Chapter 739: Familiar Faces
In a few months, the first mover has grown very fast.
Walking around Trindaddy Island, Sun Cheng found that the changes here were indeed the same as they seemed, and the changes were very huge.
There are already a lot of human beings living here on the island, and the existence of the black market has no hidden idea, so the countries on the earth with a little strength now almost all know the existence of such a magical island.
At present, many human countries and forces have established liaison offices on the island.
These liaison offices have as few as five or six people, and as many as dozens or even hundreds, and it is said that the total number of permanent human beings on the island today has exceeded 1,000.
And the reason why those human countries and forces will work hard to set up a long-term liaison office on this island, where no materials can be produced and all necessities can only be purchased from the mainland, is because of the rules of the black market.
The total amount of materials used on the island to trade with humans is fixed, and although it is refreshed regularly, the number is not very large.
Therefore, unless the product is purchased as soon as it appears in the black market, it will be necessary to wait until the next month, or there will be a default by the force that grabbed the product.
Because the price of each set of equipment may cost tens of millions of dollars at a minimum, it is not uncommon for a higher price to sell for hundreds of millions of dollars.
Trindadi Island does not accept the currency of human countries, and only accepts all kinds of rare metals and minerals for barter.
Sun Cheng originally set this rule in order to leave enough time for humans to prepare, because whether they want to mine the minerals themselves or buy them from the international market, the process takes time.
The black market on Trindaddy Island was born for two reasons.
First, Sun Cheng hoped to use those human forces on the earth to help him collect enough resources as soon as possible to speed up the development of his forces, as well as the construction of explorer-class spaceships.
South America, which he chose the No. 2 base to develop, is indeed a godsend, rich in minerals, even if only the sale of mineral resources is enough for many countries in South America to maintain a good economy for a long time.
But no matter how rich the heaven-sent land is, not all mineral resources can be the same.
At least in the territory of several South American countries controlled by Base 2, Sun Cheng's Decepticon engineers have completed detailed vein maps, including uranium ore, rare earths, and other hundreds of minerals, which are either scarce or non-existent.
This is also the reason why after the gradual development of the No. 2 base, it has been importing a large number of minerals from the Far East and Russia.
The second reason for the establishment of the black market is that Sun Cheng wants to avoid excessive attention from the countries of the earth.
Since the Fallen King Kong suddenly ordered the Decepticons to invade the earth on a large scale half a year ago, destroying the main force of the United States' Second Fleet, and at the same time openly invading the communication systems of the earth's countries, exposing the existence of the Decepticons, human countries have invested a lot of resources and manpower in exploring aliens for national security and various considerations.
After that, the Decepticons fought with the U.S. military in the Red Sea region, the Autobots fought with the Decepticons in Egypt, the Autobots fought with the Decepticons and the humans in Jordan, and even the laboratories of a series of arms giants in the United States were attacked later.
In a series of activities after the Decepticons and Autobots were exposed, the role of human countries is obviously that they are invaded at will, and even cannot resist.
I didn't see the hegemony that has been rampant on the earth for more than half a century, and the United States has been tossed and lost the vast majority of the main forces of the two aircraft carrier fleets.
You must know that since World War II, the aircraft carrier battle group has always represented the military presence of the United States, whether it is regional intervention or military coercion, the old American aircraft carrier battle group is almost everywhere.
However, although the total number of aircraft carriers equipped by the United States has been maintained at around 10, due to the routine maintenance and technical upgrading of aircraft carriers, under normal circumstances, the United States can use the maximum number of aircraft carriers that are put into combat at the same time, which is generally about three.
This is also the reason why Lao Mei was able to swallow that breath after the three aircraft carriers suffered heavy losses, and the Autobots destroyed the laboratories of arms giants in various parts of the country.
Their most important conventional deterrent power was paralyzed by the previous Decepticon Legion, and naturally even the arrogant hawks had to bow their heads.
There are not many countries on earth that have aircraft carriers, and the United States is undoubtedly the one with the most aircraft carriers and the strongest aircraft carrier combat capability.
Even the United States has been bullied so badly by aliens, and the attitude of other countries in the face of these uninvited aliens can be imagined.
Sun Cheng was afraid of being targeted by too many eyes, so he took the initiative to create the black market of Trindaddy Island, so that all humans could personally come into contact with them aliens.
The commodities he took out to exchange materials with human beings were all advanced machinery and equipment and precision instruments that were in line with the current level of the earth's industry.
Only a few countries on the planet have the capacity to produce such equipment, and they are naturally a weapon in the hands of politicians to suppress other countries, so countries that really need them cannot buy them even if they want to.
What's more, Sun Cheng was able to sell more and get more resources.
He asked a Decepticon engineer who was responsible for the production of various machinery and equipment sold on the black market, and controlled the technical content of the equipment sold to be about five to ten years ahead of the current level of the earth, which is about a generation or so of technological generation, which is attractive to most countries.
The forerunners kept the black market on the island in order, which made Sun Cheng very satisfied.
Accompanied by a few of his men, he made a slight round around the island.
The forerunner has now completely learned and integrated some of Sun Cheng's original simple instructions.
All human beings stranded on the island need to calculate the cost of accommodation according to the number of people and the number of days they stay.
The island does not accept the currency of any human state, so those countries and powers that have established offices on the island can only pay with resources.
Including the food they consume on the island, fresh water, etc., it is the same.
This learning ability made Sun Cheng very satisfied, if the Forerunner could be trained on the island, when he and the Forerunner's new mechs were all completed, he would not mind letting the Forerunner become the first commander under his command, and begin to shoulder more command and combat tasks.
The premise is that there is no problem with crotch pulling.
A few tall mechanical warriors wander around the island, which naturally attracts a lot of attention.
As a result, when Sun Cheng and the others came to the island, near the huge temple-like building that had been simply and rudely named 'Black Market', several humans in suits and leather shoes appeared and stopped Sun Cheng and them.
"May I ask if you are confused, can you give us a few minutes, we want to talk to you about a cooperation?"
Sun Cheng looked at the few humans who stopped him in surprise, and suddenly his eyes flashed red.
Among them, he recognized a familiar face!
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