One by one: glacial crevasses
After reading the list that Raymond took out, Chen Dong thought for a while and said, "I can provide the things on the list, but..."
Chen Dong was silent, and Raymond immediately answered: "Mr. Chen can rest assured, naturally Mr. Chen can't let him suffer, how about 500 million US dollars, 500 million US dollars?" In addition to the molecular arrangement technology, I am willing to pay Mr. Chen another $500 million in cash. ”
Chen Dong: "The price is acceptable, but I don't want cash, I just want equivalent materials." ”
"This..." Raymond looked at Chen Dong in embarrassment and said, "Mr. Chen, now where do you let me get 500 million US dollars in supplies?" It's simply impossible, how about I add money to you? You make an offer. ”
Chen Dong shook his head: "Mr. Raymond, you may not like to hear something unpleasant, I am afraid that the American knife is not very useful in this place, let alone 500 million US dollars, even if it is 5 billion US dollars, it is no different from waste paper." He lightly talked about the A4 paper with his finger and said, "Exchange a pile of waste paper for the things on this list?" Do you think it's possible? ”
Raymond's face was a little embarrassed: "Mr. Chen, you can't say that, the American knife is the strongest and most valuable currency in the world, no matter when it comes, it can be circulated in the market at any time, I believe that the difficulties in front of me are only temporary... ”
When mentioning [Chess] and Merdinger House, Raymond, who had always been very calm and calm, showed a hideous expression, but he quickly covered it up, and then said: "Mr. Chen, please believe me, the American knife will never depreciate, and after we recover all the territory, everything will be the same as before." ”
Looking at Raymond's current appearance, Chen Dong still doesn't know where his confidence comes from... Or have you been brainwashed into not being able to see the current situation clearly? Or is it simply acting for yourself?
However, Chen Dong didn't need to care about Raymond's true thoughts at all, he just needed to insist on his attitude... At Chen Dong's insistence, Raymond could only reluctantly agree to Chen Dong's conditions and go to find 500 million US dollars in supplies.
Although Raymond wanted to pay for this amount with other valuables, such as stocks, futures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., Chen Dong refused, except for broken diamonds and uncut rough stones, Chen did not need anything else.
The reason why there are only diamonds and uncut rough stones is because it is cheap! Anyway, these things are used for atomization in Chen Dong's hands, and there is really no difference between 0.1 carat and 10 carats.
The 500 million US dollars that Chen Dong asked for was not the 500 million US dollars after the depreciation... Although Chen Dong and Raymond did not say it directly, both of them knew this matter very well in their hearts, and it was because of this that Raymond felt embarrassed.
Before, Raymond's price of 500 million US dollars was calculated according to the price of 20 million US dollars for a set of mechas, in fact, it was not much worse...
Without a strong country, without a stable situation, without enough 'hard currency', or gold to support it, paper money is really difficult to hold its value.
Raymond is gone, and he doesn't need to ask to know that he is going to find a way to prepare supplies... As for whether he pays in cash, or with antiques, gold, diamonds, and fixed assets, it is not for Chen Dong to care. He only needs to get the materials, and he doesn't care where the materials come from, even if Raymond steals or robs, it has nothing to do with Chen.
Chen Dong did this not because he was taking a posture or bullying customers, but because there was no possibility of depreciation of the mecha and the other equipment on the list, and as the situation became more and more intense, the equipment on the list would only become more valuable. If it weren't for the face of the molecular arrangement technology, not to mention that Chen Dong would not sell something to Raymond, even if he was willing to buy it, it would definitely not be at the current price.
The currency has depreciated very seriously, but the value of equipment is rising in a straight line, and there is no market for it, Chen Dong is not a fool, how can he sell things to an irrelevant person at the previous price?
In the next ten days, Chen Dong didn't do anything serious, just wandered around in a mecha, and there were footprints of him everywhere in the Extremely Cold Islands...
No one knows what he's going to do, and no one knows what's going on in his head, Ma Liang and the others wanted to ask about the next plan several times, but the words came to their lips and swallowed back...
In the past ten days, people from the Marine Corps and HNA have successively signed up for the [Spark Plan], which is a plan discussed by Chen Dong, Ma Liang and others to recruit high-end talents from all over the world.
For the safety of the lives of all 218 people in the [Spark Plan], and in order to increase the success rate of the mission, Ma Liang communicated with Feng Geely Chen Dong didn't know what they said, he only knew that Feng Geely sent a coaching team over to give special training to everyone in the [Spark Plan] for a month.
