Chen Hao
Chapter 553 Game, Li Tianran's Life!
Qin Yiming had personally listened to the entire conversation between Li Tianran and the EU. At this moment, somewhat unwilling, he asked, "Boss, if we rely solely on ourselves to block a beast tide of this scale, I'm afraid we'll suffer heavy losses! Even if the EU's asking price is high, we can contact other powerful countries, like Russia, or the Yanhuang Federation!"
"Do you think the EU would dare to use this kind of attitude and demand such a high price if they hadn't already discussed it with other powerful countries?" Li Tianran said calmly, "All along, we've been too sharp, too aggressive! We've obtained too many benefits and resources from the powerful countries. This time, they want me to spit them out!"
Anyone could easily understand that this was a "sanction" against Li Tianran by all the major powers!
If it were just the EU alone, they would definitely not risk offending Li Tianran at this moment by making such outrageous demands, because they weren't the only country with intercontinental nuclear missiles. If they hadn't allied with other powerful countries, and simply offended Li Tianran to the point of no return, then Li Tianran would just turn around and do business with someone else, and the EU would be completely screwed!
The reason the EU dared to ask such a high price was because they were certain that Li Tianran wouldn't be able to obtain aid from other powerful countries at a lower price, and it might even be higher!
The five old-line powerful countries, although they often had friction, they also frequently reached consensus on certain matters, especially when jointly sanctioning a certain force.
Just like before the Destruction Era, the Human United Supreme Capital had five permanent member states, and the Ancient India Nation had repeatedly applied to become the sixth permanent member state, but every time it applied, four countries would agree, and one country would refuse!
The Ancient India Nation applied five times, and was rejected by each of the five permanent member states in turn.
Who would believe that the five powerful countries hadn't reached a consensus with such tacit understanding?
And Li Tianran was facing a similar situation at this time.
The powerful countries felt that Li Tianran's recent performance was too erratic and difficult to control, relying on his possession of the Conversion Fruit to frantically obtain resources from them, and the price was completely dictated by Li Tianran himself, leaving no room for negotiation, which made all the powerful countries feel very uncomfortable.
And this time was an excellent opportunity for Li Tianran to taste the feeling of being extorted, and according to the war meeting's allocation, it was completely reasonable and legal, so Li Tianran had no legitimate reason to go crazy!
As for whether this move would really cause Kuangxi Island to collapse, or even death…
That was a psychological game!
To put it simply:
The game was between Li Tianran and the powerful countries, to see who valued Li Tianran's life more!
In this game, if Li Tianran couldn't bear it first, and was abnormally afraid of death, then he would lose, and would actively seek help from the powerful countries and be forced to accept their conditions, and the powerful countries' goal would naturally be achieved.
But in this game, if the powerful countries couldn't bear it first, and felt that humanity would perish along with Li Tianran's death, and couldn't bear the consequences and proactively rescued Li Tianran, then the powerful countries would feel that they would be at Li Tianran's beck and call in the future. Li Tianran would bring up his own life at every turn, forcing the powerful countries to constantly provide resources for him to develop and enjoy. This would be equivalent to all the countries of the world becoming Li Tianran's supply line!
Although from a macro perspective, doing so for the future of all mankind was very correct. All of humanity should support Li Tianran, abandon national distinctions, and completely form a group like the Beast King race! But this was difficult for the powerful countries to accept!
It was like you were the CEO of a listed machinery company, and stood at the peak in a city with four other companies for hundreds of years. As technology declined, your companies all faced crises. At this time, a guy from a humble background suddenly appeared, relying on some innovative technology, and suddenly jumped out and demanded that all five of your companies obey his orders, and used the new technology to restrict your development. What would you choose at this time?
The first reaction would definitely be to snatch his technology first, and when you found that you couldn't snatch it, you would cooperate, and look for ways to counter the other party during the cooperation!
And if you couldn't counter the other party even in cooperation, and it really came to a moment of life and death, perhaps more people would choose to drag their company to its death rather than hand over power to the other party!
Because this was the idea of many hegemons: I founded the company myself, I would rather destroy it in my own hands than be forced to submit to someone I look down on, letting the other party profit.
Sometimes when hegemons made choices, interests and the future might not be the only standards. Autonomy, or rather dignity, was also a very important factor!
If one day the world situation really deteriorated to the point where a country couldn't survive without sucking up to Li Tianran, then these powerful countries might not succumb for the sake of survival, but would choose to fight with all their national strength, choosing a dignified destruction.
So, combining all the above factors, in this incident of a large-scale beast tide invading Kuangxi Island, the attitude of these powerful countries seemed a bit foolish and outrageous, but if you thought about it carefully, their behavior was completely logical!
"Then we can appropriately hand over some benefits!" Qin Yiming said puzzled, "Without the firepower support of the powerful countries, many of our warriors may die!"
"This isn't just a matter of benefits! If I show fear in this war, fear of death, then the powerful countries will know my bottom line and weaknesses. They will immediately look for opportunities to infinitely expand my weakness, until I completely become a puppet they can manipulate at will!" Li Tianran's face was icy cold, "This war, we are facing not only the beast tide, but also those powerful countries."
"The bombing of the aircraft carrier showed them my madness, and also made them not dare to blatantly interfere with my things!"
"And this time, I want them to see if I really have any weaknesses! Whether I will succumb to them because I am afraid of death!"
"I want to see if my life is more valuable in my eyes, or in their eyes!"
Li Tianran said angrily.
Qin Yiming looked at Li Tianran. At this moment, he knew that the human alliance race might be completely broken. The alliance would ultimately not be able to become a existence like the Beast King race. The relationship between Kuangxi Island and the powerful countries would not be as harmonious as friends or relatives. It would still be a cold cooperative relationship. When interests arose, both sides would kick each other away without mercy!
"I said long ago that the human race can only be forcibly unified through war, otherwise this kind of alliance and cooperative relationship will never be reliable and may collapse at any time!" Li Tianran's eyes were calm, without any killing intent.
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There are three more chapters
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At this moment, Qin Yiming suddenly felt that Li Tianran was very similar to someone.
Ying Zheng, the First Emperor of the Spring and Autumn Period!
Qin Yiming felt a heartfelt chill.
What did Li Tianran mean by this sentence?
Could it be that in the future, he will launch a war that sweeps across all of humanity?