The trouble with Harmony civilization was that their understanding of biology was beyond the imagination of human civilization at its infancy. When countries around the world were still busy exporting ideologies, they had begun to spread something more dangerous – their evil genes.
Their DNA code to biological creatures was just like a computer virus to a computer.
Jiang Chen wasn’t concerned about Carmen.
Even if he was still alive, most of his life would’ve already been gone. Harmony would’ve at most provided him with nothing more than a few square kilometers. Just like the reserves the United States once promised to the Indigenous people. Dozens of indigenous people survived to serve as a “sample” of human civilization.
The only thing Jiang Chen was grateful for was that the Freemasonry had begun its decline. If Carmen connected with Harmony in the heyday of its strength, half of Europe would’ve already become a breeding ground for mutants.
But then again, if it wasn’t for Future Group’s constantly stranglehold on the Freemasonry, if it wasn’t for the Golden Apple that turned useless, how would Carmen have gone down this path? Jiang Chen didn’t believe he couldn’t see the danger of Harmony. This civilization had aggressiveness written in its genes.
Murmansk, Russia’s largest strategic town near the Arctic Ocean, was less than 90 kilometers from the Russian-Finnish border. Aware of the seriousness of the problem, the Finnish Defence Minister immediately went to Russia with the Vice President while sending its national force to secure the site of the incident.
The Finnish president was originally planning to go there in person, but the diplomatic process was too long, and he had to stabilize the country.
Because the incident was very close to the Russian border, the evacuation of Murmansk might even be required if the situation deteriorated further. Russia also attached great importance to the accident. The Minister of National Defense, Sergei, and the Director of the Security Services, Barth, were in the town to meet with high-level officials from Finland.
Other than high-level officials of the two countries, there was also a foreigner with a special identity who participated in the meeting…or the combat conference.
Jiang Chen briefly outlined the relevant contents of the secret experiment conducted by the Rothschild family collected by Celestial Trade, and he repeatedly stressed that this unauthorized military operation in northern Finland was for the safety of Finland and the world.
This rhetoric easily won the applause of Russian officials. After all, it was already communicated between Jiang Chen and Barth before the meeting. However, officials in Finland weren’t stupid, and the Finnish Vice President and the Defense Minister scoffed in return.
Since he didn’t achieve the expected results, Jiang Chen began to discuss the primary focus of the meeting.
The danger of the X2 bacteria.
“In the center of the military base, the source of infection is called the ‘nest.’ As the name implies, it can produce a special kind of bacteria with spore characteristics.”
“Our scientists named it the X2 bacteria. This bacteria is very aggressive in nature and can easily infect organisms without antibodies and turn them into a medium for their breeding. Infected organisms will behave more aggressively and their DNA will be modified specifically to the traits of the organism. For example, like Spiderman or the Hulk.”
“So you’re saying it won’t take long for the citizens of Finland to all become Spiderman?” the Finnish Vice President sneered.
“Uhhh… We don’t have to worry about that for the time being,” Jiang Chen said, drawing a circle on the satellite map and using a marker to point at the circled forest. “Do you see those withered pines? Those mutated creatures—let’s call them mutants—cannot leave the spores. Of course, we cannot exclude the possibilities that they’re out hunting or that the spores are continuing to spread.”
Jiang Chen didn’t mention one thing. He was most worried about the possibility of the X2 virus mutating and turning into a X3 virus.
After all, the best thing about creatures was evolution. The X2 bacteria lost because of his incendiary weapons. Now four years had passed, and Harmony, which already suffered losses, might have evolved into a more advanced state.
“Only Celestial Trade can save you. You should leave this to the professionals,” Russian Security Services Director, Barth, emphasized.
“It’s because of you that the situation ended up like this!” Finnish Defense Minister was agitated. He yelled while he knocked furiously on the table. “Now you’re telling me only you can deal with this. What makes you think I can believe you?”
The head of the Russian Security Services forced a smile and looked away awkwardly.
Jiang Chen also touched his nose awkwardly and coughed. “Let me correct you—it was definitely not me but Carmen who turned the situation into what we’re seeing today. If you didn’t let Arrow enter and rent out the tundra in the north to build a refugee camp, would today’s situation have happened? You didn’t even know that they were doing research on your land. Do you not have any responsibility?”
“If we let you deal with this, what are you going to do?” The Finnish Vice President stared at Jiang Chen in the eyes as he asked seriously.
“Send an Orbital Airborne Brigade,” Jiang Chen said without hesitation.
“Aren’t your only two Orbital Airborne Brigades in Ukraine?” the Finnish Defense Minister questioned.
“In fact, we still have a secret force and started training a long time ago.” Jiang Chen coughed. “I didn’t intend to reveal the force so early. But now that the situation is urgent, the circumstances are no longer important.”
When Jiang Chen said this, it seemed like he had made many concessions.
The Finnish Vice President exchanged looks with the Defense Minister then looked at Jiang Chen and the Russian officials. He looked at the Russian Defense Minister Sergei.
“I’m sorry but your integrity is doubtful. We think that NATO can deal with the current problem better. At least they will let us know when a bomber flies into our airspace. You violated the rules of the game first, so don’t blame us for making this difficult choice.”
The issue of Finland’s accession to NATO started since the beginning of the Cold War, but it remained undecided. The parliamentary election practically finalized the agenda for joining NATO, but the biggest resistance came from a final referendum, and Finnish citizens weren’t willing to give up the status of their neutral country.
However, if NATO solved Finland’s crisis, resistance during their most difficult referendum would also disappear.
Once Finland joined NATO, it would mean that on Russia’s border, there would be a thousand additional kilometers of armed soldiers. Behind the line were strategically important cities like Petersburg and Murmansk. This worried Russia the most.
“Russia cannot accept NATO troops entering Finland; you have better choices.” Sergei immediately stood up and nervously said, “If you insist on the wrong decision, the situation will only be worse.”
“Is this a threat?” the Finnish Vice President sneered.
“This is a suggestion,” Barth said in a gentle tone.
“The Finnish people are facing a threat, and how could things get worse than they are now? I thank you for your advice on behalf of the President. In fact, two hours ago, our President met with the NATO Secretary General in Helsinki. Goodbye!”
The officials on the Finnish side stood up. Sergei wanted to continue talking, but in the end, he froze there.
“Remember to use incendiary weapons to deal with those bugs—weapons bombs might be more effective than bullets and pesticides.” Jiang Chen didn’t care much about issues concerning Russia and NATO, but he kindly reminded: “And if you must ask NATO to help you resolve this problem. Remember to tell them not to use 5.56mm ammunition. Their armor is naturally resistant to small-caliber ammunition. Don’t give the bugs more meat.”
“And, if you can’t deal with it, remember to call me.”
The Finnish Vice President waved his hand to dismiss him, then he left with Defense Minister along with other senior officials.
