I have a debt of 3 trillion, and my creditors are begging me not to die.

Chapter 285 An Accident Occurs: The Brain-Eating Amoeba Virus Goes Out of Control
The commander of the Gurkha National Guard and the president of William Hill have both made the truth clear, and people all over the world know that MI6 was the mastermind behind this incident.

Now the pressure is on MI6. An official intelligence agency is colluding with mercenary groups and gambling companies to murder citizens of other countries. This is a serious matter.

Meanwhile, AFP released a set of photos showing a Type 055 destroyer, a Type 052D destroyer, and a replenishment ship heading straight for the English Channel. The news also stated that China had applied for a military visit to England and would send a Type 055 fleet to the Thames for military exchanges.

Whether it's a coincidence or not, the timing of this news will definitely have a significant impact on the matter.

Half an hour later, MI6 held a press conference.

President Thompson Chandler personally attended the press conference to answer reporters' questions.

BBC reporter: Is MI6 behind this incident?

Thompson Chandler immediately replied, "No! We are an intelligence agency under the jurisdiction of the British government. How could we possibly join forces with a mercenary organization to deal with others?"

The BBC reporter then asked: "How do you explain the statements made by Andrew Adams, the leader of the Gurkha organization, and Edward, the president of William Hill? They both said that MI6 was the mastermind behind it all, which gave them confidence and courage; otherwise, they wouldn't have dared to oppose Yang Chen."

Thompson Chandler immediately explained, "It's a misunderstanding! MI6 has nothing to do with this, so when we heard the recording released by StarCraft, we immediately denied that the voice belonged to our Deputy Director Jason Johnson. However, we conducted a secret investigation into Jason Johnson and discovered that he had lost money betting and, out of resentment, wanted to take revenge on Yang Chen. So he used the name of MI6 to deceive the Gurkha Organization and the William Hill Group into joining forces against Yang Chen. Obviously, the Gurkha Organization and the William Hill Group were both deceived by Jason Johnson, which is why they thought MI6 was supporting them behind the scenes."

AFP: Is the upcoming transit of the Type 055 destroyer through the English Channel and its application to enter the Thames for a military visit related to this?

Thompson Chandler replied, "That's not something I'm in the job of knowing, and I can't answer that."

Eagle Union: So what are your plans now? Even if, as you just said, this was just a misunderstanding, StarCraft Armory attacked Gurkha organization members on your territory, and many merchant ships and yachts may also have been attacked by them. Are you going to pretend nothing happened?
Thompson Chandler replied, "MI6 is not responsible for handling these issues; you should consult the relevant departments. The main purpose of today's press conference is to clarify that MI6 has no connection to this matter. We have already arrested Deputy Director Jason Johnson, and the rest is beyond MI6's jurisdiction. Thank you."

The main purpose of MI6's press conference was to distance itself from the matter, as long as the authorities did not intervene, it would be fine to mediate.

The two parties later classified the matter as a personal grudge, and the matter was resolved peacefully and eventually passed away.

Yang Chen received a notification requiring him to immediately withdraw all unmanned equipment from English territory, including its territorial waters and exclusive economic zone.

A day later, Yang Chen received a new notification: the Xingchen Military Industry employees who were stranded in England had returned to China aboard the 052D destroyer. William Hill Group would compensate him with a total of 3 million euros in prize money according to the odds. At the same time, William Hill Group, the Gurkha Organization, and the Aerospace Systems Company would jointly compensate Xingchen Military Industry for equipment losses totaling 6.5 million British pounds.

StarCraft Military Industries should offer a token compensation of 1 million pounds sterling for the casualties of Gurkha organization members, as well as for the losses of merchant ships and yachts. This amount can be deducted from the 6.5 million pounds sterling that StarCraft Military Industries receives, so StarCraft Military Industries does not need to pay any money out of its own pocket.

The Type 055 flotilla will cross the English Channel and enter the Thames River.

At the same time, the British will also return 100 cultural relics, including the Yongle sword.

This is the result of negotiations between the two parties, and Yang Chen must consider the overall situation and comply.

Yang Chen would agree just for the Yongle Sword.

Yang Chen informed Guo Hu of the negotiation results and asked him to contact MI6, William Hill Group, the Gurkha Organization, and the Aerospace Systems Company to jointly come up with an announcement that would be acceptable to everyone.

