I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

The most important point is that other states are also preparing for the possible impact of the insect swarm, and they have all blocked their domestic war reserve warehouses to prohibit the transfer of supplies.

The local states are not stupid. They all know how serious the hollowing out of America's industry is. Their local National Guard is equipped with weapons and equipment in accordance with the regular army. In terms of the degree of mechanization, they are not inferior to the regular army. They also have huge logistical and ammunition needs.

Sealed materials become particularly important when there are obvious problems with production.

The most important thing is that they also want to save money. America's current military-industrial complex doesn't care about those things. Anyway, I only sell missiles. I can give you a discount on the price. It is absolutely impossible for you to ask me to produce artillery shells, which have no profit and no technology.

No matter who you ask, it won't work. Either you buy enough missiles or you ask someone else to do it. They have their own reasons. The destructive area of ​​missiles is much larger than that of artillery shells. They are more accurate, safer and will not accidentally injure civilians.

As long as Heimiya nods, even all the citizens of America can upload danger information through the APP, locate the coordinates of the insects through the software, and then use missiles to accurately eliminate them. Can artillery shells do that?

The US military’s refusal to buy only proves that they do not value the lives of American citizens!

Even if Roosevelt were to be resurrected now, it is hard to say how much of a threat he could pose to today's military-industrial complex.

As for whether the bugs will pose a threat to their own safety because of this issue, do you think I am still in America?

Factories destroyed by bugs?

Great, if the production capacity is not enough, you have to increase the price for me!

No matter what, at least the support from the 1st Marine Division greatly eased the defense of the base and allowed the fleet to get some breathing time for emergency supplies.

After the entire urban area of ​​Washington State fell, the US military top brass officially unlocked the use of large weapons. B-52s flew directly overhead to carry out carpet bombing, completely destroying the streets, buildings and even roads, hoping to stop the continuous offensive of the insect swarm.

But precisely because of the addition of bombers, the mother nest that had been hiding in Lewisburg also showed the experience accumulated during this period of beatings.

When B-52s, A-10s and a large number of various armed helicopters were conducting an aerial sweep of the city, giant spiders about 4 meters tall slowly crawled out of the underground tunnels in Lewisburg.

Guided by pheromones, they turned their backs to the sky, stuck out their huge bellies, opened their tails and spit out a huge ball of green mucus that flew like a missile towards the helicopter fleet hovering at low altitude.

The speed of the slime bomb was not much slower than that of the rocket. What they could not have imagined was its abnormal aiming accuracy. The first wave of dozens of slime bombs had a first-shot hit rate of over 80%. All the helicopters that were hit crashed on the spot.

The B-52 flying at a very high altitude did not escape the attack either. Five bugs formed a formation and five slime bombs blocked all possible directions of the B-5, shooting it down without any surprise.

However, a ship-borne Tomahawk cruise missile soon flew over the Zerg swarm and blew the artillery bugs into green fragments. But before they died, they also destroyed more than 10 helicopter units of the 82nd Airborne Division and two B-52 Stratofortresses.

And this is not the end. Similar cannon bugs have appeared one after another in various places in Washington State, spraying slime bombs into the sky towards the naval base. Although the slime they fire will not explode, the splashing highly corrosive liquid also perfectly replaces the demand.

The slime bombs fired from all directions continuously hit the base troops like rocket launchers. This kind of biomass bomb cannot be intercepted with existing technology, causing the landing Marine Division to suffer a great loss. The insect swarm that obviously could not keep up with the consumption before is now making a comeback.

As the war between the two sides progressed, the speed of Zerg evolution obviously began to catch up.

While the U.S. military and the Zerg were fighting to the death in Washington State, the main fuse of the huge powder keg of America was also ignited. While the entire army was under martial law and the National Guard was quickly refitted and retrained, large-scale riots and marches were taking place in various places at the same time.

