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Chapter 52: Yuri!

On a night in February 1944, Josh sat alone in the study of his Chicago residence, waiting quietly.

Today was the day when the dimensional beacon would refresh, and for this reason, he deliberately scheduled the day to supply goods to the Blackwater Gang on this day and return to Chicago.

The purpose was to avoid any interference.

As time passed by a second, the countdown on the system finally reached zero.

"Deploy the beacon immediately!" Seeing the new dimensional beacon refresh, Josh couldn't wait to give the order.

"The dimensional beacon has been deployed and is searching for a matching user..." As Josh gave the command, the dimensional beacon began to deploy.

In Josh's expectant gaze, more than three minutes passed before the system screen displayed a matching completed reminder.

As the screen changed, a view of a cave appeared on the screen.

Wait...a cave? Josh's heart couldn't help but sink slightly.

Because, in his view, the environment in which the host of the dimensional beacon lived could reveal some information about the trading partner.

Just like Daenerys, who was matched for the first time, she was in a distressed state and living in a tent with the Dothraki.

Fortunately, Daenerys herself was extraordinary and soon got out of trouble.

But at that time, Daenerys at least had a tent, and now...a cave?

And when the other party really appeared, Josh's heart became even colder.

Because the other party was a bald wild man wearing various unknown fur pieces sewn together...did he really match with someone from that primitive tribe?

"Huh? What is this thing? A dimensional trading system? Interesting, interesting, it can actually allow people from different universes to contact and trade; it's really interesting. I don't know what level of civilization can invent such a powerful thing, it's really amazing." Just as Josh was lamenting his bad luck, the other party spoke.

And this opening remark also made Josh stunned.

When the dimensional beacon matches a host, it will give the host some basic information.

But this kind of information only lets people know the function of the trading device, which is the kind of information that knows the reason but not the cause and does not impart knowledge to the matcher.

And now, the other party has directly mentioned conceptual terms such as universe and civilization, which obviously cannot be said by a primitive man, even with the help of the system's simultaneous translation.

Based on these two terms, the other party cannot be a primitive man.

Could it be that, like Daenerys, he became what he is now for some reason?

"Hello, I am Josh Kane, a dimensional merchant. May I ask how to address you, sir?" Josh couldn't help but ask tentatively.

"Hello, Mr. Kane, I am Yuri Yod Vav Resh. You can call me Yuri. As for my identity, well, a scientist? Politician? Military man? Hahaha, forget it; I'm just a victim now." Yuri smiled and shook his head.

"Yod Vav Resh Yuri? Yuri?"

Josh didn't take it seriously at first, but when he saw the other person's bald head, her mind suddenly lit up. Could it be that Yuri? It's just that the other person's appearance...

"Judging from your expression, you seem to know me?" The other person saw Josh's expression change and immediately guessed his thoughts.

"Are you Yuri? The former Minister of War of Russia who later established Yuri's country?" Josh didn't conceal anything and asked his guess with some disbelief.

"Huh? Do you really know me? Could it be that you and I are from the same world? Or is there a counterpart like me in your world?" Hearing Josh's question, Yuri was also surprised.

"No, no, although our worlds have many similarities, my world does not have your existence. Moreover, the timeline of my world should be much earlier than yours. It is only 1944 now. But I have met another chosen one from a world like yours before. He was from The Empire of the Rising Sun, and I learned about you from him. Unfortunately, that guy had bad luck and died before he could make a deal with me." Josh's brain was quickly turning, and then he found a reason and directly shifted the blame to the Red Alert world's Rooster.

He was really excited now.

This is Yuri, Yuri! The one in Red Alert who can be compared with Einstein, no, even more awesome than Einstein!

"The Empire of the Rising Sun? You really have bad luck. That small country can only survive between the Allies and the Russia. Even if the other party survives, they probably won't be able to offer anything good to trade with you." Yuri shook his head disdainfully when he heard the name Empire of the Rising Sun.

