Chapter 798 - 434. Heping Bullet War Crisis
The fourth successor of the most powerful Clove Family in Carmenia, Mr. Leng, was executed by Great Xia in front of the entire world.
Additionally, Great Xia issued the Dragon Claw Pursuit Order, and the situation on Canglan Star began to change dramatically.
The global media, large and small, seemed to explode.
First, Azure Palace jumped into action.
As expected by the world, the official spokesperson for Azure Palace denied all allegations regarding blood rituals and human experimentation.
The spokesperson dismissed all responsibility with a single phrase: "This is a carefully constructed lie."
In response.
Great Xia's official simply posted a message online: "We lie, we cheat, we steal. We even have a course dedicated to teaching these things. This is the honor of Carmenia constantly exploring and progressing."
Many people knew this was the original remark made by a Carmenia official years ago.
Now, Great Xia reposted these words, full of irony.
Moreover.
Azure Palace also stated that for Mr. Leng's unfortunate death, Carmenia would resolutely launch equivalent retaliation.
The spokesperson even issued the most direct threat: "Every Carmenia death will mean the death of one or more Great Xia People."
Great Xia's official did not respond.
But netizens worldwide united to respond to Azure Palace in one way—1200000!
1.2 million!
This was the death toll from blood rituals and human modification that Great Xia disclosed in the Land of Freedom.
Of course.
Due to the current lack of accurate statistics, this is just an estimate.
However, Great Xia stated the actual number of victims should be higher, not lower.
Great Xia also initiated a special activity, creating a dedicated section in the Land of Freedom to invite all victims' families to statistically report missing persons online and describe related situations in detail.
Within just one hour, as many as 480,000 missing persons' names were reported.
This was enough to prove that Great Xia wasn't speaking without basis.
Carmenia fell into chaos.
In every city, large crowds of people flocked to the streets.
Without exception.
Carmenians are not fools and naturally know who spoke the truth and who is openly lying.
Civilians held various signs expressing extreme anger over blood rituals and human modifications.
Such as "Thorough Investigation of Blood Ritual Events" and "Stop Human Modification, Execute Related Personnel," were considered relatively civil signs.
Signs like "Dissolve the Federation," "Overthrow the Officials," and "This area needs a complete revolution" were even more prevalent.
Riots inevitably occurred.
The Clove Family this time was set up as the target by Great Xia People, naturally enduring the most firepower.
Most of the family's industries were blockaded by countless people.
Many people working for the Clove Family were beaten in the streets by the citizens.
Amidst the chaos, violent incidents like beating, smashing, and looting happened all over the city.
Most intriguingly, even though Azure Palace issued orders instructing local police stations to fully stop the chaos.
A considerable number of police officers either refused to carry out the orders or pretended to attempt enforcement while in reality, they were muddling through.
In terms of finance, Carmenia likewise suffered a major collapse.
A large number of stocks and bonds were sold off, the stock market began to plunge crazily, declines of 10%, 20% were better outcomes, while stocks being halved were everywhere.
The exchange rate of Carmenia Dollar to Xia Yuan dropped sharply from 1:2.9 before the news burst out to 1:1.5.
The plunge was a full half!
In Carmenia's nearly 300-year history, this was unprecedented.
This represented the global financial market no longer favored Carmenia Dollar, and symbolized the complete end of its "global currency" status.
This further meant the price of imported goods would significantly rise, greatly increasing ordinary people's living costs.
Internationally.
Many countries quickly expressed their positions.
Numerous member countries of the Pioneer Alliance successively released official information, stating severance of all connections with Carmenia.
Even more countries, although not severing ties with Carmenia, expressed willingness to jointly safeguard Canglan Star's safety and resolutely combat blood rituals and human modification experiments.
Two hours after the global online conference ended, as many as 52 countries submitted applications requesting to join the Pioneer Alliance.
It can be said bluntly that Great Xia's planned operation, with minimal effort, caused damage to Carmenia comparable to a localized war.
The saying "higher strategy" is nothing more than this.
From this moment, the frequently repeated phrase "East rises as West falls," no longer just the major trend of historical development, had truly become a reality.
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White Stone City.
East Third District.
"Bang! Bang!"
Yang Fan, under the guise of Jack, listened to the gunshots coming from afar, shrugging like a Carmenian.
Little Trish beside him showed a frightened expression on her face.
Yang Fan reached out to touch her small head, comforting her: "Don't be afraid! This neighborhood is safe."
The little girl uttered an "Mm" and raised her head to ask: "Mr. Magician, what's going on outside?"
The sentence was spoken in Great Xia Language.
After months of teaching, the little girl was able to converse in Great Xia Language.
Although she didn't know the news of the blood rituals, she had heard that the gunshots in the city today had become particularly frequent.
Yang Fan sighed, not casually fooling her because of her age: "From today onwards, the Federation is likely to be in chaos."
Judging from historical experience, any overlord falling from its original position will experience a very long decline.