Because this inexplicable insect invasion accidentally turned into a black swan event, the local area suffered a major trauma, which triggered the panic of the people under high pressure, and also caused the U.S. stock market to crash instantly and triggered the first, second and third level circuit breaker mechanisms in succession. The entire market fell by more than 20% that day and was directly suspended.

It is well known that America is a financial country.

This was not an ordinary stock market crash, but was almost equivalent to the prelude to a world war, because a large amount of global wealth had already been concentrated in America, and the stock market flash crash impacted all funds.

It should be noted that America drove a large amount of European capital back to its homeland through the Americas conflict. At the same time, America's high interest rate policy hedged the continued rise of the stock market and attracted a large amount of global funds to flow into its homeland. The scale of the American Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repurchase once exceeded 2 trillion US dollars.

The massive influx of US dollars has pushed up inflation and also pushed up America's asset prices, including financial and especially stock prices.

The base of these fund returns is determined by the 10-year Treasury bond yield and the American Federal Reserve's benchmark interest rate. That is to say, when the American Federal Reserve raises its interest rate to 5.5%, it not only increases the face value cost, but also pushes up the overall national operating and financing costs.

When the interest rate exceeds 5%, the yields of a large number of financial products exceed double digits, so where does the wealth corresponding to these returns come from?

In the past, it was through financial tides or financial wars.

First, drain the other party's foreign exchange reserves to cause the imbalance and collapse of the exchange rates of both currencies, and then cause the asset bubbles in certain economies to collapse. These capital pools will naturally buy at bargain prices and then push up the value of assets.

When the price returns to a reasonable level, the corresponding income of the funds flowing back during the interest rate hike cycle, and the corresponding round of harvesting is completed after the asset prices obtained by bargain hunting rise back. This also completes the realization of the expected income of a large number of financial products and completes the repair of the balance sheet.

But they did not win the financial war this time. No large economic complex in the world has experienced a systematic collapse in asset prices, and no large economy has seen its exchange rate fall by dozens or hundreds of times. Naturally, there is no such thing as buying at bargain prices.

Therefore, when the tidal cycle cannot be completed, America now has trillions of US dollars stranded in the country. How can it realize the high double-digit expected returns accumulated over several years?

The answer is that there is no need to cash out. Simply eliminate the speculative funds that flow into America from all over the world. Eliminating liabilities will also eliminate currency and assets. When all of this is eliminated, there will be no so-called high returns that must be cashed out.

Therefore, after making sure that it could not fleece other large economies, America's financing had already begun to quietly short itself, using its own internal transparent information channels to short sell the hot money concentrated in the country, in order to offset the costs it might pay in the future.

This wave of withdrawal will allow them to cash in on the current high returns in the America financial market in advance, but the cost is that these hot money will pay for them.

It is impossible for America to guarantee a return of more than 5.5%, and the only way out is to get rid of the creditors. After all, they cannot accept the transfer of these funds to East India to support social construction. Centralized elimination is the best solution.

But the Zerg came too suddenly this time. It was just July and the plan had just been implemented. The plans of the big sharks to sell stocks of large companies to cash in had not been completed, and the first round of exploratory targeted stock flash crashes had not yet occurred, but the Zerg came.

This round of stock market flash crash really hit the heads of all capitals. Let alone any tricks, everyone is trapped in the stock market, and their heads are buzzing from being hammered.

Now that funds are stuck, America's national income-to-expenditure ratio has reached a terrifying 95%, and loan default rates are rising rapidly. The pressure itself has already reached its limit, and now the alien black swan has hit, which is the last straw.

When the sun rises tomorrow and the stock market officially opens, it will probably rain dumplings from the sky. All capital will have to pay a heavy price for this arrogance and lack of memory.

Chapter 489 The Perfect War Machine

The fall of Washington State in a short period of time was a death sentence for them. The most fatal thing was that the Zerg's route, starting from Washington State, seemed to be planned with a target, chasing the Blue State all the way.

Blue states such as Oregon, California, and Nevada are generally populated by highly educated people and middle-class people.

