96: Millionaire

"Take this friend to Warehouse No. 3."

"Yes, boss."

Ryan was a burly black man in a suit, wearing sunglasses, looking exactly like a villain's henchman in a movie.

However, Li Xiao did not get up. He said, "Mr. Tony, there is a prerequisite for improving vehicle durability. We need to sign an alliance agreement first. Of course, you can tear up this agreement at any time."

"What kind of strange condition is this?" Tony Beldo frowned.

"You can sign a temporary one, just for one hour!" Li Xiao added, thinking this should also fall within the scope of effect.

"Alright..."

Soon, the woman in the cheongsam from before brought over a freshly drafted alliance agreement. Li Xiao noticed that the allied party was named Pegasus Technology Company.

After both parties signed, Li Xiao indeed received a system notification about the alliance, which meant that for one hour, he could manipulate all the vehicle data of Pegasus Technology.

Ryan drove a very imposing bulletproof off-road vehicle made of alloy and took Li Xiao out of Pegasus Entertainment City, heading straight north.

After traveling about ten kilometers along Tianchi Avenue, the car suddenly turned onto a small road that seemed to lead to a remote bay.

Before long, the car stopped at the gate of an abandoned factory surrounded by high-voltage barbed wire.

As soon as Li Xiao got out of the car, he saw countless well-equipped mercenaries in uniform on duty.

After being searched, Li Xiao entered the factory. There were guards every ten steps and sentries every five steps. At the intersections, there were even infantry fighting vehicles equipped with 100mm smoothbore guns and coaxial anti-aircraft/anti-personnel machine guns, as well as man-portable air-defense missiles.

"As expected of an arms tycoon, these security measures are quite formidable!"

Led by Ryan, they soon arrived at a steel-structured factory area hidden in the woods.

The moment the electric gate opened, the dilapidated factory building was revealed to be an arsenal!

This steel-structured factory was composed of multiple connected sections, covering an area of over ten thousand square meters. In the center of the vast space, Armored Personnel Carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, main battle tanks, off-road assault vehicles, and other light and heavy armored vehicles were lined up in sequence.

Li Xiao counted them, and the total number reached over a hundred. What was most terrifying was that there was even an armed helicopter parked right in the center.

On the display rack in front of this aircraft were all kinds of matching weapons: beehive rockets, anti-tank missiles, air-to-air missiles, and autocannon ammunition were all available.

Of course, that was not all. Around the warehouse, there were piles of various weapon and equipment crates. A casual glance revealed large quantities of rifles, sniper rifles, rocket launchers, grenade launchers, individual combat equipment, and small drones.

Even more abundant were the mountains of various types of ammunition. That quantity, combined with these big machines on the floor, was enough to equip more than two regiments.

And this was just the Warehouse No. 3 that Tony mentioned...

"Are arms dealers this formidable nowadays?"

Now he finally understood why the protection here was so tight, to the point of needing two battalions of troops for protection.

"Mr. Li Xiao, you can start your show now."

Ryan urged impatiently. He found the overconfident young man in front of him somewhat amusing. As long as the other party couldn't deliver the results later, death would be waiting for this young man.

An arms depot is not a place for just any Tom, Dick, or Harry to visit.

Li Xiao was very calm because he had already tested it next to an infantry fighting vehicle just now, and the bug worked as expected.

"Mr. Li Xiao, this one is an AMX10P infantry fighting vehicle. Its standard durability is 150,000 points, and the selling price is 200,000 Star Coins."

"If you can double its durability, then we can sell it for a higher price."

Ryan walked to the infantry fighting vehicle equipped with a cannon that he had seen earlier and said with a hint of contempt.

"That's simple!"

Li Xiao stepped forward directly, opened the vehicle information, and added 350,000 points to the durability value on the spot.

"Alright, take a look?"

Upon hearing this, Ryan hurriedly ordered someone to check. A soldier held a device that looked a bit like a mobile phone and scanned the armored vehicle. The soldier was immediately shocked and stammered, "Five... 500,000 durability! How is this possible!"

"500,000?!"

Refusing to believe it, Ryan took the scanner and, sure enough, saw that the durability assessment on it had reached 500,000 points.

"Holy..." Ryan was speechless, and his eyes looking at Li Xiao became filled with awe.

A person who could casually triple a vehicle's durability, anyone could figure out with their toes what a terrifying existence he was.

"Now for this vehicle, I think 400,000 Star Coins should make it very popular!"

Indeed, according to Tony's statement, just increasing the durability by about double really wasn't as effective as just paying a little more to buy two infantry fighting vehicles.

But when an infantry fighting vehicle with triple durability appeared on the battlefield, it could become a trump card to break through the enemy's defense line, and its effect would definitely be more than just the simple sum of three infantry fighting vehicles.

"This is more than just popular; it's practically scarce! For an infantry fighting vehicle to reach a durability level nearly double that of a tank, buying it for double the price is definitely a bargain!"

Ryan's attitude suddenly became warm, after all, Li Xiao was about to become his boss's business partner.

Back at Pegasus Entertainment City, Tony's attitude also did a 180-degree turn, and he started discussing the terms of cooperation right away.

Obviously, he must have been monitoring everything Li Xiao did in the factory the whole time.

"One really shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Mr. Li Xiao's abilities are truly astonishing. So, I wonder how you intend to cooperate?"

Regarding the money, Li Xiao had already thought it through. He didn't want to worry about how much Tony would eventually sell them for, nor could he control it.

So, as long as he could get the money he deemed worthwhile, that would be fine.

"I won't beat around the bush with you. For an infantry fighting vehicle, adding 350,000 durability will be 80,000 Star Coins each. For a main battle tank, adding 200,000 durability will also be 80,000 Star Coins each."

Infantry fighting vehicles and main battle tanks were currently the mainstream equipment, so Li Xiao prioritized these best-sellers. As for other vehicles like Armored Personnel Carriers, he didn't want to consider them.

"What about the armed helicopter?" Tony suddenly asked.

"Uh..." Li Xiao was stunned for a moment.

That's right, why didn't he try to see if he could add durability to the aircraft just now?

"Hmm... I think the sales volume for aircraft probably isn't very high. There are probably very few mercenary groups that can afford an armed helicopter, right?"

"Haha, indeed! Mr. Li Xiao, you are very thoughtful."

If an infantry fighting vehicle could sell for 200,000 Star Coins, then an armed helicopter that could seize air superiority would surely cost at least one or two million, right?

If armed helicopters were popular, that helicopter in Warehouse No. 3 wouldn't be gathering dust.