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Chapter 249 Emperor Xia Zuo Dawson of the United States

Whether it's a conglomerate or a giant corporation, as a form of capital organization, their primary goal is to make money.

However, the prerequisite for the existence of conglomerates and giant corporations is not money, but naked violence.

When problems arise with violence, no matter how much money you have, it's not your own wealth, but rather a target for plunder by other corporations that control violence.

This was an absolute life-or-death moment, so someone broke the default rules and deployed heavy tanks.

They are trying to prove that conventional weapons still possess sufficient deterrent power and that this is not the era of superheroes.

But which large corporation or organization, even those at the very bottom of the hierarchy, hasn't secretly acquired heavy weaponry?

Without powerful weapons to suppress them, how could such a large company or organization possibly rely on sheer numbers to subdue the fierce Americans who each have an average of 1.3 guns?

Ninety-five years ago, Rockefeller used the superior equipment of armored vehicles and machine guns to suppress striking miners who had three guns on average.

Will capitalists lay down their arms nearly 100 years from now?

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Whoever broke the rules was forcing everyone to show off their big guns and prove that they hadn't forgotten the bloodshed and hadn't lost their backbone!

As a result, the conventional weapons deployed by all parties were rapidly upgraded.

First, a group of drones of unknown origin entered the forest carrying bombs, but their electromagnetic signals were blocked, triggering a self-destruct sequence and exploding into fireballs over the forest.

The explosions and roars acted like a starting signal, igniting the flames of war.

Soon, a medium-sized bomber with its serial number deliberately painted off and its identity unknown flew over Wall Street, dropping napalm and white phosphorus incendiary bombs, setting large swathes of forest ablaze.

Then, an accordion-shaped multiple rocket launcher appeared in the suburbs of New York and unleashed all its rockets at Wall Street, the dense explosions sweeping across the entire battlefield.

It's not that no one realized the serious consequences of doing so, but everyone understood even more clearly that they couldn't back down. At this point, retreating wouldn't be seen as responsible or moral, but rather as a lack of strength and courage.

Violence is the most fundamental operating principle of the state established by Ansar capitalism.

If you give up using violence to protect your interests today, you will become the target of everyone's covetousness and attack tomorrow, and be torn apart in the encirclement.

In this frenzied atmosphere, everyone is powerless and can only keep bringing out stronger weapons to prove that they have the confidence to fight back.

They knew that the longer they continued, the greater the losses would be, but they couldn't control themselves and could only grit their teeth and continue.

The infection spread rapidly and frantically, and the new weapons that emerged were increasingly outrageous.

Until an unidentified ballistic missile appeared, falling from the sky at a speed of over ten Mach, like a real fireball, exploding into a huge fireball at the edge of the forest.

This ballistic missile carried a 2-ton warhead. The powerful explosives detonated on the battlefield where no one was alive, growing into a terrifying giant mushroom.

Although it wasn't a real giant mushroom cloud, the lifelike mushroom cloud successfully awakened everyone's fear of mushroom bombs and brought them back to their senses.

Once their minds clear, this irrational war will come to an end.

First, the power that can be demonstrated has already been demonstrated, and continuing to fight will not increase the deterrent effect.

Secondly, all that's left after ballistic missiles is the conventional mushroom bomb, which is absolutely unusable.

Nobody wants to perish with everyone else.

Even the leaders of powerful forces are afraid of death, but they are only afraid of conventional weapons, and only of things that can take their lives.

For example, handguns that appear within 10 meters, invisible poison needles and poisons, and nuclear weapons that can destroy everything and are impossible to resist.

As all the organizations came to a halt, looking at each other in bewilderment, unsure of how to end the situation, tender saplings sprouted on the raging battlefield.

These green saplings, bathed in flames, not only escaped being scorched and burned to death, but in their frenzied upward growth, they even suffocated the raging fire.

Xia Zuo's Wood Release chakra was still there, and it regenerated within minutes after the continuous attacks stopped, quickly covering up the scene of devastation.

Wall Street, which had been completely reduced to ruins, was restored to a lush forest in just over ten minutes.

