Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Chapter 595 1 vs. the Whole World!
"The whole world is our enemy? Hey, hey, hey, isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?"

"Think it's an exaggeration? Okay, let me ask you. If you were in that situation, and you discovered that your arch-rival actually possessed Ah Lang, a powerful weapon, and if you didn't stop him sooner or later, your arch-rival would surpass you, even leaving you completely out of sight! Would you team up with your friends to put pressure on him and force him to hand him over?"

"Absolutely! After all, there are such huge profits to be made, money can move people's hearts! Ah Lang is so useful, who wouldn't be confused?"

"Then are you willing to hand over Ah Lang?"

"That's absolutely impossible! I wouldn't hand him over even if it meant giving myself up! It's absolutely impossible unless someone steps over my dead body!"

This is Bai Ling's attitude, and the attitude of the entire city of Beijing!

Even if they had to fight to the last person, they would never agree to hand over Ximen Lang!

The younger generation, led by Xia Yiyi, shared the same view!

On this issue, we will absolutely not compromise with any country, region, or individual!
"So here's the problem: you don't want to befriend people, but you still want to expand your influence, and you're seething with anger, determined to bring everyone down sooner or later!"

"They're not stupid. Since they know that if they don't stop it now, they'll never have another chance, do you think they won't go crazy and try every possible way to get rid of you?"

What does this resemble?

We promised to grow old together, but you secretly got a hair treatment instead.

If they won't do it, what are you waiting for?

As for the root cause of all this, Ximen Lang
"If we can't have it, we'll destroy it, you know? I don't know what others will think, but if our Americans actually got a weapon of mass destruction like Ah Lang, and they still only know how to keep it to themselves and don't understand sharing at all, we'd definitely press the nuclear launch button and make it smoke, and we'd unite the whole world to treat the Americans like the Japanese!"

Are they treating Americans like Japanese?
Did they press the nuclear launch button right when it was smoking?

That...that really captures the essence of life.

Later generations were the same, but the Western world, which itself rose to power through banditry, was infinitely more despicable.
Not to mention that!
They absolutely stop at nothing, and on this point, no one has more authority to speak than the world of Beijing.

Even later generations that share the same origins as the world of Beijing are not allowed!

As for the reason
"We just had a real fight with them, who are you?"

This one sentence alone is enough to completely silence Xia Yiyi and the rest of the world.

Not to mention the "he" Bai Ling mentioned, which has a "door" after it.

However, due to decades of peace, later generations' understanding of Americans is far less profound than that of the people in Beijing.

But there is one thing that the world of Beijing absolutely cannot compare to.

That is.
"We have been preparing to fight the whole world alone! Yes, not the US, nor the Western world led by the US, but a real battle against all countries in the world!"

"One against the whole world?! No way, you guys are way too arrogant!"

It was clear that Bai Ling had misunderstood.

Xia Yiyi first explained the concept of "considering defeat before victory and loss before gain" to Bai Ling.

Then he explained, "This isn't us being arrogant; it's a fact that could actually happen. After all, you know, this world is just a giant makeshift operation."

"Many countries and regions are just abstract collections, so abstract that they're almost unrecognizable! Normally, everyone's all friendly and agreeable."

Even if he's a bit abstract, we'll try our best to tolerate and give in. For the sake of money, we won't stoop to their level.

"But if war really breaks out, sorry, we really don't trust our backs to a bunch of brain-dead scum!"

"What if they suddenly turn on us and betray us? We'd be in big trouble. So let's think the worst first, and deal with it when they've calmed down."

Xia Yiyi's explanation and rhetoric were something Bai Ling could never have predicted.

However, this was combined with the numerous shocking stories Ximen Lang told her, which shattered her worldview, as well as the various indescribable news articles she had recently found on her phone.
Even someone as unbelievable as Bai Ling had to admit it.
"What you said does make some sense. Entrusting your back to a bunch of scum is indeed not a very reliable thing to do. So what's the result? You've treated the whole world as your hypothetical enemy for so many years, how's that going?"

When asked about the progress, Xia Yiyi became embarrassed.

Because the progress is indeed not very encouraging.

After all, the world's size is what it is; just based on the sheer size of this behemoth, it's not something that future generations can easily control.

"But no matter what, the future is definitely on our side! Especially look at the present, the Americans are so weak they can barely build warships anymore!"

"And we, on the other hand, have the equivalent of a German navy in a year, and that number continues to grow!"

“明年更是预计服役1艘航空母舰、1艘两栖攻击舰、7艘驱逐舰、6艘护卫舰、1艘核潜艇、1艘综合补给舰和1艘跟踪测量船，总吨位超过27.64万吨！”

"The entire French Navy's displacement is only 27.42 tons, while ours is 27.64 tons this year! At this rate of development, if I were given another 10 or 15 years to develop..."

"To say that we can take on the whole world by ourselves might be a bit of an exaggeration, but to take on most of the world, especially most of the world led by the United States, is definitely not a problem!"

The amount of water discharged in a year is equivalent to that of an established superpower. Bai Ling, who was so envious, was practically undergoing plasmolysis. She wanted nothing more than to bite Xia Yiyi, who was so smug, for being so arrogant.

Xia Yiyi, however, didn't care.

He started analyzing things with Bai Ling on his own.

"Look, even before we had this precious little brat, Ah Lang, we were already prepared to take on the whole world single-handedly! In this situation, we'd be crazy to send Ah Lang away!"

"As for you guys, your strength is really a bit weak. I'm not kidding, once things are completely exposed, it'll really be a 1v1 against the whole world! You guys are so poor, won't you fall behind?"

This is pure slander!

Bai Ling was so angry that she blushed on the spot!

He patted his chest and went head-to-head with Xia Yiyi!
"Yes, I don't deny it, we are indeed not as rich as you, but we may be poor, but we are not poor in spirit! Go back and forth across five thousand years of history, who can be more ambitious than us?!"

"If you're not happy, then let's fight! At worst, we'll go back to the 38th parallel and have another round! It's not like we haven't fought before, who's afraid of who?!"

(End of this chapter)