215: Chapter 215 The Dominant Status of the Renminbi

When Xue Yao and the other two arrived at the Eskimo Ice Sheet, Base No. 7 of Area 51 was already surrounded by a sphere of energy permeated with lightning; the surrounding ice and snow were frozen solid, and the blizzard sweeping through the air also carried many lightning particles.

"What a strong energy wave!"

The Black Eagle hovered over a leeward spot on the Eskimo Ice Sheet; the chaotic lightning blizzard made its wings tremble, covering them in a layer of frost and snow.

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi hid behind the eight views carriage. Even though she was wearing defensive armor, her small face was still a bit flushed. She said to Xue Yao, "Mom, this blizzard is very strange; it even has lightning in it. Little Black can't fly through it."

"What 'Little Black'? This is Lord Black."

Jiang Haipeng corrected her.

Xue Yao paced anxiously on the ice sheet. She tried to walk forward, but after just a few steps, the blizzard would block her vision, making it impossible to discern directions. She could only retreat and stand in the distance, watching from afar as a bolt of lightning seemed to soar into the sky from the very center of the Eskimo Ice Sheet.

"Could it be that my husband is undergoing a tribulation?"

"But he didn't tell me!"

Xue Yao was anxious but couldn't get in. She had no choice but to take her son and daughter to a hotel near Alaska to wait, while she herself went to the Eskimo Ice Sheet from time to time to check the situation.

However...

This lightning blizzard did not stop; in fact, its scale expanded every day. Many Eskimos were even unable to survive in this increasingly harsh winter and began to migrate outward continuously.

One week.

Two weeks.

The lightning blizzard had already covered more than half of the Eskimo Ice Sheet.

Xue Yao waited for two weeks, her heart growing heavier. Just then, news came from Pangu Base that there was new movement from the Lighthouse, which had landed on Mars.

All aircraft carriers were on high alert.

Out of necessity...

She could only rush back to the Sister Li at the Antarctic Port overnight.

However, the Lighthouse did not return to Earth. Instead, it sailed directly into deep space, leaving and never looking back...

Its destination was the Ascension Star.

The crisis of the Lighthouse counterattacking Earth was resolved!

The world officially established the Great Wall Scientific Research Station system led by the Dragon Country!

In this system, the RMB was linked to electricity, and electricity was backed by Controlled Nuclear Fusion. No matter how much RMB was printed, the infinite energy from Controlled Nuclear Fusion could support the value of the RMB.

From then on...

The RMB attained the status of a global currency.

Countries around the world, in order to obtain infinite and cheap electrical energy, had no choice but to stockpile RMB.

The global act of stockpiling RMB naturally led to its appreciation, and its purchasing power worldwide rose. Previously, a plane ticket from Kyoto to Western Europe cost over ten thousand yuan, but with the appreciation, it only cost a few thousand, greatly increasing purchasing power.

To obtain RMB, various nations had to provide various resources, services, processed products, technology, and so on.

Meanwhile, the Dragon Country only needed to start its printing presses to infinitely replicate paper bills at almost zero cost.

This is currency hegemony.

Previously, the Dragon Country had to manufacture 800 million pieces of clothing just to gain a few tens of millions of dollars in profit.

This was because of the US dollar's status as the global currency hegemon.

But now...

With the strong backing of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, the RMB had become the global currency hegemon, and other countries had to bring out their own resources to exchange for RMB.

At this moment...

On an international flight from Kyoto to London, a blonde, blue-eyed flight attendant was grumbling and complaining.

"The RMB has appreciated again. It's going to ruin our country."

Originally, 1 pound could be exchanged for 8 RMB, but with the internationalization of the RMB, 1 pound could only be exchanged for 1 RMB.

Recently, after Australia lost its master, in order to express loyalty, it actually stockpiled another trillion RMB within just half a year. This directly caused the RMB to appreciate further; recently, 1 pound could only be exchanged for 0.8 RMB.

For example...

Originally, a ticket price was 2,000 pounds, which was 2,000 RMB. But after the exchange rate became 1:0.8, Dragon Country citizens only needed to pay 1,600 RMB to take a flight labeled at 2,000 pounds.

For England, for the same flight, the amount of RMB received naturally decreased.

The ones who benefited were the people of the Dragon Country, not England.

"There's no choice. Recently, more and more people around the world are using RMB. I heard that a tribal chief in Africa even plans to stockpile some RMB to buy arms."

The captain shook his head helplessly.

The co-pilot beside him said, "Are you sure it's arms? I heard it was to buy electrical equipment and bring in game developers..."

The US dollar was once known as the global "gold dollar," but many African tribal chiefs were unwilling to stockpile dollars; they preferred bartering.

No matter what currency came, it didn't work.

After all, whether it was RMB, pounds, or dollars, they were essentially just pieces of paper. If the tribal chiefs didn't recognize them, they were naturally worthless.

But now...

In order to play games like Honor of Kings, CrossFire, and Snake Off in a timely manner, the chiefs had to start stockpiling RMB to purchase Controlled Nuclear Fusion energy for an infinite supply of electricity...

Screech!

Just then, a loud bird call came from a thousand meters away from the civil airliner.

The flight attendant was startled and looked around. "What was that sound?"

"Code 666. This is clearly a Dragon Country avian formation."

The captain calmly glanced at the signal receiver and initiated emergency avoidance.

Before long...

A massive avian formation soared past above the white clouds.

Among this group of birds were ten-meter-tall Red-crowned Cranes, dozens-of-meters-long Black Eagles, and giant eagles as agile and versatile as fighter jets, as well as many Larks, thrushes, and other birds produced in the Dragon Country.

And among this group of birds, there were actually several human figures.

One of them, about twenty years old, was leaning back on a Black Eagle, half-lying like a salted fish, making a video call to his mom.

"You brat, where have you run off to again? Hurry up and bring Little Black back. Tomorrow is our scheduled time to go to the Arctic Circle to see your father!"

Xue Yao's voice came from the other side.

Her voice sounded much gentler, but her words were still as pungent as ever.

The young man was none other than Jiang Haipeng. He replied, "Mom, Dad hasn't come out for so long. Is it possible that..."

"Jiang Haipeng, you're really going to be the death of me with your 'filial piety'! Are you saying your dad has turned to ash? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

A beautiful young lady, with a divine hairpin on her head and wearing a Hanfu, leaned her head in and shook it.

It was Commander Jiang Qiuzhi, who was also twenty years old now.

Although she still had memory particles from before in her mind, her appearance and personality in this life were completely different from the past.

Jiang Haipeng argued, "I'm saying, is it possible that Dad has already ascended to another planet?"

"Wait until you get back, see if I don't whip you!"

Xue Yao.

The video call ended.

Jiang Haipeng sighed and steered the avian formation toward Alaska.

The international flight and the avian formation passed each other.