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　Enterprise's eyes lit up. "Really?! You better not be telling jokes just to amuse me."

　"It's absolutely true! If you don't believe me, go call and ask yourself. This is the latest notice from above!" Seeing that Enterprise didn't believe her, Crownpeace picked up the phone and handed it to Enterprise.

　Seeing Piss's serious look, Enterprise finally revealed a long-lost bright smile, "Okay, I unilaterally declare that the mothers of the members of Congress will be temporarily resurrected for one minute."

　Crownpeace looked at Enterprise humorously and said with a tut, "Hiss... Enterprise, why are you still foul-mouthed? You've learned bad habits. This is not like you."

　"After being suppressed for so long, anyone would complain." Enterprise shrugged and said, "Alright, let's pack up and go. The commander will notify us to assemble soon."

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　Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

　Outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia stands a modern clock tower that houses a historic bell called the Liberty Bell.

　The Liberty Bell is the symbol of Philadelphia, representing the freedom and independence of the United States. It is not only a witness to American history, but also a symbol of the American spirit of freedom. It participated in the most important events in the early history of the United States.

　The Liberty Bell has a history of only over 250 years, weighs only over 900 kilograms, and is made of a mixture of various metals.

　The bell was ordered from England by the Pennsylvania State Assembly in 1751 for 100 pounds. Due to the limited craftsmanship at the time, the bell was shipped to Philadelphia the following year and broke when it was tried out.

　A year later, two local foundries recast it and finally succeeded in restoring it.

　In 1835, during a celebration of Washington's birthday, several children struck the bell, creating a foot-long crack. Ten years later, during the same event, it was struck for several hours, resulting in the famous jagged crack that tourists see. In fact, that wasn't the only crack on the bell.

　The Liberty Bell could never be repaired, but the crack seemed to become the broken arm of the Venus de Milo. Americans cherish the Liberty Bell in a way that other foreigners find hard to imagine.

　After the Deep Sea occupied Philadelphia, they had evil intentions towards the bell. They wanted to melt the bell down, recast it into the Deep Sea logo, and hang it high on the roof of the Capitol.

　But Deep Sea did not publicize it in a big way because they knew what it meant to Americans.

　If it is openly recast into the deep sea logo, it would be tantamount to painting the portrait of the leader on a country's city wall clean, then painting a new portrait of the Admiralty Code, and finally hanging it back up.

　Similarly, if Deep Sea were to do so directly, it would inevitably cause extremely strong dissatisfaction and resistance from the American people, which would be detrimental to the stability of Deep Sea's regime.

　So the Deep Sea guys came up with an idea. They made a highly realistic fake Liberty Bell in advance, and then, under the pretext of repairing cultural relics, they entered the building and replaced the real Liberty Bell with a fake one. In the end, they took away the real Liberty Bell.

　In the workshop of a smelter in Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell was hung on a crane, slowly moved down, and placed into the furnace bit by bit.

　As soon as the Liberty Bell entered the furnace, it began to emit a "whoosh" sound as the metal melted. The bell's duration became shorter and shorter, and it gradually disappeared in the high temperature that could melt all known metals.

　A few minutes later, a furnace of molten metal emitting high temperature and orange-yellow light was poured into the mold of the deep sea logo.

　"Hualala--" With the sound of liquid pouring, the rolling liquid metal washed the mold grooves and filled every corner of it.

　Standing on a high platform not far away, a deep-sea pioneer who looked like a leader watched all this, with a slightly creepy smile on his face.

　This "beautiful view" made her feel happy. Intoxicated by it, she exclaimed word by word: "It's great... It's really great."

　Chapter 256 The World's Response

　The United States mainland suffered a large-scale armed attack by unknown forces. In modern times, this would definitely be big news like a hydrogen bomb explosion, enough to make the front page of any media.

　Before Deep Sea built and activated the shielding device in the local area, there were always some civilians who were not afraid of death and secretly took videos and pictures of the fighting and spread them through various means.

　In addition to the civilians who risked their lives to record and photograph the event, diplomats from other countries in embassy districts and consulates in cities like Washington and New York witnessed with their own eyes the deep-sea army marching in front of their office buildings.

