78: A super vivid new theory of international relations!

The Long Country netizens' anticipation of a fight, until dawn, still had no news.

The Long Country waters were calm.

As for the United States, according to the latest news, the large army recalled by the United States from South Australia had already entered the southern waters of Long Country.

“Disperse, everyone disperse, there won't be a fight at all.”

In the live broadcast room of Long Country Chess Master, the last trace of obsession was finally lost.

Long Country netizens felt nothing but infinite disappointment.

Meanwhile, Qi Ge in the live broadcast room was still snoring in different positions, as no one called to wake him up.

It wasn't until another hour later, around 7 AM, that Long Country Chess Master was startled awake by a phone ring in front of the live camera.

He got up, instantly got into character, and stared at the comments in the live broadcast room, searching for news.

“What, did the fight start?”

However, many netizens replied, “It won't start, it's not fighting, the U.S. Military is coming back.”

Qi Ge was quite disheartened, and also a bit angry.

“If you're not fighting, why the hell did you wake me up? I was still fighting in my dream just now, about to catch Caicai Zi—”

Someone applied to connect and speak:

“Qi Ge, don't be angry. We didn't fight, but the other side of the world isn't fighting either.”

“Qi Ge, go online now and check, the number one trending search!”

Huh?

Qi Ge quickly opened his browser and exclaimed, “Holy crap.”

The trending search title read:

United States Agrees to Seven Demands of the Anti-War Army, Both Sides Ceasefire!

Clicking in, Qi Ge quickly scanned the background and focused on the seven conditions, exclaiming “Holy crap” with each one, and by the time he finished, he couldn't stop saying “Holy crap, holy crap.”

Even though Qi Ge himself was often excitable and prone to outbursts, he had never before shown such a loss of composure.

Qi Ge couldn't help but question:

“I didn't see wrong, did I?”

“Is this something I can see after waking up?”

“Did I travel to a parallel world?”

“Which of these seven terms isn't a unilateral concession by the United States?”

“The U.S. Military stops attacking, retreats, and leaves surplus weapons and ammunition in place; a three-month ceasefire, with no accountability for anyone in Darwin City after the war; the Anti-War Army does not release U.S. prisoners until the ceasefire period ends; the United States compensates for all war losses, including the cost of rebuilding Darwin City…”

“Damn it, is the U.S. Military's negotiator surnamed Li? They're willing to sign such a humiliating treaty?”

“I'd say this is fake news, right?”

The connected netizen said again:

“Qi Ge, this isn't fake news. The Commander-in-Chief, General Aris, of the United States' Joint Military Operations Command in South Australia, made a public announcement to the world from his office, and an Australian parliamentary representative responsible for mediation was also present.”

“And on the North American continent, President Joe Rossi, along with some high-ranking officials from the Pentagon, also jointly announced the ceasefire agreement with the Darwin City Anti-War Army, and the contents of these agreements were what they released.”

Listening to the narration, Qi Ge found the two official U.S. videos online, too shocked to say anything.

“Brothers, let me calm down, let me take a moment.”

“My brain isn't working anymore, I need to go offline and analyze it carefully.”

Qi Ge, uncharacteristically unable to make sense of things, went offline to calm down.

The ceasefire agreement between the United States and Darwin City shocked not only Long Country netizens.

The shock among netizens in other parts of the world was only greater.

“Holy crap—”

“I must be seeing things.”

“Did the United States surrender to the Anti-War Army?”

“They actually agreed to seven consecutive humiliating treaties!”

“What on earth happened in a place I don't know about?”

“Could it be that the Anti-War Army got hold of some leverage on these high-ranking U.S. officials, so those old fogeys succumbed?”

“Why can't you think about international issues from a proper perspective? Long Country previously showed signs of starting a war across the entire West Pacific. The United States felt tense and needed to end the Darwin conflict quickly, so they prioritized the bigger picture over minor losses and temporarily made peace—”

“You're the one who hasn't thought properly. As far as I know, although the U.S. Military withdrew a large number of troops from South Australia, they still maintain several times the Anti-War Army's strength there, maintaining a firepower advantage over the Anti-War Army. The West Pacific needs support, but South Australia doesn't have to be abandoned. Why not proceed slowly? I think the Anti-War Army must have done something to seize the United States' weakness…”

Everyone was in an uproar.

—

Long Country.

After several hours of silence.

Long Country Chess Master came online again, and immediately many fans and passersby flooded into the live broadcast room. The number of live viewers soared again, and all netizens were excited, waiting for Qi Ge to say something.

As expected, Qi Ge's opening was a controversial statement:

“Brothers, before, I was always talking about the Long Country, Great Bear Country, Persian, and the Grand Triangle theory.”

“This Grand Triangle represents the three major hot spots in the world, the three poles that check U.S. hegemony.”

“Now, I'm going to revise and upgrade this theory, brothers.”

“The new theory is called the ‘Two-Horse Carriage, Four Wheels’ theory.”

“If the whole world is compared to a moving carriage, this carriage is pulled by two horses and supported by four wheels.”

“And inside the carriage are the old world hegemons who have always thrown their weight around and acted arrogantly.”

“You certainly know who I'm talking about in the latter case. Yes, it's those bastards from the U.S. and the West who are sucking the blood of the whole world.”

“In this theoretical system, I interpret the four wheels as the four major war hot spots in the world: one is Eastern Europe, one is Persian, and one is our side.”

“And the region corresponding to the last wheel, some friends must have guessed.”

“It's South Australia, Darwin City, which just announced the ceasefire agreement.”

“This theory is very vivid for the whole world to counter U.S. and Western hegemony.”

“However, one point needs to be clarified: who exactly are the two horses pulling the carriage?”

“If this ceasefire agreement hadn't come out, I would definitely say the two horses are Long Country and Great Bear Country.”

“But now, I'm not sure if Great Bear Country is qualified to represent one of those two horses anymore.”

“Now, the Anti-War Army of Darwin City can replace Great Bear Country.”

“I don't know how such a small place like Darwin City, with such a small Anti-War Army, could play such a significant strategic role, but the fact is, they did.”

“They are great!”

“So the overall situation now is that Long Country and the Darwin City Anti-War Army, one in the Northern Hemisphere and one in the Southern Hemisphere, one in East Asia and one in South Australia, are each pulling, collectively attracting a large number of U.S. forces, depleting the United States' control over the globe, greatly reducing the resources it can allocate to other hot spots.”

“Thus, with two warhorses pulling the carriage at a gallop, the horses are fine, but the carriage body itself, in its constant bumping, carries the risk of disintegrating at any time.”

“The moment the carriage disintegrates is when hegemony completely perishes…”

Later, Qi Ge's Two-Horse Carriage, Four Wheels theory not only spread within the Long Country public opinion sphere but was also translated by some enthusiastic people into the global public opinion sphere.

Many who viewed the U.S. and the West unfavorably were looking forward to the moment the hegemonic carriage would disintegrate.