Chapter 12: A Billion Yuan Spent! Building a Nuclear-Level Air Defense Fortress

Early the next morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten.

Several pitch-black armored SUVs, like dormant beasts, drove silently into the Western Suburbs Half-Mountain Villa area.

Huo Yuan sat in the passenger seat of the lead vehicle.

He looked at the solitary villa standing alone on the mountaintop, shrouded in morning mist, a flash of admiration crossing his eyes.

The location choice was ruthless.

Surrounded by mountains on three sides, with only one winding mountain road leading up.

Easy to defend and difficult to attack; it was practically a natural military The Fortress.

This woman had some skills.

Ten o'clock sharp in the morning.

Lin Xingwan drove her SUV and appeared at the villa entrance right on time.

Today, she had changed into a sharp, professional work outfit, her long hair tied into a high ponytail, looking both cool and refreshing.

"Boss Huo, you arrived quite early."

She jumped out of the car and slapped a more detailed blueprint, which even included an underground armory and an independent plantation, onto the hood.

Behind Huo Yuan stood a dozen elites wearing uniform combat gear.

Each of them carried a scent of blood; one look was enough to tell they were ruthless characters who had crawled out of piles of dead bodies.

A man leading them, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and looking refined, stepped forward.

"Miss Lin, I am the deputy of Sky Wolf Squad, Lu Ting, and I am also the general manager for this project."

He took the blueprint, and after just one glance, his pupils beneath the lenses contracted sharply.

"Digging ten levels deep, a total depth of thirty meters?"

"The main structure needs to withstand a magnitude 12 earthquake and direct hits from conventional missiles?"

"And you also want to build independent sewage treatment, air circulation, and geothermal heating systems?"

Lu Ting pushed up his glasses, his tone filled with unconcealable shock.

"Miss Lin, this isn't building a house; this is building an Underground City."

"With this amount of work, just the material and labor costs alone, a billion won't be enough."

Lin Xingwan opened the car door and dragged out a heavy suitcase from the back seat.

With a "click," she opened it in front of everyone.

A suitcase full of gold bars reflected a blinding light under the morning sun.

"This is just the deposit."

Lin Xingwan's tone was calm, yet carried an unquestionable air of dominance.

"Boss Huo, I want your best team from Sky Wolf Squad to build me a perfect doomsday The Fortress as quickly as possible."

"Money is not an issue."

Huo Yuan's gaze swept over the gold bars and finally landed on Lin Xingwan's bright and flamboyant face.

A playful arc curved at the corner of his mouth.

"Start work."

With that order, Sky Wolf Squad displayed terrifyingly professional competence.

A dozen heavy excavators and construction vehicles, which had appeared at the foot of the mountain at some unknown time, were ready.

Following Huo Yuan's order, engines roared, and they drove up in a grand procession.

"First team, dig the foundation deep!"

"Second team, perimeter security, set up infrared sensors!"

"Third team, material procurement, contact the Dark Web channels; I want the highest-grade military steel!"

The entire Half-Mountain Villa instantly turned into a massive construction site.

The noise was deafening, and dust filled the air.

Lin Xingwan put on a hard hat and stood at the edge of the cliff, directing personally.

"For the underground section, dig out five thousand square meters of living space for me!"

"Storage rooms, gyms, medical rooms, armories—not a single one can be missing!"

"The explosion-proof steel plates on the outer walls aren't thick enough; increase them to half a meter!"

"I want it to be impenetrable even by armor-piercing shells!"

She pointed at the blueprints, issuing orders one by one, her eyes burning with a crazy flame.

This was no longer just building a house; it was using money and steel to pile up an ultimate utopia capable of resisting the apocalypse.

The mercenaries under Huo Yuan, who had seen plenty of life and death, were all stunned by Lin Xingwan's madness.

The way this woman spent money was faster than an AK-47 firing!

A billion in funds turned into countless tons of special steel, bulletproof glass, and high-end life-support equipment in just a few short days.

Many of these materials were smuggled from overseas war zones through Dark Web channels.

Each piece was incredibly expensive.

"The perimeter security system is too weak."

Lin Xingwan looked at the construction plans and frowned.

"On the perimeter wall, string up a 30,000-volt high-voltage electric fence for me."

"And bury a circle of anti-personnel mines, controlled by an intelligent system that can be turned on or off at any time."

Lu Ting's hand holding the pen shook, nearly poking a hole through the blueprint.

"Miss Lin, this is already at the level of a war The Fortress; who exactly are you trying to defend against?"

Lin Xingwan turned her head, looking at the grey horizon in the distance.

"What I am defending against is not people."

"It is the sky."

Leaving behind this sentence, she patted the dust off her hands and jumped into her SUV.

The construction of The Fortress was already on track.

With Huo Yuan, a top-tier madman, supervising, she was very reassured.

But no matter how sturdy a The Fortress is, if it is empty inside, it is just a fancy coffin.

She needed to stock up on supplies.

Massive amounts of daily living supplies that would allow her to live inside for decades without ever needing to go out.

"Boss Huo, I'll leave this to you."

Lin Xingwan rolled down the car window and shouted to Huo Yuan, who was standing next to an excavator.

Huo Yuan turned back, and seeing the bit of dust on her face, his gaze softened unconsciously.

"Where are you going?"

"To go restock."

Lin Xingwan curved her lips, revealing a sly smile.

"A qualified hamster must fill its warehouse before winter arrives."

She stepped on the gas, and the SUV roared down the mountain road.

Inside the car, an extremely rousing rock song was playing on loop.

"The Final Countdown."

The apocalypse, the final countdown.

Her first target.

Was those three massive, sprawling, members-only super warehouse supermarkets in the city center!

Go to the supermarket to buy things?

Too low-end.

What she wanted was to empty out even the supermarket shelves!

"Hello, is this Old Zhou?"

Lin Xingwan put on her Bluetooth headset and dialed the black market agent.

"Help me prepare a full set of fake documents for the 'International United Relief Organization'; I need to go procure supplies."

Old Zhou on the other end of the line was stunned, then laughed lecherously.

"Boss Lin, what kind of act are you putting on now?"

"Just do what I told you to do; stop talking nonsense."

Lin Xingwan jerked the steering wheel, and the tires carved a beautiful arc on the road.

"Also, help me contact the regional procurement directors of Walmart, Sam's Club, and Metro."

"Just say there is a big client who wants to discuss a deal with them that will allow them to retire early."