is lagging behind, and the soldiers who are idle cannot find their place in society, because the new industry has not yet developed to the extent that it can produce enough jobs."

"This has led to the development of private armed companies in various countries like a blowout, according to the current situation, according to the current estimates, in just one year, more than 400 small and medium-sized PMCs have been born in Europe and North America."

"You should be able to guess what problems this is going to cause. The already chaotic places are even more chaotic, and the places that were not chaotic are also starting to be chaotic. ”

Hearing this, Chen Nian nodded slightly.

But soon, he questioned:

"But this will not cause large-scale unrest, private forces are private forces after all, they don't have strategic bombers."

"Here's the problem, they really have."

Chen Guo said with a wry smile.

"You know, the rule that the military is not allowed to do business is not applicable in most countries, not to mention the freaks of the Foreign Army, the most typical US troops stationed abroad are good at doing business."

"So, as long as there is a reason for saying the past, they can even really use strategic bombers."

"That's just the extreme."

"Yes, an extreme case, but also a possibility."

Chen Guo shook his head and continued:

"But that's not the biggest problem, as I said, the problems of the military, the civilian armed forces and so on are just a microcosm, and the more serious problem is that Europe is starting to starve."

"Hungry?! Are you kidding? ”

At this moment, Chen Nian was really shocked.

Starvation in the context of the great development of the productive forces? How is this possible?

Moreover, Chen Guo also said that the four major grain merchants have completely collapsed, which means

Wait a minute.

So, the collapse of the four major grain merchants has not brought a positive effect?

Chen Nian looked at Chen Guo suspiciously, the latter nodded solemnly, and explained:

"Yes, there is a general food shortage in Europe-—— but this shortage is not caused by 'food shortage'."

"On the contrary, it's because of the abundance of food."

"In a word, the king of the mountain died, and the wild dogs began to bite the corpse, taking more flesh with them."

"All the small grain merchants want to take the place of the big four grain merchants, and their approach is very simple and rude, that is, to store grain."

"At the beginning, everyone thought that this was a good phenomenon, because multipolarity is better than unipolarity, but there is a problem that has been ignored by everyone."

"That is, capital is the craziest in the early stage of starting investment."

"It is no exaggeration to say that the proportion of losses they can afford at this time is far greater than we imagined."

"So, all the emergency controls are failing, and these small grain traders are creating a famine."

Hearing this, Chen Nian's expression finally became heavy.

He had indeed seen the news of the loss of the four major grain merchants and the flocking of various small grain merchants.

At that time, he was the same as Chen Guo said, thinking that this was an extremely beneficial thing.

But he didn't expect that the plot would develop in this direction.

Famine because of too much food? What is this? Is Global Indianization?

It's crazy.

"How is the situation in our country?"

"There are no problems in the country, which is the most fortunate thing."

"Even in the most optimistic circumstances, we didn't relax our control on food – to be honest, we did face a lot of pressure at the time, but now it seems that we made the right choice."

"That's good."

Chen Nian breathed a long sigh of relief.

In the end, he is a Chinese person, although he always says that he wants to achieve global harmony and realize the great unity of the people of the world, but if he really wants to choose.

Well, he chose to die the foreigner first.

After a pause for a few seconds, Chen Nian continued to ask:

"Is the situation in Europe bad? How soon can I expect relief? ”

"I don't know. Theoretically, such a problem will not last for more than one year at the longest, but from our recent observations, there is no sign of turning around. ”

"This makes us suspect that there is someone behind the whole food incident that is secretly pushing - it may be Organization 003."

"They're really good at doing this kind of thing, starting small and making a difference in the whole picture."

"Yes, I can also see it, no wonder Li Xiang is so vigilant."

"He's vigilance, rightfully because we've already infiltrated Organization 003 once on the issue of the new North American alliance."

"Now, our plans have been disrupted, even the follow-up of the LMS that has been deployed has been postponed, and the situation on the side of the new alliance in North America is starting to become difficult, they have finally gained a foothold in Cheyenne, but it is possible that by next month at the latest, they will be forced to withdraw from Cheyenne again."

