Super God-Level Top Student

A very pessimistic mood.

It certainly deserves to be pessimistic. If the world currency becomes worthless paper, the entire world financial system will experience a brief chaos, but it will soon be replaced by a new order. But what happens after that?

If the United States is still the strong manufacturing nation it once was, it wouldn't matter.

For a country, there is actually no concept of bankruptcy internally. Theoretically, as long as the products needed by the population can be self-sufficient, even if a hundred trillion is owed, at least the most basic stability can be ensured.

But the global supply chain system they had built before does not follow this logic.

Yes, the United States no longer has the foundation for a complete supply chain. Even its domestic heavy industry, which is advantageous, relies on multiple countries worldwide to supply various parts, bringing them to the U.S. for final assembly.

Even technology companies like Intel need over 16,000 suppliers from more than 100 countries to provide them with various equipment, components, raw materials, and other services, but ultimately, these need to be purchased with money.

Once there's a real crisis, if the US Dollar is abandoned and cannot be used to buy these things on the international market, even Intel will go bankrupt instantly.

Of course, things haven't become that pessimistic yet.

After all, considering the strength of the United States, even if it really falls behind in competition with Huaxia, at least its overall power is probably still slightly stronger than all other countries combined at the moment.

But everyone knows that being number two is not easy.

Even if they are not afraid of being ganged up on by everyone but the top, with the strongest number one watching from the side, they dare not use their full strength.

The pack of wolves surrounding them could wear them down until they perish.

Not to mention their own dogs, who understand their nature. If they can't be controlled, they might be the ones to bite the hardest.

This is not mere imagination; in fact, the country on Dongsheng Island has already taken concrete actions to prove this point. Although the Eastern Hemisphere is already evening and it's the weekend, they have started searching for buyers, planning to sell off their reserves of U.S. treasury bonds.

Given that there are still garrisons on Dongsheng Island, this is more than just a betrayal; it can also be seen as a test.

The most infuriating thing is that although they know it's a test, given the geographical location of Dongsheng Island, they truly don't feel they should take any drastic action at this time to avoid causing Huaxia to misjudge.

This is undoubtedly a humiliation for a superpower.

They used to be able to flaunt their might, not needing to inform anyone, bombing what they wanted to bomb.

But now they're even afraid of a misjudgment, which is undoubtedly dark humor.

When the system constructed by the empire really starts to collapse, it's far more abrupt than many people imagined. It doesn't even require a hot war.

The scariest thing is that even now, the deterrence of the most powerful weapons on Earth has significantly reduced after the appearance of robots.

After all, most weapons are still mainly designed to effectively harm humans. But robots...

After all, both of them are top pyramid-level figures; they know many things outsiders don't understand.

There are some details not recorded in those small videos off the coast of Philadelphia, like how they actually used high-power mobile broadband jammers at the time, theoretically capable of interfering with signals within a broad frequency band range.

But the actual situation is that those seabed unmanned units, which can adapt to harsh underwater environments, were not disturbed at all. They could not only move freely but also make noise and even transmit small videos.

Considering Huaxia's recent moves in the new material industry, it's clear that both sides have completely different understandings and levels concerning technology and future competitive directions.

To put it this way, even if both sides simultaneously open the largest scale and unlimited engagement, bombing everything possible, the other side would undoubtedly recover much faster with the help of AI and those robots spread throughout Smart Cities.

Not to mention they have an almost complete industrial chain spread across every corner of 9.6 million square kilometers.

Thinking about all these, it's enough to make one feel despair, followed by long silence.

Until Fields spoke again: "Alright, Miles, you're still the same as when you were young. I admit your abilities are strong, but you can't adjust your mindset when facing setbacks. Maybe the situation isn't that bad."

"Oh? Do you think we still have a chance?" Miles Damon asked, looking at Fields.

"In the short term, hope is indeed hard to see."

Fields shook his head but immediately added: "But even if we are the second, so what? If we shift our focus, we still have deterrence over other regions even if we can't defeat Huaxia. Now we need to reassess our relationship with Huaxia."

"What do you mean?"

"It's simple—acknowledge Huaxia's strength and give them enough respect, or recognize their status. Then follow behind Huaxia; in fact, there is no irreconcilable enmity between us. On the contrary, we once stood on the same side.

We can even acknowledge Huaxia's leadership position internationally. Then continue maintaining the order of this world behind Huaxia. Even world number one needs enforcers! This world can never be completely peaceful; besides leadership, it needs deterrence, and there's no place more suitable than ours."

"But..."

"Yes, it indeed requires a price, such as giving up the global circulation and leadership of the US Dollar, but at least we can get through this toughest period relatively smoothly. The development of this world has inertia; although many will definitely jump to test, they ultimately need to see the attitude Huaxia shows."

"Is this just your intention? To be dogs to Huaxia?"

"Of course not. In fact, many people think this way! So don't speak so harshly; we all wish to avoid unexpected events, right?

The more it comes to such times, the more we need to unite, especially making Congress realize the seriousness of the issue. But one thing I can assure, no one wishes their wealth to turn into worthless paper."

Miles Damon looked at Fields intently, and finally nodded: "I understand, maybe I should prepare a party tonight; I will invite Lucas and many familiar congress members. Will you come?"

"No, I don't have time; I need to rush to Washington in the afternoon."

Miles Damon nodded with understanding.

...

In fact, similar conversations are not only happening in the building on Wall Street.

Many knowledgeable people have already become alert.

The possible issue in the stock market is already a minor problem. The development of things to this extent is almost like an open secret; everyone knows prosperity built on a castle of sand will eventually collapse, but no one thought it would be so abrupt.

Initially, it was expected to turn into a life-and-death, desperate struggle, but who would have thought it would be resolved with such finesse? Reader support at M*VLEM*PYR made this translation possible.

Winning without a fight, in terms of military strategy, is just a phrase, but achieving it is extremely difficult. Even during their most prosperous times, they almost never succeeded. They had tried before, but the resilience of that country across the ocean is astounding!

Or perhaps described as being too stubborn. Who can fathom that during their most advantageous times, billions of tons of TNT couldn't make many flesh-and-blood beings surrender? With outdated equipment, almost no air superiority or mechanized forces, they forced an admission of failure with human lives.

Since then, it's been an unstoppable rise.

That country, once destitute from war, with a national literacy rate of less than ten percent, heavy industry almost nonexistent, and light industry relying on imports, took less than seventy years to leap to a level that is now only looked up to.

Seventy years, barely three generations, not to mention they took quite a few detours during this time.

After accepting reality, many people's feelings could probably be described as bewilderment.

This failure is so baffling, many don't even know where the mistake lies?

Were they not strong enough? Not advanced enough?

Or was the scope too wide, always missing some parts?

Or was it industrial hollowing? But clearly, they always dominated the most advanced technology...

So where exactly is the problem?

This is probably what many people want to figure out today.

After all, admitting your mistakes is arguably the most challenging thing in this world, bar none.