While Ye Zhou and Chen Hao were discussing the strategy of "Consciousness Upload Alliance", a meeting against China is also being held thousands of kilometers away in Europe.

All those attending the meeting were important figures of the so-called Union countries, and the issues they discussed were also one of the most serious and most important issues on the planet.

How to force the other party to compromise and give up the benefits they have obtained without large-scale armed conflicts with China and the so-called "Huaxia Alliance"?

In fact, everyone attending the conference knew that in the current comparison of strength and weakness, it would be difficult to rely solely on the suppression force brought by our so-called "alliance" - even just against a country in China.

Therefore, from the beginning of the meeting, the direction they discussed was basically determined, that is, sort out all the trump cards in their hands and China, play out their trump cards one by one, form an advantage in local areas, and then use this advantage to gradually win over and expand their own power and support scope.

“First of all, we need to determine our short-term and long-term goals.”

"I believe that after many discussions before, everyone has already made it clear about this point--in the long run, we must realize the picture of the national consciousness uploaded by the Ark Organization and help mankind overcome the crisis with the lowest resource consumption."

"In the short term, we must develop awareness upload technology and form effective demonstration projects."

"In order to achieve these two goals, the first thing we have to do is to force Huaxia to hand over the BCI transmission compilation algorithm and neural signal database in their hands."

"As far as I know, both the Chou Kingdom and the Ark organization had contacted them in the early stage, but they were also rejected."

"In terms of attitude towards this technology, Huaxia has adopted some kind of 'strategic' prudence from the beginning. Since this prudence has been born, it will inevitably run through all their strategies. It is impossible to obtain technology through peaceful means."

"The only effective method is war."

"Of course, what I am talking about now is not a hot war in a narrow sense, nor a nuclear war--that is something that will send the entire human race to hell, we should avoid contact."

“We should choose more efficient, lower cost and greater hits, such as launching wars in the economic and social fields.”

The person who spoke was the white man sitting in the middle of the conference room, and the chief technical director of the consciousness upload project, Mingsen.

In fact, if he followed the normal deliberation process, as a technician, he should not actually participate in this type of strategy discussion. However, the officials of various countries currently have too little understanding of this technology, and they urgently need strong technical support, which has also allowed Mingsen to have a huge position within the alliance and directly enter the highest decision-making level.

His performance also proved his own ability. In several previous meetings, he made many effective suggestions and led the alliance, which originally consisted of only six countries, to nearly 30 in a short period of time.

Everyone in this conference room was extremely convinced by him, but even so, when they heard him say they wanted to "start a war", there was still a look of hesitation on everyone's faces.

Start a war? For China?

This kind of argument is extremely terrifying, or extremely arrogant, even if it goes back ten years. What's more, China has become the strongest on the surface now. It is not that easy to make them surrender by tough means?

"Mr. Mingsen, I understand your strategy, and of course, I understand your appeals."

“As a technician, of course, you want to use the easiest and most effective way to drive technology sharing and progress.”

"But I have to tell you that such progress may not come so quickly, because it is not as easy as you think to get technology from Chinese people."

"You said you were going to start a war, which was a bold idea, but the question is, where do we start?"

"Money, finance, food, energy, military... all areas related to the distribution of world power. China has an absolute advantage. You are trying to say that we use food and oil to sanction each other?"

"That's really... a very stupid method, because the Ugly Kingdom has failed."

Hearing the other party’s doubts, Mingsen shook his head and replied:

"No, of course not these."

"In fact, these methods are not only stupid, but also... too kind and cannot see clearly the weaknesses of our opponents."

"Does China fear our economic sanctions on them? Maybe they will be upset about it, but they will never be afraid."

"Not to mention that they already have new energy, nuclear fusion, and the world's most advanced food technology, they actually have ten years of backwards. Even if they don't have these things, these means in the economic field cannot pose a threat to them."

"If we want to force them to compromise, we must start with what they really care about."

Looking at Mingsen's confident expression, the man who had raised the question before frowned. After pausing for a moment, he asked:

"So, what do you think they care about? Status? Technology? Rights? Or their own future?"

"No, none of them."

Mingsen shook his head, and a hint of emotion appeared in his expression.

"Actually, I think some of the people in this conference room have already thought of the answer, but you didn't say it -- probably because of shame?"

"Because the things that Chinese people care about the most are exactly what we claim to protect but have never really worked for."

“It’s man, and human rights.”

After his words fell, the conference room was silent as he expected, but Mingsen was prepared for this. He did not confuse too much of this awkward atmosphere, but continued:

"Anyway, what they care about the most is their own lives and rights. You may feel that they do not protect these rights in place, and have also seen many so-called damage to human rights, but the problem is that they will never allow these rights to be damaged by external forces."

"So, our strategy is very simple: we need to trade the rights of the Chinese people in exchange for their technology."

“What exactly should I do?”

Everyone in the conference room was confused. They could understand the general logic, but they couldn't understand how Mingsen wanted to make this logic a reality.

"It's very simple, we're going to 'take hostages'."

"Holding hostages? Where did the hostages come from?"

"Their overseas personnel, including all Chinese living in our country."

When everyone in the conference room was shocked when they heard Mingsen's words, even the senior decision-makers who had seen the world showed a somewhat incredible look.

Only then did they realize that Minson once belonged to the Hermes organization, and the madness in his bones did not decrease at all after leaving Hermes.

"Mingson, stop kidding. The consequence of doing so is war. You don't really think that at the level of national confrontation, they will make compromises because of the interests of a few people, right?"

"The first time you announce that you take these people as hostages----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mingsen nodded slightly and then said:

"So we need to rely on the power of public opinion - do you still remember the hostage incident in 1979? At that time, the Ugly Kingdom was one of the most powerful countries on the planet, but why did they adopt an armed rescue strategy after half a year of hostage seizure?"

"The core of the problem is still people."

"We cannot do it by the official, we have to do it by the people... Can you understand what I mean?"

"This is actually a game. Yes, the bci transmission and compilation algorithm is very important to us and to China, but its importance must be limited."

“When the price of refusing to hand over technology exceeds its own value, they have to make compromises.”

"So, what we need to do is actually very simple, that is, let the people fight on their own, and we mediate from it, delaying the time for solving problems as much as possible, and at the same time promoting the development of public opinion in China and forcing them to make decisions in a hasty situation."

"Believe me, they will definitely compromise because there is a paradox in it."

"They neither want war nor sit idly by their fellow countrymen."

"This is their biggest weakness... As long as we grasp this weakness, we have the bargaining chips to negotiate with them."

Everyone in the conference room remained silent, and everyone was thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

Mingsen's strategy is too crazy and too rough, but as he said, from historical cases, such a strategy seems... very effective.

Whether it is the iran in 1979, the libya in 2020, or the ukraine in 2020, this strategy has played a huge role.

Of course, their final result is war, but in this operation, war may not necessarily happen.

Because humans have a common enemy.

So, this strategy seems to be...having a certain feasibility?

A few minutes later, a man suddenly spoke:

"I think we can give it a try."

"We can start with soft and gentle means, and if it works, we will gradually become tough."

"It's not a loss to us, isn't it?"

Hearing the man's words, Mingsen showed a smile on his face, and he spoke:

"Of course, of course."

"Believe me, we not only won't lose anything, but we can also gain more, extra benefits..."
Chapter completed!