Speaking of this, Chen Guo suddenly smiled.

"But interestingly, if the new North American coalition does withdraw from Cheyenne, it means that the operation of Organization 003 has failed. In a sense, they really go in and out with us. ”

"That's the scariest thing."

Chen Nian said solemnly.

"Yes, it's scary. Forget it, let's not talk about that. ”

"The organization was originally intended to let you take a vacation by the way, I can't make the atmosphere too heavy, let's go, go to the beach, then have a meal and get a good night's sleep."

"Maybe we'll wake up tomorrow morning and all the problems will be solved?"

"I hope so."

Chen Nian stood up, followed behind Chen Guo, and left the living room.

The problem certainly won't be solved overnight, but there is a good chance that the problem will worsen overnight.

That's how it was for the new North American alliance.

Just a few hours earlier, Case had received a formal notification from the LMS that Cheyenne had exceeded LMS's expectations, so they had decided not to provide any additional security services to the new North American alliance for the next two weeks.

This means that all the fire support, equipment support and training support they promised will be suspended.

Keith couldn't figure out why, not even Wes.

The situation is obviously good, the big man from the White House has clearly happened in public, ruling out the risk of KBZY in the new North American alliance, and Cheyenne's original ruler has also fallen to the new North American alliance, and is helping the new North American alliance to establish a truly legitimate jurisdiction.

In this case, the LMS actually said that "the situation exceeded expectations"?

What exactly is it that exceeds expectations? Is it because it is developing too fast and developing too well?

I don't understand.

In the office of the Cheyenne Police Department, Dewey sat across from Wes and Case, looking calm, but explaining again with some regret in his tone:

"Again, as I mentioned before, we have to suspend our overly aggressive activities for the next two weeks."

"Of course, this does not affect our long-term relationship, and we can resume closer ties once the issues are resolved."

"But now"

"You're breaking the covenant!"

Keith interrupted Dewey's words, and his tone was a little vicious.

"No, we didn't break the contract-—— we didn't have that in our agreement."

"Of course, we do feel sorry, but there are some situations that we can't explain to you."

"What the hell is going on?"

Wes's reaction was much more rational than Keys's, and he knew that since LMS had decided to enter the game, it was impossible for him to suddenly back down for some insignificant reason.

Something big must have happened that made them have to stop and take a closer look.

And such an "observation" may not be a bad thing for oneself.

Maybe they can help the new North American alliance eliminate more risks?

"It's classified, I'm sorry, I can't reveal it to you."

"But you should at least let us know what this so-called 'secret' is related to so that we can react."

"You know, we are now in a relationship of community of interests, and one-way information barriers are not conducive to our cooperation, nor will they benefit you in any way."

"I understand, I understand."

Dewey nodded, and then said:

"But I can't break this rule, and I can only tell you one thing if it's within my purview."

"That is, the impact of this matter is so big that the new alliance in North America will definitely not be able to bear it."

"If it is not handled well, let alone ourselves, even you, in short, in these two weeks, we also hope that you can maintain your sanity and restraint."

"The 'full occupation of Cheyenne' is not so urgent, you have at least four weeks left."

"And to really implement it, maybe two days will be enough."

"So, be patient, the more times like this, the more we can't rush in."

"Understood."

Wess finally nodded, and he could see that the LMS was indeed not trying to pull out, but wanted to prevent the new North American alliance from stepping into the abyss.

"Perhaps we should thank you for your caution, but"

"Bang!"

There was a loud bang, and the office door was pushed open.

The conversation between the three was interrupted, and Keith and Dewey got up at the same time, both hands on their holsters.

But it was not the enemy who came in, but a core member of the new alliance in North America.

His expression was a little panicked, and his tone was hurried.

"Something's wrong!"

"What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?! ”

Keith asked sharply.

"A big thing is just now, Texas, the state government of Texas, has been attacked by armed men!"

(End of chapter)