Chapter 352 The two parties remained calm
Chapter 352: The Two Calm Parties
at the same time.
North Atlantic Commonwealth, deep in the Rocky Mountains of America.
In a secret base deep underground, a cold voice slowly sounded in an office.
"Daniel, what are the results of the investigation?"
The blond middle-aged man being questioned rubbed his greasy cheeks, with a look of helplessness in his eyes: "It was an organization secretly funded by the former CIA in 2015. This is all the information we have investigated so far."
The Mediterranean old man, holding a cigar in his mouth, took the document handed over by Daniel and looked through it carefully.
The atmosphere in the office was very depressing.
Daniel's forehead was covered with sweat without him noticing. He loosened the collar around his neck to make his breathing smoother.
Ten minutes later, the Mediterranean old man silently put down the documents and tapped his fingers lightly on the oak table.
bang bang bang...
The rhythmic knocking sounds echoed in the room, like cold raindrops hitting Daniel's head, making his inner uneasiness even stronger.
"Daniel, what does the science department suggest?"
"The scientific department has launched a comprehensive study, but..." Daniel's voice became smaller and hesitant as he spoke.
"but what?"
"But they said that there may be no way to cure necrospermia in a short period of time. It will take at least ten years to develop a treatment plan. Maybe..." Daniel said, and once again stopped talking.
The Mediterranean old man's voice was a little harsh: "Maybe what?"
Daniel, who was in a dilemma, said, "Maybe Seris has a solution."
"Seris..." The Mediterranean old man tapped the oak tabletop with his fingers again, muttering to himself: "Seris..."
That long voice contained hatred, pity, and regret, but more of it was helplessness.
Since taking charge of the North Atlantic Union's intelligence system, the old man from the Mediterranean and the financial supporters behind him have not given up on fighting against Seris and the Asian Union. However, the situation they took over was too bad.
Natural disasters and man-made calamities, as well as powerful external enemies and various internal divisions that hindered its development, have prevented the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from being well integrated. Instead, it has shown signs of further decline due to various internal and external difficulties.
Just like the recent outbreak of necrospermia in South America, it all comes down to the extremist organizations secretly funded by the former CIA behind the scenes.
"Assholes! Fuck you!" The Mediterranean old man cursed while gritting his teeth, and then vented his inner dissatisfaction with a gloomy face: "As teammates with these guys, they can make the North Atlantic Union collapse without the enemy taking action."
Daniel lowered his head and pretended not to hear the words.
bang bang bang...
Just then, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in!"
The mahogany door slowly opened, and the person who came in was a middle-aged man with gray hair and a slicked-back hair, wearing a burgundy suit and vest, and holding a briefcase in his hand.
"Good morning, Mr. Bhaer!"
The man pulled out the oak chair next to Daniel and greeted him with a smile.
The Mediterranean old man took a puff of his cigar and asked directly: "Huh... Ross, do you have any good news?"
"No, it's all bad news." Ross answered very directly, and then formally reported the bad news he mentioned: "According to the European branch's intelligence, signs of infected mosquitoes have been found along the coast of Great Britain and Gaul, and related infected people have also appeared."
"According to the Oceania branch, the number of people immigrating from Europe to Oceania has increased nearly five times compared to last year, especially high-tech talents and highly educated people."
"Lucia branch intelligence: Due to the negative impact of global climate anomalies, Lucia's food stocks have dropped to a historic low. They are planning to apply for food aid from the North Atlantic Union."
Daniel couldn't help but complain: "Is Lucia kidding? Their food production didn't decrease significantly last year, did it? If I remember correctly, their production was only about 15% less than before the outbreak of the yellow grass disease. With their population, they should be able to be self-sufficient in food and even export some of it."
However, Ross replied coldly: "They also need to ensure the food supply in Central Asia."
"Huh? How was the grain production in Central Asia last year?" Daniel frowned.
Ross poured cold water on Daniel: "It's very bad. Compared with the grain production before the outbreak of the yellow grass disease, the grain production in Central Asia last year decreased by about 37%, and the drought in Central Asia this year may be even more serious."
