10: Chapter 10 The Wind Rises in the Andes

When entering The Emperors Place Bar, Zhang Yi and Zhang Er each carried a case containing one stinger missile.

When leaving The Emperors Place Bar, only one case remained, filled with 400,000 us dollars in cash.

In fact, before striking this deal, Zhang Shan didn't have many exchange points left.

He had originally planned to trick Moriarty into paying before delivery, but he hadn't expected him to be so savvy and send 400,000 us dollars in cash directly.

You have to realize, this was equivalent to 400,000 exchange points!

It was also equivalent to Zhang Shan trading two stinger missiles for eighty stinger missiles!

After all, in the system store, one stinger missile only cost 5,000 exchange points.

If he flipped the stinger missiles again, it would be a 40-fold return, and Zhang Shan could earn another 16 million us dollars.

Do it one more time, and he'd hit over 100 million!

It was truly the pace of becoming the world's richest man in minutes!

After leaving The Emperors Place Bar, Zhang Shan didn't go to enjoy the nightlife of the ZL country, but instead walked to a phone booth and started flipping through the Yellow Pages to find a number for warehouse rentals.

After the call went through, the person on the other end seemed to have a bad attitude.

"Do you know what time it is? It's past working hours! If you want to rent a warehouse, wait until tomorrow..."

However, Zhang Shan didn't give the other party a chance to finish.

"Triple the price, long-term lease. If that won't work, I'll find another place."

"Sir, please wait a moment. Within half an hour, I will be at the front gate of my warehouse, awaiting your arrival. The address is..."

As soon as Zhang Shan finished speaking, the tone on the other end instantly turned sycophantic.

Zhang Shan certainly didn't need a warehouse himself, but he couldn't conduct an arms deal in the middle of nowhere.

Otherwise, it would be too suspicious.

Furthermore, the prices in the system store were cheap; the amount of weaponry he could exchange for 400,000 points was not insignificant.

If he piled it up in the wilderness or conjured it out of thin air in front of others, the world would probably go crazy.

Therefore, for safety's sake, it was better to choose a secluded suburban warehouse as the trading location.

After casually picking out a car at a Mercedes dealership, the three of them drove straight to the warehouse.

As for the remaining three mechanical androids, they had their own ways.

Upon arriving at the warehouse, he had Zhang Yi go negotiate. After spending 5,000 us dollars to rent the warehouse for a year, Zhang Shan got the keys.

Entering the empty warehouse and having the three mechanical androids who arrived later hide in the shadows to keep watch, Zhang Shan began to inspect the warehouse.

The warehouse wasn't small; it had over 300 square meters of space, and there was also a row of partitioned small rooms.

Although it was empty inside, there were plenty of crates, boxes, and various storage items.

Zhang Shan walked around the warehouse casually, his leather shoes making intimate contact with the concrete floor. Amidst the clattering sounds, Zhang Shan was also considering the placement of the upcoming arms.

The 400,000 us dollars he had just obtained hadn't even been an hour, and only a little over 300,000 remained.

"strongman, help me exchange 300,000 exchange points."

"Alright, Brother Shan!"

Zhang Shan didn't exchange all the cash; after all, real life still required cash.

After the exchange was complete, Zhang Shan began browsing the system store again, targeting the information he had learned about Moriarty.

It seemed he had underestimated these underground forces before; they really had plenty of money on hand.

【US-style Bulletproof Vest: Standard-issue bulletproof vest for the US military, capable of defending against bullets fired at close range from the vast majority of assault rifles and handguns currently in service worldwide. Exchange price: 500 exchange points.】

【Minigun: Total length 1040 mm, weight 14.5 kg, caliber 7.62 mm, effective range 1000 meters. Exchange price: 1000 exchange points.】

【RPG-18 64mm Rocket Launcher: Equipped with armor-piercing rounds, maximum sight range 300 meters, armor penetration thickness 375 mm, mechanical aiming device. Exchange price: 1000 exchange points.】

【m2 browning heavy machine gun: Total length 1653 mm, weight 58 kg, caliber 12.7 mm, rate of fire 450-580 rounds/min, maximum range 2500 meters. Exchange price: 2500 exchange points.】

In the end, Zhang Shan selected these four types of weaponry to sell to Moriarty.

Moriarty certainly wouldn't be lacking in common AK47s or handguns, so Zhang Shan couldn't be bothered to exchange for those.

From defensive bulletproof vests to offensive machine guns, heavy machine guns, and RPGs specifically for breaching, these were all tools suitable for underground gang warfare.

After all, this wasn't a war between armies; there was no need for excessively powerful weapons.

Moreover, the four types of weaponry were neither too many nor too few, and not particularly expensive, so they wouldn't arouse Moriarty's suspicion or disdain.

The 300,000 exchange points were wiped out instantly, and the four types of weaponry exchanged only took up a small portion of the warehouse's space.

30 m2 browning heavy machine guns, 100 Miniguns, 200 Dragon Scale bulletproof vests, and 25 RPG-18 64mm Rocket Launchers.

It looked like a lot, but after all, these types of handheld weapons weren't very large.

Adding all these items up, Zhang Shan prepared to sell them to Moriarty for a lump sum of 5 million us dollars to take home.

That was generous enough!

After all, Moriarty could certainly buy these weapons individually.

But to purchase them on such a large scale, it wasn't something that could be bought all at once just anywhere.

Especially the RPGs and heavy machine guns; no matter how incompetent the ZL government was, they wouldn't truly allow underground forces to be this arrogant.

Everyone had to save face; they needed balance to survive.

Otherwise, everyone would be finished.

With everything prepared, Zhang Shan had Zhang Yi send a message to Moriarty, informing him of the warehouse location and the time of the transaction, and reminding him to bring 5 million us dollars in cash.

Back at Di Suo Bar, Zhang Shan had already exchanged contact information with Moriarty.

...

"Can this Robinson be trusted?"

"I just went to investigate Robinson's background, and I couldn't find a single thing."

"It's like this person just popped out of thin air."

At Di Suo Bar, Mona had returned to her cold-eyed expression inside Moriarty's room.

"Little Nana, don't worry."

"I suspect Robinson is some kid from a big family out to experience life."

"This kid doesn't take money seriously at all."

"400,000 for two stinger missiles—it's too cheap!"

"Don't let me find out where Katas lives, or I'd send two stinger missiles over right now and end it all!"

While Zhang Shan was planning the warehouse, Moriarty and Mona were also discussing the transaction with Zhang Shan.

"I keep feeling like Robinson is strange; I can't see through him."

Mona ignored Moriarty's joke and continued.

"To think there's a man Little Nana can't see through—doesn't that just prove Robinson is no simple character?"

"How does that old saying from the Dragon Kingdom go? If it's a blessing, it's not a curse; if it's a curse, you can't avoid it!"

"Without Robinson, a single Katas could eat us alive."

"Since we're going to die anyway, let's see what kind of tricks this Robinson is playing!"

Moriarty and Mona went back and forth, their conversation interrupted by a notification sound from a phone.

"Message from Robinson."

"Delivery tomorrow in the Andes suburbs, 3:00 PM."

"High efficiency indeed!"

Zhang Shan had finally flapped his wings for the first time in NM; this world was undergoing unexpected changes.