[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill":3,"chapter-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-119":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting by Conning a $10 Billion Order",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2077498,3287,"Chapter 119","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-119",119,"\u003Cp>This time, over ten days had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He had actually leveled up.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Then again, it was only to be expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, war was about to break out in the Middle East.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Everyone was currently stockpiling ammunition and equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even Iran, which would not engage in direct combat, believed this was a prime opportunity to severely weaken the Ugly Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If this Ugly Country war in the Middle East could be turned into something like the Vietnam War,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>soaking the lands of the Middle East in blood,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>then the Ugly Country could be greatly weakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This had always been Iran's goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, although it could not directly enter the battlefield, it supported Syria with various types of ammunition ordered from the DWS platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Besides that, Mao Xiong had also ordered a large quantity of weapons from the DWS platform this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Moreover, the delivery address was directly set to Syria.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Obviously, although it could not stop the Ugly Country from starting the war within the Anli Society,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mao Xiong absolutely did not want the Ugly Country to easily win the war for the Middle East.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Naturally, DWS orders had doubled during this period.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was what had triggered the level-up.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Level up! Then unlock the aircraft catalog!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi said without any hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Ding... Upgrade complete!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Aircraft catalog unlocked!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Ding... Congratulations, Host, on upgrading the technology tree; you have received one lottery draw. Would you like to draw immediately?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Immediately, Lin Yi looked at his system panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Host: Lin Yi\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Stone Stone Stone Stone Age: 21\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Race: Human\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Arms Dealer Reputation: 13,451 (Arms Magnate)\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Technology Tree Level: 4 Stars\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Lottery Items: Carbon Fiber Technology (Pending Extraction), Lottery Draws x1\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Next, Lin Yi looked at the unlocked aircraft catalog.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It basically consisted of old-fashioned aircraft from the 1940s to the 1980s.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thus, Lin Yi directly stated:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Upgrade the aircraft catalog to the year 2020.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Upgrade starting...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Upgrading 1940s-1980s aircraft to 1990s models consumes 5 million USD.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Upgrading 1990s aircraft to 2000 models consumes 10 million USD.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Upgrading 2000 aircraft to 2010 models consumes 20 million USD...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Upgrading 2010 aircraft to 2020 models consumes 200 million USD.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As a series of upgrades proceeded, Lin Yi saw within the flight catalog\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>fighter jets such as the F-35, F-22, and Su-57.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As expected of the system, the prices were cheap as always.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>An F-22 Raptor (bare airframe), with a manufacturing cost as high as 150 million USD,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>had a purchase price on the system of only 5 million USD.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This price was practically dirt cheap.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One must know that even for Mao Xiong, which had long been under Ugly Country sanctions,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the production cost of the Su-57 was at least 30 million USD,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>yet the Su-57 was a fifth-generation fighter with significant flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>These included an overly outdated model number, poor radar performance, inferior stealth design, and low airframe lifespan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If one wished to further modify the Su-57,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the cost would skyrocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi could imagine that once he began selling the F-22 Raptor, which the Ugly Country never exported, on a large scale,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>let alone 5 million USD, even at 50 million or 500 million USD, people would still buy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, for such weapons, Lin Yi planned to keep them as trump cards in his arsenal and not sell them externally for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, before he could ponder this further,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he heard the system notification sound ring out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Ding... Congratulations, Host, on upgrading the technology tree to 4 Stars!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Combat Simulation Function activated!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Instantly, Lin Yi froze, and then he queried the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He then roughly understood what this meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The so-called Combat Simulation Function meant that the system's Host could, by purchasing weapons from the system's catalog,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>to conduct remote control.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For example, if Lin Yi were to choose to use this function right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he could purchase an F-22 from the aircraft catalog as his own weapon and conduct remote control.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The most exciting part is that, because it is simulated control, even if his fighter jet is destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he himself would not suffer any harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To the host of the Super Arms System, this function is just like a game.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But for others, it is a real life-or-death battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Additionally, this function is limited to controlling weapons from only two catalogs: tanks and aircraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>According to the system, the reason this function was enabled is that the system's creator.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>believed an arms dealer should be very familiar with the weapons they sell.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If an arms dealer does not even know how to operate the weapons they sell, clearly they are not a qualified arms dealer.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"System, who exactly created you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Data lost... unable to query...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Alright! Lin Yi knew he probably wouldn't get any answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, the only thing he knew for sure was that.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the Super Arms System was likely not born naturally, but was artificially created.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Its technological level far surpasses humanity's current technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just the ability to conjure weapons out of thin air is no small feat.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course, Lin Yi would not suspect the system of having any ulterior motives.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Otherwise, with their level of technology, what could they not do?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, for Lin Yi, this upgrade was extraordinarily significant.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not only was the aircraft catalog unlocked, but the combat simulation function was also activated; with this function.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi felt he could also experience the joys of being a pilot.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To be honest, since the dawn of humanity, people have always longed for the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thus, various flying vehicles were created.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As someone who, up until now, had never even boarded an airplane, Lin Yi naturally longed to roam the skies and enjoy a different view.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, before that.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he decided to draw a lottery first.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"System, initiate the lottery!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Lottery beginning...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a set of nanotechnology!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Nanotechnology!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>... .... 0\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi paused for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Then, he began to examine it carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was a technology for manufacturing biomedical robots.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>These biological robots could clear diseased cells and repair wounds; although they could not regenerate severed limbs,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>they could, however, repair injuries and illnesses in a short period.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If successfully manufactured, it would represent a massive breakthrough in human medical technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In fact, while nanorobotics is a cutting-edge technology,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>it is not entirely new; as early as 1986, the U.S. physicist Richard Feynman first proposed the concept of \"nanotechnology,\" detailing the properties and applications of matter at the nanoscale in a lecture that same year.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Subsequently, nanotechnology gradually attracted attention from both the academic and industrial sectors.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>By 1991, the U.S. biologist Eric Drexler proposed the concept of \"nanorobots,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and by 1999, mechanical arms at the nanoscale had been realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Nowadays, nanotechnology is already being applied in various fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For instance, nanorobots are used to dissolve blood clots.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, nanorobots still face significant challenges at the current stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One challenge is propulsion; it is difficult for them to carry their own energy sources and engines like conventional robots.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Another challenge, specifically in the medical field, is solving the issue of immune evasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, the human immune system is no joke;\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>once a foreign object like a nanorobot enters the body, the immune system will quickly destroy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, achieving a breakthrough with nanorobots in a short time is currently extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, this nanotechnology provided by the System fills that gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It contains methods to solve both the propulsion and immune evasion problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>0 ·Seeking flowers·· ·····\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>(PS: New book seeking flowers, tips, and rating tickets; your support is the author's motivation!) 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