[{"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-279":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},2081388,3287,"Chapter 279","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-279",279,"\u003Cp>\"Obtained the title 'Conqueror of the Koreans' (titles are stackable).\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Note: Equipping this title allows early unlocking of one weapon category!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Ding... Congratulations, Host, on obtaining 1 lottery draw. Would you like to initiate the draw?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hearing this, Lin Yi was immediately overjoyed, knowing that for the system to upgrade,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>reputation needed to reach 50,000, and transaction volume needed to reach 50 billion US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even though Lin Yi had tried every method to expand the DWS platform's transaction volume, going so far as to list a Children's Day edition for the occasion,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he knew that reaching a transaction volume of 50 billion US dollars would take him a very long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even after conducting 5 billion US dollars worth of transactions with the Dragon Nation,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>auctioning off one HMS Queen Elizabeth, and with a B-2 bomber yet to be auctioned in the future,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi had not yet completed even half of the 50 billion transaction volume.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But now, with the acquisition of the 'Conqueror of the Koreans' title,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he could unlock new categories ahead of schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, Lin Yi looked at the unlocked categories appearing on the virtual screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>There were still the Radar and Miscellaneous category and the Aerospace category.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi pondered for a moment before asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"System, why does the Nuclear Energy category not exist!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Ding... The Nuclear Energy category will only appear after the Host has unlocked all other categories!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Instantly, Lin Yi felt somewhat disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In truth, he had thought that it would not be long before he could possess nuclear bombs.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just imagine how interesting it would be if his nuclear bombs were usable while those of other nations were not,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>that would be quite fascinating.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Moreover, he would not need to worry about nuclear radiation from the bombs,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>as that High-Energy Particle Eliminator could easily neutralize the effects of nuclear radiation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was truly a perfect tool for murder and arson.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, thinking that he still needed three more levels to unlock nuclear bombs,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and that the upgrade conditions by that time would likely be even more monstrous,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>short-term prospects for Lin Yi possessing nuclear bombs were effectively cut off.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi did not look at his system panel,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Host: Lin Yi\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Stone Stone Stone Stone Age: 22\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Race: Human\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Arms Dealer Reputation: 45,676 (World Top Tier)\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Tech Tree Level: 5 Stars\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Lottery Items: Lottery Draws * 1\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Next, Lin Yi turned his attention to the newly unlocked Aerospace category.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, compared to the Radar and Miscellaneous category, the Aerospace category seemed to offer better value.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"...Unlock complete.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With the system unlock finished, various satellites and spacecraft appeared in the category.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course, these were all outdated products from the 1940s to the 1980s.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Upgrade the Aerospace category to the year 2020.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Upgrade initiating....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Upgrading 1940s-1980s Aerospace to the 1990s, consuming 5 million US dollars.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Upgrading 2010s Aerospace to 2020, consuming 200 million US dollars.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Immediately within this category, Lin Yi discovered items such as the Tesla Starlink, the Beidou System, the GPS System,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the Challenger Space Shuttle, the Columbia Space Shuttle...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the International Space Station, the Tiangong Space Station, various weather satellites, communication satellites, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Chapter 209: The Starlink Plan and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Technology\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Looking at these categories, Lin Yi set aside aircraft and space stations for now,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>but items like the Tesla Starlink, communication satellites, and detection satellites,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi found quite tempting.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The 'Starlink Plan' began in 2015. During a speech, Ma Ma Sike stated that\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>his company, SpaceX, would launch a cluster of 12,000 low-orbit satellites to provide high-speed internet services to users worldwide.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The revenue from the Starlink Plan would be used to fund the Mars colonization plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In fact, given Lin Yi's cooperative relationship with Ma Ma Sike, he had also paid attention to this plan previously.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, in the past, Lin Yi, like most others, had not taken the 'Starlink Plan' seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, from humanity's first satellite launch in 1957 to 2015, a span of 58 years, only 25,000 satellites had been launched in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet Ma Ma Sike was proposing to deploy 12,000 satellites right from the start,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>accounting for half of the total number of human-made satellites; by conventional estimates, this would be impossible without at least 20 years.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, once Lin Yi had upgraded the Aerospace category to the year 2020.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Through the system's introduction, he could finally grasp the terrifying potential of this Starlink system.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The satellites of this Starlink system were not large-scale units, but rather small satellites.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With the ability to deploy dozens of satellites into orbit in a single launch, completing the array of 12,000 satellites would only require launching rockets a dozen or so times annually over a few years.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In just a few years, the full constellation of 12,000 satellites could be deployed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just imagine deploying your satellites densely across the outer space surrounding Blue Planet within a mere few years.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It would allow for monitoring any location on Blue Planet at almost any given moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even better, for Lin Yi, he wouldn't even need to launch rockets.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since these were products purchased through the system, he could utilize hyperspace teleportation to directly send all 12,000 Starlink satellites.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They could be instantly delivered to Blue Planet's geosynchronous orbit, making the process both safe and convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course, hyperspace teleportation could only be used for items within the system's inventory, and the maximum range could not exceed the Earth-Moon sphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In other words, the farthest Lin Yi could teleport items was currently limited to the Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Anything beyond that range was impossible at this stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, even with the maximum range limited to the Moon, Lin Yi remained highly satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He was content with this limitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, considering current human technological capabilities, no nation's future lunar development plans could possibly compare to his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Additionally, regarding the newly upgraded aerospace category in the system catalog, Lin Yi decided to keep it sealed and unavailable for external sale.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If anyone globally could purchase various types of satellites, the consequences would be terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Nevertheless, Lin Yi had already begun planning to gradually establish his own network of positioning, surveillance, and communication satellites.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Setting the satellite matter aside for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He turned his attention to the single lottery draw granted on his interface panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"System, initiate the lottery draw!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Lottery draw beginning...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Ding... Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Helium-3\u002FDeuterium Controlled Nuclear Fusion Technology x1. Extract immediately?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"What? Helium-3\u002FDeuterium Controlled Nuclear Fusion Technology!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He had never expected the system to grant him such a magnificent gift through this lottery draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was well known that ever since humanity entered the modern era, energy had remained one of the most urgent problems requiring a solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Energy served as the foundation of all industry and permeated every aspect of human life, from clothing and food to shelter and transportation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>(PS: New book seeking flowers, tips, and review tickets; your support is the author's motivation!)\u003C\u002Fp>",1162,"2026-06-16T04:26:56.390Z","2026-06-17T08:50:51.634Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","7f9ee6a97e529d1faad755e7bc791de7767ac993417d885cbdb7b520d10229fd","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-280","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-278",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]