#939 - Chapter 939: Help them inform the world! Moral kidnapping, victim-blaming theory?
Several old men sat around a conference table.
Last night.
When Russia made their demands, the old men rejected them outright without a second thought.
Who were they trying to scare?
Frankly speaking, there were too many uncertainties: if they launched an attack, China would inevitably have various strategies, from relocating the population as much as possible internally to launching a direct counterattack and attempting to destroy the asteroid.
Would the asteroid's trajectory be altered?
Would it be shattered?
In short, there were too many uncertainties.
Any fool knew that Russia had neither the ability nor the courage to completely break off relations.
The asteroid was their trump card, giving Russia some confidence, and that was all.
Did they think they could extort us with that?
Dream on!
Decades ago, when we didn't even have nuclear weapons, we didn't back down in the face of nuclear blackmail and even came up with the so-called 'exchange of homes' tactic.
Now that we are in a position of absolute advantage, you still want to use tricks to extort us?
"Just got some news!"
One of the old men lowered his voice: "They claim that in three days, if we don't budge, they will... inform the whole world!"
"Outrageous!"
The old man was furious.
Clearly, Russia realized that the asteroid could only give them a trump card, but not scare China.
They would be afraid!
If Russia revealed the truth, it would bring two results simultaneously.
First, they would become the enemy of the entire world, hated by all nations.
Second.
As long as the countries were afraid, they would persuade China to agree to Russia's excessive demands—if you, China, don't agree, we will also suffer, so you must agree.
In short, Russia wanted to use the fear of other countries to force China to agree!
This was a very insidious move.
And very effective!
Some in the conference room were cursing Russia, while others were brainstorming ideas.
"Old Man!"
General Wang ran in.
"You're back?"
The old man put away his worries and asked with a smile: "Mother and daughter safe?"
"Safe! It's just... the Commander is too clever, he discovered the asteroid." General Wang said with an embarrassed smile.
"You told him?!" The old man frowned.
"No! I swear I didn't! What kind of person is the Commander? He saw at a glance that there was an extra star next to the moon, and he forced me to tell him... You know, he forced me to tell him, I couldn't disobey!"
"You..."
The old man was convinced he was lying.
There was no need to tell Chen Hao about this kind of trivial matter.
Chen Hao was too busy, busy with matters concerning the survival of all mankind, while Russia's little tricks didn't pose much of a threat, it was just scaremongering—anyway, China wasn't afraid.
There was a priority to things.
Was it necessary to affect Chen Hao's important matters for this little thing?
"It didn't delay him!"
General Wang shook his head, with a mysterious smile on his face: "It's already been resolved!"
"How was it resolved?" The old man asked, puzzled.
"Project 3 has been completed..."
"What Project 3?"
"It's like this!"
After General Wang's simple explanation, the old man finally understood.
Just got the news that Russia only gave a three-day deadline, and if China didn't agree to their demands, they would inform the world.
This move was insidious but difficult to crack.
Now!
The threat instantly disappeared!
"No need to wait three days!"
The old man stood up immediately, straightened his back, and said coldly: "Aren't they trying to put pressure on us through the world? We might as well help them inform the world!"
...
Chen Hao was in a special state.
He didn't know that in the short time that followed, the whole world would quickly boil over.
That day.
First, amateur astronomers discovered an extra star next to the moon.
In today's information age, it was impossible to hide such a thing, and related posts quickly appeared online.
Some professionals even used instruments to roughly calculate the relevant data of the asteroid—nearly 10 kilometers in diameter.
How could there suddenly be an extra star?
Would Earth's gravity pull the asteroid over?
Of course.
Even amateur astronomers could discover it, so countries could discover it even more easily.
But the countries did not report it.
The less the public knew, the better.
But...
In the end, public opinion could not be contained, especially in the 'free' West, public opinion would force the authorities to make a decision.
President's Office.
Seeing the report sent by her subordinates, Cindy frowned visibly.
In less than two days, news about the moon's satellite had spread on the Internet.
North America had discovered it a few days earlier, and even learned from China how the asteroid came to be.
It's just...
They couldn't say it!
Once the public knew that this thing was man-made, it could easily cause chaos.
But!
Now that the Internet was spreading on a large scale, and many netizens were spreading rumors, the authorities had to come forward to refute the rumors.
How should they refute the rumors?
Tell the truth?
The truth was even more terrifying than the rumors online!
Just as she was thinking about how to announce it to the public, her satellite phone suddenly rang.
Seeing the number, she answered in front of her subordinates, speaking in Chinese: "Hello? I am... Understood!"
The subordinates quickly turned their heads to the side.
I can't see!
Can't hear!
Isn't it...
Although the entire White House knew, couldn't you avoid suspicion?
"Notify them!"
Cindy said in a deep voice after answering the phone: "Tell the public the truth!"
She was not the only one who received the call.
In less than an hour.
Countries released announcements one after another.
Among them, countries with more developed technologies also gave more detailed information in the emergency news flashes.
Kitt Peak National Observatory in North America!
Cambridge Observatory in England!
European Southern Observatory!
Space Hubble Telescope!
As well as multiple observatories in China, and space orbital monitoring devices, all released monitoring footage.
In addition to the asteroid's related situation, there was also the whole story of the matter.
Instantly!
Billions of people were cursing.
You want to use chips to negotiate, so you bet the whole world?
Too bad!
But...
After many netizens finished cursing, they began to desperately shout to China, demanding that they agree to Russia's conditions.
As expected.
No one can ask the whole world, billions of people, to regard death as home: cursing is cursing, hating is hating, but the fear of death will make them help Russia persuade China to agree, after all, those who are not afraid of death are in the minority.
But!
The statement released by China next shocked hundreds of millions of netizens.
The content of the statement was...
It is an unforgivable crime to disregard the lives of billions of people for personal gain!
Comprehensive sanctions will be implemented to completely paralyze its military forces, achieving the goal of demilitarization.
As soon as the statement was released, China was scolded.
That's right!
Clearly, it was Russia who did the bad thing, but it turned into billions of people scolding China, don't you think it's unreasonable?
After thinking carefully, it is not difficult to understand.
If China compromised, everyone would be happy.
But not only did China not compromise, it even released such a statement, and the result of the so-called demilitarization was that the other party would inevitably launch a crazy counterattack—relying on the power on Earth, they would not have the ability to counterattack at all.
How to counterattack?
Naturally, it is to release the asteroid!
