Chapter 16: Global Free Shipping on a Million Orders!

As the slides were displayed one by one.

The leaders of Long Country's State Security, the General Staff, and the Equipment and Logistics Department all fell silent.

"Based on the intelligence we currently possess, this 'Long Country Non-Official Flagship Store' is already shipping large quantities to the Middle East, which will inevitably greatly affect the situation there!"

A middle-aged man with a tall stature, a determined face, a scar on his cheek, and wearing a police uniform stood before the slide projector and said.

Hearing this, a middle-aged man from the General Staff, dressed in the uniform of an Army Major General, spoke:

"Director Wang, we want to know: can you actually confirm that those weapons originated from within our country?"

To this, Wang Luchuan, the Deputy Director of the State Security Bureau's Second Bureau, who was specifically responsible for collecting international strategic intelligence and possessed extensive professional experience,

said solemnly:

"Based on existing intelligence, we have reason to believe this 'Long Country Non-Official Flagship Store' originates from within our country!"

"But that's impossible!"

Liao Guofeng, the Director of the Firearms Management Division within the Equipment and Logistics Department, said:

"Weapons produced domestically basically all have serial numbers that must be reported.

Even if certain enterprises are blinded by greed, I might believe it involves a small number of firearms, but according to your State Security's account,

this shipment exported by the other party could involve several thousand firearms and over a million rounds of ammunition. With such a massive volume, yet not a whisper of news domestically, I find it truly hard to believe!"

"Let alone you, Director Liao; am I not of the same mind?"

Major General Gong Wei of the General Staff also shook his head with a face full of doubt, then added:

"If it weren't for the Ugly Country lodging a protest with our diplomatic department, we wouldn't even know to this day that such a giant predator was hiding within our borders!"

After speaking, he looked toward Wang Luchuan, who was experienced in intelligence work:

"How is it? Any clues? A case like this should be classified as special and major; one could say it's unprecedented since the founding of our nation!"

However, facing the gaze of the leaders, Wang Luchuan felt immense pressure in his heart.

Because the other party had handled things far too cleanly, both online and in every other aspect.

The information collected by Long Country's intelligence departments was very limited.

They only knew that the other party's account had appeared on foreign networks starting a year ago.

The account name was very domineering, called "World War III Observer," abbreviated as "WWIII Observer."

Possessing rich theoretical military knowledge, they could explain the military equipment of various countries as if listing family treasures.

On foreign networks, the account had quite a few followers.

However, in recent times, this account had gone silent.

Contact could only be made through the dark web.

All login information and registration data were completely blank on the foreign networks.

Furthermore, there was absolutely no other intelligence on this group within the country.

That's right! In Wang Luchuan's view, this was definitely a gang.

After all, according to reliable sources, several thousand brand-new weapons and over a million rounds of ammunition had flowed into the Middle East region.

In his opinion, this was certainly not something one person could accomplish.

Obviously, these guys had their own arms factory and ammunition workshop.

It was just that he still did not know whether the other party's factory was located within the country.

As for arrest!

Heh! Without even a shred of intelligence, what were they supposed to arrest? Air?

In fact, if it weren't for the Ugly Country's emphatic protest this time, claiming that Long Country was exporting weapons to the Middle East

and undermining peace there,

Long Country actually would not have paid much attention to the "WWIII Observer" or the "Non-Official Flagship Store."

"Leaders, I can only say I will do my utmost to find this group!" Wang Luchuan guaranteed.

"Heh, with your capability, Director Wang, it shouldn't take too long.

As for that group, those who walk the night road often will eventually reveal their horse's hooves!"

In fact, even at this moment, Long Country did not attach much importance to Lin Yi.

To them, this was merely a group of people blinded by greed engaging in illegal activities.

If the other party's arms factory was within the country, it naturally had to be resolutely cracked down upon.

But if it was abroad, that would be a matter for the foreign affairs department and experts in international politics to concern themselves with.

At this time, in Modu, Lin Yi naturally did not know that his arms business had already alarmed the relevant departments.

Furthermore, investigations would soon be launched domestically, particularly involving enterprises with weapons processing capabilities,

as well as raw materials and so on, undergoing covert screening.

Surprisingly, this operation really did uncover quite a few problems.

However, not a single arms factory was found.

Because of this, Wang Luchuan of the State Security Bureau's Second Bureau worried his hair white.

Of course, that was a story for later.

At this moment, Lin Yi naturally knew nothing of these things.

Moreover, even if he did know, he had already done what he did; could he possibly retrieve those weapons and bullets?

However, in the past two days, through the domestic "Xinwen Xinwen Lianbo" broadcast, he learned that Syrian armed factions were counterattacking, and both sides had engaged in fierce exchanges at a certain key town.

The government forces had recaptured the said key town.

Through the news, Lin Yi immediately noticed that on the Al Jazeera news broadcast by the central television station,

some soldiers were holding weapons that were exactly the AK-47s he had exported.

Besides that, in the past two days, after he moved his account to the dark web,

Several more inquiry accounts were added one after another.

These accounts were all asking about equipment prices, transportation, payment methods, and so on.

Clearly, the reputation of Lin Yi's arms shop was gradually spreading.

Meanwhile, his reputation value on the system panel had reached 12 (Small-Time Arms Dealer).

Unfortunately, however, he failed to reach an agreement with these accounts regarding payment terms.

Many accounts demanded delivery before payment; for such requests, Lin Yi refused outright.

Even if they claimed their orders were worth a billion dollars, he would not agree.

After the second delivery two days ago, his savings amounted to only about 6.3 million Chinese yuan.

He simply could not afford to extend credit!

Otherwise, if the other party received the goods but refused to pay, whom could he turn to?

Was he supposed to seek out those armed militants?

Therefore, it was either payment before delivery or no sale at all.

Lin Yi stated this explicitly on the dark web,

and at the same time, he listed images of many available weapons on the dark web.

These included the classic AK-47 and the Desert Eagle.

They also included Scud and Patriot missiles.

Beneath each image, the price was clearly marked.

Standard AK-47: $200 USD.

(Optional materials available; please discuss pricing with the shop owner. Bulk discounts apply.)

Scud Missile: $200,000 USD.

(Launch platform included free of charge.)

For orders exceeding one million USD: free worldwide shipping (Note: includes the North and South Poles).

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