The announcement, jointly stamped by these organizations, was quickly released, and its main contents are as follows:

First, this incident was entirely caused by Jason Johnson, the deputy director of MI6, losing money due to illegal betting, and all parties involved are innocent.

Second, the William Hill Group and the Gurkha organization were deceived by Jason Johnson, which is why they acted irrationally.

Third, the military was also misled by Jason Johnson, which is why they confiscated StarCraft's unmanned equipment. Immigration authorities were also misled by Jason Johnson, which is why they confiscated the passports and other documents of StarCraft employees.

Fourth, StarCraft Military Industry was unaware of the truth and believed that the British military, MI6, William Hill Group, and the Gurkha organization were working together against them, which is why they took such extreme actions.

Fifth, all parties involved have apologized and compensated each other, and have reached a mutual understanding. StarCraft Industries has compensated all parties for a total of 100 million pounds, while William Hill Group, MI6, the Gurkha Organization, and Aerospace Systems have compensated StarCraft Industries a total of 650 million pounds.

Sixth, Jason Johnson, the former deputy director of MI6, has been arrested and is under investigation.

At this point, all responsibility was shifted onto Jason Johnson, the deputy director of MI6, and all parties involved reached a settlement.

That afternoon, William Hill Group's stock resumed trading and, unsurprisingly, suffered another epic plunge, dropping 80% to close at £30, a drop of 89% from the £271.5 it was when Four Seas Investments shorted it.

Sihai Investment has achieved the expected returns, and it's time to buy back, close out the position, and exit the market.

That afternoon, international news outlets released photos of the Type 055 destroyer entering the Thames River for a military visit.

Netizens from various countries have expressed their opinions.

Japanese netizens: So, in the end, a deputy director took the blame, and that was the end of it?

A netizen from Bald Eagle commented: "What else can we do if we don't end this? The Gurkha organization is clearly no match for Starry Sky Military Industry. We can't just officially intervene over such a small matter, can we? That would show a complete lack of political acumen."

A South Korean netizen commented: "Didn't Yingzi previously boast about showing everyone the strength of the British Empire? Fuck! Is this your strength? You've returned all the looted artifacts; this truly reflects your current reality."

A German netizen commented: "These cultural relics originally belonged to China, so returning them is the right thing to do. We've already collected over two thousand artifacts and are preparing to return them to China. Stealing from others is always wrong; we must face historical mistakes squarely and correct them promptly. Facts prove that countries with a treacherous nature will not have a good end. Hopefully, no more treacherous countries will emerge in Europe."

An English netizen commented: Oh my god! I'm visiting the Type 055 destroyer. This ship is absolutely huge! From a distance, it looks like a mountain, and from up there, it's like a massive plaza. I hope we can maintain good relations with China in the future, and that I can visit it again in a friendly manner next time I see it.

A netizen from the Sand Kingdom commented: Haha... After Yingzi got a beating, her eyes became much clearer, and she stopped mentioning the British Empire, right?
Just when everyone's attention was focused on this matter, a poisoning incident suddenly broke out.

The poisoned person first experienced nausea and vomiting, followed by dizziness and unconsciousness. The hospital could not find the cause and did not know how to treat the patient.

However, the incident of Sihai Medical's live broadcast of the nanorobot treating the vegetative employee of Blackwater Group is still fresh in people's minds. Yangcheng immediately contacted Sihai Medical to send a professional team to Yangcheng to diagnose the poisoned person.

After examination by the Sihai Medical Expert Team, it was found that the brain nerves of these people were damaged, and their brain cells were being eaten away and devoured.

The Sihai Medical expert team immediately communicated this situation to the Sihai Pharmaceutical Group's R&D team. Sihai Pharmaceutical Group was developing an antibody targeting the brain-eating amoeba, which could come in handy.

Sihai Pharmaceutical Group immediately dispatched an expert team with the antibody samples they had produced to Guangzhou. After careful testing, the experts unanimously concluded that these patients were infected with a virus containing the brain-eating amoeba gene.

After obtaining the consent of the patients' families, the experts from Sihai Medical immediately administered the sample antibodies to the patients.

Hey!
Skillful!

It really is useful.

After being injected with antibodies, all the patients woke up within 1-3 hours.

Experts then scanned their brains and found that the virus had been completely killed and the damaged nerves and cells were recovering, but the recovery was very slow.

