Recaps

Lin Chenran discussed accelerating Apocalypse Tank production with Song Xiyun, then devised a way to sell Da Mu Country civilian supplies that could be repurposed into weapons. The chapter ended with Song Xiyun understanding Lin Chenran’s plan to supply high-strength steel pipes and gas tanks while claiming the factory only sold civilian goods.

• Lin Chenran said the Flame Nation military could not afford many Apocalypse Tanks, but the factory should still manufacture them for foreign customers such as Sha Country.
• Song Xiyun told Lin Chenran that Da Mu Country had requested weapons and equipment, a deal he had feared would violate the blockade.
• Lin Chenran proposed supplying civilian goods instead and revealed that he had a heavy mortar suitable for Da Mu Country.
• Lin Chenran sketched a design made from an explosive-filled gas tank and a long steel pipe.
• Song Xiyun realized that Da Mu Country could buy civilian steel pipes under the pretext of laying water pipelines, allowing the factory to deny responsibility if they were repurposed.

Lin Chenran planned to sell Da Mu Country special steel, explosives, and simplified heavy weapons, including mobile Katyusha launchers, and asked Song Xiyun to arrange a meeting. Three days later, Da Mu Country representative Daniel Harper arrived at the 077 Machinery Military Factory base, where Lin Chenran welcomed him to begin cooperation talks.

• Lin Chenran told Song Xiyun to invite Da Mu Country representatives to Flame Nation and revealed plans for mobile simplified Katyusha rocket launchers.
• Song Xiyun left Lin Chenran to face a mountain of paperwork, then contacted the factory’s employees in the Camel Region.
• An employee went to notify Da Mu Country’s representative, and three days later Daniel Harper arrived at the factory base.
• Lin Chenran personally welcomed Daniel Harper, and the two men shook hands.

Lin Chenran pitched 077 Machinery Military Factory’s heavy mortar and simplified Katyusha launcher to Daniel Harper, explaining how disguised civilian steel pipes could evade the Western blockade. Daniel was impressed by the mortar and asked when he could test it, but Lin said he still needed to introduce its shells.

• Lin Chenran assured Daniel Harper that 077 Machinery Military Factory could deliver heavy mortars and simplified Katyusha launchers to Da Mu Country in large quantities.
• Lin Chenran showed Daniel Harper the weapons’ design drawings, and Daniel doubted the crude-looking equipment and nearly left.
• Lin Chenran explained that the mortar barrels used strong steel disguised as ordinary water pipes that Da Mu Country could import for civilian projects.
• Daniel Harper praised the plan and grew eager to inspect the mortar’s quality.
• Daniel Harper asked when they could test the mortar, and Lin Chenran said he first needed to introduce its shells.

Lin Chenran showed Daniel Harper and the Da Mu Country representatives the unusual shells and quoted fifteen million US Dollars for his high-explosive formula, which Daniel agreed to buy pending proof of its power. At the testing ground, Lin introduced the factory’s weapons, and the representatives eagerly asked to see the heavy mortar tested.

• Daniel Harper questioned the gas-cylinder-shaped shell, and Lin Chenran explained that its design could help it evade blockades.
• Lin Chenran said the shells would be supplied without explosives and offered his everyday-material high-explosive formula for fifteen million US Dollars.
• Daniel Harper agreed to buy the formula if its power was genuine, and Lin Chenran promised to demonstrate it at the testing ground.
• Lin Chenran led Daniel Harper and the other Da Mu Country representatives to inspect the two weapons developed for them.
• Lin Chenran described the heavy mortar as having a round as powerful as four thousand hand grenades, and the representatives asked to watch a test.
• Lin Chenran signaled his testing personnel to prepare the heavy mortar demonstration.

Lin Chenran demonstrated the 077 Machinery Military Factory’s heavy mortar and mobile simplified Katyusha rocket launcher to Daniel Harper and the Da Mu Country representatives. Impressed by their destructive power, the representatives became eager to bring the weapons back to their country.

• Lin Chenran ordered a test operator to fire the heavy mortar, whose shell destroyed its target and blasted a massive crater.
• Lin Chenran explained that the first shell used the factory’s more powerful high-explosive formula, then had a second shell fired with ordinary explosives.
• Lin Chenran introduced the mobile simplified Katyusha rocket launcher and urged Daniel Harper to watch its demonstration.
• A test operator launched the rocket launcher’s full rack, and the rockets battered the targets with a series of explosions.
• Daniel Harper praised the weapons and thanked Lin Chenran for helping him discover them for Da Mu Country.

