Chapter 36
Thus, several hundred armed militants worked tirelessly all night and finally managed to hide all the weapons before dawn.
With just this batch of weapons, the entire Hamas organization saved several years' worth of time in stockpiling arms.
At this moment, Hamas could be described as unprecedentedly powerful.
Meanwhile, Israel remained completely unaware of what had transpired.
On the other side of Blue Star, Lin Yi utilized a space-time teleportation function for this weapon delivery.
This ability allowed system commodities to be instantly transferred to any location within Blue Star.
Of course, at this current stage, this feat was limited exclusively to system commodities.
Originally, if an order's weapons weighed under 200 tons, the airdrop service costing 20,000 USD per trip was naturally very cost-effective.
However, for loads exceeding 200 tons, the space-time teleportation function, priced at 50,000 USD per use,
represented the optimal solution.
This was precisely why Lin Yi had selected a new wasteland as the delivery location.
He did not wish for anyone to witness this function, which could only be described as science fiction.
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Unfortunately, however, during this period, the "Dragon Nation Unofficial Weapon Flagship Store" had received no orders other than the one from Resistance Fox.
There were indeed many inquiries and negotiations, but all backed out due to the requirement of payment before delivery.
Therefore, after fulfilling the order for Hamas,
Lin Yi asked the system whether it could add a review function to the dark web store, similar to Taobao.
Additionally, he requested a weapon display feature.
"Ding... Detected that the host's request can be fulfilled!"
"...Would you like to spend one million USD to upgrade the online store?"
Although the price was somewhat steep, Lin Yi agreed almost without hesitation:
Although the price was somewhat high, Lin Yi agreed almost without hesitation:
"Upgrade complete!"
In an instant, when Lin Yi logged into the flagship store hosted on the dark web again, the entire interface had changed.
Unlike modifications made by ordinary network engineers, which might leave traces in the code,
the webpage upgraded by the system left absolutely no traces whatsoever.
The entire webpage was embedded within numerous international dark networks, behaving like a ghost in the cyberspace.
Let alone an IP address; even if one entered the backend of the dark web site, they would find no trace of the "Dragon Nation Flagship Store" at all.
Meanwhile, important clients such as the Syrian factions had previously received a software package.
By simply opening this package, they could access the Dragon Nation Flagship Store website on the dark web.
With the launch of the new website, Lin Yi realized his store was increasingly resembling an e-commerce platform for arms.
It now possessed not only a review function but also a video upload feature.
Of course, Lin Yi could not possibly test those weapons within Dragon Nation.
After all, Dragon Nation's Sky Net system was no joke.
Even if he ventured deep into remote mountains and forests, if he were captured on camera, he would face dire consequences.
Fortunately, the system's capabilities in the digital realm were undeniable.
As long as Lin Yi desired specific demonstration effects for a weapon, he could spend some money,
and the system would generate a series of videos resembling realistic CGI featuring real people.
Their quality was so exquisite that they could pass for reality.
Furthermore, the launched website also featured a function allowing customers to upload short videos.
They could upload content regarding their usage experiences with the weapons, and so on.
Soon, clients and potential users from Syria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and elsewhere received the news.
"The Dragon Nation Flagship Store has undergone a complete overhaul with numerous new features launched; please take note!"
The Hamas organization, having just spent a busy night, immediately logged onto the website upon receiving the notification.
After learning about the new features through the introductions on the site,
a glowing review was promptly posted.
"Unparalleled weapon quality, incredibly low prices; the Dragon Nation Flagship Store is like a blessing bestowed by Allah,
"Unparalleled weapon quality, ultra-low prices, the Dragon Nation flagship store is like a blessing bestowed by Allah,"
Following this, a group of masked militants began uploading short videos.
These included trial footage of various rockets, RPGs, and submachine guns.
Soon, the Syrian side, not wanting to be outdone, not only left a positive review
but also uploaded war footage from their past campaigns to reclaim lost territories, emphasizing authenticity above all.
Many clients who had previously been waiting and seeing, upon seeing these videos and reviews,
immediately felt reassured.
Lin Yi promptly received numerous letters of intent for procurement.
These included South American gangs, Mexican drug cartels, African warlords, child soldiers, and others.
Having no choice, Lin Yi could only reply to each one individually.
Moreover, whenever a party showed interest, he would send them videos and instruction manuals for certain weapons,
adhering strictly to the principle of being people-oriented and treating the customer as god.
For a time, the arms store became immensely popular.
Although most people still only talked without buying, Lin Yi could sense their growing desire through his interactions with them.
Currently, his arms website was just like Taobao in its early days.
The number of actual orders was surprisingly low.
However, this was merely because most customers were unfamiliar with this mail-order style of purchasing weapons.
Just imagine, if one day those in need of weapons
could purchase various armaments just as people in Dragon Nation buy goods on Taobao or Pinduoduo,
and in the future, not only enjoy free door-to-door delivery but also have their privacy protected,
plus, without the layer upon layer price hikes imposed by arms dealers,
and at a price that is only a fraction of the cost incurred by arms companies,
then what would happen?
Most importantly, the Dragon Nation Flagship Store was different from platforms like Taobao.
It was neither C2C nor B2C.
It was neither C2C nor B2C.
All products are self-produced and self-sold.
Just like the Jingdong flagship store, it rejects all middlemen.
In the future, relying on the system, Lin Yi's Dragon Nation flagship store...
...could completely drive the prices of various weapons down below the cost price of every nation.
Just thinking about how terrifying that would be.
As long as you wish, even purchasing a single handgun could be done via online shopping.
By then, Lin Yi's website would likely become the largest weapons e-commerce platform in the world.
All the profits that should have belonged to the arms dealers of various nations would flow entirely into his pockets.
However, the prerequisite for achieving this is that he must absolutely not expose himself.
Otherwise, even the Dragon Nation might not be able to protect him.
Those arms dealers who lost their profits would, by then, likely wish nothing more than to drink his blood and eat his flesh.
Of course, developing to that stage is currently difficult to realize.
After all, the fees for hyperspace transport are too expensive.
Fifty thousand dollars per trip.
This means that goods purchased from the Dragon Nation flagship store must be worth at least fifty thousand dollars; otherwise, it would be a loss-making venture that only draws a crowd.
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