　When Shen Hai arrived at the gate of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, he looked at the security, work, and diplomatic personnel who were all alert and uneasy, and he did not go on a killing spree like he did in the previous world;

　Instead, they informed them politely that when two countries are at war, they do not kill envoys, and they will not do anything to the UN headquarters.

　"...You can choose to leave, or you can continue to hold meetings here as usual, but any espionage activities against us are strictly prohibited, otherwise we will reserve the right to take corresponding measures." - A deep-sea pioneer who posted letters in the deep sea announced to all UN officials.

　Shen Hai's words sounded pleasant, but no one at the UN headquarters was without suspicion. Representatives from various countries exchanged brief words and unanimously decided to leave this troubled area.

　Then, Shen Hai found out that these representatives were about to leave, so he thoughtfully arranged a special car and plane for them to take them there.

　At the entrance of the United Nations headquarters, a deep-sea scout carried a representative of a certain country who refused to get on the bus directly onto the bus and complained:

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　"Alright, alright. If I really wanted to kill you, I would have done it the first two days when we met. Why would I bother wasting time, effort, and money to send you back? Don't worry, this isn't a Hongmen carriage... If you enjoyed your trip, remember to give me a five-star review!"

　Two hours later, the representatives were still on the plane, watching the ground moving further and further away outside the window, but they didn't feel much at ease. Who knew if those women would shoot at the plane?

　It turned out that the representatives' worries were unnecessary and they left the deep-sea occupied area safely.

　When Eve learned about this, she was completely stunned. For a moment, a rare expression similar to Quincy's silly expression appeared on her usually cold and aloof face.

　"Something's wrong. It's completely wrong, maybe even nine out of ten." Eve was full of doubts and puzzled. "Based on my understanding of AC and the shit she did in the plane before her, she couldn't possibly do something like this..."

　You know, in the last world, AC either killed or used diplomats from occupied countries as conversion materials, and almost none of them had a good ending.

　Because of this, AC's completely different behavior in the two worlds made Eve silent.

　Like Eve, AC's deep-sea subordinates were also puzzled. In particular, some of the veterans who came to this world with AC also did not understand AC's actions.

　Inside the White House, Deep Sea No. 5 asked, "Master Admiralty Code, I just can't understand why you not only didn't kill those human diplomatic representatives, but also sent them away?"

　AC, chowing down on Lay's potato chips, spoke slowly, "When two armies engage in battle, they don't execute messengers. Killing a messenger would mean a complete severance of communication, which would only increase the enemy's resolve to fight to the death."

　"But, aren't we going to exterminate humans and take revenge? How can we take revenge if we don't kill them?" Deep Sea No. 4 wondered if AC was on the wrong track.

　AC crossed his arms, stared at No. 4, and said, "Think about it from another perspective. Exterminating humanity isn't just about blindly slaughtering people. There are many ways to conquer.

　Do you know the concept of smart power? This concept was proposed by the human nation we are currently conquering.

　This approach can be understood as a clever combination of hard and soft power. For example, the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were examples of hard power, while dollar diplomacy and the "color revolutions" were examples of soft power.

　As for which of the two is more important, Sun Tzu's Art of War states in his book, "Subdue the enemy without fighting." This statement means that true conquest is not achieved through military force, but through spiritual and cultural conquest.

　Even Nazi Germany's 500 million-strong army failed to wipe the Soviet Union off the map, but peaceful evolution caused the Soviet Union to fall apart at an unpredictable and unimaginable speed.

　The same is true for humans. Sending their diplomats back is a soft approach, letting them know that we can communicate. In this way, some human countries may establish exchanges with us. Regardless of whether this exchange is good or bad, as long as there is communication, it is fine.

　Then we can use communication, relying on our own powerful technological and racial advantages, to carry out subtle cultural propaganda in the target countries and occupied areas, so that humans can understand the weakness of flesh and blood.

　When humans realize their own frailty, they envy us and hope to be like us. At this point, we promote methods that can free humans from the suffering caused by their physical limitations.

　By then, there will surely be some people suffering from incurable diseases or unable to afford treatment who will come to try our method out of curiosity. If we give them an injection at this time, after they return to the deep sea, they will surely experience unprecedented health, and when they return, they will surely spread the word about our treatment.

　In this short life, humans must realize that their own abilities are limited. The more they pursue health, the more they will discover that humans have their limits, unless they become beings that transcend humanity...

