Chapter 5: The Long Country Military Takes the Blame

Marx said in "Das Kapital",

If there is a twenty percent profit, capital will become restless;

If there is a fifty percent profit, capital will take risks;

If there is a one hundred percent profit, capital will dare to risk the gallows.

If there is a three hundred percent profit, capital will dare to trample on all human laws.

Yet now, Lin Yi was directly selling the AK47 abroad at ten times its flipped price.

To be honest, such a low price for an AK47 exceeded even Lin Yi's expectations.

After all, at this price, even Long Country itself would find it difficult to produce them so cheaply.

One must understand that the cost of a weapon, besides material fees,

also includes labor, machine wear and tear, transportation, and so on.

Internationally, the price of a standard AK47 is roughly between 300 and 500 US dollars.

In Lin Yi's view, the system's listed price must have excluded all hidden costs,

representing directly only material plus processing fees.

Otherwise, twenty US dollars might not even cover the cost of materials plus machine depreciation.

However, this price was sufficient for Lin Yi to cast aside all laws.

Moreover, according to the Syrian militants, this order was merely the beginning;

once sufficient trust was established between both parties in the future, the transaction volume would surely increase,

and the resulting profits would be immense.

Just thinking about orders worth three billion US dollars, or even tens of billions in the future,

Lin Yi involuntarily swallowed hard.

"By the way, System, was it you who converted the Bitcoin in my account into Chinese Yuan?"

Lin Yi asked.

In his view, apart from the System, no one in this world should be able to so easily breach a Bitcoin trading website

and directly exchange Bitcoin for cash.

"Ding... Detected a risk of exposure in the host's Bitcoin account; the System has already transferred your assets to a controllable account,"

"Additionally, patches have been applied to your international and domestic account systems...!!"

"As expected!" Lin Yi thought silently.

"System, if I purchase these weapons, how will they be transported?"

Having understood most of the system's functions, Lin Yi had now decided to become an arms dealer.

After all, for him, this was absolutely a monumental opportunity for a leap in social class.

Thinking back on the past two years and more, recalling his days of struggling and scrambling in Magic City.

Due to lack of money, he had suffered the disdainful looks of some Magic City residents.

At that time, Lin Yi had secretly sworn to make money, to make a lot of money, and to rise above others.

He would make those who looked down on him crawl at his feet.

At the same time, he would ensure his parents back home lived good lives.

For this, he would even resort to unscrupulous means.

Since an opportunity had now arisen, even if he was eventually exposed and ended up eating a bullet, he had to take the gamble.

And now, the final condition restraining Lin Yi's excitement was how to transport these weapons after purchasing them.

He couldn't possibly ship them by boat from Jin Port, passing through Tu'erqi, and entering Xuliyah, could he?

With brand-new guns and bullets, did he think Dragon Country's customs officials were blind?

The only feasible option was for him to go locally to complete the order delivery.

But, aside from how chaotic Xuliyah was,

just consider that he would have to travel there locally for every single future order he obtained.

In that case, no matter how careful he was, something would inevitably go wrong sooner or later.

By then, the FBI, MI6, the Guoan Bureau, and others would all place him on their suspect lists.

Lin Yi had never underestimated these intelligence agencies.

If one truly treated them like fools, they would certainly treat you like a fool in return.

Fortunately, the system's next words made Lin Yi breathe a sigh of relief.

"The system provides transportation services: 1. The host can spend 50,000 USD to perform hyperspace traversal to a designated location (for loads over 200 tons)."

"2. The system provides transport aircraft (for loads under 200 tons, 20,000 USD per trip)."

Regarding this, Lin Yi was truly extremely satisfied with the Super Arms System.

Thus, he immediately logged into his international account.

At this moment, the armed militants in Xuliyah who had placed the order were feeling extremely uneasy, because after receiving the Bitcoin, the other party had gone offline directly.

They hadn't even asked for the address to deliver the weapons.

This was not something a qualified arms dealer would do.

Fortunately, over ten minutes later, the other party came back online.

And replied:

"Please input the global latitude and longitude of your required delivery location; our side will conduct an airdrop of supplies at 10:00 PM Xuliyah time tomorrow!"