Countless people swallowed hard in horror after witnessing this scene.

Now they have a new target of fear: Mr. Shazo Dawson, a superhuman who can destroy all traditional security forces and stands before them with his superpowers.

Sure enough, the era of superheroes has truly arrived.

So, who was it that failed to find any superhumans just now?

Hulk fought Abomination for over half an hour, then battled the private soldiers of the Wall Street vampires, and finally engaged in an unprecedented battle with Shazo.

After a series of fierce battles, Wall Street suffered heavy losses, and there was even a miracle where an entire block turned into a primeval forest.

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But to be honest, the damage to Wall Street wasn't too severe; only three buildings in a row collapsed.

However, as some forces went mad and unleashed their trump cards—large and heavy conventional weapons—Wall Street was utterly destroyed after a barrage of attacks.

Now only three or five buildings remained standing, while the rest of the century-old buildings were reduced to ruins.

It was even worse than Baghdad, which was bombed.

However, there were no images related to the war on television.

Before the first wave of special forces and agents entered the forest and began their fight for the spoils, the television program had already switched from a live broadcast to a replay of the highlights.

On television, the host and special guests sat together, discussing the sudden outbreak of a superpowered battle on Wall Street.

Some analyzed the reasons for the emergence of superhumans, some discussed the management of superhuman crimes, and some discussed who should pay for large-scale losses, etc.

The so-called experts are just spouting nonsense, spouting Conan theory principles that they themselves don't even believe.

The heated debate and lively discussion successfully diverted people's attention, and no one noticed that a war of limited scale but extremely high intensity had broken out in New York.

In the era before short videos, media conglomerates truly held absolute power, even managing to cover up wars in key global regions.

They can make the war invisible in the media, but the effects of the war cannot be completely eliminated.

The problem is how to clean up those collapsed buildings and how to rebuild Wall Street.

Seventeen years have passed since the Red Bear fell, and Milijian is no longer the great Milijian it once was.

They have lost their strongest infrastructure capabilities and are unable to rebuild the entire Wall Street in a short period of time.

They haven't even cleaned up the ruins of the Twin Towers.

Fortunately, the chakra left behind by Xia Zuo caused the forest to grow continuously, burying all traces of war and ruins of buildings under the green trees.

This great miracle became the best fig leaf for this local war, finally allowing the US leadership to end it with some dignity.

Interestingly, after the ruins of Wall Street were covered by the Wood Forest, they formed a unique post-apocalyptic theme, attracting many environmentalists to take photos and promote the importance of environmental protection.

Moreover, the apocalyptic theme itself is a major trend in the United States, with people digging up doomsday fortresses everywhere, and they also flock to visit the doomsday forest.

People flocked into the lush, dark forest, groping for rusty reinforced concrete hidden among the green leaves in an environment devoid of electromagnetic signals.

They rubbed the rust on the steel bars, feeling the incredibly realistic atmosphere of the apocalypse, and then went home satisfied to make their doomsday fortress even more perfect.

Wall Street has thus been transformed into a glamorous tourist attraction.

The New York City government was also quite cunning; they fenced off the park with barbed wire and hung up danger warning signs, further enhancing the apocalyptic atmosphere.

Although there is no way to charge admission fees, the visitor flow itself brings huge cash flow. Food, drinks, photography, accommodation, and parking all generate considerable revenue, greatly increasing the city government's income.

Meanwhile, the vampire financiers bought up properties just two blocks away at lightning speed, rebuilt the financial center, and even renamed it Wall Street.

A few days later, a golden bull, custom-made from Tokyo University, arrived in New York and was placed at the new intersection of Wall Street. Everything looked the same as before, as if nothing had happened.

However, many things in the country of Milijian have changed.

Xia Zuo's involvement led to the outbreak of the Wall Street War, a violent demonstration that had not originally occurred, which gave Onsa Capital a huge advantage.

With their guns, they forced Judaism to relinquish a large amount of profits, reversing the decline that followed the internet age.

