[{"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-253":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},2081362,3287,"Chapter 253","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-253",253,"\u003Cp>Despite incessant condemnations and appeals to the United Nations,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this did nothing to alter Argentina's de facto occupation of the archipelago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at this very moment, Northern Ireland under John Bull announced an impending referendum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to decide whether Northern Ireland would remain within John Bull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This news struck like a leaky roof caught in a night-long storm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>shocking all of England and Scotland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prime Minister of John Bull immediately issued a statement overnight,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>declaring it unacceptable and that the John Bull government would never agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the Northern Ireland Republican Army announced,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>should the John Bull government proceed with the referendum, the Northern Irish military would initiate an armed secession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To underscore this, the Northern Ireland Republican Army displayed vast quantities of weaponry and equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>including M1A2 Abrams tanks, Apache helicopters, artillery, missiles, and F-16 and F-15 fighter jets, among others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most incredulously, Northern Ireland also possessed two Perry-class frigates and five obsolete Fletcher-class destroyers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These assets made the John Bull government's eyelids twitch; clearly, the sources for these weapons were irregular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, Northern Ireland could not possibly possess such formidable armed forces right under John Bull's nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, only one possibility remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Northern Ireland had acquired these heavy weapons via the DWS platform on the dark web.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the DWS platform had the capability to completely evade John Bull's intelligence network and transport so many weapons into Northern Ireland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this batch of weapons did not yet reach a level that would terrify the John Bull government,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the problem was that the Irish Sea lay between John Bull and Northern Ireland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, John Bull's navy could not even defeat the Northern Irish navy at present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, after Northern Ireland announced the referendum,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>observing John Bull's weakness, the neighboring Republic of Ireland suddenly declared support for Northern Ireland's referendum,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>providing the separatist forces in Northern Ireland with a powerful backer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although John Bull had previously negotiated with Ireland regarding issues in that region,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and on April 10, 1998, all factions in the Northern Ireland conflict reached the historically significant Good Friday Agreement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this agreement greatly weakened John Bull's rule over Northern Ireland, enhancing the legislative powers of the Northern Irish local government,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while simultaneously facilitating economic and cultural exchanges between Northern Ireland and Ireland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the agreement effectively increased Northern Ireland's independence and strengthened ties within the island of Ireland,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>undoubtedly amplifying Northern Ireland's centrifugal forces day by day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, John Bull truly felt a sense of panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Externally, the Argentine government had forcibly occupied the Malvinas Islands, while John Bull's parliament was still debating whether to declare war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, suddenly, Northern Ireland announced a referendum to secede from the John Bull government.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such circumstances, how could John Bull not feel fear?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some elderly John Bull survivors from World War II, watching these events on television,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>could not comprehend how the once sun-setting empire had fallen to such a state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once, as the world's leading power, John Bull possessed the largest overseas colonial empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also commanded the largest Royal Navy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dominating the five continents and four oceans, even the United States at that time had to heed its whims.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Dragon Nation, which now pressured them to such extremes, its gates had originally been forced open by John Bull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could the once invincible John Bull now fail to resolve issues with merely Argentina and Northern Ireland?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many elders who had witnessed John Bull's glorious era simply could not accept this reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where now lay the glory of the empire on which the sun never set for John Bull?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that after the DWS platform flattened the Portsmouth naval base, the sun-setting empire had finally met its end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John Bull was now merely a second-rate nation with a decent economy in Europe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More ridiculously, John Bull had just passed a referendum to exit the European Union.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently, when the Prime Minister of John Bull sought assistance from Hans and Gaul,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not a single nation on the European continent was willing to offend the DWS platform to aid John Bull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These nations did not wish to antagonize a group of madmen for the sake of a decrepit John Bull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, risking enmity with madmen who might attack their capitals at any moment, merely for John Bull—a nation soon to leave the European Union—was terrifying even to contemplate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, both Hans and Gaul, already plagued by endless troubles, expressed their inability to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that John Bull was now truly in a miserable state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Lin Yi would absolutely never admit any connection to this situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the one hundred million dollars in service fees he accepted from the Argentine government,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>truthfully, having issued merely a statement that scared off the United States, he felt somewhat embarrassed accepting such money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning to Dragon Nation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>following Bai Bai Jie's dedication of herself, Tang Tang Chuyu, a fellow secretary in the Secretariat, was the first to notice the anomaly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, Bai Bai Jie now seemed to grow more feminine with Stone Stone Stone Stone Age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body, already brimming with allure, seemed ignited, radiating an even more captivating charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body, already brimming with allure, seemed ignited, radiating an even more captivating charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Bai Bai Jie's skin had become even more ruddy, and her entire demeanor could be described as completely refreshed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Tang Chuyu even curiously asked Bai Bai Jie what skincare products she had used to achieve such a result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Bai Bai Jie, blushing, replied that it was simply because her sleep quality had been quite good recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Tang Tang Chuyu was deeply puzzled; could it be that the apartment rented by Sister Ying\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>also possessed the effect of promoting sleep?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, even Bai Bai Jie found such matters difficult to speak of, so she could only offer a perfunctory explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Tang Tang Chuyu discovered that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>somehow, Sister Bai now possessed the same black card as Li Li Xueying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever they went out, Bai Bai Jie and Li Li Xueying would even fight over who got to pay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This left Tang Tang Chuyu standing there alone, looking utterly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, even in her bewilderment, Tang Tang Chuyu roughly guessed what was happening in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, not long after,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Jie exchanged her vehicle for a new red BMW X6.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together with Li Li Xueying, they truly embodied the saying, \"Fine car matches beauty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever they went, they attracted a crowd of attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, Tang Tang Chuyu felt like a complete nobody.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this, she had been quite distressed lately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She very much wanted to ask if Sister Bai had truly become involved with the Boss; otherwise,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>why would she be able to use the Boss's card and also drive a luxury car worth millions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, she wanted to ask the Boss: am I not good enough?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you are going to take a mistress, why didn't you take me first?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(PS: For the new book, we seek flowers, tips, and review tickets; your support is the author's motivation!)\u003C\u002Fp>",1185,"2026-06-16T04:26:56.390Z","2026-06-16T04:35:04.683Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","85667a438d3e8c311e0cdd38bde675a57c0d0b0e375cc705f64f8470540437ca","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-254","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-252",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]