They are not only the core voting base of the incumbent President Trump, but their main source of high income is also basically related to the stock market.

You should know that America's pension fund also has the distinction between compensation insurance and dividend investment, and the real pension fund does not have much money.

Their main income after retirement is the actual US dollars extracted from their income over the past few decades and handed over to their respective unions. The unions raise funds to form large funds, which then buy long-term value-preserving stocks in the stock market for investment, and distribute the profits created as dividends.

It is very normal for an individual to have an income of more than 100,000 US dollars after decades of surplus. The annualized income of such capital is very considerable. Each of these large guilds controls the pensions of millions of workers and is itself a powerful local force.

The squids would never dare to cut their money, and if they had inside information and wanted to retreat they would certainly take their share with them.

This sudden stock market crash was unexpected, and there was naturally no possibility of escaping from the stocks held to retain funds.

Now your personal safety is under fatal threat and your pension money is gone. If you were in his shoes, would you be able to hold on?

At this time, the yellow-haired commander also began to exert his strength, saying on X that as long as he took over, he would immediately carry out clean and thorough harmless destruction of all the Zerg-occupied areas.

He also promised to build walls around all native areas of America to ensure that they have exclusive control over the alien world. He will lead the people of America to become the Columbus of the new era, make America great again, and let the people share the benefits!

I have to say that Huangmao’s promise was very tempting. He did not say too many complicated things, but just told the people that we will enjoy the benefits alone.

There are 70 billion people in the world. If you don't have it, I don't have it. If you exclude them, won't your chances be better?

Whoever gives you milk is your mother. Besides, Sleepy Joe is now at an age where he can't even hold his urine, so who expects him to be able to handle America's grim future... The people in the blue zones are also starting to turn red.

Their old foundation is gone, and the only way to resolve their current predicament is to become the first group of people to occupy the new world and obtain some things that are not available on Earth. Even a handful of soil or weeds can be exchanged for a large amount of US dollars.

The hot money that had withdrawn from the market when America and East India were at a disadvantage in the previous battle still holds the illusion that the former overlord can turn defeat into victory by retreating and waiting.

But now they just want to get out of this damn country and transfer their funds to the place they wanted to crush before.

There was nowhere else they could go.

In Europe, Macron dissolved the parliament and ran for a new election, and was almost defeated by the far-right. He could only join forces with other left-wing groups to occupy a majority of seats in parliament. Now the Left Alliance occupies the largest number of seats, while the Renaissance Party to which Macron belongs is only second.

In other words, Macron's running mate in the future cannot be someone from his own faction. The funniest thing is that his coalition was originally advocating against most of his policies during his last term.

There is no doubt that he will become a lame duck president in the next three years, and the failure of this political gamble basically represents the formal collapse of the entire European Union integration idea.

With the eastward expansion of the European Union, the position of Germany is becoming more and more important, because geographically it is located in the east and is the absolute core, but it is not a normal autonomous country and is naturally suppressed by some countries that begin with China.

Considering Germany's history of struggle, it can be strong but not too strong. The major Western countries are extremely defensive against it, so even if it occupies a core dominant position, Germany cannot do anything.

Macron is being clamped down, Germany is in a slump, and Britain is still unable to recover from its slump. Riots are taking place one after another. In addition, the main ideology of citizens across the European Union has entered a wave of reflection and opposition to empty talk, and the rightward tendency has become very obvious.

Now that America, the biggest safe haven, is gone, and the entire European alliance is fading, a veritable powder keg, where else can they go? It's impossible for them to really go to a white elephant.

But everyone holds this idea, what will the scene be like when a new day comes and the stock exchange opens?

Even if they can run away, can Dongyin easily take over all their funds?

They always thought that they could just sit back and reap endless wealth by riding the financial tide, and that only lower-class countries that couldn't make quick money would engage in industry. They never thought about what the consequences would be if they couldn't reap the wealth.

