268: Chapter 268 The Great Plague Outbreak! The US Fires its First Shot!

Government officials of all countries knew the hard truth that those who adapt to the times are wise, but ordinary citizens simply did not care about such things.

268: Chapter 268 The Great Plague Outbreak! The US Fires its First Shot!

Government officials of all countries knew the hard truth that those who adapt to the times are wise, but ordinary citizens simply did not care about such things.

In particular, the irrefutable scandal of Chinese soldiers running to the capital of another country to slaughter civilians struck a nerve with the public in every nation, causing the vast majority to be furious.

One must know that even the arrogant and domineering US of the past few decades had no precedent for invading another country's capital to conduct military operations and wantonly slaughter civilians!

This time it was Japan; next time, could it be their own country?

Such an anti-human regime comparable to the Nazi party, no matter how strong its military power, must be subjected to the widest possible condemnation and boycott!

As a result, grassroots sanctions against China intensified.

Because of the immense pressure from spectators worldwide, the organizers of many large international sports events ultimately had to announce that they were temporarily unwelcoming to Chinese athletes.

On global social media platforms, all Chinese celebrities were besieged and cyberbullied by aggressive crowds from various countries, demanding they publicly apologize to the people of Japan.

Online games and mobile games produced by Chinese companies were frequently reported by netizens and directly removed from overseas platforms.

Major awards in the global academic community, due to the excessive controversy during the public notification period, had all award procedures for all Chinese people, including overseas Chinese, temporarily suspended.

This also included the upcoming Nobel Prize, Fields Medal, and Science Prize that Lin Mo would be absent from receiving for Controlled Nuclear Fusion, as well as Academician Tu's Nobel Prize nomination for artemisinin, and so on...

All the talk about "Science knows no borders," "sports know no borders," and "culture knows no borders" became a joke at this moment.

Even more absurdly, the Trump administration of the US, which enacted the sanctions against China, unexpectedly gained the approval of the American public, and the President's approval rating suddenly soared, causing Trump to exclaim "Unbelievable."

Trump was extremely excited in his office; the good show had only just begun, and the best parts were still to come!

"Smith, how is the paper on the new material coming along?"

Smith said with a smile, "It has already been sent to Science for review!"

"By then, our dear Dr. Edward will become the greatest father of room-temperature superconductors and father of super-heat-resistant ceramics!"

Trump laughed, "The expedited approval process for the Nobel Prize must also be followed up quickly!"

"The relevant technology patents must also be expedited, and sold at low prices to all countries on the Blue Planet at the first opportunity!"

"Those incredibly stupid Chinese high-level officials will probably die of anger! Hahaha!"

Smith replied with a smile, "That is the Chinese people's own fault; who told them not to take the initiative to publish it in the form of a paper?"

Trump nodded in approval, "This time, not only will we disgust China severely, but we will also make a fortune using their technology!"

"We must also make their bullshit friendly relations go completely bankrupt!"

"At the same time, we must also make good use of this excellent opportunity of the virus war to let the international community completely isolate China!"

"By then, it will also win us a strategic advantage for our subsequent blitzkrieg against China!"

"Understood!"

Watching Smith's departing figure, Trump could not help but look up and laugh again.

Hopefully, by then, his presidential approval rating will be able to successfully break the all-time high record!

Being the only "two-most" president in US history to hold both the lowest and highest approval rating records, he could completely be called the most legendary US president, right?

After the US's comprehensive sanctions against China were implemented, China was not afraid in the slightest and immediately announced reciprocal countermeasures.

With the two most powerful countries on the Blue Planet locked in a death struggle, and most of the public in various countries still stubbornly standing on the side that was at a disadvantage, the official authorities of various countries were somewhat caught off guard.

For the sake of their own countries' subsequent development, many high-level officials in various countries tried to speak up and stand for China from an objective perspective. After all, China was now a huge hot commodity, and future cooperation opportunities would inevitably be very close. If the domestic public's hostility toward China continued to spread, it would certainly have a huge impact on official cooperation between the two countries.

