139: Chapter 139 System Funds Exceeding 1 Trillion Yuan

Li Yi had originally only intended to collect 95 million barrels of oil from Iran, but he hadn't expected Colonel Suman to have also prepared 200 million barrels of oil and 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas. This was a pleasant surprise.

Seeing that there were still more than two days until the collection of oil and natural gas, Li Yi didn't plan to leave Beirut.

During these two days, Li Yi ran into Mannila. He heard from Mannila that he was about to make a trip to Libya, as a client intended to purchase a batch of arms, and he wanted to go and understand the situation personally.

Libya was also in a state of chaos. Since the USA, in coalition with France and the United Kingdom, launched the war against Libya, peace had never been restored. Currently, the various factions within the country were in conflict, and the demand for weapons and equipment was relatively high.

Seeing Mannila so proactive about going, it seemed the power of money was truly immense. As one of the major oil-producing countries, if he could secure a client in Libya, the commission he would receive would not be small.

Li Yi didn't concern himself with whether Mannila could secure a client. If he could, that would be for the best, as it would allow Li Yi to sell another batch of weapons and equipment; even if he didn't secure a client, it didn't matter. Libya's current oil production had dropped significantly, more than half less than before the invasion by the USA, so there wouldn't be much oil available.

Li Yi rested well for two days. Once the time came, he used the Multiverse Arms Trading System to teleport directly to Ahvaz.

In Ahvaz, Li Yi used the Multiverse Arms Trading System to visit four locations in succession, collecting a cumulative total of 120,001,263 barrels of oil and 600,000,3201 cubic meters of natural gas.

After finishing in Ahvaz, Li Yi teleported to Abadan Port via the Multiverse Arms Trading System. Only one storage facility at Abadan Port was filled with oil, and Li Yi collected 94,976,865 barrels of oil using the Multiverse Arms Trading System.

Subsequently, he teleported to Daylam via the Multiverse Arms Trading System. Li Yi collected a cumulative total of 30,000,120 barrels of oil from two storage facilities in Daylam.

Li Yi teleported to Bushehr, the last location in Iran, via the Multiverse Arms Trading System. From three storage facilities in Bushehr, he collected a cumulative total of 50,000,201 barrels of oil and 4,000,002,203 cubic meters of natural gas.

Seeing that the oil and natural gas in Iran had all been collected, Li Yi teleported directly to Dammam Port via the Multiverse Arms Trading System.

Collecting oil at Dammam Port went smoothly. In four batches, Li Yi collected a total of 120,000,263 barrels of oil, which matched the quantity Major General Faye had mentioned.

Finally, Li Yi arrived at Jubail via the Multiverse Arms Trading System. At the three oil storage facilities in Jubail, Li Yi collected a cumulative total of 85,001,250 barrels of oil. It seemed Major General Faye had indeed paid those 5 million barrels of oil.

With all the oil and natural gas collected, Li Yi returned to the presidential suite of the Riviera Hotel via the Multiverse Arms Trading System.

After a night of collecting via the Multiverse Arms Trading System, Li Yi had accumulated a total of 499,979,962 barrels of oil and 1,000,005,404 cubic meters of natural gas—nearly 500 million barrels of oil and 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

At this point, adding the oil and natural gas previously collected from Russia and other places, the oil storage in the Multiverse Arms Trading System became 1,149,986,949 barrels, and the natural gas storage became 10,000,060,067 cubic meters—nearly 1.15 billion barrels of oil and 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

Seeing that he had so much oil and natural gas, Li Yi decided to sell all of it.

Based on the international oil price of $72.87 per barrel, after selling the stored 1,149,986,949 barrels of oil, Li Yi would receive $83,799,548,973, which was over $83 billion.

According to the currency exchange rate of 1 USD to 7.076 CNY, this was equivalent to nearly 593 billion CNY, specifically 592,965,608,532 CNY.

Based on the international natural gas price of $692.5 per thousand cubic meters, after selling the stored 10,000,060,067 cubic meters of natural gas, Li Yi would receive $69,250,041,596, which was $69.2 billion.

According to the currency exchange rate, this was equivalent to 490,013,294,333 CNY, exceeding 490 billion CNY.

After the sale, the system funds of the Multiverse Arms Trading System became 1,103,839,479,359 CNY, exceeding 1.1 trillion CNY.

Seeing that this was the first time the Multiverse Arms Trading System's funds had exceeded 1 trillion CNY, he decided to unlock a tier of weapons and equipment, purchasing 100 billion CNY worth of arms.

He had already purchased about 93.6 billion CNY worth of arms, so he was 6.4 billion CNY short of unlocking the 100 billion CNY tier of weapons and equipment.

Li Yi did not hesitate and immediately began selecting and purchasing in bulk from the Multiverse Arms Trading System.

He selected the Sky Dragon Mark I UAV and placed an order for 2,000 units, along with 10,000 supporting air-to-ground missiles and 50,000 bombs, totaling 3 billion CNY.

He selected the Tianjian Type I Anti-Tank Missile and placed an order for 5,000 units, along with 20,000 supporting missiles, totaling 1.4 billion CNY.

He selected the Tianjian Type II Anti-Tank Missile and placed an order for 5,000 units, along with 20,000 supporting missiles, totaling 2.2 billion CNY.

After the purchase, Li Yi had spent a total of 6.6 billion CNY. Added to the 93.6 billion CNY of arms purchased previously, he had unlocked the 100 billion CNY tier of arms. At this time, the system funds of the Multiverse Arms Trading System decreased to 1,097,239,479,359 CNY, still exceeding 1 trillion CNY.

At this point, the weapon and equipment locking notification updated to: "Unlock after purchasing over 500 billion CNY worth of arms. Please select weapons to purchase to meet the condition."

Seeing that he needed to purchase over 500 billion CNY to unlock new arms, Li Yi almost wanted to unlock the 500 billion CNY tier as well, since he now possessed over 1 trillion CNY in system funds.

However, thinking that purchasing so many arms might not guarantee they could be sold in time, Li Yi dismissed this thought. It would be better to wait until clients purchased arms and then slowly buy them from the Myriad Worlds Arms System.

Although it would be slower, the current variety of weapons and equipment was sufficient for the time being, and there was no need to hoard so many arms in the Myriad Worlds Arms System.