[{"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-53":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting with a Hundred Billion Dollar Scam",{"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},2076590,3287,"Chapter 53","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-53",53,"\u003Cp>Right above the shop, an announcement appeared: \"Warm congratulations to the Dragon Nation Flagship Store for surpassing $100 million in sales during the Double 11 event.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this sales figure pales in comparison to Dragon Nation Taobao's 57.1 billion Chinese Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the profitability of an arms dealer and an ordinary e-commerce platform are simply not comparable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the latter bears various operational costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whereas the Dragon Nation Flagship Store does not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taobao's seemingly massive 57.1 billion in sales actually yields very little profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, even after launching Double 11 and the 'Chop Once' promotion, Lin Yi's profit still reached 30 million USD, equivalent to roughly 180 million Chinese Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(PS: New book seeking flowers, tips, and review tickets; your support is the author's motivation!)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course, the one-hundred-million-dollar sales figure Lin Yi announced on the flagship store's website was just as fabricated as the claims made by other e-commerce platforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole point was simply to create a frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, for the Double Eleven event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The actual transaction volume for the Dragon Nation flagship store amounted to $89.1258 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sum of money immediately vanished from the account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The CIA, which had been monitoring this overseas bank account all along, reacted the moment the funds suddenly disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intelligence officer in charge of the matter found it utterly unbelievable, his eyes bulging wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, since bank accounts were involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ugly Nation's intelligence agencies had naturally made advance arrangements, strictly controlling the bank account of the Dragon Nation flagship store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All in the hope of finding some clue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, regarding this flagship store's Double Eleven event, the CIA had planned to freeze the account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the result exceeded their expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bank's backend operations were actually unable to freeze the account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only could they not freeze it, but the nearly ninety million dollars inside it simply vanished just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What... vanished! Quickly monitor the flow of funds!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The agent in charge immediately ordered the bank involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he reported the situation to his superiors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after working on it for quite some time, the bank's technical staff helplessly discovered a fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the money had disappeared without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bank's backend data contained absolutely no record of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes! The money had mysteriously vanished right under the supervision of both the bank and the Ugly Nation's intelligence agencies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the bank's explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The agent was furious, smoke practically pouring from his seven orifices, and he scolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then freeze that bank account for me immediately!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Apologies, we still cannot do it!\" the bank manager said helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cannot do it, still cannot do it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The agent's face was filled with disbelief; oh God, what had he just heard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a bank, they were not only unable to monitor the flow of funds in the account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now they could not even freeze the account itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you sure this is real? Is this not some April Fools' prank!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The agent very much wanted to ask this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the bank staff were actually just as helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes! After inspecting that suspicious account, he discovered a terrifying fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That after the funds disappeared, the account itself had also vanished from the bank's system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had not been absolutely certain he remembered correctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would have suspected this was a ghost account, similar to a ghost ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The account only appeared when it needed to; under normal circumstances, one could not even detect its existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once all transactions were completed, the account would disappear once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the bank's backend, it possessed absolutely no administrative authority over this account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the bank administrator explained the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The agent in charge remained silent for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in his heart, he only wanted to say one word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FUCK!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When both the CIA and the FBI within the Ugly Nation received this news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including the Pentagon and the Presidential Office, everyone soon learned of the incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that they now faced a terrifying reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That if \"DWS\" truly shipped goods to those organizations that had placed orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it was hard to imagine just how horrifying the consequences would be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast quantities of arms would flood into the Middle East and various conflict zones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, those Arabs lacking weapons could still teach the Ugly Nation's soldiers a lesson in localized battles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, with ample weapons and ammunition, what those madmen would do was anyone's guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if these weapons were relatively outdated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regular weapons were still regular weapons; they could by no means be compared to those hand-crafted pipe bombs or liquefied gas missiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most older weapons possessed lethality not much inferior to modern ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, some older weapons were banned precisely because they were too cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such as white phosphorus munitions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, Lin Yi's Dragon Nation flagship store possessed exactly this kind of item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, even the militants in the Middle East had not purchased it, because the thing was too cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once used, it would be like opening Pandora's Box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were the first to use it, the other side might retaliate in the same manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that case, it would still be them who suffer the loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, even without using prohibited weapons like white phosphorus shells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the weapons purchased from \"DWS\" this time enter the Middle East,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>one can hardly imagine how much pressure that would bring to the Ugly Country's troops stationed in the Middle East.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is truly difficult to imagine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, inside the combat command center of the Pentagon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A three-star general was listening to a report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, the Secretary of Defense also wore an extremely serious expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, the White House Chief of Staff was also present; shortly, he would brief His Excellency the President.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly how many weapons do you estimate will flow into the Middle East!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the three-star general demanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the CIA agent in charge of intelligence work said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just firearms should exceed 100,000 units, with countless various artillery pieces and shells; since we cannot access their backend data to obtain accurate information,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but calculating solely based on transaction volume,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it is possible that weapons equivalent to 1 to 2 billion US dollars have flowed into the Middle East!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh God!!\" The three-star general widened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right; because the other party's weapons are far too cheap, these figures of ours are merely estimates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on our own weapon pricing, military equipment worth between 1 and 2 billion US dollars is about to enter the Middle East and other regions!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the agent stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there no way to intercept them?\" the Secretary of Defense asked.\u003C\u002Fp>",1117,"2026-06-16T04:10:19.707Z","2026-06-16T04:35:02.051Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","12315438576eb5ed6bba03ef60b932e692db647626b605f7cbbeb2c7008efd61","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-54","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-52",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]