Lin Chenran negotiated a major arms deal with Da Mu Country in the Camel Region, selling them a high-explosive formula and weapons from 077 Machinery Military Factory. After the representatives left, Assistant Xiao Liang reported that the military had called.

• Daniel Harper confirmed that Da Mu Country would buy the high-explosive formula for fifteen million US Dollars, and Lin Chenran agreed to the previously set price.
• After two hours of bargaining, Da Mu Country ordered weapons and ammunition worth 120 million US Dollars, including heavy mortars, Katyusha rocket launchers, and ammunition worth 65 million US Dollars.
• Lin Chenran and Daniel Harper signed the contract, and Lin arranged for the first shipment to be loaded onto cargo ships within a week.
• The Da Mu Country representatives praised 077 Machinery Military Factory's swift service and left satisfied with their cooperation with Flame Nation.
• Assistant Xiao Liang told Lin Chenran that the military had called.

Lin Chenran received an urgent call from Old Wei, who warned him not to sell weapons to Da Mu Country and demanded that he cancel their contract. Lin Chenran clarified that they had signed a contract, but it was not for arms sales, leaving Old Wei surprised and doubtful.

• Song Xiyun wondered whether the military had learned that the 077 Machinery Military Factory had reached a cooperation agreement with Da Mu Country.
• Lin Chenran returned Old Wei's call, and Old Wei warned him that the factory's weapons could not be sold to Da Mu Country.
• Old Wei revealed that the military had been tracking Daniel Harper's arrival and urged Lin Chenran to reject the deal before signing a contract.
• Lin Chenran admitted that he had already signed a contract with Da Mu Country, prompting Old Wei to demand that he cancel it immediately.
• Lin Chenran explained that the contract was not for selling weapons, but Old Wei questioned whether he was telling the truth.

Lin Chenran admitted that 077 Machinery Military Factory had signed a civilian-goods deal with Da Mu Country, and Old Wei discovered the order was worth 120 million US Dollars. Old Wei then demanded the foreign exchange for the military, despite Lin Chenran’s objections.

• Old Wei questioned Lin Chenran about reports that he had signed a contract with Da Mu Country, and Lin Chenran explained it involved civilian goods.
• Old Wei realized Lin Chenran had repurposed salvaged warship steel to make two heavy weapons platforms and sell them as civilian products.
• Old Wei pressed Lin Chenran to disclose the contract value, and Lin Chenran revealed an initial order worth 120 million US Dollars.
• Old Wei congratulated Lin Chenran on getting rich and declared that the military urgently needed the 120 million US Dollars, while Lin Chenran argued that the factory needed it to buy production lines.

Lin Chenran negotiated with Old Wei over Flame Nation's military taking a share of the 120 million US Dollars from 077 Machinery Military Factory's deal with Da Mu Country. He agreed to exchange 20 million US Dollars in return for the military's help denying involvement in supplying weapons, and Old Wei accepted.

• Old Wei told Lin Chenran that Flame Nation's military wanted a share of the foreign currency from 077 Machinery Military Factory's Da Mu Country contract.
• Lin Chenran offered to exchange 20 million US Dollars for Yan currency, citing his factory's need for foreign exchange.
• Old Wei suspected Lin Chenran had a hidden motive and pressed him to explain why he had agreed so readily.
• Lin Chenran asked Flame Nation's military to claim that 077 Machinery Military Factory had supplied only civilian goods if the Da Mu Country deal was exposed.
• Lin Chenran said 20 million US Dollars was his bottom line and threatened to ask another government department for help, so Old Wei agreed to the amount.
• After ending the call, Lin Chenran sighed about negotiating with military leaders, and Song Xiyun praised his bargaining with Old Wei.

Lin Chenran’s 077 Machinery Military Factory won praise and support from Flame Nation’s military for its profitable arms arrangement with Da Mu Country. Lin then used his Multiverse Travel opportunity and arrived in Green Grassland, the world of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf.

• Old Wei reported 077 Machinery Military Factory’s cooperation with Da Mu Country and its 20 million US Dollar protection fee to Flame Nation’s military leaders.
• Flame Nation’s executives praised Lin Chenran’s scheme and argued over how much of the factory’s foreign exchange to take.
• Old Wei defended 077 Machinery Military Factory’s need to invest in its own development, and the top leader ordered the factory commended and held up as an example for other Third-tier Military Factories.
• Lin Chenran finished his paperwork, told Xiao Liang not to disturb him, and activated his Multiverse Travel opportunity.
• The system transported Lin Chenran to Green Grassland, where he learned he had arrived in the world of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf.

