For small Mechanical Warriors, you can choose machine guns, mortars, and so on.
For medium and large ones, there are many more options!
Things like tanks, fighter jets, armed helicopters, and so on, are all possible.
For Water-based ones, there are also armed speedboats to choose from.
Or armed jeeps, all are fine.
As for the prototype of the final super-large Mechanical Warrior, it would be best to directly build an air-carrier, like the one HYDRA used for the Insight Project.
It can both sail on the sea and fly!
Aside from not being able to run on land, it's practically amphibious and omnipotent.
However, while the prototype of the small Mechanical Warrior can be directly crafted from pure Vibranium, it would be a bit too luxurious for medium, or even super-large ones, if they were also made of pure Vibranium.
Although Luo Di has a lot of Vibranium ore on hand.
But refining takes time.
What's more, an air-carrier can easily weigh hundreds of thousands of tons.
Even if Luo Di has a million tons of Vibranium, it wouldn't be enough to build two or three of them!
Therefore;
This air-carrier definitely cannot be made of pure Vibranium.
Luo Di thinks it's possible to wrap a layer of Vibranium on the outside, and use normal alloys or similar for the inside.
There's no need to pursue pure Vibranium!
This way, the problem can be solved, otherwise, to build an air-carrier of pure Vibranium, he wouldn't know how long he'd have to wait.
Luo Di doesn't want to wait several years for that.
That would be too long!
However, the current problem is that Luo Di doesn't have the production lines to manufacture these weapons.
Fortunately, although Luo Di himself doesn't have such production lines, he has money!
Although Luo Di's declared assets are only over a hundred billion U.S. dollars.
But his hidden assets have far exceeded Tony Stark, the richest man in the World.
Black Panther's net worth might not even be as much as his!
After all, Wakanda's Vibranium has been mined for so many years, surely a lot has been used up.
Plus, Wakanda's Vibranium doesn't belong to Black Panther alone, but to all of Wakanda, Black Panther is just the king, possessing only a certain degree of control.
But Luo Di is different.
The Vibranium mine on the seabed belongs entirely to Luo Di alone.
He can do whatever he wants.
He doesn't need to ask anyone else's opinion at all!
Therefore;
Who is the richest person in this World?
That would absolutely be Luo Di!
With so much money, Luo Di certainly doesn't need to worry about weapon production lines.
He directly chose to acquire an existing military factory!
Not only production lines for ordinary weapons, but even tanks, fighter jets, and so on, he wants them all!
And looking across the U.S., which company has such a military factory for sale?
Hammer Industries?
No, no, no!
Hammer Industries primarily deals in lightweight weapons.
Pistols, rifles, sniper rifles, these are their main products.
Of course!
Ever since Stark Industries announced the dissolution of its weapon research and development department, Hammer Industries has also begun to enter the field of high-destructive weapons.
Such as various types of missiles!
And armed helicopters, for example.
It's just that Hammer Industries hasn't achieved much success yet; the missiles they've developed are worse than the last, making it impossible to seize market share.
So Luo Di's target is definitely not Hammer Industries.
His true target is actually Stark Industries!
Don't look at Stark Industries having closed its weapon department for seven years.
But in fact, Stark Industries still owns several former military factories.
And the production lines of these military factories are the best in the World today!
Which is exactly what Luo Di needs.
So;
On this gloomy day, Luo Di contacted the current CEO of Stark Industries through Harry, who is Tony Stark's confidante—Ms. Pepper Potts!
...
1:30 PM.
Luo Di drove to Stark Tower near Central Park.
He entered the lobby on the first floor of the building.
A woman in professional attire walked towards him.
"Hello, Mr. Luo Di, Ms. Pepper asked me to wait for you here, and welcome to Stark Tower!"
The woman should be Pepper's assistant.
This was also Pepper's former job, but now she has become the CEO of Stark Industries, which is considered a legend in the industry; it's rare to find anyone in the entire U.S. who could go from assistant directly to CEO, let alone the CEO of Stark Industries!
Moreover, many people know that Pepper Potts is Tony Stark's girlfriend; as a former playboy, to become Tony Stark's officially acknowledged girlfriend.
One can imagine Pepper's status in Tony's heart.
So everyone is very clear that, barring any accidents, Pepper will definitely be the future Mistress of Stark Industries.
Led by the female assistant, Luo Di took a special elevator for executives, going directly to the 90th floor of Stark Tower!
The entire Stark Tower has 100 floors.
However, the top ten floors are not open to the public.
Even Pepper, the CEO, has her office on the 90th floor, because above that, it's where the Avengers live and reside.
Before S.H.I.E.L.D.'s dissolution, only Dr. Banner among the Avengers lived here.
But ever since S.H.I.E.L.D.'s dissolution, almost all the Avengers have moved into Stark Tower.
Therefore;
In order not to disturb the Avengers' work and rest.
So the floors above the 90th floor are not open to the public; only those with authorization can go up.
And currently, besides the Avengers, only two people in the entire Stark Tower have this authorization!
One is Pepper.
She is Tony Stark's girlfriend, so she naturally has this authorization.
The other is Maria Hill!
She is now the Avengers' logistics manager.
However, she usually doesn't live in Avengers Tower; she has her own house in Free City.
Other than that, no one else is qualified to go upstairs.
90th floor, CEO's office.
The female assistant said something to a secretary at the door, and then this secretary with long golden hair and a good figure led Luo Di into the office.
"Ms. Pepper, your guest Mr. Luo Di has arrived."
The female secretary came in and reminded Pepper, who was reviewing documents.
The latter looked up and said "Got it," then asked the female secretary to go out and pour them two cups of coffee, and then invited Luo Di to sit down in the opposite seat.
"Mr. Luo Di, I hear you want to acquire our Stark Industries' military factories?"
Pepper truly lives up to her reputation as a strong woman who can manage a huge Stark Industries in an orderly manner; she went straight to the point, without any intention of being polite or beating around the bush.
"That's right, as far as I know, Stark Industries still has four military factories that haven't been sold yet, but you've always intended to sell them, right?"
Luo Di nodded, and at that moment, the female secretary also happened to bring the coffee.
He reached out and took the coffee, thanked her, and then looked at Pepper opposite him.
"I want to buy one... no, all four military factories, I'll take them all!"
Luo Di originally only wanted to buy one, but he suddenly changed his mind.
Anyway, he's not short on money.
And the production capacity of one military factory is limited after all.
If he could take all four military factories, then the production capacity would definitely not be a problem, it would even exceed by a lot.
But Luo Di didn't care.
"Actually, we don't have any intention of selling these military factories."
Pepper said.
"I believe that the so-called lack of intention simply means the price isn't high enough." Luo Di said with a smile, "But I can pay a price that will satisfy Stark!"
"Very good, Mr. Luo Di, you are very direct." Pepper nodded, "Alright, we do have plans to sell these four military factories as a package, but they are not cheap!"
"Five billion!"
Luo Di directly held out one finger.
"Five billion for one!"
He said.
When she first heard five billion, Pepper wanted to say that Luo Di was dreaming.
She knew her asking price was eighteen billion!
Luo Di's offer of five billion was less than a third of her asking price.
And he still said he would give her a satisfactory price?
You must have some misunderstanding about the word 'satisfactory', right?
But before Pepper could speak, she heard Luo Di's next sentence, and the words that had reached her lips instantly went back down.
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An offer of five billion for one military factory?
Pepper immediately retracted her previous assessment of Luo Di; this person truly had the right to say, "I will give you a satisfactory price."