In his era, the Empire of the Rising Sun was completely a colony of the Allies and a front line between the Allies and the Russia.

"Mr. Yuri said it well, but... Mr. Yuri, your current situation... seems not very good?" Josh asked tentatively.

In fact, he had some guesses about Yuri's current situation.

Because in the revenge plot of Yuri in Red Alert 2, there were three endings.

The first ending was that Yuri was left with only a brain and placed in the Kremlin's basement.

The second ending was that he was imprisoned in Einstein's psychic handcuffs.

The third ending was obviously the closest to Yuri's current situation, which was sent to the Cretaceous period by the time machine, and his fate was unknown.

"Cough cough, did that Empire of the Rising Sun guy not tell you my result?" Yuri asked, but he was also smart enough to guess that regardless of whether it was the Russia or the Allies, they would choose to keep his fate a secret; after all, the time machine was also the highest level of secrecy.

"Well, yes, he only said that you went missing, and the official did not release any specific information." Josh pretended not to know.

"Well, my situation is really bad now because I am alone and far away from civilization. The era I am in now is the Cretaceous period, but I think this may be good news for you!" Yuri touched his chin and said.

"Oh? Why?" Josh asked with great curiosity.

"Do you know what this is?" Yuri took out a silver-white metal.

"Uh...what is this?" Josh expressed regret that he didn't know.

"This is iridium! The metal iridium!" Yuri sighed and said, "You don't even know what iridium is, do you?"


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Chapter 53: This is doing a good deed!

Metal iridium?

Of course, Josh knows what iridium is.

Thanks to the movie The Avengers.

In an important scene, Loki goes to Germany and gouges out an old scientist's eyeball, allowing Hawkeye to scan the retina and steal a large piece of metal iridium from the vault.

That piece of metal iridium was then used as a stabilizing device for the Chitauri portal.

After watching the movie, Josh even went to look up information on this stuff.

He learned it was a relatively expensive platinum group metal with extremely stable chemical properties and the most corrosion-resistant metal insoluble in acid. In its dense state, even boiling aqua regia cannot dissolve it, and it is extremely rare in the Earth's reserves.

It is mainly used to manufacture various cutting-edge scientific instruments and is very suitable as an alloy additive.

It is also one of the important raw materials for smartphones and new energy vehicle batteries.

The price is as high as $5,000-6,000 per ounce.

Looks very high-end and valuable, doesn't it?

But there is a harsh reality: this stuff is not really easy to sell.

Because even in the 21st century, when the global demand for this stuff is at its highest, it is only a dozen or so tons, and sometimes only a few tons.

And that's in an era where various electronic products are ubiquitous.

Put it in Josh's world in 1944... Do you know what this stuff was used for? The nibs of fountain pens...

Simply put, the consumption of this thing is very low. If Josh sells too little, it's not interesting. If she sells too much, she won't be able to sell it. It's just pure waste!

However, as soon as Josh said these words, Yuri, on the other side, started cursing.

"Stupid, absolutely stupid! Who the hell told you to sell it? Since you have had contact with people from the timeline I'm in, do you know about the Tank Factory? The Apocalypse Tank? The Magnetron Trooper? The Magnetron Coil? The Magnetic Energy Reactor? Not just the Russians, but all kinds of core components of military weapons from the Allied forces require a large amount of iridium! In our world, iridium has become the most fiercely contested strategic resource between the Allied and Soviet forces. And you're telling me this thing won't sell????"

Judging by Yuri's expression, if Josh had appeared in front of him, he might have strangled him to death on the spot if it weren't for the fact that they were in different universes.

As for Yuri's rebuke, Josh opened his mouth but couldn't say anything...

What could he say? Say that his world doesn't have those technologies? Well, forget about 1944 America, many of the technologies in Command & Conquer, even in his past life in the 21st century, were things that belonged in dreams.