Lin Chenran visited Wolf Castle and used his overwhelming powers to defeat Lazy Goat’s attempt to capture him. He offered to trade mutton for Lazy Goat’s inventions, leaving Lazy Goat staring at the sheep Lin Chenran produced and asking if the deal was real.

• Lin Chenran entered Wolf Castle’s laboratory and introduced himself to Lazy Goat as a time traveler.
• Lazy Goat admitted he wanted to capture and eat Lin Chenran, then fired a newly invented weapon at him.
• Lin Chenran made a small black hole that swallowed the shell, and Lazy Goat surrendered and offered his belongings.
• Lin Chenran revealed that he could hear Lazy Goat’s thoughts and proposed trading mutton for his gadgets.
• Lin Chenran produced a plump little sheep, and Lazy Goat asked whether they could really trade.

Lin Chenran traded a plump little sheep to Lazy Goat for an Efficiency Potion formula and ingredients, plus blueprints for a flying machine and an Automatic Sheep Catcher. After the trade, Lin Chenran left Green Grassland, and Lazy Goat excitedly brought the sheep to Honghong.

• Lazy Goat worried that Lin Chenran might demand Honghong in exchange for the sheep, but Lin Chenran assured him he would not take her.
• Lin Chenran asked Lazy Goat for the Efficiency Potion formula and ingredients, along with blueprints for a flying machine and an Automatic Sheep Catcher.
• Lazy Goat prepared the requested items, and Lin Chenran placed the sheep in one trade halo while Lazy Goat put his items in the other.
• Lazy Goat agreed to the trade, received the sheep, and handed over his items as the halos vanished.
• Lin Chenran said he might return to trade for more items, then disappeared, and Lazy Goat brought the sheep out of his laboratory and called for Honghong.

After returning from Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, Lin Chenran used Lazy Goat’s designs to boost production at 077 Machinery Military Factory and develop an aircraft. Half a year later, the Apocalypse Tank was ready for testing, and Lin Chenran welcomed Flame Nation’s military as Sha Country’s convoy arrived.

• Lin Chenran studied Lazy Goat’s designs, successfully made the Efficiency Potion, and greatly increased the factory’s work efficiency.
• Lin Chenran built Lazy Goat’s aircraft, but its limited range and rechargeable energy supply made it an underwhelming product.
• Half a year later, Lin Chenran and the factory executives waited to receive Flame Nation’s military leaders, who came to inspect the Apocalypse Tank and new weapons.
• Lin Chenran revealed that the Apocalypse Tank had rolled off the production line ahead of schedule and was ready for testing.
• Old Wei accused Lin Chenran of promoting equipment to Sha Country, and Lin Chenran admitted he had prepared the aircraft for its wealthy buyers.
• Someone spotted Sha Country’s convoy approaching the factory.

Lin Chenran explained 077 Machinery Military Factory’s new short-range aircraft to the Flame Nation military executives, who refused to buy it, then welcomed Abdul and the Sha Country delegation. Abdul praised the 250 million US Dollar investment and arrived to see the Apocalypse Tanks roll off the production line.

• Lin Chenran joked with Old Wei that Sha Country was 077 Machinery Military Factory’s major backer, while the Flame Nation military executives said their budget could only cover one hundred Apocalypse Tanks.
• Old Wei asked what 077 Machinery Military Factory planned to sell Sha Country, and Lin Chenran described a small manned aircraft with a range of about ten kilometers that could support decapitation operations.
• Old Wei and the other Flame Nation military executives rejected the aircraft, suspecting it would be too expensive.
• Abdul and the other Sha Country representatives arrived in a convoy of Rolls-Royces, and Lin Chenran and Old Wei warmly welcomed them.
• Abdul told Lin Chenran that Sha Country’s 250 million US Dollar investment had paid off and that the delegation had come to see the Apocalypse Tanks produced with 077 Machinery Military Factory.

Lin Chenran unveiled the Apocalypse Tank and showed its mobility at the testing ground, while Abdul learned that its V-46 engine was manufactured domestically by the 077 Machinery Military Factory. The demonstration continued with the tank’s capabilities under review, and the chapter left the audience awaiting further tests.

• Lin Chenran led Abdul, Salman, and Flame Nation’s military brass to the testing ground and revealed the Apocalypse Tank.
• Salman and Sha Country’s representatives inspected the tank up close before Flame Nation’s military brass examined it.
• Lin Chenran began the combat-capability demonstration with a mobility test, and the Apocalypse Tank crossed steep slopes, trenches, and rugged roads at high speed.
• Abdul asked Lin Chenran whether the Apocalypse Tank’s V-46 engine was imported or made domestically.
• Lin Chenran told Abdul that the 077 Machinery Military Factory had mastered the engine technology and manufactured the tank’s engine locally, delighting Flame Nation’s military brass.