Chen Dong knew everything, but he didn't ask a word, didn't say anything, just wandered around the Extremely Cold Islands all day long...
At the beginning, there was a group of people who followed Chen Dong and walked around, in the name of protecting Chen Dong's safety, but as time went by, there were fewer and fewer people who followed Chen Dong to wander around, and then there were Dabao and Erniu left, and now Chen Dong is left alone, no one wants to go out with this Chen Dong anymore...
Besides, Chen Dong wears a mecha every time he goes out, who dares to plot against him? Who could threaten his personal safety? It's good that he doesn't go to find trouble with others, but others dare to provoke him? Unless there is too much water in the head, you can't think about it, or you are impatient, no one will go to trouble someone Chen.
On this day, Chen Dong walked alone on the snow and seemed to circle aimlessly, but in fact, he was observing whether there were people around him watching him... It wasn't until the sun set and night fell that Chen Dong walked under a hillside.
Click, Click, Click
At the same time as the sound of hinges sounded, a [Gray Charm] appeared on the snow, and the [Gray Charm] that had been here for several days using a static camouflage system was exposed because of the hanging basket... No one knows when Chen Dong put the [Gray Charm] here, and no one knows what Chen Dong wants to do when he puts the [Gray Charm] here.
When the hinge stopped, Chen Dong boarded the [Gray Charm] and left the Extremely Cold Islands on the [Gray Charm] soon after, without greeting anyone.
That night, Dabao and Erniu found out that Chen Dong didn't come to eat, this is a bad dish, Ma Liang and the others immediately sent countless people to search for Chen Dong's whereabouts after getting the news, but they searched all over the Extremely Cold Islands and didn't find even a shadow.
For three days in a row, Ma Liang and the others didn't want to eat, and the people in the entire Arctic Islands were crazy...
Isn't it just to help someone Chen deal with the robot pirates, but now that someone Chen has disappeared, what should I do?
Not only Ma Liang and the others, but even the Extremely Cold Land and Raymond also sent countless people over to help find Chen Dong's whereabouts...
The people in the extremely cold land want to borrow Chen Dong's power to block the robot pirates, and Raymond wants to get advanced equipment from Chen Dong...
Everyone is speechless, everyone is in a hurry, and even the heart of jumping into the sea is gone.
It was only at this time that they understood the importance of Chen Dong, and it was only at this time that they realized that the Extremely Cold Islands could leave anyone, but they couldn't leave Chen Dong, otherwise, all their plans would be completely in vain.
The people in the Extremely Cold Land began to regret it, regretted stumbling over Chen Dong in terms of logistics, and regretted emptying all the supplies on the Extremely Cold Islands, but it was too late to regret it, and it was useless to find someone Chen to say anything!
Just when people were panicking and at a loss, a flight formation came to the sky above the Extremely Cold Islands, and there was no need for the tower to command, one after another large transport planes landed on the airport, followed by six [Gray Charm] fighters.
Ma Liang and the others, who received the notice, didn't care about anything, put down the work at hand and ran to the airport non-stop... Ma Liang caught up with Chen Dong and began to complain: "I said Mr. Chen! Where have you been these days? We're all going crazy, okay, we searched the entire Arctic Islands eight times, and we almost turned them over, you know? ”
Chen Dong: "Not really! I can't get lost as a person of my size. ”
Ma Liang: "Yes, you are not lost, you are missing!" Mr. Chen! Let's not bring such a fun next time, so many of us have left our hometowns, abandoned their homes and businesses and ran to you, you didn't even say hello and ran away, what do you want us to do? ”
When he saw [Gray Charm] and the transport plane, Ma Liang guessed what Chen Dong was doing, but he still wanted to criticize Chen Dong a few words...
If you really want to say too much, Ma Liang is also worried that someone Chen will become angry or do something unimaginable.
Hearing Ma Liang say this, Chen Dong also felt that what he had done was a bit excessive... Perhaps, Ma Liang should have been informed at that time.
It's just that Chen someone won't apologize, even if he knows that he is not authentic like that, he won't apologize...
Chen Dong nodded, took out a tablet and handed it to Ma Liang and said, "Okay, Captain Ma, I know, you quickly arrange for someone to unload the things!" I'm a little tired, so I'll go back and rest first. ”
Seeing Chen Dong leave without looking back, Ma Liang could only helplessly pick up the tablet to check the information on it, which marked the equipment on each transport plane, and each device had a number and a place to send.