"Didn't you say you would depart from Jin Port, pass through Tu'erqi, and enter Xuliyah?"

The other party inquired.

"In order to win your order, our side will demonstrate necessary strength to increase your confidence!"

Upon hearing these words, the armed militants in the caves of Xuliyah became extremely excited one after another.

In their view, the other party was actually going to dispatch transport aircraft for a direct airdrop.

Was such an operation possible without the endorsement of the Dragon Country military?

Obviously, these people had connected with the Dragon Country military.

At least, that was what these people believed.

At this moment, the Dragon Country military had no idea that a student in Magic City had begun to stir up international storms.

They certainly never imagined that their side had actually become the scapegoat.

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After both parties finalized the transaction details, Lin Yi finally disconnected his international account.

Ending the chat, he scanned the dorm room, which remained unchanged, yet he felt as if an entire lifetime had passed.

Who could have imagined that in just that brief moment?

Within this ordinary student dormitory, someone had just secured an international arms order.

At this moment, Ye Yu, who had been flirting on WeChat moments ago, saw Lin Yi put down his phone and asked curiously:

"Third Brother, what were you just doing? You seemed so fully absorbed; you weren't chatting with a beauty, were you?"

Hearing this, Lin Yi glanced over and smiled:

"No beauty, but I just negotiated a major arms deal with an international armed faction!"

Hearing him say this, Ye Yu, whose heart always placed women first and who aspired to be a soft-rice king and love saint, scoffed disdainfully.

Obviously, he did not believe a word of it.

Thus, the night passed without further incident.

The next day, while everyone else in the dormitory was sound asleep under their covers, Lin Yi rose early at 5:30.

After arriving in Modu, he knew that without hard work, he would never catch up to others.

Therefore, he had been extremely strict with himself.

He had formulated a unique schedule; for over two years, rain or shine, unless ill, he had risen at 5:30.

Although this might seem not difficult, in reality, no one could sustain it.

Perhaps once or twice posed no problem, but maintaining it for a week, a month, or a year was exceedingly difficult.

Yet Lin Yi had persisted for over two years, which was why the other three in the dormitory admired him so much.

Donning a fresh white tracksuit, Lin Yi went to the school playground and began his morning exercise.

At this hour, very few people were exercising on the playground.

It was not until around 6 o'clock that the crowd gradually increased.

As an institution leaning toward engineering, Modu Engineering College comprised three campuses.

These were the Songjiang Campus (main campus), the Changning Campus, and the Hongkou Campus.

Lin Yi's major, Mechanical Automation, was located at the main Songjiang Campus.

Compared to the other two campuses, where official statistics listed male-to-female ratios of 3:1 and 5:2 respectively,

the Songjiang Campus boasted a much better ratio of only 3:2.

In the other campuses, many male students complained:

"Even when I go out and see a female cat, I find her breathtakingly beautiful!"

More importantly, unlike the other two campuses, the Songjiang Campus sat right next to Donghua University, Shanghai International Studies University, and the University of International Business and Economics of Shanghai.

Especially at Shanghai International Studies University, there were no shortage of beauties.

The Songjiang Campus could be said to enjoy the advantage of being close to the water and catching the moon first.

At this time, as time passed, quite a number of men and women gathered on the playground.

Lin Yi spotted quite a few pretty girls.

Not far away stood a girl about 170 cm tall, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt on top,

and jeans on the bottom, which accentuated her perfect figure.

Although he saw only her profile, Lin Yi was certain she was good-looking.

To be honest, adolescent boys possess no resistance toward such radiant girls.

Even someone like Lin Yi was no exception.

Furthermore, the diet in Modu tended toward the sweet, and the climate was somewhat humid and hot.

When Lin Yi first arrived in Modu, he had found it somewhat unaccustomed.

Walking along the streets, everywhere one looked were girls dressed beautifully and fashionably.

He too would involuntarily steal glances, sometimes seeking out beauties to alleviate his restlessness.

This had little to do with willpower; it was simply human nature.

After all, everyone possesses a heart that appreciates beauty!