However, none of this mattered. Sihai Hospital took all the patients away and used nanorobots to perform brain cell and nerve repair surgery on them.

Although the patients were not seriously ill, the authorities still took the matter very seriously and immediately dispatched troops to assist medical experts in testing the relevant water sources and investigating the water companies involved. They eventually apprehended a water company employee named Liu Xiangshan. After interrogation, Liu Xiangshan confessed everything: he had obtained a bottle of medicine from a black man for 1 taels of silver and poured it into the water tanks of several buildings in the Garden Community.

Liu Xiangshan was formally arrested on charges of poisoning, and based on his confession, the black man James Johnson, who had bribed him to poison Liu, was apprehended.

While the police were interrogating James Johnson, Michael Smith, director of the Smith Institute, far across the ocean, broke a bombshell through authoritative media outlets such as the New York Times: he had developed a brain-eating amoeba virus and wanted to have another showdown with Yang Chen to see if Yang Chen could find a way to kill the virus carrying the brain-eating amoeba gene this time.

Michael Smith also claimed that he was prepared to lose his life, and that he would have no regrets if he could beat Yang Chen this time.

The New York Times and other media outlets were initially reluctant to publish such news because they feared it would have serious consequences.

Ultimately, it was only after the U.S. military intervened that they released the news.

Using personal grudges as a pretext to cause extremely serious consequences, forcing Yang Chen to hand over the nanobot technology, while Michael Smith takes the blame, and the military then takes over the Smith Institute—it's a perfect plan.

The news, reported by the New York Times and other media outlets, caused a huge uproar worldwide, with netizens around the world angrily condemning Michael Smith.

A South Korean netizen commented: "Although I don't like them, your act of poisoning ordinary people because of personal grudges is truly despicable. Yang Chen's research and inventions always help humanity; why are yours harmful?"
Japanese netizens: Are you crazy? To prove you're better than Yang Chen, you resort to such a depraved method? I think you've lived too long and want to meet God sooner. Oh, no, people like you can't meet God, they can only go to hell.

A netizen from the Bald Eagle forum commented: "I feel extremely ashamed this time. The reputation of the Bald Eagle has been ruined by you shameless people. Is this something a carbon-based life form could do?"

Michael Smith remained unmoved by the accusations and insults online. He only cared about one thing: whether Yang Chen could crack the brain-eating amoeba virus.

At this moment, Yang Chen also saw the relevant news and knew that this was a bad thing that Michael Smith did in order to beat him.

"Luckily, the system had the foresight to give me the antibody synthesis method before the New Year. Since you've publicly admitted it, then I won't hold back," Yang Chen muttered to himself.

Yang Chen called Guo Hu over and explained to him in person what to do next.

"Ah Hu, tell the brothers over there in Bald Eagle that they're manipulating mosquitoes to infect the brain-eating amoeba virus developed by the Smith Institute, and then polluting water sources throughout Bald Eagle," Yang Chen said.

Guo Hu smiled and nodded, saying, "Understood! I'll get on it right away!"

Shortly after, Zhou Aimin, director of the CDC, called Yang Chen.

"Chairman Yang, I'm on my way to Jiangcheng. How's the situation there? How are the poisoned patients?" Zhou Aimin asked.

Yang Chen reassured them, "Don't worry, we can handle it. However, you should keep quiet for now and follow my instructions exactly. Okay?"

Zhou Aimin quickly replied, "As long as we can handle it, we will fully cooperate with Chairman Yang."

"Okay. No rush, everything will be fine. Take your time. Bye." Yang Chen said.

Three days later, the same situation suddenly broke out in all the Bald Eagles' colonies.

Patients across the country experienced nausea and dry heaving, followed by dizziness and unconsciousness.

The bald eagle military knew that these were the symptoms caused by the brain-eating amoeba virus described by Michael Smith, and Hania immediately called Michael Smith.

"Are you crazy? How could you poison our own people?" Haniah asked angrily.

Michael Smith immediately replied, "How could I be so heartless as to poison our own people? Our virus incubator exploded, and many mosquitoes and flies carrying the virus flew away. They must have contaminated the water source, causing the nationwide outbreak. Those must be Yang Chen's bionic mosquitoes and flies; he's trying to harm me!"