Although the machinery, equipment, vehicles and other things on the Arctic Islands have been transported by people, many basic buildings cannot be moved, such as hangars, oil depots, docks, warehouses, underground buildings, facilities, and so on.
These places are enough to place the instruments and equipment that Chen Dong transported, and can also complete the modification of the processing workshop and laboratory, so that Chen Dong can complete the next plan.
Although there are also laboratories on [Raven No. 3], there is more than one, but the environment in those laboratories is really not flattering, and the instruments and equipment in them are relatively poor, at most they can barely reach the standard level, which is far from enough.
Take Chen Dong's customized version of the external skeleton armor as an example, the laboratory on [Raven III] can also make it, and the quality can be guaranteed, but it will take too long, and Chen Dong doesn't want to waste time there.
There are also the modifications and upgrades of abandoned ships, and the preparation and assembly of special parts such as [Gray Charm], combat vehicles, and ships, all of which cannot be completed in the laboratory of [Raven III].
With these state-of-the-art equipment and instruments, Chen Dong finally started to get busy, and everything Raymond needed was a template that could be copied, so the production process was not too complicated, and it didn't take long.
His most important job is to refurbish abandoned ships, yes, refurbishment, renovate the ships towed from the extremely cold place one by one, and the fully automatic mechanized equipment dismantles all the parts on the abandoned ships, and then replaces them with more advanced and perfect parts.
In addition to the main body, all the equipment on the abandoned ship, including power, weapons, and radar, was dismantled by Chen Dong and replaced with improved equipment.
This is a long and huge project, but in order to deal with the robot pirates, in order to let Ma Liang and others have the power to protect themselves, Chen Dong still set his heart down and began to research, accumulate bit by bit, and even work without sleep.
Fortunately, with the help of [Gloria] and the logistics mechanic, if Chen Dong was the only one, he wouldn't know that he would be busy until the Year of the Monkey... Of course, the logistics mechanics didn't know the existence of [Gloria], they only knew that the automation equipment they controlled was very advanced and easy.
When you devote yourself to your work, time flies very quickly, and you can hardly feel the passage of time, so unconsciously, the dockyard on the Arctic Islands has refurbished one frigate after another, submarines, destroyers...
Raymond also sent batch after batch of supplies, including hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crushed diamonds and uncut rough stones, as well as a large number of rare metals.
I don't know if it's because the transportation of ordinary materials is too troublesome, or because the current situation has little demand for rare metals, or because Raymond has a special channel, anyway, most of the materials he sent over are these, and there are no daily necessities such as food at all.
But fortunately, Chen Dong's demand for daily necessities is really not big now, and what he needs most is these rare metals...
You must know that Chen Dong hadn't gotten so many rare metals in the extremely cold place before, and the materials sent by Raymond were definitely a surprise for Chen Dong.
What surprised Chen Dong even more was that Raymond disappeared when he got the equipment, disappearing without a trace, and even the positioning device he installed on the mecha could not find the location of Raymond and the others.
Hearing [Gloria]'s report, Chen Dong's whole person was not good... Because it was a piece of equipment sold to Raymond, Chen Dong did not install the quantum communication function on the equipment, but used a general software program to assist in the control.
And he didn't install the positioning and monitoring function because he had any intention on Raymond, he just wanted to know what Raymond's purpose was to come up with molecular arrangement technology and spend a lot of money to get equipment from himself?
Maybe it's just to satisfy Chen's curiosity.
However, the disappearance of Raymond and the others made Chen Dong puzzled, which also increased his curiosity... Chen Dong firmly believed that behind any secret action there was an ulterior secret.
What is Raymond's secret?
Chen Dong is most worried that Raymond has a relationship with Merdinger House, after all, he is from Lao Mei's side, and he is very rich like Merdinger House, and he can leave Lao Mei with many robots all over the place unscathed, Chen Dong's worries are by no means unfounded.
Opening the electronic map, looking at the place where Raymond disappeared, the commercial dock in the extremely cold place, Chen Dong had all kinds of speculations in his mind.
Linked to Raymond's customized equipment, especially the icebreaker, Chen Dong quickly sketched a picture in his mind, a picture of a group of people boarding the North Pole for exploration.
