Chapter 360 - 333 Nick Fury’s Intelligence

The cemetery. The burial of Eric Stevenson.

"That fuel is still not enough," Tony stared at the descending coffin, his deep voice like that of a beast.

To Tony, Eric was his lifesaver, as well as a good brother, but he had been inexplicably killed by traitors in Somalia!

Dalio, who had just been promoted to CEO of the Rocksen Energy Group, feigned sorrow as he patted his shoulder.

"He was a good soldier, made the ultimate sacrifice for the country."

Tony raised his head and looked at Dalio, "That fuel is impressive, but the energy density is still inadequate."

"Do you have something better?" The latter raised an eyebrow.

"I can try something, but I need to observe Vibranium up close."

"This..." Dalio frowned, "But the Mei Country government has already designated the Atlas Group...What a lousy name, to handle the salvage."

"Then we’ll take it from them."

Tony said this decisively, "To be precise, they are traitors. They attacked our own warship, our own soldiers.

Since they have set up companies in Africa, we will intercept them in Africa. I will put Iron Soldier into production.

I will take charge of the situation in Africa. Vibranium is a Mei Country asset, and I will reclaim it."

A distant senator was stunned by what he heard, while Dalio secretly rejoiced.

This effect...better than Hydra’s indoctrination!

The "Information Cocoon" was a large-scale information control technique proposed by Zola. Utilizing their absolute dominance in the cyber world, they subtly influenced specified people by presenting suitable advertisements to reinforce certain ideas.

People often judge others as good or bad, but in society, the line is very blurred.

A man who wants to provide a good life for his family might be a good father, a good husband.

But if through information control, he believed that the only way to achieve his goal was to remove Middle Eastern oil magnates, he would become a fanatical war monger.

To his family, he might still be considered a good person, but not to other families.

Information asymmetry is the fundamental principle supporting this technique.

As for Tony Stark, Zola had conducted tailor-made control, having discovered Jarvis, Stark’s loyal butler.

A paranoid person, a conceited person, someone who trusted his AI—Zola used his powerful computational capabilities and techniques to lock in on Jarvis. Through this AI, they achieved even stronger control than over ordinary people.

With Zola’s shutdown, this control also disappeared. Therefore, Hydra increased their warnings to Tony, but after Dalio’s several manipulations, Tony became even more extreme!

Previously, Tony still had some concerns about all-out war.

"Good!" Dalio patted Tony’s shoulder again, "Actually, we’ve just completed another round of fuel purification. I will prioritize the supply to Stark Industries.

I will arrange for the company to produce another batch right now."

How convenient. It just slightly justifies why production needs to be cut.

All capacity has gone towards purifying ultra-high-energy fuel.

...

Complete over 80% monopoly on all oil product industry sectors!

This figure is a bit outrageous, but if you exclude the Middle Eastern countries under severe attack, their neighboring friends, and Africa, which lacks the capacity for large-scale oil extraction, Rocksen can be said to have monopolized the entire Mei Country energy market!

Its CEO only needs to move a finger and can whimsically tweak oil production...

This would be devastating for society, monopolizing oil is akin to kidnapping modern society!

Oil is paramount, but oil is also an important industrial raw material.

For example, let’s not even mention producing the equipment, but a lot of high-end materials, such as bioplastics and nanotubes used by International Gene Cooperation Company, are based on oil.

Some raw materials companies do not manufacture themselves, but companies that produce them will increase costs as oil prices soar. This impact will reflect across all aspects of society.

When a loaf of bread costs thousands of US dollars, war becomes inevitable.

A monopoly can easily achieve this, controlling oil, thus easily controlling almost all daily commodity prices—

This statement is conservative, as even agriculture in modern society is based on an industrial foundation.

The production of fertilizers, the raw materials needed for synthetic fertilizers, and the operation of agricultural machinery all require a large amount of energy as a foundation.

Time Square was broadcasting news about this possibly the largest company of the 21st century, but Lille just thought...

Having monopolized the Mei Country market’s oil, the next step is obviously to deal with those disobedient oil magnates.

A storm is brewing.

Hell’s Kitchen, Lee’s Financial Group recently established a new public facility here.

The slum was consolidated into a newly built apartment complex, and the former slum and landfill were turned into a park—

The "New York Workers’ Gathering Park," a large community activity center that includes a dog park, a sports activity center, and several other functions according to the plan.

A speech was taking place here now, and the person on stage was Lille’s former neighbor, Anthony.

The New York City mayoral election was nearing its end. He had now become a remarkably persuasive candidate.

Who would have thought half a year ago he was still racking his brains for a labor job, and who would have thought that the audience around him had even started considering mingling with gangs at that time.