[{"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-15":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting with a Hundred Billion Dollar Scam",{"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},2076552,3287,"Chapter 15: Technology Tree! The Impact on the Middle East!","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-15",15,"\u003Cp>Immediately, Lin Yi saw on the virtual panel\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the emergence of technology tree categories for materials, equipment, and organisms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of these categories were military-grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance: the technology tree for material science.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It encompassed metallic materials, inorganic non-metallic materials, polymer materials, wear-resistant materials, surface strengthening, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This included well-known advancements such as:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>special alloys, ceramic materials, carbon fiber technology, and other cutting-edge sciences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only regret was that, much like the weapons category,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the initial technology tree only covered technologies from the 1940s to the 1980s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To further advance the technology tree, one had to spend money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would unlock technologies from the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and even those surpassing the era in which Lin Yi lived.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This would require Lin Yi to invest a colossal amount of money to push forward the technology tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same largely applied to other equipment technology trees and the biotechnology tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for certain technologies,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the system could only unlock them once material science had advanced to a specific stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that if Lin Yi wished to reach a certain height in any particular technology in the future,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he must first invest vast sums of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, technology could not simply leap into existence all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the existence of the Super Arms System was not merely to mold the host into an arms dealer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It further hoped the host could achieve independence and develop technology autonomously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also one of the system's original intentions: to advance the civilization process of the host's society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the technology tree was the most crucial pathway to elevating that civilization process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before Lin Yi could ponder this further,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the system's voice sounded once more:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ding... Detection of host technology tree upgrade. Reward: one Technology Tree Lottery draw. Initiate draw immediately?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait a moment, System, what is this lottery about!?\" Lin Yi immediately asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To accelerate the host's growth and the progress of their civilization, the system rewards the host with one lottery draw after every upgrade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lottery prizes include various advanced weapons, technologies, equipment, materials, and more that surpass the host's current era!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Note: If the host can complete certain hidden achievements or tasks in the future, they may also earn additional lottery draws!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are even achievements and tasks!?\" Lin Yi was even more astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ding... This function is not yet enabled...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the system replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright!\" Lin Yi lay in bed, thinking helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Initiate draw immediately?\" the system continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Draw!\" Lin Yi also wanted to see what this lottery prize actually was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ding... Lottery beginning...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, host. You have obtained lithium battery technology fifteen years ahead of your era. Extract?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Lin Yi paused:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lithium battery technology?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, joy instantly filled his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Extract!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Lin Yi felt a set of technical data appear within his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system had directly transmitted the technology into his brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cathode: High-nickel cobalt-free ternary materials, lithium manganese iron phosphate, lithium-rich manganese-based...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Electrolyte: Solid-state electrolyte.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anode: Silicon-based materials.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, although Lin Yi understood these technologies, including their preparation methods,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he was a mechanical automation major who had failed several courses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him to produce these himself was simply impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even small-scale laboratory development might be beyond his capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when he looked at the recruitment function unlocked by the system, his eyes immediately lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recruitment was divided into two categories: one for combat talents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was for scientific and technological talents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"System, if I choose to recruit talent, is this person suddenly created by the system, or do they already exist in reality?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This function does not involve creating humans; all talents are figures who exist in reality. If the host proceeds with recruitment, they will travel from around the world to the host's location as quickly as possible. Furthermore, provided the host offers generous conditions, the loyalty of recruited personnel to the host will be 100%.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the system replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the joy on Lin Yi's face could no longer be concealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to everything else, 100% loyalty truly excited him immensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant these recruits would essentially never betray him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Lin Yi handed over certain classified technologies to them, he need not worry about leaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was already late at night, and seeing that Xuzheng Prefecture had not yet placed a third order for the time being,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he turned off his phone and went to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what he did not know was that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>merely one day later, having received a large quantity of weapons and ammunition, Xuzheng Prefecture\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>began a counteroffensive against a major town within its borders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Urban combat ensued immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the one million steel-core bullets, 525 AKs, and 200 SVD sniper rifles sold by Lin Yi\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>inflicted effective casualties upon the enemy on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, some of the steel-core bullet tips appeared before the intelligence department of the Ugly Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through analysis, they were quite certain this batch of bullets belonged to production from the Dragon Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because compared to the Dragon Nation, the bullets produced by the Ugly Nation itself were mostly copper-core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ninety percent of the bullets in the Ugly Country are imported from the Dragon Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the Ugly Country's intelligence agencies are very familiar with these steel-core bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In addition, according to the intelligence we have gathered, over 5,000 AKs and other firearms have fallen into the hands of the armed militants led by the President of Xuzheng Prefecture,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"and this batch of weapons originated from a store called 'Dragon Country Non-Official Flagship Store'!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A CIA agent responsible for intelligence collection reported to the commander of the Xuzheng Prefecture base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God, this is their probe against us; this nation wants to extend its hand into the Middle East and expand its global influence!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The CIA commander at the base said dissatisfiedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What should we do?! If this store is secretly supported by the Dragon Country, even if we find out something, it will be difficult to take any action!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A subordinate said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, after the CIA received information about the arms store \"Dragon Country Non-Official Flagship Store,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they did attempt to investigate through internet and banking systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, all information regarding this store on the internet had been erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, even locating this account has become extremely difficult for them now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is because the foreign account was accessed through certain dark web ports.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had not managed to collect any backend database information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the banking system, it was extremely complicated; even if the CIA wanted to investigate, it would not be easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, they could not even lock onto the opponent's account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing known now is that the other party has shipped a large quantity of firearms and bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the amount of money involved is not significant at this moment, it undoubtedly provides those people in Xuzheng Prefecture with a channel for acquiring weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future, a large volume of military equipment might flow into the Middle East region through this channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the CIA intended to seal off this window,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>on one hand to protect the interests of their own country's arms dealers, and on the other, to support the internal strife in Xuzheng Prefecture,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as well as the mercenaries supported by the Ugly Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a protest from the spokesperson of the White House in the Ugly Country reached the Dragon Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon Country attached great importance to this matter, and intelligence departments including Guoan Bureau and the military immediately convened a special meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They discussed this suddenly emerged \"Dragon Country Non-Official Flagship Store.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(PS: New book seeking flowers, tips, and review tickets; your support is the author's motivation!)\u003C\u002Fp>",1285,"2026-06-16T04:10:19.707Z","2026-06-16T04:35:02.051Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","d9d3a04ef26608a5588770fddbeba3afc6f65f181172375e73c880baa296971e","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-16","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-14",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]