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Chapter 225 - 179 Hua Country: What? What are you doing?_2

Chapter 225: Chapter 179 Hua Country: What? What are you doing?_2

It was purely a preventative measure against the real existence of laser weapons, by pretending to take a step back first.

After all, such an act came at no cost.

The retreat mentioned at the press conference was just lip service to show attitude, real actions would definitely wait until the investigation results were out to confirm the reality of the laser weapons, and then be implemented on a large scale alongside other policies.

Even if the investigation eventually found the laser weapons to be a hoax.

The words spoken at the conference were just talk, many of which could be retracted at any time as hot air, and most of the promises would not even be acted upon.

Holding a press conference came with no loss, the real major military deployments, information and public opinion wars, and the seeking of strategic partner strategies had not even started; it was just a training against a hypothetical enemy.

They had even discussed and seriously set up some maybe viable plans for sudden occurrences like an alien invasion or zombie apocalypse.

Making some harmless preparations for such situations was also quite normal.

So.

After a long and serious discussion.

They began their own press conference.

...

On April 14th, at 8:00 AM Hua Country time.

At a little past 8:00 PM, Lighthouse Country urgently convened a press conference.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the media, good afternoon. Thank you for attending this press conference. We are gathered here today to explain the recent situation in the Asia-Pacific region and to express our government’s stance..."

"As everyone knows, our country has always adhered to international law and arms control treaties, fully aware of the importance of maintaining global strategic stability and avoiding any actions that may exacerbate regional tensions..."

"Here, we call upon the strong countries of the Asia-Pacific region, Hua Country and others, to maintain the highest degree of transparency, and to actively participate in the international security dialogue and cooperation frameworks. Transparency and communication are the keys to building trust and avoiding miscalculations..."

"We believe that maintaining global peace and stability is in the fundamental interest of all countries. History has taught us that resolving security concerns through dialogue and cooperation is far more effective for lasting peace than any military means. Therefore, we call upon Hua Country, as a strong country in the Asia-Pacific region, to cooperate with us to maintain regional stability..."

"Finally, we wish to emphasize and reaffirm our commitment to peace, and are willing to work together with Hua Country and the international community on the basis of mutual respect, to explore the establishment of a more stable and predictable international security order."

The bewildering statements made by Lighthouse Country at the press conference left many scratching their heads, unclear about what Lighthouse Country meant.

The meaning behind their words seemed like they were afraid of something, deciding to take a slight step back, no?

And it seemed like they mentioned Hua Country from time to time?

And Hua Country, which Lighthouse Country believed would understand, was also baffled by the sudden conference, unsure of what the other side meant.

What? What’s this all about?

How come you suddenly act as if we’re on such good terms?

Calling for peace, promoting friendly development between our two countries, mutual respect, maintaining transparency, and cooperative maintenance of stability—could these words really be coming from you?

Hua Country’s side was utterly baffled.

They decisively began a series of discreet investigations, striving to figure out what Lighthouse Country was up to.

Meanwhile, it wasn’t long before they responded with a press conference that likewise called for peace and the friendly development of both countries.

"Respected media friends, good morning. Welcome to today’s special press conference. Today, our side will convey important messages to the domestic and international public regarding the future development direction of our relationship with Lighthouse Country, and our initiative for peaceful development."

"In today’s globalized world, as the two largest economies, the relationship between our two countries is not only vital to the welfare of our peoples but also profoundly affects world peace, stability, and development. Both history and reality show that cooperation benefits both, while confrontation harms both."

"..."

"Therefore, Hua Country is willing to join Lighthouse Country in fastening the first button of the relationship between our two countries, to ensure that the relationship between our two countries truly settles down, improves, and moves forward. We believe that as long as both sides proceed from the fundamental interests of the people of both countries and the world, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome, no problem that cannot be solved."

This set of operations.

Left the media worldwide somewhat baffled.

The leadership of both sides hadn’t changed, had they? There hadn’t been any major events lately, had there? Recently, there didn’t seem to be any significant cooperation between the two sides.

Why did the two countries suddenly seem to be in a honeymoon phase?

The whole world was somewhat baffled at this moment.

No one knew that these influences came from a man who was lying low in a fishing village.

Lighthouse Country, which was investigating, would never imagine that the lasers originated from an ordinary man in a fishing village.

If such a message had come from Su Shi Reef: a man at the seabed emitting lasers, destroying their unmanned submersible detectors.

Even if there were sonar and monitoring data to prove it.

They would be able to immediately send someone to slap the technicians at Su Shi Reef awake, tell them to clear their heads and not make such ridiculous jokes.

And then thoroughly investigate where that guy got the technology to tamper with the sonar and monitoring data installed by Lighthouse Country.

After all,

the reality that there are superhumans in the world is far more difficult to accept than the presence of advanced technology in Hua Country.

...

At this moment, having returned from the sea,

Chen Yun, who was in Zheng Yuliang’s home in Zhengjia Village, Qixi City, researching the commonly used shipping routes from ancient times to the present,

did, with his Transparent World Perception, keenly catch a household watching the morning news and saw the content about the press conference between the two countries.

As for the reasons behind it, he was vaguely aware of why.

Regarding this, he simply muttered to himself, "Hmph."

The world was changing because of him.

And no one knew why.

This feeling caused some ripples in Chen Yun’s heart.

How many people could do things at this level? And just over a month ago, he was still just an ordinary homebody.

Feeling some inner turmoil was normal.

But it was soon quelled under the influence of his rational balancing mechanism.

For Chen Yun,

these things were gradually becoming less of his concern.

Influencing the world was indeed interesting.

But it couldn’t hold his attention for long.

After all, exerting this kind of influence hadn’t taken much effort.

It was merely a matter of closing and opening his eyes.

And then the unmanned submersible detector exploded.

Thinking this, Chen Yun turned his attention to something else, which was the map of historical human shipping routes displayed on the computer in front of him.

Primarily, he was looking through some of the ancient Hua Country’s seafaring records.

With his strong memory,

he quickly memorized this information.

After all, Chen Yun had planned to explore some shipwrecks while simultaneously training underwater.

So, he could use the historical shipping routes available to plan a rough course for a long-distance swimming outing.

Swimming along such a planned route would increase the chances of finding shipwrecks much more than swimming randomly.

When the time came,

he would be able to train in the sea

and, with the help of Transparent World Perception, casually check if there were any shipwrecks on the seabed—the feeling of such an exploration and treasure hunt was quite interesting.

As for the original plan of having Xianghe Real Estate send someone to establish a salvage company and casually lift those discovered shipwrecks to complete a collection achievement,

having completely pua’d Tan Bingtang and not worried about exposing himself, Chen Yun had directly contacted Xianghe Real Estate Group via mobile phone.

Although the "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" and "Salvage Law" had formed a complete legal system, and unauthorized commercial salvage within Hua Country’s territorial waters was illegal,

there are always more solutions than difficulties.

As long as the stealth techniques are executed well, and the quantity offered is sufficient,

lifting a little something is unlikely to cause trouble.

Moreover, most importantly, Chen Yun’s salvaging was purely for collection, purely a marker of his treasure hunting exploration.

The good stuff would never reach the market, meaning it was even less likely to cause any problems.

As for Xianghe Real Estate Group only investing without any returns—no problem.

Firstly, Tan Bingtang was eager to please Chen Yun every day.

Secondly, a lack of income did not mean a lack of gains; some of the lesser-quality treasures that did not reach the market would find their way to high society connections.

Having a continuous supply of good items made possible by Chen Yun’s "divine guidance," building up a decent network of connections was indeed a rewarding harvest.

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