But what everyone felt helpless about was that less than an hour after their articles were published, they were scolded with hundreds of pages of comments...

Damn it, they are all unruly mobs!

Government officials of various countries could not help but curse secretly, but in terms of action, they could only shelve cooperation.

There was no other way; if they continued to anger the public, would they still want votes in the future?

Talk about development for the country; surely votes and status were still more important!

Just when the high-level officials of various countries felt quite helpless, several very explosive pieces of news suddenly came out of the US academic community.

"Shocking!"

"The research team belonging to Dr. Edward from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US has successfully prepared a room-temperature superconductor in the laboratory!"

"The relevant paper has been officially published in the authoritative journal Science!"

"After multiple verifications by major experimental centers in the US, the superconducting performance of this substance fully meets the standards and can be repeatedly prepared; it is indeed a room-temperature superconducting material!"

"Dr. Edward named it: Eagle-Gold Superconductor! Codename: YJ-1!"

"..."

"In order to recognize Dr. Edward's outstanding contributions, the Nobel Prize Committee will initiate an expedited approval process to award the Nobel Prize in Physics this year to the father of the Eagle-Gold Superconductor, Edward!..."

Once these explosive pieces of news were announced, they instantly caused a massive tremor comparable to a magnitude-nine earthquake on the Blue Planet.

On the Chinese side, the Minister of Foreign Affairs was so angry that he personally came forward, stating that the US not only stole various sub-technologies of China's Controlled Nuclear Fusion but also wanted to steal the reputation of Chinese scientists; it was truly the most shameless country on the Blue Planet!

In response, the spokesperson for the Black Palace in the US flatly denied it, smilingly claiming that the only way the global academic community recognizes new scientific breakthroughs is through relevant papers published in authoritative journals.

Now that the US has taken the first step, it is a blessing for humanity on the Blue Planet; why is China flying into a rage out of shame?

Facing reporters from various countries, the Black Palace spokesperson continued confidently.

"...To be honest, after mastering the supporting technology for room-temperature superconductors, we have also developed super-heat-resistant materials!"

"Therefore, our US Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology is also expected to make a substantive breakthrough within three months!"

"But we in the US are not like some individual tyrannical and authoritarian countries!"

"As a country committed to benefiting humanity on the Blue Planet, we are willing to share our Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology with all countries on the Blue Planet!"

"Countries that are interested only need to join us in sanctioning China and provide a not-so-expensive technology usage fee to easily obtain the full set of Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology!"

"..."

The words of the Black Palace spokesperson were quickly transmitted back to the high-level officials of various countries through the reporters from various countries at the scene.

After learning this news, countries on the Blue Planet were suddenly conflicted!

The US's conditions were indeed not exorbitant, and the technology usage fee was within everyone's acceptable range, but sanctioning China... this was fucking forcing everyone to take a side!

For this reason, countries on the Blue Planet urgently convened all government officials to discuss countermeasures, but they could not reach a decision after discussing it for several days.

On one side was the strongly rising China, and on the other was the former hegemon, the US. Now there was no room to sit on the fence; they had to choose one. Wasn't this obviously giving everyone a case of decision paralysis?

Just when countries were feeling a headache from being conflicted, suddenly, a sudden public incident that broke out in China became a major fuse, finally pushing most countries completely toward the US!

"On April 1st, an unknown spike virus infection suddenly broke out within China! As of April 8th, there were 185 confirmed infected patients, including 2 in critical condition!"

"..."

"The US announced on April 8th that the country has officially entered a public health emergency! An entry ban has been implemented for all Chinese people and all foreigners who have arrived in China within the last 15 days!"

"All US flights passing through China have been suspended!"

"All US citizens returning from China within 15 days are subject to a 15-day quarantine!"

"..."

"As of April 10th, 65 countries have implemented entry bans for Chinese people!"

"The US and all Western Alliance countries jointly announced that, due to the impact of the epidemic, overseas trade with China has been officially included in the list of entities under comprehensive sanctions against China!"

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