As the people of Xia Guo officially set foot on the Moon and Mars, and news of their large-scale infrastructure development spread, the remaining major powers that had not joined the Human Mutual Aid Association could no longer hold back and began secret meetings and negotiations.
Of course, they were not planning to surrender.
Nor were they planning to join the Human Mutual Aid Association.
They feared that in the future, Xia Guo would completely dominate them, so they were plotting to trip them up and seize technology. Most importantly, they were no longer intending to proceed gently; they planned to initiate war and snatch by force.
At this moment, the secret meetings and negotiations were primarily for mobilization.
And to make specific plans.
"According to investigation results, this woman named Ding Yun is the key to Xia Guo's rise. Although we don't know if she is truly that capable or if she is merely a shield deliberately set up by the people of Xia Guo, assassinating her first is definitely a good idea. No objections to this, right?"
As soon as the West Continent Alliance's attack and defense meeting began, someone immediately named Ding Yun, stating she was very likely the key to Xia Guo's rise and that eliminating her first would be no problem.
Following this, the representative from Aojin Nation echoed:
"No objections. Furthermore, we are almost certain she is not a deliberately created shield.
Because prior to this, we have attempted to assassinate her many times, but none were successful. Her surrounding security forces have reached the highest level.
A shield wouldn't warrant such desperate protection."
Just as the representatives from other nations nodded in agreement, the representative from Chou Nation's face turned grim after reviewing some information: "There is no need to bring this matter up again for now. According to reliable intelligence, Ding Yun, whom you just mentioned wanting to assassinate, has now settled on Mars.
She is not expected to return anytime soon.
Our space technology has not seen much development in recent years. Sending people up is not a problem, but sending people up to assassinate Ding Yun, who is hiding in a base protected by many robots, is impossible. So, we'll have to drop this for now and discuss combat plans instead."
This news caused everyone present to look extremely displeased. Some even regretted not going all out to assassinate Ding Yun in the past, thus missing a golden opportunity.
However, they were also able to put their regrets aside. After a moment of annoyance, they quickly moved on to discuss other issues.
And after half a month of discussion,
The final combat plan was decided.
It was divided into three main layers. The first layer was to sail aircraft carriers to Xia Guo's territorial waters for military deterrence. While exerting military pressure, they would also attempt to coerce Xia Guo through public opinion and the righteousness of human survival. In plain terms, it was military deterrence combined with moral blackmail.
The second layer was to take direct action.
The actions on two fronts were: one was to directly attack and seize items like Shennong Pots and cause as much destruction as possible; the other was to launch cyberattacks, attempting to acquire technology from network data.
As for the third layer, it was the threat of mutual destruction. They planned to threaten that if the technology was not handed over, they would drag all of humanity down with them.
Once tens of thousands of fission weapons were detonated,
No one would survive.
Of course, the last resort was naturally something they would only use if absolutely necessary. In the end, they might not even dare to go through with it.
Following the conclusion of the negotiations, the West Continent Alliance quickly mobilized the forces of various nations and, half a month later, advanced towards Xia Guo's territorial waters without hesitation.
Concurrently, after Ding Yun arrived at the Mars survival base, the space-based weapon she first oversaw the construction of was successfully manufactured. It was directly transported by spacecraft to a fixed orbit, equipped with sufficient fusion energy, and then the aircraft carriers were targeted.
On that day, lasers shot from the sky.
On that day, terrifying electromagnetic cannons evaporated countless seawater, turning countless marine lives into ashes.
On that day, the West Continent Alliance's aircraft carrier fleet was completely annihilated.
It was a joke. With control over fusion energy, building many weapons that were previously impossible due to energy limitations was a simple matter.
Compared to weather weapons that manipulated the climate, space-based weapons that only needed to attack and destroy were incredibly easy to build, at least ten times simpler than weather weapons. Half a month was more than enough.
After destroying the aircraft carriers, the space-based weapons did not cease their assault. Instead, they continued to systematically demolish many military bases of the West Continent Alliance nations. Research bases and biological weapon bases were similarly wiped out.
Until their military power was fundamentally crippled,
They then ceased their attack.
Following this, officials from the Honglu Temple stepped in to negotiate and exchange. They did not demand submission, but continuously emphasized that their Xia Guo was peace-loving, always adhering to the principle of "if others do not offend me, I will not offend them," and hoped that they would exercise restraint and not court death.
The West Continent Alliance had indeed considered Xia Guo's capability to manufacture space-based weapons, but they had never imagined that Xia Guo's speed in building them would be so rapid, especially since they had not significantly delayed their own plans.
Yet, the reality was that they were utterly defeated.
With their aircraft carriers and various bases destroyed, coupled with the deterrence of the extraterrestrial space-based weapons, their previous plans completely collapsed. As for mutual destruction, they lacked the courage, or rather, they were unwilling to die in such a humiliating manner.
Thus, in the end, they could only compromise.
They compromised and joined the Human Mutual Aid Association.
As for any private dissent, continued attempts to steal technology, or plans to cause trouble, these could not be completely eradicated, but they remained within controllable limits overall.
With the Human Mutual Aid Association now encompassing all leading and influential nations globally, the next step was naturally to comprehensively coordinate global strength and strive to alleviate the consequences of extreme weather.
For example, redrawing global planting zones.
For example, preventing and extinguishing wildfires, and afforestation.
For example, planning item production to avoid overproduction and thereby reduce various forms of environmental pollution.
Not long after the global situation came under control, within less than a year, the frequency of environmental degradation and extreme weather events began to alleviate. The greenhouse effect and the ozone hole showed signs of recovery, and remediation efforts yielded significant results.
This demonstrated that the previous environmental deterioration and frequent extreme weather were not uncontrollable, but rather a result of inaction or even deliberate obstruction by certain individuals and nations.
However, even so,
Restoring the global environment to its original state remained a distant prospect. Therefore, Ding Yun's planetary transformation plan continued to proceed normally and advance.
One year, two years, three years, four years.
Another five years passed.
The weather modification weapons for the Moon and Mars were completed almost simultaneously and officially put into operation.
It could be said that all the preceding operations were mere preparations. The day the weather modification weapons were activated and operational marked the first day of the planetary transformation plan's formal commencement.