At the same time, the United States on the other side of the ocean.

The White House in Warton, inside the presidential office.

Albert's face turned red, his small eyes stared at the Secretary of Defense Anthony and CIA Director William Blair in front of him.

"William Blair! Do you don't want the hat of the Director of the Intelligence Agency?!"

Albert's roar scared the two of them to the point of trembling.

William Blair's eyes twitched slightly: "His Excellency President..."

"Shut up!"

Albert grabbed the documents on his desk and threw them in front of William: "I don't want to hear any of your excuses!"

"Just tell me what our CIA is doing!"

"Damn it, Xia Kingdom on the other side is ready to rush out of the solar system, and what about us?"

"We are actually still repairing power equipment across the country?!"

“fxxk!!”

William Blair looked down at the document lying at his feet.

On the file, a few words of the Moon Palace plan sting his eyes.

He was silent for a moment and slowly spoke: "His Excellency President, our intelligence officers in Xia Country have not obtained any information about this plan before the meeting began."

"I suspect that this is just a smoke bomb thrown by Xia Guo."

“Do you remember the Star Wars plan we proposed decades ago?”

As soon as William Blair's words fell, Anthony on the side also spoke, "Your Excellency, my opinion is the same as Director William's opinion."

"In my opinion, these three plans of Xia Kingdom... are simply impossible to achieve!"

The words of the two made Albert's face slightly relieve.

"What do you mean is... the three so-called space plans of Xia Kingdom are all bluffing?"

"Where is the newly established Space Administration?"

"Is it possible that the newly established department of Xia Guoguo is also a frightening person?"

"According to the information, Professor Lu Yongchang has a lot of power!"

William chuckled and asked back, "His Excellency President, will you appoint a twenty-one-year-old young man to serve as Director Nasa?"

Albert shook his head without thinking: "What a joke! A 21-year-old kid should have a relationship in college!"

William shrugged, spread his hands, and looked at the president in front of him with a sneering face.

Albert was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and he nodded softly: "I probably know what you mean."

"So, according to your opinion, how should we deal with these smoke bombs released by Xia Kingdom?"

"The response on Twitter these two days has not been very good. We must come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible!"

A bitter smile appeared in William's eyes.

Twitter! Twitter! It's Twitter again!

How could the United States have such a president?

He sighed softly in his heart, then looked at Anthony beside him with help.

Such a thing doesn't have anything to do with him!

Anthony pondered for a moment, a shimmering light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "His Excellency President, I think it is necessary for us to launch the Mars landing plan!"

Albert's pupils shrank slightly, and the expression on his face suddenly became much more serious.

"Login on Mars?! Are you sure?"

Anthony nodded slowly but firmly.

"Although the three plans of Xia Guo are not very authentic, we can draw a simple conclusion from them."

"At present, Xia Kingdom has attached more and more importance to space."

"In order to stabilize the future position of the United States, we must be the first to gain hegemony in space."

...

That afternoon.

The White House held an emergency press conference.

Albert stood on the podium at the press conference and cleared his throat.

"Everyone, welcome to the White House press conference."

"In the solar storm a few days ago, the United States suffered extremely serious losses."

"However, thanks to our strong national strength, we have returned from the steam era to modernity in just a few days."

While talking, Albert made a funny move.

A burst of laughter came from the audience.

"Okay OK, let's get back to the point, otherwise my secretary will glare at me again..."

The laughter in the audience became louder and louder.

After getting the little secretary's eyes as he wished, Albert looked right and spoke again.

"Everyone! The United States has never slowed down its pace in the pursuit of the future of mankind!"

"I announce that from now on, the United States will launch a manned landing on Mars plan!"

"Project code: Pathfinder!"

As Albert finished speaking, the press conference was silent.

More than ten seconds later, a loud noise of discussion arose!

"His Excellency the President, is this decision of the United States due to the three plans that Xia Guo just issued?"

"Mr. President, does this decision by the United States mean that the arms race will start again?"

"Your Mightiness……"

Looking at the excited reporters in the audience, Albert frowned slightly.

He stretched out his hand and pressed it in the air.

The talk gradually diminished.

Soon, the press conference was quiet again.

But the expressions on the reporters' faces were completely different from those a few minutes ago!

Every reporter was like a shark smelling bloody smell, his eyes full of excitement!

Albert glanced at the crowd below and said in a deep voice: "The purpose of launching the Pathfinder Project is to find a second earth for mankind."

"Everything that the United States does is for the future of mankind!"

"As for the Moon Palace Plan and the Nantianmen Plan of Xia Kingdom, I sincerely wish them to transform the content of science fiction into reality."

After saying that, Albert did not stop at all, nor did he give the reporters time to ask questions, so he turned around and left the press conference.

Seeing the president turn and leave, a slight riot suddenly appeared at the press conference.

"Editor-in-chief, big news! Big news!"

"Believe me, this can definitely be put on the headlines of our newspaper..."

Just as the reporters were still confused, a voice rang out from the corner.

A man in a suit held up his cell phone with excitement and said excitedly, walking quickly towards the gate.

This is... a reporter from the Washington Post!

Many reporters recognized the man's identity.

His behavior also reminded everyone. A group of reporters picked up the phone and reported to the editor-in-chief about the press conference!

...

In just two or three hours, the Washington Post was the first to launch today's latest newspaper.

"Moon vs. Mars, who will win this space battle!"

After the Washington Post, other newspapers also followed suit, and the titles in the newspapers were even more exaggerated!

"The Second Arms Race?!"

"Space Battle! Xia Kingdom's ambitions are completely exposed!"
Chapter completed!