Chapter 832 Printing Money Can’t Solve the Problem

Why are so many people curious about the information Xiao Peng has?

As Xiao Peng said, the ocean isn't actually clean. Take Vieques Island in Puerto Rico, for example. Why is there so much seafood in the ocean yet unfit for human consumption? It's because the ocean floor is choked by weapons and ammunition abandoned by the Americans. As a result, the cancer rate in marine life there is 10,000 times higher than in regular seafood!

But those obsolete weapons aren't the most terrifying. The scariest thing is the nuclear bombs on the seafloor. It's no exaggeration to say that the total number of nuclear bombs currently on the seafloor of the world's oceans is at least three digits.

For example, a US nuclear submarine, the Thresher, malfunctioned and sank to the bottom of the ocean, leaving all 22 nuclear warheads on board. Another example is when the US stole a Soviet K129 submarine, which was split in two by water pressure during salvage, and its nuclear warheads also sank to the bottom of the ocean.

The Americans have a glorious tradition of "dropping nuclear bombs."

During the Cold War, in order to prevent nuclear war, strategic bombers equipped with nuclear warheads from the Soviet Union and the United States patrolled the border between the two countries 24 hours a day. The more they flew, the more accidents occurred.

For example, in 1966, over Palomas, Spain, a B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear bombs collided with a tanker during aerial refueling and exploded. Four hydrogen bombs fell from the sky. The final result was that the detonators of two hydrogen bombs exploded during their descent, resulting in radioactive materials scattered over Palomas today. The third hydrogen bomb was recovered intact, and the fourth fell into the Mediterranean Sea. The Americans spent 182 million US dollars and nearly three months to find the hydrogen bomb.

These are the ones that have been discovered, and there are many more lost nuclear bombs that have not been discovered.

According to a Greenpeace investigation, the former Soviet Union lost more than 50 nuclear bombs during the entire Cold War, and the United States lost just as many, and they are all lying on the seabed of the world's oceans.

Moreover, some nuclear bombs were left on the seabed due to accidents, and many nuclear bombs were deliberately placed on the seabed.

In 1969, the former Soviet Union formulated a "Mercury Project" and dispatched three nuclear submarines to secretly place nine hydrogen bombs on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. To this day, the whereabouts of these nine hydrogen bombs are still unknown.

As for the Poseidon and Mark-15, they are both countries' marine nuclear missile programs. For example, the Poseidon is Russia's newly developed nuclear torpedo. These are highly confidential maritime secrets of both countries. However, Xiao Peng provided two longitude values. Xiao Peng's disclosure of only the longitude and not the latitude suggests that he has a good idea.

Now Xiao Peng has become a problem for the two major countries - Chen Zetao was not joking when he said that the Pentagon intended to kill Xiao Peng, and someone really proposed this.

But they can't do that.

If Xiao Peng dared to publicly declare this, would he not have a backup plan? Killing Xiao Peng would be easy, but if Xiao Peng's 'backup plan' revealed this information, then they would be in a passive position!

Furthermore, their investigation revealed that Xiao Peng had never been to the Pacific Ocean, yet the Thresher sank there, and the longitude he publicly disclosed was also in the Pacific. How could Xiao Peng know the location of the nuclear bomb there if he had never been there? The only explanation was that he had accomplices.

As long as they don't find the whereabouts of Xiao Peng's accomplices, they dare not touch Xiao Peng. They don't have the courage to take the risk.

There are only two things they can do now: either pretend nothing happened, or quickly change their strategic deployment.

They plan to adopt the second option.

After all, Xiao Peng is Chinese. God knows whether Xiao Peng has told the Chinese authorities what he knows! If that is the case, things will be troublesome!

No matter what it is, as long as it encounters the Chinese's '氪金写SHARINGAN', it will be imitated. However, those things on the seabed must not be known to the Chinese side. The strategic deployment must be changed!

Fortunately, Xiao Peng was focused on making money. Compared to the treasures on the seabed, German shipbuilding technology and the like were nothing more than a drop in the bucket. They quickly made a statement, telling Xiao Peng not to focus on those underwater strategic weapons. This was also the reason the "Three States Salvage Alliance" was quickly approved.

This is also the Americans' statement: You make your money, don't disclose our secrets. Of course, the original strategic layout still needs to be changed.

This will cost a lot of money, so they are now very angry with Xiao Peng but there is nothing they can do. As Xiao Peng said, they still have to protect Xiao Peng.

Xiao Peng was on the phone when Abby suddenly walked in. Xiao Peng hung up the phone in a hurry.

"Who were you talking to on the phone? Why did you hang up suddenly?" Abby asked.

Xiao Peng said with a hint of embarrassment, "It was a friend here who asked me if I wanted to invest here."

Abby curled her lips and said, "Okay, it's just Rihanna's phone call. Why are you hiding it like that? Who can you hide your shit from? We knew what was going on when Rihanna helped you contact the hospital in America."

Xiao Peng hurriedly explained, "I really didn't lie this time. It was really about an investment. As you know, her boyfriend is a wealthy man from the Middle East and plans to invest in the US, including the film and television industry and the aviation industry. Rihanna asked me if I wanted to get involved."

"Hmm?" Abby sat next to Xiao Peng: "Then how did you decide?"

Xiao Peng shook his head desperately: "No, I will definitely not participate."

"Why?" Abby asked, puzzled. "Isn't this a good investment? You can make US dollars!"

Xiao Peng said, "During the pandemic, the US passed a $1.9 trillion rescue program. $1.9 trillion! Where did you expect the US to get so much money? At that time, countries around the world were desperately printing money to make up for the deficit. What would be the result? If the economy recovers, the rich will benefit too much, which will further widen the gap between the rich and the poor. If the economic recovery fails to meet expectations, the extreme result will be hyperinflation. Because the US dollar is the world's economic currency, the US prints money to let the world share the economic losses. But countries around the world are not fools. Relying on printing money to save the economy will definitely not result in good results. The US dollar's credibility is getting worse and worse. Although Europe has many problems, at least the EU is there to provide more stability. I don't want to earn less than the speed of inflation and currency depreciation. It's better for me to honestly salvage the sunken ship."

Just as Abby was about to speak, Tildy came over with an ice bucket. "Xiao, what does that red light flashing next to the bed mean?"

"Red light?" Xiao Peng turned his head and glanced at the bedside. Sure enough, there was a small red light that was still on. "Wait in the room for a moment, no one should leave!"