“Rumble…”
A massive explosion occurred at Yang Zhiwen's house.
In that explosion, Yang Zhiwen's house was completely razed to the ground.
The original structure vanished, leaving only a large pit.
Soon, the explosion attracted the attention of other villagers, but before they could gather, several military vehicles drove into the village.
Large numbers of soldiers quickly secured the entire village, and then, using the excuse of a critical module from the Space station falling, they evacuated everyone in the village.
Furthermore, large contingents of soldiers and researchers moved into the village overnight.
Soon, a massive circular shed was constructed over the site of Yang Zhiwen's house, which was now just a large pit.
This circular shed could effectively block satellite surveillance.
And such a major incident in China quickly drew the attention of many countries internationally.
After all, China's Tiangong Space station had been operational for less than four years before such a serious accident occurred, which made many countries secretly gloat.
Due to the impact of this event, China's internet was filled with lamentations.
Many self-critical commentators surfaced, all stating that when the Tiangong Space station launched four years ago, the Chinese internet was extremely arrogant, but now? In less than four years, the Tiangong Space station suffered such a severe accident, whereas, in comparison, the International Space station has been operating for decades, and although it occasionally has minor issues, it has never experienced such a major accident.
Consequently, many people couldn't help but question online: What is wrong with China's space program? Are Chinese Scientists incompetent? Did China build the space station shoddily just to compete with America? Why can foreign old space stations operate safely while China's cutting-edge space station has problems?
Simultaneously, foreign networks were in an uproar, especially netizens from America, who were loudly proclaiming on the internet.
American netizens claimed that when they offered to cooperate with China on space station development, China refused, and now, without America's help, China's space station is all show and no substance.
And countries like Japan and South Korea also fanned the flames on foreign websites for their masters.
Especially Japanese netizens, because America and Japan were at the top of the list of countries China rejected for space station cooperation back then.
Therefore, upon hearing about the major accident involving China's space station, Japan immediately started clamoring online.
Although Chinese netizens quickly engaged in online debates with netizens from America, Japan, and other countries, the fact that the space station had an accident put Chinese netizens at a disadvantage.
Shortly after the major accident with China's space station, White Elephant Country and America suddenly announced the largest military procurement order in history between the two nations.
America would sell 120 units of its latest F-35A stealth Fighter Jet to White Elephant Country, with each unit priced at a mere three hundred million dollars. （ The F-35A is the basic model, priced at eighty million dollars. ）
White Elephant Country plans to purchase a full 32 F-35As from America in the first batch.
As soon as this news broke, netizens in White Elephant Country were practically jumping for joy online.
Even though last year White Elephant Country's forces were soundly beaten six to zero by the J-10 Fighter Jets sold by China to their next-door neighbor, upon hearing that America would sell them stealth Fighter Jets, White Elephant Country netizens suddenly felt confident again.
They left numerous comments, stating that White Elephant Country now possessed the Air Power to confront China again.
While White Elephant Country and America finalized the massive $36 billion aircraft military procurement order, Non-Monkey Country in the South China Sea once again sent vessels into China's territorial waters, infringing upon China's legitimate rights.
Even the northern neighbor of China, Shepherd Country, announced that it would reach a major Rare Earth trade agreement with America.
It is projected that over the next five years, they will sell hundreds of thousands of tons of Rare Earth to America.
As for how Shepherd Country, surrounded by China and Russia, would transport such a large quantity of Rare Earth raw materials to America, that detail was omitted from their Report.
Moreover, affected by the space station incident, many countries that had previously engaged in cooperation discussions regarding the space station with China announced that they intended to postpone those cooperation matters.
For a time, China's international reputation suffered a major blow.
However, there were no extensive explanations or major reactions internally within China; they only continued to mobilize troops and increase personnel at the site where the space station fell.
America, Black Palace.
The current Great President Trump was holding a meeting with his think tank.
“Gentlemen, the core purpose behind our agreement to sell F-35 stealth Fighter Jets to White Elephant Country is to jointly research the Corpse of the Superpower User with them.”
“Currently, the Corpse of the Superpower User is controlled by White Elephant Country, but as you all know their Technology capabilities, the bulk of the research on the Superpower User will likely still be led by us in America.”
“Our agreement to sell stealth Fighter Jets to White Elephant Country is an exchange of interests, so gentlemen, I demand that we immediately organize the most elite research team to travel to White Elephant Country. We must uncover the secret of the Superpower User before White Elephant Country and other nations do.”
“If we can be the first to research the origin of the Superpower User’s birth, then our America will be great again!”
It turned out that the reason America and White Elephant Country reached the stealth Fighter Jet military sale agreement was because America had also learned about the Superpower User incident in White Elephant Country.
Although the Superpower User incident in White Elephant Country caused quite a stir and they defeated the Police and Special Forces, when the White Elephant Country Armored Unit stationed at the border moved in to suppress them, the Superpower User was quickly killed.
America's Central Intelligence Agency quickly learned of the events in White Elephant Country. Thus, America's high command agreed to sell stealth Fighter Jets to White Elephant Country in exchange for the right to research the Superpower User's Corpse.
In fact, not only China and America knew about the Superpower User incident in White Elephant Country; all five of Blue Star’s “peace” guardians were aware of it. However, of the five “peace” guardians, the other four nations, excluding China, all made contact with White Elephant Country.
Russia proposed offering White Elephant Country more oil and more military equipment.
John Bull and France suggested they could provide White Elephant Country with more loans and more investment.
Only China had no reaction whatsoever during this Superpower User incident.
Not even an attempt to contact White Elephant Country occurred.
Although other countries knew that relations between White Elephant Country and China were very poor, and that White Elephant Country would most likely not agree even if China wanted to approach the Superpower User, China not even asking was indeed beyond the expectations of other nations.
With China not intervening, other countries were naturally pleased to see it, as China, although not yet the nominal strongest entity on Blue Star, was already considered by many nations to be on par with America.
China held a Military Parade last year, showcasing various weapons that gave the world a taste of something described as "outrageous."
At the same time, it made all countries, including America, suddenly realize that the capabilities China possessed at this point were already terrifying.
The reason China had not yet shown its strength internationally was not because it couldn't, but simply because it chose not to.
If China were determined to compete with other nations, those other nations would genuinely find things difficult. Since this rival, China, was not actively participating, they were naturally happy to let things be.
After all, if the wealthy patron doesn't participate in the auction, the small fry like them can pay a lower price.