Chapter 280: Blue Star Currency Alliance

October 15th.

More than half a month has passed since the aliens attacked Blue Star.

The various countries that suffered the attack have finally finished tallying the number of casualties and direct property losses.

Yingjiang Country was the first target of the alien attack and also the country that suffered the most severe losses, with five cities completely destroyed, a death toll of approximately 11.6 million, and direct property losses reaching tens of trillions of Eagle Dollars.

Next is the Gentleman Country in Europe...

The total death toll of all attacked countries exceeds 30 million, and direct property losses are close to 10 quadrillion Long Coins.

This number is too terrifying.

The whole world is mourning for this.

A holiday named "Passing Festival" was born from this, becoming an important holiday for all countries on Blue Star to commemorate those who unfortunately died in the disaster and to warn humanity of how terrifying the alien threat is.

Furthermore.

In this era of economic globalization, huge turmoil in any one place has the potential to trigger economic fluctuations worldwide.

This alien attack, by destroying so many cities, killing so many people, ruining so many buildings and facilities, and destroying so many companies and supplies, has caused a huge impact on the entire world.

The global economy has also fluctuated violently because of this.

Even Su Xin's Tianqi Group suffered heavy losses in this disaster; after all, Tianqi Group's reach is too broad nowadays.

Among the many cities that were destroyed, quite a few contained assets of Tianqi Group.

Of course, after so many cities were destroyed, they will certainly need to be rebuilt in the future. Many people have set their sights on this point and started investing in or speculating on related industries, such as construction, electricity, minerals, food, etc., and the prices of many materials have begun to climb.

Tianqi Group, which controls many upstream industries, has also seen profits soar for certain subsidiaries.

No matter the time, capital never sleeps.

October 16th.

While many netizens were still terrified by the data released by various countries yesterday, a bombshell piece of news attracted the world's attention—

Tianqi Group founder Su Xin will hold a globally synchronized live broadcast speech at 9:00 AM sharp, Tianjing time, on October 17th.

At that time, all mainstream media worldwide will broadcast the live scene simultaneously, with Tiantian Assistant providing simultaneous translation into various languages.

This news instantly caused a global sensation.

Everyone immediately associated this live broadcast speech with the alien invasion incident.

After all, with countries releasing death tolls yesterday and Su Xin announcing a global live broadcast speech with great fanfare today, it is hard for people not to link the two pieces of news together.

What's more.

This alien invasion incident had too great an impact on Blue Star. As the helmsman of the world's number one financial group and the globally recognized God of Scientific Research, Su Xin definitely belongs to the top tier of figures in the world and must have his own thoughts and countermeasures regarding the appearance of aliens.

"Perhaps he is going to announce that mysterious weapon from that day to give everyone more confidence in the future."

One netizen said as much.

Others followed with frantic discussion.

"It must be so. Many people are still afraid of the existence of aliens, so President Su must be doing this to reassure everyone."

"Finally, it's going to be announced. Everyone has been guessing for so long, but President Su hasn't given a formal response, and no country has given a clear explanation either."

"Perhaps that weapon was still a semi-finished product; otherwise, President Su would have brought it out to wipe out those aliens long ago, instead of letting them kill so many people."

"Besides, they set up a siege formation that day, which perhaps indicates they were worried the secret weapon would fail, proving that the secret weapon indeed still had flaws."

"With President Su's ability, it shouldn't take long for him to perfect it. By then, we won't have to fear aliens attacking again."

Among the numerous comments from netizens, it was as if it had already been confirmed that the secret weapon came from Su Xin's hands.

Even though Su Xin never responded directly, and Long Country or other countries did not make any statement about the secret weapon that day, as if that secret weapon did not exist at all.

Yet everyone unanimously believed that such a magical weapon could not have been created by any other research team besides Su Xin's.

It was not just the public; the official authorities of various countries thought the same.

Therefore, the whole world was incredibly focused on this global live broadcast speech.

Time gradually arrived at the next day.

Nine o'clock in the morning.

All mainstream media worldwide gathered in the exhibition hall of the Tianqi Group headquarters campus, aiming their cameras at Su Xin on the podium.

The live broadcast began.

Su Xin was wearing a rather formal black custom suit, with a piece of white cloth tied around his left arm, sitting upright with a solemn expression.

"Hello everyone, I am Su Xin."

"A few days ago, a major event occurred that caused global grief—the alien invasion."

"Blue Star suffered countless casualties and heavy losses."

"Although we eventually defeated the aliens, I have to say that it was just luck, because as many people guessed, the mysterious weapon did indeed have certain flaws."

"We don't know if the aliens notified other aliens in their hometown. If aliens attack again next time, I cannot guarantee whether we can defeat them again."

"The crisis for humanity has passed for the moment, but we cannot yet guarantee safety for the future."