Among them, Rockefeller, who had the best relationship with Shazor, rose to prominence and became a leader in the upper echelons of society again. The second was the DuPont family, who deliberately befriended Shazor.

What's this called?

This means that the person closest to the emperor wields the most power!

By the way, the current Rice Grain Tip has an uncrowned emperor, His Majesty Shazo Dawson.

Dawson's defense was: "I don't know!"

"Steven invited me to a big party, and then suddenly draped me in a large, old-fashioned burqa, saying it was the one that $2 (Thomas Jefferson) wore back in the day."

"I was completely stunned at the time and had no idea what was going on."

"Later, Steven and DuPont told me the truth: I had actually declined very seriously, but no one paid any attention to me, so I had no choice but to reluctantly take on the role of leader."

"Actually, it's not accurate to say that I was in charge. I just made a choice randomly when everyone was arguing and couldn't reach an agreement, in order to avoid hurting everyone's feelings."

"At most, I'm just a mediator; I'm not some kind of emperor!"

"That's all nonsense!"

"If you say that again, I'll sue you for defamation!"

It is very difficult for a class to produce a leader. It requires the interests of everyone to be aligned, for a hero to emerge that everyone admires, and for the right timing.

Although Xia Zuo himself was still as lazy as ever and did not manage things in any specific way, his appearance itself united the Ansar Capital Group to the greatest extent.

This gave Onsa capital an organizational advantage; they no longer engaged in internal strife, and naturally began to oppress Juda capital, completely altering the course of history.

Skye, dumbfounded, learned what had happened over the past two months and exclaimed in astonishment, "Boss, no, Your Majesty the Emperor, hehehehe!"

Xia Zuo said helplessly, "Skye, you should just call me boss. If that's not possible, you can call me brother, uncle, or dad, that's fine too."

The girl blushed and spat.

After taking a dozen seconds to compose herself, she continued, "Boss, do you think this change is a good thing or a bad thing?"

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Xia Zuo said, "I think it's a good thing."

"My change of identity has united the Anglo-Saxons, leading to the organization of the vast majority of industrial groups."

"Compared to financial and media groups that make money faster, industrial groups are the most powerful and capable of coping with various future disasters and wars."

"Without the manufacturing output of industrial groups and a disciplined working class, no matter how rich you are, you cannot buy enough materials and labor."

"Money that can't buy tangible goods is just worthless paper."

While watching the movie, Xia Zuo wasn't worried at all about the bad ending.

Because superheroes can always defeat their enemies, whether they are cosmic emperors or creator gods, they will all inevitably fall to the hands of superheroes.

Even if the superheroes fail temporarily, the Earth will not be in danger of destruction. After a hard-fought battle, the superheroes will eventually win and recover the lost lives.

That's just how Hollywood movies are.

But Shazor is now part of the Marvel universe, and he dares not entrust his fate to superheroes, because they are so weak.

What if they can't hold on?

With so many apocalyptic endings in Marvel comics, who can guarantee that the ending of this timeline won't be the end of the world?

Comics can reboot the universe at any time, but can Xia Zuo really reboot it?

Or rather, in the rebooted Marvel universe, is that Shazo Dawson really still him?

It was with this in mind that Shazor decided to take responsibility for the future of the Earth, which is why he did not refuse Steven Rockefeller's offer to "don the black robe".

Xia Zuo didn't want money; he already had enough, and from now on, he wouldn't need any more.

Xia Zuo didn't care about the internal strife within the Angus Group, as long as they could keep it within a certain intensity and prevent it from escalating into a civil war.

Shazor didn't even care about the Onsa Group's attack on the Judah Group, because the value of financial capital would be greatly reduced in the upcoming Battle of New York.

Shazo only wants one thing: the villains who have been defeated by the superheroes.

To put it bluntly, some villains aren't even villains in Xia Zuo's eyes.

For example, Aldrezi Killian, who founded Pioneer Technology, was a huge fan of Stark, but was stood up by the arrogant Stark.

Killian nearly froze to death after being exposed to the wind on the rooftop all night, and was driven mad by his despair. He then turned into a villain, seeking ways to take revenge on Stark, and put his plans into action.