Chapter 124

To this day, unless political factors are at play, even weapons from the Ugly Country have begun to suffer from sluggish sales.

There is no help for it; who can blame people when the prices on the DWS platform are simply too advantageous?

At the same price point, only a fool would choose the more expensive option.

Although the Ugly Country has thoroughly investigated every level of its arms companies, it has gained absolutely nothing.

The so-called leakage of weapon blueprints is simply impossible.

For instance, consider the design blueprints for a Ford-class aircraft carrier; they weigh at least several dozen tons.

And that is even with modern computer-aided drafting tools.

So, I ask you, who could possibly steal such blueprints?

Yet the problem remains: the DWS platform has indeed produced a Ford-class aircraft carrier.

Inspections revealed it to be indistinguishable from the one built by the Ugly Country itself; how could this not fill the Ugly Country with terror?

In fact, it is not just the Ugly Country; since the DWS platform went online, every nation globally...

...has been incessantly investigating its own research departments without a moment's rest.

This includes the Ugly Country, Mao Xiong, and the Dragon Country, all acting alike.

Because some of the weapons listed on the DWS platform are the trump cards that various nations keep hidden in their deepest chests.

These are items they usually strive to conceal, yet now they have become available for purchase with money.

Most importantly, the prices are significantly lower than the cost for these nations to manufacture them themselves.

How can the leaders of these nations not feel troubled by this?

Many nations believe the Dragon Country is acting unethically, estimating that its spies must be spread across the entire world.

Otherwise, how could it possibly manufacture such a vast array of weapons belonging to various countries?

Even the Great Emperor of Mao Xiong looks toward the great Eastern nation with a rather strange expression in his eyes.

But the Dragon Country is suffering; the Dragon Country is wronged!

It is just like snow falling in the sixth month; clearly, the DWS platform is not supported by them at all.

The Dragon Country's news spokesperson has emphasized this countless times, until their lips were practically worn away.

Yet, very few believe them.

In reality, setting aside extreme possibilities like aliens...

Which nation could suddenly produce one hundred million rounds of ammunition? Which nation could compress weapon costs so low?

Which nation could silently construct a Ford-class aircraft carrier?

As for why the construction of the aircraft carrier was not detected by the Ugly Country's satellites...

Heh! Who knows that the Dragon Country has a secret shipyard inside a coastal cave?

Adding to this, there was the recent incident involving the Yingji-18 missiles used by the Xuzheng Prefecture and the Hu Sai armed forces in Yemen.

This weapon, which the Dragon Country had only just equipped its own forces, suddenly sold fifty units.

Most importantly, after this weapon became wildly popular by sinking an aircraft carrier...

...others tried to buy it but found it completely unavailable.

No wonder, when a reporter from a certain country asked the spokesperson during a routine Dragon Country press conference...

...about when the Yingji-18 anti-ship missile would be available for supply again.

The news spokesperson wore a very peculiar expression.

Because the Dragon Country has never had a precedent for selling active-duty equipment.

Only modified versions are ever offered for sale.

However, this has led many nations to believe...

...that the Dragon Country, fearing a leak of its own weapon technology, ordered the DWS platform to delist that missile model immediately after using the hand of Xuzheng Prefecture to sink the Ugly Country's carrier.

...ordered the DWS platform to delist that missile model immediately after using the hand of Xuzheng Prefecture to sink the Ugly Country's carrier.

In fact, it seems that since the sinking of the Ugly Country's aircraft carrier...

...some of the Dragon Country's cutting-edge weapons have vanished from the catalog.

The only items available for purchase are weapons the Dragon Country already exports.

Under such circumstances, how can those nations trust your Dragon Country?

But as for the Dragon Country, it is forced to swallow its broken teeth and bear the pain in silence.

Can it admit that its own weapon exports have also stalled?

Because whatever they have for sale, the DWS platform also has and sells.

In fact, most of the weapons and equipment are cheaper than the Dragon Country's outdated models.

In such a situation, who would still buy from them?

Only some neighboring nations with good relations, and some backward regions in Africa, can still obtain authentic Dragon Country weapon products.

In the sector of weapon exports, sales revenue has recently plummeted straight down.

Conversely, the DWS platform has recently been feasting until oil drips from its mouth.

The relevant departments of the Dragon Country think...

...if you truly are a company from the Dragon Country, you should at least pay some taxes.

You pay no taxes, yet you use the nation's name; this is simply unethical.

In fact, within the Dragon Country itself, there is a basic certainty that the DWS platform must have some connection to the domestic sphere.

Otherwise, it cannot explain phenomena similar to Pinduoduo's "slash one cut" mechanic...

...nor the mysterious sell-out incident of the Yingji-18 missiles this time.

It is just that what exactly this relationship is remains unclear, and no clues can be found despite investigations.

However, the only thing that could be confirmed was that

this organization possessed a terrifying industrial replication capability.

Basically, they could replicate weapons that were currently in service or even beyond current service standards.

To be honest, the entire Dragon Nation had no idea how such a fearsome military-industrial capability was possible; it completely defied logic.

Nevertheless, the Dragon Nation understood that they absolutely could not make an enemy of this organization.

Even before the appearance of the Yingji-18 missile, the Great Leader of the Dragon Nation had already issued directives regarding this matter.

Otherwise, if they were to push the other party into becoming an adversary,

would the Dragon Nation's future equipment and secrets remain safe?

Therefore, when the Xiaolong aircraft, the Lin Lin Jian-7, and the Lin Lin Jian-8 were launched on the DWS platform this time, they felt not a shred of surprise.

It was the Lin Lin Jian-20 on the DWS platform, however,

that, despite having an icon, could not be purchased, indicating that it was not currently available for external sale.

To tell the truth, after the aircraft catalog was unlocked on the platform,

the Dragon Nation had been trembling with fear, terrified that it would contain equipment like the Lin Lin Jian-20.

When they saw that the other party had no intention of selling it,

the Dragon Nation truly breathed a long sigh of relief.

However, upon seeing this situation, the Dragon Nation did not believe that the other party lacked the Lin Lin Jian-20;

rather, they assumed that for some reason, the other party simply chose not to sell it.

Similar cases included fifth-generation fighters like the F-22 and the Su-57.

These were weapons that terrified the Ugly Nation and Mao Xiong.

— Author's Notes —

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