The question is how Raymond will pass through the sea lanes between the Arctic and the North Pole with the robot pirates, and how will he quietly climb the glacier.
Robot pirates don't know how to be emotional, and they won't let you go because you have money and status.
If it were Chen Dong himself, he would definitely use [Gray Charm], with the advanced level of [Gray Charm], it would be very simple to pass through the blockade from the air to reach the glacier, but Raymond didn't have [Gray Charm], if he wanted [Gray Charm], he wouldn't need to be an icebreaker.
Thinking about it from another perspective, Chen Dong suddenly thought of camouflage and interference, if he used an icebreaker to pass through the blockade of the robot pirates, he would definitely use these two techniques.
In order to prove his guess, and for the purpose of investigating Raymond, Chen Dong found an opportunity to release a [Gray Charm] again, and asked [Gloria] to control the [Gray Charm] to leave the Arctic Islands and search for Raymond's whereabouts from the air.
(The first solid fuel [Gray Charm] made and handed over to Ma Liang and others as a training aircraft to the people of HNA, Chen Dong no longer interfered and would not use it easily.) )
In fact, Chen Dong really guessed correctly, Raymond's destination is really the Arctic glacier...
A week later, [Gloria] sent Chen Dong a video footage of Raymond and the others filmed by [Sparrow] over the North Pole.
[Gray Charm] is a large fighter jet, low-altitude flight is sure to be discovered, • • Absorbing materials and special design can only make [Gray Charm] not detected by radar, not invisible to the naked eye, and the static camouflage system can only play a role when [Gray Charm] is stationary, and it can not affect human vision when flying at high speed.
And [Sparrow] is different, even if it is discovered, it will not arouse the idea of Raymond and others... [Sparrow] is just a general term, not all appearances are sparrows, depending on the place of use, Chen Dong can change [Sparrow] into any bird at will.
There are many kinds of bird species of [Sparrows] prepared on the [Gray Charm], and different kinds of [Sparrows] can be sent out to scout at any time according to the terrain. After finding no trace of Raymond on the sea, Chen Dong asked [Gloria] to land [Gray Charm] in a safe place to disguise it, and at the same time sent [Sparrow] to reconnoitre.
In the video shot by [Sparrow], there are twenty men in thick cotton clothes sitting on ten multi-purpose snowmobiles, each of whom wraps himself tightly, hats, windproof glasses, etc.
Until now, Chen Dong didn't realize that he had installed the positioning and monitoring device on the mecha... At this time, Chen Dong also understood that this was dismantled or destroyed!
"Raymond is really careful enough, and even the positioning and monitoring equipment on the customized equipment has been dismantled." Thinking so in his heart, Chen Dong became even more curious about Raymond's purpose.
In a short period of time, the snowmobile slows down and stops in front of a towering iceberg, followed by twenty men jumping off the snowmobile, removing a few suitcases from the luggage rack and walking forward.
Chen Dong knew at a glance that these suitcases must be filled with mecha and remote charging devices, although Chen Dong cut corners and did not equip Raymond with a special suitcase, but seeing the size and specifications of the suitcases on the screen, Chen Dong can be sure that they must be filled with mecha and remote charging equipment, as well as other weapons and equipment obtained from Chen Dong.
The crowd on the screen marched in a straight line until they reached a huge crack in the iceberg, and then walked into the crack without hesitation.
The next picture has always been the crack in front of the iceberg, because the [Sparrow] flying in will arouse the suspicion of Raymond and the others, so they can only wait outside, or after a while, wait for Raymond and the others to go far away before going in to see the situation.
Just when Chen Dong thought that there was nothing important behind him and was about to drag the mouse to fast forward, three helicopters suddenly broke into the picture.
Chen Dong quickly stopped holding the mouse with his right hand and stared closely at the helicopter on the screen, a large group of people wearing snow camouflage, body armor, helmets, windproof glasses, M-series weapons, etc., all armed in uniform.
The process of getting off the plane was quick and neat, and even Chen Dong, who was not even an amateur, could see that these people had definitely received professional training, and it was not ordinary professional training.
When no one continued to jump off the plane, the three helicopters quickly pulled up and left, while the snow camouflage uniforms followed Raymond and the others into the iceberg cracks...
Chen Dong was completely confused, and he couldn't understand what the situation was now. And what about the later snow camouflage uniforms? Why did you chase Raymond and the others to the Arctic glacier? Countless questions broke into Chen Dong's mind, but there was no answer.