　When all of them, or most of them, hate themselves as biological human beings and want to seek change and no longer want to be human beings, humanity will be close to extinction.

　Once all humans have been transformed into deep-sea creatures, I'll slightly modify their underlying code through the mental network, and the human race will be truly extinct. And we will have billions of more sisters.

　However, all of the above must be based on a certain degree of kindness towards humanity. If we continue to carry out massacres as we did in the past, then our future peaceful evolution work will be out of the question, or we will encounter great resistance.

　So, you know why I sent those diplomats back well fed and well fed? That was part of the plan."

　After hearing AC's detailed explanation, AC's confidants suddenly realized that this method could be used to eliminate humans. Why hadn't they thought of it before?

　The core leadership of the Deep Sea couldn't help but praise him sincerely, "One word from you is worth ten years of reading. It seems that Lord Admiralty Code has truly reflected deeply on the lessons of his failure in the last world. Brilliant, truly brilliant."

　"But..." Deep Sea No. 10 objected. "Humanity hasn't forgotten the violent incidents in Japan. If we do this, it will be hard for humans not to associate it with the violence in Japan."

　AC said there was no need to worry, saying, "It's been so long, the potion has been upgraded for several generations, and the first generation model that caused madness after transformation has long been eliminated.

　Fabricate a series of false evidence, saying that we are out to eliminate

　We provided Takeda Pharmaceutical with the relevant technology for the COVID-19 outbreak. However, Takeda Pharmaceutical did not follow the strict procedures we taught it, which resulted in changes in the properties of the drug, causing widespread outrage.

　Anyway, when I went to Japan to rescue the situation, I also took this into consideration and made some adjustments that are imperceptible to humans. All you need to do is improve it.

　Finally, let’s share the comparison video and report we provided to Takeda Pharmaceuticals on the first and latest generation of injections, to strongly illustrate that these two things are not the same at all.

　Then, we'll show scenes of us living in harmony with humans in the occupied areas to gain the outside world's trust. "Look at us, we're so cute, how could we make a potion that turns people into demons?"

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　After returning, the UN diplomats reported the incident to their home countries, and the deep-sea forces attracted the attention of the whole world.

　Countries around the world want to know what this new force that is attacking the United States is. Facing the vigilance and uneasy expectations of various countries, Shenhai released a video, announcing its existence and stating its reasons for attacking the United States.

　Following his pre-planned plan of not making too many enemies, Shen Hai responded by playing to his opponent's wishes. He first spoke ill of the United States, digging up a lot of its dark history, and then pointed out that American imperialism is the biggest cancer on the planet.

　In short, the Deep Sea points all the blame at the United States, and the United States bears all the blame. The United States was born in injustice and will die in shame.

　The US government officials watching on TV were furious when they saw Deep Sea's statement. The US's hostility towards Deep Sea was off the charts, and the officials were furious, saying they must drive the invaders out of America and make them pay a heavy price.

　Although European countries are not as furious as the United States, they are also somewhat unhappy and still remain highly vigilant about the deep sea, reserving the possibility of military intervention.

　Shen Hai's words attracted the interest of a number of anti-American countries, including the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, India, Iran, and Latin America. Although they were quite wary of Shen Hai, they did not show much hostility.

　In particular, the Soviet Union, China, and North Korea all had their own agendas. They all believed that the United States was facing a crisis and would inevitably decline in other regions in order to protect itself.

　Once the United States leaves, it will be the best time to complete the great cause of national reunification.

　North Korea and the Soviet Union looked at the puppet regime in the south, and China looked at its largest island across the sea from Fujian, and they all laughed.

　After the Deep Sea's self-exposure, the United States began to involve NATO. European countries, after discussing the available intelligence, decided that sending troops required careful consideration.

　For Europe, a military entity that can launch a surprise attack on the northeastern coast of the United States and destroy the main force of the Second Fleet in a few hours is enough to scare the armed forces of NATO European countries.

　Before NATO's European members embark on a deep-sea offensive, they must first consider whether they possess robust transoceanic strategic deployment capabilities and whether they possess the strength to launch a surprise attack on major cities on the northeastern coast of the United States and eliminate the main force of the Second Fleet.