"Huh..." The Mediterranean old man Bal continued to hold his cigar in his mouth and listened quietly.
Daniel looked a little unhappy. "That's troublesome. Lucia doesn't intend to give up her influence in Central Asia. Don't they realize that Central Asia has become a wound?"
"Haha, you know Lucia's morbid desire for control." Ross shook his head and continued:
"According to the African branch, Egypt's Qattara Depression has been transformed, adding about 8000 million mu of arable land to the surrounding areas. Its grain output can basically meet Egypt's local needs. In the future, it can be supplied to West Asia and North Africa. It is estimated that about 1000 million tons of grain can be supplied each year."
This news is naturally good news for Egypt, but bad news for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
"Asia Commonwealth Division Intelligence: The Kra Canal was officially opened yesterday, and the second line of the Kra Canal was also planned. The third bridge across the Strait of Malacca will be opened in a week. Ceylon and the Maldives' application to join the Asia Commonwealth was approved today."
"What a lot of bad news!" Daniel had already become numb.
After he joined the North Atlantic Union's intelligence system, he received bad news every other day. Seeing that the Asian Union was thriving while the North Atlantic Union was declining, the psychological gap made Daniel a little painful at first, but as time went on, he became calm.
Crushing the cigar into the ashtray, Old Man Barr was also used to these bad news. Looking at Ross who had not stopped yet, he said lightly: "Any other bad news? Tell us all together!"
"According to the South American branch, the intelligence force in Little Venice has lost more than 80% in recent days."
"The Asian Federation has taken action?"
"Well, they were investigating the people who were evacuated from the Amazon rainforest, and they found our people, and then our people lost contact on a large scale."
"for…"
Ring ring ring…
The three of them immediately fell silent.
Old man Barr picked up the phone and said, "Hello, this is Barr."
"Mr. Barr, this is Morgan Manor. I am Lester, Mr. Morgan's butler." Old man Barr's voice suddenly became softer: "Hello! Mr. Lester, is there anything I can do for you?"
"Mr. Morgan already knows about that incident. You don't need to conduct an in-depth investigation into the outbreak of necrospermia. Other agencies will take over the matter. Do you understand?"
"Okay, I will hand over all the files." Bal answered very tactfully.
"that is it."
"goodbye!"
After hanging up the phone, there was no expression on Bal's face, as if nothing that had just happened had happened.
Daniel was a little helpless: "Mr. Barr, then the Federation will just ignore necrospermia? This is probably very bad for our population, right?"
"Haha, Daniel, you are still the same." Ross sneered.
Daniel looked into the other person's eyes with a fake smile: "Rose, you might as well make your words clearer!"
Ross said nonchalantly, "Aren't there about 16% of men who are normal? Just let these people donate sperm. Doesn't necrospermia make you impotent? Just treat it as if the infected person has taken long-term contraceptive pills."
"Haha, what if you were infected? You probably wouldn't be so calm, right?" Daniel sneered unconvinced.
However, Ross looked calm: "I went to a private hospital yesterday to freeze my sperm. If my body cannot be immune, I will use the frozen sperm."
"Oh my god, why didn't you remind me? Mr. Buck, I need to take a leave!" Daniel reacted instantly and became emotional.
"Sure." Old man Bal was not unkind. Although he already had three children, he froze his sperm and asked his adult sons to freeze their sperm as well.
This is actually the fundamental reason why there is no major chaos in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization now, that is, they have the advantage of low human rights within the organization.
Since infected people will experience necrospermia, it is better to freeze the sperm in advance and let those who are immune donate sperm.
In fact, the North Atlantic Community has also set aside a special fund to purchase mosquito-repellent sprays from the Asian Community.
In the past, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization did not pay attention to mosquito prevention at all, but now they have to pay attention to it and even spend real money to purchase it.
There is no way out. Since the credit currency attributes of the US dollar and the euro have collapsed, and they do not have much Chinese yuan reserves, they can only use precious metals and rare elements as currency and barter with the Asian Union.
Therefore, although the impact of necrospermia was extremely bad, it did not cause any trouble within the North Atlantic Union.
The rich have already made all kinds of preparations.