But Yuri's attitude was already clear, Josh didn't have it, but he did.

Although it was in the Cretaceous period, as one of the most powerful technological experts in the Red Alert world, Josh believed that Yuri in front of him and Tony Stark in the future could both build battle armor with their bare hands if they had the right tools... What? The armor of the Magnetron infantry isn't armor? They're not afraid of tanks rolling over them!

"Hehe, don't be angry, Mr. Yuri. It's just that I'm young and inexperienced, and I don't recognize the value of things!" As she thought of all the crazy technology in Red Alert, Josh's mouth watered. He hastened to please Yuri, saying, "Whatever you need, just let me know. I'll do my best to fulfill your requests."

"Hmph, you're a smart kid. Don't worry too much about anything else; just get me some food and drink, especially vegetables and wine. In the Cretaceous period, apart from dinosaurs and ferns, you can hardly see any larger mammals. And prepare a computer for me...well, there were no computers in 1944, so just get me a typewriter and some paper for now. Later, I'll give you a list of all the equipment I need according to their urgency, and you can take your time procuring them. And, if possible, can you send a few people over to me... you know what I mean!" Yuri said, winking.

During the Cretaceous period, Yuri didn't need to worry about survival due to his ability to control his mind. Unlike his clones, as the original, he could even control over a hundred ordinary people at once, let alone dinosaurs with brains the size of a walnut. Well, that's just a joke, of course. Large dinosaurs didn't really have brains the size of a walnut, but they certainly weren't as intelligent as humans. So, for Yuri, controlling them was not difficult.

The reason he was able to survive until now was that he controlled several Tyrannosaurs and even a whole pack of Velociraptors. So, he didn't have to worry about food, drink, or safety.

But being alone for a long time, loneliness can be unbearable.

As a hero, Yuri never stooped as low as to harm innocent creatures as Sandeep did.

But now that he had a dimensional transaction device, it would be a shame not to enjoy it.

Josh understood Yuri's request and knew it was easy to obtain human resources. He didn't purchase people through the trading system because he lacked control methods and was afraid of revealing the secrets of the transaction device. However, selling humans to Yuri was a different matter.

Of course, being a conscientious person, Josh despised human trafficking. But if it was selling Japanese chicks, that was another matter. Japanese were not humans, so there was no problem.

As for where to get the chicks, it was straightforward. After the Pearl Harbor incident, Roosevelt ordered a large number of Japanese to be forcibly relocated to ten "settlement camps" in the inland areas under the guise of wartime needs. There were at least 120,000 Japanese. In addition, hundreds of thousands of Japanese originally lived on the inland and eastern coasts of the United States, many of which were ostracized by society, including Chicago.

It should be easy to get a batch by talking to Dix. Moreover, these Japanese chicks had suffered various forms of discrimination and ostracism in the United States, so sending them to the resource-rich Cretaceous period, with a super boss like Yuri taking care of them, was actually saving them. Compared to that, what was freedom? They worshiped the strong, after all.

The more Josh thought about it, the more he felt nothing was wrong with it.

"Japanese women are fine. But I prefer white ones!" Yuri was not very happy when he heard that only Japanese women could be sent, but as long as they weren't black, it wasn't a problem.

Of course, Yuri didn't mind if Josh sent him some black chicks; he could always send them to the mines.

"White ones are fine too, but you'll have to wait until the war ends next year, and I'll get them for you in Europe," Josh promised as he rubbed his chin. In the early stages of post-World War II, almost all of Europe was suffering from famine. The Allied powers were better off since they had support from the United States, but the defeated countries were in a dire situation. By then, obtaining some population under the guise of recruitment would not attract attention. Besides, it was also a way to save lives. It was better than starving to death, right?

Well, that was also a good deed, nothing wrong with it.

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Yuri, for the initial transaction, besides iridium, could you also prepare some dinosaur eggs for me?" Josh suddenly remembered.


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