　If not, then let's take a long-term view.

　This is what NATO European countries think. In addition to the power gap that must be carefully considered, there are also waves of domestic strikes.

　Strikes mean production is affected, and war is the most costly endeavor, requiring a strong material production capacity. If the domestic strike wave cannot be quelled, the war will not last long.

　Therefore, on the issue of sending troops directly, NATO European countries told the United States that they can send troops, but they must consider it in the long term.

　In addition, NATO European countries also stated that during this period, they are willing to provide the United States with as much support as possible, including the support of ship girls.

　Chapter 257 The World’s Response (2)

　After some discussion, NATO European countries decided to significantly reduce their support for southern Russia and to transport the materials originally intended for southern Russia to the United States by air through the airspace near Iceland.

　And let the United States use the same route to quickly send its troops stationed in Europe back to the mainland to provide support.

　Who could have predicted that plans would outpace developments? Just as NATO decided to proceed, tragic news broke about deep-sea land invasions from Iceland and Greenland.

　Iceland is the only country in NATO that has no army, only a police force of only 600. The Deep Sea was so dismissive of Iceland that the troops they landed on Iceland were less than a company.

　As a result, Iceland and Greenland, which had no army, were easily taken over by the deep sea.

　This means that Deep Sea has completely established air defense systems and air defense identification zones on Iceland and Greenland to identify every aircraft passing through the nearby airspace and take corresponding measures.

　In response, NATO acted decisively and ordered transport planes to take off quickly, seizing this North Atlantic air lifeline before a regional air defense system was established in the deep sea.

　There are nearly 100,000 US troops stationed in Europe. It is very challenging to transport these troops, as well as corresponding weapons and supplies, back to the mainland in a very short time.

　NATO countries have demonstrated unprecedented efficiency, racing against time, and mobilizing all available transport aircraft and airports to operate around the clock for strategic transportation.

　According to the arrangement, the US troops stationed in Europe will return first, followed by small-scale expeditionary forces sent by European countries, and then other military supplies.

　The next day, Iceland

　In the sky above the United States, in the cockpit of a C-5 Galaxy transport plane, an alarm sounded that it had been locked by the enemy and that a missile was about to strike.

　The transport pilot calmly released heat decoys and chaff flares, following his usual training. Rows of fireworks exploded from the tail of the aircraft like a scattering of flowers from heaven. Simultaneously, he maneuvered the aircraft to assist in evasive maneuvers.

　But the enemy missile had no intention of deviating from its course. It headed straight for the plane, as if mocking the uselessness of jammers and evasive flight.

　The pilot looked at the radar, watching the blip approaching, and took a deep breath. Before takeoff, his commander had told him that deep-sea missiles were largely immune to jammers.

　He looked at the missiles getting closer, took a deep breath, and shouted, "Long live America!"

　As soon as he finished speaking, the flames of the exploding anti-aircraft missile engulfed him - the anti-aircraft missile hit the nose of the transport plane.

　The huge machine lost control and plunged headfirst into the sky, dragging a raging flame, like a jinx streaking across the sky.

　This C-5 became the first transport aircraft to be shot down along this route. Before the route was locked and attacked by the deep-sea air defense system, NATO had transported back 7 US troops stationed in Europe and related logistical supplies.

　The remaining American troops who did not have time to return, and the small-scale expeditionary forces sent by some European countries, could only take other long routes.

　NATO and European countries have considered whether to deploy shipgirls in combat. However, they believe that they have millions of soldiers, and they can recruit new ones if they are injured or killed. They also have millions of guns and vehicles, and they can still produce them even if the factories are gone.

　However, the ship girls are unique. They are a fighting force that is difficult to replenish and cannot be replaced. Once they are gone, they are gone forever.

　In the words of Kanba players, sinking a ship means it's truly sinking, and you'll lose the character forever, unlike Kanba players who play it as if they were fighting a war. (Tanaka is ecstatic)

　Besides, although the other side revealed that they were deep-sea ships, according to the battle report, although the main force of the Second Fleet suffered a crushing defeat, the US military still damaged and sank some deep-sea ships on the front line of the entire northeast coast.

　Moreover, there seems to be no humanoid ships in the deep-sea ships, which is similar to the posture of the ship girl in ship suit mode.