I, The Dragon Overlord

Chapter 437 - The United States of America That Dare Not Seek Death Again

6-8 minutes 20.11.2022

“Eh? Here we go again…”

The President of the USA felt a headache coming along. As his country was fairly new, it didn’t possess the rich and ancient cultural traditions that other states did.

The president took the documents and opened a few pages. He saw that the research department had precisely recorded the location of the meteorites of Jupiter LXVI after it had been destroyed.

There was one in the Antarctic, one in Europe, one in Africa, one in Asia, and one in America, specifically in Hawaii.

After flipping through the document’s general contents, the president took a deep breath and closed it.

If it was the United States of America from before, he would have already sent out aircraft carriers in order to salvage the meteorite. Then he would have used political and economic means to ask other countries to send their meteorites within their borders for study.

But now…

“From now on, increase the danger level of everything related to the supernatural to the highest level. No matter what research is done, Homeland Security must report to me, the president, and only after the White House agrees can the research be done.”

“We have underestimated these supernatural forces for far too long. Henceforth we can no longer be reckless in the investigation of supernatural affairs.”

The United States government was strong, and it definitely wasn’t stupid. Not long ago, they had almost killed off the entire human race, how could they still act dangerously after such a close shave? 4887

“Don’t take the initiative to salvage the meteorite. The powerful old man warned the Chinese government to not touch these falling meteorites. Things that require expertise should be solved by professionals. Since the old man said so, we will comply.”

“However, in case this is a deception and conspiracy by the Chinese government against us, Homeland Security and the CIA will monitor the landing site of these meteorites. Check if the Chinese government will try to recover them. If they do, we will also follow closely and salvage the one in Hawaii.”

After a pause, the president continued, “Even if we don't salvage it now, I have a vague sense of unease about this meteorite. The Pacific Seventh Fleet should cruise around Hawaii to monitor the situation at all times.”

“Yes, Mr. President!”

After the new Homeland Security director heard the president’s orders, he was greatly relieved.

He was also quite afraid of supernatural items now, the previous director who messed up had gotten his just deserts. With this lesson, the new director did not want to mess up as soon as he took office.

Naturally, the new director was also there for the power of the position and he did not want to lose it. He was more concerned about his own life and the lives of his family. The crisis that almost caused the extinction of mankind had made him aware that he could not seek asylum with his level of power. If he was not careful, he could cause another doomsday crisis.

The new director noticed that other people in the office were also slightly relieved. After all, only a small number of people could seek refuge during such events. Now, the president’s every order was no longer concerned only with the fate of the country, but the lives of everyone living on the continent.

That was to say, for the sake of their own lives, all legislators and government workers would spontaneously limit the power of the president. If the president dared issue a radical order, there would be people to stop him.

Apparently, the president was also politically literate enough to know that he had to be careful with his orders now, otherwise, he would be in fear for his life.

“Well then, everyone should go back to work.”

When everyone finally left the office, the President leaned back on his soft chair with a tired expression. He picked up his phone and tried to write some tweets to relieve the pressure.

Since WWII, the USA had gained hegemony over the world for more than seventy years now. With its momentum, it could still create a huge economic and technological strength gap for more than a hundred years.

Although the rise of China was a threat in recent years, anyone who knew economic theory could tell that China was still the world’s second. With the huge gap, the USA would still be ahead for a few decades and China could only try to catch up.

But all this transformed with the emergence of supernatural powers. The hegemony of the USA seemed powerless in front of these gods and demons.

When mankind’s strongest weapons had no effect, when the gods and demons did not care about human mortality, then money and power were just laughable.

“This is the real power. To oneself and not by virtue of external objects.”

The president understood what real power was. A desire for those supernatural powers had also been born within him. The desire for supernatural powers simply drove every mortal crazy.

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The United States of America's Pacific Seventh Fleet was originally deployed in East Asia. It was once involved in the incident of the deep ones in Tokyo. It could be said that it was one of the major fleets with experience in confronting supernatural forces.

However, due to the experiments on the old man, they lost their largest base on Okinawa Island. Coupled with the current friction between Japan and the USA, they could only give up on East Asia, allowing the Chinese Navy to occupy it.

As a result, their patrol range and mission in the US Navy had become awkward. Without knowing what to do, they could only anchor in Pearl Harbor. Even congress was considering whether to disband this fleet to reduce the military budget.

Fortunately, the meteorite had fallen near Hawaii, so the commander of the fleet became relieved that he wouldn’t lose his job and that he could continue carrying out missions with his fleet.

Now, the entire Seventh Fleet with a total strength of 60,000 men would be carrying out a task to monitor the waters where the meteorite fell and report to Washington if any situation arose.