[Rescue complete. You have gained 8000 experience points.]
[Stardragon Homeland Strategic Defense Bureau's favorability +100.]
"Brother Xiao, you're amazing!" Lin Yao's eyes sparkled with admiration.
"You only realized this today?" Han Xiao raised an eyebrow.
Zhang Wei was very frank. He realized he had misjudged Han Xiao and readily apologized, saying, "I apologize for doubting your abilities before. Without your command and the new equipment, we would be doomed. As the captain, I welcome you to join our team."
Although the captain's welcome was late, it was better than nothing, Zhang Wei thought to himself.
Han Xiao gave a half-smile. "There's no need to apologize for such a trivial matter. After all, I'm a magnanimous person."
Zhang Wei suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. Why did this feel like sarcasm?
Han Xiao suddenly remembered something, "By the way, who manufactured your armor?"
"Oh, this is the unfinished prototype of the Warrior Armor, a spoil of war captured from Terilous a few years ago. We only have this one prototype so far, and we're working on the blueprints, but progress is slow, and even maintenance is a hassle. It's my equipment now."
The prerequisite knowledge for the Warrior Armor is the [Heavy Mechanical Modification] skill in the Advanced Armament branch. This is a prerequisite skill for many individual mechs, exoskeletons, and large war vehicles. Terilous has only developed a prototype, Stardragon's development speed will definitely be even slower.
Han Xiao's eyes flashed, and he said, "From now on, I'll take care of your armor maintenance."
"Good." Zhang Wei was delighted. After this operation, he had great confidence in Han Xiao's abilities.
Li Yalin excitedly interjected into the earpiece, "Is this bullet your new invention?"
Han Xiao explained the function of the High Combustion Ammunition. Everyone present was an experienced special agent and immediately understood that this was a new type of special incendiary bomb, similar to armor-piercing incendiary bombs, but with an even higher degree of incendiary activity.
Armor-piercing incendiary rounds can penetrate armor; the incendiary agent in the projectile generates heat upon impact, and combustion requires surrounding flammable material. High Combustion Bullet, however, use an unknown new type of incendiary agent that does not require impact to generate heat; it can directly ignite the air, adhere to any object, and "ignite" everything. The temperature is extremely high, and the power is equivalent to a highly concentrated incendiary bottle. Moreover, it can be fired from firearms, and its speed and range are many times greater than hand-thrown rounds. In jungle environments, it would be an extremely deadly weapon, offering more tactical options!
Zhang Wei and others witnessed firsthand how the Black Harrier Helicopter, capable of withstanding armor-piercing rounds, was set ablaze by Lambert's three shots, forcing it to retreat from the battlefield. Unless made of special heat-resistant materials, metal can easily be heated to an unbearable temperature for the human body and can also damage precision instruments.
Ma Qingyang squeezed into the channel and excitedly asked, "Do you sell these bullets?"
"Of course, fifty cents per bullet." Han Xiao's eyes lit up. This was the perfect opportunity to introduce High Combustion Bullet, and the actual results would improve their reputation.
Ma Qingyang eagerly said, "I'd like to pre-order two hundred rounds: twenty small-caliber pistol rounds, one hundred and fifty submachine gun rounds, and thirty Sniping rounds."
"Yes, we can get the goods within a day."
Han Xiao said to Li Yalin, "Keep transferring orders for me, and I'll still give you a 20% discount."
Li Yalin's eyes curved into crescent moons. "Okay."
The story of how Ma Qingyang's team was rescued spread quickly at headquarters, and the reputation of High Combustion Bullet spread far and wide.
"Han Xiao's new product?"
"I heard that Old Ma's team survived only because of High Combustion Ammunition."
The incident involving the Folding War Blade sparked curiosity among many agents of the Thirteenth Bureau about Han Xiao. Upon learning that Ma Qingyang had ordered a batch of High Combustion Bullet, they all came to investigate. Ma Qingyang had been saved by Han Xiao's team once, and in return, he demonstrated the function of the High Combustion Ammunition on the training ground in full view of everyone.
A raging fire!
The onlookers were immediately drawn to the power of the High Combustion Bullet.
This is great stuff!
After leaving the training ground, the agents rushed to Li Yalin to place an order. The amount was huge; as Han Xiao had predicted, this multi-functional ammunition was selling very well compared to melee weapons.
The emergence of a new type of bullet immediately caught the attention of the top brass of the Thirteenth Bureau. This time, they absolutely could not repeat the mistake of leaking the blueprints.
So the Research and Development Department, who hadn't even recovered yet, was pulled out by the higher-ups and warned again, feeling extremely frustrated. He hadn't intended to provoke Han Xiao again in the first place.
The Thirteenth Bureau offered Infinite purchases to equip the Field Operations Department and special forces, and the price was lowered slightly, from 500 to 20,000. Han Xiao agreed to this price. Special agent orders are not as stable as large-scale purchases, so having more sales channels is better.
Han Xiao's stockpile of thousands of bullets was sold out in a single day, bringing in 200,000 Aquamarine Dollar. Combined with his 1.5 million from the Dark Net, he wouldn't have to worry about funding for the time being.