It turns out that the only lesson people can learn from history is that people never learn lessons.

While the upper shadow government and the big sharks were thinking about how to resolve the current crisis, several medical experts in the Fort Detrick biological laboratory at the America Army Institute of Infectious Diseases in Maryland were performing a live dissection on a captured knife worm.

The knife worm's limbs had all been removed, and it was fixed on the operating table like a cicada pupa, unable to move. A high-power laser knife cut open the worm's body from the abdomen, exploring its body structure layer by layer.

Several other laboratories were also conducting experiments on other limbs of the knife worm, and the extracted biological tissues were sent to level 2 and level 3 virus laboratories to be integrated with various dangerous pathogens and strains on Earth, in the hope of finding the possibility of conducting biological warfare against the Zerg.

However, the more the experts dissected the worm, the more shocked they were, because the internal body structure of the knife worm was so simple, so simple that it could be said to be crude, but it was precisely because of this that they were even more shocked.

Just like human genetic genes contain a large number of recessive genes that seem useless and have no effect now. These recessive genes mean that they can be used at least in a certain stage of human life, but the human body no longer needs them later.

Through these, we can indirectly trace back what humans at that time experienced. Genetic genes are like a dusty book that records all the years of a race's growth and are true witnesses of civilization.

The exon sequences of the genome determine the function of each organ after its later development.

But knife worms are almost blank in this regard. The genomic information in the nucleotide sequence is nearly a hundred times less than that of humans. It does not look like a living organism, but rather a biological machine with internal manufacturing rules.

【God! This is the devil's creation! 】

[Why can biological tissue armor evolve into a composite armor-like structure? ! Unscientific! Such a structure is too unscientific! ]

[Where is its intestine? Where is its metabolic system! Doesn’t it have a digestive system and a respiratory system! ]

Major General Stans looked up at the medical experts shouting and yelling on the monitors. His dark face showed no expression. The adjutant beside him was holding a report sheet in his hand and reporting to him what other laboratories had found. His tone was full of surprise.

"Sir, according to the team's tests, the shooting effect of military M4 and M16 standard weapons is very unsatisfactory. If you use 5.56mm NATO standard bullets, it is difficult to penetrate the defense of this kind of armor even at a distance of 20m."

'After entering the high-threat distance of 20m, the 5.56 can barely penetrate the armor, but this is already the limit. Even if this distance is shortened to 1m, the bullet itself cannot penetrate the armor's protective layer and damage the internal tissue.'

'You need at least a 7.62mm full-power round within 20m to successfully injure the interior.'

"These things... are biological weapons through and through. Their body structure is very suitable for kinetic weapons."

The lack of functional organs proves that this thing does not reproduce on its own, which means that insect swarms are not caused by their ability to reproduce.

Strong fertility and mass production are two different things. There are many examples of the former in the biological world. For example, as long as mice and rabbits have no natural enemies, their populations can increase exponentially.

But it is more appropriate to say that knife worms are like manufactured flesh-and-blood machines with clear division of labor. If an analogy must be made, the adjutant can only think of ecosystems such as bee colonies and ant colonies.

This is not good news. Ant colonies and bee colonies, which are truly social and specialized groups, are rare even in the insect world and are theoretically perfect biological races.

Some biologists once believed that if aliens really visited the Earth one day, they might not be interested in humans, but they would definitely be interested in ants.

It is conservatively estimated that there are more than 20,000 species of ants, and they have witnessed the rise and fall of too many dominant races on the planet.

The longest known fossil of ants can be traced back to the Cretaceous period 100 million years ago. This is the limit of what humans can discover, not the limit of ants.

However, ants are too weak for most creatures, and for many animals, an ant nest is just a buffet restaurant.

But when the size of creatures with this habit is enlarged to the several meters or even dozens of meters that they see now, it will be the source of a world-destroying disaster.

Not to mention these cruel insects now, even if the ants were enlarged to this size, their group habits would destined them to have an endless desire and demand for resources.