[{"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-143":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},2077922,3287,"Chapter 143: Nationwide Blackout in Japan","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-143",143,"\u003Cp>Of course, under normal circumstances, aside from shutting down nuclear power plants, this thing is useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as it isn't activated, it will have no effect on Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, during special times of war, its utility becomes immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can render every nuclear missile on the globe ineffective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately avoiding the outcome of humanity destroying itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thing present, even if the artificial intelligence Skynet from the Hollywood movie The Terminator wanted to destroy Blue Star,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it would have no way to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because even if all the nuclear missiles across the globe were truly launched,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When these nuclear bombs reached the ground, they would only smash out a large crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, this thing was more like installing a safety insurance policy for Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Host, you can use hyperspace teleportation to send it to the Earth's core!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system provided usage instructions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then teleport it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after deducting 5,000 dollars, the silver rod disappeared from the system space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he gained control over this device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he chose to activate this instrument, the core of Blue Star began to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be known that the total mass of Blue Star's core accounts for 31.5% of the entire planet's mass; since it lies at the deepest part of the Earth, the pressure it withstands is far greater than that on the crust and mantle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the outer core layer, the pressure has already reached 1.36 million standard atmospheres.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the inner core, it reaches as high as 3.6 million atmospheres, a pressure unimaginable to humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This equates to bearing 1,770,413 tons of pressure per square centimeter; under such conditions, even the hardest diamond would become extremely soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, under this immense pressure,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the three-meter silver rod, or rather the high-energy particle eliminator, remained completely unaffected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as Lin Yi activated this device,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the silver rod suddenly began to expand; its originally smooth silver surface sprouted needle-like spikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet these spikes seemed capable of proliferation, frantically spreading outward in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, they formed a silver sphere resembling a hedgehog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the tips of these spikes, beams of blue light flashed continuously from top to bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Lin Yi could view the global distribution of high-energy particles through this instrument on the system's virtual screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those densely packed red dots represented nuclear power plants scattered across the globe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, compared to the dispersed nuclear power plants of the Dragon Nation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>those across the sea in Little Japan were simply a dense, crowded mass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small island nation possessed at least over twenty nuclear power plants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This count did not even include the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant that had suffered an accident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in the office of Fengyi Technology at the Songjiang Entrepreneurship Center,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi curved the corners of his mouth and smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let's test the effect!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single thought from him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the particle elimination device in the Earth's core immediately began operating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, invisible waves penetrated the mantle, heading toward the islands of Little Japan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As these invisible waves passed over the entire archipelago of Little Japan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>people noticed no abnormalities whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, those watching television would discover that their screens had suddenly jittered for an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then everything returned to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a minor change naturally failed to attract people's attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it seemed as normal as electromagnetic interference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, a scene that terrified every nuclear power plant in the island nation occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, the Tomari Power Plant in Furubira District, Hokkaido, utilized three pressurized water reactors with a total output of 2.07 million kilowatts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Komura Hikokazu was an ordinary employee of this Hokkaido Electric Power Company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the work here was boring, requiring him only to watch the instruments and record data daily,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>compared to some corporate slaves in other companies, Komura Hikokazu remained very satisfied with this job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, like any other day, Komura Hikokazu was on duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched the instruments as usual, thinking about doing something interesting with his newly met girlfriend after getting off work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this very moment, he suddenly heard an alarm sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be known that in a nuclear power plant, the appearance of such an alarm usually indicates a very serious situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced over in panic and discovered that the reactor data were plummeting rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of this decline was extremely terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, Komura Hikokazu's face turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not that only soaring reactor data indicated problems;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in reality, any drastic change in reactor data\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was extremely frightening for nuclear power plant personnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this signified that the control rods might have malfunctioned, affecting the nuclear reaction rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Komura Hikokazu immediately reported the situation upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, senior executives of the nuclear power plant arrived at the control room, yet by then the reactor data had already dropped to zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, no matter how they manipulated the control rods, the reactors showed no response whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although experts, after investigation, confirmed there was no danger of explosion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the question remained: why had the reactors suddenly extinguished?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coincidentally, all nuclear power plants in Little Japan had simultaneously shut down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, the thermal power plants in Little Japan remained completely unaffected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, responsible for electricity, was frantic like ants on a hot pan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if these nuclear power plants did not resume operations soon, the entire grid's stored electricity would be depleted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By that time, Little Japan would suffer a nationwide blackout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that time would not be long in coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, no matter how much they investigated, even experts in nuclear power found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They still could not understand why all the nuclear power plants had gone on strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bizarre incident even filled many people with dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many even began to wonder: Could this be the punishment descended by the gods after the Fukushima nuclear disaster?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hour after the incident occurred,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>none of the major power companies had any way to restart the nuclear power plants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, widespread blackouts quickly began across Little Japan, stretching from Tokyo all the way to Hokkaido.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout all of Tokyo, only a few areas remained unaffected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because they relied on electricity from thermal power plants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this amount of power was merely a drop in the bucket, capable of supplying at most the equivalent of 1.85 million households.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Tokyo's population of 18 million, this amounted to only one-third of the required electricity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that night, across the entire territory of Little Japan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>viewed from satellites, the country appeared pitch black,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>with even the bustling Tokyo showing only scattered lights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, many citizens of Little Japan did not feel alarmed, assuming the power department would restore electricity soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what they did not know was this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From today onward, Little Japan would never again have the possibility of using nuclear power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, if they wished to wait for Little Japan's power supply to return to normal,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they could only choose thermal power generation; but given Little Japan's current mode of power supply, that would take at least several months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until then, many people in Little Japan would have to endure a long period of life without electricity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was even more critical was that, due to the sudden loss of power,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>most of Little Japan's Shinkansen lines halted operations, trapping countless commuters on the platforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bustling areas like Akihabara and Shinjuku's Kabukicho would be plunged into darkness at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the pachinko parlors, beloved by the people of Little Japan, had to shut down due to the lack of electricity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that Lin Yi's single attempt,\u003C\u002Fp>",1280,"2026-06-16T04:14:27.492Z","2026-06-16T04:35:02.051Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","02ec90a3523de6117f7483ee2e09d5f881b6f1a5221ba3763a1217d67cccc041","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-144","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-142",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]