"However, there is no need for everyone to panic, because I will develop more things in the coming time to improve Blue Star's combat power as quickly as possible."

"Regarding that mysterious weapon, there is no need for everyone to speculate too much. I can only tell you that the mysterious weapon has infinite potential; as long as it is completely perfected, it can sweep away all aliens."

"In addition, other things I am researching are also high-tech products that can effectively improve the combat power of all people."

"In short, I have full confidence that within two years, Blue Star's combat power will at least increase several-fold."

"The threat of aliens will cease to exist."

All the netizens watching the live broadcast could not help but feel at ease after hearing these words from Su Xin.

If someone else had said such things, they would have thought it was bragging or arrogance.

But since it was said by Su Xin, it must be that he truly has the confidence and truly can succeed.

"I'm so looking forward to it! I wonder what super weapon President Su will develop? Could it be the legendary antimatter cannon? Or coherent matter waves? Or perhaps a positron cannon?"

"In any case, it must be incredibly powerful!"

"President Su is not just the God of Scientific Research, he is the savior of humanity! With him around, everyone can rest easy!"

The high-level officials of various countries, however, felt somewhat uneasy at this moment.

Although they had all guessed that the secret weapon used to eliminate the aliens was powerful, now that Su Xin had personally admitted it, it still gave them a jolt.

With Tianqi Group and Long Country possessing such a powerful weapon, how should everyone face them in the future?

What's more, this secret weapon could still be further perfected, and Su Xin had even declared it had infinite potential.

It was already terrifying enough as it was.

Afterward, various countries arranged for expert teams to hold meeting after meeting to discuss it, slowing down the live footage again and again, wishing they could study it frame by frame, yet they had no clue at all.

Even when slowed down dozens of times, one could only see a few blurry black shadows flash by in the video, which showed just how fast it was.

As for where the launch site was?

It was unclear; it was somewhere on the battlefield.

How was it launched?

It was impossible to tell.

What was the launching device? What type of weapon was it? What was the principle behind it? These were even more impossible to guess.

This was a heavy blow to all countries.

An attack was released right in front of them, yet they couldn't figure out a single clue; if they had to face such a weapon, how could they defend against it?

And this was still the unperfected version, which had already left all countries helpless and crushed the Alien Spaceship.

If they waited for Su Xin to perfect it, wouldn't he be able to easily sweep across the entire Blue Star?

The high-level officials of various countries felt heavy-hearted.

At this moment, the tone of Su Xin in the live broadcast shifted, and he said solemnly:

"However..."

"Before we defend against the aliens, we must unite internally so that we can work together with one heart to face the various difficulties of the future."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, with only one thought in their minds—

President Su is about to do something big!

The high-level officials of various countries were also dumbfounded.

Unite internally...

If they hadn't guessed wrong, did that mean he wanted to unify the whole world?

You, Su Xin, may be rich, influential, and have terrifying weapons, but you are just the founder of a company; what kind of global hegemony are you trying to pull?

Are you planning to sweep across the globe with that mysterious weapon? But without your own people under your command, what will you use to rule the vast Blue Star? Are you going to rely on those employees who only know how to work?

Or do you intend to join forces with Long Country to control the whole world? But Long Country doesn't have that much capability either!

Or perhaps you want to let the various countries unite, with Su Xin becoming the supreme king?

But without his own loyal followers, Su Xin still wouldn't have the ability to control the global situation.

Anyone with normal intelligence could think of these problems, and they felt that Su Xin couldn't possibly have failed to consider them.

While everyone was letting their imaginations run wild.

Su Xin continued:

"Everyone, rest assured, I have no intention of ruling the world, nor do I intend to use force to suppress anyone; I will not follow the path of global hegemony. I just want to research some things and, incidentally, develop my company."

"What I mean by internal unity is to integrate the power of the whole world, reduce internal friction, and accelerate the pace of global development."

"The current Blue Star has different systems, different currencies, and different languages; it is completely scattered, which has greatly hindered mutual integration and development."

"My idea is to increase exchanges between countries, make Blue Star a true 'Blue Star Village,' have all parties collaborate more efficiently, promote the standardization and rationalization of all industries, and facilitate the healthy development of all sectors."

"And my first goal is to promote the unification of global currency, advancing the free and efficient circulation of global currency from the monetary and financial levels."

"Here, I officially announce the establishment of a new global monetary organization in conjunction with the Long Country authorities—the Blue Star Currency Alliance."

"The newly established Currency Alliance will issue a new type of digital currency—Credit Coin."

"Regarding the relevant policies and regulations of the Credit Coin, in one week, Long Country will hold a special press conference to introduce them to everyone in detail."

"In short, from now on, Credit Coin will be fully circulated in Long Country, and all commercial cooperation and retail business of Tianqi Group will fully support Credit Coin."

"And in three months, all business of Tianqi Group will only support Credit Coin transactions."