People without money can only accept their fate.
Anyway, the Asian Union has just entered spring this year, and orders for medical supplies from the North Atlantic Union have suddenly soared a lot.
Although the North Atlantic Consortium can only use precious metals and rare elements to pay for purchases, the industrial chain has not yet returned to normal, so it can only accept it.
In the current global industrial system, the Asian consortium is pieced together and can even form three sets of relatively complete full-system industrial chains internally.
The North Atlantic Consortium, which combines the industrial chains of America, the European Union and Russia, can barely piece together a complete industrial chain, but some of the technologies are relatively backward or can only be used with difficulty.
For example, in rare earth refining technology, although Seres has a huge leading advantage in this area, the North Atlantic Consortium can adopt the old-fashioned high-pollution refining solution, which is highly polluting, energy-intensive and inefficient, but can at least supply some rare earth elements.
As for other regions, such as South America, Africa, Oceania, Southwest Asia and other regions, even if they are all put together, they cannot even complete half of the complete industrial chain.
In the past, India still had some industrial power, but unfortunately they have now collapsed and are completely divided. After they started a chicken-eating competition internally, it has not stopped for several years.
The Asian Community is now almost far ahead of other regions in the world in terms of industry.
Take steel as an example. Last year's production capacity was still as high as around 15 billion tons.
Last year, the production capacity of electrolytic aluminum and titanium alloy accounted for 96% and 97% of the global total respectively.
In fact, this is very easy to understand, because the smelting of these two metals requires a lot of electricity. The Asian Commonwealth generated 34 trillion kWh of electricity last year, while the power generation in other regions combined was only 11 trillion kWh, a gap of 23 trillion kWh.
The growth points of electricity in the Asian Commonwealth are mainly concentrated in photovoltaic power, nuclear power, wind power and hydropower, while thermal power only maintains its original production capacity or undergoes technological upgrades.
With China's significant lead in electricity, the output of electricity-related products is naturally significantly ahead of other regions in the world.
Moreover, a large portion of the electricity in other regions is actually used for domestic purposes rather than industrial purposes.
This further widens the gap in industrial capacity between the Asian bloc and other regions.
As the North Atlantic Union, they naturally have some understanding of the industrial strength of the Asian Union. It is precisely because of this understanding that they appear to be "very patient."
With such a huge gap in industrial strength, it is impossible not to remain calm.
If a real fight breaks out, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization won't be able to hold out for long.
This is also the consequence of the deindustrialization in Europe and the United States. Deindustrialization is simple, but recovery is not so easy.
As one of the heads of the North Atlantic Alliance's intelligence system, old man Bal is also very desperate about the internal industrial recovery.
Even though it is under pressure from both inside and outside, the re-industrialization within the North Atlantic Union is still not optimistic. This is mainly due to the various piles of shitty codes accumulated in the past. Without starting over, repairing this system is even more difficult than rebuilding it.
This is another important reason why Ross and others acted indifferent.
After all, watching the North Atlantic Treaty Organization continue to decline while the enemy is advancing by leaps and bounds, all kinds of means have been used to try to change it, but there is no improvement. Anyone facing this situation will become numb after a long time.
Old man Bal listened to the instructions on the other end of the phone without refutation or anger, because he was used to it.
Now the North Atlantic Union is like an old, patched-up house with a lot of rats, cockroaches and termites inside. What's even more terrifying is that these rats, cockroaches and termites are the people who control the management of the house.
Therefore, Old Man Bal and others also knew that they had no ability to change all this. If they did something irrational, it might even implicate their families. It would be better for them to join in and continue to go along with the crowd.
If one day the North Atlantic Treaty Organization completely rots away, they actually don’t care.
This is just like the gentry group in Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty. They didn't care that Emperor Chongzhen had no money to issue silver, nor did they care about the invasion of wild boar skins. They only cared about their own wallets.
They won't regret it unless the knife falls on their heads.
This is also an important reason why the Asian Union did not further pressure the North Atlantic Union. After all, sometimes, there is no need to stab the enemy with a knife. The enemy will commit suicide by taking poison.
(End of this chapter)