Hania said with great frustration, "I shouldn't have believed you. Sigh... now we're in big trouble. You need to get the antidote out and mass-produce it for the poisoned people right away. Oh, and by the way, prioritize sending us enough antidote, understand?"

Michael Smith replied, "Understood. Don't worry, we have the antidote, we'll make sure everyone's alright."

However, Michael Smith overlooked a very important issue: the virus can mutate on its own. The original antidote could indeed treat the first generation of brain-eating amoeba virus, or at least alleviate the symptoms and prevent patients from dying.

However, the mutated brain-eating amoeba virus could not be treated with existing antidotes, and soon more and more patients fell ill.

Water is the source of life, and everyone needs to drink water every day. As long as you drink water, you will inevitably come into contact with viruses.

Moreover, after being infected with the virus, those mosquitoes can inject it into a person's bloodstream or crawl into a person's nostrils to release the virus.

Even if humans can take strict precautions, animals cannot.

Soon, more than 500 million people in the Bald Eagles were infected by the brain-eating amoeba virus and its variants from the Smith Institute.

Moreover, the new infections are mostly caused by mutated viruses, rendering the Smith Institute's antidote completely ineffective.

The bald eagle military immediately detained Michael Smith and the entire team researching the virus.

Hania personally entered the interrogation room and punched Michael Smith twice, then angrily cursed, "This is all your fault! Open your dog eyes and look! Millions of people have fallen, and your antidote is completely ineffective! Fuck!"

Michael Smith quickly explained, "I didn't expect this synthetic virus to mutate either; it was definitely my fault."

"What the hell is the use of admitting your mistake now? What are we going to do now? You've caused panic all over the country. I'm even afraid to drink water now, for fear of getting infected with the virus! Fuck! You need to find a solution right now!" Hania roared.

Michael Smith said, "You've arrested me and my team. How are we supposed to get out of here? Release us right now, and we'll work overtime to find a cure. Is that okay?"

Anger aside, the priority is to find a cure.

Hania sent a special forces team to watch Michael Smith's team research the antidote. Until the antidote is developed, no one can rest.

Netizens from various countries have taken to platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok to condemn Michael Smith.

A South Korean netizen commented: "I've lived for over fifty years, and this is the first time I've seen such a heartless person. To prove that he's better than others, he doesn't even spare his own people."

Japanese netizens commented: Why aren't we taking him to court yet? What are we waiting for?

A Bald Eagle netizen commented: "It's ruined, completely ruined. My entire family is infected, and I'm the only one still conscious; everyone else is unconscious. I'm going to kill Michael Smith, I'm going to blow up the Smithsonian Institution. Fuck!"
A German netizen commented: "This is the first time I've seen such a heartless person. To prove he's better, he's willing to sacrifice his own people. Does he really think Yang Chen will go to save the White Eagle family? No way, no way? He can't really be thinking that, can he?"

Although the situation was somewhat unexpected and even out of control, this did not prevent the bald eagle military from implementing the second step of its plan.

The spokesperson for the United States made the following remarks after answering questions from journalists from various countries at a routine meeting.

"Given the increasingly uncontrollable situation caused by the brain-eating amoeba virus, we hope that Mr. Yang Chen can share his nanorobot technology. In the absence of an antidote, only Mr. Yang Chen's nanorobots can physically repair the brain cells and nerves of infected individuals. We hope that Mr. Yang Chen will consider the perspective of all humanity and humanitarianism, and disregard personal gain or loss, and immediately share his nanorobot technology. If he wants money, we can give it to him. We are willing to pay any price to save our people."

At this point, an AFP reporter asked: "Hello, I'm sorry, I don't know if it's my imagination or if I've misunderstood. But I feel like the root of this whole thing is that you want Yang Chen to share the nanorobot technology. Fellow colleagues, listen to my speculation and see if it makes sense. The Smith Institute developed the brain-eating amoeba virus and also developed the first-generation antidote. Then they confidently released the brain-eating amoeba virus. When the number of infected people was large enough, Sihai Medical couldn't handle the pressure. At that point, they could use humanitarian grounds to morally blackmail Yang Chen into sharing the nanorobot technology. It's just that something unexpected happened, and the brain-eating amoeba virus actually broke out in the US. Now they're going to play along, still demanding that Yang Chen share the nanorobot technology as planned. What do you all think of my idea?"
(End of this chapter)