164: 164.
AWM Acquired 164: 164.
AWM Acquired The next morning, the campaign team set out for Veracruz, the “Bright Pearl” on the East Coast.
Lu Li carried Miss Teresa out of the hotel in his arms, followed by metal puppets holding luggage and a pouting, unhappy Jessica.
When getting into the car, although Lu Li was gentle enough, Teresa still frowned in pain when her bottom touched the seat.
Jessica followed into the car and grumbled angrily,
“Damned Golden Canary, kindly letting you stay overnight for recovery, yet you tortured me all night long!
The whole floor couldn’t sleep!”
Teresa took Jessica’s hand, her eyes sincerely meeting hers, “I’m sorry, it was my caprice, truly.”
Jessica replied, irritated, “Never mind, you’ve been punished already, just don’t hurt yourself again in the future.”
“I won’t be foolish anymore.”
Teresa leaned her head gently on Jessica’s shoulder and rubbed against her like a kitten.
Lu Li listened to the conversation between the two girls, quite speechless.
Last night, Teresa had been provoking him madly; he hadn’t noticed at first and only realized something was wrong after more than half an hour.
He hurriedly transferred some inner breath to her, coupled with the Spiritual Tea she drank earlier, which finally helped her catch her breath.
Looking at Teresa, who now seemed tranquil and angelic, Lu Li could hardly imagine she was the same girl who cried and banged on the walls last night.
“This Yang Ma, when pushed to her limits, is quite fierce.”
Lu Li smiled, took out a pistol, and started examining the suppressor by taking it apart.
Outside the car window, the scenery swiftly moved backwards; Number Zero’s driving, as always, was reliable, closely following the vehicle ahead towards Veracruz.
The green vegetation gradually disappeared, replaced by sparse trees and wild grasses.
The climate in Moxico was complex and diverse; unconsciously, the convoy had reached the “tropical savannah climate” of the southeast coast.
The two girls slept shoulder to shoulder; after studying the pistol suppressor for a while, Lu Li also gained some insights.
He rolled down the window, aimed the unsuppressed muzzle of the gun at the sky, his eyes focused, and pulled the trigger!
The gun fired three small muffled sounds, “jiu jiu jiu,” quieter than when the suppressor was on!
It turned out Lu Li had concentrated his spirit to simulate a suppressor around the muzzle of the pistol.
The main source of a gunshot is the loud bang produced by the explosive expansion of a large amount of gunpowder gas.
The principle of a suppressor, however, is to guide and divide the suddenly explosive high-pressure gas, allowing it more expansion time to achieve noise reduction.
At the moment, although the muzzle of the pistol appeared empty, it was actually equipped with an invisible large tube.
It was as big as a cola bottle, divided internally into 20 “pressure relief chambers.”
The sound of the pistol firing was minimized to the point that the two girls nearby remained undisturbed.
Lu Li nodded, quite satisfied.
His study wasn’t without purpose; upon setting out that morning, he learned that his towed artillery had arrived.
This was an AWM, meant to ambush from concealment, striking from an extreme distance.
However, firing a 155mm caliber artillery, its sound clear within ten-mile radius, was disadvantageous for hidden sniping.
Thus, Lu Li had a sudden idea to create a “suppressor” for the artillery using his spirit.
Of course, it wasn’t a far-fetched idea; a country in Blue Star had already developed one.
Gade Country had constructed a suppressor specifically for 155mm artillery, which looked like a gigantic male genital but was indeed effective.
At this moment, Lu Li was eager to test if using his spirit to create a suppressor would work on the artillery.
He dared not hope for complete silencing, just that not every shot would be known ten miles away.
Fortunately, on their way to the “Veracruz” city district, they would pass right by its international airport.
Lady Maria naturally wouldn’t mind delaying a while to accompany Lu Li to inspect the goods.
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At this moment, the convoy stopped in front of the “Veracruz” International Airport’s cargo warehouse.
Lu Li, Aurora, and First Lieutenant Reyes got out of the car and walked into a rented warehouse.
This huge space, thousands of square meters in area, contained only one packing crate the size of a van.
On the crate, the item category boldly listed “Agricultural Tools.”
The three of them opened the crate, inside was a product from Northern Industry — an AH4 ultra-light howitzer.
It was a very sleek “towed artillery,” which could be folded and quickly transported by vehicle.
First Lieutenant Reyes gave a demonstration and introduction, “155 mm caliber, 30 km range, key components made of Titanium Alloy, battle weight only 4.2 tons.”
Lu Li nodded in satisfaction, “Thank you.
Regarding the price?”
First Lieutenant Reyes saluted formally,
“Colonel Garcia and all members of the Marine Corps thank you for your relentless efforts these past days.
Consider this artillery a token of our respect.”
Aurora also nodded, “The fact is, we couldn’t have made it out of Lian Dihua without you.”
Given the conversation, Lu Li could accept the artillery.
But he had a good impression of the Marine Corps, and Aurora had been helpful, especially diligent in coaching Jessica.
Moreover, these people seemed rather poor, and Aurora could only afford her surgery with his help.
So, Lu Li decided not to take advantage of the situation.
At that moment, he smiled and said,
“Protecting the lady’s campaign is a team effort; I couldn’t possibly take the lady to the capital by myself.
This artillery is expensive, and it’s even from my hometown; I cannot just take it for free.”
Both were about to speak when Lu Li raised his hand to stop them,
“I’ll just randomly transfer some money to Aurora’s account, to celebrate our successful collaboration.”
Gade Country bought 5 units for 8.2 million dollars.
Lu Li immediately transferred 2 million dollars, covering the cost of the artillery and the freight charges.
The transfer was instantaneous as it was within the same bank.
Aurora showed the information to First Lieutenant Reyes, and their expressions changed immediately.
First Lieutenant Reyes extended his hand and gripped Lu Li’s firmly, formally stating,
“You are truly a generous man, it has been a pleasure working with you!
On behalf of Colonel Garcia, I express our deepest thanks and heartfelt respect!”
Lu Li nodded, “Please convey my respect as well; I appreciate the colonel’s kind intentions.”
“I certainly will,” First Lieutenant Reyes said admiringly.
Lu Li’s exceptional skills and generosity had instantly won over this representative of the Marine Corps.
Aurora thought to herself, it seemed not too bad for Miss Teresa to be following such a man …
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After inspecting the goods, the three left the warehouse in high spirits, heading toward their destination in their vehicle.
Half an hour later, the convoy arrived at the hotel where they were staying.
By then, the place was completely surrounded by welcoming crowds and media journalists.
Allies within the party had also pre-arranged banquets and receptions; the atmosphere was vastly different!
Ultimately, this was all because of Lady Maria’s support rate of 51%.
After Lady Maria made her appearance to the media and the public, everyone officially checked into the hotel—it was already midnight.
Lu Li lay on the bed in the luxurious suite, just about to rest when he suddenly stood up!
In Otherworld, the Spirit inside the “tiger doll” was triggered!