CHAPTER 952: CHAPTER 518: GENETIC WARRIOR IN SOUTH KOREA (PART 2)

"Su Jie, do you think the Beautiful Country is serious this time, or is it just trying to apply pressure? It’s strange, and I wonder what benefits the Beautiful Country promised those nations, for them to wag their tails and follow behind it."

Inside the Jieke Group Headquarters Building, Su Jie sat at his desk, and beside him, Liu Yingying asked curiously.

In her hand were the reports from the Jieke Group’s Intelligence Department and the military.

The Beautiful Country’s three aircraft carrier combat groups were grandly heading to the Southeast Asia Sea Area, making a formidable show.

Along with the Beautiful Country’s three aircraft carrier combat groups were many of its allies.

There were NATO’s Great British Empire, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Bull Fighting Country, Turkey, Portugal, Madan Country...

Also joining were members of the Gulf Cooperation Council like Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates...

And non-NATO member countries like Japan, South Korea, Ba Qi Country, Gen Country, Australia, Pyramid Country...

These countries all participated in the Beautiful Country’s joint naval exercise, codenamed "Blade of Freedom," with as many as 45 participating countries.

The exercise focused on naval forces, with each nation sending varying levels of naval units. Most countries were just putting on a show to save face for the Beautiful Country, dispatching only one or two outdated and worn-out escort ships, while some countries sent their main fleet.

Like the Great British Empire, they even brought out their Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, bringing the total number of warships to an astonishing 315.

It’s worth noting that when the Beautiful Country waged the Gulf War, only 39 countries participated, with a total of 200 warships.

But for one exercise, the Beautiful Country put on such a display that no one believed it was simply an exercise.

Hearing this, Su Jie moved his gaze away from the computer and chuckled lightly: "It’s not hard to guess the issue; it’s because the biological battery threatens their interests, and they want us to concede profits. If you look closely, you’ll see most of these countries are oil-exporting nations. For example, Ba Qi Country, with an oil and gas recoverable reserve accounting for 15.3% of the South American region, and Gen Country, the nation with the most oil and gas fields in South America, with over a thousand fields."

Su Jie, with a deep gaze, continued: "As for whether the Beautiful Country is bluffing or genuinely ready to fight, that depends on how determined their President is. A bluff might turn into a war, or war could turn into a bluff."

"I think the Beautiful Country is probably too afraid to fight," Liu Yingying voiced her thoughts. With the Jieke Group’s wings now firmly established and considering the Beautiful Country’s past behavior of backing down, Liu Yingying felt they were mostly relying on military strength to pressure and intimidate the Jieke Group into conceding interests.

"Not necessarily. After all, if the oil dollar hegemony is gone, it’s like cutting off an arm of the Beautiful Country, which might drive them to act desperately. Regardless, the military must be ready."

"The military has already arranged the appropriate deployments."

As they spoke, Liu Yingying’s phone suddenly rang.

A moment later, Liu Yingying ended the call, her expression slightly displeased: "There’s trouble in South Korea. The branch over there reported that many of our distributors in South Korea have been severely hit, with significant disruption to sales chains and considerable losses."

As she spoke, Liu Yingying opened her tablet and accessed the intelligence report sent by her subordinates.

South Korea has a population of tens of millions, but its consumer market is significant, and its economy is quite developed, so problems there warrant attention.

Su Jie took a look and raised an eyebrow: "Oh, since when did South Korea get so bold, attacking our industries like this? They must have gone mad."

Although smuggling didn’t contribute taxes to the South Korean government, the money the gangs made from smuggling was spent domestically, in a way stimulating the economy.

Therefore, there was an unspoken rule of mutual understanding, where South Korea wouldn’t overly scrutinize the smuggling of Jieke Group goods.

"Have you found any leads?"

Placing the intelligence on the table, Su Jie looked at Liu Yingying.

Liu Yingying shook her head: "We haven’t uncovered any leads yet. The South Korean underworld is quite useless, leaving behind very few clues."

"That may be true."

Su Jie stroked his chin. Despite South Korea’s decent crime action movies, their local underworld was nowhere near as ruthless as those in Europe and America, nor as brutal as those in Mexico and Ba Qi Country.

If it were those countries, even if the government wanted to act against them, it would be uncertain who’d end up fighting whom, and naturally, it wouldn’t affect the Jieke Group’s smuggling business.

"Overall, this South Korean action must be deliberately aimed at our Jieke Group. Wait, could the Beautiful Country be testing our reaction here?"

Suddenly realizing something, Liu Yingying connected the dots to the Beautiful Country.

The other side’s military forces were now gathering in the Southeast Asia Sea Area, clearly looking for trouble.

Coupled with South Korea being the Beautiful Country’s loyal little brother, they had the motive and capability to carry out such moves.

Su Jie’s expression gradually cooled, and he said calmly: "Whether it is or not, we’ll find out through investigation. If it’s the Beautiful Country’s doing, then there’s a root to the evil debt. If it’s the work of other forces, then let’s remind them of the terror cast by the Genetic Warriors."

The Jieke Group’s "mud truck commercial war" hadn’t been launched for a while; perhaps some had already forgotten this memory.

"No way, would any other forces dare to do this?"

Liu Yingying couldn’t believe anyone would dare to be so audacious, challenging the feared reputation of the Jieke Group.

"Don’t underestimate human nature; some people are just that bold."