209: Chapter 209 The Art of Leadership, Technological Discontinuity

Alaska, northern port.

The Sister Li and Chiyao Aircraft Carrier fleets were anchored nearby.

Three miles south of the port, there was a world-famous casino—the Las Vegas Casino.

However, now, with the promulgation of the Twenty-One Treaty, this large casino had become state-owned assets of the Dragon Kingdom.

Originally, Xue Yao had prepared herself; after the treaty appeared, the behind-the-scenes boss of this Las Vegas Casino would surely put up some resistance.

Therefore, she had long ago ordered hundreds of Xuan Nu and JF-17 Thunder fighter jet units to take off and patrol.

Warships and aircraft carriers were also ready to launch at any time.

Anyone who dared to resist would be dealt with by military law.

However.

A few hours after the treaty was promulgated, besides fierce resistance on the internet.

In reality, the big boss behind the Las Vegas Casino, an old capitalist who had been deeply rooted in North America for hundreds of years, Las Wei.

He had actually stayed up all night sewing an H-flag, driving a Wuling Hongguang convertible he had gotten from who knows where, demanding to meet with the commander of the Sister Li.

Xue Yao certainly knew of the other party's intention to surrender, but she couldn't be bothered to deal with him, so she sent Cuihua over.

"Respected Admiral Cuihua, I am Las Wei, the little steward of Las Vegas."

"Please allow me, with the most sincere attitude, to welcome your arrival!"

"I wonder, could Admiral Cuihua give us some guidance on how your Dragon Kingdom intends to deal with us in the future?"

Las Wei didn't get to see the commander of the Sister Li, but he did meet the commander of the Chiyao, and his attitude remained that of a bootlicker, full of sincerity.

He even wanted to inquire about future policy trends.

Cuihua was worthy of being a high-level intelligent mecha; she had learned a vast amount of human social experience, especially the speaking style of officials and leaders, so she opened her mouth and replied: "I am already aware of the situation, but regarding this question you mentioned, actually, it's not necessarily certain how things will be, nor is it necessarily certain how they won't be. There is no such saying, absolutely no such saying. We say, a matter has many possibilities, right? It depends on human effort, mainly..."

Cuihua spoke for several minutes.

She looked at him: "Understand now?"

"???"

Las Wei was dizzy, but seeing Cuihua stop, he immediately nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "As expected of an Admiral, your speech is so profound. I understand completely!"

"As long as you understand."

Cuihua walked away after speaking; she still had things to arrange.

Las Wei stood on the spot, in a mess, and asked a follower beside him with a dull expression: "Did you understand what she said?"

"Based on my research into Dragon Kingdom's 'nonsense literature,' she was likely saying: 'Don't know, wait for notification.'"

The follower beside him replied.

Las Wei's mouth twitched as he said: "Then why didn't she just say those six words instead of talking for several minutes?"

"That is the art of being a leader."

"...Where did you learn this stuff? Let me see it too."

Las Wei asked.

Once the Twenty-One Treaty came out, the Lighthouse was completely extinguished, and the Organization was ignited. In the future, it was highly probable that Dragon Studies would sweep the globe, so he had to hurry up and learn some Dragon Kingdom culture to avoid being unable to show off in the future.

The man took out his phone from his bosom, opened an app, and said: "Tomato Free Novels, free for a hundred years. This place gathers various literary masters of the Dragon Kingdom. The people inside are not only proficient in Dragon Studies, but everyone speaks very pleasantly. Being here is like arriving in heaven..."

"You kid, sewing the H-flag, you did it faster than me."

Las Wei glanced at him.

...

Near the port.

A fishing boat slowly descended from the sky and stopped not far from the Sister Li.

"Dear, are you okay?"

The moment Jiang Chen stepped onto the aircraft carrier deck, Xue Yao greeted him immediately. She was dressed in a deep blue aircraft carrier commander's uniform, her figure slender, and her waterfall-like hair remained heroic despite the cold sea breeze of the Bering Strait.

Jiang Chen stepped forward a few steps, shook his head, and chuckled: "I'm fine, I didn't even encounter a single S-sequence supernatural biological entity."

"So, they all left with the Lighthouse?"

Xue Yao was also quite surprised. She had originally thought that, just like entering the Mediterranean Sea, they would encounter strong counterattacks from werewolves, vampires, and witches!

Unexpectedly, relying solely on military strength was enough to crush the opponent.

Jiang Chen gazed toward the Arctic Circle and said: "Perhaps. I haven't finished reading the data sent over by Commander Yan Luo yet. I only know that there is a place in the Arctic Circle called Area 51, which is an alien base. I suspect the Lighthouse was built there..."

"Let's go tomorrow," Xue Yao said.

Jiang Chen nodded and followed Xue Yao into the inner cabin of the aircraft carrier to rest.

He spent the night reading through the data on Area 51 that Commander Yan Luo had transmitted.

These materials were mainly recorded by the Black Palace.

"Lizard Queen..."

"An alien life form from a place called the Ascension Star."

"Arrived on Earth 1,500 years ago."

"..."

Jiang Chen roughly scanned a portion of the data.

Among them, the information about someone called the Lizard Queen caught his attention.

"1,500 years ago? Isn't that the Tang Dynasty?"

Xue Yao, who was beside him, also exclaimed.

This alien life form had actually lived for 1,500 years.

Living from the Tang Dynasty until now.

Jiang Chen stared at one of the star charts, which had an approximate location written as Ascension Star, and he said to Xue Yao: "Judging from the scale of this map, this Ascension Star seems to be only four light-years away from us."

"Four light-years, that's still very far. That's the distance light travels in four years."

Xue Yao murmured.

At humanity's current speed of twenty times the speed of sound, how long would it take to arrive?

Jiang Chen calculated roughly and was secretly tongue-tied.

So far, Controlled Nuclear Fusion only provided infinite energy, not faster-than-light travel.

The fastest speed humanity could currently achieve was actually the conceptual 'Matter-Antimatter Annihilation Engine,' which was 1% of the speed of light.

And four light-years meant that, calculating at 1% of the speed of light, it would take 400 years to reach this Ascension Star.

"Even if the Matter-Antimatter Annihilation Engine is successfully developed, it would still take hundreds of years to reach this planet... So, how did this alien life form reach our Earth? And why did it suddenly leave?"

Xue Yao was somewhat puzzled.

In fact, Jiang Chen was also a bit confused.

Judging by the time, this Ascension Star was likely technologically advanced.

During the Tang Dynasty, they were actually able to send life forms from the Ascension Star to Earth.

Now that 1,500 years had passed, the Ascension Star was probably even more powerful!

He read the data for a while longer.

Later, there were descriptions of how the Lizard Queen promoted the Industrial Revolution.

Xue Yao exclaimed again: "No wonder the Anglo-Saxons suddenly surpassed our Dragon Kingdom in the last few hundred years. It turns out there was support from an alien life form. So that's it..."

"If the Lizard Queen had chosen to support the Tang Dynasty back then, history might have changed."

Xue Yao was pondering.

Jiang Chen shook his head and said: "You forgot about the Black Porcelain of the Tang Dynasty? That thing was already far beyond the modern technology promoted by the Lizard Queen."

"However, judging from some records of the Black Palace, the Black Porcelain at that time seemed to be something played with by a small number of nobles in the Dragon Kingdom and was not promoted widely. Later, for some reason, the knowledge was lost, and these things, which far exceeded modern technology, sank into the long river of time..."