Lin Chenran agreed to secretly help Sha Country build a production line for the 760-horsepower V-46 diesel engine and demonstrated the Apocalypse Tank’s 125mm cannon. After the tank passed its post-firing inspection, the armor defense test was next.

• Abdul asked Lin Chenran to provide technicians and technical support for a tank engine production line in Sha Country, and Lin agreed.
• Lin Chenran warned Abdul to conceal the engine technology transfer from the Soviet Union, and Abdul promised to keep it secret.
• At Lin Chenran’s signal, the Apocalypse Tank fired its 125mm smoothbore cannon at the test target and destroyed it.
• The Apocalypse Tank fired repeatedly, then engineers from 077 Machinery Military Factory inspected it and reported no abnormalities.
• The firepower test ended, and the armor defense test was announced as the next stage.

Lin Chenran and Abdul tested the Apocalypse Tank’s armor with a Hans Country Leopard 2, which failed to penetrate its frontal armor even after firing all its armor-piercing rounds. The test left Sha Country’s delegation astonished and Lin Chenran confident that only repeated hits on the tank’s thinnest armor could breach it.

• Abdul explained that Sha Country had brought a Leopard 2 because Eagle Country’s close monitoring prevented them from bringing an M1 tank to Flame Nation.
• The 077 Machinery Military Factory staff positioned the Apocalypse Tank, and Sha Country’s drivers began the armor test with the Leopard 2.
• The Leopard 2 fired a 120mm armor-piercing round at close range, leaving only a shallow crater in the Apocalypse Tank’s frontal armor.
• Abdul ordered the Leopard 2 to fire multiple rounds at the Apocalypse Tank from different directions until its ammunition ran out.
• Lin Chenran explained that the Apocalypse Tank’s Xuanwu Special Steel armor was at least 150mm thick and could only be breached by repeatedly hitting the same thin spot.

Lin Chenran oversaw the Apocalypse Tank’s armor tests, which showed it could withstand every attack, and told Abdul that mass production could begin in about a month. After the tests, Lin Chenran turned to promoting another product from his factory: an aircraft worn on a person’s back.

• Lin Chenran continued the armor tests with a T72 Tank after the Apocalypse Tank withstood the Leopard 2 Tank’s shelling.
• The tested Apocalypse Tanks survived all the attacks, and representatives from Sha Country and the 077 Machinery Military Factory inspected them together.
• Abdul asked when mass production would begin, and Lin Chenran said the first batch could be delivered to Sha Country in about a month.
• Abdul offered overtime subsidies to speed up production, while Lin Chenran said the factory would do its best.
• Lin Chenran introduced the factory’s aircraft to Abdul, who was surprised that a person could wear it and soar through the sky.

Lin Chenran showed Abdul and the others the Pterosaur Aircraft developed by 077 Machinery Military Factory and arranged a test flight to prove it could carry a person. The aircraft flew successfully and returned for a steady landing, leaving the crowd amazed.

• Lin Chenran told Abdul that 077 Machinery Military Factory had built a wearable aircraft, and Abdul eagerly asked to see it.
• Lin Chenran had the staff bring out the Pterosaur Aircraft, impressing the onlookers with its futuristic design.
• Old Wei doubted the small aircraft could lift a person, but Lin Chenran insisted it could.
• Abdul examined the aircraft, and Lin Chenran proposed a test flight instead of giving a lengthy explanation.
• The staff prepared the Pterosaur Aircraft, and a test pilot put it on and started its engine.
• The test pilot flew the Pterosaur Aircraft away, circled back, and landed steadily as the crowd cheered.

After the Pterosaur Aircraft’s successful test flight, Abdul asked to try it and signed a liability waiver before learning its controls. Lin Chenran’s staff prepared the aircraft, and Abdul took off, thrilled by the experience.

• The test pilot landed the Pterosaur Aircraft safely, and the crowd cheered as Lin Chenran introduced its performance and mass-production capabilities.
• Abdul asked about the aircraft’s price and safety, and Lin Chenran explained its materials, parachute, and safety assistant.
• Abdul agreed to sign a liability waiver despite concerns from the Sha Country representatives.
• A test pilot taught Abdul the basic controls, and 077 Machinery Military Factory staff fitted and inspected the aircraft.
• Lin Chenran gave the order to take off, and Abdul activated the Pterosaur Aircraft and rose into the air.

