The night outside Tehran was torn apart by sporadic explosions, and a bus loaded with Chinese citizens struggled along the congested road. At three in the morning, as the bus shook, the consular officer from the Iranian embassy suddenly grabbed the microphone: "Everyone focus on the embassy vehicles ahead, remember—wherever you see the five-star red flag, that is moving Chinese territory! We're taking you home!" As the words fell, sobs began to rise in the bus; a programmer instinctively pulled out his phone, with Bitcoin prices flashing on the lock screen, yet at this moment he felt that 'national credit is the ultimate security asset.'
The flames of war ignite, triggering explosive fluctuations in the Middle East's power games.
Israel's 'decapitation operation' tore apart the fragile balance in the Middle East. 200 fighter jets unleashed 330 precision-guided bombs, and Tehran's nuclear facilities and Revolutionary Guard headquarters were engulfed in flames. Iran immediately launched retaliation, firing over 270 missiles in a single day, with 60% breaching Israel's 'Iron Dome' defense system, and the Tel Aviv oil refinery was shrouded in smoke.
The financial market collapsed first. International oil prices surged by 8% in a single day, safe-haven funds rushed into gold, and the cryptocurrency market bled profusely—Bitcoin plummeted 15% in 24 hours, and leveraged players faced consecutive liquidations. Long queues formed in front of ATMs on the streets of Tehran, the banking system was hacked and cleared, and citizens held bundles of devalued rials, personally illustrating the apocalyptic scenario of fiat currency trust collapsing.
The intensity of the conflict far exceeded expectations. When Israel declared it had 'completely destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities,' Iran vowed '20-fold missile retaliation,' and the world realized this war had escalated from proxy battles to direct confrontation between major powers. Three U.S. aircraft carriers headed to the Mediterranean, Russia urgently closed its consulate in Tehran, and multi-national evacuation planes took off in a rush—the Middle Eastern powder keg entered a countdown.
The deadly challenge of land evacuation.
Iran’s airspace was completely closed, and land borders became the only lifeline. The Tehran exit highway turned into a life-and-death race, with a usual two-hour drive extending to 16 hours. Long queues formed at gas stations, with each vehicle limited to 15 liters of gasoline, and black market oil prices skyrocketed tenfold. Ms. Wang, an employee of a Chinese company, tightly held the hand-drawn route map issued by the embassy, while the smoke in the mountains outside the window reminded her: a missile had just destroyed a facility somewhere.
The internet has become a scarce resource. The Iranian government cut off the internet, and the last message in the Telegram group froze at: "The Azerbaijan border has reopened, hurry with passport copies!" International students relied on the embassy's satellite phone for customs instructions, and Chinese businessmen at the border spontaneously opened factories as information transfer stations—the distributed node network miraculously operated amid the flames of war.
The moment of terror tests human nature. Duck restaurant owner Mahasan witnessed the government building across from him being flattened by missiles, and the shockwave shattered all the glass in the restaurant. "After escaping death, I decided to withdraw in the end," he organized four batches of compatriots to leave, but stayed until the last moment. When a two-year-old cried for water at the Armenia border, embassy staff magically pulled out compressed juice from the emergency pack—the consensus mechanism in a crisis is more robust than any blockchain.
The state apparatus is activated, anchoring the value of security.
The diplomatic system responded swiftly. Within 72 hours, 791 citizens were safely transferred through three major channels: Turkey's Razi border (electronic visa channel), Armenia's Norduz border (24-hour visa-free), and Turkmenistan's Bajiran border (embassy special approval). Each bus was escorted by a consul, the 12308 hotline received thousands of inquiries daily, and the evacuation route navigation app updated gas stations and medical points in real time—national-level 'smart contract execution' operated efficiently.
Faith recharge on the bus at dawn. As the vehicle trembled from the shockwave of explosions, the consul grabbed the microphone: "Remember! Our evacuation fleet is equivalent to moving territory; attacking it is declaring war on China!" This statement left cryptocurrency veteran Mr. Zhang stunned—he had lost 2000 BTC in the 312 crash, yet now felt the true safety margin amid the flames of war: 'The motherland is the ultimate cold wallet.'
Cognitive awakening in comparison of multi-national evacuations. While the U.S. embassy posted a notice for 'self-sheltering,' Chinese citizens were receiving emergency kits from the embassy (including female hygiene products and pet air boxes); after Russia evacuated 238 people, it suspended consular services, yet the Chinese working group stayed overnight at the border to issue temporary travel permits. The disparity of national credit starkly revealed in the crisis—as in the cryptocurrency world, the seemingly glamorous narrative cannot withstand the true redemption capability in a crisis.
Value storage in chaotic times.
As the first evacuation charter plane entered Chinese airspace, the song 'My Country and I' drowned out the roar of the engines. International student Xiao Li filmed the flickering lights of the homeland outside the window and posted it in the cryptocurrency group: 'Going long on the 'China concept' is the eternal alpha,' instantly receiving hundreds of likes. At this moment, Bitcoin was still fluctuating around $30,000, while his mining machine left in Tehran had already been blown to scrap—safety in the physical world is always the cornerstone of digital asset value.
While the cryptocurrency circle is obsessed with discussing the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes and ETF approvals, the bloodshed in the Middle East verifies the truth: the shield forged by the state’s violence apparatus is the underlying consensus mechanism of human society. As the evacuees crossing the fire line said: 'The motherland does not produce BTC, but it provides the most precious on-chain asset—right to survival.'
The flames of war will eventually extinguish, and the K-line will continue to fluctuate, but the sense of security that exploded on the Tehran bus at dawn—that is the true hard fork upgrade of human civilization.
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