After advancing, Han Xiao's manufacturing speed increased again, and he focused on producing High Combustion Ammunition. In order to show his support, the Thirteenth Bureau provided a batch of equipment for manufacturing cartridge cases and primers. He didn't have to put in any effort to polish the casings, which greatly improved his efficiency. Each batch of production produced at least 300 bullets, and he could produce more than 10 times a day. Each High Combustion Bullet gave at least 5 to 10 experience points, so he could reliably earn 20,000 to 30,000 experience points a day.
Experience accumulated rapidly.
Han Xiao believed that no other Mechanic Class player of the same level could experience points faster than him.
Aside from his unwavering daily Energy Refinement Method, Han Xiao devoted the rest of his time to creating High Combustion Bullet.
The harvest Ji Jie has finally arrived!
"High Combustion Ammunition are not being sold to me?"
Krat was shocked and furious. He had heard rumors about High Combustion Ammunition and wanted to buy them. He had planned to apologize if Li Yalin made things difficult, believing that Han Xiao would most likely not pursue the matter. Why not make money? However, he had only just expressed his intentions when Li Yalin firmly refused.
Li Yalin sneered, "Han Xiao said that you're on his blacklist, he won't do any deals with you, and he won't accept any apologies from you."
The agents waiting to place orders around him stared at Krat with amused expressions.
Many agents who had hesitated to sell their Folding War Blade were now overjoyed. Luckily, Krat had acted faster than them and almost offended Han Xiao. It seemed Han Xiao was serious.
Krat's face darkened. He snorted angrily, turned around, and left. He didn't believe that if he spent a little more money, his colleagues who had bought High Combustion Bullet wouldn't resell them to him.
However, after asking around, he found that no one was willing to resell them, and even when he raised the price to two hundred per shot, no one agreed.
Even some of his colleagues, with whom he usually had a good relationship, politely declined.
"Why?!"
Krat was shocked and felt frustrated by being ostracized.
Finally, an old friend told him the reason, "If you sell it to him, it's like offending Han Xiao. Who knows if you'll be blacklisted? Besides, Han Xiao might have other good things in the future. It's not worth offending him just to help you."
Krat suddenly remembered his previous thoughts. He thought it was not worth it to be afraid of offending Han Xiao and not make money from the Research and Development Department.
Now it's completely the other way around.
It's really not worth getting blacklisted by Han Xiao for such a small amount of money!
I'm the one who's short-sighted!
Krat was filled with regret.
The Research and Development Department consists of a studio.
Luo Xuan's face was icy as he took out a small box containing twenty High Combustion Bullet, which he had bought through a middleman.
Han Xiao's blacklist only included the Krat team, not Luo Xuan, the codebreaker. He felt that Luo Xuan was a member of the Research and Development Department, and it was his duty to deduce the blueprints based on his own abilities, which was perfectly acceptable, unlike Krat was so malicious. Now that the Research and Development Department was under orders from above, they would not cause him any more trouble, so Han Xiao felt there was no need to target Luo Xuan.
Furthermore, he believed that Luo Xuan, as a logistics personnel, did not need to have his equipment purchased.
But Luo Xuan didn't see it that way; instead, he felt slighted.
"Han Xiao! Do you look down on me that much? You even disdain dealing with me!"
Luo Xuan was burning with rage, his heart filled with deep resentment.
He misunderstood; Han Xiao didn't look down on him, he simply hadn't even seen him before...
The Research and Development Department issued a strict order forbidding anyone from researching High Combustion Bullet, but Luo Xuan saw from this that the Thirteenth Bureau's top leadership attached great importance to High Combustion Bullet.
The higher-ups didn't not want the blueprints; they were just worried about offending Han Xiao.
Therefore, this time, Luo Xuan planned to secretly develop the blueprints for High Combustion Bullet and quietly present them to the higher-ups. The Thirteenth Bureau had many military factories that could manufacture them without Han Xiao's knowledge, Han Xiao couldn't possibly know everything. After cracking the Folding War Blade last time, Luo Xuan had gained confidence and felt that Han Xiao's skills were nothing special, and that he could easily crack the High Combustion Ammunition this time as well.
"If I succeed, the higher-ups will definitely look at me differently! This is my only chance to turn my life around, I absolutely cannot fail!" The more Luo Xuan thought about it, the more reliable his plan seemed.
As for the Research and Development Department's orders, Luo Xuan didn't take them to heart at all. That bastard broke his promise to him, and trying to please him would only make him look foolish.
Luo Xuan a deep breath, adjusted himself to his best condition, and manipulated the tweezers to prepare to remove the warhead. The core of an incendiary bomb is the incendiary agent inside the warhead, and researching the composition of the incendiary agent is the most important task.
"Clang."
The warhead has successfully separated; the first step was a success!
The next step is to disassemble the warhead and extract the incendiary agent inside. This step must be done with extreme care to avoid any collision or friction. A buffer tube is already prepared so that neither the powdered nor the solution incendiary agent will be ignited.
Luo Xuan felt he had performed perfectly this time, successfully detonating the warhead.
"Success! Next, we need to study the ingredients..."
Luo Xuan was overjoyed.
However, the moment he opened the cartridge case, a violent flash of light swelled in his vision.