Abdul and the representatives from Sha Country in the Camel Region tested the Pterosaur Aircraft and expressed interest in buying some. Lin Chenran revealed that each aircraft cost five million US dollars, leaving the Flame Nation military bigwigs stunned by the price.

• Abdul enjoyed his first flight in a Pterosaur Aircraft and carefully learned to control it.
• Salman and the other representatives from Sha Country in the Camel Region asked to try the aircraft, and Lin Chenran arranged for the two remaining prototypes to be brought out.
• Salman and the representatives signed liability waivers before going to learn from the test pilot.
• Old Wei asked Lin Chenran how much a Pterosaur Aircraft cost, and Lin Chenran said each one was priced at five million US dollars.
• The Flame Nation military bigwigs were shocked by the price and doubted whether buying the aircraft was worth the expense.

Lin Chenran negotiated with Abdul and Sha Country’s representatives over purchases of the Pterosaur Aircraft, while Flame Nation’s military officials discussed the aircraft’s cost. Abdul placed a combined order worth 300 million US Dollars and made two requests, which Lin Chenran accepted.

• Lin Chenran told Flame Nation’s military officials that the Pterosaur Aircraft was too expensive for their current budget and refused to give it away, though he offered factory pricing.
• After the Sha Country representatives finished flying the aircraft, Abdul told Lin Chenran that they wanted to buy a batch of Pterosaur Aircraft.
• Lin Chenran quoted a price of five million US Dollars per aircraft, and Abdul accepted it without complaint.
• Abdul ordered forty Pterosaur Aircraft for Sha Country’s military, worth 200 million US Dollars.
• Abdul said he and the other representatives would privately buy another twenty aircraft, bringing the total order to 300 million US Dollars.
• Abdul asked the factory to make the personal aircraft cooler and more dazzling and to let him take three Pterosaur Aircraft back to Sha Country; Lin Chenran agreed.

Lin Chenran celebrated 077 Machinery Military Factory’s 300-million-US-Dollar order for sixty Pterosaur Aircraft from Sha Country in the Camel Region and promised bonuses to the factory employees. After Old Wei praised the factory’s reward system, he hinted that the military wanted a share of its foreign exchange, leaving Lin Chenran resigned to spending money to avert trouble.

• Lin Chenran and Abdul signed a contract for sixty Pterosaur Aircraft worth 300 million US Dollars, then took a commemorative photo as the delegation left.
• Lin Chenran thanked the factory executives for their work and promised fair bonuses before sending them to produce the remaining fifty-eight aircraft.
• Old Wei told Lin Chenran he envied the factory’s employees, and Lin Chenran explained that generous rewards helped motivate workers and attract talent.
• Old Wei hinted that the military should receive a share of the factory’s earnings, and Lin Chenran groaned that he would have to spend money to avert disaster.

Lin Chenran negotiated with Old Wei over how much 077 Machinery Military Factory would contribute to the military, settling on fifty million US Dollars. He then introduced the factory’s Automatic Tracking Rocket Launcher, leaving the military leaders eager to learn more.

• Old Wei demanded one hundred million US Dollars from Lin Chenran, but Lin Chenran agreed to a promotion rather than give in to pressure.
• Lin Chenran offered fifty million US Dollars and explained that 077 Machinery Military Factory had received little in military orders despite supplying the military; Old Wei accepted.
• The meeting resumed on friendlier terms, and Old Wei asked Lin Chenran about the secret weapon he had promised to reveal.
• Lin Chenran asked Song Xiyun to introduce the Automatic Tracking Rocket Launcher, and the military leaders grew excited after hearing its principles.
• Old Wei asked Song Xiyun whether the Automatic Tracking Rocket Launcher had already been produced.

Lin Chenran brought Flame Nation’s military leaders to see 077 Machinery Military Factory’s secret Sky Punishment Automatic Tracking Rocket Launcher and demonstrated its capabilities. The test impressed the leaders, and Lin Chenran began to explain that it could also conduct coordinated multi-batch attacks.

• Lin Chenran assured the military leaders that 077 Machinery Military Factory had a finished Automatic Tracking Rocket Launcher and invited them to its test site.
• Lin Chenran explained that the launcher’s automatic tracking system was sensitive technology he had kept from foreign representatives and protected from export.
• 077 Machinery Military Factory staff uncovered and activated the Sky Punishment Automatic Tracking Rocket Launcher.
• The launcher intercepted every shell fired at it, demonstrating a one hundred percent interception rate against incoming threats.
• The military leaders marveled at the launcher’s power, and Lin Chenran said it could also operate in coordinated multi-batch attacks.